Rainday Links

As the first Sunday in 2021 brings some wet weather, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) faces the prospect of losing her position due to coronavirus-related absences.

From Townhall, according to Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), congresscritters have a "third option" when it come to certifying the 2020 election.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a TWFB Men of the Year award goes to the police.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a study, lockdowns would not have stopped the new strain of the coronavirus from spreading.

From The Federalist, the New York state assembly is considering a bill that would give government officials the power to imprison or forcibly medicate people suspected of being ill.

From American Thinker, proof of election fraud might be seen in disappearing Trump votes.

From CNS News, Senator and failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-UT) condemns Republican senators calling for an election audit.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Chuck Todd can't deal with Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis) calling out media bias.

From Canada Free Press, the cavalry for President Trump is expected on January 6th.

From TeleSUR, leftists in Ecuador launch a presidential campaign.

From The Conservative Woman, Brits are not getting the full facts on the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown, just a biased selection thereof.

From the Express, former Prime Minister Tony Blair clashes with a Sky News host over the U.K.'s coronavirus vaccine rollout.

From the NL Times, family doctors in the Netherlands will get priority for coronavirus vaccines.

From Deutsche Welle, police in Herford, Germany raid a church service having over 100 maskless participants.

From Polskie Radio, according to Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka, 70 percent of Poland's power generation units will have to be shut down within 20 years.

From Daily News Hungary, a homeless man in Budapest is allegedly a serial killer.

From Russia Today, a border dispute reignites between Russia and Estonia.

From the Greek Reporter, the secret history of the Greek island of Hydra.  (When I was in Greece in 1999, my tour group visited Hydra.)

From Total Croatia News, so far, damage reports have been made for 8,928 building in Croatia.

From Malta Today, the E.U. declines to give Malta funds for a gas pipeline.

From SwissInfo, a South African coronavirus mutation is found in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

From France24, France promises to speed up coronavirus vaccinations after the "fiasco" of a slow rollout.

From Morocco World News, according to Morocco's ambassador to Lebanon, more countries will open consulates in the southern part of the country.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey tightens its coronavirus measures due to the new variant found in the U.K.

From Rûdaw, an Iraqi airstrike in the province of Kirkuk sends two ISIS terrorists to their virgins.

From In-Cyprus, the U.K. variant of the coronavirus has been found in Cyprus.

From Arutz Sheva, IDF troops seal off an Arab village after a terror attack.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia again resume their dam negotiations.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, more on the latest dam negotiations.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia reopens its land, sea, and airport borders.

From The Express Tribune, leaders of a Pakistani 11-party opposition coalition speak at a rally against the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Khaama Press, the good guys in Afghanistan have a busy day.

From India Today, over 1,700 migratory birds are found dead in the Pong Dam sanctuary in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan drivers who took Ukrainian tourists on a safari are asked to undergo quarantine.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority's prime minister compares suicide bombers to Jesus.

From The Straits Times, three generations of a Singaporean family collect read saga seeds.

From Free Malaysia Today, when in Malaysia, please do not attempt to drive through floods.

From The Mainichi, how the Japanese government plans to reduce plastic use by 2030.

From Gatestone Institute, will 2021 be "better or less bad" than 2020?

From The Stream, something that President-elect Biden should do if he really wants unity.

From Terra Daily, two French soldiers are killed by an IED in northern Mali.

From Fox News, Pope Francis is "saddened" by the news that people went on vacation to avoid coronavirus lockdowns.

From Breitbart, congresscritters exposed to the coronavirus use a separate entrance to vote for their speaker.

From KLTV, a pastor is killed and two people are injured in a shooting at a church in Winona, Texas.  (via WPVI-TV)

From LifeHack, how to watch the last new episodes of Jeopardy.

And from the New York Post, while trying to run away from a Gatorade shower, Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher pulls his hamstring.  (via Breitbart)