BUT UNLIKE CERTAIN MINNESOTAS, THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING ON IT: Texas Not Free From Welfare State Fraud.

HMM:

🚨 The Islamic Republic is showing a MAJOR internal fracture at the highest levels in real time.

After Araghchi and Trump both claimed the Strait of Hormuz is “open,” IRGC-linked Fars News is now openly questioning officials, warning of confusion inside the country, and… https://t.co/YoOAA46Fed pic.twitter.com/ahCEPsPdii

— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) April 17, 2026

Meanwhile, the US naval blockade on Iranian ports and vessels continues, even with Iran suddenly announcing that Hormuz is open again.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: The Future Belongs to Those Who Show Up.

MARCO RUBIO, VICEROY OF VENEZUELA: State Department on Venezuela: No Trust, Just Leverage.. and a Plan for Elections?

SPELING IS HARD:

You can't tell me that this is a legitimate system of government

I don't care if you're the silliest libtard on earth, there's no way you really believe this woman should govern a city of 6 million people https://t.co/Ljktqkm2Aa

— Bennett's Phylactery (@extradeadjcb) April 17, 2026

TRIM YOUR NAILS: 360° Rotating Toenail Clippers. #CommissionEarned

ON NOTICE: The DOJ Has Warned Virginia About Its Anti-Gun Jihad.

SPOILER: THE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE YAPPING WILL CONTINUE.

Every foreign policy genius who spent a decade collecting paychecks to tell us Iran was untouchable just watched a real estate developer from Queens reopen the waterway that moves a third of the world's oil.

The credential class should be embarrassed into silence. pic.twitter.com/HjKVfZq5T5

— Mehek Cooke🇺🇸 (@MehekCooke) April 17, 2026

WELL: What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid? For decades, scientists have concentrated on what now looks to be a blind alley.

A CONSERVATIVE GOES BEHIND ENEMY LINES: What I Saw at Kamala’s Book Tour Talk.

AND YET I DO BELIEVE IT:

You are not going to believe this

Utah Supreme Court ruled against a Republican-led amendment tied to a redistricting effort… just TWO weeks after a judge attended a party at the home of the lawyer who fought against it

She’s now UNDER INVESTIGATION for allegedly having a… pic.twitter.com/VwgSoQ0SYl

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 17, 2026

HMM: Missing general, scientist deaths tied to secret US work prompt White House probe.

HMM: Netflix stock slides as forecast misses, co-founder Reed Hastings announces departure from board.

BRAVO, WELL PLAYED, SIR:

I mean this probably is the best tweet ever produced. It’s perfect like a diamond pic.twitter.com/AJsJSVAm8P

— BoiltOwl (@nealjclark1) April 17, 2026

HMM: These Are the 4 Most Overlooked Signs of Declining Health, According to Aging Experts.

OUCH: Check Nancy Pelosi’s Back for Tire Marks Because Kevin McCarthy Just Pulled a Swalwell Hit and Run.

If THERE’S ANYONE LEFTIES DON’T DESPISE (ESPECIALLY THEMSELVES, DEEP DOWN), I DON’T KNOW WHO IT MIGHT BE:

For the DSA Left the ‘working class’ is a theoretical abstraction that is invoked to justify the self entitlement and prerogatives of a class of affluent (but downwardly mobile) professional and creative elites. https://t.co/b0LsOzleWb

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) April 17, 2026

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Tartar Sauce Always Has To Be Refrigerated, And It’s All Because Of One Ingredient.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. AI Isn’t the Future of Our National Security. It’s the Present.

I covered just a small fraction of what AI already does for the military (in Operation Epic Fury) a couple of weeks ago, and it is impressive.

FREE CHAPTERS OF BOOK ABOUT TO DROP:  A Small Pause For Self Promo.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS, “EVERYTHING BUT HORSESHOE”:

Which is it?

— Kosher (@koshercockney) April 17, 2026

WELL, THEY’RE GRIFTERS:

Giffords supported Justin Fairfax, Jay Jones, and Eric Swalwell.

Maybe they aren't the best judges of character? https://t.co/4wd5ZnaAn1

— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) April 16, 2026

WELL, HE’S RIGHT: Greg Dolezal’s Blunt Warning About Sharia Law Is Turning Heads in Georgia.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION:

Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales. pic.twitter.com/ZvHJqScCB4

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 16, 2026

CAUSE AND EFFECT, WHICH ORDER DO THEY GO IN?

The timing on this story is interesting because Trump *actually* canceled this contract with CC two weeks ago, before the kerfluffle with the pope took place.

Kinda makes it seem like the kerfluffle is a *response* to Trump taking steps to stop the flow of "refugees" https://t.co/vJOy8q00ws

— Theophilus Chilton (Scots-Irish Supremacist) 🇺🇲 (@Theo_Chilton) April 16, 2026

We don’t just have the worst media; we have the worst of all possible media.