Stories For Leap Year Day

On the last day of February, as the weather reverts to sunny but cool, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a federal judge blocks a law in Texas that would have allowed state and local officials to arrest and deport illegal aliens.

From FrontpageMag, Dartmouth University President Sian Beiloc wants truth to be more important than civility.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, President Biden has blood on his hands.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a complaint alleges that Columbia University medical school chief DEI officer Alade McKen is a serial plagiarist.

From the Washington Examiner, text messages show that Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade "had a full on relationship".

From The Federalist, nine ways in which the federal government is trying to rig the 2024 in favor of Democratic candidates.

From American Thinker, with the verdict against former President Trump, has New York City shot itself in its financial foot?

From MRCTV, first responders at the border in Texas are left "traumatized" by increasing tragedies.

From NewsBusters, the media line up to protect First Son Hunter Biden.

From Canada Free Press, Canada moves to make reiterating certain parts of the Bible illegal.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects exploration by a Canadian oil company in the region of Essequibo, which is part of Guyana.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Rochdale, England has been ignored and is now enflamed.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s road to national bankruptcy.

From EuroNews, breaking down the €137 billion in funds that the E.U. has unfrozen for Poland.

From Voice Of Europe, an interview with a Ukrainian military officer.

From Balkan Insight, while under house arrest, Bulgarian tycoon Vassil Bojkov starts a new opposition political party.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria doubles down on provocative acts against Mali.

From The New Arab, Egypt secures a $5 billion tranche from the UAE in a deal to finance property development in the Emirati city of Ras al-Hekma.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Islamic bookstore in Nice, France is closed for three months.  (If you read French, read the story at Nice-Matin and FDeSouche.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, no, most of the Gazans are not "just like us".

From Gatestone Institute, is the nine-figure fine imposed on Trump constitutional?

From The Stream, the surge in illegal migrants brings killers and criminal gangs into the U.S.

From The Daily Signal, the critical testimony of Special Counsel Robert Hur.

From The American Conservative, as congresscritter Harriet Hageman (R-WY) points out, a single clause can ruin an entire legislative bill.

From The Western Journal, according to political strategist Dick Morris, who wrote the article, Trump is leading his MAGA followers "from purity....to maturity".  (I have not forgotten that Morris once worked for Mr. Bill.)

From BizPac Review, the Border Patrol Union tells Biden to "keep our name out of our mouth".

From The Daily Wire, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro's investigation of DEI in medicine sparks outrage on Capitol Hill.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) claims to be tough on fentanyl, but voted against legislation that would have made its detection at the border easier.

From the New York Post, did an episode of The Simpsons predict the disastrous Willy Wonka Experience 31 years ago?

From People, actor Wendell Pierce reveals what he told his then-colleague Meghan Markle on the last day when they worked together on the show Suits.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, co-host Joy Behar of The View claims that the Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore "was the day democracy died".

From Newsmax, Trump heads toward the border near Eagle Pass, Texas.

And from the Genesius Times, because of soaring inflation, February now has 29 days.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a rainy and mild Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden can't reinvent himself as an ally to the Palestinians.

From FrontpageMag, what the media won't tell you about what happened in Israel in response to the Hamas attacks on October 7th.

From Townhall, Athens, Georgia Mayor Kelly Kirtz (D) tries to shift blame for the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, which doesn't go over well.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why Kansas plans to sue the Biden administration over it latest student loan ploy.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) plans to resign as the Republican Senate leader, effective this coming November.

From The Federalist, how illegal aliens entering the U.S. skew our elections for Democrats without ever casting a vote.

From American Thinker, illegal aliens and Russian President Putin agree on who should be the U.S. president.

From MRCTV, in 12 days, ICE apprehends 275 illegal aliens previously convicted of sex offenses.

From Newsbusters, how the Spanish-language network Univision covers immigration.

From Canada Free Press, why leftists will stop at nothing.

From TeleSUR, Brazilian military police launch a dragnet in Rio de Janeiro, which results in the deaths of seven people.

From TCW Defending Freedom, an open letter to U.K. parliamentcritters tells them that "you reap what you sow".

From EuroNews, the French Senate passes a bill to make abortion a constitutional right.

From Voice Of Europe, Poland considers temporarily ceasing cross-border trade with Ukraine.

From ReMix, according to Polish commentator Łukasz Warzecha, sending Polish troops into Ukraine would be "suicidal".

From Balkan Insight, Greeks stage protests and a strike to mark the anniversary of a train crash that killed 57 people.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan railways use more electricity produced from solar power.

From The New Arab, Iraq builds a wall along its border with Syria.  (Wait a minute, I thought that walls don't work.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, at least 67 "prominent" Muslims are arrested in connection with a large pandemic-era fraud scheme, and the media goes Sergeant Schultz.  (They know nothing!)

From The Jerusalem Post, U.K. lawmakers question their safety over Gaza after receiving threats and abuse.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the Afghan migrant who allegedly murdered three prostitutes in Vienna had visited a mosque just before the crime.  (If you read the German, read the story at Exxpress and Unser Mitteleuropa.)

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas has conquered Big Ben in London.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, a Pakistani imam preaches Jew-hate in the Brussels Regional Parliament in Belgium.

From The Stream, the Chief Twit might have a deep state problem.

From The Daily Signal, the NFL has become woke, discriminatory, and anti-American.

From The American Conservative, the aforementioned Mitch McConnell's last fight before his upcoming abdication.

From The Western Journal, after the Michigan presidential primary, a Democratic candidate suspends her campaign.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Chief Twit, himself an immigrant, sound the "alarm bell" over the "flood" of illegal aliens entering the country. 

From The Daily Wire, the government of Denver, Colorado might furlough its hourly workers and hire illegal aliens.

From the Daily Caller, in a speech about crime, Biden says nothing about the aforementioned murder of Laken Riley.

From the New York Post, a woman who was raped when she was a teenager celebrates the removal of the judge who reversed her rapist's conviction.

From Breitbart, the TV show Jeopardy! gets slammed for using "neo-pronouns" in an answer.

From Newsmax, the FAA gives Boeing 90 days to develop plan to address "systemic quality-control issues".

And from SFGate, in the future, visiting Hawaii might cost ya a bit more, pilgrim.

A Few Late Things For Tuesday

Now that I'm back from running around in the part of my life that's outside the blogosphere, here are a few things going on:

From The Daily Wire, Jewish students at University of California-Berkeley evacuate to a secret location when a mob of pro-HamasPalestinian protesters storm an event involving an IDF reservist.

From the Daily Caller, Republican congresscritters subpoena the Department of Justice for the transcript of an interview between President Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur.

From Fox Business, according to JPMorgan Chase strategists, the U.S. economy could be headed for 1970s-style stagflation.  (It might be "headed" there?  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From Breitbart, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis subjected her employees to mandatory racist race training.

From Gatestone Institute, there can be no ceasefire with Hamas if it remains in power in Gaza.

From The Stream, if human rights don't come from God, you don't have any.

From The American Conservative, what happened in the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka?

From TCW Defending Freedom, "a message from the edge of the cliff".

From The Federalist, a majority of voters believe that the lawfare against former President Trump is election interference.

From American Thinker, a look at in vitro fertilization.

And from the New York Post, visiting the Plaza de España in Seville, Spain is gonna cost ya, pilgrim.

Monday Mania

On the last Monday of February, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel decides to resign.

From FrontpageMag, left-wing prosecutors are building a new kind of police state.

From Townhall, lessons from the elections of 1980.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter and senatorial candidate Barbara Lee (D-Cal) is accused of illegally coordinating with a super PAC.

From the Washington Examiner, some Democrats don't want President Biden to run for reelection, but find the alternatives even less desirable.

From The Federalist, a bill offered by Republican state legislators in Indiana would allow Democrats kick any Republican attorney general off the ballot.

From American Thinker, University of Iowa basketball player Caitlin Clark exposes racism in the media.

From MRCTV, an illegal alien TikTok user urges his followers to support an illegal alien who allegedly shot a tourist in New York City's Times Square earlier this month.

From NewsBusters, while appearing on Meet the Press, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) lies about pro-life laws.

From Canada Free Press, yes, there is racism by blacks against whites in America.

From TeleSUR, Argentinian teachers begin a nationwide strike against President Javier Milei's policies.  (I don't think that TeleSUR has reported on Milei's delivering a monthly surplus, the first for Argentina in 12 years.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the scandal of social care migrants to the U.K. who disobey the rules of their visas.

From Snouts in the Trough, has the Irish government revealed its plans for the near future?

From EuroNews, the Hungarian parliament ratifies Sweden's bid to join NATO.

From Voice Of Europe, Lithuania considers joining the E.U.'s operation to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea.

From ReMix, Polish farmers stage a 24-hour blockade of the A2 highway at the border with Germany near the village of Świecko.

From Balkan Insight, the Greek party SYRIZA faces new internal divisions but rejects holding a new leadership contest.

From The North Africa Post, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali consider discontinuing the West African franc, a legacy of colonization by France.  (France got rid of its own franc in favor of the Euro about 20 years ago.)

From The New Arab, according to rights groups, Egypt has been harassing activists reporting about construction of an area allegedly earmarked for refugees from Gaza.

From the Daily Mail, Welsh singer Charlotte Church leads a 100-member choir in the song From the River to the Sea.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinians don't need new governments but new leaders.

From The Stream, is another Armenian genocide in the near future?

From The Daily Signal, challenging the "racial profiteers".

From The American Conservative, will former First Lady Michelle Obama become a "September savior" or go on a "suicide mission"?

From The Western Journal, in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, former Governor Nikki Haley can't even beat former President Trump in her home county.

From BizPac Review, don't mess with former NFL quarterback Cam Newton.

From The Daily Wire, according to an investigation, at least 16 universities promote a book on how to blow up an oil pipeline.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, Biden is barely beating Trump in one bloc that normally favors Democrats.

From the New York Post, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg asks for a gag order in Trump's hush money trial.

From Breitbart, actor Jerry Steinfeld is harassed by anti-Israel protesters.

From Newsmax, Biden and Trump both reportedly have plans to visit the Mexican border in Texas this coming Thursday.

From USA Today, the U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy has died of his injuries.  (via Not the Bee)

And from The Babylon Bee, facing low approval ratings, Biden promises to pretend to care about the southern border.

Sunday Stories

On a sunny but cool Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Israel and Hamas are negotiating deal that could result in a six-week ceasefire and the release of 40 hostages.

From Townhall, former President Trump defeated former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) in her home state while spending far less in campaign funds.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

From the Washington Examiner, according to No Labels leader Joe Cunningham, the party would "definitely be interested" in having Haley as its presidential nominee.

From The Federalist, Haley decides to keep pressing on.

From American Thinker, embalmers are finding rubbery clots inside the blood vessels of dead bodies.

From NewsBusters, when the left-wing media mocked CPAC.

From TCW Defending Freedom, are the U.K.'s Tories scared of London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Muslims?

Form The Jerusalem Post, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei claims that Islam will overcome the "crooked" Western civilization.

From News18, an imam from Tunisia due to be expelled from France plans to appeal the decision.

From Yahoo, at least 15 Catholics are killed in a terror attack in Essakane, Burkina Faso.

From Arutz Sheva, countering the propaganda which claims that Gaza in an "open-air prison".

From Gatestone Institute, Russian President Putin sends mixed messages about Ukraine.

From The Stream, why a ticket of Trump and former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) could be "dynamite".  (My spellchecker rejects "Tulsi".)

From The American Conservative, big money in San Francisco teaches racism.

From BizPac Review, former CNN host Brian Stelter is running for school board in Hunterdon County, New Jersey - as a Republican.  (To steal a line from a certain former House speaker, are you serious?)

From The Daily Wire, a man sets himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.

From the Daily Caller, advocates warn that a bill being considered in New York state would allow minors to make gender transitions without their parents knowing it.

From the New York Post, pro-HamasPalestinian protests try to disrupt a Chinese New Year parade in New York City.

From Breitbart, Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at CPAC.

From Newsmax, AT&T will give billing credits to its customers affected by its recent wireless outage.

And from Madhouse Magazine, on this day in 1965, George Harrison beat up fellow Beatle Paul McCartney.  (I'm pretty sure that this is satire, but if anyone knows better, please leave an appropriate comment.)

Saturday Links

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

From Breitbart, a radical imam deported from France promises to return.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a migrant from Afghanistan allegedly murders three prostitutes in Vienna, Austria.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. is complicit in funding the Iranian government.

From The Stream, legislators in four states consider bills that would require video of pre-natal fetal development to be shown in schools.

From The American Conservative, Alabama sets the stage for a fight at the Supreme Court over in-vitro fertilization.

From Snouts in the Trough, as U.K. parliamentcritters grovel to radical Islamists, "you ain't seen nothing yet".  (Apologies to Randy Bachman)

From TCW Defending Freedom, the greenies in Australia are making matters worse.

From NewsBusters, after a Georgia college student is murdered, NBC and CBS ignore that the suspect is an illegal alien who entered the U.S. in El Paso, Texas and was released due to lack of detention space.

From American Thinker, who canceled (a song entitled) Texas?

From the Washington Examiner, a privately-owned spacecraft lands on the moon - sideways.

From Townhall, the CISA knew of problems with mail-in voting in 2020, but still censored criticism ahead of that years' election.

From National Review, President Biden makes a "terrible" gamble on student loans.

From Axios, former President Trump and former Governor Haley (R-SC) face off in the South Carolina primary.

From The Hill, according to an opinion column, the Pentagon's recruiting policy has been a "disaster".

And from Reuters, the body of recently deceased Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is handed over to his mother.  (via the New York Post)

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, President Biden announces 500 new sanctions on Russia after the death of dissident Alexei Navalny.  (Has the imposition of sanctions ever resulted in the imposer's demands being met by the sanctioned?)

From FrontpageMag, the cases against former President Trump show "blue laws for red citizens".

From Townhall, in the San Diego sector of the southern border, the number of illegal aliens from China exceeds the number from Mexico.  (If illegal immigration to the U.S. is caused by poverty, as has been claimed, how do these Chinese people have the means to travel the thousands of miles from China to northern Mexico?  The article quotes from, but does not link to, a story in Fox News.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) claims that he's "not on the hook" to lobbyists, but sponsors legislation supported by his wife, who is - you guessed it - a lobbyist.

From the Washington Examiner, CPAC attendees think that the Democratic nominee for president will be former First Lady Michelle Obama.

From The Federalist, the Stasi isn't just for the former East Germany any more.

From American Thinker, the white boy who had no privilege.

From MRCTV, encounters between the Border Patrol and illegal migrants "plummet" in Texas and "surge" in Arizona and California.

From NewsBusters, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach takes on the FAA for making diversity more important than safety.

From Canada Free Press, the WEF had better keep its paws off our pets.  (Is it me, or does WEF leader Klaus Schwab look a bit like the James Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld?  Come to think of it, Blofeld is often seen sitting and petting a cat, with his own face turned away from the viewer.)

From TeleSUR, wildfires in the Amazon region threaten the Yanomami people in the Brazilian state of Roraima.

From TCW Defending Freedom, asking the U.K.'s Met Office to retract a lie.

From Snouts in the Trough, no, stupid, it's not the economy.  (The article was published yesterday, but because I did not make a regular post yesterday, I've decided to link it today.  The title refers to Mr. Bill's 1992 campaign slogan, and gives him a well-deserved swipe.)

From EuroNews, former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is convicted of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry.

From Voice Of Europe, interim results from the Russian-Ukrainian war.

From ReMix, a center for servicing Abrams tanks opens in Poznań, Poland.

From Balkan Insight, the U.S. blacklists four Serbian companies for allegedly supporting the Russian military.

From The North Africa Post, when Mauritania's president visits Algeria, one of his bodyguards is killed.

From The New Arab, Egypt expands its wall on the border with Gaza and a possible refugee camp for Gazans.

From RAIR Foundation USA, pro-terrorism protesters storm the Flemish parliament in Brussels, Belgium.  (The Flemish parliament is the legislature for the Belgian commune of Flanders.)

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian leaders have brought a new nakba to the people of Gaza.

From The Stream, programming AI and indoctrinating children.

From The Daily Signal, what federal health agencies are not saying about coronavirus vaccines.

From The American Conservative, Democrats pay former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) to stay in the presidential race.

From The Western Journal, Trump's legal team reveals phone records which could cast doubt on Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis's and special prosecutor Nathan Wade's story about their relationship.

From BizPac Review, with an "overwhelmed" migrant center closing, illegal aliens might be sent directly into the streets of San Diego.

From The Daily Wire, the company Google tries to deal with internal antisemitism.

From the Daily Caller, human resources czars try to diversify federal government agencies, which costs taxpayers millions.

From Breitbart, Trump promises to protect Christians.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Claudia Tenney (R-NY), it's "troubling" that Democrats are clinging to Biden.

And from the New York Post, golfer Paige Spiranac offers a "leave Charlie Woods alone" moment.

Music Break

I know it's been a while since I've done a post of this kind, as not since last year, so here are a few songs that I've run across in the mean time.  Up first is one that I've previously considered but never used, Jump Into The Fire by Harry Nilsson, from his 1971 album Nilsson Schmilsson.  Personnel on the track include Nilsson on vocals and electric piano, John Uribe on lead guitar, Chris Spedding and Klaus Voormann on rhythm guitar, songwriter Jimmy Webb on piano, Jim Gordon (of Derek and the Dominos) on drums, including a solo, and Herbie Flowers on bass, which he detuned as he played.  Voormann is better known for playing bass, such as in Manfred Mann and on more session work than I could ever recall, but he was on guitar for this one.

Wednesday Whatnot

As the sunny but cool weather continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, yes, food inflation is real.

From FrontpageMag, the National Geographic "Traveler of the Year" is a drag queen.

From Townhall, another Republican governor plans to send National Guard troops to the southern border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, some media outlets which warn of "disinformation" have no problem with printing Chinese communist propaganda.

From the Washington Examiner, by a 2-1 margin, voters want America fixed before sending more money to Ukraine.

From The Federalist, President Biden encourages Ukraine to keep on fighting and tells Israel to surrender.

From American Thinker, it's time to learn some geography.

From MRCTV, media host Dr. Phil tells media host Joe Rogan about farmland in the U.S. that's close to military bases and owned by China or its citizens.

From NewsBusters, we're headed for "a world order, if you can keep it".  (Apologies to Ben Franklin.)

From Canada Free Press, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI was not voluntary.

From TeleSUR, the National Liberation Army freezes its peace talks with the Colombian government.

From TCW Defending Freedom, depopulation is "the elephant in the eco-room".  (As I've mentioned before, we are the carbon that some people want to reduce.)

From EuroNews, the French government announces some measures in response to protests by farmers.

From Voice Of Europe, Polish Deputy Agricultural Minister Michał Kołodziejczak warns Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy against meddling in Polish politics.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Novinky.  If you read Polish, read the story at Polsat.)

From ReMix, Dutch politician Geert Wilders demands the deportation of an asylum seeker from Syria who allegedly groping four girls.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Hart van Nederland.)

From Balkan Insight, the trial of two former Serbian policemen for alleged war crimes against ethnic Albanians begins in Pristina, Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. and Morocco discuss cooperation on defense and shared security interests.

From The New Arab, Egyptian authorities charge editor-in-chief Lina Attalah of the outlet Mada Masr with publishing "fake news".

From BBC News, a victim of grooming in Rochdale, U.K. recounts her ordeal.

From the Daily Mail, a British mother of two fears that she will never see her children again after they were allegedly kidnapped and taken to Syria by their father.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas terrorists forced people at gunpoint to watch their family members being raped.

From Arutz Sheva, applauding Hamas at the Bataclan in Paris shows how stupid the current era is.

From Gatestone Institute, the skyrocketing terror threat in France.

From The Stream, attacks against churches in the U.S. doubled in 2023, and a professor in Texas who was fired for teaching biology in biology class gets his job back.

From The Daily Signal, a transgender activist assaults pro-life students at the Virginia March for Life in Richmond.  (If a pro-lifer were to assault a transgender activist, or even any trans person, what would be the reaction from politicians and the media?)

From The American Conservative, presidential candidate and former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) wants her voters to pretend that Donald Trump's candidacy and presidency never happened.

From The Western Journal, former CNN anchor John Avlon announces his candidacy for congresscritter (D-NY).

From BizPac Review, ahead of testifying before Congress, First Brother James Biden is asked if First Son Hunter Biden smoked crack in the White House.

From The Daily Wire, a bill in Illinois would expand the definition of child abuse to objecting to transgender treatments and abortion being provided to one's own children.

From the Daily Caller, the judge presiding over Georgia's case against former President Trump and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's disqualification case once contributed to her campaign.

From the New York Post, the head of Boeing's 737 Max division leaves the company after a door is blown out of an Alaska Air jet during flight.

From Breitbart, former NFL player Shannon Sharpe believes that NBA players should be married.

From Newsmax, the U.S. expands visa restrictions for transportation operators due to illegal migration.

And from SFGate, at the California restaurant Howlin' Ray's, you eat their spicy chicken at your own risk.

Tuesday Tidings

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

From National Review, why does Russian President Putin always seem to outfox American presidents?

From FrontpageMag, the West's strange disconnect between the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

From Townhall, neither the police or the media will name the Kansas City shooting suspects because they're under 18.  (On the other hand, the media took no such precaution for 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan who was wrongly accused of racism for wearing face paint in team's colors.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) had a problem with "special interest lobbyists" until those from the electric bus industry started donating to his campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, the site Politico is surprised to discover the existence of social conservatism.

From The Federalist, the censors will be at it again.

From American Thinker, former President Trump is right about NATO.

From MRCTV, a high school girls' basketball team forfeits after three of its players are injured in a game against a team that includes a trans player.  (That's right, the team with the transgirl did not forfeit.  The team whose players got hurt forfeited.)

From NewsBusters, Shark Tank host Kevin O'Leary schools CNN over the New York judge's ruling against Trump.

From Canada Free Press, some people deserve to be disbarred.

From TeleSUR, Salvadorian opposition parties request that the legislative elections held this past February 4th are annulled.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should not bring back his predecessor Boris Johnson.

From EuroNews, why does WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange face extradition to the U.S.?

From ReMix, E.U. leaders criticize Belgian europarliamentcritter Tom Vandendriessche for calling its mass migration policy an "organized repopulation" of Europe.

From Balkan Insight, journalists from Balkan countries call for the release of Julian Assange.

From The North Africa Post, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, after leaving the regional bloc ECOWAS, confirm their plans to form a new confederation.

From The New Arab, tensions rise in the Iraqi province of Babylon after a pro-Iran militia assassinates a leader in the Sadrist Movement.  (I thought that the Sadrists, or at least their leader Moqtada al-Sadr, were backed by Iran.  As it has turned out, that's no longer true.)

From Gatestone Institute, over 365 million Christians face persecution and discrimination for their faith.

From The Stream, Christians need to get serious if we want to challenge the left-wing culture.

From The Daily Signal, Secretary of State Antony Blinken forbids his staff to use gender-specific language.

From The American Conservative, did Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador receive money from a drug cartel?

From The Western Journal, the White House is upset because The New York Times has pointed out that President Biden is old.

From BizPac Review, senatorial candidate Kari Lake (R-AZ) tells Republicans to "take a joke", but Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) isn't having it.

From The Daily Wire, DEI training at the IRS includes material from an academic who called for the "death of whiteness".

From the Daily Caller, is the U.S. military running out of Tomahawk cruise missiles?

From ABC News, two adult suspects have been arrested in connection with the aforementioned Kansas City parade shooting.  (Yes, they have been named.  The story comes via the Daily Caller.)

From the New York Post, one man is arrested after a confrontation between NYPD officers and illegal aliens migrants at a shelter on Randall's Island in New York City.  (For more information on Randall's Island, go to its website.)

From Breitbart, producer Rob Reiner's new movie God & Country flops.

From Newsmax, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) declines to indicate whom he will support in the upcoming presidential election.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden hires a new sign language interpreter who already knows one common sign like the back of his hand.

****
As a bonus, I offer something that I regard as too good to pass up, even though it was published yesterday.  From the Daily Caller News Foundation, during the Civil War, President Lincoln granted a pardon to an ancestor of his current successor.

Stories For Presidents Day

As the sunny but cool weather continues on a Monday which is Presidents Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, no, American has not become "ugly and decayed".

From FrontpageMag, President Biden keeps on piling up the lies.

From Townhall, the Department of Justice charges a Somali Minnesota man with allegedly aiding ISIS and threatening to blow up New York City.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration uses "Indigenous Knowledge" as an excuse to block new oil and gas leases in Alaska.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice should not ignore former Biden family associate Tony Bobulinski.

From The Federalist, Presidents Washington and Lincoln would not recognize today's America.

From American Thinker, Washington and Lincoln speak from their graves.

From MRCTV, San Francisco puts a person who is not allowed to vote in the U.S. on its election commission.

From NewsBusters, hosts on The View demand that former President Trump is censored when he debates Biden.

From Canada Free Press, the "political" murder of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny could happen here, too.

From TeleSUR and the "it's not my fault" department, former President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner blames former President Mauricio Macri and current President Javier Milei for poverty in Argentina.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer are the U.K.'s PEZ heads.  (PEZ is the brand name of a candy originally made in Austria and its associated plastic dispensers.)

From Snouts in the Trough, did these three technologies come from Hell?

From EuroNews, a look at the oldest town in Slovenia.

From Voice Of Europe, tractors head towards Prague, Czech Republic.

From ReMix, tractors head towards Madrid, Spain.

From Balkan Insight, will the Jiu Valley in Romania experience life after coal?  (At one time, this question could be asked about the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania.)

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. warns its citizens to stay away from Algeria.

From The New Arab, Morocco intercepts a boat carrying 141 migrants that was trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands.

From Yahoo, French Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin asks for the deportation of an imam from Tunisia after he preached against France.

From Arutz Sheva, why won't wealthy Arab States import Gazans as workers?

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas regards Palestinians as terrorists.

From The Stream, "Happy President's Daze" and other items.

From The American Conservative, the mainstream media are dying from their own self-inflicted wounds.

From The Western Journal, more on the San Francisco election official who can't legally vote in the U.S.

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate and former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) promises to pardon Trump if she is elected.

From The Daily Wire, on the other hand, Haley criticizes Trump on his reaction to the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.

From the Daily Caller, Vice President Harris reportedly thinks that she can save Biden's reelection campaign single-handedly.

From the New York Post, retired basketball player Shaquille O'Neal quietly builds a large real estate empire.

From Breitbart, a bill introduced by California state assemblycritters would require insurance companies to rat out law-abiding people who own both homes and guns.

From Newsmax, retired basketball player Charles Barkley complains about the "homeless crooks" in San Francisco.

And from The Babylon Bee, in an awkward moment, Presidents Putin (Russia) and Zelenskyy (Ukraine) show up to the same rally for President Biden (U.S.).

A Sasquatch's Sunday Baker's Dozen

On a sunny but cool Sunday, here are 13 things going on:

From Townhall, Secretary of State Antony Blinken asks China for help against nuclear space weapon.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

From American Thinker, Putin is a horrible historian.

From NewsBusters, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) schools CBS host Robert Costa on "everything".

From TCW Defending Freedom, antisemitism is at its worst since the Nazis.

From The Times Of Israel, medicine is sent to hostages by their families, but there is no indication that it ever reached them.

From Gatestone Institute, Western farmers hit a fork in the road.

From The Stream, the politics of the special counsel's report about President Biden and the classified documents in his custody.

From The American Conservative, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) says the quiet part out loud at the Munich Security Conference.

From BizPac Review, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) apologizes after claiming that Israel has a "right" to defend itself.

From the Daily Caller, law professor Jonathan Turley reports some "astonishing" facts about the case of Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis.

From the New York Post, a retired New York City police detective wins Republican support in his effort to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

And from SFGate, miked-up footage from the Super Bowl makes a decision by the 49ers at the start of overtime look even worse.

Saturday Stuff

On a cold Saturday that started with some snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) should let the House vote on a foreign aid package passed by the Senate.

From Townhall, according to an intelligence report, Russia wanted former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 election.

From The Washington Free Beacon, good riddance to former Senator (D-MA)/Secretary of State and current climate czar John Kerry.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Andy Kim (D-NJ) is doing better in the polls than state First Lady Tammy Murphy (D-NJ) in his senatorial campaign.  (As far as I know, Kim is not the same as this guy.)

From American Thinker, according to right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, Americans are under the control of a censorship regime.

From NewsBusters, NBC hypes the idea that actors can do better by being "gender-fluid".  (If so, I can think of a setting where "gender-fluidity" would be useful.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K.'s roads are very often flooded, which is not because of too much rain.

From Snouts in the Trough, what to make of white blood clots.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a stone cross in Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil, France is defaced with the word "Islam" and a crescent moon.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro and FDeSouche.)

From Gatestone Institute, if you want to stop the Iranian regime, go after the IRGS's assets.

From The Stream, mass baptisms are held in a fountain on the campus of Florida State University.

From The American Conservative, lies about the war in Ukraine, and parallels to Vietnam.

From The Western Journal, former President Trump slams the civil fraud judgment against him.

From BizPac Review, a congressional advisory panel recommends Secret Service protections for presidential candidate and former Governor (R-SC) Nikki Haley, to which fellow candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. (I), denied such protection, responds.

From The Daily Wire, Trump attorney Alina Habba slams the civil fraud judgment against him.

From Reuters, Russian authorities arrest at least 212 people at rallies for the recently deceased dissident Alexei Navalny.  (What is this "right to peaceable assembly" you speak of?  The story comes via The Daily Wire.)

From the Daily Caller, residents of East Palestine, Ohio slam President Biden over his long-overdue visit, and claim that their tap water is still undrinkable.

From Breitbart, drugs cartels use landmines in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

From Newsmax, video released by Israeli officials allegedly shows an UNRWA employee loading the body of an Israeli man who had been shot into the back of an SUV.

And from the New York Post, a book is returned to a library in Newark, Ohio after 93 years.

Friday Phenomena

On a sunny but rather cold Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny dies in prison.

From FrontpageMag, Bidenomics is working well - for illegal aliens.

From Townhall, while speaking about Navalny's death, President Biden attacks Republicans and freezes up.

From The Washington Free Beacon, pro tips with Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis.

From the Washington Examiner, rumors that Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) will run for president turn out to have been greatly exaggerated.

From The Federalist, your government wants you to get angry at foreign tyrants so that you won't notice the domestic ones.

From American Thinker, recapping our two-tiered justice system in light of revelations that foreign intelligence agencies allegedly spied on associates of then-private citizen Donald Trump.

From MRCTV, an elementary school principal in Florida thinks that kids should be allowed to read explicit books.

From NewsBusters, when journalists loved the 25th Amendment.

From Canada Free Press, the climate fearmongers are "wrong as usual".

From TeleSUR, according to President Gustavo Petro, Colombia is talking about peace.

From TCW Defending Freedom, despite headlines screaming about winds and floods and other scary things, the U.K.'s weather in January was merely average.

From EuroNews, how did the aforementioned and recently deceased Alexei Navalny become Russian President Putin's fiercest opponent?

From Voice Of Europe, the E.U. plans to send a naval mission to the Red Sea.

From ReMix, in a poll, Warsaw, Poland Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, a member of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's governing coalition, comes in third as a presidential candidate.  (Yes, this was a poll of Poles [rimshot].)

From Balkan Insight, 11 Croatian opposition parties plan to hold a protest to demand immediate elections.

From The North Africa Post, Senegal’s Constitutional Council rules that a postponement of a presidential election was "unlawful".

From The New Arab, is Egypt building a safe zone for Palestinians escaping a possible Israeli incursion into the Gazan city of Rafah?

From Gatestone Institute, how does the conflict in Gaza end?

From The Straits Times, thousand of people in Myanmar after the ruling junta announces a military draft.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Mount Semeru in the Indonesian province of East Java erupts twice in one day.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urges political parties to give their view to a sharia law panel.

From the Borneo Post, several areas in the district of Pakan in the Malaysian state of Sarawak are flooded by the stream Sungai Entabai.

From Vietnam Plus, on the day after Tet, Vietnamese exporters go back to work.

From the Taipei Times, fishers from the Taiwanese county of Pingtung remove 57 tonnes of debris from the sea.  (A tonne equals 1,000 kilograms.)

From The Korea Herald, a student protests a commencement speech by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and gets carried out.

From The Mainichi, according to a study by a pet insurance firm, one in ten puppies sold in Japan become ill within a week of the sale.

From The Stream, yesterday's literacy versus today's wokeness.

From The Daily Signal, why the WHO's Pandemic Treaty is a threat to free expression.

From The American Conservative, yes, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is breaking the law.

From The Western Journal, at the misconduct hearing for the aforementioned Fani Willis, her alleged boyfriend special prosecutor Nathan Wade takes 21 seconds to answer a question.

From BizPac Review, at her hearing, did Willis wear her dress backwards?

From The Daily Wire, the judge in Trump's civil fraud trial makes his ruling.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. Department of Agriculture starts funding research into using trash-fed crickets as a protein source.

From the New York Post, basketball player Lauryn Taylor of Francis Marion University sets a national record with 44 rebounds in a single game.

From Breitbart, former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R) shows off her vocal chords.  (In the past, she has played the flute.)

From Newsmax, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pauses the Boy Scouts of America's settlement of abuse claims.

From Yahoo, Sir Paul's Höfner bass, stolen in 1972, has been returned.

And from the Genesius Times, the three-times-aforementioned Fani Willis's testimony is unexpectedly paused due to a water main break.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, according to testimony from a former co-worker, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis began her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade in 2019.

From FrontpageMag, Russian President Putin would prefer U.S. President Biden winning reelection over former President Trump retaking the office.  (In my opinion, this raises a question.  If there was any collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, why would Putin or any other Russians side with Trump against his then-rival Hillary Clinton?)

From Townhall, House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) faces an inquiry for his ominous but rather unspecific security warning.

From The Washington Free Beacon, climate envoy John Podesta is behind Biden's pausing the export of liquefied natural gas, from which his brother stands to benefit.

From the Washington Examiner, Democratic Party elders are leaving their positions, with one notable exception.

From The Federalist, did U.S. intelligence agencies create the Russia collusion hoax before suggesting it to the aforementioned Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign?

From American Thinker, "chumming" the border to attract illegal aliens.

From MRCTV, LGBTQ activists gather in Washington, D.C. in support of "Palestine liberation".

From NewsBusters, according to TV host Whoopi Goldberg, "Tucker Putin" would be a "great" name for a stripper.

From Canada Free Press, congresscritter Barbara Lee (D-Cal), now running for Senator, wants a $50 per hour minimum wage.

From TeleSUR, Brazil toughens the conditions of its maximum security prisons.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is a "smooth-talking second-hand car salesman".  (If so, the British should buy some second-hand cars while they're still legal.)

From EuroNews, some towns in the Spanish region of Andalucía haven't had clean tap water in 10 months.

From Voice Of Europe, Greek farmers escalate their protests over rising production costs and plan to rally in Athens.

From ReMix, the E.U. demands that Hungary, Poland and Slovakia allow the import of Ukrainian grain.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mandiner.)

From Balkan Insight, Albania reverses its 2018 online ban on sports betting.

From The North Africa Post, a record 1313 migrants died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Italy in 2023.

From The New Arab, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the resulting presence of warships have not been kind to Yemeni fishermen.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Jewish man in Paris is stabbed six times in an antisemitic attack.  (via Breitbart)

From The Hans India, police in the Indian cities of Delhi and Gurugram strengthen their security arrangements due to protests by farmers.  (Protests are not just for European farmers anymore.)

From the Hindustan Times, the third round of talks between Indian farmers and the Indian government are underway.

From ANI, Indian President Droupadi Murmu prorogues both houses of the Indian parliament.  (To prorogue a parliament is to suspend its activities without dissolving it.)

From India Today, a mob tries to attack a police station in Churachandpur, Manipur, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, anti-rape protesters Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka, Bangladesh warn of a tougher movement.

From New Age, a training course for health cadre officers is held at the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Health Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana calls for more domestic production of medicine.

From the Colombo Gazette, according to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka is keen to resume a light rail transit project.

From Raajje, Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu unveils an online program to teach Dhivehi and Islam to Maldivians abroad.

From the Bangkok Post, police raid beer bars in Chiang Mai, Thailand after complaints that they were selling balloons filled with laughing gas.

From Gatestone Institute, the axis of Hamas, Iran and South Africa.

From The Stream, crime by illegal aliens migrants is turning American cities into war zones.

From The Daily Signal, move over, fake news, it's "skewed news".

From The American Conservative, the inside story of MAGA versus congresscritter Mike Gallagher (R-Wis).

From The Western Journal, a broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade cuts away from tight end Travis Kelce when he goes "off the rails".

From BizPac Review, Alex Soros, son of left-wing billionaire George Soros, has a new girlfriend, who is well-known to the twice-aforementioned Hillary Clinton.

From The Daily Wire, a pregnant illegal alien migrant swims across the Rio Grande and then goes into labor.

From the Daily Caller, according to Fox News analyst Jonathan Turley, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Trump goes into uncharted territory.

From the New York Post, when having your car washed, please refrain from throwing your drink at any of the workers.

From Breitbart, are you ready for a third-party presidential campaign by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT).

From Newsmax, 30-year mortgage interest rates rise to their highest level in 10 weeks.

And from SFGate, for a cool $3.5 million, you can have actor Nicolas Cage's former home in San Francisco, the price being reduced after it was damaged by fire.