TODAY'S NEWS, April 7-8, 2026
- Larry Schweikart
- 8 hours ago
- 4 min read
HEADLINES: Republicans continue to mostly stay ahead of Ds in registrations; Trump has slashed the Deep State numbers; Grade inflation hurts everyone.
The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow
PROGRAM NOTE: I will be gone on Friday, but will return on Monday.
IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) As you know, I put little stock in any polls, but here you go: President Trump is at 51%-47% approval, up four points from last. And here is Ras, at 49 Here are are some voter registration updates to go along with that. In DE, both lost registrations but Ds lost about 150 more than Rs; In ID Rs gained over 1200 net. In CO, Ds gained about 1,000. In WV, Republicans gained 5,000. In NC, both parties lost, but Ds lost about 700 more. In NE, Ds gained about 150. In SD, Rs net gained about 1100;  Meanwhile in swing states DemoKKKrats are running 17 points behind where they were in 2018. In PA, Ds gained about 1500. One thing stands out: although most of the D gains are small to miniscule, it does mark a break in the 100% Republican trend since mid 2024. What does it mean? It could be as simple as Scott Presler not being in PA to register voters, perhaps. In all cases, the unaffiliated are growing a lot. That suggests that people don't want anything to do with the DemoKKKrat Party, but that joining the Rs may be a bridge too far now.
2) As the leftoids continue to whine about Iran, Iranian villagers helped the downed pilot til he was rescued.
3) Big win in ME on ranked-choice voting, which is inconsistent with the actual intent of the voters and the constitutional intent of voting. Here's another win: a federal judge said that Skinny Minny has a fraud problem and refused to order President Trump to restart federal money flows.
4) This is actually funny. Boston, which replaced some cops with social workers, found one of their cheery pseudo-psychotherapists squared off against a sword-wielding man. Of course, it took real cops to do the job.
5) The Amazing (Moron) Zohran introduced a plan for "equitable justice" and the DoJ said, "Nope."
6) President Trump signed an order banning DEI in all federal contracts.
7) Under Trump, the Deep State is shrinking like crazy.
8) Definitely not good. Anthropic just got out of its digital "cage" then boasted about its escape online.
IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS
10) Kristi Noem's replacement at DHS, Markwayne Mullin, has threatened to remove all customs employees from airports in sanctuary cities. This would eviscerate international travel there, which is fine by me. Bring these Houses of Moloch to heel.
11) Self-deportation numbers hit 72,000, which seems really, really low to me. That means that the vast majority of those shown the door were rounded up by ICE and DHS. Meanwhile, President Trump hasn't just slammed the door shut on immigration, he has particularly decimated the fraud vote in the blue cities. NY, Kollyfornia, and IL are the hardest hit.
12) Just consider IL, which lost 1% of its total population yet the state government spending rose 72%.
IN CULTURAL NEWS
13) Grade inflation in colleges is bad for everyone, and ends up costing the whole class. And in MN, graduation rates are rising with these phony grades as proficiency is falling.
15) Researchers in Italy found that the amount of energy needed for the image on the Shround of Turnin does not exist today.
IN TRANSOID NEWS
16) Finland tracked every adolescent who was referred for sexual reassignment surgery over 25 years. Their mental health got worse after the surgery.
IN ECONOMIC NEWS
18) Elon Musks's Terafab plant in Austin advertises itself as an all-in-one chip design, manufacture, test, and fabrication facility and will be a culture shift as well as an economic breakthrough . . . if it works.
19) Durable goods orders are up over 8%, but if you remove aircraft and defense, it's about 1.5% growth since January.
20) Century Aluminum in SC says the tariffs are working and that they are surging jobs paying $125,000.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
21) High fuel costs are forcing Philippine farmers to abandon crops. Nice job, evil mullahs. Not all roses here for the U.S. but the ChiComs face a massive loss of oil and refined products with the Strait shut down. JP Morgan Chase says that the last tanker left port and starting as soon as two days from now Europe, China, Japan, Singapore, etc. will all begin to face limited supplies. Gee, guys, maybe instead of coal or solar or wind you had actualy invested in domestic OIL?
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
22) This warms my heart as dozens are fired from AP in a downsizing.
23) New photos have emerged of Michael Jackson with half-naked children on his lap.
24) Ray Stevens, the 87-year-old singer, fell and broke his neck and is now in a hospital.
IN MEDICAL NEWS
AND FINALLY . . .
26) Singapore is planning the world's first 3D Printed bridge in 2028 after extensive testing. I'm guessing you can 3d print your last will and testament if you want to test the thing yourself.
Larry Schweikart (@CyberneticsLS on Truth, @LarrySchweikart on X)
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