Stories For 12/12

Here on the twelfth day of the twelfth month are some things going on:

From National Review, two proposals from New York's Mr. Bill are not going over well with voters.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump pushes back against anti-Semitism on campus.

From Townhall, why Trump's executive order on anti-Semitism drives liberals nuts.

From The Washington Free Beacon, forced to divert its resources, ICE has arrested fewer criminal aliens in 2019 than in 2018.

From the Washington Examiner, the mother of Hunter Biden's child gets to question him under oath.

From The Federalist, the left attacks Trump for his executive order combating campus anti-Semitism.

From American Thinker, the outrage over the impeachment farce.

From CNS News, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) doesn't need no steeenking witnesses.

From LifeZette, two serious questions for people who support abortion.

From NewsBuster, the media "go gaga" over former Attorney General Holder calling his current successor "unfit".

From Canada Free Press, the people whom U.S. Attorney John Durham needs to investigate.

From CBC News, Andrew Scheer steps down as the leader of Canada's Conservative Party.

From Global News, read Scheer's resignation speech.

From CTV New, a timeline leading up to Scheer's resignation.

From TeleSUR, former Bolivian President Evo Morales arrives in Argentina to apply for political asylum.

From the Express, according to exit polls, U.K. Conservatives are securing a "massive" majority.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K.'s most inventive polling stations.

From the Independent, long lines are reported at polling stations.

From the Irish Examiner, a witness tells a Cork District Court that reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated.

From The Conservative Woman, an attempt to capture carbon will merely leak cash.

From France24, Presidents Emmanuel Macron (France) and Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger) agree to postpone a meeting of Sahel country leaders.  (The Sahel is a region of Africa just south of the Sahara.)

From VRT NWS, Antwerp, Belgium puts up signs to regulate electric bikes.

From the NL Times, an hours-long fuel outage at Schiphol Airport in July was caused by a loose wire.

From Deutsche Welle, the German colonial legacy in the Pacific.

From the CPH Post, according to Denmark's prime minister, the terror case foiled yesterday was "extremely serious".

From Polskie Radio, the Pilecki Institute publishes a list of Jews helped by Polish diplomats during World War II.

From Radio Prague, Czech firefighters train in putting out fires in electric cars.

From The Slovak Spectator, according to Economy Minister Peter Žiga, Slovakia could experience another gas crisis next year.

From Russia Today, Russia expels two German diplomats.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's president and prime minister trade barbs.

From the Greek Reporter, Europol dismantles a rings smuggling migrants in Greece and Italy.  (Have I recently said that migrants are being smuggled?)

From Total Croatia News, 44 polling stations will be set up for Croatian citizens living in Bosnia to vote in Croatia's presidential election.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia grants citizenship to a former Austrian MEP.

From the Malta Independent, in Malta, 11 migrants are arrested after setting a tent on fire.

From ANSA, the Italian government passes a "watered-down version" of a tax on plastic.

From SwissInfo, a national ban on burkas faces opposition in the Swiss parliament.

From El País, Spanish King Felipe asks socialist politician Pedro Sánchez to form a new government.

From The Portugal News, Portugal decides to welcome the Moroccans who recently arrived on a beach in the region of Algarve.

From Morocco World News, King Mohammed VI appoints the members of Morocco's new development committee.

From the Egypt Independent, according to President Abdel al-Sisi, Egypt will propose a comprehensive political solution for Libya.

From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli party Likud approves the date for its primary elections.

From The Syrian Observer, rebels kill 22 elite Syrian regime troops in a surprise attack.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey notifies the U.S. of its its claimed jurisdiction in the Mediterranean with Libya.

From Rûdaw, ISIS kills 11 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Samarra, Iraq.

From StepFeed, an American traveler is caught at Dubai International Airport with marijuana oil and cannabis candy.

From The New Arab, Algerians smash ballot boxes to protest against a "rigged" election.  (If my French is correct, the sign held by the woman in the picture reads, "I will not vote against my country!")

From Radio Farda, Iran's security chief claims that most of the people killed in recent unrest were not protesters.

From Dawn, two First Information Reports against 250 lawyers who allegedly attacked a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, in the last three years, 391 Afghans and 1595 Pakistanis have received Indian citizenship.

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court rejects all 18 requests to review its verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka will benefit from the U.S. initiative "Clean Cities, Blue Oceans".

From Gatestone Institute, "is NATO still vital?"

From The Jakarta Post, according to government ministries, Indonesia produces between 0.27 million and 0.59 million tons of marine debris each year.

From The Straits Times, Singapore becomes the 7th most expensive city in Asia for expats.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia seizes a Vietnamese oil tanker which had reportedly visited North Korea.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese court rules that a government agency should have have limited a trans-woman's use of toilets.

From The Stream, with meddlers like the FBI and the media, who needs Russia?

From Fox News, a new Batman comic shows the Joker campaigning for President Trump.

From The Washington Times, former Vice President Biden rolls out an immigration proposal, while Senator Warren (D-MA) unveils a "Blue New Deal".

From the New York Post, the Senate unanimously passes a bill to recognize the Armenian genocide.

From WPVI-TV, here's a list of this year's most mispronounced words.

And from Alugy, two would-be robbers of a Papa John's delivery truck meet the business end of the Second Amendment.