Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Tuesday Tidings

On a mild and partly cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what to make of President Trump's plan to make Alcatraz back into a prison.  (I visited Alcatraz in 1990.)

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats know about the "power of fake names and fake history".

From Townhall, in 10 days, 39 illegal aliens are arrested in Maine.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Taliban is earning billions and giving weapons left behind by the U.S. to other terrorist groups.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump claims that the Houthis in Yemen "don't want to fight anymore".  (Does Trump know about the Arabic term hudna?)

From The Federalist, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth wants "less generals, more GIs".

From American Thinker, besides, or perhaps instead of, reopening Alcatraz, reopen McNeil Island prison in Washington state.

From MRCTV, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy threatens legal action after a college student who wrote a "[bleep] the Jews" sign denies any wrongdoing.

From NewsBusters, ABC, CBS and NBC downplay leftist pro-Hamas violence at the University of Washington.

From TeleSURCuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel visits St. Petersburg, Russia and highlights biotech cooperation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the slowly increasing spring temperatures in the U.K.

From EuroNews, the German Bundestag confirms Friedrich Merz as the Germany's new chancellor.

From Free West Media, Trump's new movie tariffs will not save Hollywood, but bury it.

From ReMix, the aforementioned German Chancellor Merz loses a confidence vote, so the party AfD demands new elections.

From Balkan Insight, student protesters demand new elections in Serbia.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian ferry company Jadrolinija orders two catamarans from Singapore.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco is the guest of honor at the 4th Europe-Africa Forum in Marseille, France.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan warns against the "abuse" of freedom of the press.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish authorities detain 208 people in one day for alleged links to the Gülen movement.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government reach an agreement to revive stalled trade between Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq.

From ArmenpressArmenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chairs a meeting on the progress of implementing the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement between Armenia and the E.U.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the Central Bank of Armenia leaves its refinancing rate unchanged.

From Azərbaycan24, Speakers Sahiba Gafarova (Azerbaijan) and Saqr Ghobash (UAE) meet to discuss strengthening ties between their two countries.

From AzerNews, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appoints new court chairs to appellate, administrative, commercial and district courts in the country.

From North Press Agency, ISIS terrorists kill two Syrian Democratic Forces fighters near Deir ez Zor, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides proposes legislation to reduce working hours or provide flexibility for civil servants with children under 15 years old.

From The New Arab, the Lebanese army detains a third Hamas member allegedly involved in rocket fire into Israel.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, University of Lyon-2 Vice President Willy Beauvallet-Haddad announces his resignation after making statements that glorify Hezbollah.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, 10 big lies told by Palestinians that intend to deny Jewish history in the land of Israel.

From Gatestone Institute, does the E.U. expect radical Islamists to reform themselves?

From Radio Free Asia, how the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia forced complete strangers to marry.

From The Stream, five reasons why getting offended by Trump's "pope" picture is foolish, and maybe even counterproductive.  (I'm more offended by attempts to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions and the labeling of Catholics who want to attend a Latin Mass as domestic terrorists, neither of which came from the Trump administration.)

From The Daily SignalSecretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem shares information on border security success with the House Appropriations Subcommittee.

From The American Conservative, if you want families to have more kids, make cheaper minivans.

From The Western Journal, Vice President Vance hammers congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) for "genocidal language" in a 2018 video clip where she slandered "white men".

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) weighs in on a top committee spot, which might be good news for congresscritter AOC (D-NY).

From The Daily Wire, Israel shows the Houthis that bombing airports is a two-way street.

From the Daily Caller, the Trump administration discontinues about 3,200 woke grants left behind by the Biden administration.

From the New York Post, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is accused of "abusing her power" by cutting in front of wheelchair-bound passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

From Breitbart, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia nominee Ed Martin gains some support, even while being opposed by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC).

From Newsmax, the Supreme Court allows the Trump administration's ban on transgenders in the military to take effect.

And from SFGate, a beloved tradition in San Francisco comes to a sudden end after more than 20 years.

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