YES, IT SHOULD:
The amount of fraud in education research at elite universities should get way more attention pic.twitter.com/aje0hoEAW8
— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) April 20, 2026
Author Archive: Stephen Green
April 20, 2026
DO YOU SEE THOSE, TOO? I For One Welcome Our New Giant Melting Purple Neon Spider Overlords. “At the very least, hopefully we should get some good data on whether psychedelics like ibogaine are actually effective in treating PTSD and other disorders. Maybe they’ll help, and maybe they won’t.”
Early studies showed promise with MDMA, but not in a later, bigger study. Same with THC.
So my hopes aren’t high, but maybe one of these days…
COME SEE THE ANTISEMITISM INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM:
The Michigan Democratic Party just endorsed a candidate for the University of Michigan Board of Regents who:
Called Jews “demons” who “lie, cheat, murder and blackmail.”
Shared an ISIS-origin slur about Jews.
Amplified calls to ban Jews from Congress.
Praised Hezbollah figures… pic.twitter.com/G3Nu2zjGW2— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) April 20, 2026
ALSO, THE TRAILER MADE IT LOOK HEAVY HANDED AND POORLY DONE:
America’s left is facing a critical shortage of right wing terrorists so they have to invent them https://t.co/IHBEOT0TPY
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 19, 2026
A HUNDRED MILLION HERE AND A HUNDRED MILLION THERE…: Putin losing $100M a day from Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s oil infrastructure.
Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russian oil refineries overnight into Saturday, hitting four important sites.
Fire raged at the Novokuybyshevsk and Syzran oil refineries in the Samara region, as well as at an oil terminal in Leningrad and the Tikhoretsk oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai, Ukraine’s Armed Forces said.
Ukrainian drones also hit oil storage sites in the occupied Mariupol region.
Russia, meanwhile, launched 219 drones across Ukraine, killing at least one and wounding 26 others.
The worst attack was in Zaporizhzhia, where drone and missile strikes that lasted for hours injured 10 civilians. A multi-story apartment building and nine houses were destroyed.
It comes as Russia’s top diplomatic envoy said Saturday peace talks with Ukraine are not at the top of Putin’s to do list.
Moscow’s spring offensive has yet to accomplish much, and casualties remain high.
REMINDER:
Back in 2006, freshly divorced San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — then a slick 38-year-old — was schtupping 19-year-old Brittanie Mountz.
When the press caught wind of photos showing his teenage girlfriend guzzling alcohol at public events, Newsom kinda lost it. Cornered by a… https://t.co/J5OlOdqFdW
— Mike Netter (@nettermike) April 19, 2026
BEIJING SUMMIT PREVIEW: Trump’s China Squeeze: Follow the Money, Not the Oil. “China can afford to pay world-market oil prices for a change, but the country can’t afford to lose its export markets.”
HMM, WITH A CHICAGO TWIST:
I'd like to know how they got to him.
It's not just that, being from Chicago, he suddenly remembered all Chicago pols are rat bastards.
They got to him. Something subtle. Can't have been the Catholic Charities thing, that predated Pope Leo XIV's inauguration as a Chicago pol.… https://t.co/PSNJtXnFkx
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 20, 2026
HEY, BIG SPENDER: Massachusetts paid out $1 billion in improper SNAP payments while 75% of able-bodied recipients didn’t work, new report finds.
The report, released Thursday and authored by visiting policy analyst Hayden Dublois, found that the Commonwealth now carries a SNAP error rate of 14.1 percent — significantly higher than the national average of roughly 11 percent, and the worst of any state in New England. New Hampshire, by contrast, ranks among the best in the country.
SNAP enrollment in Massachusetts has surged 40 percent over the past decade, climbing from just under 785,000 recipients in 2015 to more than 1.1 million in 2024. The study found that between 65 and 75 percent of able-bodied recipients are not working, while state policies continue to allow individuals to bypass federal asset limits and remain eligible for benefits regardless of accumulated wealth.
A whistleblower cited in the report described fraud within the system as “rampant” and “unabated,” along with a workplace culture that actively discourages basic verification of eligibility.
If the workplace culture “actively discourages basic verification of eligibility,” then fraud is the desired result.
SOME OF US WERE SAYING THIS BEFORE HE WAS SWORN IN:
I think what we've learned since Obama left office is that, as his critics argued, at heart we was always a radical leftist and his apparent moderation was more a tactic than his sincere self. https://t.co/uqFLhLJEVm
— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) April 19, 2026
TRUE:
Define poverty in America. It’s not starvation. It’s not dying in the elements. It’s not failing to get medical care. Most people who are under the poverty line have cell phones. Many have cars. Most are fat.
You throw out the word “poverty” as if we’re supposed to react as if… https://t.co/41aAyoB0Wz
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 19, 2026
And from the replies: “The poverty line in America is top 5% in the world. Hell the UK just realized it would be the 51st poorest state if they became a state.”
ALMOST EVERYTHING CALIFORNIA DOES NOW IS CONCERNING: Why California’s ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ Should Worry Gun Owners. “What should concern everyone is what will likely follow AB 2624—what industry California Democrats will decide next needs a shield from public scrutiny, and what states will follow with their own similar legislation.”
PROBABLY:
Want some truth?
If the Democrats get a 53 vote majority in the Senate they will pass Amnesty and laugh at the Republicans that wouldn’t pass election integrity with a 53 vote majority.
(Both will be happy)
— C3 (@C_3C_3) April 19, 2026
ROBERT SPENCER: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Surfaces (Sort of) With a Chilling Message. “It was peculiarly fitting: the threat of a phantom navy from a supreme leader who may very well not be alive at all.”
BLOCKADE HARDER THEN:
One of the Israeli generals said the blockade will do more damage to the IRGC than every bomb we dropped on them for the last month. https://t.co/eFtZZBrjpt
— Dandalf (@DanTalks1) April 19, 2026
NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Abdul El-Sayed Gets More Brazen As New Michigan Primary Polls Show Him Surging.
Establishment Democrats view El-Sayed, who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), as unelectable, and fear a primary win for him would torpedo their chances of retaking the Senate, where they need four seats to flip it.
Most polls have shown Stevens ahead, but within the margin of error. But the most recent two have shown shifts in favor of El-Sayed, with one showing a three-way tie between the three candidates and one even showing El-Sayed and McMorrow were tied while Stevens trailed significantly.
It is perhaps with the knowledge in mind that his association with Piker and his anti-Israel, anti-AIPAC views don’t appear to be hurting him with Democratic voters that El-Sayed has gotten even more brazen, with him dragging the Vance family into his Senate primary battle, and “joking” with podcaster Brian Allen over their private life. He also disgustingly suggested that Vice President Vance didn’t love his children in a way he’d love white children.
It’s almost impossible to believe that this is Michigan.
TODAY IS HITLER’S BIRTHDAY, FOR THOSE WHO STILL CELEBRATE:
The dude with the nazi tattoo is now doing nazi salutes??
Where’s the outrage from @CNN @MSNBC @nytimes @AP??
The media were more upset at @elonmusk doing a hand gesture from his heart than they are at this pic.twitter.com/0Im0uKlMRj
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 19, 2026
NICE WORK, FELLAS: U.S. Arrests Iranian Arms Trafficker at Los Angeles Airport.
April 19, 2026
UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: More Brave Cruise Ships Just Thumbed Their Noses at the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz.
BLOCKADE: Trump says US has ‘full custody’ of Iranian-flagged ship, ‘seeing what’s on board.’
“Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop,” he wrote on social media.
“The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” he added.
Developing…
INNOVATION, PALESTINIAN-STYLE:
I thought this was a joke, but it isn't. https://t.co/DnTdTW2XwA
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) April 19, 2026
I’M HONESTLY FLABBERGASTED THE ECONOMIST REPORTED A TRUTH:
The Economist went from condemning Trump’s Venezuela policy to praising it in 3 months.
January 10: “THE DONROE DELUSION.”
April 16: “Donald Trump has made Venezuela a better place.” pic.twitter.com/Py9hVaC6Ym
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) April 19, 2026
Particularly when it comes with credit to Donald Trump.
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
When I interviewed David Cameron after he became Prime Minister he said the thing that shocked him most was “the scale of the domestic Islamist terrorist threat”.
An RAF cadet has been suspended for seeming to make the same point.
@RAFCRANWELL https://t.co/2DOoeE7H4x— Allison Pearson (@AllisonPearson) April 19, 2026
It’s pretty clear who’s in charge of the UK, or nearly so.
THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA SQUANDERED IN PURSUIT OF THE NARRATIVE:
Trust in Legacy Media has tanked pic.twitter.com/ukvHEl1guh
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) April 18, 2026
Related:
The intellectual and moral collapse of the NY Times as "the paper of record." A play in two acts:
Act 1: In 2020, more than 800 reporters, editors, and staff at NY Times revolt and protest the publication of op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton arguing that troops should be deployed,… pic.twitter.com/WMZ3VMZqP3
— Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) April 18, 2026
They still insist we take them seriously, however.