Monday Links

On a warm and sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, does Wisconsin want to be the first state with a socialist governor?

From FrontpageMag, the German mainstream appears to be baffled by the right-wing party AfD.

From Townhall, the latest update on Senator Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Vice President Harris's new mansion in Malibu is in an area that has long been accused of "hostility" toward people who aren't white.

From the Washington Examiner, people fear that Flock cameras will lead to mass surveillance.

From The Federalist, former senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) replacement is "still a crazy leftist".

From American Thinker, what would foreign interference in American elections look like?

From NewsBusters, a reporter for The New York Times covers anti-Jewish rhetoric from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Canada Free Press, total surveillance arrives quietly and never leaves.

From TeleSUR, UNESCO gives two opera houses in the Brazilian Amazon World Heritage status.

From Snouts in the Trough, does England need high-speed trains?

From EuroNews, three people are injured in a knife attack in Paris, after which a suspect is arrested.

From ReMix, around 400 buildings in the Czech Republic are targeted by bomb threats.

From Balkan Insight, child maintenance systems fail single mothers in the Balkans and elsewhere.

From The North Africa Post, why Air Algérie is not a good alternative to Royal Air Maroc for flying to Nigeria.

From The New Arab, Arab states and Israel reportedly step up their security coordination against Iran.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned knife attack in Paris.

From Culture Watch, "Islam and the West cannot peacefully coexist".

From Gatestone Institute, why U.S. President Trump and Congress should reject the proposed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.

From The Daily Signal, Dr. Anthony Fauci's diaries reveal that he gloated about coronavirus lockdowns and seeking fame.

From The American Conservative, Trump's success against illegal immigration, and people who aren't happy about it.

From The Western Journal, if you commit a crime, writing a song about it is not a good idea.

From BizPac Review, Trump may have broken the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.

From the Daily Caller, new Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) is willing to stay in Washington, D.C. until the SAVE America Act passes.

From the New York Post and the "what could go wrong?" department, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani plans 30 percent discounts at city-owned grocery stores, but it comes with questions.

From Breitbart, Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino plans to step down in August.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the aforementioned Mitch McConnell is "clear-minded" while recovering the fall he suffered in June.

And from The Babylon Bee, the aforementioned Dr. Fauci is starting to think that keeping a daily perjury diary might have been a bad idea.

Sunday Stuff From A Returning Sasquatch

Yesterday I drove over 600 miles from Hilton Head Island, SC back to my home in Maryland.  I arrived pretty late and didn't feel like blogging anything.  But now I've had some sleep and the Bigfootmobile has been given a well-deserved rest.  So today, on a very warm and partly sunny Sunday, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, the man who allegedly stabbed two people in New York City and shouted "Allahu Akbar" a copy of the Koran and a book written by communism founder Karl Marx.

From Townhall, the man who allegedly drove his vehicle into a "Pride" parade in Berlin is identified as an Islamist with prior terror connections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about running for Speaker of the House.

From the Washington Examiner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) "celebrated" Hamas's attack against Israel on October 7th, 2023.

From American Thinker, with the aforementioned man who allegedly attacked a "Pride" parade being no longer with us, it looks like we'll never learn his motive.

From NewsBusters, British singer Mick Jagger and American musician Jonathan Cain tell singer Bruce Springsteen to lay off the politics.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, more on the twice-aforementioned alleged "Pride" parade attacker.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, in Iran, it's now okay to think the unthinkable.

From The American Conservative, why is there all this hype for the late President Richard Nixon?

From the Daily Caller, Border Czar Tom Homan insists that ICE will continue stopping vehicles.

From Newsmax, the Israeli military sends a senior Hamas security official to his virgins.

And from the New York Post, two BASE jumpers skydive off the Space Needle in Seattle, resulting in a police manhunt.  (The line between the labels "badass" and "stupid people" is so thin in this case that the story gets both.)

Thursday Things

On a hot and sunny Thursday down here in South Carolina, here are some things going on:

From National Review, New Jersey admits that thousands of non-citizens were registered to vote.

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) accuses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes.

From Townhall, what's going on with Massachusetts having a plan to establish an Islamic Commission?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator John Ossoff (D-GA) has spent thousands of dollars in campaign funds on "makeup services" so far this year.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's patience with Senator Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is reportedly "running out" over the SAVE America Act.

From The Federalist, the many times when non-citizens appeared on American voter rolls.

From American Thinker, the problem with left-wing women.

From NewsBusters, NBC host Seth Meyers accuses Trump of announcing war crimes.

From Canada Free Press, political commentator Jon Stewart joins the Democrats in obscuring their socialist agenda.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela launches a unified housing registry for the victims of the two recent earthquakes.

From TCW Defending Freedom, after 12 years, TCW says "goodbye", but archives its contents behind a paywall.  (This article was published on July 18th, which was the site's last day.  I had to acknowledge the end of its regular publishing, with some sadness, and give readers a chance to subscribe to its archived content, for any who wish to do so.)

From Snouts in the Trough, Thames Water is a rip-off.

From EuroNews, Florence opens the first social media addiction center in Italy.

From ReMix, French magistrates add an aggravating racism factor to the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in the commune of Crépol in 2023, thus recognizing the existence of anti-white racism.

From Balkan Insight, a mountainous region shared by Kosovo and Montenegro remains cut off due to closed roads.

From The North Africa Post, a U.S.-based publication spotlights Morocco's planned Hassan II Stadium, which is expected to host the 2030 World Cup.

From The New Arab, the struggle for the province of Suweida is a test for Syria's transition.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas gets a new leader for the same old jihad.

From The Daily Signal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tells New Jersey that having non-citizens on the voter rolls is "completely unacceptable".

From The American Conservative, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham sets a collision course with U.S. President Trump.

From The Western Journal, former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is referred to the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges.

From BizPac Review, First Lady Melania Trump seeks sanctions against "journalist" Michael Wolff, who tried and failed to sue her.

From The Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned tensions between Trump and Thune.

From the New York Post, a 16-year-old girl tries subway surfing in New York City, is hit by a beam, and survives.

From Breitbart, the Department of Homeland Security reportedly finds 278,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls.

From Newsmax, the New York City Police Department rescues 43 people from human traffickers during World Cup soccer matches in New Jersey.

And from The Babylon Bee, Greek warrior Odysseus returns to Ithaca after 20 years to find out that his wife Penelope has run out of baking powder and needs him to go out again.

Thursday Tidings

As the hot and sunny weather continues on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, injustice toward Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

From FrontpageMag, why right-wing opponents of mass immigration have no problem with the Amish, who "don't assimilate".

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, you should annoy a Democrat and celebrate America's upcoming 250th birthday.

From the Washington Examiner, all the ways by which President Trump earns his money.

From The Federalist, 37 All-American places to eat on your summer road trip.  (I've been to three of them: the Tune Inn in Washington, D.C., Bob & Edith's in Arlington, VA, and the Texas Tavern in Roanoke, VA.)

From American Thinker, rent freezes, such as in New York City by Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), fit right in with the definition of fascism.

From NewsBusters, the worst outbursts from the anti-American Hollywood left.

From Canada Free Press, Trump is finishing what started in 1776, which is why the Democratic Socialists of America and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney want him gone.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela decorates Italian and Swiss rescue teams for their earthquake relief efforts.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration and the Labour Party's war against the British people.

From Snouts in the Trough, should your kids start learning Chinese?

From EuroNews, almost 1.2 million illegal migrants apply for Spain's amnesty regularization scheme.

From Free West Media, after Morocco beats the Netherlands in the World Cup, several Dutch cities go into civil war mode.

From ReMix, French police raid offices and residences of members of the party National Rally.

From Balkan Insight, protesters are detained and police are injured at an anti-government rally outside the Albanian parliament building.

From The North Africa Post, Sudan extends the opening of the Adré border crossing with Chad for three months to keep allowing aid to enter.

From The New Arab, six people are killed in an explosion at a cafe in Damascus, Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the man who allegedly shot six people in Stade, Germany was driven to the scene of the crime by a member of a government sponsored NGO.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From the Daily Mail, a woman passes out while being publicly caned in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

From Gatestone Institute, why negotiating with terrorists such as Hamas and terrorist regimes such as Iran is a terrible idea.

From The Daily Signal, why talk show host Bill Maher has become liberalism's apostate.

From Radio Free Asia, Papua New Guinea received millions of dollars after Cyclone Maila, but some residents still haven't gotten any relief.

From The American Conservative, the Supreme Court demands that America commits national suicide.

From The Western Journal, the media omit an unpleasant detail in former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's story about Child Protective Services taking his kids away for a day.

From BizPac Review, a CNN segment "goes off the rails" when a guest tells some uncomfortable truth about immigration and foreign exploitation of birthright citizenship.

From the Daily Caller, Congress plans to "reign in" birth tourism scams after the recent Supreme Court ruling.

From the New York Post, air traffic control audio reveals a New York Police Department helicopter pilot's to the two people who climbed the Empire State Building.  (The line between the labels "badass" and "stupid people" can be pretty thin, but because they allegedly committed several crimes with their stunt, I give them the latter.)

From Breitbart, more Americans are in the American work force.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Tom McClintock (R-Cal), government housing subsidies should be eliminated because they cause home prices to rise.

And from Page Six, singer Madonna appears to take aim at her ex-husband Sean Penn in a new song.

Thursday Tidings

On a hot and sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the absurd controversy over repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

From FrontpageMag, voter fraud has never been as blatant as in the recent election in Los Angeles.

From Townhall, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) brutally roasts senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME).

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate James Talarico (D-TX) once worked for a left-wing DEI development firm.

From the Washington Examiner, several floors in the Pentagon are evacuated over an "air quality issue" that necessitated the deployment of a hazmat crew.

From The Federalist, the hype about aliens, UAPs (formerly called UFOs) and "disclosure" appears to have been at least somewhat exaggerated.

From American Thinker, doxxing and swatting are and should be labeled as domestic terrorism.

From Newsmax, a left-wing group funded by billionaire George Soros launches a petition urging charities to support the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From Canada Free Press, should we be concerned about the company Google going into the mosquito business?

From TeleSUR, the hidden barriers facing fans of the 2026 World Cup.

From TCW Defending Freedom, at the World Cup, the soccer matches are just a sideshow.

From Snouts in the Trough, is there more to "Eurabia" than a conspiracy theory?

From EuroNews, three people are killed when a car plows into a school cycling group near Vogelwaarde, Netherlands.

From ReMix, Sweden abolishes permanent resident permits to asylum seekers and other immigrant groups.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović is urged to strip convicted war criminal retired General Branimir Glavaš of his rank and decorations.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and the Council of Europe strengthen their cooperation with the "New Neighborhood Partnership".

From The New Arab, after 40 years, Iraq again has a World Cup team.

From the Daily Mail, English people get angry at councils for telling them not to fly the English flag during the World Cup.

From The Guardian, a policeman is shot dead during the raid of an apartment near Toronto, Canada linked to an attack on a U.S. consulate.

From Quadrant, "the jihadis next door" in Australia.

From Gatestone Institute, trying to disarm Hamas is a charade.

From The Daily Signal, the Daughters of the American Revolution will vote on the definition of a "woman".  (A DAR member taught me to play the piano when I was a Littlefoot.)

From Radio Free Asia, an Uyghur human rights activist condemns the death sentences given to two Uyghur men for a bomb explosion that killed 20 people and injured hundreds of others in Bangkok, Thailand in 2015.

From The American Conservative, "this week in hate crimes".

From The Western Journal, we know what the knife used to kill high school track athlete Austin Metcalf looked like.

From BizPac Review, the Department of Justice makes the first arrest of someone on its "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list.

From the Daily Caller, a real estate technology company lays off all of its workers in India.

From the New York Post, billionaire Citadel founder Ken Griffin "doubles down" on Miami after his feud with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Breitbart, First Lady Melania Trump launches first-of-their-kind accounts for children in foster care.

From Newsmax, a Minnesota man pleads guilty to federal charges for killing Minnesota state House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted murder of a state Senator and his wife.

And from the Genesius Times, Belfast, Northern Ireland is ravaged by climate change after an attack by a migrant.

Saturday Stuff

On a warm and sunny Saturday, now that I'm back from walking in a forest like a good sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From FrontpageMag, after nine years, the shooting at a Republican practice for the Congressional baseball game is finally classified as an act of domestic terrorism.

From Townhall, senatorial candidate James Talarico's (D-TX) campaign website reveals his radical views on immigration.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what is the peace deal with Iran?

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump proposes an "America Is Back" rally to replace the Great American State Fair after a majority of its musicians back out.

From The Federalist, the swatting at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is the latest "hit" from Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) "whirlwind".

From American Thinker, Trump's detractors don't understand why the candidates whom he endorsed won.

From NewsBusters, in the media's information warfare, Trump can never win and then-President Biden was fine.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s culture of useless degrees, entitlement and benefits has created a million Neets.

From the Daily Mail, the Taliban continues to tolerate bacha bazi in Afghanistan.

From Gatestone Institute, no matter what any Western leader has to say about it, the Iranian regime has not changed.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

From BizPac Review, when in New York City, please stay out of the sewers.

From the Daily Caller, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, a bus driver who doesn't speak English was involved in a crash that killed five people on Interstate 95 in Virginia.

From Breitbart, Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o, cast as Helen of Troy in the upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, admits having never heard of the epic story.

From Newsmax, some conservative judges are writing opinions that could be regarded as auditions for the next Supreme Court vacancy.

And from the New York Post, oops!

Monday Links

On a sunny and mild Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, we're in "a clash of civilizations".

From FrontpageMag, the U.S. needs to learn from the U.K.'s grooming gang scandal.

From Townhall, alleged hospice fraudsters in Los Angeles reportedly shut down after independent journalist Nick Shirley investigates.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, there are a lot of people in Dearborn, Michigan who are sad about the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Form the Washington Examiner, the Trump administration is cracking down on a type of welfare fraud that no one's talking about.

From The Federalist, leftists won't confront fraud because they think that government is the solution.

From American Thinker, Schiff happens!

From NewsBusters, Fox News analyst Brit Hume share a video of a clueless "No Kings" protester.

From Canada Free Press, Virginians get the government that they deserve.

From TeleSUR, Honduras and El Salvador strengthen their alliance for tourism.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a British city rides roughshod over concerns about migrants.

From EuroNews, after a scandal-plagued election, Slovenia will inaugurate a new parliament.

From ReMix, AfD party leader Tino Chrupalla speaks in favor of U.S. troops being withdrawn from Germany.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzezcy.)

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian police go after voter fraud cases.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan start-up GoSwap raises over $2 million to expand its battery-swapping network for electric scooters.

From The New Arab, a Lebanese judge completes his investigation of the 2020 explosion at the port of Beirut.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the IDF, Hezbollah uses ambulances and paramedic uniforms to disguise their terrorist activity.

From Open Doors, 27 people are killed in an attack in the Nigerian city of Jos.

From Culture Watch, "Islam and the left".

From Arutz Sheva, the alarming rise of antisemitism under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. Congress recognizes the 1971 Bangladesh genocide, but not the Islamist infrastructure behind it.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump responds to critics of his plan to pass the SAVE America Act.

From The American Conservative, is the University of Florida disbanding its College Republicans chapter over criticism of Israel.

From The Western Journal, New York Attorney General Letitia James faces a new criminal referral.

From BizPac Review, Californian First Lady Jennifer Newsom might have given Republicans the first attack ad for 2028.

From the Daily Caller, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Trump administration expressed to Israel its concerns about access to sacred sites during Holy Week.

From the Reuters, NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission is due for liftoff on Wednesday.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, Barstool Sports boss Dave Portnoy has "no sympathy" for Tiger Woods after his car crash and arrest.

From Page Six, Woods's ex-wife Erin Nordegren, on the other hand, is reportedly worried about him.

From Breitbart, Trump is reportedly considering sending U.S. forces to seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.

From Newsmax, the Trump administration sues Minnesota for allowing transgender athletes to complete in female sports.

And from The Babylon Bee, 11 lines for picking up chicks at a "No Kings" rally.

Tuesday Tidings

On a sunny but cold Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why is the U.S. lifting sanctions on Iranian oil when we're fighting a war against Iran?

From FrontpageMag, CNN repeatedly messes up its coverage of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, the medical reason why the illegal alien who allegedly killed a college student in Chicago missed his court appearance.

From the Washington Examiner, the incurable left-wing addiction to DEI.

From The Federalist, America's most infamous abortionist dies in a Pennsylvania prison.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From American Thinker, then-President Obama thought that he could unite the Muslim world, but current President Trump did.

From NewsBusters, why doesn't anyone fact-check climate doomsayers?

From Canada Free Press, the sea level refuses to rise as predicted by the climate doomsayers.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil honors Salvadorian Saint Oscar Romero.

From TCW Defending Freedom, HMS Dragon is the one U.K. naval ship that can stop Iranian missiles from hitting London, but it's on its way to Cyprus.

From EuroNews, peace talks for Ukraine stall as Russia starts its spring offensive.

From Free West Media, the U.S. has a missile problem.

From ReMix, police in Berlin are frustrated as migrant gang wars grip the city.  (If you read German, read the story at BZ.)

From Balkan Insight, an exhibit to mark the anniversary of NATO airstrikes against Serbia in 1999 is opened in Pristina, Kosovo.

From The North Africa Post, the African Development Bank hails Morocco's electricity network development programs.

From The New Arab, girls in the Gaza Strip take up boxing.

From Gatestone Institute, China is about to lose its bases in Cuba.

From The Daily Signal, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D) celebrates the end of Ramadan with an imam who faced deportation over alleged ties to Hamas.

From The American Conservative, whatever happened to the antiwar left?

From The Western Journal, Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) prediction that having ICE at airports would lead to "trouble" couldn't be more wrong.

From BizPac Review, former CIA Director John Brennan claims that he tends to believe Iran more than he believes Trump.

From the Daily Caller, Egyptian archaeologists find a Christian monastery in the governorate of Beheira, dating from before the Muslim conquest of Egypt.

From Breitbart, the British judicial system decides to scrap short jail sentences in England and Wales.

From Newsmax, investigators probing the recent collision of an Air Canada jet with a firetruck are delayed due to long security lines manned by the TSA.

And from the New York Post, a Fox News reporter interviews youngsters on spring break and learns that Teh Stoopidt is alive and well.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a cold and rainy Tuesday, which is thus unsuitable for exploration, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the new era of drone warfare spreads across the Middle East.

From FrontpageMag, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) promotes Islam.

From Townhall, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirms that Iran was close to getting nuclear weapons.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israel forces "flatten" the building where Iran's Assembly of Experts were gathered to select the country's next supreme leader.

From the Washington Examiner, how Trump can avoid a "forever war" in Iran.

From The Federalist, how to stay sane and not appear stupid when discussing the war against Iran.

From American Thinker, there are people and things that the Democrats hate, but whom do they love?

From NewsBusters, while ranting against Trump, Politico finally admits that the Biden administration was "dysfunctional".

From Canada Free Press, migrants and left-wingers are a greater terror threat than Islamists are.

From TeleSUR, the poetry of Jose Marti shapes Cuba's musical identity.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Little Ice Age was the climate change that modern doomsayers ignore.

From Snouts in the Trough, weep for the U.K.'s future or lack thereof.  (The article's date is March 2nd, but I will let it slide because it's a "Tuesday=Wednesday blog".)

From EuroNews, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy clash over the Druzhba oil pipeline, with the E.U. caught in the middle.

From Free West Media, "when rules collapse".

From ReMix, 501 Afghans sue the German government for not letting them enter as previously promised.  (If you read German, read the story at Welt.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbia has a growing network of "slippery" surveillance technology.

From The North Africa Post, NGOs call for the protection of human rights in the Tindouf camps in Algeria and praise U.N. Security Council Resolution 2797.

From The New Arab, a drone strike on a power plant causes a blackout in El-Obeid, Sudan.

From the Daily Mail, the Albanese government in Australia is under pressure due to a promise to an Islamic group that mourned the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran is at a strategic turning point.

From The Daily Signal, NCAA football legend Tim Tebow testifies to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism about child trafficking.

From The American Conservative, the "colonization" of the U.K. comes for soccer.

From The Western Journal, the rock band Radiohead doesn't like ICE using one of their songs in a tribute video to Americans who were killed by illegal aliens.

From BizPac Review, for the second time in recent history, an airplane lands in the Hudson River near New York City.

From the Daily Caller, a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan honors the aforementioned Ayatollah Khamenei and trashes the U.S.

From the New York Post, the sickening reason why an illegal alien with 30 prior arrests was released by a judge in Fairfax County, Virginia before he allegedly hacked a woman to death at a bus stop.

From Breitbart, a loss of phone and interwebz services in Medina County, Ohio is blamed on a squirrel.

From Newsmax, according to special envoy Steve Witkoff, Iranian officials last month claimed to have produced enough enriched uranium for 11 nuclear bombs.

And from The Babylon Bee, former President Biden asks why Trump simply didn't bomb the twice-aforementioned Ayatollah Khamenei in the leg.

Monday Stories

On a cold and cloudy Monday, with some melting snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Mexico kills a drug kingpin, and his cartel sets the state of Jalisco ablaze.

From FrontpageMag, Jews are now allowed to pray on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

From Townhall, a record number of congresscritters are calling it a day, so what's next?

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) seems inconsistent about whether her father helped her financially.

From the Washington Examiner, former U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson is arrested for alleged misconduct related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.  (This is the second such arrest in the U.K., the first being that of former Prince Andrew.  As for Epstein-related arrests on my side of the Pond, I'm still waiting.)

From The Federalist, the State Department intends to revoke the visas of five people who censored Americans.

From American Thinker, Chinese agents establish "police stations" in the U.S. and other Western countries.

From NewsBusters, MS NOW host Ali Velshi faults President Trump for criticizing the Supreme Court, but omits even harsher criticism from the left.

From Canada Free Press, money talks, but "gold shines".

From TeleSUR, the Panamanian government assumes control of the ports at Balboa and Cristobal.

From TCW Defending Freedom, White Flight from London to Scotland to the county of Cumbria, and where to go next?

From Snouts in the Trough, what shall we do to her?

From EuroNews, the E.U. accuses Hungary of being disloyal for vetoing a €90 billion loan to Ukraine.

From Free West Media, the Dutch parliament considers what critics call a "capital destruction tax".

From the Daily Mail, an Afghan man attacks people with a knife at a Jehovah's Witness stand in a railroad station in Würzburg, Germany.

From ReMix, Polish border police arrest a Moldovan migrant who allegedly kept a disabled Russian man as a slave for five years.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian President Zoran Milanović and his government wrangle over selling weapons to Israel.

From The North Africa Post, electronic payments in Libya exceeded 313 billion dinars in 2025.

From The New Arab, the rise domestic violence against women in Iraq results in a call for new laws.

From Arutz Sheva, Hamas's new way to smuggle materials into the Gaza Strip is discovered.

From The Times Of Israel, a mosque near Nablus, West Bank is set on fire, apparently by Israeli settlers.

From The Jerusalem Post, about 20 IDF lone soldiers bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah ceremonies at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.  (The term "lone soldier" is defined in the article.)

From YNetNews, gender gaps reportedly persist in Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, according to Awqaf Ministry Spokesperson Osama Raslan, Egypt's moderate religious discourse enlightens the world.

From Egypt Today, a tour guide is arrested and questioned for allegedly drawing on the wall of the Pyramid of Pharaoh Unas in Giza.

From the Sudan Tribune, 80 cases of dengue fever are reported in Sudan's Northern State.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects Iraq's maritime claims near the Saudi-Kuwaiti divided zone.

From DohaNews, Qatar supports Kuwait against the aforementioned Iraqi maritime claims.

From RadioFreeEurope/Radio Liberty, exiled Iranian Kurdish groups announce a new coalition against the Iranian government.

From IranWire, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian calls protesters "terrorists".

From Iran International, a protester dies after being tortured by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

From Gatestone Institute, the biggest beneficiary of the billions of dollars to be invested in the Gaza Strip will be Hamas.

From The Daily Signal, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to "Make America Healthy Again" is moving faster than expected.

From The American Conservative, the recently departed Jesse Jackson was a populist, for good or bad.

From The Western Journal, how even dummies can get their birth certificates.

From BizPac Review, conservatives volunteering for shovel in New York City run into "Jim SNOW 2.0".

From the Daily Caller, the Department of Homeland Security kills a $58 million marketing deal with the Coast Guard for having LGBTQ and DEI ideology.

From the New York Post, CNN host Fareed Zakaria blasts "blue cities" for "out of control" budgets and "spending more" but "delivering less".

From Breitbart, Trump declares "National Angel Family Day" to honor the families who lost loved ones to crime committed by illegal aliens.

From Newsmax, rocket launchers capable of shooting down aircraft are seized in the Mexican operation that killed cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera.

And from The Babylon Bee, the U.S. Olympic hockey team melts down their gold medals to replace all their missing teeth.

Friday Phenomena

As the sunny but very cold weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the government can do better than President Trump's eponymous Trump Accounts.

From FrontpageMag, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raises money for the rioters in Minneapolis.

From Townhall, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasts Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) when she asks if Trump will follow the Geneva Convention when dealing with drug traffickers.

From The Washington Free Beacon, emails show that the late Jeffrey Epstein showered former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler with gifts.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Justice plans to release 3.5 million pages of material related to Epstein, including about 2,000 videos.

From The Federalist, the truth about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is even scarier than the conspiracy theories.

From American Thinker, former CNN host Don Lemon has finally been arrested for allegedly disrupting a church service in Minneapolis, but it's not yet time to count chickens.

From Newsmax, MS NOW compares the U.S. to Russia, China and Turkey after Lemon's arrest.

From Canada Free Press, still more on Lemon's arrest.

From TeleSUR, Colombia resumes taking deportation flights from the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's 20-year war on the U.K.'s military veterans.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.S. President Trump's "diplomatic genius".

From EuroNews, Denmark plans to deport non-Danish citizens who commit crimes resulting in a year or more in prison.

From Free West Media, the U.K. bans Dutch right-wing commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering.

From ReMix, Polish President Karol Nawrocki pushes for nuclear energy instead of liquefied natural gas to replace coal.  (If you read Polish, read the story at the Polish version of Business Insider.)

From Balkan Insight, a former Montenegrin presidential adviser allegedly threatens a government lawyer with the release sexually explicit material.

From The North Africa Post, the British mining company Aterial plc finds copper and silver in Morocco.

From The New Arab, the Syrian Democrats Forces agrees to integrate into the Syrian army.

From Gatestone Institute, is the West committing suicidal empathy?

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla) could be expelled if congresscritter Greg Steube (R-Fla) has his way.

From The American Conservative, will Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) run as an anti-Trumper in 2028?

From The Western Journal, the pastor of the church whose service was allegedly disrupted by the aforementioned Don Lemon speaks out.

From BizPac Review, the Los Angeles Metro reroutes buses having ads for First Lady Melania Trump's movie Melania in order to deter left-wing vandals.

From the Daily Caller, according to Malaysian Minister for Religious Affairs Zulkifli Hasan, working too hard can turn people gay.

From the New York Post, emails show that the Chief Twit was scheduled to visit the aforementioned Jeffrey Epstein's island, but whether he actually visited the place is unconfirmed.

From Breitbart, according to Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, if the right shows up to the aforementioned movie Melania, it will be "a massive middle finger to the Hollywood left".

From Newsmax, a federal judge refuses to order pretrial release for the man who allegedly placed pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic party headquarters on January 5th, 2021.

And from KSAT, Bexar County, Texas Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is indicted for allegedly handcuffing a defense attorney in her courtroom.  (She should not be confused with "the fastest mouse in all Mexico".)

Monday Mania

On a cold and cloudy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Republicans have an opportunity on health care.

From FrontpageMag, the person who killed two American National Guard personnel and an interpreter in Syria was a member of the Syrian government security forces.

From Townhall, Republican congresscritters drop a bombshell about crime rates in Washington, D.C.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Australian authorities investigated one of the Bondi Beach shooters for possible links to ISIS but decided that he was not a threat.

From the Washington Examiner, will President Trump finally tell Republicans to allow Obamacare to defund itself.

From The Federalist, Trump's shocking and unprecedented seizure of an oil tanker really isn't.

From American Thinker, nobody on the right is celebrating the murder of actor/director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.

From NewsBusters, the liberal ladies of The View wonder where all the hate is coming from, but need to look in the mirror.

From Canada Free Press, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker defies the U.S. Constitution.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela stops its natural gas supply deals with Trinidad and Tobago.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Australia is yet another bloodbath in the global intifada, aided by Western stupidity.

From Snouts in the Trough, do you trust the climate "Damascene" conversion of the lying U.K. Tories?

From EuroNews, all eyes are on Italy as the Mercosur agreement hangs in the balance.

From Free West Media, Trump tries to end jus soli.

From ReMix, for the first time ever, over half of the first graders in Vienna, Austria do not speak German.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia's plan for storing nuclear waste dismays activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, the airline Royal Air Maroc launches nine new direct routes to three continents in 2026.

From The New Arab, NGO workers go on trial in Tunisia for allegedly aiding illegal irregular migrants.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas observes its 38 anniversary and calls the October 7th, 2023 attacks a "towering milestone".

From Gatestone Institute, can "peacekeepers" and "monitors" in Gaza succeed, other than in wishful thinking?

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) makes her last legislative push before leaving the House of Representatives.

From The American Conservative, only a MAGA leader can hold the right together after Trump steps down.  (Trump supporters have often been accused of being in a "Trump cult".  In my opinion, if the MAGA movement does not continue after Trump's term as president, then that accusation will have been proven correct.)

From The Western Journal, we could all learn something from right-wing actor James Woods's response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner.

From BizPac Review, ABC News rolls out the fearmongering "science" about polar bears.

From the Daily Caller, no suspect has been identified in the Brown University shooting, after FBI Director Kash Patel's premature victory lap.

From the New York Post, Providence, Rhode Island police release low-resolution footage of a "person of interest" allegedly tied to the Brown University shooting.

From Breitbart, a tribute to the aforementioned Rob Reiner.

From Newsmax, the man who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters is recovering after surgery for two bullet wounds.

And from The Babylon Bee, after being charged with several felonies, Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore is forced to move to the NFL.

A Few Tidbits For Thursday

On a cool and clear Thursday, now that I've returned from running around, here are a few things going on:

From LancsLive, a building in Blackburn, England formerly used by East Lancashire Deaf Society is approved for use as a place of worship for Shiite Muslims.

From the Daily Mail, the backlog for immigration courts in the U.K. has more than doubled since the Labour Party retook power in Parliament.

From The Times Of Israel, according to analyst, ISIS and al-Qaeda have evolved and still pose a global threat.

From Gatestone Institute, how Hamas is seeking to deceive the administration of U.S. President Trump.

From The Stream, Pennsylvania pushes "media literacy toolkits" for schoolchildren, which direct them toward left-wing sources.

From The American Conservative, believe it or not, Iceland has an immigration problem.

From TCW Defending Freedom, seeding clouds with acid sounds stupid, because it is.

From National Review, if the remaining Epstein files exonerate Trump, why not go ahead and release them?

From FrontpageMag, Iranian leaders have a "unique" take on the victory of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal) is accused of mortgage fraud.

From The Washington Free Beacon, left-wing streamer Hasan Piker calls China a "normal country" while appearing on a Chinese Communist Party propaganda outlet.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing activists demand that Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) step down as the Democrat party leader in the Senate.

From The Federalist, Detroit Lions player Amon-Ra St. Brown apologizes if his "Trump dance" celebrating a touchdown "offended anyone".

From American Thinker, Democrats keep reaching into the big pile of Epstein files [bleep] but can't find what they're looking for.

And from the New York Post, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claims that former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's book is "outdated".

Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny but cool Wednesday, which is milder than yesterday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. military has a recruiting surge.

From FrontpageMag, according to a U.N. report, "Palestinians" in Gaza are fatter than Israelis.

From Townhall, look at what New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (I) was caught doing on election night.

From The Washington Free Beacon, CAIR claims credit for New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's (D) victory, and pledges to do more.

From the Washington Examiner, after a demand from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, California revokes about 17,000 illegally issued commercial drivers licenses.

From The Federalist, it's not possible to keep up with the fall of the U.K.

From American Thinker, a woman who can say "I beat Hitler".

From NewsBusters, ABC is still upset about the Democrats caving to end the recent federal government shutdown.

From TeleSUR, in their upcoming election, Hondurans will vote on whether to continue the "Refoundation" project.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how ironic that people who sow division talk about "unity".  (To a politician, "unity" really means that everyone agrees with his views and policies.)

From EuroNews, former Italian Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberto Fico is scrutinized for mooring his yacht at military facility near Naples that is normally off-limits to civilians.  (Former Speaker Fico should not be confused with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.)

From Free West Media, according to a survey, a majority of Europeans regard national sovereignty as important.

From ReMix, a majority of asylum seekers in Greece claiming to be minors aren't.

From Balkan Insight, the leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo announces his resignation.

From The North Africa Post, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urges Algerian authorities to release Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal.

From The New Arab, a fire near a pine forest in Lebanon did not harm the forest, and was not caused by Israeli strikes.

From Jewish News Syndicate, French President Emmanuel Macron says that he can count on Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to the U.N., nine out of ten households in Afghanistan are forced to skip meals, sell their belonging, or take on debt in order to survive.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, refugees from Syria attack a ceremony commemorating Kristallnacht in Lahr, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, Israel has some new important allies due to the Abraham Accords, and an old enemy.

From The Stream and the "you can't make this up" department, ProFa attacks a Turning Point USA event, which attack is led by a man whose first name is "Jihad".

From The Daily Signal, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promises a "surge" of resources into Chicago after Illinois Governor J.D. Pritzker (D) calls an immigration official a "snowflake".

From The American Conservative, President Trump should welcome Saudi Arabia's pragmatism, but should not offer any security guarantees.

From The Western Journal, actor Timothée Chalamet triggers a woke mob by stating an unpleasant truth about being childless.

From BizPac Review, recent footage of former President Biden is quite unpleasant.

From the New York Post, all 14 victims of the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky have been identified.

From Breitbart and the "where are the feminists?" department, Taliban authorities order female patients and nurses to wear burkas if they want to access health care in Herat, Afghanistan.

From Newsmax, Trump endorses Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) as he seeks his unprecedented fourth term.

And from Cracked, actor/comedian Adam Sandler's bit against wearing suits is getting old.