Today is April 1st, commonly known as April Fool's Day. Besides people testing each other for gullibility, here are some things going on:
From National Review, if the GOP gets rid of Obamacare, they will have the duty of replacing it.
From Townhall, the Associated Press credits Bobby O'Rourke for speaking "native Spanish".
From FrontpageMag, the medical hypocrisy of supporting illegal immigration.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a vote to subpoena the Mueller report.
From the Washington Examiner, why is former Vice President Bidens' creepy behavior suddenly a problem?
From LifeZette, newswoman Mika Brzezinski defends Biden.
From The Federalist, Yale Law School discontinues stipends for students employed by Christian organizations. (Yale is the law alma mater of Mr. Bill and Ms. Hill, who most likely agree with its decision.)
From American Thinker, Jews and Palestinians (figuratively) battle it out.........in Brooklyn.
From Conservative Fighters, comedian Chris Rock is told to avoid jokes about Jussie Smollett, to no avail.
From CNS News, despite a ban on major network advertising, Unplanned ranks #5 at the box office.
From The American Conservative, is the appointment of a Saudi princess to be ambassador to the U.S. progress or symbolism?
From The Conservative Woman, there were too many white people at a pro-Brexit demonstration, says a U.K. news anchor whose very name reeks of whiteness.
From the Daily Mail, the U.N. condemns Brunei's new laws under which gay sex is punished by stoning.
From the Express, MPs prepare to demand that Prime Minister May support keeping the U.K. in the European customs union.
From BBC News, an ISIS terrorist who left the University of Westminster says that he's one of seven to do so.
From the Evening Standard, climate protesters enter the House of Commons and get cheeky.
From the Independent, May calls five-hour "crunch talks" with her cabinet.
From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Tánaiste Simon Coveney, there is no plan to protect the E.U. single market from a no-deal Brexit.
From The Irish Post, Brexit could have an impact on Ireland's Leprechauns. (Is this an April Fool's prank?)
From CBC News, a look at some changes to be implemented today in Ontario, Canada.
From Global News, some Canadian provinces promise to resist their federal government's "carbon tax". (I use the quotes because it's not really a tax on carbon, but on carbon dioxide.)
From CTV News, Canadian Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre launches a filibuster in response to SNC-Lavalin scandal.
From France24, French President Macron implements a "minor" cabinet reshuffle.
From RFI, French companies are looking to recruit a few good rabbits. (This appears to be an April Fool's prank, or in French, a poisson d'avril, the word poisson meaning "fish". I suppose that a good lapin, which means "rabbit", might be able to say comment ça va, doc? If you read French, read about more poissons d'avril at Le Parisien.)
From VRT NWS, a suspicious package leads to the evacuation of 3,500 people in Ghent, Belgium.
From the NL Times, anyone wishing to wear a burka in the Netherlands has four months left to do so.
From Dutch News, in five years, over 1,000 children have gone missing from Dutch refugee centers.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany will focus on the needs of women in conflicts during its term as president of the U.N. Security Council.
From Radio Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will participate in meetings of the U.N.S.C.
From The Slovak Spectator, a "gorgeous gorge" in northern Slovakia.
From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban won't let E.U. leader Juncker lecture him.
From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto "slams" the E.U. over migration policy.
From About Hungary, a Slovenian publication shows an example of left-wing intolerance.
From Russia Today, Russian special forces use a "hallucination-inducing" shield.
From Sputnik International, a Russian drone carries a shotgun.
From The Moscow Times, Russian scientists sound the alarm on pollution in Lake Baikal.
From Novinite, police detain 12 illegal migrants near Dragovishtitsa, Bulgaria.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbia leads Balkan countries in protecting the environment.
From Total Croatia News, according to the U.S. embassy, Croatia's membership in NATO has contributed to regional stability.
From Ekathimerini, the U.S. halts the shipment of equipment related to the F-35 aircraft to Turkey.
From the Greek Reporter, the first charter flight of the year lands on the Greek island of Rhodes.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish authorities remove abandoned ships.
From Turkish Minute, a Council of Europe delegation isn't impressed by Turkey's elections.
From Rûdaw, Assyrians celebrate New Year.
From Arutz Sheva, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visits the Western Wall.
From The Times Of Israel, eight things to know for today.
From The Jerusalem Post, Hezbollah has reportedly built a missile factory in Beirut, Lebanon.
From YNetNews, the IDF believes that Islamic Jihad is planning a terror attack.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's principal Islamic legal institution warns against April Fool's Day.
From Egypt Today, a limestone sarcophagus containing two mummies is found in Egypt's Menoufiya region.
From the Malta Independent, many politicians don't like discussion migration, because such talk leads to fear of migrants.
From Malta Today, every year, about 1,300 Maltese passports are lost.
From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini calls talk of a government crisis "crap".
From SwissInfo, although Switzerland was neutral in World War II, one of their cities got bombed.
From El País, Facebook will block "unauthorized" campaign ads during the upcoming Spanish and E.U. elections.
From Morocco World News, four north African countries launch a candidacy file to have couscous recognized as an intangible heritage.
From Radio Farda, more than 600,000 people sign a petition for the release of an Iranian human rights activist.
From Dawn, the type of aircraft used by Pakistan to shoot down Indian planes is irrelevant, says Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, according to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, Pakistan still needs military courts to deal with terrorism. (If you read Urdu, read the story at Express News.)
From Khaama Press, in eight provinces of Afghanistan, 87 more terrorists are sent to their virgins.
From 9News, ISIS ideology is blamed for a fire set in a Shiite mosque in Melbourne, Australia.
From Worthy News, in two weeks, three church leaders have been kidnapped in Nigeria.
From The Jakarta Post, the group Indonesia Without Feminists starts an online campaign.
From YLE, the son-in-law of a Finnish imam joined ISIS and later died.
From Gatestone Institute, selective outrage over violence, Turkish style.
From NewsBusters, after being in Sgt. Schulz mode for six weeks, CBS rediscovers the accusations against Virginia's lieutenant governor.
From the New York Post, why our robot overlords have a hard time with April Fool's humor.
And from The Babylon Bee, the Twitter account of the movie Unplanned is warned against posting truthful content.
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