On a mild sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, Democrats fault SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett for using the term "sexual preference", even though former Vice President Biden and the late Justice Ginsburg also did.
From FrontpageMag, the three biggest lies about the coronavirus have been exposed.
From Townhall, Facebook announces that it will censor a story in the New York Post about Hunter Biden.
From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Joe Cunningham (D-SC), who rails against lobbyists, did some lobbying himself at one time.
From the Washington Examiner, federal law enforcement blocked about half the number of people illegally crossing the Mexican border in fiscal 2020 as they did in fiscal 2019. (How many illegal border crossers got through is obviously another matter.)
From The Federalist, President Trump is "tracking just fine" in the Electoral College.
From American Thinker, why have the riots decreased in number?
From CNS News, it's called a "hearing" but the Democrats don't listen.
From LifeZette, FBI statistics put hysteria over "assault rifles" into its proper context.
From NewsBusters, a dictionary changes its definition of "sexual preference" to smear Judge Barrett.
From Canada Free Press, by pillorying Trump, Democrats create "the ultimate underdog".
From CBC News, a teenager's tribute to his late grandmother in his high school yearbook is distorted into a racist message.
From Global News, commercial fishermen vandalize allegedly vandalize two indigenous fishing compounds in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
From CTV News, the province of Quebec reports 844 new coronavirus cases and retroactively adds 359 more.
From The Portugal News, new government coronavirus measures come into effect tomorrow in Portugal.
From El País, the Spanish region of Catalonia closes restaurants and bars for two weeks due to a rise in coronavirus cases.
From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron announces curfews in the Paris region due to a rise in coronavirus cases.
From RFI, Macron is pressed to clarify his coronavirus strategy in a televised interview.
From SwissInfo, four organizations in Switzerland are working on a platform to combat human trafficking.
From ANSA, Italy will make two modules for a space station planned to orbit the moon in NASA's Artemis program.
From the Malta Independent, according to Employment and Education Minister Owen Bonnici, Malta will not run out of teachers.
From Malta Today, Maltese authorities arrest a Somali man for allegedly selling fake passports and resident permits.
From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's coronavirus reproduction number is 1.93.
From Total Croatia News, whales, dolphins and shrimp all stage a comeback in Croatia's Adriatic waters.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Serbian List Vice President Igor Simić, the Kosovo government's refusal to form the Association of Serb Municipalities is a threat to the survival of Serbs in that country.
From Balkan Insight, doctors in Serbia come under fire for criticizing the country's coronavirus response.
From Ekathimerini, a Greek court sentences the leaders of the Golden Dawn party to 13 years in prison.
From the Greek Reporter, archaeologists find the tomb of ancient Greek poet and astronomer Aratus near Taşköprü, Turkey.
From Novinite, according to the Council of Ministers, Bulgarians should obey coronavirus measures, but there will be no checkpoints between cities.
From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria approves the acquisition of about €1.07 million worth of the drug Remdesivir.
From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office questions Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in connection with three different investigations.
From Romania-Insider, cliff divers Constantin Popovici (Romania) and Rhiannan Iffland (Australia) dive into a lake 120 meters underground in a Romanian salt mine.
From Russia Today, President Putin announces a second Russian coronavirus vaccine, and a third one on the way.
From Sputnik International, Russia plans to produce 15 million doses of its first coronavirus vaccine per month next spring.
From The Moscow Times, Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov wins an award for a photo of a female Amur tiger scent-marking a fir tree. (The Amur tiger, also called the Siberian tiger, is the largest subspecies of tiger. Thus, instead of being a 400-pound p***y that grabs you, as I noted this past Monday, it could be a 675-pound p***y that grabs you.)
From Daily News Hungary, Hungary will observe the anniversary of its 1956 uprising against the Soviet Union with just two state events.
From Hungary Today, global warming hits mountains in northern Hungary.
From About Hungary, some observations from Hungary on the European Commission's 2020 Rule of Law Report.
From The Slovak Spectator, 65,000 sign a petition calling on the Slovak government to support stricter climate goals.
From Radio Prague, the Czech government extends aid to businesses and the cultural sector impacted by the coronavirus.
From Polskie Radio, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński goes into quarantine after participating in event attended by a bishop who was confirmed to have the coronavirus.
From the CPH Post, Denmark reports its lowest coronavirus numbers in a month.
From Deutsche Welle, Germany agrees to provide coronavirus relief aid to Holocaust survivors.
From Free West Media, asylum seekers in Leipzig, Germany complain that their accommodation is too far from the city center.
From the NL Times, a police union in the Netherlands calls for a ban on alcohol sales for the duration of the country's coronavirus lockdown.
From Dutch News, what you need to know about the coronavirus lockdown in the Netherlands.
From VRT NWS, will the closing of bars in the Netherlands lead to a rush on Belgian beer?
From The Brussels Times, testing of sewers in Leuven, Belgium shows that just about all of its neighborhoods have a high number of coronavirus infections.
From EuroNews, Mexican First Lady Beatriz Gutiérrez goes to Austria hoping to retrieve a headdress worn by Aztec Emperor Moctezuma.
From Euractiv, the European Commission intends to regulate methane emissions starting in 2021.
From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson caves in on his own red line.
From the Evening Standard, the U.K. reports 19,724 new coronavirus cases.
From the (U.K.) Independent, Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer calls for a "circuit breaker" coronavirus lockdown for all of England.
From the (Irish) Independent, people in Ireland testing positive for the coronavirus will be informed via text message.
From The Conservative Woman, Boris should not be cowed by bullying and blackmail from the E.U.
From The Stream, the Democrats have their own dogma living in them.
From HistoryNet, the last day of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
From The Daily Signal, 12 defensive cases of defensive gun use that show the importance of placing Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court.
From Space War, DARPA awards contracts for unmanned surface vehicle designs.
From The American Conservative, BLM in an "epidemic of ideas".
From Fox News, according to police, two homeowning grandparents flying a "thin blue line" flag were targeted by a drive-by shooting.
From CBS News, Barron Trump tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month, but he and his parents are now all negative.
From the New York Post, a hotel on Long Island is fined for hosting an event that became a "super-spreader".
And from WPVI-TV, two brothers in Philadelphia make it possible for people in the area to observe the night sky.
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