Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, President Trump urges the Chief Twit to "get more aggressive".

From FrontpageMag, quotes from the grand muftis of Saudi Arabia and the UAE condemning Hamas go viral, but it's too bad that they're fake.

From Townhall, new FBI Director Kash Patel gets to work.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Xi (China), and the Indian Ocean.

From The Federalist, Trump fires left-wing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown and other military officials who have pushed DEI.

From American Thinker, if you think that DOGE is new, you're wrong.

From NewsBusters, ABC goes soft on fans of the man who allegedly assassinated the CEO of UnitedHealthCare.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a conversation with U.K. Prime Minister and former Brigadier Keir Starmer.

From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli bus driver got his passengers off the bus minutes before a bomb exploded.

From The Jerusalem Post, the body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas is returned from Gaza.

From BBC News, according to police in Berlin, a Syrian man suspected of stabbing a Spanish tourist at the city's Holocaust Memorial had planned for several weeks to kill Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government keeps playing the same old game.

From Radio Free Asia, former NPR China correspondent Emily Feng recalls her experience in China.

From The Stream, 20 reasons why evangelicals are deconstructing their faith.

From The Daily Signal, while Trump restores common sense and fairness to women's sports, there's still more to do.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. State Department should convoke a worldwide summit against illegal immigration.

From The Western Journal, actor George Clooney points out when he lost faith in then-President Biden.

From BizPac Review, a recap of Trump's fifth week back in office.

From The Daily Wire, a Washington, D.C. court orders anti-Israel activists to pay $182,000 to a rabbi whom they falsely accused of "stalking".

From the Daily Caller, Democrats have apparently chosen their hill to die on.

From the New York Post, how the James Bond franchise will be ruined, just like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.

From Breitbart, Border Czar Tom Homan points out that 700,000 criminal illegal aliens are still walking the streets in the U.S.  (A criminal illegal alien is someone who has either entered or stayed in the U.S. illegally and has committed at least one other crime.)

From Newsmax, billionaire businessman Warren Buffett offers Trump some advice.

And from the (U.K.) Independent, the restaurant chain Hooters is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy.

On The Road In Eastern Maryland

After leaving Massey, Maryland and its Air Museum, I drove westward to the Caulk's Field Monument, which memorialized the Battle of Caulk's Field.  This little known battle took place on August 30th, 1814 during the War of 1812.  British Captain Peter Parker, commander of the Menelaus, led about 140 marines and sailors onto the east shore of the Chesapeake Bay against 174 members of the Maryland Militia led by Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reed.  During the battle, 14 British troops were killed, including Parker himself, while three Americans suffered minor wounds.  The battle lasted for about an hour, with both sides withdrawing, the British to their ship.  Today, this monument to the battle sits just off a side road connected to Maryland route 21.

Massey Air Museum

Today I ventured southward from my temporary undisclosed location and visited the Massey Air Museum, about a mile and half east of the unincorporated community of Massey, Maryland.  As I drove in, I saw this old DC-3.  It looks like you can have a picnic under its right wing.

A Few Late Thursday Tidbits

Now that I'm done from running around on a cold and cloudy Thursday, here are a few things going on:

From National Review, the Senate confirms nominee Kash Patel as the new FBI director.

From FrontpageMag, pity the Democrats - on second thought, don't.

From Townhall, the Associated Press can't get themselves to call the Hamas terrorists "terrorists".  (I remember one host on the now-defunct BlogTalkRadio say the name "Associated Press" by accenting the first syllable.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, NPR does not seem to appreciate that Gazans were really celebrating the deaths of four Israeli hostages.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's ban on federal funds for illegal aliens could save U.S. taxpayers a lot of money.

From The Federalist, the recent success at the border under Trump proves that Republicans never had to negotiate U.S. sovereignty.

From American Thinker, some FAQs (or maybe facts) about DOGE.

From MRCTV, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will reportedly not seek reelection in 2026.

From NewsBusters, left-wing media falsely blame Trump for the economic slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2024 - when he was not in office.  (What is this "chronology" that you speak of?)

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and "the strongarm of the law".

From RAIR Foundation USA, the Canadian military uploads an image of a soldier wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh.

From Elder Of Zion, Hamas makes a grotesque stage two dead Israeli children, their dead mother, and another dead hostage.

From IranWire, the Metro system of Tehran, Iran and "repentance rooms".

From Gatestone Institute, despite receiving over $3 billion from the U.S., the Lebanese Armed Forces has not disarm Hezbollah.

From Radio Free Asia, according to a report, China's homegrown technology enables the Chinese Communist Party to monitor its citizens at home and abroad, and boosts its overseas operations.

From The Stream, it's time for American education to make a major course correction.

From The Daily Signal, don't cry over the aforementioned Associated Press getting kicked out of White House press conferences.

From The American Conservative, how Pentagon Undersecretary of Policy nominee Elbridge Colby could prevail over the America-lasters.

And from SFGate, biologists will monitor wildlife on San Francisco's Farallon will leave them for the first time in almost 60 years.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cold and cloudy Wednesday, with a bit of snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what's really going on with DOGE.

From FrontpageMag, three people whom President Trump broke.

From Townhall, to help decide when she should remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D), New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) enlists the help of noted race baiter Al Sharpton.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration freezes funding to Palestinian Authority "security forces" who have carried out terrorist attacks against Israelis.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump sharpens his criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.  (The WE has been placing their articles behind a paywall for the last few days, at least seen from my perspective, but this one seems to lack a paywall, again at least from my perspective.)

From The Federalist, FBI Director nominee Kash Patel is perfect for the position because he has already successfully taken on the deep state.

From American Thinker, maybe a government shutdown would be a good thing.

From MRCTV, will DOGE and Trump put an end to Senator Fake Cherokee's (D-MA) "consumer finance protection bureau"?

From NewsBusters, left-wingers at CNN panic as if NATO is dead, claiming that Trump is "abandoning Europe".

From Canada Free Press, European elites fear Trump, the Chief Twit, and the truth.

From TeleSUR, former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner claims that her current  successor Javier Milei is falling apart.

From TCW Defending Freedom, fix the U.K. before lavishing its people's cash on "bonkers" projects outside the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, it's great to see that Trump's team is kicking rear end.

From EuroNews, according to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, hospitalized Pope Francis is in good spirits.

From Free West Media, real estate investor Steve Witkoff is "Trump's point man on Ukraine".

From ReMix, a lawyer who supports the party AfD is fined €3,000 for criticizing the German government.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Balkan Insight, the rise and dramatic fall of former Bosnian Security Minister Nenad Nešić.

From The North Africa Post, the Malian army depends on Morocco for training, equipment and logistics.

From The New Arab, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires prisoner affairs official Qadura Fares for supporting payments to the families of detainees held in Israeli prisons.

From The Times Of Israel, pro-HamasPalestinian activists stage a protest in a Jewish neighborhood in the New York borough of Brooklyn.

From Gatestone Institute, why Trump must insist that Hamas is removed from power in Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, ten people in the Myanmar region of Sagaing are arrested in connection with the killing of a Catholic priest.

From The Stream, Catholic bishops join forces with Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood to stop a pro-life bill in North Dakota.

From The Daily Signal, Republican congresscritters attending a conference in London see firsthand how Trump is shaking up Europe.

From The American Conservative, European warmongers take aim at Trump.

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Kash Patel "clears a huge hurdle" in the Senate and gets a major Republican endorsement.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Volodymyr Zelensky lashes back at Trump.

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Pope Francis says that he signed a resignation letter back in 2013.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at the Spanish site ABC, which should not be confused with either the Australian site ABC or the American TV network ABC.)

From the Daily Caller, former Vice President Harris finds a new gig.

From Breitbart, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) claims that she "wasn't aware" of fire warnings before the Palisades Fire on January 7th, but she posted those warnings herself on X a day earlier.

From Newsmax, the Senate confirms former Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) to lead the Small Business Administration.

And from the New York Post, you can get now married in Norway under the northern lights.

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, a new coalition of pro-life groups seeks to redefine discourse about abortion, with a $30 million investment.

From FrontpageMag, mythologies about the Chief Twit.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, an "embarrassing" AP report about air traffic controllers shows why the White House was wise to disinvite them from attending President Trump's press meetings.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the movie Captain America: Brave New World.

From The Federalist, some programs by the Department of Education that DOGE should look at.

From American Thinker, why Arabs reject Trump's plan for Gaza.

From MRCTV, a boy claiming to be a girl wins the Maine state pole vault championship for girls.

From NewsBusters, moderator Whoopi Goldberg of The View demands to know when did she give permission to NASA to sign contracts with the Chief Twit's company SpaceX.  (She's being quite silly here.  She should realize that, unlike her Star Trek character Guinan, she has no standing when it comes to space exploration.)

From Canada Free Press, DOGE finds some "social insecurity".

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects accusations from Guyana about an alleged attack by the former's troops against the latter's.

From TCW Defending Freedom, global warming belief is built on a 120-year-old error.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cancels a previously scheduled trip to Saudi Arabia.

From Free West Media, an interview with human rights activist Dan Roodt about Trump's actions toward South Africa.

From ReMix, the Hungarian far left seeks to emulate the current protests in Serbia during this coming spring.  (This is one of the few times that I've read the word "far" in connection with the word "left".  If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović is inaugurated for his second term.

From The North Africa Post, French Culture Minister Rachida Dati praises Morocco's push for development in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, former Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is spotted in the province of Aleppo, with calls for him to be arrested due to his links with former President Bashar Al-Assad.

From AMU, according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center, the Taliban's ban on talk shows is intended to silence critical voices.

From RAIR Foundation USA, CAIR's plan to Islamize the U.S.

From Sky News, the anti-Semitic outbursts by two Australian nurses shows that the country's multicultural experiment is failing.

From Gatestone Institute, how USAID sent bags of $100 bills to the Taliban.

From Radio Free Asia, four U.N. experts call for Vietnam to release jailed blogger Duong Van Thai.

From The Stream, the optimistic outlook Americans have for the Trump administration.

From The Daily Signal, the people whom Trump has nominated whom the Senate has not yet confirmed.

From The American Conservative, Trump's orders on transgenderism are well within his authority.

From The Western Journal, DOGE finds a way by which $4.7 trillion of government spending became almost impossible to trace.

From BizPac Review, the Biden regime his then-Secretary of Defense nominee with a rushed IRS audit on its way out.

From The Daily Wire, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warns would-be illegal aliens "don't even think about it".

From CNN, Hamas terrorists claim that among the four dead bodies which they will return to Israel will be those of their two youngest hostages.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, four Republican congresscritters urge Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute officials and left-wing activists who subvert efforts to deport illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, singer Paul Simon, after appearing on the 50th anniversary show of Saturday Night Live, announces a new tour.

From Breitbart, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is "so excited" to work with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to "make American healthy again".

From Newsmax, actor Tom Hanks is facing a backlash over his portrayal of a hillbilly MAGA supporter on the aforementioned Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary show.

And from the Genesius Times, Democrats insist that Social Security recipients over age 100 are all real, and that they all voted for then-presidential candidate Biden.

Susquehanna State Park

Today I ventured out from my current undisclosed location and explored a bit of Susquehanna State Park, which is in Maryland between U.S. Route 1 to the north and Interstate 95 to the south.  The first place I stopped at was Rock Run Gristmill, which is about 50 feet from the Susquehanna River.  The mill includes a wheel and a pipe that brought water from across the road.

Late Monday Mania From A Traveling Sasquatch

For the first time this year, I've gone off to an undisclosed location.  However, I'm still in Maryland, but over 100 miles from my normal location.  On a sunny but cold (both here and there) Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, greetings from what might be a "model NATO ally".  (It's also one of yours truly's ancestral countries.)

From FrontpageMag, European elites hated Vice President Vance's recent speech.

From Townhall, the Chief Twit reveals that the Social Security database contains millions entries listing people as being from 100 to 159 years old.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a taxpayer-funded pro-illegal-immigration group seeks to "disrupt Trump's deportation machine".

From The Federalist, Democrats insist that their problems are due to their podcasts.

From American Thinker, what should be done about legal immigration?

From MRCTV, California will reportedly spend almost $10 billion on health care for illegal aliens this year alone.

From NewsBusters, NBC reporter Tom Costello ties President Trump and the Chief Twit to an airplane crash - in Canada.

From Canada Free Press, the Canadian anti-American would-be prime minister.

From TeleSUR, Cuba and Bolivia sign an agreement on nuclear medicine to combat cancer.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Gloucester, England school administrator Kristie Higgs wins "a victory for Christianity and free speech".

From Snouts in the Trough, what is the daily routine of the U.K.'s admirals?

From EuroNews, five key issues which the next German chancellor will have to face.

From Free West Media, more on Vance's speech in Europe.

From ReMix, according to German chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, Russian President Putin wants to annex part of Poland.  (It wouldn't be the first time that Russia has annexed part of Poland.)

From Balkan Insight, the Sofia Airport is renamed after Bulgarian national hero Vassil Levsky, called "the apostle of freedom".

From The North Africa Post, Morocco denies reports that it has plans to cull stray dogs before the World Cup in 2030.

From The New Arab, Tunisia considers "hosting" exiled Hamas figures amid Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

From The Jerusalem Post, at a forum hosted by the news outlet Al Jazeera, a Hamas official claims that the October 7th, 2023 attack was a "historic success".

From The Times Of Israel, Hamas terrorists are caught on tape accusing their leaders of hoarding humanitarian aid.

From Sky News, Muslim groups, including one listed on the U.K.'s terrorism register, accuse the media and politicians of "hypocrisy" over the outrage sparked by a video of two nurses caught in video threatening to "kill" Israeli patients.

From Arutz Sheva, it's been 46 years since the oppression of Iranian women began.

From Gatestone Institute, don't be fooled into thinking that the Palestinian Authority has stopped paying terrorists.

From Radio Free Asia, according to a human rights group, the ruling junta in Myanmar has freed almost 1,000 Rohingya from prison.

From The Stream, yes, believe it or not, the left were once peaceniks.

From The Daily Signal, emails show that Democrat governors arranged a meeting with the Biden White House to oppose the Trump agenda.

From The American Conservative, still more on Vance's speech.

From The Western Journal, the Chinese government is furious over a change to the U.S. State Department's website - for what is now doesn't say.

From BizPac Review, a liberal woman throws a fit over a man's hat which includes the American flag.

From The Daily Wire, the White House refutes allegations that DOGE released classified data.

From the Daily Caller, Democrats assemble their billionaire friends in an effort to create their own answer to podcaster Joe Rogan.

From the New York Post, more on the aforementioned airplane crash in Canada.

From Breitbart, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls for Jamaicans living illegally in the United States to return home.

From Newsmax, Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez (R) resigns.

And from The Babylon Bee, how to tell if the aforementioned Chief Twit is the father of your child.

Sunday Links

On a cool and rainy Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) responds to a call to run for New York City mayor.

From FrontpageMag, U.K. authorities arrest a man who burned a Koran, but free on bail a Muslim who allegedly stabbed him for it.

From Townhall, bombs which the Biden administration withheld from Israel arrive there thanks to President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the history of the Supreme Court.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump takes a lap around the Daytona International Speedway in "the Beast".

From American Thinker, the left's unhinged reaction to Trump is confusing.

From NewsBusters, CBS touts Department of Justice "impartiality", as if that were then-President Biden's brand.

From TCW Defending Freedom, clean energy and other mythical creatures.

From Jewish News Syndicate, hundreds of thousands of people protest in London against Israel and Trump's plan for Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, one of the pro-HamasPalestine protesters in London is arrested for making a Nazi salute, while others shout "Zionist pig".

From the (U.K.) Independent, a woman and her two-year-old daughter die from injuries they suffered in the car ramming attack in Munich, Germany.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran makes a "gravy train to Africa".

From Radio Free Asia, two Laotian women warn about "sham marriages" in China

From The Stream, "reclaim solitude".

From The Daily Signal, USAID's troubling connections to woke non-profit groups who called the shots during the Biden presidency.

From The American Conservative, Senator Socialism (I-VT) turns his back on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

From The Western Journal, when then-candidate Trump complained about the stage he was on in Minnesota.

And from The Spoof, media personality Khloe Kardashian admits that she went out with a Taliban hit man, but just once.

Saturday Stories

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

From National Review, Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages.

From FrontpageMag, then-Special Counsel Jack Smith received $140,000 worth of pro bono legal services from a law firm that was also the Biden campaign's legal counsel.

From Townhall, DOGE's greatest hits, so far.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump's "art of diplomacy".

From the Washington Examiner, a foreign-funded dark money organization sent millions of dollars to left-wing groups during the 2024 election.  (And the American left wing still lost.)

From American Thinker, Pete Hegseth is "a warrior's Secretary of Defense".  (Hegseth's willingness to do some physical training with his troops earns him this blog's "badass" label.)

From NewsBusters, according to cable TV host Bill Maher, Trump "has gone way too far" by issuing an executive order which says that there are only two sexes.  (In other words, recognizing basic biology is "going too far".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, Canadian author Mark Steyn accuses a TCWDF writer of making "breezy throwaway lines" about Australian being a dangerous place for Jews.

From The Jerusalem Post, on a stage on Khan Yunis, Gaza, Hamas displays its opposition to Trump's plan to relocate Gazan Palestinians.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a school in Cologne, Germany threatens to fine a woman for taking he daughter out of a trip to a mosque.  (If you read German, read the story at Express, which should not be confused with either the British site Express or the Austrian site Exxpress.)

From Gatestone Institute, Trump makes his first "big disastrous" mistake.

From Radio Free Asia, according to an opinion column, banning the denial of atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge is a bad move for both Cambodia and the world.

From The Stream, ways for Christians to reach LGBT+ people without compromising the gospel.

From The Daily Signal, something which could curtail states from suing to stop Trump's executive orders.

From The American Conservative, Trump is running the playbook of Argentine President Javier Milei.

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth slams a Fox News reporter for "fake news" over money for repairs to his new government residence.

From The Daily Wire, the Penfield, New York school board walks out on parents upset about an LGBT book and then prohibits public comments during their meetings.

From the New York Post, a judge in Genesee County, Michigan sentences people who shoplifted from a Walmart to washing cars in its parking lot.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, DNA analysis finally reveals the true identity of Jack the Ripper.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, a multi-agency task force arrests three previously deported illegal aliens and seizes 344 pound of methamphetamine near Plum Grove, Texas.

From Newsmax, Pope Francis spends a quiet first night in Gemelli Hospital in Rome.

And from TechSideline, Virginia Tech softball pitcher Emma Lemley throws her second straight perfect game.

Friday Fuss For Valentine's Day

On a sunny but cold Friday falling on Valentine's Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Vice President Vance warns European leaders that "free speech is in retreat".

From FrontpageMag, why the Chief Twit and DOGE terrify the Democrats.

From Townhall, ICE "brutally" fact-checks some journalists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how Bloomberg Philanthropies is helping China's Belt and Road Initiative.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's mug shot from Georgia is seen hanging in a gold frame just outside the Oval Office.  (It seems that when life gave Trump lemons, he made some lemonade.)

From The Federalist, five things that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can do to make America healthy again.  (I've noticed that the acronym of slogan "Make America Healthy Again", MAHA, when not capitalized, is maha, a Sanskrit prefix meaning "great".  This would make "MAHA" fit right into Trump's "MAGA" slogan, the "G" standing for "great".)

From American Thinker, what's really scaring the Democrats about DOGE and the Treasury.

From MRCTV, according to a poll, more Americans now think that the country is on the right track.

From NewsBusters, CBS Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford tells liberals that "no, we're not in a constitutional crisis".

From Canada Free Press, U.S. government employees process retirement paperwork in a limestone mine in Pennsylvania.

From TeleSUR, armed gangs set Haiti's main hospital on fire.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a U.K. court rules that Gazans have the right to settle there.

From EuroNews, archaeologists find a two-story Roman basilica beneath an office building in London.

From Free West Media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposes sanctions on his predecessor Petro Boroshenko.

From ReMix, according to a survey, most Poles believe that their lives were easier when the Law and Justice Party was in power.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, a proposed change to North Macedonia's coat-of-arms draws sarcasm on social media.

From The North Africa Post, Libyan authorities find the bodies of 29 more migrants in a mass grave in the district of Kufra.

From The New Arab, an Arab country is the most likely to be hit by an asteroid.

From Iran International, an Iranian government official wants to impeach U.S. President Trump.

From The Times Of Israel, a Vatican official opposes Trump's plan for Gaza and wants Palestinians to "stay on their land".

From Gatestone Institute, a lesson from the biblical book of Judges.

From Radio Free Asia, a Kazakh man goes to the Chinese region of Xinjiang to support his mother in a land dispute, and is allegedly beaten and poisoned by police.

From The Stream, why do left-wing Christians such as Pope Francis want to destroy the West?

From The Daily Signal, who are the left-wing organizations suing to block Trump's actions?

From The American Conservative, Trump is right to declassify the files relating to the assassination of President Kennedy.

From The Western Journal, more on Vance's speech to European leaders.

From BizPac Review, Border Czar Tom Homan sends a email to the deputy attorney general asking if congresscritter AOC (D-NY) violated the law with her webinar that allegedly told illegal aliens how to avoid ICE.  (The article does not mention who the deputy attorney general is.)

From The Daily Wire, Vance and his team fire back after The Wall Street Journal misrepresents his comments about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From the Daily Caller, federal intelligence agencies start getting rid of DEI in response to Trump's executive order.

From Breitbart, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) gives the inside story about DOGE being "ready to go" in cutting $2 trillion in government waste.

From Newsmax, Wall Street stock indexes flirt with record highs.

And from the New York Post, the aforementioned Chief Twit will not become the owner of OpenAI.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, the Senate confirms Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

From FrontpageMag, "how USAID laundered money to the Taliban" in Afghanistan.

From Townhall, a hearing by the House Foreign Affairs Committee brings out the "jaw-dropping" receipts against USAID.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the University of Michigan finds a new disguise for DEI.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Tina Smith (D-Min) announces that she will not run for reelection in 2026.

From The Federalist, President Trump and Vice President Vance are not defying the Constitution, but are following it.

From American Thinker, [bleep] no, we do not regret voting for Trump.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) finds an interesting excuse for why few women go into manufacturing.

From NewsBusters, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Board official Beth A. Williams blasts "censorship under the guise of national security".

From Canada Free Press, a warning for Trump if he really wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.

From TeleSUR, according to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's "far-right" opposition was involved in terror operation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some "animal crackers" in the U.K.

From EuroNews, at least 28 people are injured in an alleged car ramming attack in Munich, Germany.

From Free West Media, German coalition politics is a shot to the foot.

From ReMix, Germany dumps migrants into Poland as the media goes Sergeant Schultz.  (Or you could say in Polish, media nie mówi niczego.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian authorities arrest four inspectors for alleged negligence in connection with a fire at a retirement home in the Belgrade section of Barajevo.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance helps Spain's Guardia Civil to seize two tons of hashish.

From The New Arab, a look at Egypt's plan for Gaza, offered as an alternative to that of U.S. President Trump.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned alleged car ramming attack in Munich.

From Arutz Sheva, the West ignores atrocities committed in Sudan because they can't be blamed on any Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, yes, resettling Gazans is both right and workable.

From Radio Free Asia, smog in China may have contributed to deaths from lung cancer.

From The Stream, Pope Francis skews both scripture and history to oppose Trump's deportations of illegal aliens.  (The article notes how Vatican City recently increased the penalty for illegal entry, which can include fines, prison sentences, and expulsion.  The pope seems to think that he has a right to protect his country, but the U.S. government has no right to protect the U.S.  By the way, yours truly visited the Vatican in 2004 and had to go through airport-style security.  If anyone can explain why the Vatican has the right to require me to go through a port of entry, but the U.S. government should not have this right when foreigners enter our country, be my guest.  OK, rant over.)

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, the Chief Twit is far more popular than a certain left-wing billionaire.

From The American Conservative, Trump should discontinue the Diversity Visa lottery.

From The Western Journal, two startling finds are made inside the Chinese spy balloon that drifted across the U.S. two years ago, making this incident far worst than stated by then-President Biden.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is mocked for alleging that Vance is missing in action.

From The Daily Wire, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman with the cargo shiop vessel Besiktas-M in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate confirms former White House official Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture.

From the New York Post, while in Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Vance visit the Dachau concentration camp and meet a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor.

From Breitbart, the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI Director passes through the Senate Judiciary Committee and goes to full Senate.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Erin Houchin (R-IN), Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon is the "right person" to dismantle the Department of Education.  (Imagine being put in charge of an organization for the purpose of destroying it.)

And from The Betoota Advocate, on their new pet-friendly services, Virgin will allow all passengers to bark and [bleep] on the plane's floor.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a cold and cloudy Wednesday, after yesterday's snowfall, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how to answer the accusation that no one elected the Chief Twit.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's vision for Gaza.

From Townhall, an independent reporter brings the receipts to disprove nonsense about the Chief Twit from The New York Times.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republican businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson announces that she will run for governor of Arizona in 2026, and gets an endorsement from Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump starts to collude with Russia.

From The Federalist, the Senate confirms former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) as Director of National Intelligence.

From American Thinker, the late Rush Limbaugh was right about illegal immigration.

From MRCTV, a pro-abortion thug is convicted of assault and reckless endangerment for his attack on two pro-life Christians in May of 2023.

From NewsBusters, it's a "constitutional crisis" only when Republicans try to restrain the federal government.

From Canada Free Press, an underground river of hidden dollars is found, so guess who the money belongs to.

From TeleSUR, the party Citizen Revolution wins 67 seats in Ecuador's National Assembly.

From TCW Defending Freedom, fifty years after she was elected leader of the U.K.'s Conservative Party, the left still demonizes the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.  (On the other side of the Big Pond, the American left still demonizes her friend President Ronald Reagan.)

From Snouts in the Trough, GBN podcaster Neil Oliver exposes the hypocrisy and greed of Democratic U.S. Senators.

From EuroNews and the "be careful what you ask for" department, Danes launch a petition to have their government buy California from the U.S.

From ReMix, at a conference in Madrid, Spain hosted by the party Vox, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses his fellow European patriots.

From Balkan Insight, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina temporary suspends legislation that allowed foreign flags to be shown at Republika Srpska institutions,  (The Republika Srpska is one of two components which make up the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian government fails to secure the release of its pro-Assad fighters still held in Syria.

From The New Arab, according to an Iraqi lawmaker, Syrian interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa's participation in a summit in Baghdad scheduled for April is uncertain.

From The Jerusalem Post, pro-HamasPalestinians protest Israeli actress Shira Haas at the Hollywood premier of Captain America: Brave New World.

From Barron's, ISIS claims responsibility for a suicide bombing at a bank in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

From Arutz Sheva, an Arab activist claims that "goody bags" given by Hamas to their released hostages are an example of "kindness".

From Gatestone Institute, the Chinese Communist Party versus American democracy is a death match.

From Radio Free Asia, the Myanmar junta's military forces burn almost 200 homes in the region of Sagaing.

From The Stream, the Vatican complains after USAID stops funding a Catholic charity plagued by fraud, sexual abuse, and connections to left-wing causes.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduces a bill to give parents more power over their child care decisions.

From The American Conservative, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is "back and back big".  (Or as Trump might say, Bannon is back "bigly".)

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi personally removes framed pictures of former President Biden, former Vice President Harris, and former Attorney General Garland from a wall in a wing of the Department of Justice building.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Chief Twit admits being wrong about where the $50 million for condoms went to.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration secures the release of an American citizen and two other detained in Belarus.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Karrin Taylor Robson running for governor in Arizona.

From the New York Post, a home invasion in Virginia gets foiled with the help of a dog.

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned Senator Banks, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health, is one of Trump's "most exciting picks".

From Newsmax, according to a survey, Americans are divided on birthright citizenship.

And from the Genesius Times, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blinks twice to vote "no" on the nomination of the aforementioned Tulsi Gabbard.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a cold and cloudy Tuesday with an expectation of snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, right-wing commentator Steve Bannon pleads guilty to fraud against donors to the fundraising effort "We Build the Wall".

From FrontpageMag, Hollywood rages on about President Trump, whom they call fascist, but ignore the real fascists.

From Townhall, PBS gets rid of its DEI department.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made the same pledge about taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for criminals that then-Vice President Harris did.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Homeland Security fires four FEMA employees who sent New York City $59 million to house migrants.

From The Federalist, after being removed from power by voters, Democrats use activist judges to thwart Trump's agenda.  (What is this "democracy" you claim to be supporting?)

From American Thinker, getting breathless watching Trump at work.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Maxine Water (D-Cal) threatens the Chief Twit in "bizarre tirade".

From NewsBusters, New Yorker editor David Remnick claims that Trump will turn the U.S. into Russia.  (I suppose that such turning would be the ultimate result of Trump colluding with Russia.)

From Canada Free Press, Canadian politicians throwing tantrums at Trump's tariffs is like a small corner store complaining about Walmart.

From TeleSUR, according to Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela cannot be excluded from the world oil market.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K. must abolish the BBC, as soon as possible.

From EuroNews, coalition talks between the Austrian parties FPÖ and ÖVP stall, as their respective leaders meet with President Alexander van der Bellen.

From ReMix, Polish presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen of the party Confederation hits a new high in a new poll.  (If you read Polish, read two related stories at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, Balkan countries are anxious about U.S. President Trump's plan to deport illegal aliens.

From The North Africa Post, the ruling junta in Guinea tightens its grip on power despite protests by opposition groups.

From The New Arab, the new Lebanese government holds its first cabinet meeting.

From EU Today, police in the Swedish region of Stockholm arrest a suspect for allegedly planning terror attacks.

From The Jerusalem Post, the West enables Hamas propaganda, for which the Israeli hostages are paying the price.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump should spearhead nuclear fusion energy.

From Radio Free Asia, China promises measures to boost its declining foreign investment.

From The Stream, evangelicals shame Wheaton College after it deletes a post congratulating its alumnus Russ Vought for being appointed to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

From The Daily Signal, Republicans seek to undo then-President Biden's diversion of global AIDS relief funding to support the promotion of abortion.

From The American Conservative, restraint on both fiscal and foreign policies go hand in hand.

From The Western Journal, on the House floor, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) calls four men predators, one of whom is an ex-fiancé of hers.

From BizPac Review, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth restores the name of Fort Bragg - sort of.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration secures the release of American teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian penal colony.  (That's a type of Trump-Russia collusion which I can support.  The article links to a story in The New York Times, to which you'll have to register if you want to read it.)

From the Daily Caller, according to an investigation, the owner of a defense contractor which supplies parts for fighter jets and missiles has extensive ties to Chinese Communist Party agencies.

From the New York Post, the Coast Guard intercepts an "overloaded" boat carrying 132 migrants from Haiti, and sends them home.

From Breitbart, the establishment media call Trump's purge of the "deep state" a "constitutional crisis".

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned Pete Hegseth, the U.S. will not send troops to Ukraine.

And from SFGate, two coyotes find their way into a San Francisco MUNI subway tunnel.  (These coyotes are four-legged relatives of the domestic dog, not the two-legged coyotes who smuggle illegal aliens across the U.S. border.)

Monday Links

On a mostly sunny but cold Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Department of Homeland Security plans to fire FEMA personnel who paid for hotels to house illegal aliens.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump has an opportunity in Asia.

From Townhall, are media outlets leaking the locations of ICE raids?

From The Washington Free Beacon, USAID funding for terror-related groups and internal hostility to Israel are nothing new.

From the Washington Examiner, how the left stopped being "cool".

From The Federalist, the media should investigate waste by the federal government instead of the people exposing the waste.

From American Thinker, Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for the actions of Trump and the Chief Twit.

From MRCTV, Trump jokingly asks of the Huffington Post is still around.

From NewsBusters, co-host Ana Navarro of The View claims that Trump would issue and executive order "banning black people" from future Super Bowl halftime shows.

From Canada Free Press, the rules of engagement for tariffs.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela takes in migrants deported by the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, in the U.K., Muslims are allowed to criticize Christians, who why no vice versa?

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K.'s National Farmers Union really worth £36 million per year?

From EuroNews, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigns.

From Free West Media, the damage from Trump's plan for Gaza has already begun.

From ReMix, Germany's Constitutional Court rules that a German ProFa activist should not have been extradited to Hungary.  (Of course, the ruling does not use the term "ProFa", but in my view, the group that calls itself "Antifa" should really be called "ProFa" due to their fascist tactic of attacking people whose views differ from their own.)

From Balkan Insight, Tirana, Albania Mayor Erion Veliaj is arrested for alleged corruption and money-laundering.

From The North Africa Post, armed men from the group Polisario clash with the Algerian army.

From The New Arab, a Saudi Arabian women who had been a doctoral student at Leeds University in the U.K. is released from prison after her 34-year sentence is reduced.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel has a righteous case for instituting the death penalty.

From ESPN, a performer in the Super Bowl halftime show unfurls a combination Sudanese-Palestinian flag and is detained afterwards.

From Jewish News Syndicate, in a picture showing their victims, Hamas claims to be "the flood" and "the day after".

From Gatestone Institute, China tests U.S. President Trump's resolve.

From Radio Free Asia, conscripts inducted into Myanmar's military claim to have been ordered to burn civilian homes.

From The Stream, how one group tricked the biblical Israelites into taking them in.

From The Daily Signal, left-wingers unwitting prove Trump's point on the need to get rid of anti-Christian bias.

From The American Conservative, the Hawaiian government prioritizes fighting against Trump over addressing its own dysfunctions.

From The Western Journal, Trump sets a record with his new approval ratings, which CBS host Margaret Brennan has to report.

From BizPac Review, according to internal CBP memos, migrants are turning back from illegally entering the U.S.

From The Daily Wire, meet some of this weekend's arrested criminal illegal aliens.

From the Daily Caller, a federal judge threatening the Trump administration with criminal contempt charges over its spending freeze is a Democrat donor.

From the New York Post, Trump is not yet ready to anoint Vice President Vance as his successor for 2028, but calls him "very capable".

From Today, dozens of schools in at least 20 states ban students from wearing Crocs.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, Hamas stops releasing Israeli hostages from Gaza "until further notice".

From Newsmax, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blocks gender transition surgeries for military personnel.

And from The Babylon Bee, a judge funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros vows to prevent billionaires from influencing politics.