MEDIA LIES: Durham says CIA found data alleging Trump-Russia plot was ‘user created.’

OPEN THREAD: Your demons will wither away.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China and Russia Are Catching Up to U.S. in Space Capabilities, Pentagon Warns.

TODAY’S INSTALLMENT IN THE FEINSTEIN COUNTDOWN: “Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus, a reliable barometer of certified liberal opinion inside the Beltway, has a column up about the matter of Dianne Feinstein, which even a careless reader can make out as another loud note in chorus of coordinated voices that has determined that Feinstein needs to be forced from office…we have to wonder whether this effort to drive Feinstein from office is a dry run for how the left will try to remove President Biden at some point soon.”

Flashback: The Democratic Party’s Ice Floe Politics: “The next time a Democratic politician makes an anonymous observation about the age or vigor of a colleague with whom they disagree, be skeptical. The remarks are made to reporters as if in sorrow, but the message is about as subtle as a shiv in the prison yard.”

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Loose Nuke Talk.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently boasted of possibly using nukes against both Ukraine, and, more ominously, those NATO countries who aided Kyiv. In response, French President Emmanuel Macron reminded Russia that NATO itself has an ample nuclear deterrent.

In theory, should NATO and the U.S. supply Ukraine tanks, artillery, and planes, the fierce Ukrainians could push the entire Russian army entirely out of their country. But would a nuclear Putin allow that?

Over the last few weeks nuclear talk has arisen over a myriad of issues. If the war continues to go badly for Russia, at what point will a seemingly erratic Putin begin issuing nuclear redlines to Ukraine and its allies?

Would a crushing defeat push over the edge a nuclear trash-talking Putin — facing the possible end of his regime?

Ukraine nuke talk spins off into lots of other places. Nuclear North Korea is resuming its ballistic missile launches to intimidate non-nuclear South Korea and Japan. China is rapidly expanding its nuclear stockpiles and now talks openly of ending a free Taiwan, warning Taiwan’s friends and allies to keep out — or else.

Iran promises to become nuclear soon. Nuclear Russia has assumed the role of interlocutor of all discussions to restart a new nuclear “Iran deal.”

Russia controls Syrian airspace. In theory, Putin could stop nuclear Israel either from replying to terrorist attacks emanating from Syria, or from staging a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear bomb facilities.

Suddenly newspapers and blogs seemed fixated on hyping the relative stockpiles and megatonnage of various nuclear states, as if they were just GDP or energy output data.

Listen Sug — don’t forget to say your prayers. And remember to socially distance in the fallout shelter*:

Here’s a link to the referenced document if you want to see it for yourself.

Flashback: The Unexpected Return of Duck and Cover.

* Note that Twitter management has already nuked Libs of Tik Tok.

SCIENCE: There’s a Reliable Way to Trigger Lucid Dreams, Scientists Have Found.

SPACE: Space X launches second U.S. reconnaissance satellite on Falcon 9 rocket.

JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER AND PASSOVER, FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: In This Time of War, I Propose We Give Up God.

APPARENTLY BOTH THE INVISIBLE MAN AND THE FLASH WERE ON STAGE BEHIND HIM: ‘Fact Checkers’ Claim Biden Wasn’t ‘Shaking Hands With Thin Air.’ Oh, Really?

SCIENCE: COVID vaccines are not meant to prevent all infections, experts say. Americans need to reset their expectations.

Denny Mitchell couldn’t believe he tested positive for the coronavirus in January.

The 45-year-old from Houston never left the house without his mask, he avoided indoor dining at all costs, and most important, he was fully vaccinated. But he still got sick.

“I was surprised because I was taking so many precautions,” he said.

It’s no longer unusual to hear of someone getting COVID-19 even though they’re fully vaccinated and boosted. Yet, many Americans are still shocked when it happens to them.

That’s because they’ve been fed a religion, not science.

UH-OH TATER: Brian Stelter’s Days at CNN May Be Numbered, He’s Called ‘Partisan Lighting Rod,’ ‘Distraction.’

Sad news to report. We may not have Brian Stelter to kick around much longer. After the Warner Brothers/Discovery merger, there was a focus on what partisan crap CNN has become. One of the people who makes CNN the least trusted name in news entertainment is our favorite genderless Potato head content creator Brian Stelter. Rumor has it his days are numbered. At least, according to reporter Jon Nicosia.

Nicosia’s past credentials include Mediaite and Washington Examiner. His sources are the ones breaking the bad news, stating Discovery management “very much considers him a Zucker henchman and embarrassment” and believes he is “a negative partisan lighting rod and distraction going forward.”

Stelter will then be free at least to pursue his dream job: Becoming a “senior fellow” at Media Matters.

LET’S DO IT FOR CIVILIANS, TOO: Pentagon to build nuclear microreactors to power far-flung bases.

XI’S AFRAID OF A COUP: Something Is Rotten In The State Of Shanghai’s Latest COVID Lockdowns. “Make no doubt about it, there’s something seriously disturbing about the state of the recent Covid lockdowns taking place in Shanghai. Even for China.”

MORE RECIPES: Chris Shepherd’s Texas Chili. An easy recipe.

Some people would say it’s not chili season. I say it’s always chili season.

HMM: The Curious Case of Claudine Gay: She is the common thread in the Epstein, Weinstein, Dominguez, Enos, and Fryer scandals. Lots of anonymous quotes here, but also some damaging on the record stuff.

TASTES: How I Came to Love and Appreciate the Anti-GLOCK.

BE PREPARED: Paper Shredder,VidaTeco 8-Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder with US Patented Cutter. #CommissionEarned

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Michigan kindergartener brings Jose Cuervo margaritas to snack time, made students ‘woozy.’

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s ‘space dream’: A Long March to the Moon and beyond.