Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) tells St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D) to "resign or face removal".

From FrontpageMag, the destruction of meritocracy has deadly consequences.

From Townhall, put your pronouns out of the reach of sunlight.

From The Washington Free Beacon, no, the railroad regulations discontinued by the Trump administration would not have prevented the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

From the Washington Examiner, California state Democrat lawmakers want at least one gender-neutral bathroom in every school.

From The Federalist, a professor banned from a Christian University for calling out racism negotiates his return.

From American Thinker, why the 2020 election was impossible to verify.

From CNS News, scenes from former President Trump's visit to East Palestine flood social media.

From NewsBusters, media networks ignore First Son Hunter Biden's refusal to submit documents requested by Congress.

From Canada Free Press, wearing nail polish does not make you a better baseball player.

From TeleSUR, Cubans want Guantanamo Bay back.  (Would that include any terrorists still being held there?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, Brexit has saved the U.K. from the E.U.'s "cynical" ban on palm oil.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, three Syrians are arrested for allegedly damaging graves in four German cemeteries.  (If you read German, read the story at Freilich.)

From Polskie Radio, Polish authorities indict a Russian man for allegedly spying for Russia.

From Radio Prague, when it comes to baseball, the Czech Republic is a "small country" with "big dreams".

From The Slovak Spectator, according to a poll, journalists in Slovakia continue to be threatened.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the war in Ukraine will only have losers.

From Hungary Today, American swimmer Michael Phelps salutes Hungarian swimmer Zalán Sárkány after the latter swims to a record time in a team event at the University of Arizona.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From About Hungary, Hungarian President Katalin Novák tells a meeting of the Bucharest Nine that creating and preserving peace must be a top priority.  (The Bucharest Nine, also called the Bucharest Format, is an organization founded in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and other actions.)

From ReMix, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban warns that Russia can neither win in Ukraine nor be cornered.

From Russia Today, according to Russian Permanent Representative to the U.N. Vassily Nebenzia, relations between Russia and the E.U. "no longer exist".

From Sputnik International, the E.U. fails to agree on any new sanctions against Russia, but will try again tomorrow.

From The Moscow Times, as Russia marks the anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine, residents of Moscow shrug.

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian road company CNAIR seeks to keep the Transfăgărăşan road, which goes over the Carpathian Mountains, open for longer periods.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Wall-Street.)

From Novinite, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense rejects an appeal from the E.U. for more ammunition for Ukraine.

From The Sofia Globe, according to a poll, 49 percent of Bulgarians are against adopting the euro, while 36 percent are in favor of it.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to President Rumen Radev, Bulgaria's caretaker government has brought inflation under control.

From Free West Media, French President Macron considers withdrawing Russian President Putin's Legion of Honor Award.

From Balkan Insight, the North Macedonian parliamentary opposition delays a reshuffle by the governing coalition.

From EuroNews, because the level of Italy's Lake Garda has been lowered by drought, tourists ride bikes to the islet of San Biagio.

From Euractiv, the European Commission bans the Chinese app TikTok from devices used by its workers.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied scapegoats migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

From The New Arab, students from sub-Saharan Africa who are legally present in Tunisia live in fear due to President Kais's speech.

From Gatestone Institute, rehabilitating a war criminal like Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not an option.

From The Stream, President Biden's policy is "migrants first, Americans last".

From The Daily Signal, for college admissions, let's use ability and skill instead of racial preferences.

From The American Conservative, we know that she's a witch, because she says so herself.

From The Western Journal, things get weird when a reporter tries to interview Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

From BizPac Review, anti-capitalists can often be conspiracy theorists.

From The Daily Wire, ABC host Joy Behar blames residents of East Palestine for the rail disaster because they voted for Trump.

From the Daily Caller, according to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, "partisan prosecutors" are trying to stop Trump from running in 2024.

From the New York Post, singer Adam Levine claims that a classic car dealer sold him a fake 1971 Maserati.  (Did it go 185?)

From Breitbart, the aforementioned Pete Buttigieg finally visits East Palestine.

From Newsmax, Harvey Weinstein gets 16 more years in prison.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden announces that he's running in 2024 for president of Ukraine.