Monday, May 5, 2025

Stories For Cinco De Mayo

On a cool and cloudy Monday falling on a date about which gringos seem to care more than Mexicans do, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Obama and his wife Michelle are not going to rescue the Democrats.

From FrontpageMag, communists rally against billionaires while being funded by billionaires.

From Townhall, National Institute of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya announces the closing of the agency's beagle laboratories.  (Snoopy will be happy about this.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, medical students at Columbia University accuse the school of having double standards after a suspended student is allowed to return to campus.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) fuels speculation that she might run for Senator against incumbent Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in 2026.

From The Federalist, how easy it is to order abortion pills in a state where they are illegal.

From American Thinker, the pandemic that just won't go away.

From MRCTV, the White House posts a "fake news media reframing guide" about arrests of illegal aliens.

From NewsBusters, longtime reporter Hanna Trudo of The Hill considers running for congresscritter (D-NH).

From Canada Free Press, former President Biden and the biggest coverup in U.S. history.

From TeleSUR, Brazilian police foil an attempted bombing at a Lady Gaga concert.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer robs the British people to pay illegal aliens.

From Snouts in the Trough, exposing the alleged Israel "genocide" of the Palestinians.

From EuroNews, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigns after governing coalition candidate Crin Antonescu fails to get a spot in the country's presidential runoff election.

From Free West Media, Canada is squandering the best oil opportunity in the world.

From Balkan Insight, Sarajevo remembers children killed in the war of independence for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but those responsible still evade justice.

From the Sarajevo Times, Europe Day celebrations are planned across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The Slovenia Times, the Idrija, Slovenia miners' brass band is one of the oldest in the world.

From The Malta Independent, Maria Montebello will become the first female rector of St. Aloysius College in Malta.

From Malta Today, according to Prime Minister Robert Abela, a Maltese surveyor has been allowed to board the humanitarian vessel Conscience.

From ANSA, over 4,000 police officers will be present for the inauguration of the new pope.

From ReMix, children at a Catholic school in Treviso, Italy are taken to a mosque and made to kneel and pray to Allah while facing Mecca.  (Will any children at a Muslim school be taken to a Catholic church and told to recite any Catholic prayers?  I won't hold my breath.  If you read Italian, read the story at Libero 25.)

From SwissInfo, the Swiss canton of Nidwalden will ban mobile phones in primary schools starting next school year, except for teaching and emergency purposes.

From France24, France names its first Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft a historical monument.

From RFI, French rail unions call for a nationwide strike starting today.

From The Portugal News, Lisbon, Portugal becomes a top 10 popular summer travel destination.

From Morocco World News, Airbus is set to sell Royal Maroc Air 200 aircraft by 2037.

From The North Africa Post, Egypt refuses to participate in military exercises hosted by Algeria due to the presence of the militia group Polisario.

From The New Arab, pro-HamasPalestine activists force a Carrefour store in La Marsa, Tunisia to temporarily shut down.

From The Jerusalem Post, the BBC plans to investigate its Arabic branch after its reporters are exposed for antisemitism and support for Hamas.

From the Daily Mail, a "major terror attack" is foiled in the U.K.

From Jewish News Syndicate, a Muslim advocacy chief in the U.K. reportedly justified Hamas's attack against Israel on October 7th, 2023 and denied that Hamas had raped any women.

From Arutz Sheva, Turkey and Iran combine to keep 40 million Kurds stateless.

From Gatestone Institute, what do the Palestinians really want?

From Radio Free Asia, the U.S. blacklists a Myanmar militia group, its leader, and his two sons.

From The Stream, "money follows morality".

From The Daily Signal, the Department of Homeland Security offers illegal aliens $1,000 to leave the U.S.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about how the actions of two states led to the Civil War.

From The Western Journal, Pacific Coast marine animals become ill, become aggressive, or die due to a toxic algae bloom.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned former First Lady Michelle Obama complains her costs from when she lived in the White House, including (gasp!) paying for her own food.

From The Daily Wire, CNN is mercilessly mocked after its interview with a Mexican drug cartel member backfires.

From the Daily Caller, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) decides against running for Senator.

From the New York Post, the Catholic cardinals and the Vatican staff all swear an oath to secrecy, the violation of which would result in excommunication.

From Breitbart, the Coast Guard rescue bikini-clad female social media influencers from their sinking luxury yacht.

From Newsmax, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) keeps her supporters in limbo about whether she will run for president in 2028.

And from The Babylon Bee, President Trump plans not only to reinstate Alcatraz Island as a prison, but also to expand it by building a fence around all of San Francisco.

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