Some Late Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, polls about and the reality of "net zero".

From FrontpageMag, the U.K. imposes an Islamic blasphemy law.

From Townhall, a court case could blow a huge hole through some federal gun control laws.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why the crisis resulting from a terror attack in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir matters to us.

From the Washington Examiner, Pakistan agrees to a ceasefire with India and then allegedly violates it.

From The Federalist, no, being raised by "a group of friends" is not better than having a mother and a father.

From American Thinker, leftists believe that it's not a coincidence that the Department of Justice is looking into New York Attorney General Leticia James, and they're right.

From NewsBusters, how will the media treat new Pope Leo XIV?

From TCW Defending Freedom, 40 ways in which life will get worse during the next 10 years.

From Snouts in the Trough, how charities grab money from the people in the U.K., whether they like it or not.

From the Independent, the man convicted of killing three people in Southport, England allegedly attacks a prison guard.

From The Jerusalem Post, Gulf diplomatic sources debate whether President Trump will announce the U.S. recognition of a Palestinian state.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian government's Trojan horse lie about "civilian use" and nuclear weapons.

From The Stream, against the expression "just a stay-at-home mom".

From The Daily Signal, should Congress turn Alcatraz Island back into a prison?

From The American Conservative, Vice President Vance is right about the conflict between India and Pakistan.

From the Post Millennial, one of the new pope's brothers is revealed to be a huge Trump supporter.  (Or you could say that he's a "yuge" Trump supporter.)

And from The Babylon Bee, in order to hide from the aforementioned Department of Justice, the aforementioned Letitia James paints herself bronze and stands very, very still in New York City's Times Square.  (I normally link stories from TBB only on Mondays, but this one was too good to pass up.)

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.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, Columbia University calls the cops on the pro-HamasPalestine students who took over its school library.

From FrontpageMag, Disneyland plans to open a park in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which puts people in prison for being gay.

From Townhall, some details of President Trump's trade deal with the U.K.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump decides to pull the nomination of Ed Martin for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

From The Federalist, the statue of a random black woman in New York City's Times Square is left-wing cultural warfare.

From American Thinker, Hamas, ProFa and the "transfascists" are the Democrat Party's new shock troops.

From MRCTV, a Colorado state Senator claims that he will stand before "trans Jesus" on judgment day.

From NewsBusters, PBS ridiculously equates protecting Jews on college campuses with the "chilling" of free speech.

From Canada Free Press, a Columbia University Professor speaks at a conference of "minor-attracted persons".

From TeleSUR, the Women's Ordination Conference demands a greater presence of women in the Catholic Church by spreading pink smoke.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a story for VE Day.

From Snouts in the Trough, is UNICEF charitable to its own bosses?

From EuroNews, two seagulls steal the show at the papal conclave.

From Free West Media, democracy in Germany is broken.

From ReMix, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the issue to unpaid reparations to Poland is "concluded", while Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announces a reset in relations between their two countries.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian man is caught spray-painting a swastika onto an advertising pillar in Magdeburg, Germany.

From Balkan Insight, the party Democratic League of Kosovo sues outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti for maintaining his government role despite resigning last month.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI regards Atlantic Africa has having geostrategic importance, and as an area of innovation and resilience.

From The New Arab, Israeli strikes at the Sana'a, Yemen airport leaves Yemenis stranded in Jordan.

From Palestinian Media Watch, 59 percent of polled Palestinians in the West Bank think that what Hamas did on October 7th, 2023 was the "correct decision".

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the brewing company BGI-Ethiopia appoints a new CEO.

From IranWire, female Iranian athletes win medals and get forced into exile.

From Iran International, uneven power blackouts in Tehran, Iran spark a debate on social equity on energy access.

From Khaama Press, over 2,500 rare birds are rescued and released in the Afghani province of Herat.

From Hasht e Subh, why do the Taliban oppose "intra-Afghan" negotiations?

From AMU, Afghans returning from Pakistan face unemployment and economic hardship.

From Dawn, according to Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations, the Pakistani armed forces shot down 25 Israeli-made drones sent into Pakistan by India.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tells U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Pakistanis are outraged by India's actions.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government denies the Indian government's claims that Pakistan targeted 15 sites in India.

From Gatestone Institute, why Hamas wants to steal control the humanitarian aid going into Gaza.

From The Stream, getting baffled about borders.

From The Daily Signal, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announces an overhaul of U.S. air traffic control system.  (I remember years ago seeing a video of former Speaker Newt Gingrich giving a speech and holding up a vacuum tube of the type used by our air traffic control system.)

From The American Conservative, whatever you wish to call it, the aforementioned VE Day is a day for remembering and building.

From The Western Journal, according to right-wing commentator Matt Walsh, it's "positive" that Shiloh Hendrix, who appeared to lash out at a kid who was accosting her kid at a playground, has raised lots of money after using a racial slur.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) wants to play a game of "Trump or trans".

From The Daily Wire, the aforementioned Marco Rubio threatens to revoke the visas from the "pro-Hamas thugs" who occupied the library at Columbia University.  (Have I picked on Columbia University enough for one day?)

Form the Daily Caller, a male "transgender" prisoner who allegedly sexually assaulted his female cellmate has a long history of violence and infractions while in prison.

From the New York Post, the aforementioned trade deal with the U.K. sends Bitcoin over $100,000 for the first time since February.

From Breitbart, pictures of Europeans celebrating VE Day.

From Newsmax, Trump gives Iran an ultimatum about its nukes.

From TechSideline, the song Enter Sandman rings out at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium, not from a recording before a football game, but live from the band Metallica.

And from CNN, we have a pope, the first-ever American to be elected to the office.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny but cool Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, self-deportations need more than just money.

From FrontpageMag, in honor of the recently departed Virginia Giuffre, the Epstein files should be released now.

From Townhall, former President Biden makes a "stunning" admission about the 2024 presidential election.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis claims that a whistleblower posed a violent threat to her office, but audio recordings say otherwise.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Vice President Vance, Russia is "asking for too much" to end its invasion of Ukraine.

From The Federalist, President Trump faces growing calls to ditch U.S. Semi-Quincentennial Commission chairperson Rosie Rios, who once called Mexico "My country, just like the United States".

From American Thinker, DOGE is doing the clean-up that the left can't stand.

From MRCTV, CNN reporter Jemele Hill compares the effort to have men compete in women's sports to the civil rights movement under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

From NewsBusters, co-host Alicia Menendez of the new MSNBC show Weeknight asks if Trump defunded PBS because he thinks that the Muppet character Elmo is black.

From Canada Free Press, Trump gets blamed for everything, which now includes Canadian stupidity.

From TeleSUR, Presidents Maduro (Venezuela) and Putin (Russia) meet on Victory Day and agree on strategic cooperation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the time bomb set by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair is still wrecking the U.K. today.

From Snouts in the Trough, should more money be put into the pockets of Indian workers?

From EuroNews, Bucharest, Romania Mayor and presidential candidate Nicuşor Dan wants Ukraine to enter the E.U.

From ReMix, seven people are charged with allegedly honor killing a woman in Eskilstuna, Sweden, including a man who was the victim's husband.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Aftenbladet.)

From Balkan Insight, police in Thessaloniki, Greece arrest 25 alleged members of a "far-right" youth group.

From The North Africa Post, the Moroccan region of Sahara reportedly becomes a magnet for investors.

From The Syrian Observer, the appointment of Maher Marwan as governor of Damascus, Syria and rising lawlessness raise some alarming questions.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it's certain that 21 hostages held by Hamas are still alive.

From The Times Of Israel, families of the hostages demand answer after U.S. President Trump states that only 21 of them are still alive.

From The Jerusalem Post, three IDF soldiers are injured in two suspected terror attacks in the West Bank.

From YNetNews, in a plan being discussed in Israel and the U.S., the U.S. could administer the Gaza Strip.

From the Egypt Independent, several Egyptian parliamentcritters slam their government over complaints about adulterated octane at gasoline stations.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi denies rumors about alleged "negative" plans against Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai region.

From the Sudan Tribune, the Sudanese army uses anti-aircraft defenses to repel drones in the city of Port Sudan.

From the Saudi Gazette, the number of patent applications filed with the Saudi Intellectual Property Authority increased by 13 percent in 2024.

From Doha News, a new round of negotiations between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the March 23 Movement begin in Doha, Qatar.

From The New Arab, Jordanian security officials arrest DBS activist Hamza Khader.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump is right in wanting to make VE Day a national holiday.

From Radio Free Asia, the Karen in Myanmar face food shortages amid cuts of aid to their camps on the Thai border.

From The Stream, Christians in Gaza suffer as Hamas hides behind churches.

From The Daily Signal, "the purely progressive Pulitzer Prize parade".

From The American Conservative, the term "woke right" is useless.

From The Western Journal, Ford CEO Jim Farley drops the truth about tariffs that the Democrats will hate.

From BizPac Review, another federal judge reverses a deportation.

From The Daily Wire, as the papal conclave begins, conservative Catholics try to make sense of the recently departed Pope Francis.

From the Daily Caller, Attorney General Pam Bondi reveals the holdup in releasing the aforementioned Epstein files.

From the New York Post, the floating pier placed in Gaza under then-President Biden reportedly injured 62 U.S. service personnel and caused $31 million in damages.

From Breitbart, Russia launches a ballistic missile and 28 drones into Kyiv, Ukraine, killing two people in apartment buildings.

From Newsmax, India fires dozens of missiles into Pakistan.

And from the Genesius Times, Trump plans to rename the San Andreas Fault to "Joe Biden's Fault".

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 TeleSUR, Cuban 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 Armenpress, Armenian 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 Signal, Secretary 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.

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.

Sunday Links For Star Wars Day

As the weather turns cool, rainy and cloudy on a Sunday falling on May the Fourth, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki claims that she "never saw" signs of then-President Biden's mental decline.

From FrontpageMag, the recently departed David Horowitz's influence continues at this site.

From Townhall, a former State Department analyst pleads guilty to embezzling $650,000.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about what we can learn from dogs.

From the Washington Examiner, the Chief Twit relates this transformation from supporting then-President Obama to supporting President Trump.

From American Thinker, two media outlets refer to an illegal alien as a "Brooklyn man".

From NewsBusters, Stephen A. Smith of ESPN believes in "live and let live", except for unborn babies.

From TCW Defending Freedom, churchgoing in England has a quiet revival.

From BBC News, eight men, all but one Iranian, are arrested in England in two separate police counter-terrorism operations.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, left-wing French parliamentcritter Ismaël Boudjekada is arrested for allegedly glorifying terrorism.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From The Times Of Israel, a missile fired by the Houthis in Yemen hits the grounds of Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, injuring six people.

From Gatestone Institute, when the Iranian government demands the impossible.

From The Stream, a spirit with whom we cannot partner.

From The Daily Signal, the left uses former illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a poster child for their endless demands of "due process".  (I say "former" because he's now back in El Salvador, of which he is a citizen.  Of course, we can ask about whether the left had any concern about due process for the January 6th defendants.)

And from The American Conservative, the fight for football in D.C.

A Few Late Things For Saturday

On a warm and rainy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From The Times Of Israel, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas admits that "Hamas-affiliated gangs" loot humanitarian aid intended for Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a report, Hamas beat non-Israeli hostages to death for not understanding either Arabic or English.

From AMU, according to a U.N. report, local Taliban authorities in Afghanistan forced 50 Ismailis to convert to Sunni Islam.

From AP News, thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh against proposed recommendations for equal rights for women.

From Gatestone Institute, how President Trump can become the greatest leader in the 21st century.

From The Stream, how to find spiritual healing after abortion.

From The Daily Signal, it's time to get real about REAL ID.

From The American Conservative, a preview of the Kentucky Derby.

From Newsweek, a video shows Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) arguing with a flight attendant about his seat belt.  (via The Western Journal)

From National Review and the "be careful what you ask for" department, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) challenges Border Czar Tom Homan to come after her.

From Townhall, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) proposes a new kind of personnel to be immigration judges.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the mainstream media against the conservative spouse.

From the Washington Examiner, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signs a billion-dollar school choice bill into law.

From American Thinker, the left goes nuts after Trump puts out an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope.  (From what I understand, to qualify for the office of pope, one must be male, unmarried, and Catholic.  Trump only meets the first of these three.)

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace tries to compare Trump to recently departed former President Jimmy Carter.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Lords revolt against a controversial bill about schools.

And from Gateway Pundit, journalist Megyn Kelly hilariously spoofs the Blue Origin tourist space flight by six female celebrities.

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, President Trump cuts off taxpayer funds to NPR and PBS in response to years of left-wing biased coverage.

From FrontpageMag, welcome to a blueprint for a caliphate - in Texas.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, there's a reason why Senator Socialism (I-VT) and congresscritter AOC (D-NY) can go pound sand.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to records, U.C. Berkeley received six-figure donations from Chinese Communist Party officials.

From the Washington Examiner, the U.S. economy added about 177,000 jobs during April.

From The Federalist, 12 reasons why the aforementioned NPR and PBS deserve to be defunded.

From American Thinker, how the left has been diluting Hitler.

From MRCTV, a man pretending to be a woman wins five women's swimming events at a championship meet in San Antonio, Texas.

From NewsBusters, former congresscritter Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) warns that Trump might come for him and defends a judge who allegedly harbored an illegal alien.

From Canada Free Press, The Democracy Fund helps Canadian Amish farmers dealing with fines and liens imposed by their government during the coronavirus epidemic.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelans march in defense of their country's revolution on Labor Day.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate fearmongers could bring a Spain-style blackout to the U.K.

From Snouts in the Trough, "the five circles of debt hell".

From EuroNews, at least three people are injured when someone drives a car into a group of people in Stuttgart, Germany.

From ReMix, Germany's Office for the Protection of the Constitution declares the party AfD "definitely right-wing extremist".

From Russia Today, Russian authorities prevent a terror attack in the republic of Dagestan.

From Sputnik International, the Russian government claims that the Ukraine and the West understand that Crimea is Russian.

From The Moscow Times, tensions grow over a planned copper mine in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.

From Romania-Insider, Romania will hold do-over presidential elections on May 4th.

From Novinite, Bulgaria undergoes its final preparations for credit card payments to be made in euros.

From The Sofia Globe, April 2025 in Bulgaria was much colder than April of 2024.  (Somehow, the colder month this year will be attributed to man-made global warming.)

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian athlete Boyana Kostadinova wins gold and bronze medals at the Women's and Youth Weightlifting Championships in Lima, Peru.

From the Greek Reporter, how ancient Greek sailors set off into the unknown.

From Ekathimerini, a house painter from Georgia accused of being a spy is remanded in custody in Alexandroupoli, Greece.

From the Greek City Times, of all the popes, only Francis and John Paul II have visited Athens, Greece.

From Balkan Insight, according to the media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, media freedom has decreased in most Balkan countries.

From The North Africa Post, tourism is Morocco's leading source of revenue.

From The New Arab, hundreds Tunisians protest to demand the release of jailed political opposition activists.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Lebanon's Supreme Defense Council urges Hamas to stop operating from Lebanese territory.

From NBC Tri-Cities Yakima, Bangladeshi Islamists promise to implement sharia as they prepare for an upcoming election.

From RAIR Foundation USA, has the U.S. not learned from the "draw Muhammad" event ten years ago?

From TICE, the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India shows the connection between Pakistan's mosques and military.

From Gatestone Institute, the illegal European land grab in Palestine, Part 2.

From Radio Free Asia, global freedom of the press reaches a new low.

From The Stream, did feminism lead to the transgender movement?

From The Daily Signal, the Reform UK Party gains hundreds of local council seats in local elections.

From The American Conservative, the U.S. withdraws from peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

From The Western Journal, the wife of recently deported Salvadorian illegal alien Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes the abuse she suffered from him.

From BizPac Review, between 2018 and 2022, an estimated 102,000 residents of New York City moved to Florida and took their $13.7 billion of income with them.

From The Daily Wire, China exempts $40 billion worth of U.S. imports from its tariffs.

From the Daily Caller, ICE arrests illegal aliens with criminal records, including murderers and rapists.

From the New York Post, police data shows the extent of crime committed by illegal aliens in New York City.

From Breitbart, Border Czar Tom Homan warns that leaders of sanctuary cities which harbor illegal aliens could be arrested.

And from Newsmax, comedic actress Ruth Buzzi goes to the soundstage in the sky.

A Few Items For May Day

On a warm mostly cloudy Thursday falling on the first of May, here are some things going on:

From The Standard, people smuggling gangs are "taking advantage" of warm weather as a record number of migrants illegally cross the English Channel into the U.K.

From the Daily Mail, Israel deals with the largest wildfires in its modern history.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Syrian member of ISIS is willing to leave Germany, if he gets paid €144,000.  (If you read German, read the story at JouWatch.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, congressional candidate Valentina Gomez (R-TX) exposes the Texas branch of CAIR as a propaganda organization linked to Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey allows arrests, torture and censorship of dissident journalists.

From The Stream, the transgender movement claims "victim" status while fighting against protections for children.

From The Daily Signal, the case for the deported "Maryland dad" continues to implode for the Democrats.  (As a genuine Maryland resident, I regard the labeling of this Salvadorian deported illegal alien as being a "Maryland" man to be a bigoted insult to myself and all U.S. citizens and legal immigrants residing in my state.)

From The American Conservative, will President Trump say "no" to any war with Iran?

From The Western Journal, Trump announces a new post for former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

From National Review, the Trump administration sues blue states which have tried to overly enforce expansive regulations against oil and gas companies.

From FrontpageMag, the Trump administration shows the door to 4,000 foreign students who came to the U.S. on visas and then committed crimes.

From Townhall, CNN reporter Scott Jennings reminds left-wingers about illegal immigration and Governor Tim Walz (D-Min).

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, the Harvard University Law Review awards a $65,000 fellowship to a law student who faced charges of assaulting an Israeli classmate.

From the Washington Examiner, four Democrat congresscritters remove themselves as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach Trump.

From The Federalist, a report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that there is no evidence to support transgender surgery on confused children.  (I almost misspelled "transgender" as "transfender", which might make sense if your car needs some body repairs.)

From American Thinker, nuclear power plants, intermittent renewable energy, and the collapse of the European power grid.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-Min) tells a reporter to "[bleep] off" when asked about her colleagues visiting the aforementioned deported Salvadorian.

From NewsBusters, "Big Tech" censors are shamed by a study about abortion pills.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a TCWDF writer promises to vote for the U.K.'s Reform Party, despite "many" doubts.

And from SFGate, world-famous skateboarder Tony Hawk makes a surprise visit to the newest skate park in San Francisco.