#RIGGED: New York Times Puts Elise Stefanik Third on Best Sellers List Despite Sales Data Showing She Had Top-Selling Title: The Times has not reviewed or covered Stefanik’s book, ‘Poisoned Ivies,’ as New York Republican accuses outlet of refusing to ‘acknowledge the crisis of antisemitism.’

THE HERO WASHINGTON DESERVES, NOT THE ONE IT NEEDS:

You can literally smoke crack, get caught in an FBI sting, go to prison, commit tax fraud, be a stalker, make racist remarks, and turn your city into a crime-infested hellhole, and Democrats *will still* build a statue of you. https://t.co/Ufv039c5Fh

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 24, 2026

(Classical reference in headline.)

LIGHTNING DEAL: WOLFBOX 3000A Jump Starter with Air Compressor. #CommissionEarned

CHRIS MURPHY IS A CLOWN, BUT A NASTY AND DANGEROUS ONE:

He's accusing others of anti-free speech…while threatening to destroy companies with government power for saying things he doesn't like.

Perfect. Just perfect. https://t.co/QDp5wqQsmp

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 24, 2026

But he’s doing a good job of making plain to the tech oligarchs why a Democratic regime is an existential threat to them and should not be allowed to take power.

JONATHAN TURLEY: The SPLC Indictment: Can Public Interest Groups Run Alleged Black-Bag Jobs and Confidential Informants?

Related:

If the SPLC's payments of millions of dollars to individuals involved with racist hate groups wasn't controversial, why did the SPLC take active steps to conceal what it was doing?

If donors would have been fine with what they were doing, why the need for bank accounts in the…

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) April 24, 2026

THIS SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ANYONE: Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Isn’t Negotiating—He’s Crushing Iran’s Regime.

IT’S NOT JUST PEOPLE BLUE COUNTIES ARE LOSING: When the people move out of blue counties and cities, they also take with them taxable income and spending inputs to the local economy. And not coincidentally, Open the Books also found that many of the counties former blue residents are moving to have fewer government employees.

SHUT IT DOWN:

The NGO funding machine is getting harder to ignore.

USAID funneled $27 million through the Tides Center, with some of it going directly into the Southern Poverty Law Center.

For years, the liberal left inside the federal government hijacked nonprofits as pass-through vehicles;… https://t.co/MZjDph6sGk pic.twitter.com/4Lc0U3U7Ob

— Rick de la Torre (@vrk_rick) April 24, 2026

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  Whale Meat.

#CommissionEarned

Two 700-year-old witches in modern-day Chicago must confront a demand from the community of whales living in Earth’s oceans, that the witches’ unborn son join with them in their effort to heal the broken soul of humankind–with death the outcome should the child fail. Homeless, hungry, and mostly without hope, Yonnie and Mara find help in some unlikely places, including a young mathematics student struggling with calculus, and an alcoholic bum who is much more than he seems.

“WHY AM I SO SLEEPY? I HAD MY COFFEE!” Brewing Trader Joe’s controversy: Customers allege they were misled about coffee’s low caffeine: Some customers have sued over the store-branded French Roast Low Acid whole bean coffee, saying it has significantly less caffeine than customers are led to believe.

We’ve been happy with Puroast, courtesy of Steve Gill.

I ENDORSE THIS:  I recently bought a couple of books from a lovely artist I happen to know. I’ve meant to buy her book for a while, then learned she has a second one, so, you know, it was time to get them both!

NOT MY FAVORITE, BUT AGAIN MOST HEINLEIN CRITICS HAVE NEVER READ HIM:  Defending Heinlein and his most controversial novel – Farnham’s Freehold.

I HOPE THE CEASEFIRE IS JUST TO LET THE ECONOMY CRUMBLE AND THE INFIGHTING OVER THE REMNANTS CULL THE LEFTOVER LEADERSHIP:  It’s hard for Iran to keep a ceasefire when it has no leadership.

SAY WHAT YOU WILL, IT SURE SERVES POUR ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES:   The Department of Justice Announces It’s Bringing Back Death by Firing Squad in Capital Punishment Cases.

OOH, OOOH, HAND UP! I’VE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN STORE THE OIL:  Iran Activates Retired 30-Year-Old Super Tanker As They Run Out of Places to Store Oil.

WHO’S AFRAID OF TEMU OBAMA?  It Sure Sounds Like Hakeem Jeffries Just Tried to Threaten the VA Supreme Court.

WELL… THEY WOULD:  India Denies Ship Made Crypto Payments to Iran for Strait of Hormuz Passage.

THE LEFT ALWAYS USES THE SAME TACTICS:  SPLC False Flag Operations Reminiscent of Tactics Used Against Tea Party.

IS UNFAIR, UNJUST, IMMORAL AND IN ANY HONEST LIGHT UNCONSTITUTIONAL:  Connecticut House Bill 5468.

INDEED:  The Mailbox Test.

WHAT HE SAID:  This Isn’t Politics. It’s a Clinical Disorder.

UNFORTUNATELY:  Woke Mathematics in Education- Part 1. While the last few years have witnessed growing “fatigue” regarding woke and DEI policies, they are still prominent fixtures in our society, especially (and unfortunately) in our STEM fields.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THEY’VE BEEN WATCHING OUR GILLIGAN’S ISLAND RERUNS FOR YEARS. Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we’re here.