In a story that broke late yesterday, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been sentenced to 47 months in prison, after being convicted of eight counts of bank and tax fraud. These offenses did not relate to anything about Russia, something that was pointed out by District Judge T.S. Ellis, who gave the sentence. Manafort still faces further sentencing for conspiracy for not reporting his lobbying for Ukraine, and witness tampering.
Read more at Fox News, CNBC, USA Today and CNN.
According to some sources, Manafort's sentence was unduly lenient. Read about this view at The Root, Vox, Today and NBC News. For an opinion from Mr. Bill's old girlfriend, go to AOL. On the other hand, USA Today has a report indicating that others have also received lenient sentences.
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In other stories (with my own $0.02 worth of opinion):
From the New York Post, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) says that "being a waitress is just as good as being a lawmaker". (I disagree. In my opinion, waitresses and waiters are in a far more respectable line of work.)
From LifeZette, Democrat House congresscritters pass ethics reform aimed mainly at President Trump. (I hope that they realize that at some point in the future, there will be another Democrat president, who will have to obey this law if it is eventually passed.)
From CNS News, despite low job growth in February, more Americans than ever are employed, but the number of government jobs dropped by 5,000.
From The Federalist, the 35 people who should be investigated when it comes to Russia.
From American Thinker, what's wrong with climate change theory?
From the Washington Examiner, the Pentagon tells Turkey that they can't have F-35 jets if they buy Russia air defense systems.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Ilhan Omar (D-MN), AOC (D-NY) and "the collapse of the center-left".
From Townhall, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro notices something odd about media reaction to David Duke's endorsement of Ilhan Omar.
From National Review, "recycling is a waste".
From FrontpageMag, the real dual loyalty among Democrats is to a nation far closer geographically to the U.S. than Israel is. (I would add that some Republicans also have this dual loyalty.)
From The Conservative Woman, feminists will never be satisfied.
From the Express, the U.K. ISIS bride has lost her very young son.
From the Daily Mail, an argument about whether Christians and Muslims should marry leads to a shooting in Melbourne, Australia.
From the Evening Standard, the E.U. makes a concession on the Irish backstop.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Labour leader Jeremy Corbin tells Prime Minister Theresa May that she could be at "the end of the road".
From the (Irish) Independent, a female veteran of the Irish military is detained in Syria over allegedly being a member of ISIS.
From the Irish Examiner, two Romanian men are charged with ATM skimming offenses.
From CBC News, Inuit are infected with tuberculosis at 290 times the rate of non-indigenous Canadians.
From Global News, the Women's Day Breakfast at the London Abused Women’s Centre draws its largest crowd ever. (That's London, Ontario.)
From CTV News, Canadian Conservatives decline to introduce a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
From Mexico News Daily, the Mexican government plans further retaliation to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.
From RFI, Nigeria's ambassador to France encourages women to fight for equal opportunities.
From VRT NWS, two cars are destroyed by grenades near Park Spoor Nord in Antwerp, Belgium.
From the NL Times, someone in Amsterdam found their own weird way to celebrate Women's Day.
From Dutch News, Dutch Education Minister Arie Slob tells an Islamic high school in Amsterdam to allow inspections or lose funding.
From Deutsche Welle, Women's Day deserves more than just lip service.
From Radio Poland, Polish researchers find a new way to diagnose cancer.
From Radio Praha, a Czech pensioner finds hundreds of old coins in his onion garden.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban promises no compromise on migration.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto says that Hungary will not stop protecting the rights of ethnic communities.
From Hungary Today, trains in Hungary have not been running on time.
From About Hungary, around 50,000 have registered for Pope Francis's Mass in Transylvania.
From Russia Today, for Women's Day, Russian soldiers pose with ballerinas.
From The Moscow Times, Russian President Putin salutes his country's women.
From Novinite, Bulgarian Border Police get new vehicles.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greece and North Macedonia sign an agreement to open a border crossing.
From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras hosts a Women's Day event.
From Total Croatia News, Croatian women protest for abortion.
From Malta Today, Maltese NGOs launch an effort to legalize abortion.
From ANSA, Italian President Sergio Mattarella blasts violence against women.
From SwissInfo, in Swiss workplace culture, mothers face a double-edged sword.
From El País, Spanish women plan strikes and protest for Women's Day.
From Morocco World News, two Women's Day protests take place in Rabat, Morocco.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Russia start patrolling the area around Idlib, Syria.
From Turkish Minute, a Turkish mayor slaps a female employee.
From Rûdaw, a Yezidi doctor treats women fleeing from ISIS.
From Arutz Sheva, South Africa downgrades its embassy in Israel.
From The Times Of Israel, two Gazan men are nabbed after entering Israeli.
From The Jerusalem Post, loud explosions are heard north of the Gaza Strip.
From YNetNews, the real threat from Gaza is not Hamas, but an organization that doesn't even listen to them.
From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian army troops destroy nine tunnels in North Sinai.
From Egypt Today, women arriving at Cairo International Airport on International Women's Day receive flowers.
From Radio Farda, Iran's top prosecutor insists that eight jailed environmentalists are spies.
From AhlulBayt News Agency, Iranian naval forces repel a pirate attack on an oil tanker.
From Dawn, a deal with the U.S. allows Pakistan to use F-16s as a deterrent against India.
From The Express Tribune, a U.S. general calls cross-border terrorism a threat to peace and stability in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
From Pakistan Today, women in Pakistan vow to keep fighting for their rights.
From Khaama Press, dozens of Taliban terrorists, including a commander, are sent to their virgins.
From Yahoo News, a Swedish court convicts an Uzbek man of planning to build and explode a bomb.
From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority TV celebrates International Women's Day to glorify female terrorists.
From Gatestone Institute, children are amputated, flogged and executed in Iran.
From the Hindustan Times, Indian Congress party president Rahul Gandhi promises a women's quota bill if his party comes to power.
From The Straits Times, a transgender women campaigns to be Thailand's prime minister.
And from The Babylon Bee, "we must resist Trump", says a woman whose life has not changed a bit since he was elected president.
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