FIGHT THE POWER. MAKE THEM PAY.

Matt Taibbi just announced he filed a $10M libel lawsuit in federal court against this member over her false claims against him. https://t.co/eTIrH2d2DE

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 3, 2025

MARC THIESSEN IN THE WAPO: The Signal chat’s big takeaway? Trump has built an effective team. Americans got a fly-on-the-wall view of a group working together to execute the president’s policy.

Amid the outrage over Signalgate, one thing should matter most: The text exchanges have given Americans a window into the inner workings of a highly competent national security team carrying out a successful military operation on the orders of a decisive U.S. president. After four years of Joe Biden’s disastrous leadership on the world stage, we should all be relieved.

Most Americans will never sit in on a National Security Council principals committee meeting. But thanks to the mistaken inclusion of a journalist in a Signal group chat last month, we all got to be flies on the wall as President Donald Trump’s team deliberated before executing effective military strikes against the Houthis, Iran’s proxies in Yemen whom Biden had allowed to fire with virtual impunity more than 140 times at merchant vessels and 174 times at U.S. warships.

Trump’s team respectfully debated the costs and benefits of military action. Vice President JD Vance raised concerns that the mission might be “a mistake” because the Houthi attacks primarily affected European trade. He suggested proceeding with the mission could lead to a rise in gas prices, adding that “there is a strong argument for delaying this a month, doing the messaging work on why this matters, seeing where the economy is.” CIA Director John Ratcliffe chimed in to say that “a delay would not negatively impact us and additional time would be used to identify better starting points for coverage on Houthi leadership.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responded: “If I had final go or no go vote, I believe we should. This [is] not about the Houthis. I see it as two things: 1) Restoring Freedom of Navigation, a core national interest; and 2) Reestablish[ing] deterrence, which Biden cratered.” National security adviser Michael Waltz pointed out that only the United States could carry out the mission because “European navies do not have the capability to defend against the types of sophisticated, antiship, cruise missiles, and drones the Houthis are now using,” adding: “we have a fundamental decision of allowing the sea lanes to remain closed or to re-open them now or later, we are the only ones with the capability unfortunately.” Hegseth agreed: “Mike is correct. … Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go.” Vance replied: “If you think we should do it let’s go.” . . .’

Nothing embarrassing was revealed, no military operations were compromised, and no Americans were killed. Trump’s team executed a successful military operation. There was no “Team Pete” or “Team Mike” or any daylight between them. There was only “Team Trump.”

Competence? You can see why the press is shocked.

WHEN YOU CAN’T READ THE ROOM:

Oh no, not my “European summer.” https://t.co/7SYRDf5qlR

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) April 3, 2025

THEY’VE BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER A DECADE: Geez, Man. Even Tech Blogs Are Lying Because They Are Too Political.

OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface.

TRUE:

The only time they ever become concerned about the budget is when it might lead to us keeping more of our money https://t.co/OjaGs4YDBl

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 2, 2025

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How Laughing Gas Revives Stressed Brain Circuits to Relieve Depression Fast.

CHANGE:

🚨 BREAKING: Harmeet Dhillon has been confirmed as an Assistant Attorney General, 52-45 pic.twitter.com/8N9jj2JTMx

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 3, 2025

FROM THE EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM DEPARTMENT: NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 size of a 10-story building; increases chances of moon impact.

HMM: Experts hail highly successful trial of Lilly’s cholesterol-busting drug lepodisiran.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: ‘Smart,’ ultrasound-activated immune cells may soon provide long-lasting tumor destruction.

CHANGE.

"We don't need more turnout, we need real results. We need integrity in the system. We need no mail-in ballots. We need to get rid of the voting machines. We need to limit the early voting period, and especially limit the late counting period – no counting after election day." https://t.co/raXmUstgGe

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) April 3, 2025

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: DOJ Investigating L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Over CCW Wait Times.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Actually, it’s not safe to crouch during a lightning storm.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: World’s smallest light-activated pacemaker can be inserted with a syringe, then dissolves after it’s no longer needed.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA seeks 2026, 2027 ISS private-mission proposals.

SOUNDS LIKE FUN: Fasting every other day outperforms calorie cutting, clinical trial indicates.

OH, DARN: Signs ‘threatening’ deportation of Harvard pro-Hamas students put up, students ‘distressed.’ I mean it’s not like they say “kill the Jews” or something unobjectionable like that.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Wisconsin University Professor Suspended After Overturning College Republican’s Table.

PUTTING A PRICE ON BIGOTRY AND HATE: Trump admin freezes $210M to Princeton over anti-Semitism after Title VI complaint from Campus Reform’s Zachary Marschall.

THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT HAS MADE CLEAR THAT IT APPROVES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ITS OPPONENTS: Tesla Vandals Keep Getting Caught, Democrats Keep Staying Silent.

LOL:

The rule of thumb for a recession has been “two back-to-back quarters at -1.5”. That happened under Biden, but they changed the definition knowing his entire base would be none the wiser. Y’all have no idea what I said even means as the economically retarded.

— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) April 3, 2025

Changing definitions has become a major democrat tool. Change the definition of recession, change reporting criteria for crime, change reporting data for sex, etc.

They keep changing so they become the experts and can claim that you don’t know what is really going on because…

— Valkyries for women🇺🇸 (@valkyriesrwomen) April 3, 2025

ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK UP KRUGMAN’S WRITINGS ON TRADE FROM THE 1980S YOU CAN DO KRUGMAN VS. KRUGMAN: Krugman vs. Trump on tariffs. Krugman was pretty protectionist by comparison with many mainstream economists then, which won him the admiration of a whole school of anti-deindustrialization “industrial policy” Democrats who espoused policies that looked somewhat Trumpian. But that makes sense, when you remember that Trump is more or less a 1970s Rust Belt Democrat.

THEY’VE BEEN ROBBING AMERICA BLIND FOR DECADES:

Democrats would prefer that we ask, “Who needs to pay more in taxes?”

The American people want us to ask, “What the hell happened to the money?” pic.twitter.com/MWQpMuEIQY

— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) April 1, 2025