TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Fifth-grade teacher charged with 25 sex crimes against 2 young students, including rape.

CALIFORNIA: Following Rape Accusations Against Swalwell, Newsom Fundraises Off His Ouster.

MATT TAIBBI: Public Stonings are Not “Accountability:” The high-speed demolition of Eric Swalwell is being celebrated as appropriate “accountability,” but removing due process isn’t justice.

JONATHAN LEAF: News That’s Been Drowned Out By The Sound of Battle.

SHUT UP, SHORTY: Michigan Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Blamed US for ‘Creating’ Terrorism: ‘What Happens When People Are in Pain?’

ICYMI:

If true, this is the most significant corruption scandal in Australian history

Afghan villagers are PAID to testify against war hero Ben Roberts-Smith

The villagers are then coached

The government in return offers the villagers ASYLUM – which presumably is like winning the… https://t.co/6Jj5cKNUlK

— Lisa (@Lisa9Sophia) April 17, 2026

Could the Australian Special Forces take down the government?

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

I HOPE SO: Is America on the Verge of a Nuclear Renaissance?

AFTER THE SWALWELL COLLAPSE, THE LEFT CHOOSES AN ENEMY TO CONSOLIDATE AROUND: California governor’s race declares war on Big Tech.

HE DIDN’T DO IT BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE: Dick Morris Confirms a Huge Rumor About Bill and Hillary Clinton. “Dick Morris has finally confirmed what many people have long suspected: Bill Clinton, while sitting in the Oval Office, seriously entertained the idea of divorcing Hillary — and he had his longtime political advisor run the polls to find out if he could survive it politically.”

Plus: “The whole arc of Hillary’s political career — the Senate seat in New York, the 2008 primary run, the secretary of State role, the 2016 presidential campaign — was all courtesy of a politically convenient marriage, which was merely a vehicle for her own quest for power.”

She was a once-attractive Yale Law woman — no small achievement that — who married well. Otherwise she would have been an ERISA partner in some big firm, disliked by the associates.

SO MUCH OF OUR ECONOMY IS BASED ON CHEATING TAXPAYERS:

*No more EBT for Soda or Candy*

*7-Eleven begins aggressively closing stores*

*Realize 7-Eleven was subsidized* https://t.co/2JGxbdXCVo pic.twitter.com/WMK3iZTcud

— Heart & Soil (@heartandsoilHQ) April 17, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Landing astronauts on the moon ‘is absolutely doable, and it’s doable soon,’ NASA’s Artemis 2 commander says.

Well, we’ve done it before.

A FRIEND WRITES:

I am shocked at how the service academy pages and other military-directed sites are absolutely overrun by angry progressives.

I mean, is this just what they do now? “Like” pages just to vent incessantly?

I’m usually just scrolling cooking reels so apparently I’ve missed the real action online.
Mind numbing.

They’re super upset that we’re winning a war and not taking heavy casualties.

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

BREAD HAS HAD THAT REPUTATION FOR A LONG TIME: Scientists Reveal Why Bread Can Cause Weight Gain Without Overeating. “This isn’t the first time nutritionists have talked about bread and carbohydrates and their contribution to weight gain, but there hasn’t been much detailed research into the relationship – especially wheat flour – or into what might be happening at a metabolic level. The team discovered that eating more wheat bread was associated with reduced energy expenditure, pushing the metabolism towards a state where fat storage is prioritized, even when the calories in a diet stay at a similar level.”

My half-assed hypothesis: Ancient humans mostly ate grains and tubers — high in carbs — when other food was scarcer. So your body interprets high carb intake as a sign of impending famine and starts packing on the reserves.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Living With Roommates Might Be Changing Your Gut Microbiome Without You Knowing.

GO FIGURE.

This is just like the Holocaust. I remember the vicious scene in Schindlers List when Ralph Fiennes gave Jews 3000$ and let them fly home.

— Coach Harry Ellis (@Jetspete) April 16, 2026

WELL, GOOD: These lab-grown insulin cells reverse diabetes in mice and clear a major hurdle for type 1 treatment.

LIST: The Bestselling Luxury Vehicles of 2026.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: NSSF Files FEC Complaint Against Giffords PAC For Not Reporting Joint Fundraising.

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.

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

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

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