Friday Fuss For Valentine's Day

On a sunny but cold Friday falling on Valentine's Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Vice President Vance warns European leaders that "free speech is in retreat".

From FrontpageMag, why the Chief Twit and DOGE terrify the Democrats.

From Townhall, ICE "brutally" fact-checks some journalists.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how Bloomberg Philanthropies is helping China's Belt and Road Initiative.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's mug shot from Georgia is seen hanging in a gold frame just outside the Oval Office.  (It seems that when life gave Trump lemons, he made some lemonade.)

From The Federalist, five things that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can do to make America healthy again.  (I've noticed that the acronym of slogan "Make America Healthy Again", MAHA, when not capitalized, is maha, a Sanskrit prefix meaning "great".  This would make "MAHA" fit right into Trump's "MAGA" slogan, the "G" standing for "great".)

From American Thinker, what's really scaring the Democrats about DOGE and the Treasury.

From MRCTV, according to a poll, more Americans now think that the country is on the right track.

From NewsBusters, CBS Supreme Court correspondent Jan Crawford tells liberals that "no, we're not in a constitutional crisis".

From Canada Free Press, U.S. government employees process retirement paperwork in a limestone mine in Pennsylvania.

From TeleSUR, armed gangs set Haiti's main hospital on fire.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a U.K. court rules that Gazans have the right to settle there.

From EuroNews, archaeologists find a two-story Roman basilica beneath an office building in London.

From Free West Media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposes sanctions on his predecessor Petro Boroshenko.

From ReMix, according to a survey, most Poles believe that their lives were easier when the Law and Justice Party was in power.  (If you read Polish, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, a proposed change to North Macedonia's coat-of-arms draws sarcasm on social media.

From The North Africa Post, Libyan authorities find the bodies of 29 more migrants in a mass grave in the district of Kufra.

From The New Arab, an Arab country is the most likely to be hit by an asteroid.

From Iran International, an Iranian government official wants to impeach U.S. President Trump.

From The Times Of Israel, a Vatican official opposes Trump's plan for Gaza and wants Palestinians to "stay on their land".

From Gatestone Institute, a lesson from the biblical book of Judges.

From Radio Free Asia, a Kazakh man goes to the Chinese region of Xinjiang to support his mother in a land dispute, and is allegedly beaten and poisoned by police.

From The Stream, why do left-wing Christians such as Pope Francis want to destroy the West?

From The Daily Signal, who are the left-wing organizations suing to block Trump's actions?

From The American Conservative, Trump is right to declassify the files relating to the assassination of President Kennedy.

From The Western Journal, more on Vance's speech to European leaders.

From BizPac Review, Border Czar Tom Homan sends a email to the deputy attorney general asking if congresscritter AOC (D-NY) violated the law with her webinar that allegedly told illegal aliens how to avoid ICE.  (The article does not mention who the deputy attorney general is.)

From The Daily Wire, Vance and his team fire back after The Wall Street Journal misrepresents his comments about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From the Daily Caller, federal intelligence agencies start getting rid of DEI in response to Trump's executive order.

From Breitbart, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) gives the inside story about DOGE being "ready to go" in cutting $2 trillion in government waste.

From Newsmax, Wall Street stock indexes flirt with record highs.

And from the New York Post, the aforementioned Chief Twit will not become the owner of OpenAI.

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, the Senate confirms Robert Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

From FrontpageMag, "how USAID laundered money to the Taliban" in Afghanistan.

From Townhall, a hearing by the House Foreign Affairs Committee brings out the "jaw-dropping" receipts against USAID.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the University of Michigan finds a new disguise for DEI.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Tina Smith (D-Min) announces that she will not run for reelection in 2026.

From The Federalist, President Trump and Vice President Vance are not defying the Constitution, but are following it.

From American Thinker, [bleep] no, we do not regret voting for Trump.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) finds an interesting excuse for why few women go into manufacturing.

From NewsBusters, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Board official Beth A. Williams blasts "censorship under the guise of national security".

From Canada Free Press, a warning for Trump if he really wants to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.

From TeleSUR, according to Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela's "far-right" opposition was involved in terror operation.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some "animal crackers" in the U.K.

From EuroNews, at least 28 people are injured in an alleged car ramming attack in Munich, Germany.

From Free West Media, German coalition politics is a shot to the foot.

From ReMix, Germany dumps migrants into Poland as the media goes Sergeant Schultz.  (Or you could say in Polish, media nie mówi niczego.)

From Balkan Insight, Serbian authorities arrest four inspectors for alleged negligence in connection with a fire at a retirement home in the Belgrade section of Barajevo.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance helps Spain's Guardia Civil to seize two tons of hashish.

From The New Arab, a look at Egypt's plan for Gaza, offered as an alternative to that of U.S. President Trump.

From the Daily Mail, more on the aforementioned alleged car ramming attack in Munich.

From Arutz Sheva, the West ignores atrocities committed in Sudan because they can't be blamed on any Jews.

From Gatestone Institute, yes, resettling Gazans is both right and workable.

From Radio Free Asia, smog in China may have contributed to deaths from lung cancer.

From The Stream, Pope Francis skews both scripture and history to oppose Trump's deportations of illegal aliens.  (The article notes how Vatican City recently increased the penalty for illegal entry, which can include fines, prison sentences, and expulsion.  The pope seems to think that he has a right to protect his country, but the U.S. government has no right to protect the U.S.  By the way, yours truly visited the Vatican in 2004 and had to go through airport-style security.  If anyone can explain why the Vatican has the right to require me to go through a port of entry, but the U.S. government should not have this right when foreigners enter our country, be my guest.  OK, rant over.)

From The Daily Signal, according to a poll, the Chief Twit is far more popular than a certain left-wing billionaire.

From The American Conservative, Trump should discontinue the Diversity Visa lottery.

From The Western Journal, two startling finds are made inside the Chinese spy balloon that drifted across the U.S. two years ago, making this incident far worst than stated by then-President Biden.

From BizPac Review, congresscritter Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is mocked for alleging that Vance is missing in action.

From The Daily Wire, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman with the cargo shiop vessel Besiktas-M in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt.

From the Daily Caller, the Senate confirms former White House official Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture.

From the New York Post, while in Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Vance visit the Dachau concentration camp and meet a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor.

From Breitbart, the nomination of Kash Patel for FBI Director passes through the Senate Judiciary Committee and goes to full Senate.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter Erin Houchin (R-IN), Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon is the "right person" to dismantle the Department of Education.  (Imagine being put in charge of an organization for the purpose of destroying it.)

And from The Betoota Advocate, on their new pet-friendly services, Virgin will allow all passengers to bark and [bleep] on the plane's floor.

Wednesday Wanderings

On a cold and cloudy Wednesday, after yesterday's snowfall, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how to answer the accusation that no one elected the Chief Twit.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's vision for Gaza.

From Townhall, an independent reporter brings the receipts to disprove nonsense about the Chief Twit from The New York Times.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republican businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson announces that she will run for governor of Arizona in 2026, and gets an endorsement from Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump starts to collude with Russia.

From The Federalist, the Senate confirms former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) as Director of National Intelligence.

From American Thinker, the late Rush Limbaugh was right about illegal immigration.

From MRCTV, a pro-abortion thug is convicted of assault and reckless endangerment for his attack on two pro-life Christians in May of 2023.

From NewsBusters, it's a "constitutional crisis" only when Republicans try to restrain the federal government.

From Canada Free Press, an underground river of hidden dollars is found, so guess who the money belongs to.

From TeleSUR, the party Citizen Revolution wins 67 seats in Ecuador's National Assembly.

From TCW Defending Freedom, fifty years after she was elected leader of the U.K.'s Conservative Party, the left still demonizes the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.  (On the other side of the Big Pond, the American left still demonizes her friend President Ronald Reagan.)

From Snouts in the Trough, GBN podcaster Neil Oliver exposes the hypocrisy and greed of Democratic U.S. Senators.

From EuroNews and the "be careful what you ask for" department, Danes launch a petition to have their government buy California from the U.S.

From ReMix, at a conference in Madrid, Spain hosted by the party Vox, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses his fellow European patriots.

From Balkan Insight, the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina temporary suspends legislation that allowed foreign flags to be shown at Republika Srpska institutions,  (The Republika Srpska is one of two components which make up the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

From The North Africa Post, the Algerian government fails to secure the release of its pro-Assad fighters still held in Syria.

From The New Arab, according to an Iraqi lawmaker, Syrian interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa's participation in a summit in Baghdad scheduled for April is uncertain.

From The Jerusalem Post, pro-HamasPalestinians protest Israeli actress Shira Haas at the Hollywood premier of Captain America: Brave New World.

From Barron's, ISIS claims responsibility for a suicide bombing at a bank in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

From Arutz Sheva, an Arab activist claims that "goody bags" given by Hamas to their released hostages are an example of "kindness".

From Gatestone Institute, the Chinese Communist Party versus American democracy is a death match.

From Radio Free Asia, the Myanmar junta's military forces burn almost 200 homes in the region of Sagaing.

From The Stream, the Vatican complains after USAID stops funding a Catholic charity plagued by fraud, sexual abuse, and connections to left-wing causes.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduces a bill to give parents more power over their child care decisions.

From The American Conservative, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is "back and back big".  (Or as Trump might say, Bannon is back "bigly".)

From The Western Journal, Attorney General Pam Bondi personally removes framed pictures of former President Biden, former Vice President Harris, and former Attorney General Garland from a wall in a wing of the Department of Justice building.

From BizPac Review, the aforementioned Chief Twit admits being wrong about where the $50 million for condoms went to.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration secures the release of an American citizen and two other detained in Belarus.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned Karrin Taylor Robson running for governor in Arizona.

From the New York Post, a home invasion in Virginia gets foiled with the help of a dog.

From Breitbart, according to the aforementioned Senator Banks, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health, is one of Trump's "most exciting picks".

From Newsmax, according to a survey, Americans are divided on birthright citizenship.

And from the Genesius Times, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blinks twice to vote "no" on the nomination of the aforementioned Tulsi Gabbard.

Tuesday Tidbits

On a cold and cloudy Tuesday with an expectation of snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, right-wing commentator Steve Bannon pleads guilty to fraud against donors to the fundraising effort "We Build the Wall".

From FrontpageMag, Hollywood rages on about President Trump, whom they call fascist, but ignore the real fascists.

From Townhall, PBS gets rid of its DEI department.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made the same pledge about taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for criminals that then-Vice President Harris did.

From the Washington Examiner, the Department of Homeland Security fires four FEMA employees who sent New York City $59 million to house migrants.

From The Federalist, after being removed from power by voters, Democrats use activist judges to thwart Trump's agenda.  (What is this "democracy" you claim to be supporting?)

From American Thinker, getting breathless watching Trump at work.

From MRCTV, congresscritter Maxine Water (D-Cal) threatens the Chief Twit in "bizarre tirade".

From NewsBusters, New Yorker editor David Remnick claims that Trump will turn the U.S. into Russia.  (I suppose that such turning would be the ultimate result of Trump colluding with Russia.)

From Canada Free Press, Canadian politicians throwing tantrums at Trump's tariffs is like a small corner store complaining about Walmart.

From TeleSUR, according to Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela cannot be excluded from the world oil market.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K. must abolish the BBC, as soon as possible.

From EuroNews, coalition talks between the Austrian parties FPÖ and ÖVP stall, as their respective leaders meet with President Alexander van der Bellen.

From ReMix, Polish presidential candidate Sławomir Mentzen of the party Confederation hits a new high in a new poll.  (If you read Polish, read two related stories at Do Rzeczy.)

From Balkan Insight, Balkan countries are anxious about U.S. President Trump's plan to deport illegal aliens.

From The North Africa Post, the ruling junta in Guinea tightens its grip on power despite protests by opposition groups.

From The New Arab, the new Lebanese government holds its first cabinet meeting.

From EU Today, police in the Swedish region of Stockholm arrest a suspect for allegedly planning terror attacks.

From The Jerusalem Post, the West enables Hamas propaganda, for which the Israeli hostages are paying the price.

From Gatestone Institute, Trump should spearhead nuclear fusion energy.

From Radio Free Asia, China promises measures to boost its declining foreign investment.

From The Stream, evangelicals shame Wheaton College after it deletes a post congratulating its alumnus Russ Vought for being appointed to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

From The Daily Signal, Republicans seek to undo then-President Biden's diversion of global AIDS relief funding to support the promotion of abortion.

From The American Conservative, restraint on both fiscal and foreign policies go hand in hand.

From The Western Journal, on the House floor, congresscritter Nancy Mace (R-SC) calls four men predators, one of whom is an ex-fiancé of hers.

From BizPac Review, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth restores the name of Fort Bragg - sort of.

From The Daily Wire, the Trump administration secures the release of American teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian penal colony.  (That's a type of Trump-Russia collusion which I can support.  The article links to a story in The New York Times, to which you'll have to register if you want to read it.)

From the Daily Caller, according to an investigation, the owner of a defense contractor which supplies parts for fighter jets and missiles has extensive ties to Chinese Communist Party agencies.

From the New York Post, the Coast Guard intercepts an "overloaded" boat carrying 132 migrants from Haiti, and sends them home.

From Breitbart, the establishment media call Trump's purge of the "deep state" a "constitutional crisis".

From Newsmax, according to the aforementioned Pete Hegseth, the U.S. will not send troops to Ukraine.

And from SFGate, two coyotes find their way into a San Francisco MUNI subway tunnel.  (These coyotes are four-legged relatives of the domestic dog, not the two-legged coyotes who smuggle illegal aliens across the U.S. border.)

Monday Links

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

From National Review, the Department of Homeland Security plans to fire FEMA personnel who paid for hotels to house illegal aliens.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump has an opportunity in Asia.

From Townhall, are media outlets leaking the locations of ICE raids?

From The Washington Free Beacon, USAID funding for terror-related groups and internal hostility to Israel are nothing new.

From the Washington Examiner, how the left stopped being "cool".

From The Federalist, the media should investigate waste by the federal government instead of the people exposing the waste.

From American Thinker, Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for the actions of Trump and the Chief Twit.

From MRCTV, Trump jokingly asks of the Huffington Post is still around.

From NewsBusters, co-host Ana Navarro of The View claims that Trump would issue and executive order "banning black people" from future Super Bowl halftime shows.

From Canada Free Press, the rules of engagement for tariffs.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela takes in migrants deported by the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, in the U.K., Muslims are allowed to criticize Christians, who why no vice versa?

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K.'s National Farmers Union really worth £36 million per year?

From EuroNews, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigns.

From Free West Media, the damage from Trump's plan for Gaza has already begun.

From ReMix, Germany's Constitutional Court rules that a German ProFa activist should not have been extradited to Hungary.  (Of course, the ruling does not use the term "ProFa", but in my view, the group that calls itself "Antifa" should really be called "ProFa" due to their fascist tactic of attacking people whose views differ from their own.)

From Balkan Insight, Tirana, Albania Mayor Erion Veliaj is arrested for alleged corruption and money-laundering.

From The North Africa Post, armed men from the group Polisario clash with the Algerian army.

From The New Arab, a Saudi Arabian women who had been a doctoral student at Leeds University in the U.K. is released from prison after her 34-year sentence is reduced.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel has a righteous case for instituting the death penalty.

From ESPN, a performer in the Super Bowl halftime show unfurls a combination Sudanese-Palestinian flag and is detained afterwards.

From Jewish News Syndicate, in a picture showing their victims, Hamas claims to be "the flood" and "the day after".

From Gatestone Institute, China tests U.S. President Trump's resolve.

From Radio Free Asia, conscripts inducted into Myanmar's military claim to have been ordered to burn civilian homes.

From The Stream, how one group tricked the biblical Israelites into taking them in.

From The Daily Signal, left-wingers unwitting prove Trump's point on the need to get rid of anti-Christian bias.

From The American Conservative, the Hawaiian government prioritizes fighting against Trump over addressing its own dysfunctions.

From The Western Journal, Trump sets a record with his new approval ratings, which CBS host Margaret Brennan has to report.

From BizPac Review, according to internal CBP memos, migrants are turning back from illegally entering the U.S.

From The Daily Wire, meet some of this weekend's arrested criminal illegal aliens.

From the Daily Caller, a federal judge threatening the Trump administration with criminal contempt charges over its spending freeze is a Democrat donor.

From the New York Post, Trump is not yet ready to anoint Vice President Vance as his successor for 2028, but calls him "very capable".

From Today, dozens of schools in at least 20 states ban students from wearing Crocs.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, Hamas stops releasing Israeli hostages from Gaza "until further notice".

From Newsmax, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blocks gender transition surgeries for military personnel.

And from The Babylon Bee, a judge funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros vows to prevent billionaires from influencing politics.

A Super Bowl Sunday Dozen

On a cold and cloudy Sunday, other than the Super Bowl, here are 12 things going on:

From National Review, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes versus history.

From Townhall, President Trump picked the perfect place to proclaim Gulf of America Day.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about TV host Johnny Carson.

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is enthusiastic to work with DOGE to implement a "long overdue" clean audit of the Pentagon.

From American Thinker, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is not "all hat and no cattle".

From NewsBusters, The New York Times lies about Trump's statements about land confiscation in South Africa.

From TCW Defending Freedom, energy secretary Ed Miliband sacrifices the U.K. to his global warming god.  (How much carbon dioxide does the U.K. emit, relative to other countries?)

From AMU, the Taliban publicly flogs at least 44 people in three weeks.  (What is this ban on cruel and unusual punishments you speak of?)

From Gatestone Institute, "the Palestinian people does not exist", according to a senior PLO leader.

From Radio Free Asia, the Vietnamese government says that it wants to "civilize" the country's streets, but where have they been for the last 40 years?

From The Stream, nine ways to be a good Christian CEO.

And from The American Conservative, former President Biden is a show biz gold mine.

Saturday Stuff

On a cold Saturday with some light snow, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump shows former President Biden that paybacks are a female dog.

From FrontpageMag, snow is disappearing as the earth gets warmer, except in Florida.

From Townhall, a registered sex offender is allowed to enter the women's locker rooms at schools and county-owned fitness centers in northern Virginia because he claims to be a trans-woman.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the historical case for Trump's plan to turn Gaza into a new Riviera.

From the Washington Examiner, a federal judge in New York blocks DOGE from accessing the Treasury Department's payment system.

From American Thinker, Democrats panic because the U.S. actually has immigration laws.

From NewsBusters, podcaster Joe Rogan exposes former Vice President Harris's team and the legacy media.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the faulty tower in Brighton, England.  (Yours truly visited Brighton for a day in 1991.)

From the Daily Mail, according to guards at the Al-Hol refugee camp in Syria, tens of thousands of ISIS terrorists and their families in prison and in such camps could escape and attack in both the Middle East and in the West.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian regime plans to survive by delay, deceit, and outlasting U.S. President Trump.

From Radio Free Asia, can Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet tell us if his father Hun Sen incited violence?

From The Stream, five generations and the salient reasons for their respective disillusionments.

From The Daily Signal, if you really are pro-immigration, you should not excuse chaos.

From The American Conservative, in favor of Trump's plan for Gaza, and against it.

And from The Western Journal, DOGE finds and quickly terminates a $168,000 project for Dr. Anthony Fauci.  (I realize, of course, that $168,000 is a tiny amount when it comes to government spending.)

Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, a victory for female athletes.

From FrontpageMag, USAID is a cesspool.

From Townhall, a Christian bridal designer in New York faces legal trouble for refusing to design a bridal jumpsuit for a same-sex couple.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump becomes an icon to Gen Z.

From the Washington Examiner, the Democrats again choose chaos on immigration.

From The Federalist, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) slams USAID funding for a "Sesame Street" in Iraq.

From American Thinker, Israel has an important relationship with Azerbaijan.

From MRCTV, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) follows the law, except when she doesn't.

From NewsBusters, will Trump and the Chief Twit make any real budget cuts?

From Canada Free Press, some thoughts about the Super Bowl.

From TeleSUR, Haiti has been without an elected government for four years.

From TCW Defending Freedom, climate fearmongers blame the recent California wild fires on both wet and dry conditions.

From Snouts in the Trough, does the U.K.'s National Farmers Union really give a rat's rear end about actual farmers?

From EuroNews, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Poland will not implement the E.U.'s Pact on Migration and Asylum.

From ReMix, Dutch Minister of Asylum and Migration Marjolein Faber has little intention to make any changes to a proposed asylum law.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Balkan Insight, voters in Kosovo will elect new parliamentcritters this coming Sunday.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco and Libya sign a Memorandum of Understanding about fisheries and aquaculture.

From The New Arab, Morocco prevented 78,685 migrants from illegally entering E.U. territory in 2024.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a seven-year-old boy is ostracized by school classmates because he's not Muslim - in Dortmund, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Ruhr Nachrichten.)

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia can create a Palestinian state within its own territory.

From Gatestone Institute, Chinese spies and military personnel move to Cuba.

From Radio Free Asia, North Korean authorities threaten to punish citizens who spread "rumors" about it soldiers dying in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From The Stream, USAID promoted anti-Christian morality by funding abortion, LBGT advocacy, and atheistic ideologies.

From The Daily Signal, according to a report, foreign funding and ranked choice voting are the main concerns about election integrity.

From The American Conservative, the forgotten founder of the America First philosophy.

From The Western Journal, don't forget that then-President Biden ordered that children be deprived of food if their parents opposed his agenda.  (But, but, Trump is the fascist.)

From BizPac Review, a former Democratic National Committee official reveals how the Biden administration was really former President Obama's "third term".

From The Daily Wire, conservative and pro-life organizations urge Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate allegations that pro-life prisoners were neglected during the Biden administration.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Dan Goldman (D-NY) is accused of helping illegal aliens from China to avoid ICE.

From the New York Post, golfer Tiger Woods commits to competing in his first official event since last July.

From Breitbart, a truck drive from Austin, Texas faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a victim of sex trafficking.

From Newsmax, Amazon cuts "inclusion and diversity" from its annual report.

And from Hot Air, U.S. taxpayer money has gone to creating transgender mice, rats and monkeys.

Thursday Tidings

On a cold and rainy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Democrats deal with being truly powerless.

From FrontpageMag, the critics calling President Trump a tyrant had no problem with executive actions by Presidents Obama and Biden.

From Townhall, federal law enforcement officers target over 100 members of the gang Tren de Aragua for arrest.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Biden State Department downplayed the words "jihad" and "occupation" in study materials made by UNWRA.

From the Washington Examiner, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee force a delay on the vote on Kash Patel's nomination for FBI director.

From The Federalist, try telling a man whose daughter was killed allegedly by an illegal alien that open borders are "compassionate".

From American Thinker, wishing that Rush Limbaugh were still around to see what's happening today.

From MRCTV, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slams a "journalist" for calling Trump's executive order to keep men out of women's sports "discriminatory".  (When you think about it, the order is discriminatory because it distinguishes between men and women.  But this type of discrimination can be seen as justified in order to protect women.)

From NewsBusters, CNN touts the efforts of a liberal activist in Chicago to help illegal aliens hide from ICE.

From Canada Free Press, the Idaho Army National Guard is trying to make "God" a four-letter word.

From TeleSUR, reports that Panama will allow U.S. government vessels to traverse the Panama Canal without paying a fee have been greatly exaggerated.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how wokeness stole the Holocaust.

From EuroNews, the U.K. government is criticized for deciding to demolish the Grenfell Tower in London.

From Free West Media, Trump's suspension of foreign aid affects hundreds of influence operations in the Balkans.

From ReMix, according to a survey, 81 percent of Germans say that their country has too many refugees, and the feeling of safety is at a record low.

From Balkan Insight, Greek Deputy Civil Protection Minister Christos Triantopoulos announces his resignation over the 2023 train crash in the municipality of Tempi.

From The North Africa Post, Mauritania cancels a deal to buy patrol boats from a subsidiary of a conglomerate owned by the Chinese government due to sanctions pressure from the U.S.

From The New Arab, Beirut, Lebanon will honor singer Fairouz with a museum.

From Gatestone Institute, how Hamas plans to stop Trump's plan for Gaza.

From Radio Free Asia, Vietnam ambitiously builds islands in the South China Sea.

From The Stream, it's time to reboot citizenship.

From The Daily Signal, how to find out who killed President John F. Kennedy.

From The American Conservative, American territorial expansion - and its critics - are as old as America.

From The Western Journal, Trumps hilariously punishes a fired Coast Guard Admiral who refused to leave her government quarters.

From BizPac Review, DOGE announces that the Social Security Administration will terminate its "Gender X" marker.

From The Daily Wire, in discussing his aforementioned plan for Gaza, Trump states that it won't require U.S. soldiers.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Andy Ogles (R-TN) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) introduce a bill to take home rule away from Washington, D.C.

From the New York Post, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives Trump a golden pager in reference to Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah terrorists.

From Breitbart, NGOs close their migrant shelters as releases of migrants end and government money dries up.

From Newsmax, Trump announces three new actions to "bring back faith" in America.

And from SFGate, the mystery of the Zodiac Killer heads into absurdity.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a cool and cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump has some big plans for "Mar-a-Gaza".

From FrontpageMag, workers at Meta are enraged that tampons are no longer available in men's restrooms.

From Townhall, remember the transgender actor who received an Oscar nomination?

From The Washington Free Beacon, CNN laughs off a protest by Democrats against the Chief Twit.

From the Washington Examiner, a judge in my neck of the woods issues a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.  (In my opinion, changing the nature of birthright citizenship or how the 14th Amendment is implemented will probably require action from Congress, if not another Amendment clarifying the 14th Amendment's citizenship section.)

From The Federalist, religious "charities" received over $1 billion from American taxpayers to facilitate the migrant pipeline.  (What is this "separation of church and state" you speak of?)

From American Thinker, the bill comes due for ungrateful illegal aliens.

From MRCTV, illegal aliens stage "a day without immigrants" protests.  (They don't realize, it seems, that because they came to the U.S. in violation of our laws, that they are not immigrants.)

From NewsBusters, five reasons why "public" broadcasting should be defunded.

From Canada Free Press, the real reason why liberals love illegal aliens.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticizes the attitudes of some of this ministers in a cabinet meeting.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why did police publicly name the man who burned a Koran in Manchester, England?

From Snouts in the Trough, does Islam have a "doomsday clock"?

From EuroNews, French Prime Minister François Bayrou survives his second no-confidence vote.

From Free West Media, Saudi Arabia pledges to support Syria.

From ReMix, Poland doubles down on its shift toward drone warfare.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia has a shortage of kindergartens.

From The North Africa Post, a report by human rights watchdogs claims that Tunisian authorities are involved in a slave trade, in which migrants are sold to Libyan militias.

From The New Arab, the U.S. reportedly drafts a plan to withdraw its troops from Syria.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an annual carnival parade in Kempten, Germany is canceled due to an inability to increase security in response to terrorism.  (In other words, in Kempten, the terrorists have won.  If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From AMU, the Taliban suspends broadcasts of a woman-focused radio station in Kabul, Afghanistan.

From the Express, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner creates an Islamophobia council, which sparks fears of an "Orwellian" crackdown on free speech.

From Gatestone Institute, the real destroyer of Europe is the E.U.

From Radio Free Asia, Thai authorities rescue a woman from Hong Kong from a Myanmar scam park.

From The Stream, Pam Bondi is confirmed as Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services advances, and other items.

From The Daily Signal, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) slams USAID's partnership with leftist billionaire George Soros.

From The American Conservative, stick a fork into DEI because it's done.

From The Western Journal, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt humiliates Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) over his stunt with a can of Corona beer.

From BizPac Review, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy goes on a foul-mouthed rant against right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.

From The Daily Wire, several pro-Israel experts see benefits to Trump's aforementioned plans for Gaza.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

From Breitbart, the U.K. government postpones local elections in nine council areas in areas where the party Reform UK is expected to do well, according to its leader Nigel Farage.

From Newsmax, Vietnam's trade surplus with the U.S. reached a record high in 2024.

And from the New York Post, retired Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, goes to the airfield in the sky.