Thursday Things

On a warm cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a ridiculous effort to blame former President Trump for "border security theater".

From FrontpageMag, "who was Karl Marx?"

From Townhall, according to a poll touted by the RNC, most Americans are against allowing non-citizens to vote.

From The Washington Free Beacon, three scientist drop their names from a statement in Lancet about the origins of the coronavirus.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate Jessica Taylor (R-AL) launches her campaign literally.

From The Federalist, six months after the Capitol riot, the only thing that the Democrats are serious about is their own power.

From American Thinker, the question is not if, but when, Hunter Biden's laptop dooms his father's presidency.

From CNS News, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) advises President Biden that "weakness invites the wolves".

From LifeZette, a federal judge declines to block parts of Georgia's new voting law.

From NewsBusters, according to wokeness, food must not be described as "exotic".

From Canada Free Press, Biden's canceling of the Keystone XL pipeline increases the danger of sabotage.

From CTV News, a man from LaSalle, Quebec allegedly smuggles 112.5 kilos of she-don't-lie into Canada.

From TeleSUR, Haitian police shoot down four of President Jovenel Moise's suspected assassins and arrest two others.

From The Conservative Woman, a censored coronavirus vaccine expert speaks out.

From the (U.K.) Independent, asylum seekers who steer dinghies across the English Channel will no longer be prosecuted.

From Free West Media, two criminal youth gangs wreak havoc in Karlsfeld, Bavaria, Germany.

From Euractiv, the E.U.'s anti-trust authority fines Volkswagen and BMW for colluding on anti-pollution technology for diesel cars.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary supports Lithuania in its fight against illegal migrants.

From The Moscow Times, the E.U. invites Russia to discuss mutual recognition of coronavirus vaccine certificates.  (If you read Russian, read the story at TACC.)

From Radio Bulgaria, the Three Seas Initiative gives hope for development in parts of Europe.

From the Greek City Times, Greece extends its coronavirus entry requirements until at least July 15th.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Croatia is ready to join the Schengen area.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria's very close election could give the country a political earthquake.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, masked left-wing extremists storm the office of an Austrian online platform for mentioning the Afghan nationality of alleged rapists and murderers.

From EuroNews, according to a French study, two doses of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine are crucial to defeating the delta variant of the coronavirus.

From ReMix, a Spanish teacher is suspended for telling the biological truth about gender.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Israel discuss ways to advance their bilateral relations.

From DuvaR, an armed group attacks a Turkish journalist - in Berlin.

From The Jerusalem Post, archaeologists discover a "lavish" building from the Second Temple period near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

From The New Arab, the Red Crescent warns of an "inhumane" closing of an aid route into Syria.

From Iran International, according to a developer, over 1.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been lost in Iran.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz starts her election campaign in the province of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.  (Azad Jammu and Kashmir is what Pakistan calls the part of Jammu and Kashmir which it controls, the word azad meaning "free".)

From Pajhwok Afghan News, Afghanistan and Pakistan extend their Transit Trade Agreement for another six months.

From The Hans India, several cases of the Zika virus are reported in the Indian state of Kerala.

From Gatestone Institute, "what is China doing?"

From The Stream, is transmogrification next?

From Military History Matters, Admiral Nelson and the battle of Trafalgar.

From The American Conservative, China is weaker than President Xi Jinping will admit.

From The Daily Signal, academics rush to defend a teacher who showed some first graders an off-color cartoon.

From the Daily Caller, authorities in Los Angeles County, California seize a county record amount of illegal marijuana.

From The Western Journal, has the name of the Capitol policeman who shot intruder Ashli Babbitt finally been revealed?

From AP News, dozens of states take aim at Google's app store in an antitrust lawsuit.

From The Daily Wire, President Biden's plan to increase taxes is "losing momentum".

From Breitbart, lawyer Michael Avenatti gets 30 months in prison for extortion.

From Newsmax, according to a report in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, fewer Americans are dying from the most common types of cancer.

And from the New York Post, Barron Trump is now his family's tallest member.