Friday, May 9, 2025

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, the new American-made pope.

From FrontpageMag, the first 100 days for the left-wingers who hate President Trump.

From Townhall, some omitted context about an "undocumented grandmother" facing deportation after mistakenly driving into the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to records, congresscritter Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) repeatedly inflated her naval rank in her campaign materials.

From the Washington Examiner, Columbia University places 65 students who took over its Butler Library on interim suspension.

From The Federalist, Texas indicts five current or former Frio County officials for alleged voter fraud.

From American Thinker, Trump appoints Judge Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. District Attorney for D.C.

From MRCTV, a brave student tells a California school board that they should protect the privacy of female athletes, and gets jeered by "adults".

From NewsBusters, CNN contributor Ana Navarro gets caught lying for former President Biden and then gets crushed.

From Canada Free Press, new Pope Leo XIV is already showing some positive signs.

From TeleSUR, Chilean Mapuche leader Julia Chuñil Catricura has been missing for six months.

From TCW Defending Freedom, more lies from the U.K.'s Climate Change Committee.

From EuroNews, the aforementioned Pope Leo XIV holds his first Catholic Mass in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

From Free West Media, the Chinese-made PL-15 air-to-air missile is used in combat for the first time by the Pakistani military, and with success.

From ReMix, a Malian man is arrested in Nantes, France for allegedly butchering goats in an underground car park.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Figaro.)

From Balkan Insight, ceremonies to observe the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe are held across the Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco shares its successful port management experience with Liberia.

From The New Arab, the UAE denies a report by Amnesty International that it supplied Chinese-made weapons to Sudanese RSF paramilitary forces.

From Arutz Sheva, several Arab states tried to buy Israel's stockpile of leavened foods in order to destroy it.

From The Jerusalem Post, Sweden is reportedly considering a ban on virginity testing to protect girls from "honor" crimes.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U.'s illegal land-grab, part 3.

From The Hans India, according to the Indian government, Pakistan used a civilian airliner as a shield and did not close its airspace.

From the Hindustan Times, due to tensions with Pakistan, the Indian government extends its closure of 24 airports until May 15th.  (The Indian federal government is commonly called "the Centre", as in this article and the one by THI immediately above.)

From ANI, India's air defense intercepts Pakistani drones amid blackouts in the cities of Akhnoor, Pathankot and Rajouri and the town of Nagrota.

From India Today, more on Pakistani targeting Indian cities with drones and India's air defense responding.

From the Dhaka Tribune, students at the Islamic University in Kushtia, Bangladesh block a highway demanding a ban on the Awami League.  (The Awami League is a political party in Bangladesh.)

From New Age, more on the protest against the Awami League.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala claims that some opposition politicians are connected to underworld gangs.

From Raajje, Maldivian Supreme Court Chief Justice Ahmed Muthasim Adnan abruptly steps down.

From the Bangkok Post, Thailand sends out a warning about the flu and the coronavirus during its rainy season.

From Radio Free Asia, the Myanmar junta bombs four villages despite the extension of a cease fire between it and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army.

From The Stream, how Catholics dealt with cognitive dissonance during the reign of Pope Francis.

From The Daily Signal, Senator John Cronyn (R-TX) introduces a bill to provide for the death penalty in federal court for illegal aliens who murder American citizens.

From The American Conservative, Republican congresscritters begin another round of infighting.

From The Western Journal, three illegal aliens are arrested and charged in connection with a kidnapping in North Carolina.

From BizPac Review, New York Attorney General Letitia James gets heckled at her own town hall meeting.

From The Daily Wire, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes some "monumental" changes to admissions policies at America's military academies.

From the Daily Caller, Fox News host Steve Hilton has a message for people who want to give up on California.

From the New York Post, congresscritter Mark Green (R-Ten) demands the "unredacted" video and documents from the traffic stop made on then-illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

From Breitbart, congresscritter Sarah McBride (D-Del) claims that changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America is "ridiculous", even though "she" changed "her" name from Tim.

From Newsmax, FedEx board of directors member David Steiner is set to become the next postmaster general.  (This could be a subject for a "Hitler Rants" parody, because an audio clip from the movie Der Untergang, on which many of these parodies are based, shows Hitler ranting about a man named Steiner.  And yes, "Hitler" has already ranted about the new pope.)

And from Roll Call, retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter goes to the courtroom in the sky.

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