Monday, June 28, 2021

Monday Links

On a warm and sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the number of people receiving unemployment benefits is decreasing faster in states that declined federal assistance.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's deceptive press conference whispers.

From Townhall, why is "mask theater" still going on in airports and planes?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Biden's first 24 potential judicial nominees include zero white males.

From the Washington Examiner, another athlete wins over the media with an act of faux political bravery.

From The Federalist, a host on Fox News slams Nike for, in his opinion, being pro-slavery and pro-genocide.

From American Thinker, why California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) should be recalled.

From CNS News, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sounds of on critical race theory.

From LifeZette, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) doubles down on defunding the police.

From NewsBusters, in a shocking development, a host on CBS grills the Biden administration about conditions at the border.

From Canada Free Press, "American  Marxism".

From CBC News, a prolonged and historic heat wave hits Western Canada.

From TeleSUR, over 35,000 members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela run in its primaries.

From The Conservative Woman, the hypocritical Covidian gospel.

From the Express, a "large fireball" engulfs the Elephant and Castle station on the London Underground.  (The station is named after the neighborhood in which it is located, which was named after a local coaching inn.)

From Free West Media, was the resignation of former U.K. Health Minister Matt Hancock a red herring?

From the (Irish) Independent, an Irish court is told that a soup run volunteer in Dublin is a "high-level" member of an international drug trafficking gang.

From VRT NWS, according to a biostatistician, the delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading in Belgium mainly among young people.

From the NL Times, a possible explosive device is found at a Polish supermarket in Beverwijk, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, German police arrest a man suspected of stabbing two people in the city of Erfurt.

From the CPH Post, Danish officials present a plan to improve Denmark's transportation infrastructure.

From Polskie Radio, Poland remembers victims of the 1956 workers revolt against communism in the city of Poznań.

From Radio Prague, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Smolek hands the Russian ambassador a note demanding compensation for an explosion that went off in town of Vrbětice.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak folk music could disappear from North America.

From Daily News Hungary, European soccer fans turn out in Budapest, Hungary.

From Russia Today, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, some Western children are taught that Jesus was bisexual.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian parliament ratifies an agreement with the U.S. for the expansion of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

From Novinite, according to the deputy chairman of Bulgaria's Central Election Commission, machine voting in local elections caused no major problems.

From the Greek Reporter, some UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece that must be seen.

From Euractiv, the Greek government will offer young people €150 to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to European Commission spokeswoman Ana Pisonero, Albania and North Macedonia deserve negotiations for their possible entry into the E.U.

From Balkan Insight, the trial of former Bosnia Serb commander Branko Basara opens in Belgrade, Serbia.

From Total Croatia News, are strange fish showing up in the northern Adriatic Sea due to climate change?  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia introduces a digital coronavirus "passport", with a paper version due out next week.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech challenges Prime Minister Robert Abela to "denounce" former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

From ANSA, all of Italy becomes a coronavirus white zone, thus ending the obligation to wear masks outdoors.

From SwissInfo, data show the "dramatic" effect of the coronavirus on tourism in Switzerland.

From France24, French conservatives get a vote of confidence from regional elections.

From ReMix, a French spokeswoman for the disbanded group Génération Identitaire refuses to become a minority in her own country.

From El País, Spain's new national park Sierra de las Nieves brings new hope to local economies in the province of Málaga.

From The Portugal News, police turn over 1,000 people away from Lisbon, Portugal due to coronavirus rules.

From EuroNews, Portugal, Spain and Germany issue new travel restrictions due to the delta variant of the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, Morocco joins Rome's Global Coalition to defeat ISIS.

From The North Africa Post, at a meeting of the Arab Parliament, Algeria defends colonialism.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey plans to launch the Türksat 6A satellite next year.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi Ministerial Council for National Security holds over concerns about electricity.

From Armenpress, the "I have honor" alliance plans to go to Armenia's Constitutional Court to question the results of snap parliamentary elections.

From In-Cyprus, new Cypriot ministers will be sworn in this coming Friday

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government launches a campaign against prominent traders in Damascus.

From The916, Hezbollah kidnaps two foreign journalists in Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, it is now a crime to not get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi holds phone talks with Bennett.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expresses gratitude to the leaders of political parties involved in Ethiopia's 2021 elections.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia is committed to the global fight against ISIS.

From Yahoo News, how Saudi Arabia's leader has charmed Washington while cracking down on his opponents.

From The New Arab, a court in Iraqi Kurdistan upholds the sentences of five journalists and activists, which invokes outrage.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran has not yet reached a decision on a surveillance imagery deal with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog.

From Dawn, according to the provincial chief minister of Punjab, a "hostile intelligence agency" was involved in the explosion in Lahore, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, the Afghan air force plans to target anyone smuggling military tanks into Pakistan.

From The Hans India, India plans to vaccinate all adults against the coronavirus by the end of this year.

From The Indian Express, terrorists in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir shoot dead a policeman, his wife and their daughter.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh prepares to enter its hardest coronavirus lockdown so far.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka bans the entry of travelers from several southern African countries.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian immigration authorities nab a highly skilled forger and seize many of his fake documents.

From The Mainichi, Japan considers tougher rules for the Olympics for participants from countries hit by the delta variant of the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. Supreme Court defends the First Amendment.

From The Stream, how the left sees black Americans.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Ted Budd (R-NC) introduces an amendment that would remove over 1,400 earmarks from a transportation bill.

From Space War, Iran states that it has not made any decision on deleting footage from the surveillance tapes for its nuclear sites.

From SmallBizDaily, freeing your summer with data retrieval technology.

From Space Daily, "a new chapter for space sustainability".

From The American Conservative, the American defense industry is a huge mess.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host George "Tyrus" Murdoch wonders how hammerthrower Gwen Berry can compete for the U.S. while (in his mind) hating it.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has a harsh recommendation for Ms. Berry.

From CNBC, a federal judge dismisses the FTC's lawsuit against Facebook.  (via the Daily Caller)

From Politico, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) and the Biden administration are in a dispute over housing and services for 4,500 migrant children.  (via The Western Journal)

From Fox News, White House press secretary Jen Psaki's attempt to label the Republicans as the party of "defund the police" backfires.

From the Daily Caller, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, despite the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the U.S. is still committed to defeating ISIS.

From The Daily Wire, according to a poll, a majority of Generation Z have a negative opinion of capitalism.

From Breitbart, faced with the possible recall of Governor Gavin Newsom (D), California Democrats try to change the relevant rules.

From NBC News, according to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, federal marijuana laws might not still be necessary.  (via Newsmax)

From The Hill, former Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis (D) warns his fellow Democrats against the "defund the police" movement.  (via Newsmax)

From Newsmax, according to Surfside, Florida Mayor Charles Burkitt, the rescuers at the collapsed condo building need more "luck".

From the New York Post, if you're in the UAE and the heat is getting to you, you can have an ice bath.

And from The Babylon Bee, as the end of Prime Month approaches, the U.S. looks forward to Lust, Gluttony and Envy Months.

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