The Atlantic Does Have Good Lawyers

The reporter is right about one thing here: The Atlantic does have good lawyers.

Which is why they typically take the time to have their fact checkers, independent from the author, verify their salacious claims and offer significant review periods.

The same lawyers review claims for legal exposure prior to publishing. Especially after receiving a legal demand.

In this instance, despite significant pushback, Assistant Director Williamson redlining each of the 19 false claims during the 2 hour deadline, and phone calls and texts that were ignored, the desire to publish defeated the truth. Likely because the PR team was promising salacious nonsense to every other reporter in DC (the same reporters that had the wisdom and ethics to know the lies they were being fed by disgruntled agitators were completely made up).

So yes, now those lawyers get to defend the egregious and malicious disregard for the truth.

Erica Knight, media adviser/spokesperson for Director Patel

The Regime Is Staging Daily Shows of Force

…the Islamic Republic and Hezbollah, backed by 23mm and 12.7mm machine guns… the kind you normally point at fighter jets and armoured vehicles, not civilians. It’s not a rally. It’s intimidation.

The message is simple: don’t you even think about it.

And ironically, this level of theatrics screams fear, not strength. A confident regime doesn’t need anti-aircraft guns to manage its own population. Which also explains the internet blackout, because once people can see, then they can organise!

So instead, the regime may choose war over compromise. In their minds, it’s safer. If the Taliban could last 20 years, they think they can last 20 weeks.

It’s a brutal calculation, and the Iranian people are the ones paying the price.

Susan Kokinda, 18 April 2026



Susan Kokinda argues that recent U.S. actions framed as confronting Iran are actually aimed at dismantling the British imperial financial and geopolitical system. She cites Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s April 16 meeting with UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, highlighting the on-record “Economic Fury” campaign and U.S. tracking of financial flows to Iran that allegedly lead to London. The episode shows Trump is ending a decades-old “world extortion” model tied to the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyd’s war-risk insurance, and London’s commodity pricing power (gold, metals, oil benchmarks). It also points to an Israeli–Lebanon ceasefire and Trump prohibiting Israeli strikes, arguing this removes Netanyahu’s leverage built on a perpetual Iran threat. With London’s pricing nodes shifting toward New York and the “special relationship” weakening, the Hudson Institute is said to be pinning hopes on a King Charles visit to the U.S.

Representative Burchett, 18 April 2026

The Justice Dept Accusses France of Abusing Its Criminal Justice System to Target an American Company & Censor Free Speech

… First Amendment.

“This investigation seeks to use the criminal legal system in France to regulate a public square for the free expression of ideas and opinions in a manner contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.”

President Trump Signs an Executive Order, 18 April 2026



Respect My Authority—or Else

They Demand an End to the Jungle Primary

… it’s been considered a “win.”

Now, Republicans have gained the upper hand and have THE top 2 candidates for governor. As it stands, 2 Republicans will advance to the general and shut out the Dems. How do Democrats react?

They demand an end to the jungle primary. 🤣🤣🤣

So predictable.

Mr Wonderful Replies to Mayor Mamdani’s Tax

Cameras Captured the Killing

… the Bisexual Occultist is wetting her diaper: her entire shtick that she’s been building over the last six months is about to go down in flames.

Grok— The post highlights a prosecutor's description of UVU surveillance video allegedly showing suspect Tyler Robinson on campus before and during Charlie Kirk's September 10, 2025 assassination at Utah Valley University, including him disguised with a cap and sunglasses, limping from a concealed rifle, taking the shot from a rooftop, and fleeing into woods.

Evidence details: The footage reportedly captures consistent height, build, and appearance with Robinson despite limited facial clarity due to disguise, with the same Converse shoes visible; this emerged in a hearing where Robinson's defense is pushing to ban cameras to protect fair trial rights amid heavy media coverage.

Critique of Owens: The author mocks Candace Owens ("Crazy Candy") for her months-long promotion of conspiracy theories questioning Robinson's sole guilt and suggesting deeper involvement by insiders or foreign actors, claiming the video evidence will dismantle her narrative while skeptics demand immediate public release.