Saturday Stuff

On a sunny but cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. is "a republic, not a democracy".

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, the real threats to democracy are still coming from the left.

From The Washington Free Beacon, federal prosecutors face difficult challenges in building cases against the Capitol building rioters.

From the Washington Examiner, according to outgoing EPA chief Andrew Wheeler, the incoming Biden team can "build off" the Trump team's actions.

From The Federalist, in spite of science, teachers unions want to keep kids out of school for over a year.

From American Thinker, a pretty good explanation of the alleged "cult of Trump".

From LifeZette, new congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) denounces the assault on the Capitol, but Democrats want his head anyway.

From NewsBusters, when actor Alec Baldwin called for violence against Republicans.

From Canada Free Press, some ominous parallels from history.

From TeleSUR, meet Ecuador's main presidential candidates.

From The Conservative Woman, the Brexiteers have been perilously close to being canceled.  (My spellchecker surprisingly no longer objects to "Brexit" and "Brexiteers".)

From Free West Media, will the messaging app Signal defy Big Tech censorship?

From EuroNews, Armin Laschet is elected leader of the German party Christian Democratic Union.

From ReMix, BLM protesters riot in Brussels, Belgium.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at SCEPTR.)

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia will soon open an embassy in Doha, Qatar.

From The Jerusalem Post, UNRWA "mistakenly" gives Palestinian children textbooks calling for jihad.

From Business Insider, Turkey is accused of extraditing Uighurs to China in exchange for coronavirus vaccines.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. media does a good job telling China's story.

From The Stream, was the execution of Lisa Montgomery really necessary?

From AP News, the Trump administration carries out its final execution.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From The American Conservative, Melbourne, Australia's double coronavirus lockdown.

From The Daily Wire, federal prosecutors back off claiming that the Capitol building rioters wanted to "capture and assassinate elected officials".

From Fox News, states activate their National Guards and close their Capitol buildings ahead of President-elect Biden's inauguration.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, Republicans want their congresscritters to stand up to Biden.

From the New York Post, clashes are reported as a migrant caravan tries to illegal enter Guatemala from Honduras.

And from News(dot)com(dot)au, according to some QAnon conspiracy theorists, Joe Biden really isn't himself.