21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Model goes on date with soldier then bonks him on camera to ‘thank him for his service.’

FOR BIDEN THAT’S NOT A BUG, IT’S A FEATURE: Biden’s LNG Export Embargo Hurts Farmers, Too.

CULTURE IS UPSTREAM FROM POLITICS: Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie Create ‘Non-Woke’ Film Studio, Promise Unfiltered Movies.

Related: Nick Cave says woke culture has a “lack of mercy, a lack of forgiveness.”

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS: She Won Sydney Sweeney’s Ford Mustang—Now What?

CHICAGO: Another Day, Another ‘Ceasefire’ ‘Anti-Violence’ Worker Busted on Gun Charges.

FASTER, PLEASE: Large Mouse Study Still Tracking to Experimentally Doubling Remaining Life of Middle Age Male Mice.

WELL, GOOD: Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness.

FASTER, PLEASE: Researchers discover new class of drugs to fight antibiotic resistance.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: That 1938 Feeling: A Scent of Trouble in the Air.

JOEL KOTKIN: The coming revolt against woke capitalism: The ‘progressive’ super-rich have no idea how much the public loathes them.

THE WHITENESS OF WOKENESS: “Most people advocating for radical social change on behalf of people of color are not themselves people of color.”

IT SHOULD BE READY JUST IN TIME FOR THE ELECTION: First human case of bird flu reported in Texas, following exposure to infected cattle.

DON SURBER: Looks like we Trumped Red China: His protective tariffs ignited a worldwide backlash against the commies. “China’s population growth is done. Chinese entrepreneurs are leaving the country. Optimism is dimming among Chinese youth. The Chinese stock market is tanking. Foreign direct investment is in freefall, as global business seeks alternatives to the ‘world’s factory’ that don’t come with the same geopolitical risk, and Big State political meddling. The economic indicators are so bad that Beijing is pulling many of them from public view.”

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Why China Might Beat the U.S. Back to the Moon.

HE’S NOT WRONG, EITHER: CNN Baited RFK Jr. With This Question About Trump. They Weren’t Expecting This Answer.

RFK Jr says Biden poses a bigger threat than Trump: "Biden is the first president in history that has used federal agencies to censor political speech to censor his opponent. No president has even done that. The greatest threat is not somebody who questions election returns." pic.twitter.com/Hctekzdqvb

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 2, 2024

ONLY WHEN THERE’S NO OTHER CHOICE: Gov. Hochul, answer widow Stephanie Diller’s question: When will you protect New Yorkers?

And then halfheartedly at best.

HEY, WHEN THEY’RE RIGHT, THEY’RE RIGHT: Christine Blasey Ford Was No Hero, Says … WaPo?

SMEARING POLITICAL OPPONENTS AS TERRORISTS IS THE DEMOCRATS’ STRATEGY: Former terrorism officials question ‘radicalization’ study that lists peaceful pro-lifers. They do that to provide an excuse for government repression.

Flashback: University program linking Christians, Republicans to Nazis granted DHS funds under ‘anti-terror’ initiative: Biden admin funding controversial efforts to treat conservative groups as radical, watchdog warns.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Even after condemning her ideas as ‘racist’ UCSF still employs medical prof who suggested that ‘Zionist doctors’ are a threat to patients. Racism is the worst thing in the world unless it’s on behalf of approved groups.

MICKEY KAUS: The Pepcidammerung. “The issue is not just where Biden is now but where he’ll be in 2026 or in 2029, when his second term would end. And he’s taking a drug that seems as if it’s likely to make any decline down that slope go faster. Yikes.” Maybe two drugs. But who’s counting?

FIGHT THE POWER: RFK Jr. campaign claims it has enough signatures for ballot access in North Carolina.

GO TO HARVARD, PAY HUGE TUITION AND DORM FEES, get overrun with vermin. “The next morning, my roommate — after we first saw the rat — the rat got into her zipped backpack, with a zipped pouch inside with snacks, and then shat in her backpack.”

JUDGING ADEEL MANGI: After years immersed in radical politics, the nominee claims he never knew nothing about it. “To hear the Biden White House and their allies tell it, Third Circuit judicial nominee Adeel Mangi—whose nomination is all but dead following three Democratic defections—is the victim of a vicious right-wing smear campaign.”

Accurately reporting what leftists do and say is a smear.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION NEEDS A PURGE AND CONSEQUENCES, NOT MORE POWER: John Tierney: The WHO’s Power Grab: The last thing we need: a new and unaccountable global pandemic czar.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Harvard’s application crash should scare other elite schools on antisemitism.