TODAY'S NEWS, April 21-22, 2026
- Larry Schweikart
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HEADLINES: GOP donations top Ds; D Congresswoman resigns; Southern Poverty Law Center indicted.
The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow
IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) For what it's worth, the Russkies via the Foreign Minister Lavrov to the Iranian Foreign Minister, basically, "You're screwed." He told Abbas Araghachi that no one can make the U.S. stop attacking Iran if it doesn't straighten up, that it had to renounce Islamic expansionism (good luck) and that contrary to hoax stories by western media, the Iranians got crushed. Here is RealClearPolitics' analysis of what comes next, mainly, what do we do with the extremely valuable "dark cargo" fleet the Iranians have sitting off China they can use to sustain themselves for a few months? This author argues the Hormuz Strait is now Iran's biggest liability. Meanwhile the U.S. has turned aside 27 ships already.
2) Just another of these weird signs that do not jibe with a big DemoKKKrat victory in the fall, as GOP donations to the House campaign arm were $47 million, or $2 million more than DemoKKKrats took in. That said, as I expected, VA approved its 10-1 redistricting plan, costing the Rs three seats. As Seth Keshel notes, this is almost entirely due to mail-in voting, in which Ds won 3:1. Seth again emphasized we MUST terminate mail-in balloting. Now, we'll see if Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he hinted he might, will redistrict FL to offset VA.
3) Meanwhile, the Rs in Congress are net up one more seat as the corrupt DemoKKKrat Congresswoman (but I repeat myself) Cheri Cherfilus-Mckenzie resigned.
4) There is a new effort to remove the fraud-riddled DemoKKKrat PAC, ActBlue, with Texas AG Ken Paxton suing ActBlue for improper foreign donations. Ironically, Paxton is working on behalf of DemoKKKrat donors, who of course will hate him. Paxton's staff used fake accounts and IDs to easily get through the so-called "robust" protections against foreign donations. Called before Congress, the ActBlue employees took the Fifth like good little Al Capones. And speaking of fraud-riddled terrorist groups, the so-called Southern Poverty Law Center (more aptly the Socialist-Pushing Lugbucket Chowderheads) are now in the DoJ crosshairs, which was hit with multiple charges of financial crimes. FBI director Kash Patel, soon to open the Kash Patel FBI Director Library and Shwarma Bar with his winnings from the Atlantic, said “The SPLC allegedly engaged in a massive fraud operation to deceive their donors, enrich themselves, and hide their deceptive operations from the public." Here is the indictment from an AL grand jury. Jeff Childers, a lawyer, reminds us that every single transaction in this fraudulent operation constitutes wire fraud. Now, Jeff is not the first one to raise this hypothesis that Trump's DoJ has timed all of this for a purpose, namely replacing Pam Bondi with a more, er, ruthless fellow (Todd Blanche---whom I'm still not sold on but am open), hitting ActBlue, now hitting the SPLC just on the eve of when the corrupt Party of Terror, the DemoKKKrats, are going to need mooolah. Hmm. And Patel said there would be many arrests coming, which I take to be above and beyond the fundraising sector, although let's be clear: it is MUCH easier to prove financial crimes than it is to prove what we'll call "political" crimes such as treason or insurrection.
5) Justice Johnny is having all sorts of trouble keeping the Supreme Court's house in order, with backbiting and leaks abounding.
6) Still more revelations from DNI Tulsi Gabbard as the latest release shows that the Intel community was concerned about doctored voter registration lists and vote by mail in the stolen 2020 election.
7) President Trump issued a Presidential Directive that will immediately seek to build out the U.S. grid, correctly treating the national grid as a national security issue, more federal support to increase the production and flow of oil, and increasing natural supply chains and transmission of coal power and natural gas. It's an astounding opposite approach to future Middle East troubles than what the Euros are taking.
IN AI NEWS
8) This author argues that a new model shows that AI can in fact be programmed not to lie and to be productive.
IN CULTURAL NEWS
9) It's Kollyfornia: a school excluded white kids from a "social justice" field trip. Ah, white kiddos, you're lucky. You just missed out on four hours of being berated for your skin color, and actually may learn something in the classroom.
IN ECONOMIC NEWS
10) U.S. Steel is reopening its famous Gary, IN plant. Michael Jackson's father, Joe, worked in Gary, IN steel but at Inland, not U.S.
11) TX authorities warn that power demand there will quadruple by 2032.
12) Stung by its stupid Bud Light ad campaign, Anheuser-Busch is doubling down with new U.S. investment,.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
13) There is a great deal of harum-scarum in the EU right now, warning of food shortages (imposed, really, by the greenie governments' ridiculous policies). Irena Slav weighs in.
14) The ""climate change" hoaxsters are taking it on the chin. Another new study shows no increasing high temps and even slightly rising cooler temps.
15) Massive win in Denmark for the conservative-leaning, anti-immigrant party.
16) Already the Huns are feeling the pinch, with Deutsch Lufthansa now cancelling 20,000 short-haul flights (1%) to save jet fuel. Yeah, but you guys wanna fight us over Greenland? Geddoudahere.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
17) "Project Hail Mary" continues to crush it at the box office, raking in $573 million worldwide.
18) Rocker Dave Mason of "Traffic" dead at 72. I interviewed him in 2010 while working with Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge, who, after the Fudge, played with Mason on his recording of "We Just Disagree," one of his finer songs.
IN MEDICAL NEWS
19) Taking statins while pregnant increases the risk of autism in the baby.
AND FINALLY . . .
20) I love this story. Remember the school principal who body-slammed the would-be shooter? Not only did the kids honor him with a great ovation, but they named him prom king. And best of all, they didn't name him prom queen!
Larry Schweikart (@CyberneticsLS on Truth, @LarrySchweikart on X)
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