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If the Democrats get a 53 vote majority in the Senate they will pass Amnesty and laugh at the Republicans that wouldn’t pass election integrity with a 53 vote majority.

(Both will be happy)

— C3 (@C_3C_3) April 19, 2026

ROBERT SPENCER: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Surfaces (Sort of) With a Chilling Message. “It was peculiarly fitting: the threat of a phantom navy from a supreme leader who may very well not be alive at all.”

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

It’s tomorrow, so if you’re in Virginia do be sure to vote.

ICYMI: 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.

LIGHTNING DEAL: Mregb Solar Charger Power Bank 42800mAh. #CommissionEarned

ACTUAL SMART DIPLOMACY:

We have achieved a new balance in the Middle East in which Israel, Saudi, and the Gulf states work together under an American umbrella, with Iran isolated and China locked out. It’s an incredible accomplishment 50 years in the waiting. https://t.co/lKG3G4H9aq

— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) April 19, 2026

THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IS SHADIER THAN THE FOR-PROFIT SECTOR: Investigation: UPMC jet frequent flier to Florida city where CEO owns condos.

And much less regulated and scrutinized.

BLOCKADE HARDER THEN:

One of the Israeli generals said the blockade will do more damage to the IRGC than every bomb we dropped on them for the last month. https://t.co/eFtZZBrjpt

— Dandalf (@DanTalks1) April 19, 2026

NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Abdul El-Sayed Gets More Brazen As New Michigan Primary Polls Show Him Surging.

Establishment Democrats view El-Sayed, who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as unelectable, and fear a primary win for him would torpedo their chances of retaking the Senate, where they need four seats to flip it.

Most polls have shown Stevens ahead, but within the margin of error. But the most recent two have shown shifts in favor of El-Sayed, with one showing a three-way tie between the three candidates and one even showing El-Sayed and McMorrow were tied while Stevens trailed significantly.

It is perhaps with the knowledge in mind that his association with Piker and his anti-Israel, anti-AIPAC views don’t appear to be hurting him with Democratic voters that El-Sayed has gotten even more brazen, with him dragging the Vance family into his Senate primary battle, and “joking” with podcaster Brian Allen over their private life. He also disgustingly suggested that Vice President Vance didn’t love his children in a way he’d love white children.

It’s almost impossible to believe that this is Michigan.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There is also a fun vignette competition.

ROGER KIMBALL: The Geopolitics of Epic Fury.

I don’t mean to single out the paper that President Trump accurately, if impolitely, calls “the failing New York Times.” About all things Trump, The Wall Street Journal is just as bad. Between February 28, when Operation Epic Fury began, and last week, when President Trump allowed Iran to lift its head out of the water briefly in order to surrender, the WSJ has run countless stories explaining how, despite appearances, Iran was actually winning the conflict. On Saturday, the Journal greeted Iran’s braggadocio about the Strait of Hormuz just as enthusiastically as did the Times. If your version of those papers came with a magic subtext mood reader, you would have been able to hear the excited Molly Bloom-like cries wafting off the page: “Yes! Yes! Yes! Please let it be so! Please let something bad happen to US forces so we can wipe that grin off Trump’s face! Please!”

It’s so obvious.

YEP:

"Feminization equals wokeness."

That single sentence from Helen Andrews at NatCon 5 stopped me cold.

She argues that everything we call wokeness — empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition and hierarchy — is simply the downstream result of… pic.twitter.com/DGWtbm5Xt4

— Camus (@newstart_2024) April 19, 2026

Related:

The voting gap is driven primarily by single women who see their interests as inherently at odds with families and single men. That’s what the data tell us. pic.twitter.com/j7eJ8tKtlM

— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) April 19, 2026

TODAY IS HITLER’S BIRTHDAY, FOR THOSE WHO STILL CELEBRATE:

The dude with the nazi tattoo is now doing nazi salutes??

Where’s the outrage from @CNN @MSNBC @nytimes @AP??

The media were more upset at @elonmusk doing a hand gesture from his heart than they are at this pic.twitter.com/0Im0uKlMRj

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 19, 2026

JOSH BLACKMAN REPEATS HIS CALL: John Roberts is no leader and should resign as Chief Justice. “Why would I tell Roberts–someone I agreed with about 90% of the time–to step down? The answer was a failure of leadership that was visible through publicly available information.”

NICE WORK, FELLAS: U.S. Arrests Iranian Arms Trafficker at Los Angeles Airport.

CUTE:  Discovering Earth. Inspired by a post by Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) on X.

A SWEET STORY: Elon Musk fulfills teen’s last wish in touching X post after she was too weak to take his call.

GOOD:  Cracks Appear in Climate Consensus as Germany’s Energy Minister Admits Renewable Energy is Ruining the Country.

COMMUNIST DISPLAYS:  Wheels On The Marxist Bus: Obama And Mamdani Meet Using Toddlers As Props.

PRECISELY THIS:  In the Beginning, America’s Democrats and the Europeans Alike Strongly Supported Israel; What Happened? The Jews Had the Gall to Stop Acting Like Communists.

WELL, THAT’S ONE WAY TO BECOME A BESTSELLER:  Gavin Newsom Published a Book, and Guess Where the Majority of Its Sales Came From.

THIS IS QUEASY-MAKING: Abdul El-Sayed Gets More Brazen As New Michigan Primary Polls Show Him Surging.

CAN EUROPE QUELL ITS INTERNAL DISSIDENTS:  How Far Right Can You Get?

DEMOCRAT PRIVILEGE, THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED:  Politico Had Swalwell Dead to Rights in 2019. What Happened?

WHAT HE SAID:  UBI is a subscription to existence, paid by a central authority that retains control of the infrastructure you depend on to live. You do not own the AI. You do not own the compute. You do not own the network. You receive an allowance calibrated to keep you functional as a consumer and quiet as a political subject.

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