Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, President Trump is right about showerheads and other plumbing fixtures.

From FrontpageMag, can men overcome their alleged toxic masculinity by wearing nail polish?

From Townhall, ten questions about tariffs that no one is asking.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Homeland Security under then-President Biden approved a grant to a mosque linked to an antisemitic pastor.  (Wouldn't federal money going to a religious institution violate the separation of church and state, or does that only apply to Christian institutions?  The 1st Amendment uses the term "religion", without any modification thereto, and such separation from the state should thus apply equally to all religions, or so I would think.)

From the Washington Examiner, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doucy finds out that "the bird is word".

From The Federalist, the left-wing power brokers behind nationwide anti-Trump protests.

From American Thinker, the people to whom reparations are really owed.

From MRCTV, Disneyland announces an upcoming "Pride Night" for anyone age 3 and up.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Anderson Cooper asks Senator Socialism (I-VT) if Trump "is trying to whitewash American history".

From Canada Free Press, not only is former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau connected to China, but so is his successor Mark Carney.

From TeleSUR, a look at Viñales Valley in the Cuban province of Pinar del Río.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s small boats crisis is still getting worse.

From EuroNews, is noted street artist Banksy a woman?  (My spellchecker has no problem with his - or maybe her - name.)

From Free West Media, the aircraft maker Boeing secures the contract to build the F-47 fighter jet.

From ReMix, the number of mosques in Sweden has increased by almost 4,200 percent in 25 years.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Samnytt.)

From Balkan Insight, police enter a university Faculty of Medicine in Niš, Serbia to clamp down on protesters.

From The North Africa Post, according to the U.S.-based think tank American Enterprise Institute, the Polisario Front is a Cold War relic, an Algerian proxy, and does not represent the Sahrawi people.

From The New Arab, six defendants in Tunisia go on a hunger strike to protest their "unfair" trial.

From OpIndia, Muslim mobs go after Hindus in Bangladesh after accusations of "blasphemy".

From Arutz Sheva, a notebook found by IDF troops in Rafah, Gaza Strip praises Hitler and insults Jews.

From 5 Pillars, according to the grand mufti of Pakistan, jihad against Israel is "obligatory" for Muslim governments.

From Gatestone Institute, the Sahel in Africa has become an emerging center of global Islamism.

From Radio Free Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping hikes tariffs on U.S.-made goods and seeks to strengthen relations with countries in Southeast Asia.

From The Stream, will the U.S. again rescue the U.K.?

From The Daily Signal, DOGE finds unemployment benefits being claimed by alleged people over 115 years old, between 1 and 5 years old, and up to (or maybe down to) -15 years old.  (Yes, that is a "minus" sign before the number "15".)

From The American Conservative, the Pentagon could help bring back American industries.

From The Western Journal, at a Trump cabinet meeting, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard states that she was investigating possible security flaws in voting and tabulation systems.

From BizPac Review, a woman who allegedly assaulted a pro-life reporter is arrested and complains of a "one-sided narrative".

From The Daily Wire, Lieutenant General Dan "Razin" Caine is confirmed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

From the Daily Caller, the University of Kentucky's hospital system hypothetically offers to provide transgender services to a child, which would violate state law, until a reporter notices.

From the New York Post, a surgically enhanced Brazilian social media influencer has problems reentering her country because she looks different from her passport photo.

From Breitbart, China puts out a video showing AI-generated obese Americans working in a sweatshop.

From Newsmax, Speaker Johnson (R-LA) taps congresscritter Elise Stephanik (R-NY) for Chairwoman of the House Republican Leadership.

And from Cracked, 18 people who contributed bigly to making The Simpsons a global phenomenon.  (D'oh!)