Monday Stories

As the mild and sunny weather continues on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the American Association of University Professors comes out against viewpoint diversity.

From FrontpageMag, President Trump's "White House Timeline" hits back on critics of his reconstruction of the East Wing.

From Townhall, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg supports New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) despite his anti-gay connections.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a look at congresscritter Jasmine Crockett's (D) stock portfolio and her ties to the cannabis business.

From the Washington Examiner, the American Federation of Government Employees calls on Democrats to pass the pending continuing resolution and reopen the federal government.

From The Federalist, leftists would rather have a White House lawn full of rubble than see a victory for Trump.

From American Thinker, lies from Democrats protect today's slavery.

From NewsBusters, CNBC co-host Becky Quick wrecks congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries's (D-NY) hypocrisy over the current shutdown.

From Canada Free Press, the scam of the "No Kings" protests.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the rise of smaller parties in the U.K. spells doom for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

From Snouts in the Trough, Labour has become the U.K.'s "Migrants R Us" party.

From EuroNews, 10 people go on trial for allegedly harassing French First Lady Brigitte Macron online.

From Free West Media, a study on the British climate group Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit.

From ReMix, Catalan police investigate an attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl in Tortelló, Spain, allegedly by four North African men.

From Balkan Insight, Prime Minister Albin Kurti fails to form a government, which leaves Kosovo in limbo.

From The North Africa Post, Libya official signs the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.

From The New Arab, what would a proposed International Stabilization Force in Gaza look like?

From The Jerusalem Post, Yemeni actress and model Intisar al-Hammadi is released from Houthi-run prison in Sana'a, Yemen after serving almost five years.

From Gatestone Institute, an alleged "technocratic government" for the Palestinians is "the mother of all deceptions".

From The Stream, Pope Leo XIV talks doublespeak about whether the Anglican Church has "real" priests.

From The Daily Signal, what we know about the upcoming meeting between Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Xi (China).

From The American Conservative, the second round of "No Kings" protests was just as empty as the first.

From The Western Journal, as California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) slams Trump's trip to China, footage of his own trip there in 2023 reemerges.

From BizPac Review, HBO host Bill Maher calls out the violence by jihadists against Christians in Nigeria.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. is having an ammunition shortage.

From the New York Post, Boomers and Gen Xers dominate early voting in New York City, which could be a bad sign for the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From Breitbart, the U.K. parliament finds that the country's government as "wasted" billions of pounds in mismanaging its migrant hotel scheme.

From Newsmax, Trump claims to have always liked the Chief Twit.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump invites Mario and Sonic to the White House to negotiate a peace deal.

Sunday Stuff

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

From National Review, a tenth attack on a drug boat raises the toll to 43 suspected drug traffickers.

From FrontpageMag, former Vice President Harris promises to not listen to polls when deciding about again running for president.

From Townhall, former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton lectures President Trump about the White House and trips over her own parents.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the U.S. Constitution.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing Democrats create headaches for Senator Schumer's (D-NY) establishment recruits for the 2026 elections.

From American Thinker, the Totenkopf tattoo shows the left-wing link to the Nazis.

From NewsBusters, according to MSNBC co-host Eugene Daniels, the American Founders were right to build a relatively small White House.

From TCW Defending Freedom, energy, carbon dioxide emissions, and the U.K.'s land of make-believe.

From Jewish News Syndicate, left-wing Hamas-supporting politician Catherine Connolly is elected president of Ireland.

From Gatestone Institute, Bolivarian roses for Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado.

From The Stream, on the road to being holy.

From The Daily Signal, will the Democrats finally hold a real presidential primary in 2026?

From The American Conservative, an interview with Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott.

From The Western Journal, the Church of England splits after the appointment of a female Archbishop of Canterbury.

And from ZeroHedge, MSNBC platforms a writer for The Atlantic who claims that Trump wants to use the military to kill whoever he wants, including Americans.

Saturday Links

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

From National Review, Argentina and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have a long weekend.

From Townhall, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) thinks that "illegal alien" might be a term from science fiction.  (Even the rock group Genesis knows better than that.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Trump's current trip to Asia might pack a punch.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump warns that congresscritter and gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) will "double your energy bills".

From American Thinker, how New York's Erie Canal shaped the U.S.

From NewsBusters, which possible successor to Trump will the most hostility from the media?

From TCW Defending Freedom, when smugglers were regarded as pariahs, not as VIPs.

From Snouts in the Trough, why are U.K. police so useless?

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Turkish man allegedly fires an air rifle at cars in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. favors tyrants over the oppressed.

From The Stream, contrasts between the views of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) and teachings in the Bible.

From The Daily Signal, "water bug journalism" ignores the most important aspect of the "No Kings" protests.

From The American Conservative, why are there different standards for judging senatorial candidate Graham Platner's (D-ME) tattoo and Trump's White House ballroom?

And from The Western Journal, the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani's speech about alleged "Islamophobia" brings to life a joke by the late Norm MacDonald.

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, a "self-mythologizing home movie" about musician Bruce Springsteen.

From FrontpageMag, pronouncing - and mispronouncing - the name of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, two government employee unions side with illegal aliens and sue the Trump administration to block its safety rules for commercial driver's licenses.

From The Washington Free Beacon, an American Federation of Teachers guild sends out a statement to its members defending the slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

From the Washington Examiner, Secretary of State Pete Hegseth sends an aircraft carrier group to support anti-cartel operations in the western hemisphere.

From The Federalist, those who would police fellow right-wingers rather than fight against left-wingers are part of the problem.

From American Thinker, a basic civics lesson for the "No Kings" protesters.

From NewsBusters, inflation eases during September, coming in below expectations.  (The companion site MRCTV is now only showing videos instead of mainly written articles.  Both sites are produced by the Media Research Center.)

From Canada Free Press, American sovereignty belongs to its people, not to any king.

From TeleSUR, Cuban medical authorities plan to address the increase in dengue and chikungunya cases.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers would have us asking to pass the locusts.

From Snouts in the Trough, does U.K. parliamentcritter Jess Phillips have a plan to "broaden" the inquiry about grooming gangs?

From EuroNews, the Croatian parliament votes to reinstitute mandatory military service.

From ReMix, an Algerian migrant allegedly rapes a woman in Soest, Germany for hours after knocking out her boyfriend.  (If you read German, read the story at Soester-Anzeiger.)

From Balkan Insight, police at a station in Peje/Pec, Kosovo reportedly failed to process over 380 possible violations of law.  (In this case, the label "law enforcement" should include the phrase "or lack thereof".)

From The North Africa Post, Morocco carries out electoral reforms ahead of its 2026 legislative elections.

From The New Arab, Syrian security forces reach a truce with a French-led jihadist group in the province of Idlib.

From Jewish News Syndicate, Hamas uses underground prisons against its rivals in Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, a 12-year-old Jewish boy in Vienna is attacked on his way home from school.

From UnHerd, a Pakistani Islamist party opens a chapter in Birmingham, England.

From Gatestone Institute, the war over racism and the ultimate taboo in the U.S.

From The Stream, the art of keeping alive the hope that extraterrestrials exist.

From The Daily Signal, President Trump moves to roll back a regulation enacted under then-President Biden that allows U.S. tax money to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children to travel within the U.S. to get abortions.

From The American Conservative, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, U.S. President Trump is Ukraine's only hope for peace.

From The Western Journal, Coast Guard security personnel fire at a U-Haul truck that was being backed into their base in Alameda, California.

From BizPac Review, the Trump administration updates the White House "Major Events Timeline" to zing Trump's haters.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) finally endorses the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From the New York Post, a New York City sports bar celebrates being in business for 30 years, and the two brothers who own it tell how they've kept the beer flowing.

From Breitbart, migrants have committed almost 3 million crimes in Germany since then-Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders.

From Newsmax, according to acting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Pierre Yared, the latest Consumer Price Index report shows that inflation has stabilized.

And from Slay, Democrats are still paying bills from Vice President Harris's presidential campaign.

Thursday Tidings

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

From National Review, it looks like we still have to explain what's wrong about communism.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) and New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) disagree on BDS.

From Townhall, the Minnesota Supreme Court rules that men can compete in women's sports.

From The Washington Free Beacon, White House officials are getting tired of the bickering between the Chief Twit and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

From the Washington Examiner, Democratic Senators hold federal worker pay hostage to their shutdown demands.

From The Federalist, American heritage is not a myth, but the source of our liberty and peace.

From American Thinker, the left's reductio ad Hitlerum toward ICE is grossly unfair to ICE.  (I would add that it's also grossly unfair to the real - and innocent - victims of Nazi Germany.)

From NewsBusters, moderator Whoopi Goldberg of The View eschews the word "manhunt" for "personhunt".

From Canada Free Press, Japan's issues with offshore bird choppers should be "a lesson to others".

From TeleSUR, Cuba's National Civil Defense Headquarters warns about Tropical Storm Melissa.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why are the U.K.'s media so unwilling to publish the details of crimes committed by immigrants?

From Snouts in the Trough, the U.K.'s useless National Health Service is still hiring on EDI principles.

From EuroNews, the Spanish and French governments send a letter to E.U. leaders supporting a ban on new gasoline and diesel cars that would start in 2035.

From ReMix, a migrant convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl in Skellefteå, Sweden will not be deported because the rape "did not last long enough".  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Fria Tider.)

From Balkan Insight, a new Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania is seen as a potent and controversial symbol.

From The North Africa Post, the African Lion military drills cement Morocco's role in the U.S. security strategy for Africa.

From The New Arab, according to witnesses, drones have attacked in Khartoum, Sudan for three straight days.

From Jewish News Syndicate, IDF troops find a copy of Hitler's book Mein Kampf in the offices of a charity linked to Hamas in Hebron, West Bank.

From Culture Watch, when Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci called out Islam.

From Arutz Sheva, the West has a blind spot about the Muslim Brotherhood.

From Gatestone Institute, Hamas does not want to disarm.

From The Stream, parents in Hales Corners, Wisconsin shake up their government over obscene books in a children's library.

From The Daily Signal, the State Department slams Democrats for "delegitimizing" President Trump's efforts to protect white South Africans.

From The American Conservative, a review of a book about the modern history of Saudi Arabia.

From The Western Journal, according to a poll, congresscritter Jared Golden (D-ME) faces an uphill battle in seeking his fifth term.

From BizPac Review, an illegal alien recently arrested for allegedly ramming an ICE vehicle with his car was previously given an award by the Los Angeles City Council for "exposing" ICE.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, about 40 percent of Americans aged from 18 to 29 believe that violence against "the rich" is sometimes justified.

From the New York Post, the Stone House in Montauk, New York, once eyed by John Lennon and his mistress May Pang, sells after a "fierce bidding war".

From Breitbart, California will be "investing" $140 million on Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood abortion clinics to compensate for discontinued federal spending.

From Newsmax, investigators find DNA evidence on a helmet and a glove left behind by the perpetrators of the jewel heist from the Louvre in Paris, France.

And from SFGate, what's going on with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy's toe?

Wednesday Whatnot

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

From National Review, Hamas has already started to violate the peace deal with Israel.

From FrontpageMag, whom will Democrats hate now that the alleged "genocide" is Gaza is no longer going on?

From Townhall, an illegal alien faces prison after allegedly ramming his car into federal law enforcement vehicles in Los Angeles.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund gave millions of dollars to terror-linked extremists groups in 2025.

From the Washington Examiner, senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D-ME) announces that he has covered up his Nazi-related tattoo.

From The Federalist, Democrats keep trying to offer an "alternative" to President Trump, which is precisely the problem.

From American Thinker, some myths about former President Obama, facts about Trump, and the "No Kings" hypocrites.

From NewsBusters, economics professor Paul Krugman accuses Trump of being out of touch with reality.

From Canada Free Press, escalating violence is now part of the Democrat Party's platform.

From TeleSUR, a team of scientists at the University of Costa Rica confirm the discovery of the new species of salamander.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Gazan civilians reveled in the atrocities committed on October 7th, 2023.

From Snouts in the Trough, will it be Ireland or Irelandistan?

From EuroNews, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be protected by police while in prison.

From Free West Media, migrants and their smugglers illegally enter the E.U. more by train and plane than by sneaking through fields and forests.

From ReMix, according to a government report, 72 percent of people convicted of gang crime in Denmark have a non-Western background.

From Balkan Insight, the Greek parliament passes a bill that assigns the protection and management of Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to the Ministry of Defense.

From The North Africa Post, if you attend the World Cup 2030 at Morocco's Tangier Stadium, Big Brother will be watching you.

From The New Arab, Syrian forces clash with fighters led by a French jihadist in the province of Idlib.

From BBC News, the Israeli military identifies the bodies of two hostages returned by Hamas.

From The Jerusalem Post, Syria's consul in Dubai resigns in protest of a "genocide campaign" in the Syrian province of Sweida.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, according to a survey, 75 percent of Somalis in Vienna claim the "only Islam tells the truth about God".  (What do Austrians in Mogadishu think?  Oh wait, there aren't any.  If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, what will "Muhammad's mayor" think about New York City?

From Gatestone Institute, Muslim migrants in European countries are fueling the rise in attacks on Jews.

From The Stream, Trump escalates his war on the deep state, in Washington D.C. and Caracas, Venezuela.

From The Daily Signal, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin would approve of the current violence coming from the left.

From The American Conservative, E.U. skeptics in central Europe retake the stage.

From The Western Journal, an illegal alien truck driver is charged with allegedly causing a multi-car crash that claimed the life of one driver.

From BizPac Review, liberals don't like a restaurant in the New York borough of Queens being named "Whitexicans".

From the Daily Caller, former Senator John Sununu (R-NH) announces his candidacy for his old seat.

From the New York Post, Coca-Cola starts selling Coke with cane sugar in the U.S.

From Breitbart, the White House responds to former press secretary Jen Psaki's comments about Second Lady Usha Vance.

From Newsmax, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) urges Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reopen the federal government or at least support legislation that would pay the military.

And from Fox News, another one bites the dust!  (Apologies to Queen bassist John Deacon.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

Music Break

Since I've been running around most of today, I decided to take a break from my normal routine and put up some music.  Thus, here is a set of five songs.  First up is a number that I've recently discovered, Divine Thing by the Soup Dragons, which came out in 1992.

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, a brazen heist of jewels from the Louvre embarrasses France.

From FrontpageMag, New York City gets its last warning about mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D).

From Townhall, the question that stumped people at CBS.

From The Washington Free Beacon, goodbye, MSNBC.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court agrees to take a case in which an issue is whether illegal drug users can be forbidden to own guns.

From The Federalist, the Democrats have become the party of grumpy old people.

From American Thinker, some family background on the aforementioned Zohran Mamdani.

From MRCTV, a video showing "No Kings" protesters being unable to explain how President Trump is a fascist dictator.

From NewsBusters, CBS slams former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for defending former President Biden and claiming to be independent.

From Canada Free Press, where where the "No Kings" protesters during the Biden presidency?  (It seems that when people complain about "authoritarianism", they give a free pass to the authoritarianism that they agree with.)

From TeleSUR, 228 earthquakes strike in Guatemala in 24 hours.  (I hope this doesn't mean that Vice President Vance is trying to operate the Dick Cheney Earthquake Machine.)

From TCW Defending Freedom, banning Israeli soccer fans is both cowardly and stupid.

From Snouts in the Trough, more criticism of the banning of Israeli soccer fans.

From EuroNews, a road connecting Poland to the Baltic states opens amid tensions with Russia.

From ReMix, Portuguese Leader of the Opposition André Ventura tells Muslims that they can "catch a flight home" is they don't like a recently passed ban on burqas.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonia's governing party celebrates wins in local elections.

From The North Africa Post, Libya has a strong voter turnout in its local elections.

From The New Arab, now that there's a ceasefire in Gaza, what's next for the war in Yemen?

From the Daily Mail, a Moroccan migrant allegedly steals £3,000 worth of items and damages "extremely rare" plants at Magdalen College, part of Oxford University.

From The JCA, an Islamist preacher banned from the U.K. arrives in Canada.

From Gatestone Institute, the implications of Hamas executing Gazans and the world going Sergeant Schultz about them.

From Radio Free Asia, the junta that rules Myanmar claims to have seized 30 Starlink satellite dishes in a raid on a cyberscam center.

From The Stream, "No Kings" protesters virtue-signal nationwide, and Trump poo-poos them.

From The Daily Signal, according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the department has arrested about 480,000 criminal illegal aliens.

From The American Conservative, how Secretary of State and former Senator (R-FL) Marco Rubio became Trump's main hawk on Latin America.

From The Western Journal, a liberal woman from Los Angeles has second thoughts after moving to Costa Rica to escape from Trump.

From BizPac Review, Trump warns Democrats that he could use "unquestioned power" with the Insurrection Act.

From the Daily Caller, actress Kim Kardashian departs from wearing her usual amount of makeup.  (Although the Kardashians may be a bit odd, they should not be confused with the Cardassians.)

From the New York Post, demolition starts on the East Wing of the White House to make way for Trump's $250 million ballroom.

From Breitbart, Trump signs a rare earths and critical minerals deal with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

From Newsmax, Pope Leo XIV proclaims the canonization of seven new saints at a Mass in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump completes his renovations to the White House throne room.

A Sasquatch's Sunday Dozen

On a warm and sunny Sunday, here are 12 things going on:

From Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority TV honors a terrorist who burned a woman and her son to death in 1987.

From Gatestone Institute, has President Xi Jinping lost control of China's military?

From The Daily Signal, 14 signs from the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C.

From The American Conservative, the Hungarian perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, a UFO with a parachute lands in a farm in Texas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC tells white working-class British youths to keep their mouths shut.

From FrontpageMag, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) poses with an unindicted conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

From Townhall, the FBI's Pittsburgh division arrests 19 violent fugitives.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the Jewish roots of the American founding.

From the Washington Examiner, the FBI investigates a hunting stand that had a line of sight with a place where Air Force One lands in Florida.

From American Thinker, the "No Kings" protesters seem to have no problem with some very undemocratic policies here and abroad.

And from ZeroHedge, the aforementioned "No Kings" protests become a "coup d'flat" for white liberal boomers.

Saturday Stuff

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

From FrontpageMag, Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner (D), endorsed by Senator Socialism (I-VT), claimed to have become a communist as he got older.

From Townhall, an illegal alien from Mexico is arrested for allegedly offering bounties on ICE agents.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how President Trump can better deal with the Indian government.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump trolls the "No Kings" rally.

From American Thinker, so, ProFa really exists?

From NewsBusters, NBC does some damage control for the "No Kings" protests by covering up their anti-American speakers.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s "Project Fear" is very much alive.

From The Times Of Israel, according to a Hamas leader, the group can't commit to disarm, but is open to a truce lasting three to five years.

From Gatestone Institute, it seems that Europe has learned nothing.

From The Stream, a video in which a psychiatrist proves that feminism is even worse than previously thought.

From The Daily Signal, the four most off-the-rails moments from the current federal government shutdown.

From The American Conservative, regime change in Venezuela would help Exxon, but not Americans.

And from The Western Journal, a high school quarterback, after being crowned homecoming king, makes a memorable gesture.