Friday Phenomena

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

From National Review, why you're soon going to be hearing more about First Son Hunter Biden.

From FrontpageMag, the "heart" of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Trump.

From Townhall, the IDF recovers the bodies of three Israeli hostages from Hamas tunnels.

From The Washington Free Beacon, will the debates between Trump and President Biden even matter?

From the Washington Examiner, "Republicans" who endorse Biden really aren't.

From The Federalist, three things congress can do to protect American elections.

From American Thinker, the coronavirus stirred up the fascism of the left-wing female.  (The virus certainly gave the left a chance to do what it has always wanted, which is to control people's lives.)

From MRCTV, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's jersey is outselling those of most of his teammates.

From NewsBusters, host Joy Behar of The View thinks that the Constitution is "un-American".

From TeleSUR, a Colombian prosecutor starts a virtual hearing against former President Alvaro Uribe.

From TCW Defending Freedom, electric vehicles and heat pumps will crash the U.K.'s electricity system.

From Snouts in the Trough, an appeal from the bosses of UNICEF U.K.

From EuroNews, Ukraine has some success fighting back against Russia.

From Voice Of Europe, the Bundestag approves plans to ease Germany's surname restrictions.

From ReMix, the European Commission shuts down the new Dutch government's plan to opt out of the E.U. migration pact.

From Balkan Insight, the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria releases an anti-war activist.

From The North Africa Post, Spain warns its citizens to avoid going to the Tindouf camps in Algeria.

From The New Arab, U.S. military aid arrives in Gaza via a temporary pier.

From BBC News, police kill a man after he sets a synagogue on fire in Rouen, France.

From Marketing-Interactive, a Domino's Pizza in Malaysia calls police after a customer calls Islam "stupid".

From Gatestone Institute, why the Palestinian Authority should stay out of Gaza.

From The Stream, some homework for campus protesters.

From The Daily Signal, 13 federal judges will not hire students from Columbia University.

From The American Conservative, the Senate race in my state is a test for both parties.

From The Western Journal, a committee hearing goes nuts after congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) roasts fellow congresscritter AOC (D-NY) and her friends.

From BizPac Review, North Carolina Republicans want to ban masks in public, but Democrats call this idea "unconscionable".

From The Daily Wire, seven pro-life activists are sentenced to prison over their actions at an abortion facility in Washington, D.C.

From the Daily Caller, more on the aforementioned insanity at a congressional committee hearing.

From the New York Post and the "I'll drink to that" department, the Hudson Valley in New York could become the Napa Valley of beer.

From Breitbart, congress investigates UCLA over its allegedly weak response to antisemitism.

And from Newsmax and the "what else is new?" department, according to a poll, most voters have a negative view of congress.

Thursday Links

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

From National Review, could the Democrats forego having a convention this year?

From FrontpageMag, former President Obama's "longer game" about the U.S., Jews and Israel.

From Townhall, White House correspondent Peter Doocy has an idea about why President Biden is eager to debate former President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, inside Senator Bob Casey's (D-PA) relationship with Turkish President Erdoğan's best friend in Pennsylvania.

From the Washington Examiner, former NIH Director Francis Collins admits that the lab leak theory about the origins of the coronavirus is not a conspiracy theory.

From The Federalist, the corporate media wants us to regard questioning election results as violence.  (Does this include questioning the results of the 2000 and 2016 presidential elections, which Democrats have often done?)

From American Thinker, why does the left exist?

From MRCTV, Biden repeats his lie that he inherited 9 percent inflation when he took office.

From NewsBusters, leftist billionaire George Soros gave $80 million to groups calling for Big Tech censorship.

From Canada Free Press, when Justice is lost, public safety suffers.

From TeleSUR, drugs and handmade weapons are found in an Ecuadorian prison.

From TCW Defending Freedom, say "no" to the whole lot of the U.K.'s politicians.

From EuroNews, the Dutch government moves to the right after a four-party coalition is established.

From Voice Of Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in critical but stable condition.

From ReMix, a migrant is arrested after allegedly stabbing six people in Zofingen, Switzerland.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian war victims protest after uniformed military personnel pay tribute to a monument to convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI reaffirms his support for the Palestinian cause.

From The New Arab, the Arab League calls for U.N. peacekeepers in the West Bank and Gaza.

From BBC News, a man sets a mosque on fire and traps 40 worshippers inside in the Nigerian state of Kano, resulting in 11 deaths.

From The Times Of Israel, the president of Sonoma State University in California agrees to an academic boycott of Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, masked protesters harass University of Michigan regents in their homes in the middle of the night.

From Gatestone Institute, Russia, China and Iran must not be allowed to take control of Sudan.

From The Stream, the WHO lied, thousands died, and millions got locked down or injured by the coronavirus vaccines.

From The Daily Signal, Biden's effectively open borders challenge the police in all 50 states.

From The American Conservative, was there a failed coup against Ukrainian President Zelensky?

From The Western Journal, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has an "epic" proposal for the second Biden-Trump debate.

From BizPac Review, according to a study, the food stamp program is an economic nightmare and has created a culture of dependency after reforms made under Biden.

From The Daily Wire, financial planning expert Dave Ramsey rescues a pro-Israel conference.

From the Daily Caller, according to law professor Jonathan Turley, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's team isn't calling a former Trump Organization CFO because it would hurt their case.

From Breitbart, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) could qualify for the first presidential debate and thus join Biden and Trump, but faces an uphill battle to do so.

From Newsmax, the debut of rookie Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever becomes the most watched WNBA game ever on ESPN.

And from the New York Post, a pro-Trump artist releases 100 balloons having the faces of the aforementioned DA Alvin Bragg and Judge Merchan, and having a provocative shape.

Wednesday Wanderings

As the cool rainy weather continues on a Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, where "the real uniparty" is.

From FrontpageMag, the House passes the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

From Townhall, inflation hits a "sad milestone" under President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the EPA might greenlight California's ban on diesel locomotives.

From the Washington Examiner, primary election results in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska include some surprises.

From The Federalist, the Biden campaign lies to cover up his position on abortion.

From American Thinker, according to the American Historical Association, if Florida teaches about communism, it should also teach about fascism.

From MRCTV, what does the left-wing media mean by "democracy"?

From NewsBusters, Biden and former President Trump agree to two debates.

From Canada Free Press, the search engine Google is really a PR company.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s Liberal Democrat party "swing to the rite".

From Snouts in the Trough, an Indian TV channel asks if the U.K. has become a third world country.

From EuroNews, Dutch politician Geert Wilders reaches a deal to form a four-party coalition to govern the Netherlands.

From Voice Of Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is shot in an apparent assassination attempt.

From ReMix, more on the shooting of Prime Minister Fico.

From Balkan Insight, three cities in Montenegro install facial recognition software.

From The North Africa Post, the final investment decision for a proposed gas pipeline from Nigeria to Morocco is due in 2025.

From The New Arab, an Israeli drone sends a Hezbollah field commander to his virgins.

From The Times Of Israel, Jordan reportedly foils a suspected Iranian-led plot to sends weapons to a terror cell intending to carry out sabotage.

From Gatestone Institute, why trials like Trump's current hush money trial should be televised.

From The Stream, the Muslim persecution of Christians is censored.

From The American Conservative, what does the man called "Richard Nixon's prophet" tell us about today?

From The Western Journal, Ohio removes 137 non-citizens from its voter rolls.

From BizPac Review, parents in California are outraged after fifth-graders are assigned a transgender book and told to explain it to kindergarteners.

From The Daily Wire, the first of the two aforementioned debates between Biden and Trump will not have an audience.

From the Daily Caller, according to Shark Tank co-star Kevin O'Leary, the latest inflation numbers will hurt Biden's chances of being reelected.

From the New York Post, at the beach, beware of certain bacteria.

From Breitbart, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) signs a bill requiring public school students to use the restroom that corresponds to their biological sex.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, black voters are fleeing from Biden and the Democrats.

And from the Genesius Times, Biden challenges Trump to a contest for filling diapers.  (I'm reminded of the quote attributed to Ronald Reagan and/or to Mark Twain about why politicians are like diapers.)

Tuesday Tidings

On a cool rainy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Trump's biggest blessing is that the Democrats only listen to themselves.

From FrontpageMag, let's try learning some truths about Israel.

From Townhall, how is Afghanistan doing, after the withdrawal of U.S. personnel?

From The Washington Free Beacon, MIT hires six new diversity deans, two of whom are accused of serial plagiarism.

From the Washington Examiner, the IDF destroys a Hamas command center in a school run by the UNRWA, sending at least 15 terrorists to their virgins.

From The Federalist, how the media and Democrats helped create the lie that Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza.

From American Thinker, according to a report, 54 percent of migrants who have arrived in the U.S. since 2022 are not employed.

From MRCTV, an activist claims that neither the U.S. nor Israel have a right to exist.

From NewsBusters, according to The View host Sunny Hostin, there were too many white people in the court where Trump's hush money trial is taking place.

From Canada Free Press, the WHO wants to link all pandemics to global warming.

From TeleSUR, the Dominican Republic rules out military cooperation with Haiti.

From TCW Defending Freedom, immigration is driving up housing costs in the U.K.

From EuroNews, AfD co-leader Björn Höcke is fined for using an old Nazi slogan.

From Voice Of Europe, Poland refuses to take in any more migrants.  (The article links to the Polish site RMF24, but not to any particular story there.)

From ReMix, at least two French prison officers are killed when their van, transporting a drug kingpin, is ambushed.

From Balkan Insight, Croatian journalists call on Prime Minister Andrej Plenković rein in his coalition partners after one calls for the end of government funding to a minority Serb newspaper.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI orders an upgrade to his country's military training programs.

From The New Arab, why are people concerned about the "Union of Arab Tribes" in Egypt?

From the Bangkok Post, activists in Thailand call for the release of all political detainees.

From The Straits Times, according to Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, his government is "prepared to relook everything".

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesian President Joko Widodo plans to visit areas affected by the cold lava flood in the province of West Sumatra.  (If you're wondering what "cold lava" is, so was I.  Fortunately, this article in the Independent gives an explanation.)

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia will cut its fuel subsidy at the "right time".

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysian minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah, decriminalizing suicide will encourage people to seek help.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese junior players qualify for the Asia table tennis championship.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan and Australia sign a science and technology cooperation deal.

From China News, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers decries American protectionism in the NEV industry.

From The Korea Herald, South Korea plans to invest $70 million in AI-powered public education.

From The Mainichi, the Japanese town of Fujikawaguchiko blocks views of Mount Fiji due to too much picturetaking.

From Japan Today, Japan plans to introduce online booking for the Yoshida Trail up Mount Fuji.  (This means that you'll still be able to take picture of Mount Fiji, but you'll have to book your chance in advance.)

From Gatestone Institute, Egypt gets duplicitous, and the world goes Sgt. Schultz.

From The Stream, is terrorism really the "weapon of the weak"?

From The Daily Signal, rural America won't be spared from President Biden's immigration crisis.

From The American Conservative, today's protests are not the same as those of your parents.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has no problem with the "from the river to the sea" chant.

From BizPac Review, according to Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), Washington, D.C. has become a "war zone".

From The Daily Wire, under Biden's policies, federal foster care funds can be used to buy chest binders and fake phalli for children.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) demands oversight on VA programs that exclude white veterans.

From the New York Post, why Trump loyalists and vice presidential contenders are flocking to his hush money trial.

From Breitbart, actor Mark Ruffalo claims that "machines are hunting down people" in Gaza.

From Newsmax, primaries in Maryland and West Virginia have big implications for Senate races this fall.

And from SFGate, why did San Francisco's hometown airline Virgin America disappear?

Monday Links

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

From National Review, why is the U.S. withholding intelligence about Hamas from Israel?

From FrontpageMag, a review of a book about the history of leftism in the U.S.

From Townhall, a CNN host admits what we've all known about former President Trump's hush money trial.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a poll, Trump leads President Biden in all swings states but one.

From the Washington Examiner, Republican congresscritters unload on Biden for pausing arms shipments to Israel.

From The Federalist, Green Bay, Wisconsin City Clerk Celestine Jeffries admits not understanding the election law which she was breaking.

From American Thinker, Panama elects a new president who has promised to shut down the migration route through the Darien Gap.

From MRCTV, 23 states file a suit against the EPA's attack on coal-fired power plants.

From NewsBusters, an Australian judge sides with the Chief Twit.

From Canada Free Press, how leftist leaders are always mass murderers.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela uses a new paradigm to deal with an alleged media blockade.

From TCW Defending Freedom, trade in your Swiss Army Knife for a machete or a samurai sword.

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s "roadrunner" economics.

From EuroNews, Russian forces advance toward the Ukrainian city of Vovchansk.

From Voice Of Europe, Ukraine wants to bring back its refugees, but they are reluctant to return.  (If you read Czech, read the story at Novinky.)

From ReMix, fewer than 20 percent of Ukrainian refugees in Ukraine are working.

From Balkan Insight, the increase in overweight children in Croatia is blamed on marketing and the coronavirus.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian citizens join their government's witch hunt against migrants.

From The New Arab, what has happened in Kuwait?

From Doha News, Qatar sends a search and rescue team to Afghanistan after floods claim over 300 lives there.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif resigns from his position as president of the party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif wants the dead body of the late Field Marshall Ayub Khan dug up and hanged.  (The practice of digging up dead alleged heretics and putting them on trial was once rather common during the Inquisition.)

From Pakistan Today, the Indus River System Authority increases the water allotment for the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh for this year's Kharif season.

From The Hans India, 36 people are hurt in a dust storm in Mumbai, India.

From the Hindustan Times, India's Lok Sabha elections have a voter turnout rate of just over 62 percent.  (The Lok Sabha is the lower house of India's parliament.)

From ANI, police in the Indian state of Maharashtra neutralize three Naxalites.  (The Naxalites are Maoist communist insurgents.)

From India Today, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar faults the party Congress for current Prime Minister Narendra Modi responsible for the mistakes of his predecessor Jawaharlal Nehru.  (What the letter "S" stands for, or if it is a name unto itself, I don't know.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, why unemployment in Bangladesh is rising.

From New Age, a student suspended from Jagannath University is given a five-year sentence for making derogatory remarks about Islam on social media.

From the Colombo Gazette, images of a "chikibilla" seen in Sri Lanka are fake.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lankan Health Minister Dr. Palitha Mahipala, forming an alliance in the hospice treatment sector will be an important milestone.

From Raajje, the Bank of Maldives extends its partnership with the Maldives Surfing Association.

From Gatestone Institute, stop the World Health Organization's tyrannical power grab.

From The Stream, untangling the anti-Israel propaganda forced on college students.

From The Daily Signal, according to an analyst, Biden is wrong to withhold weapons from Israel.

From The American Conservative, like it or not, "free speech still applies at universities" in the U.S.

From The Western Journal, "Queers for Palestine" blocks Interstate 4 in Florida - for about 11 minutes.  (Ironically, someone in Palestine claiming to be "queer" would be lucky to stay alive for 11 minutes.)

From Fox News, a previously deported illegal alien is charged in connection with the death of a three-month-old baby in Texas.

From BizPac Review, Vice President Harris lets out some colorful language.

From The Daily Wire, can any reports on casualty numbers from Gaza be trusted?

From the Daily Caller, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki tries to rewrite history about Biden's watch-checking moment.

From the New York Post, a recording made by then-lawyer Michael Cohen and then-candidate Donald Trump is played at the latter's hush money trial.

From Breitbart, a Trump volunteer is assaulted while leaving a Trump campaign headquarters in Athens, Alabama.

From Newsmax, according to Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), the aforementioned Michael Cohen can't be believed.

And from The Babylon Bee, according to the latest polls, Biden will need twice as many fake ballots to win this year than in 2020.

Stuff For Mothers Day

On a cool cloudy Sunday, on which you're hopefully saluting your mother, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the winner of the world public vote in the Eurovision song contest is Israel.

From FrontpageMag, a Muslim on the terror watch list tried to break into the Quantico, Virginia marine base.

From Townhall, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's description of D.C. is terrifying.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a biography of baseball player Pete Rose.

From the Washington Examiner, the seafood industry in Maryland tries to deal with the aftereffects of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

From American Thinker, "mothers make patriots".

From NewsBusters, when ABC buried anchor (and former Mr. Bill henchman) George Stephanopoulos's ethics scandal.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the Church of England calls for direct democracy.

From Jewish News Syndicate, the U.S. is withholding from Israel "sensitive intelligence" about Hamas.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. administration's betrayal of Israel is almost complete.

From The Stream, what does a nurturing mother do after her kids have grown up?

From The Daily Signal, a well-deserve honor for the later Reverend Billy Graham.

From The American Conservative, President Biden doesn't act old enough.

And from the New York Post, anti-Israel protesters boo and walk out of actor Jerry Seinfeld's commencement speech at Duke University due to his support for Israel.

Saturday Stories

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

From National Review, no, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) is not on former President Trump's short list for vice president.

From FrontpageMag, one move shows that the push for electric vehicles is about making money, not saving the environment.

From Townhall, why two teenagers expelled from high school for wearing "blackface" were awarded $1 million.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Xi (China) gains ground while President Biden (U.S.) stumbles.

From the Washington Examiner, the Biden campaign steps up its efforts to get old fogeys to abandon Trump.

From American Thinker, Democrats face "foreboding" parallels with 1968.

From NewsBusters, ABC omits important details about a State Department report on Israel.

From Canada Free Press, the counterproductive results of immigration.

From TeleSUR, Mexican weather gets very caliente.

From TCW Defending Freedom, photoshop is not the same thing as fakery.

From The Jerusalem Post, the U.N. apparently halves is estimation of the numbers of women and children killed in Gaza.

From North Press Agency, Syrian families leave the Hawl refugee camp and return to their home towns in the governorate of Deir ez-Zor.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry welcomes the U.N.'s approval of full membership for Palestine.

From Hasht e Subh, why isn't there more religious tolerance in Afghanistan?  (The last three links are from publications in Muslim countries that didn't put anything out yesterday.  This is understandable because Friday is the weekly day of worship for Muslims.)

From Gatestone Institute, don't let anyone kid you, the Iranian mullahs desperately want nuclear weapons.

From The Stream, don't let the far left demoralize and sideline you.

From The Daily Signal, according to Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), protesters who call for violence against Jews should be put on the no-fly list.

From The American Conservative, are the pro-HamasPalestinian protesters winning?

From BizPac Review, a CNN reporter gives Biden some more bad news.

From The Daily Wire, a solar storm brings the Northern Lights to much of the U.S.

From the Daily Caller, two packages of drugs, weighing a total of 29 pounds, are sent to an incorrect address in Maine.

From the New York Post, San Francisco's program for giving free alcohol to homeless people "isn't working".

From Breitbart, lawfare against Trump starts to crumble.

And from Newsmax, the Department of Justice asks for a 40-year sentence for the man who broke into former Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) home and assaulted her husband.

Friday Fuss

On a cool and rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, an admission by presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) opens a can of worms about medical records.

From FrontpageMag, fighting the so-called "far-right" in western Europe.

From Townhall, congresscritter Cory Mills (R-FL) files a new article of impeachment against President Biden.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Biden again caves into the Senator Socialism (I-VT) faction of the left.

From the Washington Examiner, police arrest 33 pro-HamasPalestinian protesters at the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Federalist, the "mass graves" of Native American children in Canada was a huge hoax.

From American Thinker, the aforementioned RFK Jr.'s stance on abortion could help former President Trump.

From MRCTV, two climate activists, both over 80 years old, try to vandalize Magna Carta.  (I've been told that because Magna Carta is a Latin term, there should not be an article such as "the" before it.)

From NewsBusters, CNN analyst Mark Preston claims that one "sordid" detail from Stormy Daniels's testimony in Trump's hush money trial will hurt him with women voters.

From Canada Free Press, Hamas gets a spring break.

From TeleSUR, floods leave 114 dead in Brazil.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the "shocking" naivete of the U.K.'s energy secretary.

From EuroNews, Italy's declining birth rate is a crisis that will only get worse.

From Voice Of Europe, about 11,000 Ukrainian men have illegally entered Romania to avoid military service.

From ReMix, the German party CDU ditches, at least on paper, most of the policies of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From Balkan Insight, according to German Ambassador to Kosovo Jorn Rohde, Kosovo must set up an association of Serb-majority municipalities in order to join the Council of Europe.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan security chief Abdellatif Hammouchi is invited to Spain's celebration of the 200th anniversary of its police force.

From The New Arab, Iraq's top court suspends the region of Kurdistan's preparations for a parliamentary election.

From In-Cyprus, according to Cypriot conservationists, utility poles are "serial killers of endangered vultures".

From The Syrian Observer, jaundice spreads among children in the Rukban refugee camp.  (This camp is in southern Syria near the point where Syria, Jordan and Iraq all meet.)

From The961, you might just like Lebanon's weird food combos.

From Arutz Sheva, at least 14 rockets are fired at Be'er Sheva, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, four IDF soldiers are killed in battles across Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, IDF troops find tunnel shafts and send terrorists to their virgins.

From YNetNews, the terror group Hezbollah is preparing for war.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's project to restore coral reefs in the Red Sea achieves success.

From Egypt Today, Egypt promises to protect its national security "by all means".

From the Sudan Tribune, Sudan gives greater powers to its intelligence agency.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia earns $1 billion from exporting coffee.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian official Kamal Kharrazi threatens a change in Iran's nuclear policy.

From IranWire, Iran denies medical treatment for women who don't wear hijabs.

From Iran International, according to Iranian parliamentcritter Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, Iran might already have nuclear weapons.

From Khaama Press, according to the World Food Programme, three million children in Afghanistan suffer from malnutrition.

From the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban warn journalists against collaborating with a broadcaster based in London.

From Gatestone Institute, a tribute to Israeli warriors.

From The Stream, raising kids in a world that promotes transgenderism.

From The Daily Signal, young people whose bodies were sacrificed to the "gender ideology cult".

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about anti-white racism and its effect on the U.S.

From The Western Journal, a sneak peek at the upcoming movie about President and actor Ronald Reagan.

From BizPac Review, Trump attorney Alina Habba calls his hush money trial something from the Twilight Zone.

From The Daily Wire, the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts wants to be inclusive, but no one wants to join them.

From the Daily Caller, the Biden administration is reportedly ready to strengthen tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and certain minerals.

From the New York Post, a high school student in Lexington, North Carolina sues to overturn his suspension for using the term "illegal alien".

From Breitbart, First Son Hunter Biden loses his appeal to have gun charges thrown out.

From Newsmax, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) slams Biden's "feckless" immigration proposals.

And from SFGate, police in Butte County, California find a missing child - and 6,674 pounds of marijuana.

Thursday Tidbits

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

From National Review, the University of Southern California faculty censures their leaders for their handling of anti-Israel protests and cancelling of the school's commencement ceremony.

From FrontpageMag, the pro-HamasPalestinian riots on campus are not "student protests".

From Townhall, President Biden "must be impeached", according to Biden himself.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter and senatorial candidate David Trone (D-MD) that TWFB retract a report about his financial disclosures.

From the Washington Examiner, former President Trump fights the gag order in his hush money trial.

From The Federalist, did federal employees plant evidence at Mar-a-Lago in an effort to frame Trump?

From American Thinker, illegal aliens in Denver issue 13 demands to the city.  (If it were up to me, I would surround their encampment with loudspeakers, and blare this song day and night.)

From MRCTV, a year after the fiasco with fake female Dylan Mulvaney, Bud Light's sales are still tanking.

From NewsBusters, two government agencies reportedly revive their censorship collusion with social media.

From Canada Free Press, the Irish start standing up to globalists and their mass migration.

From TeleSUR, economic growth in Venezuela exceeds the IMF's prediction.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the twilight of the U.K.'s Tories.

From Voice Of Europe, high-ranking Polish judges seek political asylum in Belarus.

From Balkan Insight, the Croatian "far-right" party Homeland Movement will support a new governing coalition if it cuts off funding for the Serb minority publication Novosti.

From The Malta Independent, over 200 academics at the University of Malta denounce attacks against the Maltese judiciary.

From Malta Today, a Moroccan man arriving in Malta from Geneva, Switzerland tries to smuggle 143 capsules of cannabis resin inside himself and fails.

From EuroNews, what is behind the hospital-related scandal involving former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat?

From ANSA, the Italian government promises to fight the spread of fentanyl.

From SwissInfo, climate activists blocks vehicles near the northern entrance to the Gotthard Tunnel in Wassen, Switzerland.  (My tour group in 1996 went through this tunnel.)

From France24, the Olympic torch relays starts off in Marseille, France.

From RFI, the Olympic torch will travel across France for 78 days.

From ReMix, a French bishop calls euthanasia a "false choice".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an "Allah Akbar" breaks out in Bosc-Le-Hard, France.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Réveil.)

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Council of Ministers approves a new "housing strategy".

From Morocco World News, the murder of a young boy in one of the Tindouf camps sparks division and frustration.

From The North Africa Post, why Algerian President Tebboune should thank Nigeria for Algeria's economic ranking within Africa.

From Hürriyet Daily News, 61.8 million people travel through Turkish airports during the first four months of 2024.

From Turkish Minute, the İstanbul Airport employs therapy dogs.

From Rûdaw, President Nechirvan Barzani of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan discusses human rights with a U.S. delegation in Erbil, Iraq.

From Armenpress, according to Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, May 9th symbolizes freedom, peace, and the prevention of unjust wars.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, the "Tavush for the Motherland" movement holds a rally in Yerevan, Armenia.

From Azərbaycan24, Azerbaijan and Türkiye sign two memoranda of understanding pertaining to the small business sector.  (My spellchecker has no problem with this site's name, even with the "ə", known as a "schwa".)

From AzerNews, Azerbaijan seeks cooperation with Chinese companies to increase storage of renewable energy.

From The New Arab, 13 members of the same family are killed in a murder-suicide in Basra, Iraq.

From RAIR Foundation USA, two Muslim immigrant doctors in Brookfield, Wisconsin are arrested for alleged child abuse.

From BBC News, Saudi forces are told to clear land for its planned eco-city Neom, and use deadly force if necessary.

From Gatestone Institute, the real reason why Hamas and Egypt oppose Israel controlling the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza.

From The Stream, the missing link in the latest annual report from Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood.

From The Daily Signal, states spend lots of money on students, but still get lousy math results.

From The American Conservative, according to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who wrote the article, Trump is right about raising tariffs on China.

From The Western Journal, Trump urges congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to hold off on trying to remove Speaker Johnson (R-LA).

From BizPac Review, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) "explodes" when he realizes why MSNBC is interviewing him.

From The Daily Wire, RFK Jr. has no problem with full-term abortions.

From the Daily Caller, Speaker Johnson hopes that Biden's announcement on aid to Israel was a "senior moment".

From Breitbart, Biden's underlines use the refugee program to bring in people who are not refugees.

From Newsmax, Trump accuses Biden of siding with terrorists.

And from the New York Post, an art expert uses AI to detect fake paintings.

Wednesday Whatnot

On a partly sunny and very warm Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the illegal alien suspected of killing nursing student Laken Riley is indicted, with charges in addition to murder.

From FrontpageMag, the insanity at the heart of former President Trump's hush money trial.

From Townhall, a Boeing cargo plane makes a "belly land" in Istanbul, Turkey after its front landing gear fails.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Georgia Court of Appeals grants Trump's request that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is disqualified from his case.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump's super PAC gets an account on the platform TikTok.

From The Federalist, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon halts Trump's classified documents trial after the Department of Justice admits tampering with evidence.

From American Thinker, you were a bad hooman, Governor Noem.

From MRCTV, pro-HamasPalestinian protesters at Princeton University go on a hunger strike, and then blame the school for starving them.

From NewsBusters, ABC and CBS ignore the admission by TikTok that it's controlled by the Chinese government.

From Canada Free Press, the Boy Scouts changing their name is merely the icing on their already woke cake.

From TeleSUR, the Guaiba River in Brazil starts to recede, but it still floods the city of Porto Alegre.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. Tories have only themselves to blame for the expected Labour takeover.

From Snouts in the Trough, the Tories still claim that "it's all still to play for".

From Voice Of Europe, according to a report, migration has failed to boost the U.K.'s economy and has added strain to its infrastructure.

From ReMix, right-wing Belgians convicted of "inciting hatred" for their Facebook posts call on the Belgian government to put Belgians first.  (The term "inciting hatred" appears to mean something like "saying something about migrants that the government doesn't want to hear".)

From EuroNews, the E.U. agrees to send €3 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

From Russia Today, the Russian military claims new gains in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov.

From Sputnik International, Russia warns that it will target any French troops that enter Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, according to his lawyer, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov is accused of accepting a $12 million bribe.  (If you read Russian, read the story at TASS.)

From Romania Insider, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu reiterates the intended date for the country's presidential election.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, meeting with ambassadors from E.U. countries, Bulgarian acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev outlines his country's plans to adopt the euro by 2025.

From The Sofia Globe, more on Glavchev's meeting with foreign dignitaries.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria has 201 "ghost villages".

From the Greek Reporter, according to a "controversial" theory, the French Emperor Napoleon had Greek roots.

From Ekathimerini, Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos will be closed for the second straight summer.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek Easter was good economically for the region of Attica.

From Balkan Insight, the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina houses unidentified remains of victims of the Srebrenica genocide.

From the Sarajevo Times, according to Presidents Aleksandar Vučić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Xi Jinping (China), cooperation between their countries is at its highest level.

From Total Croatia News, a look at Croatia's new government.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji List, whose name appears to mean "morning letter".)

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia plans to revive its territorial defense.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria makes speech less free.

From The New Arab, how the U.S. company Philip Morris secured a major part of the Egyptian tobacco market.

From RAIR Foundation USA, remembering Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, who was killed for criticizing Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, a new security threat against Israel - and the U.S., too?

From The Stream, Jesus died for the sins of the entire human race, so let's stop blaming the Jews for "deicide".

From The Daily Signal, Europe needs to oppose China's forced labor.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about public transit in the U.S.

From The Western Journal, the House passes a bill to curb the Department of Energy's regulation of home appliances.

From BizPac Review, left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore defends "outside agitators" at anti-Israel protests.

From The Daily Wire, a school in Chester County, Pennsylvania enlists a "genderqueer" witch to speak to 14-year-olds about dating violence and sexual topics.

From the Daily Caller, the House subcommittee on the coronavirus subpoenas Dr. Fauci.

From the New York Post, according to law enforcement sources, a bodega worker in Queens, New York was getting choked before he fatally stabbed a shoplifter.

From Breitbart, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirms that the U.S. is withholding arms from Israel over its attack in Rafah, Gaza.

From Newsmax, Trump accuser Stormy Daniels gets hit on social media for changing her story.

And from BBC News, an ancient activity could help reduce stress.  (via the New York Post)