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(1) Pam Bondi is out as AG. I think she’s been on the way out ever since she “misspoke” on the Epstein files. She’s never been popular with the online right crowd.
This is from Trump, who – not surprisingly – isn’t telling why this happened:
Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
(2) Trump had already spoken out against Tucker Carlson (something J. D. Vance has yet to do, but it could happen). Now Trump has reposted a Douglas Murray column that absolutely excoriates Carlson as only Murray can do, entitled, “Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump.” Here’s Murray’s piece, if you’re interested. It is certainly clear where Trump stands on Carlson.
(3) California fraud involving government programs is incredibly widespread and has been going on for ages. Is anyone here surprised? The latest arrests involve hospice care that never was, to the tune of about fifty million dollars. Chump change in California:
The FBI, with the Health and Human Services (HHS), raided the home of Amelou Gill and Gladwin Gill, a doctor and a nurse, in Southern California over accusations that they committed $7 million in hospice fraud.
According to J.D. Vance, the FBI conducted additional raids in the area. In total, they nabbed people who allegedly stole over $50 million. …
St. Francis Palliative Care in Anaheim, which the Gills operate, has a 2.3% mortality rate over the last five years.
It’s odd when a hospice center has a 97% survival rate because people usually enter hospice at the end of a terminal illness.
It’s not unheard of that people who enroll in hospice don’t die within the six months allotted, and often they renew for another six months, and this can go on for quite some time. Or, now and then, they get better. But a 97% survival rate is beyond ludicrous.
There were many many signs in California (and elsewhere) that massive fraud was ongoing, and not just in hospice care. Much of it was ignored, although there were some prosecutions by the state. However:
In Gavin Newsom's California, the officials who are in charge of investigating fraud are committing fraud against the very programs they are supposed to protect.
"Sacramento is pervaded by a culture of corruption." pic.twitter.com/6QBzUnO0gD
— Christopher F. Rufo ?? (@christopherrufo) April 2, 2026
(4) Moon launch by NASA:
The spur, of course, for today’s great leap was Elon Musk. While NASA’s big rival in the Sixties was the Soviets’ space programme, which threatened to prove that their ethos of collectivism could make faster progress than the American way of free men, free enterprise (and of course, free Nazis), Musk emerged in the 21st century as part Bond villain, and part John Galt. That Sixties narrative is now in danger of being reversed, with SpaceX taking the role of Ayn Randian, square-jawed enterprise and individual heroism, and NASA looking like the clumsy, over-burdened, over-regulated state-sector attempt, with more being spent on HR than R&D.
(5) Happy Passover! Each year, the meaning of the holiday seems to deepen. This year is no exception.
At least we will see if space aliens have a base on the Dark Side of the Moon
Every had to know California would be the pinnacle of fraud Healthcare. And there are billions more to find.
”Moon launch by Space X”
SpaceX had nothing to do with the Artemis II launch. The launch was conducted by NASA. The core stage of the rocket was built by Boeing, the engines by Aerojet Rocketdyne, the solid rocket boosters by Northrop Grumman, and the upper stage by United Launch Alliance (ULA). The Orion capsule was built by Lockheed Martin and the service module by the European Space Agency (ESA).
SpaceX is about the only space contractor who has no part in this mission.
mkent:
Will fix. Haste makes waste.
Re 4: The Space X bus wasn’t ready, so they took the Orion minivan. The Apollo astronauts took the Apollo beatle.
This is likely pretty important. Observers of the region have been waiting for this development for a long time now. Could be the UAE is finally done with playing both sides of the fence. About damned time, I say.
https://x.com/i/status/2038937212893413782
”Pam Bondi is out as AG.”
Saw this tweet and had to share:
“In a surprise twist the Epstein files released Pam Bondi.”
Hopefully everyone can appreciate the humor in it.
Is this an anomaly? I live down the street from a Catholic church in a community that is inhabited by many Vietnamese Catholics who walk by my house to attend Mass. This is of course the Holy Week, however, I have noticed an increase in their numbers, by a lot. Palm Sunday was on overflow. Tomorrow may be the same. Easter Sunday will probably see record turnout.
The Church I regularly attend has seen an uptick too.
My Holy Thursday service was full.
Blessed good Friday!
On Good Friday, the Lamb of God is offered for our sins, and by the shadow of the cross, our salvation is won.
“The Face of God” Michael & The Shroud of Turin | Dr. Jeremiah Johnston – Video **Updated**
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-face-of-god-michael-shroud-of-turin.html
“The Face of God” Michael & The Shroud of Turin | Dr. Jeremiah Johnston – Video **Updated**
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-face-of-god-michael-shroud-of-turin.html
Just fundamentally transforming the name of “The Democratic Party” to “The Fraud Squad”…
“EVERY RECORD HAS BEEN FALSIFIED” [Zohran Madmani Edition]—
https://instapundit.com/787266/
Key…M.O.:
“Who-Whom” Madmani has just solidified his stature as a future Democratic Party presidential candidate.
News comes of an F-15 StrikeEagle downed in Iran, apparently inland of the northern end of the Persian Gulf. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, while the IRGC claims to have captured the pilot. I believe the StrikeEagle, if that’s indeed what is said to have been downed, has a two man crew, so . . .
However that may be, prayers for the safety of the crew along with their swift recovery and return to their unit in good health.
https://x.com/i/status/2040067608368619572
re: (1) in the latest episode of the WH edition of The Apprentice, since the axe dropped immediately after POTUS sat through the birthright citizenship hearing at SCOTUS I suspect the change had a lot more to do with legal failures in court and failures to get control of the US Attorney offices and agendas than the Epstein files or other gossipy reasons.
I’d guess a confirmation battle will be put off until after DHS is fully funded and further action on the SAVE act is complete. Meanwhile Blanche will get a shot at convincing the boss he can advance the administration’s agenda and accelerate DOJ accountability. Zeldin, and unknown others are waiting in the wings if he falls short of expectations.
You want an indicator of just how far gone England is, this year King Charles (whose titles include that of Head of the Church of England, and “Defender of the Faith,” these days one wonders which Faith) wished Muslims a happy Ramadan, but has skipped issuing an Easter message.*
* See https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/03/king-charles-buckingham-palace-easter-message-ramadan/
“News comes of an F-15 StrikeEagle downed in Iran…”
These are the sorts of things that start happening frequently when you start a war with a much stronger country who knows it is the righteous side.
zztops forgot that April 1 is April Fools, but you can be a fool 365.
@zztopps
What the fuck is that even supposed to mean?
Firstly: it hasn’t been happening frequently, it is a single unconfirmed report. And that is in sharp contrast to the Iranian regime’s heavy losses on air, land, and sea, including but not limited to their Supreme Leader and much of the IRGC.
Secondly: “Much stronger country-“ even Iranian regime propaganda admits Iran is not a much stronger country than the US, hence the attempts to paint themselves as the David to Goliath. Unfortunately for them, David is a Jew.
Thirdly: “knows it is the righteous side”?
The Iranian regime is headed by a corrupt theocratic dictatorship that rigged its own elections, conscripts 12 year olds, rapes and murders female prisoners expressly so they will never have a chance at heaven (apparently they don’t think Allah should judge that?), sponsors terrorism across the world, and has so mismanaged its own economy and neglected the water supply that most of the country is salting up due to aquifer depletion and the regime was openly contemplating a forced migration out of Tehran. Which also means they were neglecting the principle of Zakat that is supposedly holy to their religion because alms don’t kill Jews or other Westerners.
In what way is this righteous in any way?
“Much stronger country”
When in doubt, embrace the attitudes and behaviors of the seventh century.
zztopps:
Tucker, is that you? 🙂
Taking ZZ Top’s name in vain.
For shame. 🙂
Here is an interesting video talking about the Fabian Society–it’s aims and methods–and which says that it has supplied every PM in England for the last 100 years.
A lot of very prominent leaders have been and are members of this society, whose symbol was, at one time, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but apparently that was a little too revealing, and that very descriptive symbol was retired about 1900.*
* See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUV0rM9v7s&t=323s