Some Things For Thursday

Now that I've completed my common Thursday runaround, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, a former Justice Department attorney warns that FISA abuse is the tip of the iceberg.

From FrontpageMag, former congresscritter Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) appears to be headed back to his old job.

From Townhall, Trump Derangement Syndrome brings out the left-wing hypocrisy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal), California should have more influence in the Democratic primaries due to its due to its rich donors.

From the Washington Examiner, eight Republican Senators vote to limit President Trump's military powers on Iran.

From The Federalist, one former mayor's statements on crime sound a lot like those from another former mayor.

From American Thinker, a strategy that the right needs to use.

From CNS New, for all his leftism on economic issues, Pope Francis is quite orthodox on sexuality and the family.

From LifeZette, Senator Socialism (I-VT) calls Mr. Bill's twice-successful campaign manager a "hack".

From NewsBusters, according to Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett, there's "barely any difference" between any of the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates.

From Canada Free Press, "sex, gender, and delusion".

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s new Chancellor will drive the new racist left crazy.

From Free West Media, former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini could face up to 15 years in prison for stopping illegal immigration.

From EuroNews, in a government reshuffle, U.K. Finance Minister Sajid Javid resigns.

From Euractiv, Germany has its "sardine" moment.

From Voice Of Europe, according to half of surveyed French people, we're dooooomed.  (If you read French, read the story at L'Aisne Nouvelle.)

From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", a meatworker in the Australian state of Queensland gets life in prison for beheading his friend during a fishing trip.

From The Tundra Tabloids, the 13th most Islamic country in the world extends north of the Arctic Circle.

From Gatestone Institute, the blame for Yemen's humanitarian crisis belongs to Iran, not Saudi Arabia
From The Algemeiner, a U.S. navy ship seizes weapons believed to be of Iranian origin from a dhow in the Arabian Sea.

From The Stream, what is called "tolerance" is really a sham virtue.

From Breitbart, the social media platform Gab launches a political advertising service.

From Fox News, a former New York City police commissioner criticizes sanctuary cities.

From The Pensacola News Journal, voters in Santa Rosa County, Florida will decide whether to declare their county a "pro-life sanctuary".  (It seems that this "sanctuary" thing can be done by both sides.  The story comes via LifeNews.)

From the New York Post, the NYPD warns that another cop-shooter may be at large in the Bronx.

And from Twitchy, never-Trumper Max Boot is having a hard time making friends among Democrats.
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As a bonus, I present two more stories, both of which come via LifeZette.  Each was published on another site a day ago and then cited by LifeZette today.  Normally, I like to link stories whose original source, or at least whose first English-language source, has the current date of the day I'm making the post.  These two, however, I think deserve to be mentioned.

From the Daily Caller, a 2017 video shows former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling Americans to "get behind" President Trump.  (You could call this a story about one New York multi-billionaire endorsing another.  Go to the LZ link here.)

From Breitbart, a 2006 video shows then-senatorial candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) calling for a border fence and mandatory E-verify.  (Go to the LZ link here.)

In my not-very-humble opinion, Bloomberg's and Klobuchar's views in these respective matters appear to have, shall we say, evolved.