Friday Fuss

As the sunny and pleasant weather continues on Sir Paul's birthday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Dr. Fauci admits privately entertaining the lab-leak theory of the coronavirus origins.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's warped definition of "terrorism".

From Townhall, Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) is fact-checked for his claim that he "never opposed" voter ID laws.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the silence in corporate America and academia speaks volumes.

From the Washington Examiner, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley (both D-OR) introduce a bill to ban voting lines longer than 30 minutes.

From The Federalist, a black female singer brings left-wing culture to country music.

From American Thinker, a black medical professional tells a school board what he thinks of Critical Race Theory.

From CNS News, Republicans slam Senate bill S1.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY) is upset that he colleagues vote to repeal what then-President Trump called "endless wars".

From NewsBusters, networks censor a report on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus death toll.

From Canada Free Press, science and rationality have been replaced by "fairness" and feelings.  (I've come to believe that if you ask four politicians what "fairness" is, you'll get at least five definitions.)

From CBC News, according to Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, restrictions on the U.S.-Canada border will remain in place until the end of July.  (On the other hand, if anyone wants restrictions on the U.S.-Mexico border, that would be racist.)

From TeleSUR, the World Bank will not assist El Salvador in implementing Bitcoin.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s Clean Air Day is a "smokescreen".

From Snouts in the Trough, the "fight-back" against wokeness and the SitT author's latest book.

From the Express, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon is under fire as her party faces an investigation over missing fund.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish politician Edwin Poots breaks his silence after resigning as the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party.

From VRT NWS, one person is killed and about 20 others injured as a building collapses at a construction site in Antwerp, Belgium.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands plans to drop most of its coronavirus restrictions on June 26th.

From Deutsche Welle, who is the "new right" in Germany?

From the CPH Post, endurance athlete Rip Davenport will attempt to swim across the Øresund between Denmark and Sweden.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish official Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish officials have been targeted by a cyber attack from Russia.

From ReMix, Polish authorities apprehend a Palestinian terror suspect.

From Radio Prague, when Czechoslovak tractors plowed fields in the Third World.

From The Slovak Spectator, the cooperation of Slovakia's NATO allies is more crucial than ever.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary reopens all its borders with Serbia.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at BORS.)

From Russia Today, an anonymous email claims that a bomb was planted in a Russian government building and makes demands.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian gas company Romgaz starts negotiating with ExxonMobil to start a gas project in the Black Sea.

From Novinite, according to Bulgarian celebrity Slavi Trifonov, Bulgaria's next prime minister should be the "complete opposite" of Boyko Borissov.

From the Greek Reporter, slavery in ancient Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Montenegrin parliament's adoption of a resolution on the genocide at Srebrenica, Bosnia and Hercegovina draws various reactions.

From EuroNews, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić hits back at the Montenegrin government's ban on Srebrenica genocide denial.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo parliamentcritter Arbereshe Kryeziu Hyseni is condemned for "biased" comments about missing Serbs.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian soccer fans introduce their own song.

From Total Slovenia News, the Imago Sloveniae music festival starts in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From Euractiv, Slovenian President Janez Janša attacks the Council of Europe's report on media freedom.

From the Malta Independent, 33 percent fewer migrants landed in Malta in 2020 than in 2019.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi warns against sleepwalking from a health crisis to an environmental one.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland is urged to take in more refugees.

From France24, France's 2022 presidential election looms large in this year's regional elections.

From Free West Media, according to a poll, the French are largely in favor of a referendum to limit immigration.

From El País, for the second time in less than a week, a migrant is attacked in the Spanish region of Murcia.

From The Portugal News, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa rejects a "retreat" back into Portugal's coronavirus state of emergency.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan and U.S. troops conclude the African Lion military exercise.

From The North Africa Post, Serbia supports Morocco's territorial integrity in the Sahara.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan warns against "vaccine nationalism".

From Rûdaw, Turkey and France reach a "verbal ceasefire".

From Armenpress, Armenia expects its international allies to react to Azerbaijan's violations of international law.

From In-Cyprus, a proposal is made for Paphos, Cyprus to have electric vehicles.

From The Syrian Observer, 63 Syrian intelligence agents are still missing after the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

From The961, Mahassen Hala Fattouh becomes the first woman to represent Lebanon in Olympic weightlifting.

From Arutz Sheva, the Palestinian Authority cancels its coronavirus vaccine deal with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, the U.S. pledges more funding to help Egypt convert to solar energy.

From the Saudi Gazette, the U.N. blacklists the Houthi rebels in Yemen for killing children.

From The New Arab, three people are killed and five others are missing after a migrant boat overturns near the Canary Islands.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, the Iranian election is likely to make a hardliner the country's next president.

From Dawn, Pakistan is losing its sea turtle nesting sites.

From Khaama Press, a senior Afghan delegation will meet with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar.

From ANI, Mumbai, India appoints a tree surgeon.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi authorities arrest six suspected "ice" peddlers.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka will lift its coronavirus travel restrictions, for a very short time.

From The Jakarta Post, according to an editorial, it's time for Indonesians to speak up about proposed criminal legislation.

From Free Malaysia Today, the 60-year-old pedaling peddler of Ipoh, Malaysia keeps on pedaling.

From The Mainichi, former Japanese Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai is sentenced to three years in prison for vote-buying.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran holds a fake presidential election.

From The Stream, why the free world must confront China.

From The Daily Signal, debunking two myths about capitalism.

From The American Conservative, composer Daniel Elder becomes a scapegoat.

From The Western Journal, a sheriff in Montana calls Democrats out for supporting "terrorist" organizations and leaves the party.

From U.S. News & World Report, disillusioned left-wingers provide President Biden with his next test.

From The Daily Wire, Democrats in northern Virginia accuse parents who want schools to reopen might be KKK members.

From Politico, Biden freezes military aid to Ukraine.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the Daily Caller, former President Trump endorses senatorial candidate Kelly Tshibaka (R) against Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

From Newsmax, Republican governors Greg Abbott (TX) and Ron DeSantis (FL) give the impression that they could be aspiring to national office.

From Breitbart, several Republican congresscritters including Ronny Jackson (TN) call for Biden to undergo a cognitive test.

From the New York Post, a "combative" patient attacks the paramedics who were trying to treat him.

And from BBC News, the Foo Fighters plan to release an album of disco music using the name Dee Gees.