Saturday Links

On a cool mostly sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, lawyer Michael Avenatti, who represented Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against former President Trump, is ordered to pay her restitution.

From Townhall, the majority of Americans want Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) to continue sending illegal aliens to Democrat-run cities.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter and climate hawk Sean Casten (D-IL) fights global warming by flying 6,000 miles in business class and staying in a luxury hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland.

From the Washington Examiner, according to former congresscritter Denver Riggleman (R-VA), who was an advisor to the January 6th Inquisition Committee, the White House switchboard connected to a phone belonging to one of the rioters.

From The Federalist, CNN host Jake Tapper moves to prime time.

From American Thinker, why do leftists want to censor?

From NewsBusters, when Johnny Carson zinged then-Senator Biden (D-Del).

From Canada Free Press, we've entered "the era of the bonehead".

From TeleSUR, Defense Ministers Vladimir Padrino (Venezuela) and Iván Velázquez (Colombia) meet at the border between their countries.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if the sins of colonial powers that subjugate other people should be acknowledged, how about the sins of Pakistan against Bangladeshis?

From Free West Media, Berlin forbids its police officers to mention whether crime suspects have a migration background.

From EuroNews, Finland moves to further restrict Russians from entering its territory.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan city of Fez will host the 9th Global Forum of U.N. Alliance of Civilizations.

From The New Arab, at least 91 people have died after a ship carrying migrants, which sailed from Minyeh, Lebanon, sinks off the coast of Syria.

From The Times Of India, according to India's Enforcement Directorate, the Islamist group Popular Front for India planned to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the state of Bihar.  (The story comes via News N9ne.  Believe it or not, my spellchecker has no problem with "N9ne".)

From Hasht e Subh, near Ghazni, Afghanistan, Taliban terrorists destroy poppy fields two weeks after collecting the harvest.

From the Business Standard, according to a report, over 4,000 Shiites have been killed in 8 years in Pakistan.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration does nothing while Iran advances toward making a nuclear bomb.

From The Stream, according to a study, walking in nature can decrease stress-related brain activity, and other cool stories.

From The American Conservative, "the sexual revolution eats its own", including an organizer of the first "Pride" march in the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, "there's more harm than you might think" from high gasoline and diesel prices.

From The Western Journal, President Biden makes a poorly-worded attempt to compliment musician Elton John.

From BizPac Review, former Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett points out the effects of Bidenflation.

From The Daily Wire, an FBI whistleblower reveal's the disgust inside the agency in an interview with right-wing journalist Dan Bongino.

From the Daily Caller, the Pima County Superior Court allows Arizona's near-total ban on abortion to take effect.

From Breitbart, Lawrence Fox explains his approach to playing the role of First Son Hunter Biden in the movie My Son Hunter.

From Newsmax, according to foreign affairs expert Gordon Chang, "something is terribly wrong" in China.

And from the New York Post, in Beverly, Massachusetts, a fugitive gray seal surrenders at a police station.  (The aforementioned Elton John once sang about such a critter.)