REMEMBER, IF YOU EVEN HINTED AT THIS IN 2021 YOU WERE AT RISK OF PROSECUTION OR BEING SUED INTO OBLIVION: The Biden Admin Knew of COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk and Covered It Up. “New details emerging from a Senate investigation confirm that Biden administration officials at both the FDA and CDC knew about a significant stroke risk tied to Pfizer’s bivalent COVID-19 booster in people over 65. They knew. And they said nothing.”

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

PROF. CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns.

I don’t want to live in a William Forstchen scenario.

FASTER, PLEASE: Experimental Drug Can Reverse Osteoarthritis in Weeks, Animal Research Shows.

IT’S ALWAYS LIKE THIS: Spanish Prime Minister’s Wife Charged With Corruption; No Wonder He Picked a Fight With Trump.

I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO SWEAR BY THEM: Saunas May Do More Than Raise Body Temperature – They Activate Your Immune System.

OUT: MONEYCHANGERS IN THE TEMPLE. IN: THE MONEYCHANGERS ARE THE TEMPLE.

If USASpending records are correct, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark has received $32.3 million for "refugee cash assistance/support services" from prime awardee International Rescue Committee.

The president of IRC, a former UK politician, earns $1.2 million a… https://t.co/Y8YWhb6KkF pic.twitter.com/zQsZouiDss

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 13, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Columbia professor allegedly romanced, swindled $1.3M from ‘frail’ 72-year-old to buy house in Greece.

WELL, THEY’RE NOT SERIOUS THEN: Volkswagen Still Eyeing a U.S. Pickup—But Still Has No Plan to Build One.

UNLIKE THE FICTIONAL HARRY DRESDEN, HIS COAT ISN’T BULLETPROOF: Do You Have a ‘Harry Dresden’ in Your Neighborhood?

This guy could use a serious tuneup.

GOOD: Why you never forget how to ride a bike: The brain stores skills differently than facts, making them harder to forget.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

New database tracks judges who let criminals off.

Very useful for the 20,000 elected judgeships in the country (2/3 of all judges) where voters today really don't know what they're voting on. https://t.co/ZKZ3OZZWu0

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) April 13, 2026

THE LEFT WAS TRYING TO TURN HIM INTO A DEI HERO, BUT THE GOD TALK MAY GET IN THE WAY: Artemis II pilot Victor Glover praises God after return, says mission was ‘too big to be in one body.’

THEY CALLED HIM A KOOK, BUT NOT SO MUCH NOW: Popular Mechanics; The Air Force Asked This Man to Investigate UFOs—Then Pushed Him Away After What He Found.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 6 stretches to relieve plantar fasciitis pain.

STOLEN LAND:

The Lakota stole that land from the Kiowa https://t.co/JWIscdizLw

— ꓕNIOԀꓤƎ⅁⅁Iꓤꓕ (@Grxit) April 12, 2026

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CLUE? House committee report details ‘rise of radical antisemitism on college campuses.’

BOOK REVIEW: Elise Stefanik’s Poisoned Ivies.

ROD MARTIN: Trump’s Hormuz Trap Snaps Shut: Iran thought it could extort the world. Instead, Trump is turning a closed Strait into leverage, rising U.S. energy exports, and a global reordering.

JONATHAN LEAF: News That’s Been Drowned Out By The Sound of Battle, Part III.

Under pressure from the United States, the government of Cuba pardoned and released 2,010 political prisoners.

The total number of people who have died in Canada in legal assisted suicides may soon pass 100,000. That’s more than twice as many Canadians as lost their lives in World War II. Moreover, in 2025 roughly one of every twenty Canadians who passed on did so in a case that the Canadian government labeled as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID).

There’s been a dramatic change in the rate of acceptance of American immigration asylum claims. During the Biden administration, the rate went up and down, but it was typically around 50%. This led to some embarrassing cases in which immigrants were granted asylum in the United States and then publicly endorsed the oppressive policies of the countries that they claimed to have been obliged to flee. The Trump administration has fostered a much more restrictive regime, and approval rates have dropped all the way down to 7%.

The U.S. Postal Service is rapidly going broke. Its losses are piling up so fast that it’s asked Congress if it can stop putting money aside for its contributions to its workers’ pension plans. It’s also seeking a $19.4 billion boost in the amount of debt it can carry on its books and a 4-cent increase in the cost of a regular postal letter stamp, which would go up in price to 82 cents.

If you’re wondering why so much business and so many people are re-locating to Austin, Texas, you might wish to take note of a recently published study by the Pew Research Center on apartment and home construction in the city. As in much of Texas, this is relatively unregulated. The study found that over a nine-year period concluding in 2024, 120,000 new units of housing were built in Austin. This increased the total by 30 percent. During that same period, average monthly rents in the city fell from $1,546 to 1,296. The average monthly rental in Manhattan costs more than $5,000 per month.

If you build it, they will come.

THOUGHTS ON THE VIRTUOUS CITIZENRY: The Fourth Branch — America’s Unique Invention: And why the modern Minuteman is its practical embodiment.

I GUESS WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE ANY WARSHIPS, CALLING A CONFERENCE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO.

The ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply damaging. Getting global shipping moving is vital to ease cost of living pressures.

The UK has convened more than 40 nations who share our aim to restore freedom of navigation.

This week the UK and France will co-host a…

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) April 13, 2026

THIS IS THE MORAL STRUCTURE OF HIS PARTY:

So Eric Swalwell has allegedly been committing crimes for years— everything from campaign finance crimes to rape— but it wasn't until he decided to run for governor in California and threatened to split the Democrat vote that it's all suddenly coming to light at the same time,… pic.twitter.com/bbN7A9vMzC

— Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) April 12, 2026

DON’T ASK HER TOUGH QUESTIONS, SHE’LL JUST CACKLE AND CHANGE THE SUBJECT:

If it was an "autocratic regime", then how did people just vote in free democratic elections to replace him?!

Can the Iranians also vote to get rid of their "autocratic regime"?
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— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) April 12, 2026

JUST ASSUME EVERYTHING FROM THEM IS A LIE AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG:

20 people were invited to see a video that exposes Palestinian propaganda.

Every single one had the same response: “I feel like a moron.” pic.twitter.com/ZVoXJKJBFf

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 12, 2026