Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Tuesday Links

On a cool cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the media's dirty secret about covering Republicans.

From FrontpageMag, New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin (D), who supported BLM and defunding the police, is busted for alleged bribery.  (Benjamin replaced Kathy Hochul (D) in that office after she became governor following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo (D).)

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, the U.K.'s Prince Harry should "just shut up, already".

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Air Force instructs its commanders to create a "safe space" for recruits to share their feelings.

From the Washington Examiner, since President Biden took office, 42 people on the federal government's terrorist watch list have been arrested while trying to illegally cross the border.

From The Federalist, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announces efforts to revoke Disney's special privileges.

From American Thinker, why Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other establishment Republicans believe that saying "we're not Democrats" is enough to win elections.

From CNS News, a look at the book Laptop From Hell, by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, a judge appointed by then-President Obama green lights an effort to prevent congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) from running for reelection.  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, Biden wouldn't do too well in a presidential knife fight.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, while the border crisis reached a 22-year high in March, the networks gave it all of 9 minutes in coverage.

From TeleSUR, 55 Colombian human rights activists have been killed so far this year.

From TCW Defending Freedom, net zero carbon dioxide emissions are "a grim fairy tale".

From Snouts in the Trough, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair rises again.

From Free West Media, the German Federal Network Agency calls for people to avoid taking showers.

From EuroNews, German employers and unions join forces to oppose a possible E.U. ban on imported Russian natural gas.

From Euractiv, President Emmanuel Macron talks up his green credentials ahead of France's presidential runoff election.

From ReMix, the E.U.'s anti-fraud office accuses French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of embezzlement days ahead of France's runoff election.

From Balkan Insight, although polygamy is illegal in the Balkans, it is still practiced.

From News18, unchecked migration into Sweden plagues its cities are migrants oppose assimilation.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian civil servants plan to go on strike on April 26th.

From The New Arab, according to Yemeni and Saudi officials, Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi has been placed under house arrest and forced to step down.

From Gatestone Institute, how Palestinians desecrate holy sites, even their own.

From The Syrian Observer, members of the Syrian National Army continue internal fighting in the region of Afrin instead of protecting civilians.  (TSO did not publish anything yesterday due to the Easter holidays, so I decided to link something from them today.)

From IranWire, are Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's living standard really "below average"?  (IW did not publish anything yesterday, for reasons which I couldn't determine, so I decided to link something from them today.)

From The Guardian, at least six people are killed at 11 others injured in two bomb blasts at a Shiite boy's school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From Dawn, a look at the five women in new Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's 37-member cabinet.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's new cabinet takes their oaths of office.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government announces the disbanding of the Pakistan Media Development Authority.

From The Hans India, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India deserves recognition as a heritage city.

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian federal government tells five states to take action to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

From ANI, authorities in Anakapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India seize 1169.3 kilos of cannabis.

From India Today, how human smugglers bring illegal migrants into India from Bangladesh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, students at Dhaka College refuse to vacate their residential halls.

From New Age, after students at Dhaka College clash with traders in the New Market area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, mobile internet service is cut off in the area.

From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, the country's executive presidency should be abolished.

From the Daily Mirror, one person is killed and 24 others injured by gunfire when police and protesters clash in Rambukkana, Sri Lanka.

From Raajee, Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih inaugurates the Honorary Consuls Scholarship Program.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia's Manpower Ministry issues new regulations on the placement of migrant workers.  (I realize that some people might want the ministry to be called "personpower", and that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might suggest "peoplepower", but if you're worried about sexism, the article's main picture shows that the manpower minister is a woman.)

From The Straits Times, Singapore and New Zealand will collaborate on climate change and a green economy.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian immigration authorities bust a syndicate allegedly involved in foreign worker employment fraud.

From the Borneo Post, four people in the Malaysian state of Sarawak are nabbed while trying to evade police, who find them in possession of illegal drugs.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asks India to further promote bilateral trade.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwanese democracy advocate Lee Ming-che credits the U.S.'s adherence to the Taiwan Relations Act for his humane treatment in and release from a Chinese prison.

From The Mainichi, a train painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag runs in western Japan.

From The Stream, President Biden's welcome program for illegal migrants.

From The Daily Signal, calls for reparations come back, which are "still a terrible idea".

From ITR Economics, "the limitations of logic".

From The American Conservative, the environment needs local action instead of global grandstanding.

From The Western Journal, we now know who was in the Easter Bunny suit at the annual White House egg roll.

From BizPac Review and the "good luck with that" department, reporter Peter Doocy of Fox News asks White House press secretary Jen Psaki when Biden will apologize to the Border Patrol for his false claim that its agents "whipped" migrants.

From The Daily Wire, the trailer for the new movie Thor: Love and Thunder has some people predicting that the title character is gay.

From the Daily Caller, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith rips the original Anthem kneeler's attempt to return to the NFL.

From the New York Post, Russian President Putin honors what he regards as the "heroism" and "courage" of the military unit accused of committing genocide in Bucha, Ukraine.

From Fox News, former President Trump does a great job raising funds.  (via Breitbart)

From Fox 2 Detroit, two illegal aliens caught by police in Sterling Heights, Michigan admit that they were transporting over 20,000 fentanyl pills for a Mexican drug cartel.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) notes the hypocrisy of people who object to the end of the Biden's administration's mask mandate have no problem with the end of Title 42.

From Politico, the Biden administration prepares to rescind a Trump-era "conscience" rule for health workers.  (via Newsmax)

From Newsmax, Russia starts its long-anticipated offensive in eastern Ukraine.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden's hands identify as a separate personality.

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