MARK SIMON: Trump’s Challenge to Xi May be the Entire Story: “Everyone has a plan until you get punched the face.”

WOKE ALERT: Kohl’s, Dollar Tree, Disney, Nationwide, & UPS. “Recently, companies have stated they are scrapping their DEI programs and policies, but for some companies, this declaration is merely a PR stunt. Instead of doing away with these illegal and discriminatory policies, these five companies are just rebranding their woke policies by calling DEI by a new name: ‘belonging.'”

I FIND YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE: Dem Senator’s Ultimatum: Bring Back Deported MS-13 Suspect Or I’ll Go To El Salvador.

DON SURBER: No, CBS, Maryland is not part of El Salvador: In the 21st century, illegal aliens have more rights than a citizen.

HE’LL READ WHATEVER IS ON THE PROMPTER OR AT LEAST TRY TO: Joe Biden’s Agent Casts Him in the Most Ironic First Post-White House Role Ever. “Indeed, they are so honored to have him that they didn’t bother to put his photo on the website announcing he’d be at the confab.”

THE 21ST CENTURY BOB JONES UNIVERSITY: Harvard Rejects Deal With Trump Admin, Putting Billions in Federal Funding at Risk.

STILL IN NEED OF HELP:  Supporting Tiffany’s Recovery.

THIS IS HOW NPR REPORTS AN ISRAELI COUNTEROFFENSIVE FOLLOWING THE HAMAS TERROR INVASION OF 10/7/2023 AND BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE AND NOT RELEASING THE HOSTAGES: Gaza territory shrinks drastically as Israel seizes huge swaths of land.

More than half of the Gaza Strip is no longer accessible to Palestinians as Israel’s military takes over larger areas of the territory and absorbs them into what it calls security zones along all of the territory’s borders.

Nowhere is this more visible than in southern Gaza, where Israel’s defense minister says the military is seizing an area once home to a quarter-million people and turning it into a buffer zone. The move cuts off the Palestinian border city of Rafah — and indeed the whole of the Gaza Strip – from neighboring Egypt.

Israel says its war — which Gaza health officials say has killed nearly 51,000 Palestinians — is to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages among the 251 taken in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack. That Hamas-led attack killed almost 1,200 people in Israel, according to Israeli authorities.

The takeover of southern Gaza changes its borders and fundamentally alters its map, surrounding the territory by Israel from all sides. Before the war, Gaza’s southern border with Egypt was the only crossing not solely controlled by Israel.

NPR still leans on “Gaza health officials” instead of “Hamas mouthpieces,” too.

No matter how much you despise the media…

YA THINK? You Heard It Here First: The Obamas Are Hiding Something.

To be fair, everybody is, ‘cept for me and my monkey.

LIGHTNING DEAL: SENSARTE Nonstick Frying Pan Skillet with Lid. #CommissionEarned

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Ruminations on Judge Boasberg’s Choices.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: How Democrats used NGOs to end-run voters: A ‘parallel government.’

NOT FORD TOUGH: Ford Has a ‘Chief Learning Officer,’ and He’s Exactly What You’d Expect.

PICKING ON THE SLOW KIDS:  Trump repeatedly insults CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in Oval Office over deportation of El Salvadoran national: ‘Why can’t you just say that?’

YES.

Tax payers have been funding our opponents. If DOGE continues, the real political dynamic of the US will emerge. This, not the deficit, is why DOGE matters so much. https://t.co/qS9zxGddJ7

— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) April 14, 2025

POLITICIANS RESPOND TO HEAT, SO BUILD A FIRE UNDER THEM*:   If Labour won’t do anything about the rape gangs, I will.

*not literally. Ix nay on the arsonay.

YOU DON’T SUPPOSE HE’S NOW BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE:  What’s behind Kennedy’s ‘MMR U-turn’?

I ASSUME IT’S FOR BEING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION:  Sen. Lie-a-watha Demands Investigation Into Trump Administration. Wait Until You Hear Why.

IT’S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR THOSE TWO BRAIN CELLS:  Kamala Harris Is Still Thinking About Her Political Future.

I HAVE FRIENDS THERE WHO WILL BE GUTTED:  Maybe it finally is time we actually made these major budget cuts at NASA.

But perhaps it’s time to consider whether this centralized, government funded approach to space is what America — of all places — should be doing.

A TOOL TO FIND OUT IF THE NGO GETS GRANTS FOR WHAT THE NGO’S STATED PURPOSE IS?  Today I’ve been deep in the guts of something ambitious: a system to cross-check Form 990 data, audit reports, and federal spending to flag when an org’s stated purpose doesn’t match where the money’s actually going.

AND FOR THE WRETCHED AND X-LESS:  Go here to read.

IF ALIENS EXIST THEY’RE PROBABLY GETTING MONEY FROM USAID:  UFOs, Area 51, and now Angry Aliens in Ukraine.

D*MN IT. IF FORGOT TO INVEST IN POPCORN FUTURES:  Harvard sees $2.2 billion in grants frozen after telling Trump to back off,

AW. TOO BAD, SO SAD. I MEAN HE WAS ILLEGALLY HERE…  El Salvador president says deported Maryland man with alleged MS-13 ties can’t be brought back to US despite Supreme Court ruling: ‘Question is preposterous’.

WE’VE BEEN ADULTERATING UR WATER FOR HOW MANY DECADES?  Fluoride exposure linked to ‘detrimental effects’ on health of pregnant women, infants: study.