Monday Mania

On the first Monday of 2023, here are some things going on:

From National Review, for winter, gas prices in the U.S. are still higher than usual.

From FrontpageMag, now, even exercise is racist.

From Townhall, the Chief Twit hits at the subject of upcoming "Twitter Files" revelations.

From The Washington Free Beacon, First Son Hunter Biden is the "Man of All the Years".

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) makes some key concessions in his effort to become the Speaker of the House.

From The Federalist, why leftists can't reconcile Christianity and the sexual revolution.

From American Thinker, authoritarianism right here in the U.S.

From NewsBusters, CBS again hits the late retired Pope Benedict XVI, calling him "God's Rottweiller".

From Canada Free Press, the persecuted political prisoners in the U.S.

From CBC News, according to Canadian doctors, health care in Canada needs a serious rethink.

From TeleSUR, Brazil's Socialism and Freedom Party formally requests the arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro.  (Socialism and freedom are opposites as far as I'm concerned, but I digress.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, a review of a book about 12 European leaders.

From the Express, the U.K.'s Health Security Agency warns parents that cases of the flu, strep A, and the coronavirus will soar.

From the (Irish) Independent, two men are charged with committing assault on New Year's Eve in Dublin, Ireland.

From VRT NWS, when in Belgium, do not smoke on any railroad station platforms.

From Dutch News, the national ombudsman of the Netherlands slams the Dutch government.  (If you read Dutch, you can read his interview in De Telegraaf, but you'll have to subscribe to the site.)

From Free West Media, alarming slogans are seen on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, police start preparing to clear the village of Lützerath to allow for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine, which action activists say that they'll try to block.

From ReMix, on New Year's Day, migrants turn their neighborhoods in Berlin and other German cities into warzones.

From the CPH Post, Danish forecasters predict wet weather, but can't agree if it will be snow or rain.

From Polskie Radio, Poland will pay tribute to Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.  (Or you can use his Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik.)

From Radio Prague, this month marks the 30th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Divorce".

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia bestows state honors on 28 people, including a Canadian-Slovak photographer.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian and Polish oil companies are expected to see fiercer competition in 2023.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Világgazdaság and a related story at InfoStart.  If you read Polish, read the story at Parkiet.)

From Russia Today, over 60 Russian troops are killed by a Ukrainian missile strike in the city of Makeyevka, in the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic.

From Novinite, the Bulgarian army wants more troops.

From the Greek Reporter, a day in the Athens neighborhood of Plaka.

From Balkan Insight, 2022 in the Balkans in pictures.

From ANSA, Italian climate protesters throw paint on the façade of the Senate building in Rome.  (As usual, these protesters go nowhere near the Chinese Embassy.)

From SwissInfo, police break up an illegal rave party in Bulle, Switzerland.

From France24, France bans anyone under investigation for allegations of sexual misconduct from attending the Cesar Awards.

From EuroNews, the European Parliament moves to life immunity from two of its members.

From Euractiv, this year will mark the end of Europe's old normality.

From The North Africa Post, Madagascar seeks to invest in Moroccan fertilizer.

From The New Arab, 32 Saudi Arabian women complete their training to become train drivers.

From Israel Hayom, a Gaza resident seeks refuge in Israel after being tortured by Hamas.

From The Media Line, a Tunisian-born French moderate Imam hails Israel and sees Europe as in peril.

From The Week, the president of the All India Muslim Jamaat backtracks from his comments on Muslims participating in a non-Muslim ceremony.

From Gatestone Institute, don't fall for China's "strategy ploy" involving TikTok.

From The Stream, we've survived to make it to 2023, so what now?

From Space War, South Korea and the U.S. discuss holding joint nuclear exercises.

From The American Conservative, some slogans are getting tired.

From BizPac Review, according to the leader of Christians United for Israel, the excavation the the Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem "affirms scripture".

From The Daily Wire, over 8,000 teenagers await gender clinic services in the U.K.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, a majority of big banks predict a recession within the next 12 months.

From the New York Post, the Idaho University murder suspect was pulled over twice by police during his cross-country drive to Pennsylvania.

From Breitbart, fewer than 30,000 illegal aliens were deported from American communities in 2022.

From Newsmax, a federal appeals court rules that wearing a MAGA hat is free speech.

And from The Babylon Bee, the eight most shocking revelations from former President Trump's tax returns.