SAD: Young and glum in the Anglosphere.

No English-speaking country ranked among the world’s 10 happiest nations. New Zealand placed 11th and Australia 15th, while the US ranked 23rd, between Saudi Arabia (22nd) and Poland (24th).

Happiness scores are up in most countries around the globe — except for the Anglosphere, where young people are distinctly less chipper, write Howe and Ford.

In other surveys, young Anglospherians also report “lower life satisfaction and growing distrust in institutions,” they write. “Generation Hopeless” is “down on democracy and drawn to populism.”

Young people are happier now than 20 years ago in a majority of countries, but not in North America or Western Europe, according to the report.

Heavy social media users seem to be less happy.

No surprises there.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): The Anglosphere has been the subject of nonstop memetic warfare for longer than I have been alive. The original source of that warfare, the Soviet Union, is gone, but the memes live on.

ICYMI: He’s Got My Vote: 14-Year-Old Running for Governor of Vermont.

REPORT: Eric Swalwell About to Be Hit With ‘Shocking’ Number of Sexual Harassment Allegations.

Cheyenne Hunt, a lawyer, former congressional candidate and executive director of the left-wing nonprofit Gen-Z for Change, revealed on X Sunday, that she has been working with a number of women who are in the process of sharing their accusations with major news outlets. Hunt said she knew of a separate and “much larger group” of women who are also currently in the process of sharing their stories.

Swalwell’s alleged inappropriate sexual behavior is apparently an “open secret” in Washington DC, as is his practice of forcing underlings to sign nondisclosure agreements.

Hunt posted an initial video on Instagram in late March accusing Swalwell of having “a known history of being predatory towards women.” She cited a woman who told her: “You know Eric Swalwell has slept with many of his interns and makes them all sign NDAs so they don’t speak up, right? And when I was 19 he tried hitting on me and sliding into my DMs and I have so many other friends that have similar experiences with him.”

Hunt said the allegation was “not an anomaly” but “part of a pattern.”

The only number that should shock you is zero. And you ought to at least express a little wonder if it turns out to be anything less than a baker’s dozen.

CONSTITUENT SERVICE: Biden Admin Protected Illegal Alien Who Bludgeoned Florida Woman to Death.

BREAKING: Trump Announces a Ceasefire.

THAT SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT:

No wonder George Conway left Kellyanne Conway. He's become so proficient at self-pleasuring that he didn't need her anymore. https://t.co/ji0YRqqJRb

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) April 7, 2026

And from the replies: “Always great to see the so-called antifascists talk so openly about how they will seize more power when given the opportunity.”

Today’s Democrats certainly aren’t shy about how brutally they’ll wield power, the next time they take it.

GOOD MESSAGE: Alberta and Saskatchewan Have a Message for Ottawa on Gun Confiscation: GFY.

NICE WORK, FELLAS: ICE Boston Arrests 5 Illegal Alien Murderers With Interpol Notices.

JUDGE HIM BY THE WAR-CRIME APPLAUDING COMPANY HE KEEPS:

Ro Khanna supports Hasan Piker, who not only said America deserve 9/11 but applauded the rapes of Israeli women at the hands of Hamas.

Those rapes, by the way, are actual war crimes. https://t.co/XpEUueaeSt

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) April 7, 2026

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: A deep dive into Colorado’s billion-dollar budget deficit.

In a recent episode of Independence Institute’s* public affairs TV show, Devil’s Advocate, host Jon Caldara and the state’s chief economist, Greg Sobetski, dive deep into Colorado’s more than one billion-dollar budget shortfall, finding, among other things, pandemic-era funding, rising Medicaid costs, and federal tax changes as major culprits.

Sobetski explains that during COVID, Colorado enjoyed a glut of federal aid and higher-than-expected revenues. Rather than using that money for short-term needs, the legislature instead spent down those reserves propping up ongoing spending obligations, leaving lawmakers scrambling to sustain a bigger state budget without the one-time money that had been keeping things afloat.

The two also look at runaway Medicaid spending, with Caldara arguing Colorado expanded the program too far, including able-bodied adults and illegal immigrants, and now risks harming more vulnerable recipients when the inevitable cuts come.

The podcast is titled, “Is Colorado Broke?”

We’re still on the “gradually” part, but the “suddenly” part always comes, well, suddenly.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: He’s Got My Vote: 14-Year-Old Running for Governor of Vermont.

COLONIALISM, STRAIGHT UP:

The "civilization" if you can call it that, is the Arab colonist Islamic "civilization" imposed by the Mullahs. It has nothing to do with the native Persian civilization that the Mullahs have done their best to extinguish, along with the native religion of Zoroastrianism. I… https://t.co/jzGLOsvBXg

— @instapundit (@instapundit) April 7, 2026

Ask yourself why Western elites freak out about any kind of colonialism — except Islamic.

RELIGIOUS FERVER: The Legacy of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 Years Later. “Gore’s orations perfectly followed the script of the “New Apocalypticism”: The identification of an existential crisis, the diagnosis of human sin as its cause, the urgency of transformation, and the comfort of redemption for those who heed the warning. The climate science community readily embraced this script and adopted the language of believers and deniers to differentiate those with faith and those yet to be converted, and who risked excommunication.”

Whatever that is, it ain’t science.

GRAY ZONE? NO, THAT’S RIGHT IN THE RED:

The base assumption here has to be gray zone warfare. This could have shut down the Panama Canal, which would make it difficult for the US to export oil & gas to Asia, during a time of very short supplies. It would have compounded the problems with the Strait of Hormuz.
1/ https://t.co/2rc6xjtEaq

— Labrador Skeptic (@SaysSimulation) April 7, 2026

FACE, MEET PALM: Bad News, Guys: The New York Times Says We Lost the War — and Iran Is Now a ‘Major World Power.’

MORE FROM DOWN UNDER:

I’m old enough to remember how Morant and Handcock became folk heroes in Australia.

This time though, it isn’t the British who are going after Diggers, it is their own government.

Also of note, the incident involving Morant et al took place in 1901. The trial took place just a… https://t.co/mJtjGeVHdq pic.twitter.com/iu949zQ7rE

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) April 7, 2026

Key bit:

It is 2026. The accused, who happens to be the most decorated Australian living veteran, was arrested for accusations dating back 16 and more years ago.

This isn’t justice in any way shape or form. This is something else altogether.

If he were to be charged, it should have been a decade and a half ago, at the latest.

They’ve already bankrupted him last year with legal fees in a defamation trial where he has been asked to pay $30 million dollars (Australian) in legal fees.

Between this and what the UK is doing to pensioners who served in Northern Ireland decades ago, there is something very wrong in the Commonwealth with our Five-Eyes allies.

“Allies” is pushing it these days. Which feels very strange to say, after growing up with the “special relationship” and the knowledge that Australia fought alongside us in all of our wars since 1945, including Vietnam.

WELL, YES: Europe should secure the Strait. “The US has too many other interests — both in the Middle East and beyond — to be Israel’s unconstrained ally in its endless fight for survival. And then there is the sharp “post-heroic” asymmetry between the two nations. American tolerance for war casualties is certainly still higher than Europe’s, where President Macron abandoned 1.9 million square miles across the Sahel, long secured by just 5,000 French troops, to the jihadis, apparently terrified that 10 might be killed at once. When that number of French troops died on a single day in Afghanistan, President Sarkozy’s presidency was irredeemably ruined.”

Europe should, but can’t.

NOPE, NEVER WAS:

Destroying a bridge? Isn’t that a war crime? https://t.co/JfqczP2lgN

— Douglas Bulloch (@douglasbulloch) April 7, 2026

But this is illegal:

It IS NOT a war crime to strike infrastructure used by enemy forces even power plants and bridges.

It IS a federal crime to tell military members to disobey orders to conduct those strikes. pic.twitter.com/7V7cHt2dBR

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) April 7, 2026

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Despotic, Neurotic, and Likely Psychotic: Liberals Have Become the Insane Clown Stasi.

WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY’LL DO, BELIEVE THEM:

So a group of zero white people held a press conference to tell you that white people will be systemically discriminated against. https://t.co/Zs8iLI0bSC

— okoy (@Y0K0S0N) April 6, 2026

RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: Iran hangs another young man as regime steps up executions of protesters under cover of war.

Most of those executed are young men, including teens, alleged to have been either involved in the protests that were brutally suppressed by the regime — with thousands shot dead in the streets — or members of banned opposition groups.

Undeterred by the war, the Islamic Republic continues to exact its revenge, and exiled opposition groups and rights organizations said they feared that hundreds more could be executed in the coming days.

Ali Fahim, 23, was hanged Monday after being found guilty of involvement in an attack on a Tehran base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij militia during the protests, according to rights groups who have followed the case.

Iranians need guns.

MOST INDICATIONS ARE THAT TRUMP’S CEASEFIRE TALK ARE A SIDESHOW TO KEEP MARKETS CALM AND EUROWEENIES FROM YAPPING TOO MUCH:

Iran has cut off direct communications with the U.S. over Trump’s “civilization will die” threat this morning. -WSJ

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 7, 2026

A DEATH CULT, UP TO AND INCLUDING SUICIDE: Iran Defiant on U.S. Demands As Deadline to Destroy ‘Every Bridge and Power Plant’ Looms.

CHUTZPAH:

California voters paying $19 million to polish the state’s reputation so their Governor can run for President is peak Blue State https://t.co/BZl3jpRQ0r

— George MF Washington (@GMFWashington) April 7, 2026

I’m so old, I remember when California’s reputation as the Golden State required no burnishing.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Illinois gun owners plan rally in wake of Supreme Court order.

The Illinois State Rifle Association says gun owners have run out of options in a case challenging the state’s prohibition of carrying concealed firearms on mass transit.

The case Schoenthal v. Raoul dealt with whether the state’s ban of carrying firearms on mass transit, even for those with concealed carry permits, is constitutional.

A district judge said the measure is unconstitutional. An appeals court differed. The U.S. Supreme Court Monday turned down a petition to hear the case.

“We are very disappointed by the Court’s decision, especially since law-abiding public transportation riders in Illinois are less safe as a result of the law,” attorney David Sigale, who represents plaintiffs, told the The Center Square. “We know that groups like the ISRA will continue to fight this prohibition in the legislative and political arenas, as well as the courts, so that Illinoisans’ Second Amendment rights will be respected.”

Richard Pearson with the ISRA said they’ve run out of options for that challenge. But, there are other cases the Supreme Court could take up.

“They have the Wolford [v. Lopez] case in front of them, which is from Hawaii, which is about public spaces and actually public transportation. So we’ll see what they do with that,” Pearson told The Center Square Monday. “So we were kind of hoping for a favorable ruling, at least to take our case. And that didn’t happen.”

Certainly disappointing.