Posts on Monday, April 20, 2026

Failed Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is launching a political committee aimed at rural communities despite massive fraud scandals in his home state and his recent pledge to stand with Minnesota’s Somali community. Walz announced on Monday: Today, we’re launching Small Town PAC. We’re going to show up in small towns, organize in places too many people have given up on, and build power with the folks who call these places home. If Democrats want to win in more places, we’ve got to start showing up in more places.

The California Supreme Court officially disbarred President Donald Trump’s former attorney, John Eastman, last week over his work assisting Trump to dispute the 2020 election results. Eastman merely provided options for Trump to consider in a legal memo — some of which would have resulted in Joe Biden winning the election — and drafted and filed a brief for him in the election challenge Texas v. Pennsylvania. In contrast, none of the attorneys involved in the 2000 election challenge representing Al Gore over “hanging chads” in Florida were disciplined.

George Washington University has hired U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan teach a law school course on judicial ethics and decision-making, even as she presides over a federal lawsuit against the university. AliKhan, a Biden appointee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is overseeing Soffer v. George Washington University, a case filed in May 2025 by Jewish students and recent graduates.

Tim Cook will continue to be the executive chairman at tech giant Apple, but is stepping down from his longtime position as CEO of the company. Cook has made a great financial success of Apple, indeed, but many conservatives also remember how he oversaw implementation of a woke agenda. Recently, this has been particularly obvious on Apple News, as Media Research Center found. Apple News went on a 100-day streak of no right-leaning media through the start of February, and proved the most radical major online news aggregator again in March.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is distinguishing herself on the U.S. Supreme Court — and not in a positive way. It’s as though she’s positioned on an island defined by woke ideology, racial justice, and equity, while the other eight justices remain on the mainland of restraint. For proper context, it’s important to know about a case that was in front of her and the other members of the court. The case centered on an early morning police stop in Washington, D.C., where a Metropolitan Police officer responded to a call about what was described as a suspicious vehicle. At around 2 a.m., the officer approached the car, and immediately

While the lives of Supreme Court conservatives were in danger, liberal justices dithered — and Justice Brett Kavanaugh almost paid the ultimate price. In the months leading up to the release of the court’s 2022 decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, a leaked majority ruling alerted radicals on the left that the cherished “right” to an abortion was on the verge of disappearing. They would go to any lengths — including murder — to keep that from happening, and the court’s liberals were helping. That scenario is described in a “Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution,” a book out for release Tuesday by conservative commentator, author,

On Monday morning, leading national press organizations and over 250 has-beens — including Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson — showed their hatred for President Trump and his voters by demanding White House correspondents and other D.C. journalists denounce President Trump to his face at this Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD). The letter ordered attendees to “forcefully demonstrate opposition to President Trump’s efforts to trample freedom of the press” since allowing Trump to attend — an invitation extended to him by CBS’s Weijia Jiang the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) board — was “a profound contradiction of [the dinner’s] purpose” to celebrate the D.C. media’s “vital and irreplaceable role”

CNN was unapologetic even after they were found liable for their malicious defamation of Navy veteran Zachary Young last year. And in reporting on FBI Director Kash Patel’s $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic for their recent reporting about him, on Monday, CNN’s The Situation Room suggested was just him “performing” for President Trump and suggested he should have just ignored the possible defamation because more people have since read it. In giving a rundown of the suit, chief media analyst Brian Stelter rhetorically scoffed at any possibly the suit legitimacy. According to him, Patel was only “performing” for President Trump:

A school district in the Minneapolis suburbs is remodeling two high schools to fit "student needs," by which it means adding a prayer room and foot-washing facilities specifically for Muslims. Alpha News senior reporter Liz Collin posted on X April 20 the following screenshots regarding plans for a specifically configured "prayer room" as part of Park Center Senior High's remodel and "footwash[s]" as part of Osseo Senior High School's remodel. The Osseo Schools in Minnesota confirmed the updates and claimed they were "included in updated plans after hearing from user groups on student needs." The person who sent in the tip to Collin noted that this prayer room is not

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic in federal court in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2026. The civil complaint accuses the magazine of publishing false allegations with actual malice after receiving warnings that key claims were untrue. The suit stems from a recent The Atlantic article that Patel says contains damaging and inaccurate statements about his background and actions. The 19-page complaint states that defendants published the article “with actual malice, despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false.” It details specific passages from the article that Patel disputes.

As bad as you think the level of Chicom influence in California is, it’s actually worse. Fiona Ma, California’s state treasurer and a candidate for lieutenant governor, has ties to a private Chinese boarding school at the center of a scathing California county audit, according to a post that was on the school’s website. Ma told students during a 2023 visit to the school that she could help provide internships and job opportunities in California, the post said. Pegasus California School, based in Qingdao, China, was the subject of an audit issued last month by education officials in California’s Riverside County. The report found a Southern California district improperly issued diplomas to

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s secretary for the Department of Labor, is exiting the administration amid a mass staff exodus. Assistant to the President and White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung broke the news in a post on X, saying that Chavez-DeRemer will exit the administration to take a position in the private sector. “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives,” Cheung wrote. He further noted that Deputy Sec. of Labor Keith Sonderling

President Donald Trump’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is actively re-vetting migrants awarded green cards, asylum, and other benefits under former President Joe Biden, the agency’s director confirmed. Over the weekend, USCIS Director Joe Edlow told One America News that the Trump administration has kicked its fraud probes into high gear, specifically going after fraudsters who came to the U.S. under the Biden administration. “In terms of the people that are perpetrating fraud: Stop, because we are going to find you,” Edlow said in the interview, which he later shared on X. “And even if you’ve already [committed fraud], and you think you’ve gotten away with it, we’re going back,”

The Montana Supreme Court struck a blow to biological reality by allowing Montanans who claim to be transgender amend birth certificates and change driver’s licenses to match their self-proclaimed “gender identity.” The state’s high court ruled 5-2 on Tuesday to uphold a lower court’s preliminary injunction of a 2022 policy that mandates Montanans have birth certificates and IDs that match their biological sex. The court ruled that the policy likely goes against the state constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” the court claimed in its opinion, ultimately rejecting biological reality.

Politics is often framed as a battle of ideas. Elections. Messaging. Media narratives. But beneath all that lies something more fundamental — and far less discussed. Demography. Because in the long run, it is not the loudest voices who win. It is the next generation. And increasingly, that generation is not being raised by the political left. [snip] This would explain Democrats’ open borders policies, which, combined with generous welfare benefits, add millions of voters electing to continue the gravy train. The real divide is not just race or geography. It is fertility. And on that front, the left is losing.

I wouldn't say nobody. That's the problem. One side keeps playing games while the other side keeps demonstrating its seriousness. That pattern will likely repeat itself today in Islamabad, but the US plans to let it unfold in the open so no one will get confused. Donald Trump has sent J.D. Vance again to lead the negotiations with Iran to end the war on American terms. It's not clear yet whether Vance, Steven Witkoff, and Jared Kushner will see anyone across the table, but the US will show up as the ceasefire deadline approaches:

Obama calls Newsom’s approach to combat redistricting ‘responsible’ABC News’ Gio Benitez is joined by California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis to weigh in on Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts to draw new congressional maps in California. Former President Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a redistricting measure that could give Democrats a boost in the 2026 midterms if it passes. "By voting yes, you can push back against the Republicans trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterms," Obama said in the video shared with ABC News. "By voting yes, you can take a temporary step to level the playing field. And we're counting on you."

WFAA has released harrowing bodycam footage from the Antifa terrorist attack on the Prairieland ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, in July 2025. A police officer was shot in the neck during the coordinated ambush.  “I do not consent to a search,” one of the Antifa terrorists said after being arrested after the shooting. “You ain’t gotta consent to a goddamn thing!” an officer responded back. “F— around and find out today.” (This full exchange is not included in the edited video.)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has fiercely denied accusations that he deliberately misled lawmakers over his appointment of former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson. "No, I did not mislead the House of Commons. I accept that information that I should have had, and information that the House should have had should have been before the House, but I did not mislead the House," Starmer said Monday when asked if he "inadvertently misled” the lower house of parliament.The rousing session in Westminster unfolded amid mounting calls for Starmer—the leader of the ruling Labour Party—to resign,

Leaks, probably from individuals just starting to receive subpoenas, are now quickly making their way to the media. The goal seems to be to rally as much corporate media support as possible, with a subtle push to initiate an Alinsky process. The media’s formerly predictable compliance toward generating a needed Alinsky lawfare strategy is, however, made more complicated by the recent purchases of several major corporate media conglomerates by Larry and David Ellison. A shifted tone, that can be noted, is in the responsive outcome of the leak received by CBS News:

PORTLAND, Maine—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) campaigned Saturday alongside Graham Platner, the left-wing candidate in the Maine Democratic Senate primary who has praised Hamas and until recently sported a tattoo of a Nazi symbol. Warren said Platner "has the values" to serve in the upper chamber and would bring "accountability" to Washington, D.C. Platner "is a man who not only has the values, but a man who believes in accountability, and we need a little accountability coming out of Washington right now," Warren told attendees at a packed Holiday Inn ballroom. "Billionaires don't want to pay taxes, and nobody in Washington will get in that fight. Well, Graham Platner's gonna."

By almost any analysis, Christianity is the superior religion. Of all, Christianity reigns supreme. Christianity has positively transformed the entire world. Even now, ill-informed leftists don’t realize most of their thoughts on the dignity of the human and individual freedom -- and hundreds more -- are due to Christianity. Thomas Jefferson noted, “Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.” And if one is going to become a Christian it would seem that His Church, the Catholic Church, should be the choice. The other denominations were

Each month, the I&I/TIPP Poll reports on President Donald Trump’s favorability and approval among voters. But what about Vice President J.D. Vance? I&I/TIPP has numbers for him too, and they make for interesting insights into Vance’s approval by the voting public and his potential as a presidential candidate in 2028. The numbers, as we noted above, come from monthly national online opinion soundings of approximately 1,400 adults, spread across all regions and 36 demographic groups. With over 15 months of data, starting in February of 2025, some clear trends emerge. Overall, it’s a good news, bad news scenario

The newest Gaza freedom flotilla has come under the spotlight – not because of its stated aim of “breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza” – but because a senior member was accused of sexual misconduct. The scandal began shortly after the flotilla set sail from Barcelona on April 12, when the Palestinian group Heart of Falastin claimed that “a senior member of the flotilla, a member of the steering committee, the highest governing body of the organization, code named B.L. for their protection (not ours), engaged in sexual relations with multiple activists while on the boat heading toward Gaza. Not one person. Not two. Three different individuals.” Heart of Falastin then said,

Thanks to having a hometown builder-in-chief in the White House, New York has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an iconic landmark in the dingiest part of Midtown that would rival Rockefeller Center, Central Park or the Empire State Building. At the same time, the squalid underground rathole we call Penn Station would become an uplifting experience for the hundreds of thousands of downtrodden commuters who feel disrespected every day when they pass through. But the long-promised Penn Station redevelopment still may end up as a mediocre compromise because of the big stumbling block of Madison Square Garden, which sits right on top of everything,

Jewish leaders warned antisemitism in the UK was “gathering momentum” after a projectile was thrown through a window at the Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north London. Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (HAYI), an Islamist militant group, said it was behind the attack. It has now claimed responsibility for five incidents targeting Jewish sites in London, including the firebombing of four ambulances in Golders Green in March and a botched drone attack on the Israeli embassy last week. Counter-terror police believe the group could be linked to the Iranian regime and recruiting assailants online with no allegiance to their cause by using “quick cash”.

The US president's negotiations and ceasefires] are viewed by Tehran, Gaza and Beirut as infidels trying to tell Muslims what to do. For them, such a situation is unimaginable, unacceptable, and cannot be allowed to stand. To Iran's current leaders, whoever they are, if Trump carries out his threat to bomb the country's bridges and power plants on Wednesday, so be it. In the view of Iran's theocratic regime, none of that is of any importance so long as it survives, in any form, to be able to continue waging jihad (holy war) against its people, its neighbors and the West.

This past weekend, the self-proclaimed leaders of the global Left gathered in Barcelona to complain about Donald Trump and to declare that they are the real and legitimate representatives of the global masses, as they pushed back against the American president, his policies, and his purported destruction of the post-World War II institutions they profess to respect and cherish. The Global Progressive Mobilization conference, which drew some 6,000 elected representatives and activists from around the world, was organized and hosted by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who has positioned himself as Trump’s chief international critic over the last several weeks.

The chattering class has once again been shocked by President Trump’s out-of-the-box actions. For years, we’ve been led to believe in the oft-repeated international consensus among “experts” according to which Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and has a stranglehold on the world’s hydrocarbon-powered economy. In one fell swoop during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on her Sunday Morning Futures show, the president flipped the script in declaring that the US was going to blockade Iranian oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz (implying that the US would be replacing Iran as the presumptive gatekeeper).

The Strait of Hormuz is fully open to commercial vessels and will remain open indefinitely, President Trump stated Friday. “Iran has just announced that the Strait of Iran is fully open and ready for full passage! Thank you!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again. It will no longer be used as a weapon against the World!” Trump wrote in a subsequent post. He noted that the “naval blockade will remain in full force and effect” until a final agreement is reached with Tehran. In more good news, the president said that Iran,

It’s remarkable how the real world always illustrates the Founders’ wisdom, graphically and undeniably. Take the current situation in Iran. It’s a country with a great history, full of intelligent people run by a bunch of backward, semi-human savages with a ridiculous apocalyptic theology that is so brutal it killed 30,000 or so of its own people a few months ago just to stay in power. And now it’s still in power, at least over its own people, despite the United States and Israel righteously devastating its conventional military capabilities. You can sync its navy, shoot down its Air Force, and smash its missiles; the power on the ground requires

Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron talked about his run for the US Senate on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream. He is running to secure the seat that is held by retiring Senator Mitch McConnell. “On May 19th, Kentucky voters will choose their top Republican contender to replace retiring Senator Mitch McConnell,” Bream said. “Joining me now is another candidate vying for the soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat, former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron,” Bream said. “Let’s work through some of the criticism of your particular race, your position,” Bream said of critics running against Cameron.

After the war in Iran started on February 28, Pope Leo XIV issued “muted appeals for peace and dialogue” for several weeks. However, his tone changed when he delivered a stern homily on March 29, Palm Sunday. He said, “Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.”

The repatriation scheme is contained in a Government-backed security bill, which has already been approved by the Senate and is due to be debated in the lower house of Parliament this week. The controversial proposal has provoked a furious response from lawyers, judges and the Government’s political opponents, a month after Giorgia Meloni, the Italian Prime Minister, suffered a devastating defeat in a national referendum on judicial reform. … Meloni has pledged to tackle illegal immigration and has lobbied European neighbours to follow her hardline policies.

Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is addressing some post-Coachella legal concerns and will hopefully return tomorrow. A common refrain among conservatives in recent years is that we can't hate the media enough. Back in the summer of 2024, I wrote about my disdain for the "h" word — I try to never use it when speaking or writing — and the fact that the Democrats' flying monkeys in the mainstream media might get me to reintroduce it to my vocabulary. I don't want to let them to get to me, but they're certainly trying.

A great deal of national news coverage concerning Virginia has focused on the attempt by its new Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger, and her confederates in the General Assembly to circumvent the commonwealth’s constitution in order to radically gerrymander the state’s congressional district map. This maneuver has, however, overshadowed another of their equally dubious legislative actions. A bill proposing that Virginia join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) passed both houses of the General Assembly in February, and Gov. Spanberger signed it into law on April 13.