Tuesday, April 14, 2026
For Minnesota, climate obsession is just another fiscal disaster * WorldNetDaily * by Daniel Turner, Real Clear Wire
For Minnesota, climate obsession is just another fiscal disaster * WorldNetDaily * by Daniel Turner, Real Clear Wire:
It's not hyperbole to say that Minnesota is a fiscal disaster.
And that is not just my opinion. Nearly 100 mayors in the state signed a letter to their Governor Tim Walz questioning his policies under which an $18 billion budget surplus became a $3 billion deficit during a three-day period.
In the private sector, a decline this precipitous would get any CEO fired or indicted. Textbooks should be written about such economic ineptitude, but instead of accountability or serious cost cutting to restore sound budgetary footing, Walz' fellow Democrats chose a cowardly path: corporate extortion.
I honestly thought this map was made up.
Hundreds of supertankers, the kind that carry two million barrels each, are currently racing toward the US Gulf Coast from every direction. - Jesús Enrique Rosas - The Body Language Guy @Knesix
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, around Africa, the scenic route, the "we were heading to Saudi Arabia but NVM" route.
Atlantic, Indian Ocean, around Africa, the scenic route, the "we were heading to Saudi Arabia but NVM" route.
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and everyone panicked. Oil hit $126 a barrel. Gas hit $4 a gallon.
Cable news did the thing where they put a red banner on screen and say "CRISIS" in a font that suggests you should be hoarding toilet paper.
- And then something happened that nobody in media seems interested in reporting, for obvious reasons. The world just... switched suppliers?...
History for April 14
History for April 14 - On-This-Day.com 
Frank Serpico 1934
- 1775 - The first abolitionist society in U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.
- 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. He actually died early the next morning.
- 1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.
- 1925 - WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2.
- 1981 - America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returned to Earth after a three-day test flight. The shuttle orbited the Earth 36 times during the mission.
- 1986 - U.S. President Reagan announced the U.S. air raid on military and terrorist related targets in Libya.
Monday, April 13, 2026
Coast Guard Confiscates Over $33 Million of Cocaine in Major Bust
Coast Guard Confiscates Over $33 Million of Cocaine in Major Bust:
The U.S. Coast Guard has made a drug bust valued at more than $33 million as part of an interdiction effort launched by the Trump administration last year.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Escanaba seized 4,510 pounds of cocaine, worth $33.9 million, while on an Easter Sunday patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a Department of Homeland Security news release.
𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑
- Germany managed to turn an industrial powerhouse into the 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 country on Earth for household electricity — 𝟑𝟖 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 per kilowatt hour, roughly double what Americans pay (Clean Energy Wire)...
- Four out of ten industrial firms are planning more cuts in 2026 (Institute of the German Economy). VW is slashing 𝟑𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 jobs. Month after month — 10,000 here, 15,000 there.
- And if you're self-employed? Germany actively punishes you for it. Health insurance runs 𝐄𝐔𝐑 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡...
- Then there's what he won't raise his daughter in. Berlin police recorded 𝟑,𝟒𝟏𝟐 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 in 2024 — nearly ten per day (Berlin police statistics)...
𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬.
Man accused of $11M Medicaid fraud skips court hearing, warrant issued | Fox News
Man accused of $11M Medicaid fraud skips court hearing, warrant issued | Fox News:
According to court documents, the scheme involved millions of dollars in fraudulent billing, including more than $4.6 million paid to one agency based on falsified documentation. Investigators also found nearly $1 million was billed for clients who denied receiving services, along with more than $300,000 in overbilling and more than $5.8 million in claims that were not documented or were fraudulently documented.
Court records show Said was convicted of Medicaid fraud in 2022, ordered to pay $77,000 and barred from working with any Medicaid-funded agency — a restriction prosecutors allege he later violated.
Something smells here!-----Michigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities close - Bridge Michigan
As of September, 152 youth in Michigan’s direct-placement program were living in out-of-state facilities — some as far away as Hawaii and Arizona, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services. - Eli Newman and Jordyn Hermani
State officials believe the rise in out-of-state placements is largely limited to court-supervised youth in the juvenile justice system, not children they directly oversee.
- As of September, 152 youth in Michigan’s direct-placement program were living in out-of-state facilities — some as far away as Hawaii and Arizona...
- That was up from 122 children sent out of state in 2024 and more than double the 74 children in 2023...
State officials believe the rise in out-of-state placements is largely limited to court-supervised youth in the juvenile justice system, not children they directly oversee.
But counties that report placement data to the state are “not required” to share that information, a spokesperson said...
Pete Hegseth is taking real steps to protect American soldiers | Blaze Media
Pete Hegseth is taking real steps to protect American soldiers | Blaze Media:
It wasn’t always this way. In 1992, the George H.W. Bush administration started reshaping the military. That shift led to tighter restrictions on firearms. In 1993, President Clinton rewrote and implemented those restrictions, effectively banning soldiers from carrying personal firearms on base.
If civilians can be trusted to carry firearms, military personnel certainly can. As Hegseth noted, “Uniformed service members are trained at the highest and unwavering standards.”
One of the stats that just blows minds when you explain it to people like this:
You hear all the time about greedy oil companies, etc. from the socialists (Democrats) in Springfield and their supporters. - Jason PlummerNever forget - The government takes significantly more in taxes on a gallon of gasoline sold in Illinois than a refiner makes in profit...
As we know,
As we know,
- Illinois has one of the highest gas tax burdens in the nation, often exceeding 85 cents per gallon in certain areas,
- compared to a national average refining profit of roughly 10 cents per gallon. 8.5x!!!..
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