SPEAKING OF IRAN: Richard Pollock recounts the multiple ways in which leading Senate Democrats, including especially Schumer, have been proven wrong in their assessments of Trump’s military aims, negotiating tactics and mental condition.

FAITH SIDE OF IRAN CONFLICT: Rod Martin, a key leader in the anti-woke movement within the Southern Baptist Convention, opens his Substack column to a Baptist Report analysis that finds the fall of the mullahs could open the way to “the most significant spiritual shift in the region in centuries.”

HMM: Monica Reza Is a Missing Scientist: The Strange Circumstances of Her Disappearance.

I’M HONESTLY FLABBERGASTED THE ECONOMIST REPORTED A TRUTH:

The Economist went from condemning Trump’s Venezuela policy to praising it in 3 months.

January 10: “THE DONROE DELUSION.”

April 16: “Donald Trump has made Venezuela a better place.” pic.twitter.com/Py9hVaC6Ym

— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) April 19, 2026

Particularly when it comes with credit to Donald Trump.

SCIENCE: Torpedo-shaped robots diving deep into ocean help solve mystery of Antarctica’s sea ice.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can Swapping Out Your Plasma Slow the Aging Process?

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

When I interviewed David Cameron after he became Prime Minister he said the thing that shocked him most was “the scale of the domestic Islamist terrorist threat”.
An RAF cadet has been suspended for seeming to make the same point.
@RAFCRANWELL https://t.co/2DOoeE7H4x

— Allison Pearson (@AllisonPearson) April 19, 2026

It’s pretty clear who’s in charge of the UK, or nearly so.

SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT: Psychology asserts that children of the 1960s and 1970s did not become emotionally strong thanks to better parenting, but because they grew up with enough daily neglect to learn to self-regulate, solve problems on their own, and develop a resilience that modern comforts make difficult to build.

THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA SQUANDERED IN PURSUIT OF THE NARRATIVE:

Trust in Legacy Media has tanked pic.twitter.com/ukvHEl1guh

— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) April 18, 2026

Related:

The intellectual and moral collapse of the NY Times as "the paper of record." A play in two acts:

Act 1: In 2020, more than 800 reporters, editors, and staff at NY Times revolt and protest the publication of op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton arguing that troops should be deployed,… pic.twitter.com/WMZ3VMZqP3

— Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) April 18, 2026

They still insist we take them seriously, however.

STAY SAFE: aosu Security Cameras Outdoor Wireless, 2 Cam-Kit, No Subscription Required.: #CommissionEarned

SALENA ZITO: Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book His Side is a fresh look at male alienation. “Noted forensic psychologist Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book, His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage and Life in America, is a provocative look at the male experience. Smith uses interviews to examine how straight men are forced to navigate shattered norms in a turbulent society. Smith, who has long studied the human experience, takes the conversation outside of clinical data and brings the reader into the living rooms, workplaces, and communities of everyday men. There she uncovers the cultural fraying of the male experience in this country, one that has often been narrowed, stereotyped, and viewed with hostility. She uncovers a deep-seated ‘connective tissue’ that has been unraveled by a culture that often views the male experience through a narrow, and sometimes hostile, lens. . . . Smith’s book is a central guide for both men and women who are eager to understand navigating our modern world. The book offers great insights into men’s needs and a perspective that is clear-eyed and useful for both genders.”

You can read the book here.

THE CEASEFIRE WILL LAST JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR THE NAVY TO RELOAD:

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Navy is preparing to start boarding and seizing Iranian-linked sanctioned oil tankers in international waters across the world.

The operations would start over the next couple of days if the ceasefire ends without a deal. pic.twitter.com/9chXLLo6Qo

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 19, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Colgate faculty hold teach-in to discuss ‘resistance’ to ICE, police.

YOU LOST ME AT “BERKELEY SOCIOLOGY.” UC Berkeley sociology names transgender activist and AI researcher as commencement speaker.

JUDGE THEM BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP:

Liz Warren runs through a parade of elected Socialists, culminating with Maine’s National Socialist contender pic.twitter.com/QZ2aY1HmRJ

— Tom Shattuck (@tomshattuck) April 19, 2026

JOHN LUCAS ON VIRGINIA’S SPECIAL ELECTION: Scrapping the Work of the Founding Fathers: Crafting a revolution with an end-run around the Constitution.

HAPPY PATRIOT’S DAY:

Patriots Day. Marking April 19, 1775. When Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.

It's a holiday in Massachusetts and Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts. Should be a national holiday.

July 4 marks the day they published a… pic.twitter.com/K39h8fwSTZ

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 19, 2026

YES:

Trump saying he will hit the refineries and power plants in Iran is a threat to China, not Iran.

— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) April 19, 2026

SANITY REAPPEARING? Democrats turn on Spanberger over plummeting popularity amid redistricting.

THE NYT BESTSELLER LIST HAS BEEN AN OBVIOUS SCAM FOR A WHILE NOW: New York Times Puts Gavin Newsom on Best Sellers List Despite ‘Bulk Sales’ It Has Used To Disqualify Conservatives: Nearly three-fourths of the copies Newsom sold around the time he landed on the list came from his campaign.

CHANGE:

rich people getting tattoo removal is one of the biggest cultural rugpulls of all time https://t.co/ObNxmiUkpb

— doomer (@uncledoomer) April 18, 2026

In 2017, Mark Hemingway wrote at the Federalist, “We All Need To Admit That America Has A Tattoo Problem.”

Sooner or later, it was obvious that the most visible members of pop culture would shift in the other direction, leaving everyday people who got inked up following their lead begin to look silly. Especially: New evidence undercuts Senate candidate Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked.

Deleted social media comments and an interview with an acquaintance undercut Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s claims this week that he only recently learned that a tattoo on his chest had Nazi origins.

A KFile investigation has uncovered mounting evidence that Platner — a Marine veteran— was aware of and defended the use of Nazi symbolism that had come to be embraced by some members of the military.

In one thread from 2019, Platner weighed in on a conversation about the “Totenkopf” — the skull-and-crossbones emblem worn by Nazi SS units that his own tattoo would later draw scrutiny for resembling — to note that many US service members had adopted similar imagery, such as the Punisher skull used by some Navy SEALs.

Using his longtime Reddit handle P-Hustle, the former Marine infantryman and future Democratic Senate hopeful also argued in a 2020 online discussion that “SS” lightning-bolt tattoos were a “culture” marker within Marine Scout Sniper units, not an expression of White supremacist ideology.

Earlier: Far Left Maine Senate Candidate Compares U.S. Marines to Nazi Party.

UPDATE:

About last night… pic.twitter.com/OhKNRO0FbF

— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) April 19, 2026

LIGHTNING DEAL: AstroAI Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor Air Pump for Car Tires. #CommissionEarned

WHY LEFTISTS ARE ANTI-SPACE: In Space, No One Can Whine About Inequality.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

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— Magamind (@McRick4Now) April 16, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Make it special.