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.

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.

THE CEASEFIRE WILL LAST JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR THE NAVY TO RELOAD:

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Navy is preparing to start boarding and seizing Iranian-linked sanctioned oil tankers in international waters across the world.

The operations would start over the next couple of days if the ceasefire ends without a deal. pic.twitter.com/9chXLLo6Qo

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 19, 2026

JUDGE THEM BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP:

Liz Warren runs through a parade of elected Socialists, culminating with Maine’s National Socialist contender pic.twitter.com/QZ2aY1HmRJ

— Tom Shattuck (@tomshattuck) April 19, 2026

YES:

Trump saying he will hit the refineries and power plants in Iran is a threat to China, not Iran.

— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) April 19, 2026

HE HAD A PEN AND A PHONE:

This is an odd way of saying, “How the Obama administration gamed the appeals process to enact costly and illegal regulations on the energy sector.” https://t.co/OAE5Ug1pTw

— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) April 18, 2026

RUNNING UNOPPOSED:

The judge who kept a criminal on the street — until he killed 26-year-old UT engineering grad Larissa Herold — was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Brazilian foreign exchange student living in her home.

In 2006, Chantal Eldridge gave the student alcohol and asked… https://t.co/JzJA02SEWM pic.twitter.com/Nl4qYvjSKv

— Austin Justice (@AustinJustice) April 18, 2026

FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION REQUIRES A FRIENDLY HEGEMON:

pic.twitter.com/eKCk6zdLHG

— David J Manley (@DavidJManley3) April 18, 2026

The world would be a much different — and much poorer — place today if it weren’t the the US Navy and, before it, the Royal Navy.

FRAMING:

Trump is going to frame this and put it in the Oval Office, isn't he? 😂 pic.twitter.com/x2reAQWl4Z

— Jesús Enrique Rosas (@Knesix) April 18, 2026

UPDATE: Sorry — messed up the embed earlier. Should be fixed now.

ANOTHER UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Heh.

Libs: “we need to make Trump look bad”

Journalist: “hey get a shot where he’s wearing royal purple and looks taller than a jumbo jet and has a 10 foot dick and everyone around him is kneeling or staring in awe” pic.twitter.com/4pK5znxeMT

— Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) April 18, 2026

Has he lost weight?

THERE’S A LOT TO COVER: The New Monroe Doctrine: So… Here’s Everything That Happened. Yes, Everything.

21ST CENTURY SKILLSETS: 6,000 Apply as Air Traffic Controllers After DOT Secretary Duffy Proposes Recruiting Gamers.