Wednesday Wanderings

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, author Malcolm Gladwell reaches his tipping point about transgender athletes.

From FrontpageMag, after an "Allah Akbar" breaks out in Marseilles, France, its motive remains a mystery.

From Townhall, a Polish reporter gets a reality check after trying to give President Trump a "gotcha" moment at a joint press conference with Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic megadonor David Geffen is sued by his gay black ex-husband for allegedly drugging him and showing him off as a "paid sex worker".

From the Washington Examiner, Florida state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announces the end of the state's vaccine mandates, comparing them to "slavery".

From The Federalist, three ways Americans can fight against the U.K.'s attempted suppression of free speech.

From American Thinker, a migrant cooks his breakfast on the eternal flame of a war memorial in Europe.

From MRCTV, a video shows Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) blaming gun crime in his city on red states.  (Let's go, Brandon!)

From NewsBusters, the media don't want to look back at their frenzy over Russiagate.

From Canada Free Press, a college in New York City teaches about theft and calls it "sociology".

From TeleSUR, Mexico bans 35 pesticides.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband's promise that more wind and solar farms would result in lower energy prices is nothing but hot air.  (Yes, his official title is that long.  Of course, Miliband will undoubtedly not use my preferred term for wind farms, which is "bird choppers".)

From Snouts in the Trough, paying taxes to the U.K.'s "no health service".  (Despite a recent post predicting that it would be taken down, SitT is still on the Interwebz.)

From EuroNews, the Czech government approves the purchase of 44 Leopard tanks from Germany for €1.4 billion.

From Free West Media, six politicians from the German party AfD die "in a matter of weeks".

From ReMix, two teenagers "with a migration background" detonate a grenade at a house in Eskilstuna, Sweden, are arrested and convicted, but will not serve any prison time due to their age.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Samnytt, to which you'll have to log in.)

From Balkan Insight, the Greek parliament passes a bill that could fine and imprison rejected asylum seekers.

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian-backed group Polisario Front suffers a diplomatic setback at the Southern African Development Community summit.

From The New Arab, the Somoud flotilla prepares to sail from Tunisia to Gaza.

From IranWire, the Iranian regime targets Baha'i artists.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an opinion column, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is creating a new hybrid ideology, which can be called "neo-jihadism".

From Gatestone Institute, the Muslim Brotherhood is a threat in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.

From Radio Free Asia, Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Chinese President Xi Jinping share the stage at China's military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

From The Stream, Qatar and Türkiye weaponize "jihad" in a new alliance.

From The Daily Signal, Border Czar Tom Homan points out a very difficult part of his job.

From The American Conservative, Europe needs to get real about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, thousands of files pertaining to the late Jeffrey Epstein are released.

From BizPac Review, more on the aforementioned release of Epstein files.

From The Daily Wire, victims of the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein claim that they will release a list of his clients.

From the Daily Caller, the State Department is set to change its Foreign Officer Service Test with one that emphasizes merit over DEI.

From the New York Post, Macy's stock prices surge 18 percent as its sales and profit forecasts are increased in spite of tariff uncertainty.

From Fox News, according to former Chicago Police Department head Jody Weis, Democrats are "afraid" that a crackdown by Trump against crime in the city would work.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces two maritime interceptions of illegal drug precursor chemicals coming from China and headed to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.  (I realize that in going from Fox News to her current position, she probably took a huge pay cut.)

From Newsmax, Trump urges Hamas to return the remaining Israeli hostages.

And from the Genesius Times, thousands of suicidal asthmatics suffering from depression and obesity demand that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stops endangering their health.

Tuesday Tidbits

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, if you want to stop New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D), give his opponent Curtis Sliwa some help.  (The Polish word śliwa means "plum tree".)

From FrontpageMag, a cartoonist steps off a plane in the U.K. and gets arrested for Tweets.

From Townhall, an explosive revelation could mean big trouble for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

From The Washington Free Beacon, California Governor Gavin Newsom's "agricultural equity" advisors prepare a plan to redistribute farmland.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump plans to move the Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.  (Will people training for officer positions in the Space Command be called "space cadets"?)

From The Federalist, anyone who has seen transgenderism ruin people's lives knows how evil it is.

From American Thinker, the Supreme Court ruled that birthright citizenship applies only to the children of foreigners in the U.S. legally - in 1898.

From MRCTV, a video showing a guest on MSNBC claiming that ICE kidnaps American citizens.

From NewsBusters, CNN sports analyst Cari Champion apparently misidentifies the nationality of tennis player Naomi Osaka.

From Canada Free Press, reforms proposed for the U.N. need to go farther.

From TeleSUR, Brazil's Supreme Court opens the trail of former President Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt.

From TCW Defending Freedom, mentioning World War II, 80 years after its end.  (On today's date in 1945, Japan signed its official surrender document on the deck of the American naval ship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.)

From EuroNews, a Tunisian man with legal status in France stabs at least five people in the city of Marseille and is shot dead by police.

From ReMix, 72 illegal migrants aboard a boat heading to Spain's Canary Islands are reportedly killed for practicing witchcraft, and their bodies thrown overboard, with the alleged murders later being housed in reception centers on the islands.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at OK Diario.)

From Balkan Insight, according to Greek Minister of Citizens Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis, 1,036 claimants falsely obtained E.U. agricultural subsidies from 2019 to 2024.

From The North Africa Post, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development appoints a new head of its office in Morocco.

From The New Arab, according to Amnesty International, Syrian government personnel and allied fighters have executed 46 Druze civilians.

From the Daily Mail, over 1,400 people have been killed in an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

From The Jerusalem Post, at least 1,000 people are killed in a landslide in western Sudan.

From Arutz Sheva, a hospital in Knokke, Belgium lists a nine-year-old girl's Jewishness as an "allergy".

From RAIR Foundation USA, the Georgetown Islamic Center in Texas expands to build a sharia enclave.

From Gatestone Institute, Arabs are not interesting in having Hamas disarm.

From Radio Free Asia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing, China to attend a military parade.

From The Stream, a video asking is ancient "avatars" are influencing U.S. politics.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned arrest of a cartoonist in the U.K. vindicates Vice President Vance's warning about free speech in Europe.

From The American Conservative, right-wing commentator and former presidential advisor Pat Buchanan should be among conservatism's greatest heroes.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Jerry Nadler (D-NY) decides that he has had enough for one lifetime.

From BizPac Review, former New York City Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani will receive the President Medal of Freedom, from Trump, his former client.

From The Daily Wire, the lending scheme that allowed Texas developers to sell home to illegal aliens, giving rise to the Colony Ridge development, is common across the U.S.  (My allotment of free articles at TDW is still shrinking.)

From the Daily Caller, Trump finds a way to troll former President Biden and his autopen.

From the New York Post, according to a scientific review, two types of drinks can make you gray and bald.

From Breitbart, more on the aforementioned Lisa Cook, as her boss gets criticized.

From Newsmax, conservatives and Trump supporters get disgusted over (greatly exaggerated) rumors of his death.  (Yes, I know, "conservatives and Trump supporters" is pretty much redundant, kind of like "left-wing" and "media".)

And from The Babylon Bee, English bobbies rush past five stabbings to arrest a social media user who posted offensive material.  (Wait a minute, isn't TBB supposed to be satirical, or at least "fake news you can trust"?)

Labor Day Links To Start September

On a warm and sunny Monday, which is both Labor Day and the first day of September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, celebrating the decline of labor unions.

From FrontpageMag, a woman whom the left-wing media wants you to hate.

From Townhall, President Trump's border security measures have greatly reduced the number of illegal alien deaths in the area of Eagle Pass, Texas.  (I've said it before and I'll probably say it again.  One of the many non-racist reasons for opposing illegal immigration is that it's dangerous to the illegal aliens themselves.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, while congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) claims that it's "categorically false" to call her a millionaire, she and her husband combined are worth up to $30 million.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump claims that India has offered to greatly reduce its tariffs on imported U.S. goods.

From The Federalist, today, we should ask why California and similar states restrict freelance work.

From American Thinker, whitewashing racism against Jews.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC host Jackie Alemany, the "stability of the global economy" is threatened if Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook is fired.

From Canada Free Press, the oil company Shell is burying itself in DEI, and no one is trying to dig them out.

From TeleSUR, almost 700,000 people in Colombia are hit by natural disasters and by armed violence.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner could be the U.K.'s next prime minister, which would be the disaster that they need.

From Snouts in the Trough, does the U.K. have judges or political komissars?

From EuroNews, Russia is accused of jamming the GPS system on the plane carrying European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on her official visit to Bulgaria.

From Free West Media, celebrating climate scientist Dr. John Christy.

From ReMix, four candidates from the party AfD have died "suddenly and unexpectedly" before elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

From Balkan Insight, truckers in Bosnia and Herzegovina stage a protest that blocks traffic.

From The North Africa Post, Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is sworn in as the head of a self-declared parallel government in Sudan.

From The New Arab, security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in La Marsa, Tunisia assault pro-HamasPalestine protesters.

From The Times Of Israel, a pro-HamasPalestinian activist throws red paint on Israeli singer David D'Or in Warsaw, Poland.

From BBC News, a mob burns a woman to death in the Nigerian state of Niger for alleged blasphemy.  (The Nigerian state of Niger should not be confused with the country of Niger.)

From Arutz Sheva, 10 myths and facts about Israel after October 7th.

From Gatestone Institute, the woman behind the niqab.

From The Stream, a video about finding rest in the middle of war.

From The Daily Signal, who is Salvadorian illegal alien and "Maryland man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and why does he matter?

From The American Conservative, Californian Governor Gavin Newsom (D) takes charge of the 2028 democratic presidential field.

From The Western Journal, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence arrests 53 Christians, confiscates their bibles, and charges them with "espionage".

From BizPac Review, according to an opinion column, last week showcased left-wing moral depravity.

From The Daily Wire, an Army football player and his father rescue a man from a burning car.  (TDW informs me that I have only so many free articles to read, and must register to read more after those are used up.  The registration is free, which means that this action is not a paywall.  However, I will soon not be able to access TDW articles without registering, which means that I can't pass them onto you, my readers, unless you register.  It thus appears that I might regrettably have to drop TDW as a source.)

From the Daily Caller, according to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, who wrote the article, Trump "reviving the dignity of work".

From the New York Post, Finland removes swastikas from its air force flags after realizing that they caused "awkward situations" with NATO allies.  (If you read Finnish, read the story at YLE.)

From Breitbart, coronavirus "fascists" in the CDC go to The New York Times to blast Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

And from Newsmax, Trump praises Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) for working with him against crime in the city.

Sunday Links For The End Of August

On a warm and sunny Sunday on the last day of August, here are some things going on:

From National Review, yes, self-deportation is happening.

From FrontpageMag, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) claims that his state is "safer", even with three shootings in four days.

From Townhall, President Trump's energy agenda has resulted in the lowest Labor Day weekend gas prices in five years.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the eight surrenders in World War II.

From the Washington Examiner, former New York City Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani (R) is injured in a car crash in New Hampshire.

From American Thinker, the crowd who tell everyone to "follow the science" rarely does.

From NewsBusters, CBS White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe enables Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's (D) election denialism theories.  (Election denial appears to be OK when Democrats engage in it.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, "the Christian case against asylum seekers".

From Jewish News Syndicate, a man is arrested for allegedly brandishing a knife near a synagogue in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

From Arutz Sheva, alleged Israeli "war crimes" are really Hamas war crimes.

From Gatestone Institute, French President Emmanuel Macron rewards Hamas terrorism.

From The Stream, a connection between the Israelites wandering in the desert and a man whom Jesus healed at the pool of Bethesda.

From The Stream, Trump's border security measures hit Mexican drug cartels in their pocketbook.

From The American Conservative, "hurricane season" while moving to and from Louisiana.

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Governor Pritzker approves legislation mandating the state's colleges and universities to provide abortion pills.

From The Daily Wire, right-wing parties are surging in parts of Europe.

From the Daily Caller, according to Trump, allowing Chinese students attend U.S. universities is the "right thing to do".

From Breitbart, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) considers having an emergency legislation session for gun control.

From Newsmax, according to former Trump advisor Walid Phares, Hamas is still using Israeli hostages as leverage.

And from the New York Post, shoppers at a mall in Syracuse, New York mistake an umbrella for an AR-15 rifle.

A Sasquatch's Saturday Dozen

On a warm and sunny Saturday, after I've walked in a forest like sasquatches are supposed to, here are 12 things going on:

From Gatestone Institute, why Iran's ideology and missiles are a threat to the West, with a lesson from history.

From The Stream, 10 reasons against cessationism.

From The Daily Signal, six successes of Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) as Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears (R) runs to succeed him.

From The American Conservative, a review of a biography of Louisiana Senator and Governor Huey Long (D), who like President Trump, was a populist.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage does some backtracking.

From Townhall, Florida cracks down on a fraud scheme which helps immigrants and illegal aliens who don't speak English to cheat on tests for commercial driver's licenses.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why China poses a threat to American democracy.

From the Washington Examiner, if you work for the Department of Justice, please refrain from flipping off the National Guard.

From The Federalist, college football announcer Lee Corso will make his final appearance on ESPN's College GameDay today.

From American Thinker, the sad truth about transitioning and detransitioning.

From NewsBusters, podcaster Keith Olberman blames Trump for the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, and claims that then-President Bush the Younger staged terror threats.

And from Breitbart, left-wingers spread a baseless online rumor that Trump is no longer with us.

Friday Fuss

On a warm and mostly sunny Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "in defense of prayer".

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's (D) advisors are no different from himself.

From Townhall, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) plans launch a primary challenge to Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration revokes visas for Palestinian officials ahead of a U.N. General Assembly meeting due to their "incitement to terrorism".

From the Washington Examiner, my governor would "absolutely welcome" federal help against crime in Baltimore.

From The Federalist, by dismissing the transgender factor in the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, the media are enabling another one.

From American Thinker, an axe-wielding 14-year-old Scottish girl has done more to fight pedophiles than most European governments.

From NewsBusters, leftists are angry that White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan of The Daily Wire asked press secretary Karoline Leavitt about "trans ideology".

From Canada Free Press, Democrats scream for gun control as they condone mental illness.

From TeleSUR, the youth wing of Venezuela's United Socialist Party stages a 10-kilometer night march as part of their resistance training.

From TCW Defending Freedom, educating U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the author of SitT being silenced in Prime Minister Keir Starmer's "free speech" Britain?  (The article short and contains a written link to his article in the Daily Sceptic.  You'll have to copy and paste the link into your browser in order to read the article.)

From EuroNews, the U.K. government wins an appeal which will allow migrants to continue staying at a hotel in the English town of Epping.

From ReMix, Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoes an amendment that would have abolished a requirement for parents and guardians assisting at educational institutions to present certificates of no criminal record.  (How many Polish people does it take to realize that it's good to keep criminals away from children?  Jeżeli czytasz po polsku, I mean, if you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, the mystery of a 15-year-old Kosovo girl taken by Serbian police in May 1999 remains unsolved.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco introduces electronic bracelets as an alternative to prison.

From The New Arab, who is new acting Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb?

From Arutz Sheva, according to a U.N. report, Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people so far in 2025.

From The Times Of Israel, a second woman accuses International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct.

From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF and Shin Bet recover the body of Israeli hostage Ilan Weiss in the Gaza Strip.

From Jewish News Syndicate, children are filmed praising Palestinian terrorist leaders at a rally in Brussels, Belgium.

From Christianity Today, the difficult life of a Christian teacher at a Muslim school in Kenya.  (The last five links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the war of disinformation over a famine that wasn't.

From The Stream, the destructive ideology that the world ignores or tolerates.

From The Daily Signal, according to estimates from the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas, border security measures have cut Mexican drug cartel revenue by over $1 billion so far this year.

From The American Conservative, the White House makes a bizarre defense for President Trump allowing 600,000 Chinese students to attend American universities.  (How many Americans are allowed to go to college in China?)

From The Western Journal, a nursing supervisor put herself in "harm's way" to help a scared young victim of the aforementioned Minneapolis school shooting.

From The Hill, Salvadorian illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia ask a judge to place gag orders on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi.  (via The Western Journal.)

From BizPac Review, Vice President Vance and his caravan throw protesters a curveball in Wisconsin.

From The Daily Wire, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs the bill to redraw the state's congressional districts.

From the Daily Caller, former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell falsely calls the Minneapolis shooter a Trump supporter.

From CBS News, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) reportedly will not seek reelection in 2026.  (Via AOL and the Daily Caller.)

From the New York Post, Culture Club lead singer Boy George no longer likes to sing the song Karma Chameleon.

From Breitbart, despite predictions by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, inflation holds steady in July.

From Newsmax, according to Speaker Johnson (R-LA), there "probably will be a vote of some sense" to require the Trump administration to release files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.

And from the Genesius Times, CNN announces that it will stop reporting on the twice-aforementioned Minneapolis school shooting because the suspect was not a white Christian MAGA male.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, mass shooting and the addiction to simple explanations.

From FrontpageMag, former Vice President Harris is an Islamophile, even more than former President Obama.

From Townhall, another Hamas supporter is honest and says the quiet part out loud.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration withdraws a $715.8 loan for a power line that would have connected offshore bird choppers to the grid.

From the Washington Examiner, CDC Director Susan Monarez's lawyers argue that only President Trump has the power to fire her.

From The Federalist, a left-wing group seeks sues against an Ohio law that requires people who register to vote to prove that they are U.S. citizens.

From American Thinker, lessons from the Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis.

From NewsBusters, media networks avoid saying much about the Minneapolis shooter or his motives.

From Canada Free Press, bird choppers and "carbon storage" are against humanity.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan military seizes illegal drugs and destroys drug trafficker shipyards.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration protests unite the British and the Irish, both Loyalists and Nationalists.

From EuroNews, Hungary sanctions a Ukrainian drone commander for three attacks on the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia.

From Free West Media, can Trump find a way out of his current box?

From ReMix, a migrant from Mali is arrested after allegedly killing a dog in Naro, Italy and then taking its body home to eat it.  (If you read Italian, read the story at La Stampa, Corriere Della Sera and/or Today(dot)It.)

From Balkan Insight, the Kosovo parliament is still in a deadlock.

From The North Africa post, Morocco exports a record amount of onions.

From The New Arab, Israeli forces raid a site near Kisweh, Syria, a suburb of Damascus.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's Supreme Court upholds the rape conviction of Islamologist Tariq Ramadan.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar does not seem interested in any agreement that ends the rule of Hamas in Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, closing arguments reach their conclusion in the trail of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai.

From The Stream, the world's lines are blurred, but God's word is not.

From The Daily Signal, Vice President Vance accuses Democrats of attacking prayer in the wake of the aforementioned Minneapolis school shooting.

From The American Conservative, downplaying crime in order to stick it to Trump is a risky bet for the Democrats.

From The Western Journal, ABC is called out for trying to make the aforementioned Minneapolis shooter look like a Trump supporter.

From BizPac Review, Amazon's "woke" remake of The Wizard of Oz is already getting panned.

From The Daily Wire, the Department of Labor diminishes the role of Biden-era DEI and welcomes back faith-based organizations into its federal grant process.

From the Daily Caller, a common thread between two school shooters.

From Breitbart, the media pretend that the motive of the twice-aforementioned Minneapolis school shooter is a mystery.

From Newsmax, Trump questions my governor's political future.

And from the New York Post, the future of waste collection includes self-driving trash cans and quiet electric garbage trucks.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm and partly sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the question of whether President Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is somewhat complicated.

From FrontpageMag, then-Vice President Harris's horrible presidential campaign.

From Townhall, a gunmen kills two children and injures at least 14 others, and three adults, at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, and anti-gunners waste no time in exploiting the victims.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Palestinian activist hailed as a "hero" by the media claims that she is "fighting the Jews, not Zionism".

From the Washington Examiner, more on the shooting in Minneapolis.

From The Federalist, a Wisconsin county judge will face trial for allegedly helping an illegal alien flee from ICE.

From American Thinker, the climate won't cooperate with dire predictions, so the dire predictions will keep coming.

From MRCTV, employees of Vanity Fair threaten to "walk out the [bleepity-bleep] door" if the magazine puts First Lady Melania Trump on its cover.

From NewsBusters, The View is set to start its 29th season hosting left-wing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, with no right-wing guests.

From Canada Free Press, the only signals needed at crosswalks are "walk" and "don't walk".

From TeleSUR, will the relationship between the Sheinbaum administration in Mexico and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration start a new era or bring on a clash?

From TCW Defending Freedom, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage's plans to stem the tide on illegal immigration.

From Snouts in the Trough, it looks like SitT will soon be taken down.

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is reportedly not interested in becoming the president of Germany.

From ReMix, the American man who saved a woman from a Syrian migrant, who was then knifed in the face, speaks out against Germany's mass immigration policies.

From Balkan Insight, Serbian police confront students manning a blockade at the University of Novi Sad.

From The North Africa Post, members of the Algerian-backed group Polisario have fled to Syria, with some being detained by Syrian authorities.

From The New Arab, protests over a proposed disarmament of Hezbollah cause U.S. envoy Tom Barrack to cut short his visit to Lebanon.

From The Jerusalem Post, two Arab teenagers are arrested in Paris for allegedly plotting an attack against the Eiffel Tower and some synagogues.

From Jewish News Syndicate, exposing the liars who allege a "genocide" in Gaza one fact at a time.

From Gatestone Institute, will U.S. President Trump let Russian President Putin win?

From Radio Free Asia, according to satellite images, a damaged Chinese coast guard ship is under repair at the Chinese island of Hainan.

From The Stream, what's really dangerous about progressive Christianity.

From The Daily Signal, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy celebrates the inaugural ride of a new high-speed train between Union Station in Washington, D.C. and Penn Station in New York City.

From The American Conservative, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu wants Trump to attack Iran again.

From The Western Journal, still more on the aforementioned shooting in Minneapolis, and information about the shooter.

From BizPac Review, during a cabinet meeting, Trump compliments Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his new AI data center, currently under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana.

From The Daily Wire, after a transgender person killed six people at a Christian school in Tennessee in 2023, leaders of independent and Catholic schools in Minnesota begged Governor Tim Walz (D) for help, but he did nothing.

From the Daily Caller, still more on the aforementioned Minneapolis school shooter.

From the New York Post, mom-and-pop New York City landlords fear that their rental properties will become unsellable if mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) wins.

From Breitbart, severe winds destroy the "orgy dome" at the Burning Man festival.

From Newsmax, a Trump administration plan would place some limits on visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and media personnel.

And from SFGate, a zip code in California has just 38 residents, but gets almost 10 million visitors each year.

A Few Late Tidings For Tuesday

On a warm and sunny Tuesday, after I've returned from running around, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) doesn't know his limitations.

From FrontpageMag, according to suspected ISIS commander Muthar Hamid Qaayid, sending people to the outside world and then ruling it is the whole idea.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, Democrats will promise more violence, regardless of whether they win elections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a lawsuit attempting to blame oil companies for a woman's death during a heat wave in 2021 doesn't bother to mention her heart disease.

From the Washington Examiner, for Democrats, bashing President Trump is their only game.

From The Federalist, the media show their hypocrisy when it comes to burning flags.

From American Thinker, the selective outrage on behalf of "states' rights".

From MRCTV, trust in the media plummets to about the same level as former Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) approval rating.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC spend 17 minutes on El Salvadorian illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia and zero time on the illegal alien truck driver who allegedly killed three people by making an illegal U-turn in Florida.

From TCW Defending Freedom, sign up for a sanctuary town in the U.K. free of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Snouts in the Trough, when people from our favorite religion are murdered, it only matters when Jews are the cause.

From The Sun, two men are flogged in the Indonesian province of Aceh are flogged for engaging in same-sex relations.  (I've run across several sites named The Sun.  This one has a web address that includes ".my", which indicates that it's from Malaysia.)

From the Killeen Daily Herald, an Afghan man is charged in the deaths of two people and injuries to 44 others in a car-ramming attack in Munich, Germany.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Australia will expel Iran's ambassador over the Iranian government's role in attacks against Australian Jews.

From Middle East Forum, how Middle Eastern states get mosques to influence Muslim communities in the West.

From Gatestone Institute, the real reason why Jews are hated.

From The Stream, Turkish President Erdoğan's maritime crusade against Israel.

From The Daily Signal, 23 Republican state attorneys general condemn Biden-era funding for a scheme that tried to "rig the courts" against American energy.

From The American Conservative, the lost cosmopolitan legacy of the Levant.

From The Western Journal, Trump weighs in on how to make Cracker Barrel great again.

And from USA Today, NFL player Travis Kelce and singer Taylor Swift decide to make it legal.

Monday Links

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

From National Review, Salvadorian illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore.  (That's "Balmer" in the Merlin dialect.)

From FrontpageMag, Muslim leaders planning to build a community near Dallas claim to be the targets of "Islamophobic" attacks.

From Townhall, are Democrats really sure about escalating the conflicts over redistricting?

From The Washington Free Beacon, much of the FireAid money raised by celebrities went to groups that do not serve white people or groups who serve illegal aliens.

From the Washington Examiner, the Coast Guard seizes over 75,000 pounds of illegal drugs in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.

From The Federalist, the "Big Beautiful Bill" will prevent Medicaid funds from going to people who are no longer with us.

From American Thinker, the fatal flaw in progressivism is that it rejects America.

From MRCTV, when MSNBC anchorman Chris Matthews got a "thrill" from a speech by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL).

From Newsmax, the requirement that immigrants have good moral character in order to be naturalized is not new.

From Canada Free Press, Generation Z does not have crystallized intelligence.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela deploys 15,000 security forces personnel to two of its border states.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the "shocking" reality behind the U.K.'s asylum numbers, which will only get worse.

From EuroNews, Hungary and Slovakia have a spat with Ukraine over the bombing of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

From Free West Media, according to a Swiss study, coronavirus booster shots increase the risk of respiratory infection.

From ReMix, U.S. envoy Richard Grenell slams German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's "weak and woke response" to a slashing attack by a Syrian migrant against an American tourist who was trying to protect a woman.

From Balkan Insight, in its effort to obtain energy independence, Moldova focuses on intermittent renewable power sources.

From The North Africa Post, the Nigerian Air Force kills at least 35 terrorists in the state of Borno, near the border with Cameroon.

From The New Arab, a Druze leader calls for a separate region in Syria for his minority community.

From the Daily Mail, an asylum seeker in the Netherlands allegedly stabs a 17-year-old girl to death a few days after being arrested for an alleged rape.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories releases videos showing Hamas's brutality against Gazan people.

From Gatestone Institute, according to Muslim scholars in Qatar, nothing is more important than killing Israelis.

From Radio Free Asia, Cambodian lawmakers pass a bill that would allow the government to revoke the citizenship of people convicted of conspiring with foreign governments against the national interest.

From The Stream, what Orthodox nun Agapia Stephanopoulos didn't tell right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson during their interview.  (She is a sister of former Mr. Bill henchman George Stephanopoulos.)

From The Daily Signal, the U.S. government will take a 9.9 percent stake in the company Intel.  (Government and big business getting in bed together....what could go wrong?)

From The American Conservative, unrestrained liberalism brings about "Ireland against the Irish".

From The Western Journal, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces what's next for the aforementioned Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

From BizPac Review, Democrats circle their wagons to defend a "Pride" crosswalk in Florida.

From The Daily Wire, author J.K. Rowling flags the message that transgender activists are sending to women and girls.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump plans to sign an executive order to end "cashless bail" for arrested criminals in Washington, D.C.

From the New York Post, the concierge doctor scene in the Hamptons.

From Breitbart, The New York Times reports that for the first time in decades, the immigrant population in the U.S. has decreased.

From Newsmax, the Chief Twit's AI startup xAI sues Apple and OpenAI in federal court of conspiring to suppress its products.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump decrees than anyone who does not bow down to the American flag when the sound of musical instruments is heard shall be thrown into the fiery furnace.

Sunday Stuff

On a warm and cloudy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to a study, mental illness is more likely after abortion than after giving birth.

From FrontpageMag, heat-related deaths in Europe decrease because more people there are using air conditioning.

From Townhall, Boston police defy Mayor Michelle Wu (D) and secretly help ICE to arrest illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about Jews rebelling against the Roman Empire.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and my governor (D) confirm plans to redistrict their respective states.  (Here in Maryland, only one of our eight congresscritters is a Republican.)

From American Thinker, RINO congresscritters do what Democrats want them to.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC co-host and former Lieutenant Governor (R-MD) Michael Steele agrees with congresscritter Madeleine Dean (D-PA) that President Trump wants to take over cities in order to cancel future elections.  (I vaguely recall similar paranoia about Presidents Bush the Younger and Obama allegedly either wanting to cancel the next election or refusing to step down.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, Christians must unite against the evil represented by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Jewish News Syndicate, 26 europarliamentcritters call for the firing of the E.U.'s antisemitism coordinator over her defense of Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran gets a surprising new neighbor.

From The Stream, "seeing beyond".

From The Daily Signal, some people have compassion for criminals, but not for victims.

From The American Conservative, Virginia Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears (R) is four years late to the outrage cycle.

From The Western Journal, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) vows to fight on after a federal judge blocks the expansion of the illegal alien detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz".

And from PJ Media, how much urban violence and mayhem are Democrats willing to put up with?

Saturday Links

As the warm and sunny weather continues on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, Disney tries to figure out how to appeal to young men, with gay female characters.

From Townhall, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signs a bill to ban taxpayer funding of abortion-related logistics.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Russian President Putin makes the mistake of insulting U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, according to ICE, Salvadorian illegal alien Abrego Garcia may be deported to Uganda.

From American Thinker, Democrats don't want immigrants with good moral character.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC correspondent Ali Velshi attacks President Trump's agenda for the Smithsonian, but omits important details.

From TCW Defending Freedom, after more than 80 years, rage over the Warsaw Uprising in World War II still simmers.

From Snouts in the Trough, a story about coronavirus vaccines in Japan that the channel BBC Verify will probably not be reporting.

From The Times Of Israel, Iran claims to have built weapons plants in "several" countries.

From Gatestone Institute, the case for supporting the Iranian people.

From The Stream, a "tale of two churches".

From The Daily Signal, advocates demand action as the genocide of Christians in Nigeria surges.

From The American Conservative, for the time being, there will be no peace between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, three pickpockets in Venice, Italy mess with the wrong American traveler.

From BizPac Review, Netflix gives hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett a new platform.

From The Daily Wire, you child's school might be defying Trump's orders and still pushing transgender ideology.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Abrego Garcia possibly being deported to Uganda.

From the New York Post, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken learns that "closed" means "closed".

From Breitbart, Trump administration trade counselor Peter Navarro calls for an investigation of the FBI agents who targeted him.

From Newsmax, the number of illegal aliens being held in federal detention centers has risen 50 percent since Trump retook the presidency.

And from Fox News, cable TV host Bill Maher warns Democrats on how Trump is picking off their voters.  (via the New York Post)

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, California comes up with a "Gavinmander".

From FrontpageMag, some simple but inconvenient (for Democrats) truths about slavery.

From Townhall, you radical environmentalists had better stay the [bleep] away from our dogs.

From The Washington Free Beacon, school districts revert to diesel-powered buses because electric buses procured under the Biden administration can't be repaired.

From the Washington Examiner, a protest sign against Virginia Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears (R) is condemned for invoking Jim Crow.

From The Federalist, some ideas for Disney if it wants to make movies that will appeal to young men.

From American Thinker, the store and restaurant chain Cracker Barrel embraces DEI by removing both the old "cracker" and the barrel from its logo.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC and CNN contributor Douglas Brinkley claims that President Trump wants to return the U.S. "segregation of some kind".

From Canada Free Press, Western culture is being destroyed by the elites who control our lives.

From TeleSUR, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization holds a summit meeting in Colombia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, where will asylum seekers rejected in the U.K. go?

From EuroNews, according to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the organization needs to make sure that Russia under President Putin never attacks Ukraine again.

From ReMix, according to Polish authorities, the drone which crashed into a cornfield in Osiny, Poland likely came from Belarus.  (If you read Polish, read the story at RMF24.  While ReMix spells the town's name "Osyny", RMF24 spells it "Osiny".)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgaria is hit with a new water supply crisis.

From The North Africa Post, a Moroccan researchers wins the silver medal at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival 2025 for his innovation in detecting breast cancer.

From The New Arab, what's next for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who hand over their weapons?

From The Jerusalem Post, the manager of a resort in Porté-Puymorens, France is arrested after denying entry to 150 Israeli kids.

From Gatestone Institute, to achieve dominance in AI, the U.S. should use fusion to generate electricity.

From Radio Free Asia, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro condemns Chinese naval activity in the South China sea near the island of Second Thomas Shoal.

From The Stream, the Trump era is epitomized by the words of a prosecutor while being arrested.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) demands documents from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

From The American Conservative, the challenges of a peace in Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, a center-left tries to tell the Democrats to avoid certain terms.

From BizPac Review, a sexual predator in Louisiana will soon not be fully intact.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From The Daily Wire, "Second Lady Usha Vance wants children to slow down" from all their distractions.

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Justice releases its interview with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

From the New York Post, the FBI raids the Maryland home and Washington, D.C. office of former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

From Breitbart, Canada drops most of its tariffs on goods from the U.S.

From Newsmax, longtime Republican operative Roger Stone welcomes the aforementioned John Bolton to the club.

And from SFGate, California becomes the latest state in which to find radioactive shrimp.

A Late Sasquatch's Thursday Dozen

On a warm and cloudy Thursday, as I return from running around, here are 12 things going on:

From Jewish News Syndicate, a cleric in Uzbekistan goes on trial for allegedly promoting extremism and inciting hatred against Israel.

From OpIndia, an Islamic extremist unfurls the Taliban flag at Chandranath Hill, a site sacred to Hindus in Sitakunda, Bangladesh.

From Gatestone Institute, don't be fooled by any "positive response" from Hamas.

From The Stream, the Trump administration prevails over planned censorship in the U.K., and a Canadian library gets rid of all books published before 2008.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump's takeover of Washington, D.C. sends a message to cities run by Democrats.

From The American Conservative, Trump is living up to the aspirations of some of his predecessors.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. commits an "eyewatering" £1 billion for risky and harmful coronavirus vaccines.

From Snouts in the Trough, is U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying to provoke a "white insurrection"?

From National Review, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party in Minnesota revokes its endorsement of Minneapolis mayoral candidate and self-proclaimed socialist Omar Fateh.

From FrontpageMag, how non-Muslim children are treated in Pakistan.

From Townhall, over 100 teenagers on dirt bikes and scooters take a joy ride on a highway in Boston, one of them crashing into a police car.  (Teh stoopidt is strong with these people.)

And from the Washington Examiner, a New York state appellate court overturns the $515 million penalty in Trump's civil fraud case.