Monday Mania

On "just another manic" sunny and warm Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden doesn't even know what a spending cut is.

From FrontpageMag, the late NASA administrator James Webb and the telescope named after him come under after-the-fact scrutiny.

From Townhall, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) want illegal aliens to be sent to cities "throughout the entire country".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), who admits to have once slapped his wife, announces that he will retire from politics next year.

From the Washington Examiner, during his speech announcing his presidential candidacy, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) shows off his vocal chords in a matter reminiscent of then-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT) in 2004.

From The Federalist, juries in trials of January 6th defendants prove a point made by Special Counsel John Durham, that conservatives can't get fair trials in D.C.

From American Thinker, let's celebrate another type of pride.

From MRCTV, Bud Light will buy back unsold expired beer as its sales continue to tank.

From NewsBusters, WNBA coach Vanessa Nygaard is angry that Brittney Griner's first game since she was released by Russia wasn't a sellout.

From Canada Free Press, all states must invoke their power to repel invasions.

From TeleSUR, Colombia suspends its ceasefire with FARC.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "saving the planet" is a "load of bollards".

From Snouts in the Trough, whom do you trust for information about the "climate crisis"?

From EuroNews, the E.U. warns Greece that it could take "formal steps" over its latest alleged illegal migrant pushbacks.  (Does the term "illegal" apply to the migrants or to the pushbacks?)

From ReMix, migrants turn Plauen, Germany into a no-go zone.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, migrants stab a German politician in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.  (If you read German, read the story at UnserTirol24.)

From Balkan Insight, several Balkan countries host an "immediate response" exercise by NATO.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco should move toward industrial sovereignty with its strategic metals.

From The New Arab, the Syrian government launches raids on "small-time drug dealers" in a "cynical move" to appease the Arab League.

From OpIndia, the alleged mastermind of violence in Akola, Maharashtra, India is arrested.  (If you read Hindi, read the story at TV9.)

From Gatestone Institute, the real threat to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is not from Jews.

From Raajje, the Maldivian fishing vessel Jazeera 103 resumes operation.

From the Bangkok Post, Thailand's Move Forward Party and its seven coalition allies sign an agreement that lays out their agenda.

From The Straits Times, as a Singaporean climber goes missing on Mount Everest, why is the climb to its summit so dangerous?

From Tempo(dot)Co, the Boyolali Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java builds a religious tourism area for education about the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages.  (In Indonesia, a regency is an administrative division with a province, which is co-equal to a city.)

From Free Malaysia Today, mountaineer RJ Nagarajan reaches the top of Mount Everest, thus becoming the second Malaysian to climb the Seven Summits.

From the Borneo Post, according to Sarawak state Transportation Minister Lee Kim Shin, a proposal to build a railway between the Malaysian state of Sarawak and the Indonesian region of Kalimantan will require high-level discussions between the leaders of the two countries.  (The Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo is called Kalimantan, and is divided into five provinces.)

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong welcomes Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev.

From the Taipei Times, police in Taiwan go on alert after a suspected member of a Japanese criminal organization arrives for a visit.

From The Korea Herald, the South Korean government considers sending air and de-mining vehicles to Ukraine.

From The Mainichi, police in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi put tags on bicycle handlebars, which results in an 80 percent decrease in bicycle theft.

From The Stream, could 2023 see a repeat of 1918?

From The Daily Signal, why a group keeps suing the Biden administration.

From The American Conservative, the right needs to understand that for almost half of American voters, left-wing policies are compelling.

From BizPac Review, a college student claims to have gotten a zero on an assignment for using the term "biological women".

From The Daily Wire, a high school female track athlete appears to give a thumbs-down to spectators after she is ousted from the top three in her event by a trans-identifying boy.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden and the State Department appear to contradict each other about lifting sanctions against Chinese Defense Minister General Li Shangfu.

From the New York Post, Ukraine is reportedly losing 10,000 drones every month because of Russian electronic warfare.

From Breitbart, eco-activists dump black dye into Rome's Trevi Fountain.  (How much carbon dioxide does Italy generate in comparison to other countries?  Since embassies are normally located in national capitals, why can't these activists protest in front of China's embassy?)

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court will not take a case involving California's law banning the sale of foie gras.  (My spellchecker objects to the French word gras, but not to foie.)

And from The Babylon Bee, Republican congresscritters win an Emmy award for acting like they're saddened by government spending.