Friday Fuss For The End Of January

On a cool and rainy Friday which is the last day of January, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Director of National Intelligence nominee and former congresscritter (D-HI) Tulsi Gabbard doesn't sound like her old self.

From FrontpageMag, left-wingers are so upset about President Trump that even their psychiatrists need psychiatrists.

From Townhall, some disturbing information has come out about the fatal collision between a military helicopter and a civilian airliner near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

From The Washington Free Beacon, getting the wokeness out of government won't be easy.

From the Washington Examiner, federal employees say goodbye to their email pronouns.

From The Federalist, Trump's team is winning the media battle by rightly treating the left-wing press as propagandists.

From American Thinker, New Jersey declares war on its own state police.

From MRCTV, a murderous character on the NBC show Law & Order calls assisted suicide "an act of love".

From NewsBusters, the worst of former NBC host Chuck Todd.

From Canada Free Press, tragedy sadly brings out the stupidity at CNN.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirms a counter-narcotics joint military operation with Venezuela.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Storm Eowyn brings out the climate fearmongers.

From Snouts in the Trough, today's funniest and truest comment.

From EuroNews, the Norwegian coast guard seizes a Russian-crewed ship suspected of being involved in damage to an underwater telecom cable in the Baltic Sea.

From ReMix, former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz blames former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the rise of the party Alternative for Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Balkan Insight, shoppers in Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and North Macedonia join a boycott started in Croatia of certain stores due to increasing prices.

From The North Africa Post, the Turkish company Baykar will manufacture military drones in Morocco.

From The New Arab, Syrian authorities arrest Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, for allegedly torturing children in the province of Daraa.

From the Daily Mail, Hamas reveals that the father of the youngest Israeli hostages will be released, but give no word about them or their mother.

From Gatestone Institute, under the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, American veterans are headed to Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, the junta ruling Myanmar blocks military-aged men from working outside the country.

From The Stream, the interview of Vice President Vance by Margaret Brennan of CBS News shows that the U.S. is being killed by Karens.

From The Daily Signal, here's how we learn who really killed President John F. Kennedy.

From The American Conservative, end the charade of foreign aid.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) calls for people to "fight" Trump's agenda "in the streets".

From BizPac Review, more on the aforementioned Chuck Todd, who just left NBC.

From The Daily Wire, Trump orders that 50 former intelligence officials who wrongly called the Hunter Biden laptop story "Russian disinformation" are barred from setting foot into secure federal government buildings.

From the Daily Caller, Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA army arrives in Washington, D.C. from multiple directions.  (The Sanskrit word maha means "great", so the "MAHA" acronym in a way fits with the "MAGA" acronym.)

From the New York Post, despite being single with no kids still at home, billionaire Bill Gates refuses to downsize from his huge mansion, which has 24 bathrooms.

From Breitbart, here come Trump's new tariffs.

From Newsmax, Mexican drug cartels threaten to use drones to drop bombs on U.S. Border Patrol agents.

And from SFGate, in a basement under San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is the "Bone Palace".

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, Director of National Intelligence nominee and former congresscritter (D-HI) Tulsi Gabbard is grilled during her confirmation hearing.

From FrontpageMag, a tale of pardons from Presidents Biden and Trump.

From Townhall, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Con) makes a fool of himself trying to trip up FBI Director nominee Kash Patel.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a CNN analyst blames President Trump for last night's deadly crash between a military helicopter and a civilian airline near Ronald Reagan National Airport.  (He thus shows that you can't spell "analyst" without "anal".)

From the Washington Examiner, the aforementioned Tulsi Gabbard refuses to call Edward Snowden a "traitor".

From The Federalist, a dozen programs for which the U.S. taxpayers are getting ripped off.

From American Thinker, how disgusting were Democratic Senators at the confirmation hearing for Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?

From MRCTV, a man pretending to be a woman is arrested for allegedly bringing Molotov cocktails and knives to the Capitol building.

From NewsBusters, NPR called the two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station "stranded" until Trump returned to office.

From Canada Free Press, no matter what you call them, spending $50 million on condoms is a waste of money.

From TeleSUR, former Bolivian President Evo Morales will run to retake his former office, but with the support of a new political party.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a shameful Holocaust Memorial Day prayer minimizes the genocide of Jews by not mentioning them.  (As I said yesterday, and I must say again, discussing the Holocaust without mentioning "Jews" is like discussing American slavery without mentioning "blacks" or "Africans".)

From EuroNews, a plane carrying Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to a meeting with E.U. officials in Brussels, Belgium is forced to turn back due to air traffic control technical difficulties.

From ReMix, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel comes out against Christian Democratic Union party leader Friedrich Merz after he passes an immigration reform bill with the support of the party Alternative for Germany.

From Balkan Insight, Croatians boycott three retail chains and products such as Coca-Cola is response to rising prices.  (Boycotting sodas will probably improve their health.)

From The North Africa Post, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso leave the economic bloc ECOWAS.

From The New Arab, Syria faces a long road ahead now that former President Bashar al-Assad has been ousted.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Swedish Islam critic Salwan Momika, who once burned a Koran, is assassinated during a live broadcast.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SVT.)

From Gatestone Institute, Islamist terror is alive and well in Africa.

From Radio Free Asia, a lawyer seeks the release of 42 Uyghurs from China who have been detained in Thailand for over 10 years.

From The Stream, Argentine President Javier Milei rips woke elites in Davos, Switzerland for their LGBT ideology and support for abortion.

From The Daily Signal, the aforementioned Kash Patel is the right person to fix the FBI.

From The American Conservative, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demands that the U.S. provide troops to Ukraine, which Trump should refuse.

From The Western Journal, the first victims of the aforementioned crash between a helicopter and an airliner are identified.

From BizPac Review, the Chief Twit considers suing recent vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz (D-Min) for making an allegedly defamatory claim.

From The Daily Wire, the twice-aforementioned Tulsi Gabbard promises a "laser-like focus" on "safety, security, and freedom".

From the Daily Caller, the twice-aforementioned Kash Patel tells Senator Dick Durban (D-Ill) that pardons go both ways.

From Breitbart, some employees of Meta protest the removal of tampons from men's bathrooms by bringing in their own.

From Newsmax, according to ranking member Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee will boycott the vote on Office of Management and Budget Director nominee Russell Vought.

And from the New York Post, if you try to shoplift at the store Happy Piranha in Truro, England, you might get arrested - by the store's owner himself.  (The article links to the source SWNS, to which you'll have to subscribe in order to read.)

Stories For The Chinese New Year

On a cool and sunny Wednesday falling on the Chinese New Year (which some of my non-Chinese Asian friends might call the "Oriental" or "Asian" New Year), here are some things going on:

From National Review, Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets grilled  from both parties about his record on abortion at his confirmation hearing.

From FrontpageMag, Argentine President Javier Milei whacks leftists at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland with doses of reality.

From Townhall, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order under which pro-Hamas agitators who are not U.S. citizens would be deported.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Trump undoes an executive order by then-President Biden which permitted the construction of a huge bird chopper array in Idaho.

From the Washington Examiner, the aforementioned Robert Kennedy discusses vaccines.

From The Federalist, Christians who oppose Trump should reexamine their views about him.

From American Thinker, as Democrats weep, the victims of illegal immigration celebrate the roundups of illegal aliens.

From MRCTV, a woman whose sister was murdered by an illegal alien slams crying singer Selena Lopez.

From NewsBusters, two co-hosts on The View slam and lie about White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

From Canada Free Press, Ontario provincial Prime Minister Doug Ford wants to keep power by calling a snap election, in which no one opposes him.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela welcomes 400,000 returning migrant children.

From TCW Defending Freedom, behind a bland mask, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is a ruthless tyrant.

From Snouts in the Trough, will the people of the U.K. be lied to about the recession under Chancellor or the Exchequer Rachel Reeves?

From EuroNews, 16 Just Stop Oil activists jailed for various offenses appeal their sentences.

From ReMix, a 14-year-old girl in Sande, Germany is beaten by migrant girls from Syria and Afghanistan, and according to her mother, their school looked the other way.  (If you read German, read the story at Alexander Wallasch.)

From Balkan Insight, Bresovica ski resort in Kosovo is in a legal limbo that frustrates visitors.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. World Tourism Organization chooses Rabat, Morocco to locate its Thematic Office for Innovation in Africa.

From The New Arab, U.S. President Trump's plan to relocate Gazan Palestinians in Egypt and Jordan does not go over well in the West Bank.

From The Jerusalem Post, a U.K. TV host apologizes for covering Holocaust Memorial Day without mentioning "Jews".  (This might be analogous to discussing slavery in the U.S. without using the terms "black" or "African".)

From the Daily Mail, a van full of explosives is found in Sydney, Australia with a note saying "[bleep] the Jews".

From Gatestone Institute, do not let communist China dominate the field of nuclear fusion energy.

From Radio Free Asia, four Japanese lawmakers nominate ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada, now imprisoned in China, for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

From The Stream, no, Trump is not the Antichrist.

From The Daily Signal, Trump signs the first legislation of his second term, the Laken Riley Act.

From The American Conservative, the press still hasn't learned its lessons from Trump's first term.

From The Western Journal, some fireworks from the twice-aforementioned Robert Kennedy's confirmation hearing.

From BizPac Review, Vogue dumps on First Lady Melania Trump's White House portrait after years of snubbing her.

From The Daily Wire, the White House expects between 5 and 10 percent of federal employees to accept buyouts from their jobs.

From the Daily Caller, the Chinese communist party operates a shadow justice system in American cities.

From the New York Post, Trump wants to send up to 30,000 criminal illegal aliens to Guantanamo Bay.

From Breitbart, the number of border apprehensions and the number of got-aways in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector both plummet after Trump returns to office.

Form Newsmax, the Federal Reserve leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

And from the Genesius Times, Democrats tell Trump to stop deporting their voters.

Tuesday Tidings

As the sunny but cold weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former South Bend Indiana Mayor (D) and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is considering bagging his carpets to Michigan and running for Senator.

From FrontpageMag, the real purpose of sanctuary cities is not to help genuine refugees.

From Townhall, PETA wants to end Groundhog Day in order to rescue Punxsutawney Phil.

From The Washington Free Beacon, LGBT groups have nothing to say about the confirmation of new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the highest-ranking openly gay official to be confirmed by the Senate.  (The ranking is based on his office's position in the order of presidential succession.)

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich) decides against running for reelection in 2026.  (This is probably the reason for the aforementioned story about Pete Buttigieg.)

From The Federalist, President Trump's 300 executive actions during his first week back in office made it the most consequential first week in the history of the office.

From American Thinker, a different way to deny birthright citizenship.

From MRCTV, Border Czar Tom Homan responds to singer Selena Gomez's crying about deportations.

From NewsBusters, correspondent Jim Acosta quits CNN.

From Canada Free Press, the U.S. is where it is today because of lawfare and ignoring reality.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects U.S. "interference" in its dispute with Guyana over the region of Essequibo.  (I'd bet that if the U.S. were to agree with Venezuela in this dispute, Venezuela would not call such agreement "interference".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubles down on the U.K.'s two-tiered justice system.

From EuroNews, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and two others are under investigation for repatriating a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court.

From ReMix, Polish Minister of Education Barbara Nowacka is in trouble for claiming that "Polish Nazis" built concentration camps.  (Before World War II, did Poland even have a political party calling itself "National Socialist"?)

From Balkan Insight, after months of protests over the government's handling of a deadly accident at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Prime Minister Milos Vučević resigns.

From The North Africa Post, new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio commends Moroccan King Mohammed VI for his leadership in advancing regional and global peace.

From The New Arab, what's next for the ceasefire in Gaza, and will it hold?

From the Daily Mail, a convicted rapist in the U.K. claims to have been victimized by police because he is gay.

From Arutz Sheva, it's stabbing season in Europe.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump was elected for "peace through strength", not to sound retreat.

From Radio Free Asia, the AI technology DeepSeek has close ties to the Chinese government.

From The Stream, the U.K.'s dogma of multiculturalism was an important enabler of Pakistani rape grooming gangs.

From The Daily Signal, the birthright citizenship clause that too many Americans forget.

From The American Conservative, an interview with Greenland Business Minister Naaja Nathanielsen.

From The Western Journal, more on the aforementioned upcoming retirement of Senator Gary Peters.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson accuses the Biden administration of trying to assassinate Russian President Putin.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration welcomes the "new media" into White House press briefings.

From the Daily Caller, according to new White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Federal Aviation Administration authorized drones to fly over New Jersey.

From the New York Post, new Homeland Security Secretary and former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) joins federal authorities carrying out deportation raids in New York City.

From Breitbart, New York Magazine is caught cropping black people out of a photograph of people at a Trump inaugural party.

From Newsmax, Trump issues and executive order to start planning for an "Iron Dome" air defense system like the one that Israel has.

And from The Babylon Bee, Democrats warn that Trump's immigration and deportation policies will cause skyrocketing unemployment among child traffickers.

Stories For Holocaust Remembrance Day

On a sunny but cold Monday falling on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Iran suddenly wishes to avoid making "provocative" moves against the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, an illegal alien gang member from Haiti doesn't like it when ICE arrests him.

From Townhall, federal agents in Colorado arrest dozens of illegal alien gang members from Venezuela.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden administration quietly spent $15 million to distribute "condoms and contraceptives" in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

From the Washington Examiner, do the supporters of illegal immigration really just want the U.S. to have an underclass?

From The Federalist, remembering the evils of Auschwitz and the Holocaust strengthens our resolve to be good today.  (I visited Auschwitz and Birkenau in 2000.)

From American Thinker, no Capitol rioter ever got justice.

From MRCTV, illegal aliens waiving foreign flags descend on an ICE building in Dallas.

From NewsBusters, MAGA and Dr. King's dream.

From Canada Free Press, the climate keeps on changing.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela sets legislative and regional elections for April.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the U.K. survived Storm Eowyn.  (How is "Eowyn" pronounced?)

From Snouts in the Trough, the blogger in charge of SitT comes up with his own law, similar to "Godwin's Law", about how events will be blamed on President Trump.

From EuroNews, on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Holocaust survivors warn about rising antisemitism.

From ReMix, 23 police vehicles in Munich, Germany are destroyed in a suspected attack by "left-wing extremists".  (If you read German, read the story at BR24.)

From Balkan Insight, students block a busy highway interchange in Belgrade, Serbia.

From The North Africa Post, the Tunisian parliament considers a law to deport illegal aliens irregular migrants.

From The New Arab, aid organizations prepare for a mass return of Palestinians to northern Gaza.

From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli restaurant in New York City if vandalized with phrases such as "genocide cuisine".

From The Jerusalem Post, an Iranian hacker group plays the sounds of rocket sires, Arabic messages, and pro-terror songs at 20 Israeli kindergartens.

From Gatestone Institute, Qatar's plan for Gaza is to keep Hamas in power.

From Radio Free Asia, Myanmar government forces kill 19 people at a rebel militia office in the village of Sin Gut.

From The Stream, the Chief Twit tells Trump that there should be no more federal money for churches who traffic illegal aliens.

From The Daily Signal, how Trump can beat the Chinese communist government at its own game.

From The American Conservative, under Trump, American energy is finally unleashed.

From The Western Journal, the Colombian government agrees to all of Trump's terms.

From BizPac Review, after Trump sets out his terms to the Colombian government, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) rants about coffee prices.

From The Daily Wire, in the latest anti-Trump hoax, a Chicago school district falsely claims that ICE agents showed up at an elementary school.

From the Daily Caller, according to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Director of National Intelligence nominee and former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is in the most danger of not getting confirmed by the Senate.

From the New York Post, Holocaust survivors gather in Oświęcim, Poland for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, which might be the last such observance for most of them.

From Breitbart, a "committee" of doctors opposing Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is "Astroturf" backed by billionaire Bill Gates, which includes fake names.

From Newsmax, a cold wave hitting the U.S. has produced the largest ice coverage on the Great Lakes since 2022.

And from News(dot)com(dot)au, during a horserace at Turffontein race track in South Africa, a jockey whips a rival jockey.  (via the New York Post)

Sunday Stories

On a mostly sunny but cold (although a bit milder) Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump (U.S.) gets President Petro (Colombia) to accept illegal aliens deported from the U.S.

From FrontpageMag, Trump suggests moving the Gazan Palestinians to Egypt.  (The only problem with this idea is that Egypt doesn't want them.)

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, Democrats should be held to their own standards.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Roman orator Cicero.

From the Washington Free Beacon, the last three times when the U.S. tried to acquire Greenland.

From American Thinker, the communist who convinced President Carter to give the Panama Canal to Panama.

From NewsBusters, Border Czar Tom Homan schools ABC's Martha Raddatz about illegal immigration.

From TCW Defending Freedom, beware the secular left's expedient Christianity.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Palestinian held in Israel, who is reportedly a Fatah official, refuses to return to Gaza in a ceasefire prisoner exchange.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas congratulates a terrorist released under the ceasefire, who killed Israeli civilians including a nine-month-old child.  (In other words, Abbas is congratulating a genuine baby-killer.)

From Gatestone Institute, the persecution of Christians in December 2024.

From Radio Free Asia, musicians exiled from Myanmar find their voices elsewhere, including yours truly's neck of the woods.

From The Stream, the best argument for the existence of God might come from a medieval Muslim thinker known as Avicenna.

From the Daily Signal, the ludicrous reason why the film Reagan was disqualified for a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

From The American Conservative, if federal employees have to show up to work in person, there will be a traffic nightmare in Washington, D.C.

From The Western Journal, First Lady Melania Trump exposes the Obamas for the frauds that they are.

And from The Poke, a bunch of Americans are upset that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not attend President Trump's inauguration.

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, the Senate confirms South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as Secretary of Homeland Security.  (This will mean that she will resign as governor, if she has not already done so.)

From FrontpageMag, South Africa legalizes the seizure of land from white farmers.

From Townhall, President Trump cancels former President Biden's pro-abortion website.  (I admit that I find a bit of pleasure in putting the world "former" in front of Biden's name rather than Trump's.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, anti-Israel activism on campus is surprisingly pushed by labor unions.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump reportedly fires 17 inspectors general overnight, most of whom he appointed during his first term.

From The Federalist, someone should tell Susan Glasser of the New Yorker to "sit back and relax this time".

From American Thinker, what Trump should do about FEMA.

From NewsBusters, the March for Life gets a total of 48 seconds of coverage from ABC and CBS, and no time at all from NBC.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the mass-produced coronavirus vaccines that were not given clinical trials.

From Snouts in the Trough, the day the devil went down to Southport, England.

From Gatestone Institute, negotiating a new nuclear "deal" with Iran is an insane waste of time.

From Radio Free Asia, Thailand is tested by a flood of war refugees from Myanmar.

From The Stream, it's a good thing that some people did not say "no".

From The Daily Signal, conservative actor Siaka Massaquoi, who entered the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021, recounts being raided by the FBI, arrested, and later pardoned by Trump.

From The American Conservative, First Son Barron Trump holds court.

From The Western Journal, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is confirmed, with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

From The Daily Wire, how Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) fought for victims of the Biden Department of Justice.

From the Daily Caller, the University of Washington is accused of going soft on left-wingers who harass conservatives.

From Breitbart, after a years-long investigation, Los Angeles County, California prosecutors decide against filing sexual assault and domestic violence charges against musician Marilyn Manson.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Eric Burlison (R-MO), the swamp is real and bipartisan.

And from the New York Post, a New York City firefighter is seen skateboarding to work.

Friday Phenomena

On a mostly clear but still cold Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Department of Justice drops its case against a doctor who blew the whistle on transgender operations performed on children.

From FrontpageMag, the myth of Alaska's Mount Denali, a.k.a. Mount McKinley.

From Townhall, a major update on deportations and the power of local law enforcement to help carry them out.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how to make President Trump's promised "golden age" a reality.

From the Washington Examiner, Department of Justice lawyers are instructed to drop three pending cases against people protesting outside of abortion clinics.

From The Federalist, what the film Wicked and the not-so-wonderful wizard of Oz teach about the power of propaganda.

From American Thinker and the "tinfoil hat" department, are the Los Angeles wildfires a chance outbreak, or part of the Great Reset?

From MRCTV, Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert Kennedy Jr. is pleased with Trump's order to declassify the files related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President John F. Kennedy, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY).  (If my father and uncle had both been murdered, and much of the information relating to the murders were kept secret, I'd want to know everything, too.)

From NewsBusters, co-host Ana Navarro of The View claims that Trump is rolling back interracial marriages.

From Canada Free Press, Hollywood is in a hole and keeps on digging.

From TeleSUR, according to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, the Venezuelan "far-right" and smugglers operating from the U.S. cooperate to transport migrants through the Darien Gap.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC is wrong to claim that hurricanes are getting worse.

From EuroNews, according to Russian investigators, an Azerbaijan Airlines flight was brought down by a Pantsir-S1 defensive missile system.  (The article cites, but does not link to, the source AnewZ.  However, a little keyboard effort found me the AnewZ article.)

From ReMix, an Afghani man is named the main suspect in an explosion in The Hague, Netherlands which killed six people and injured four others.

From Balkan Insight, Croatians boycott shops, malls and gas stations for one day in response to surging prices.

From The North Africa Post, the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces battle near the al-Jili oil refinery north of the capital city of Khartoum.

From The New Arab, Palestinian prisoners in Israel could be a contentious issue for the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas reportedly executes several people accused of being "collaborators" with Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, Azerbaijan continues to illegally hold and torture Armenian hostages and deny international media and observers access to their trials.

From Radio Free Asia, a Cambodian migrant worker in South Korea claims that his passport was revoke because of his online comments.

From The Stream, Muslims allegedly turn to terrorism to "avenge lost battles of history", such as the one near Tours, France in 732.

From The Daily Signal, debunking four major errors made in lawsuits filed against Trump's order to end birthright citizenship executive order.

From The American Conservative, Trump's pardon of website host Ross Ulbricht is the greatest victory of the "libertarian movement".

From The Western Journal, Senator Fake Cherokee's (D-MA) attack on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth reveals her own double standards.

From BizPac Review, some members of the Kennedy family aren't in favor of the aforementioned files being opened, while relatives of Dr. King would like to review the his related files before they are released to the general public.

From The Daily Wire, the flights deporting illegal aliens have begun.

From the Daily Caller, how a group of young Trump staffers worked for 72 hours to set up his second inauguration.

From the New York Post, ICE nabs pedophiles, gangbangers, and a suspected terrorist based in New York City.

From Newsmax, Trump's suggestion that Canada become the 52st U.S. state result in hats with the message "Canada is Not for Sale" going viral.

And from Breitbart, actor/singer Dennis Leary updates his song [bleep]hole to shame people who wouldn't wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic, which is now long over.

Thursday Things

As the sunny but cold (but not as cold as yesterday's) weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump strikes a blow against DEI.

From FrontpageMag, after eight years, the Trump honeymoon has finally arrived.

From Townhall, an "openly transgender actress" is nominated for an Oscar.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the California National Guard's top wildfire response expert claims that the administration of Governor Gavin Newsom (D) fired him for being Jewish.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge temporarily stops Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

From The Federalist, Trump will reportedly pardon pro-lifers imprisoned under then-President Biden.

From American Thinker, the White House press corps needs to be cleansed.

From MRCTV, Huntington Beach, California declares itself a "non-sanctuary city".

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Joy Reid claims that DEI is about helping "disabled veterans".

From Canada Free Press, with Trump back in the U.S. presidency, the global new world order is a dead man walking.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans remember the 1958 uprising that ousted General Marcos Perez Jimenez from power.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer conducts a "masterclass in obfuscation" about the murders in Southport, England.

From Snouts in the Trough, the Times Radio suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome.

From EuroNews, the perpetrator of the aforementioned murders in Southport gets 50 years in prison.

From ReMix, Alternative for Germany party co-leader Alice Weidel calls for mass deportations after an Afghan migrant kills two people in the city of Aschaffenburg.  (See the story from EuroNews linked in yesterday's post.)

From Balkan Insight, environmental groups protest the Greek government's decision to allow the U.S. company Chevron to explore for oil and gas off Greece's coast.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco plans to build its largest stadium near the city of Casablanca in 2027, three years ahead of its hosting the World Cup.

From The New Arab, private U.S. security contractors have been deployed near the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, experts warn that Hamas is making a comeback in Gaza during the current ceasefire.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas still controls humanitarian aid entering Gaza.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump should move the Al-Udeid Air Base from Qatar to the UAE.

From Radio Free Asia, Myanmar's ruling junta bombs a rebel-held town in the state of Shan, killing eight people.

From The Stream, believe it nor not, "politicians are people, too".

From The Daily Signal, Democratic Senators stall Trump's national security nominees.

From The American Conservative, Trump revokes the security clearances of the 51 former intelligence officials who wrongly claimed that the story about Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.

From The Western Journal, the NFL fines Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon for something that someone else said.

From BizPac Review, three RINO Senators are reportedly ready to oppose the confirmation of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, after a "slime job" by NBC News.

From The Daily Wire, the Worcester, Massachusetts public school district instructs its bus drivers to not stop at bus stops if ICE agents are waiting there.

From the Daily Caller, Virginia Democrats stonewall Governor Glenn Youngkin's (R) nominees to various state boards.

From the New York Post, Trump orders the declassification and release of long-secret files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

From Breitbart, Danish europarliamentcritter Anders Vistisen tells Trump that Greenland is not for sale, and to [bleep] off.

From Newsmax, Trump revokes the security protection for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former aide Brian Hook, both alumni of his first administration.

And from Cracked, the late Joan Rivers's joke file is narrowly saved from the California wildfires.

Some Late Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny and very cold Wednesday, after a 15-hour power outage, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why Japan matters more in the second Trump era.

From FrontpageMag, in its first conniption fit of the second Trump era, the left accuses the Chief Twit of making a Nazi salute.

From Townhall, President Trump sends military troops to protect the U.S. southern border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, in Oregon, fellow citizens can report your "offensive joke" to the government.  (Having heard and told numerous Polish jokes when I was a Littlefoot, I could definitely give them a run for their money.)

From the Washington Examiner, a high school student in Nashville, Tennessee shoots two fellow students, killing one of them.

From The Federalist, if you think that Trump's pardons of Capitol riot defendants is about an "insurrection", you're missing the point.

From American Thinker, the carbon dioxide canard is falling apart.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) reveals the "big takeaway" from the pardons given by Trump and then-President Biden.

From NewsBusters, CBS, NBC and ABC join in a "desperate" new smear against Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if you're a U.K. citizen, challenge your parliamentcritter over this "mad" climate bill.

From EuroNews, an Afghani citizen allegedly fatally stabs two people in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

From ReMix, all eyes in Europe are on Trump and Poland.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Salon24.)

From Balkan Insight, how the Serbian government works to demonize protesters.  (What is this "right to dissent" you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the Confederation of African Football highlights Morocco's proven record in hosting major international events.

From The New Arab, will the victims of the 2020 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon finally get justice?

From the Daily Mail, a rape grooming gang victim's father breaks down in tears recalling when police officers told him about what happened to her.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the number of reported wounded victims of a terrorist stabbing attack in Tel Aviv, Israel rises to six.

From VOA, ISIS claims responsibility for the murder of a Chinese man in Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, is Brussels, the capital of the E.U., crumbing before our very eyes?

From Radio Free Asia, two thirds of the residents of Chaung Thar, Myanmar leave town due to nearby fighting between the country's ruling junta and the rebel Arakan Army.

From The Stream, abortion is the world's number one killer, but we can change that.

From The Daily Signal, every Democratic Senator voted against protecting babies who are born alive from a botched abortion.

From The American Conservative, how will Trump deal with Iran?

From The Western Journal, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) gets reminded of her hypocrisy about the aforementioned alleged Nazi salute by the Chief Twit.

From BizPac Review, the reaction from late night hosts to Trump's return to office was worth the four-year wait.

From The Daily Wire, members of the pro-life community hope that activists imprisoned under Biden will be pardoned by Trump.

From the Daily Caller, according to an opinion column, Trump can and should end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens.

From the New York Post, after an eight-year hiatus, the show Duck Dynasty is coming back.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Ashley Hinson, Border Czar "Tom Homan knows how to get this done".

From Newsmax, according to Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala), ICE has already arrested 308 illegal aliens during Trump's first full day back in office.

And from SFGate, scientists find a 21-trillion-gallon aquifer in southern Oregon.

Tuesday Tidbits

As the cold weather continues on a Tuesday, this time with some clouds, here are some things going on:

From National Review, can birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants, even of those who come illegally, be revoked by executive order?

From FrontpageMag, former President Biden's alleged "oligarchs".

From Townhall, Democrats complain about what President Trump didn't do when he was sworn in.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Trump reverses sanctions which Biden had imposed on certain Israelis.

From the Washington Examiner, federal Judge Eileen Cannon blocks the Department of Justice from releasing the Trump classified documents report by then-Special Counsel Jack Smith.

From The Federalist, some of Trump's executive orders prove that Biden could have secured the border at any point during his presidency.

From American Thinker, some early observations from Trump's second inauguration and return to office.

From MRCTV, in what might be a very stupid allegation, leftists accuse the Chief Twit of making a Hitler salute.

From NewsBusters, according to CNN analyst Jonah Goldberg, Trump and Biden both deserved to be impeached for abusing the power to pardon.  (I'll give him credit for being even-handed.)

From Canada Free Press, why we should still be concerned about election integrity.

From TeleSUR, a U.N. human rights office in Colombia condemns violence in the region of Catatumbo.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s legal drug consumption rooms will destroy lives, not save them.

From EuroNews, a coal miner is killed in an accident at a mine in Slovenia, while two other miners remain missing.

From ReMix, the Podlaskie Border Guard recorded almost 30,000 attempts to illegally cross into Poland from Belarus in 2024.  (Podlaskie is a Polish voivodeship and is also called Podlasie and Podlachia.)

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights rules against rules against a request to suspend the Romanian Constitutional Court's annulment of Romania's presidential elections.

From The North Africa Post, the NGO Human Rights Watch decries the Tunisian government's crackdown on political opposition and civil society.

From The New Arab, how one guard at the National Museum in Damascus saved priceless Syrian antiquities from looters.

From The Times Of Israel, a Jewish daycare center near a synagogue in Sydney, Australia is set on fire.

From The Jerusalem Post, an open letter from a terrorist.

From Gatestone Institute, cultural elites in Germany conduct a perverted "debate" in Israel.

From Radio Free Asia, Myanmar's ruling junta and MNDAA insurgents sign a ceasefire agreement brokered by China.

From The Straits Times, Singapore's Ministry of Health create stricter screen use guidelines for young children.

From Tempo(dot)Co, a look at the first 100 days of new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's administration, and a proposed Cabinet reshuffle.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim looks forward to working with U.S. President Trump.

From the Borneo Post, house fires and road accidents have increased during Chinese New Year celebrations in Malaysia in the last three years.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam treasures and prioritizes its relationship with China.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passes the country's budget, cutting 6.6 percent from a proposal from the Cabinet.  (Could the aforementioned Chief Twit and DOGE learn from Taiwan?)

From China News, China launches a rocket carrying five new satellites.

From The Korea Herald, at his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denies giving an order to remove lawmakers from the country's parliament.

From The Mainichi, has the post-truth era arrived in Japan?

From Japan Today, according to former Trump advisor Ado Machina, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ushiba should take a "Japan first" mindset when meeting with Trump.

From The Stream, with Trump, the U.S. inaugurates a return to reason, though not to faith.

From The Daily Signal, experts from the Heritage Foundation take a look at Trump's new executive orders.  (TDS is published by the Heritage Foundation.)

From The American Conservative, Trump articulates a "muscular" Pax Americana.

From The Western Journal, some female inmates supported Trump for a very important reason, which is not about early release.

From BizPac Review, new White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a no-nonsense stance on Trump's pardon for January 6th protesters.

From The Daily Wire, Trump says "you're fired" to thousands of Biden appointees.

From NBC News, according to his family, American hostage Ryan Corbett is released by the Taliban in a prison exchange.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, the ACLU quickly sues Trump over his order on birthright citizenship.

From the New York Post, after the 2020 election, Biden warned that Trump would preemptively pardon members of his own family.  (I guess that such pardons are OK if given by a Democratic president.)

From Breitbart, MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch claims that Trump "has co-opted America's heartbeat".

From Newsmax, for the time being, Trump holds off on placing tariffs on China.

And from the Genesius Times, southern Louisiana gets 8 inches of global warming.

Stories For Inauguration Day

On a sunny but cold Monday, on which President Trump has returned to office, and which is also the King Holiday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, during his final minutes in office, President Biden pardons his brothers James and Francis, and his sister Valerie.

From FrontpageMag, Biden again shows how leftists live in a fantasy world.

From Townhall, Trump returns as people claiming to be women voice their lamentations.

From The Washington Free Beacon, more pardons from Biden.

From the Washington Examiner, at Trump's inauguration, Big Tech moguls get better seats than his Cabinet nominees.

From The Federalist, Trump orders the federal government to recognize one basic scientific fact.

From American Thinker, how two Southern Methodists helped make Dr. Martin Luther King's dream come true.

From MRCTV, in his second inaugural address, Trump promises a "revolution of common sense".

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow calls Biden a victim of the "worst kind of partisan politics".  (I'd say that politics is "partisan" when you don't agree with it.)

From Canada Free Press, once again, America is the admired leader of the free West.

From TeleSUR, according to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the relationship between Mexico and the U.S. "must be one of equals".  (In principle, I agree.  When U.S. citizens enter or visit Mexico, we must do so in obedience to Mexican laws.  When Mexicans enter or visit the U.S., they should so to in obedience to U.S. laws.  When people of both countries respect the laws of the other, that's a relationship of equals.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, coronavirus censorship and the shame of doctors who kept silent.

From Snouts in the Trough, you cannot make peace with people who hate you.

From EuroNews, former europarliamentcritter Maria Arena (Belgium) is charged with being a member of a criminal organization.

From ReMix, German teachers allegedly discriminate in favor of children with a migration background when it comes to grades.  (If you read German and are willing to go through a paywall, read the story at Spiegel.)

From Balkan Insight, Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha plans to ask Trump to reconsider the "persona non grata" status imposed on him in May of 2021 under Biden.

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian government orders the closing of a publishing house after it publishes a book about Jews in Algeria.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi parliament "secretly" passes a law concerning its National Intelligence Agency.

From Doha News, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will lead Qatar's delegation at this year's meeting of the World Economic Forum.

From The Hans India, the Indian state of Odisha revises the enrollment ages for grades 1 through 6.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian transport minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate India's first cable-stayed bridge built on a curve.

From ANI, the Indian Supreme Court laments the dismissal by the High Court in the state of Chhattisgarh of a Christian man's request to be allowed to bury his father in their native village.

From India Today, when in Tirumana, Tamil Nadu, India, please be sure that everything you eat comes from plants.

From OpIndia, Bangladeshis cross the border into the Indian state of West Bengal and try to steal crops from Indian farmers.  (via the Hindu Post)

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi astronomer Syed Ashraf Uddin lectures about the Hubble Tension.  (If you're wondering what the Hubble Tension, go here for an explanation.)

From New Age, Bangladesh observes Shaheed Asad Day.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake takes a train ride and talks with his fellow passengers.

From the Colombo Gazette, U.K. tea experts visit Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, the Maldivian People's Majlis greenlights a cabinet shuffle.

From the Bangkok Post, the Thai government plans a six-month campaign to crack down on drugs, phone center scams and human trafficking.

From MedyaNews, Democratic Union Party co-chair Menice Haydar is one of six Syrians killed in Turkish airstrikes targeting a sit-in at the Tishreen Dam on the Euphrates River.

From BBC News, accused Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana admits to all charges against him.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a picture of the late terrorist Osama bin Laden is displayed on a highway near Munich, Germany for three weeks.  (If you read German, read the story at PINews.)

From Alt News, videos claiming that a mosque and a copy of the Koran were unharmed in the Los Angeles fires should not be believed.

From PressTV, according to Iranian General Mohammad Baqeri, events in Gaza devastated Zionists and elevated Islam and the Resistance Front.

From The Times Of Israel, an Iranian court sentences singer Hossein Maghsoudloo to death for blasphemy.  (The last six stories and the link from the Hindu Post above come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, under Trump, the U.S. "urgently" needs to develop a nuclear fusion reactor better than the Tokamak built by China.

From Radio Free Asia, China military drills in the South China Sea as the U.S. and the Philippines conduct joint drills in the same general area.

From The Stream, some notes for Inauguration Day.

From The Daily Signal, the lies about Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth aren't even skin-deep.

From The American Conservative, how bureaucrats loyal to Biden are working to obstruct Trump in his new term in office.

From The Western Journal, singer Carrie Underwood performs a great rendition of America the Beautiful despite technical difficulties.

From BizPac Review, some leftists melt down over the custom inauguration gowns worn by First Daughter Ivanka Trump and Second Lady Usha Vance.

From The Daily Wire, Trump issues an executive order to end and investigate the weaponization of the federal government.

Form the Daily Caller, on his way out the door, Biden commutes the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of murdering two FBI agents.

From the New York Post, during a routine check, a New York City subway conductor finds a dead woman.

From Breitbart, CNN contributor Van Jones is "mad at everybody".  (I'd get out a tiny violin and play something for him, but I can't play a violin worth [bleep], not even a normal-sized one.)

From Newsmax, former and current First Lady Melania Trump launches her own meme coin.

And from the Babylon Bee, an elderly dementia sufferer is cruelly evicted from his home.