On a sunny but cold Tuesday, here are some things going on:
From National Review, why did California cut its spending on fire prevention while keeping a rainy day fund?
From FrontpageMag, the West is committing suicide and doesn't even know it.
From The Washington Free Beacon, as a lame duck, President Biden solidifies his anti-drilling and anti-mining legacy.
From the Washington Examiner, Democrats display their "stupidity" at Senate hearings.
From The Federalist, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth shows why he's qualified to be secretary of defense.
From American Thinker, the issue of the Panama Canal is really about China.
From NewsBusters, according to a survey, the vast majority of Americans don't trust TV reporters to be honest and ethical.
From Canada Free Press, in Canada, Tweedledee will replace Tweedledum. (My spellchecker objects to "Tweedledee", but has no problem with "Tweedledum". If anyone can figure that one out, please explain in a comment.)
From Global News, the Canadian province of Quebec is ready to deploy 300 more border officers if more people try to enter the U.S. illegally from Canada.
From CTV News, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan plans to enhance its border security.
From TeleSUR, Venezuela asks the Netherlands, France and Italy to reduce the number of diplomats at their respective embassies.
From TCW Defending Freedom, the facts about immigration that the U.K. government tries to conceal.
From the Express, the resignation of U.K. Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq is a "giant blow" to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
From The Standard, the Princess of Wales reveals that her cancer is in remission.
From the (U.K.) Independent, more on the resignation of the aforementioned Tulip Siddiq, who is a niece of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
From the Irish Independent, the parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the Regional Independent group reach an agreement to form a new government for Ireland. (This source now includes the word "Irish" in its name".)
From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish actress Jenn McGuirk, who lives in Los Angeles, the Irish in the area are "helping each other out".
From the NL Times, about 825,000 kilos of discarded lead-acid batteries were found during inspections of the Dutch port of Rotterdam this past October.
From Dutch News, when in the Netherlands, leave the badgers alone. (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Gelderlander.)
From VRT NWS, Belgian trade unions intend to keep the pressure on government pension plan negotiators, and might call a national strike in February.
From The Brussels Times, Belgian political parties spent a record €15 million on digital ads in 2024.
From Deutsche Welle, the 1990 storming of the headquarters of the East German Stasi.
From EuroNews, new French Prime Minister François Bayrou intends to please all sides and avoid a no-confidence vote.
From ReMix, the Italian Army starts testing Lynx armored vehicles made in Hungary. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Combatant Blog.)
From Balkan Insight, Kosovo's governing party Vetevendosje draws criticism for boycotting televised electoral debates.
From The North Africa Post, the Danish transport company Maersk will discontinue its stopovers at the Spanish port of Algeciras and instead have them at the Moroccan port of Tanger Med.
From The New Arab, the Druze in Syria face hope and uncertainty.
From AMU, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada again calls for strict enforcement of its morality law.
From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Russian convert to Islam is convicted of spreading jihadist propaganda and other offenses in a court in Strasbourg, France. (If you read French, read the story at Dernière Nouvelles d'Alsace and FDeSouche.)
From Jewish News Syndicate, a pro-Hezbollah imam is invited to give a benediction at President-elect Trump's inauguration. (But, but, I thought that Trump was some kind of Islamophobe.)
From Gatestone Institute, the Qatari network Al-Jazeera promotes jihad, radical Islam and terrorism, about which both Israel and Palestine agree.
From Radio Free Asia, authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang launch a "Winter Operation" to enhance security ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year.
From The Stream, a review of the movie Brave the Dark.
From The Daily Signal, according to a report, the Republican Party embracing the culture war was instrumental in Trump's victory.
From The American Conservative, the U.S. is to blame for the failure of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Pete Hegseth's opening statement at his confirmation hearing.
From BizPac Review, TV host Jimmy Kimmel claims that Trump and his "gaggle of [bleep]s" are attacking Los Angeles area firefighters for not be "white enough".
From The Daily Wire, the National Sheriff's Association urges the Senate to quickly confirm former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) as Director of National Intelligence.
From the Daily Caller, META CEO Mark Zuckerberg refuses to name them, but a report finds the people who helped the Biden administration censor users of the platform Facebook.
From the New York Post, Trump plans to create the External Revenue Service. (I think that he will need congress to actually do that.)
From Newsmax, according to a Gallup poll, most Americans believe that the U.S. lost ground during Biden's time in the White House.
And from Breitbart, if you're fortunate enough to go to one of Trump's inaugural balls, get ready to dance the YMCA with the real live Village People.
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