Friday Phenomena

On a warm cloudy Friday, after I gave myself a day off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump's "big, beautiful" bill is blocked in a committee as Republican congresscritters split over spending cuts.

From FrontpageMag, the left finally finds refugees whom it won't accept.

From Townhall, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls former FBI director James Comey part of the deep state intending to undermine Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, lawyers tell Microsoft that it must address "widespread anti-semitism" in its workplace or go to court.

From the Washington Examiner, according to congresscritter James Comer (R-KY), the House is investigating then-President Biden's use of the autopen.

From The Federalist, what left-wingers really want is to put right-wingers in prison.

From American Thinker, the correlation between illegal aliens and crime.

From MRCTV, leftists celebrate the destruction of the largest plantation house in the U.S.

From NewsBusters, according to CBS host Stephen Colbert, Republicans "can eat a bag of [bleep]s" for their proposal to reform SNAP.

From Canada Free Press, thankfully, Trump can see through what Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the WEF are up to.

From TeleSUR, an Argentine federal judge requests banking information on President Javier Milei over a cryptocurrency scandal.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. energy security secretary Ed Miliband's bird chopper power plans get blown away.

From Snouts in the Trough, is "degrowth" the real agenda of the elites?

From EuroNews, Russia and Ukraine negotiate for less than two hours and agree to swap POWs.

From Free West Media, a report on the alleged "extremism" of the German party AfD is so stupid that it undermines the reasons for banning them.

From ReMix, during the first quarter of 2025, Polish banks earned big profits while easing loan requirements.

From Balkan Insight, a drone show put on by Adidas showing a shoe stepping on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece results in an outcry and a legal investigation.

From The North Africa Post, the Swedish company Metacon chooses to locate a pressurized electrolysis system for producing hydrogen powered by bird choppers in Morocco.

From The New Arab, ISIS fiercely Syrian President al-Sharaa for meeting with U.S. President Trump.  (As if terrorists have any right to have their opinions considered.)

From the Daily Mail, an Iranian criminal is allowed to stay in the U.K. so he can have a relationship with his three-year-old son.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a French TV producer apologizes for calling the Gaza Strip "Auschwitz".

From The Jerusalem Post, Trump considers renaming the Persian Gulf, which the Iranians don't appreciate.  (Some Arab countries have called it the Arabian Gulf, the name that Trump reportedly wants to use.)

From The Times Of Israel, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Hamas has allegedly intimidated, threatened and assaulted reporters in Gaza.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian court blocks a Muslim convert's attempt to return to Christianity.  (What is this "freedom of religion" you speak of?)

From the India Herald, an Indian Muslim leader demands punishment for a girl who allegedly made statements against the Islamic prophet Mohammed.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Arutz Sheva, it would be courageous to take the veil of Tehran, Iran and Kabul, Afghanistan, not to put it on Cannes, France.  (The last seven stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, Trump lets China win the first round of the tariff war.

From Radio Free Asia, Thailand and Vietnam agree to raise their political and economic relations to the highest level.

From The Stream, some parallels between Jesus and Confucius.

From The Daily Signal, more on why the aforementioned "big, beautiful" bill was shot down.

From The American Conservative, it's time for the U.S. to walk away from Russia and Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, Trump responds to the aforementioned James Comey.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Tim Burchett (R-Ten) announces that he will submit a bill to codify Trump's executive orders.

From The Daily Wire, everything that Trump accomplished on his trip to the Persian/Arabian Gulf.

From the Daily Caller, according to an internal memo, recruiting at Customs and Border Protection has gone way up since Trump retook office.

From the New York Post, China opens a scary attraction where you can literally "hang around".

From Breitbart, ICE arrests illegal alien gang members in Massachusetts.

From Newsmax, 11 inmates break out of a jail in New Orleans, with one being quickly recaptured.

And from the Genesius Times, Trump responds to Comey's "8647" with a yuge "FAFO".