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The high stakes confrontation over control of the Strait of Hormuz between the United States and the Islamist Iranian regime took another step up the escalation ladder Sunday with the U.S. seizing an in-bound Iranian flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman that tried to run the blockade established last week by President Donald Trump following a short term ceasefire agreement in order to pressure the regime into agreeing to Trump’s terms for peace.
Trump said in a Truth Social post Sunday that the Navy stopped the ship by “blowing a hole in the engine room” and that Marines were in control of the ship.
Map of Straight of Hormuz via Wikimedia Commons
The seizure comes a day after Iran fired on ships trying to exit through the Strait of Hormuz.
In recent days, the Iranian regime has sent conflicting signals on whether the Strait is open. The Iranian foreign minister declared the strait open on Friday, but the IRGC declared the strait closed on Saturday. The U.S. blockade applies only to ships entering and leaving Iranian ports.
Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran were scheduled to resume in Pakistan this week. Iran said on Sunday that it would not send a delegation, while the U.S. went back and forth on whether Vice President JD Vance would once again head the U.S. delegation. The two-week ceasefire agreement expires Tuesday (or Wednesday). A report by a Saudi journalist says a delegation from Iran arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday. Pakistan’s prime minister confirmed the delegation’s departure in a post on X.
Trump announced the seizure of the Iranian cargo ship in a post to Truth Social.”
“Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Tanker Tracker reported the seized cargo ship was bound from Malaysia, noting an empty Iranian ship was allowed to pass through the blockade: “Iranian-flagged container ship TOUSKA (9328900) departed Port Klang, Malaysia, laden with cargo according to her AIS-reported draft depth. She passed the US Navy blockade line and was intercepted. Meanwhile, we spotted an empty Iranian-flagged VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) enter successfully.”

Iranian-flagged container ship TOUSKA (9328900) departed Port Klang, Malaysia laden with cargo according to her AIS-reported draft depth. She passed the US Navy blockade line and was intercepted. Meanwhile, we spotted an empty Iranian-flagged VLCC enter successfully. #OOTT https://t.co/iYZgXbZKlo pic.twitter.com/ScJU6KMYaU
— TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) April 19, 2026

Earlier Sunday, Trump posted about the Iranian regime firing on ships in the strait:
Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship and a Freighter from the United Kingdom. That wasn’t nice, was it? My Representatives are going to Islamabad, Pakistan — They will be there tomorrow evening, for Negotiations. Iran recently announced that they were closing the Strait, which is strange, because our BLOCKADE has already closed it. They’re helping us without knowing, and they are the ones that lose with the closed passage, $500 Million Dollars a day! The United States loses nothing. In fact, many Ships are headed, right now, to the U.S., Texas, Louisiana, and Alaska, to load up, compliments of the IRGC, always wanting to be “the tough guy!” We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT’S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Al Jazeera reported that an Iranian semi-official media outlet, Mehr, claimed the regime stopped the U.S. from seizing a ship, but did not give the ship’s name. The report seems to indicate a different ship that was attempting to leave Iran (excerpt):
“American terrorist forces deployed to the waters surrounding the Sea of Oman and opened fire on an Iranian merchant ship to force it to return to Iranian territorial waters”, the statement reads. However, with the timely presence and rapid response of the IRGC naval units in support of the Iranian ship, the Americans were forced to retreat and flee the area”, it continued.
UPDATE: The Department of War posted a statement and video:
U.S. forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, April 19.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots enroute to Bandar Abbas, Iran. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade.
After Touska’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period, Spruance directed the vessel to evacuate its engine room. Spruance disabled Touska’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room. U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit later boarded the non-compliant vessel, which remains in U.S. custody.
American forces acted in a deliberate, professional, and proportional manner to ensure compliance. Since the blockade’s commencement, U.S. forces have directed 25 commercial vessels to turn around or return to an Iranian port.

U.S. forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, April 19.
Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at… https://t.co/iyzOQd93C3 pic.twitter.com/HwU4XS48Oq
— DOW Rapid Response (@DOWResponse) April 19, 2026

UPDATE 2: The voyage by the Touska originated in China in March with a stop in Malaysia:
“The Iran-flagged container ship TOUSKA IMO 9328900 which US Navy seized in Gulf of Oman according to President Trump, was in China; left ~ March 29, AIS data shows. Made stop in Malaysia ( Port Klang) before departing around April 12 ( see full voyage below and red box shows where ship was ~ 5 hours ago).”

The Iran-flagged container ship TOUSKA IMO 9328900 which US Navy seized in Gulf of Oman according to President Trump, was in China; left ~ March 29, AIS data shows. Made stop in Malaysia ( Port Klang) before departing around April 12 ( see full voyage below and red box shows… pic.twitter.com/oS4EzK8ZrH
— Noam Raydan (@NoamRaydan) April 19, 2026

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The University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Sociology will host Alex Hanna, a transgender activist and AI researcher, as its Commencement speaker, according to a report from Campus Reform.
According to the department’s announcement, Hanna’s work as the director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute focuses on how AI technologies “exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality through their data practices and effects on labor.”
This is sadly typical for Berkeley, which consistently promotes DEI and Cultural Marxism.
This speaker calls himself transgender despite the fact that he is a biological male.
“In 2021, Hanna co-founded the “Alex and Demiana Hanna Pride Scholarship” at the University of Wisconsin at Madison Department of Sociology for active “LGBTQ” advocates.”
“The scholarship awards $2,000 to a sociology major who is actively committed to and engaged in activities that advocate for and support the LGBTQ community.”
In other words, this is pure DEI, something which is un-American and unpopular.
The commencement speakers website says “Hanna has previously taught courses at UC Berkeley, including “Data, Power, and Infrastructure” in 2023.”
Among the absurd courses he taught were “the surveillance of Blackness and the carceral logics of technology” and “administrative violence and trans and gender non-conforming identities.”
This is pure leftist indoctrination, and something the American public has repeatedly rejected. This is racism and Cultural Marxism.
“Hanna is also a senior fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies, a think tank that combines “academic rigor and activist passion to put scholarship into practice.”
“The Florida Department of Education changed its sociology framework in March to prohibit courses from teaching that “systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States.”
Clearly, Berkeley wishes to remain a leftist center of cultural Marxist propaganda.
This school has an agenda in choosing this speaker, and that agenda is not education.
 
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Kim Jong Un supervising missile test earlier in the week – Noth Korea State Agency
‘Rocket Man’ Kim Jong Un keeps shot ballistic missiles into the sea of Japan.
Pyongyang is taking full advantage of the Iran and Ukraine wars to speed up their military technological developments.
With the eyes of the world busy elsewhere, North Korea again tested ballistic missiles today (19), accelerating its launches amid rumors of possible meetings with the US and South Korea.

JUST IN: North Korea launches “unidentified ballistic missile” eastward into the Sea of Japan.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) April 18, 2026

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles in latest weapons tests
https://t.co/oinEk7marS pic.twitter.com/KgvBqYjfiz
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) April 19, 2026

ABC News reported:
“Pyongyang’s intense missile activity – this was the fourth such launch this month and the seventh of the year – is meant to display its self-defense capabilities while gaining international leverage, some experts said.
‘The missile launches may be a way of showing that – unlike Iran – [they] have self-defense capabilities’, said South Korean former presidential security adviser Kim Ki-jung. ‘The North also appears to be exerting pressure preemptively and [making] a show of force before engaging in dialogue with the United States and South Korea’, he said.”

“U.S. President Donald Trump, preparing for a summit in China next month, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have repeatedly expressed interest in holding talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. There are no publicly known plans for any meetings.
[…] Sunday’s missiles were fired from near the city of Sinpo on North Korea’s east coast toward the sea around 6:10 a.m. (2110 GMT on Saturday) and flew about 140 km (90 miles), South Korea’s military said in a statement.”
Read more:
North Korea Says It Just Tested Cluster-Bomb Warheads for Ballistic Missiles and an Electromagnetic Weapon
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Vice President JD Vance publicly thanked Pope Leo XIV on Saturday after the first U.S.-born pontiff clarified that he has no interest in engaging in a public debate with President Donald Trump over the ongoing conflict with Iran.
The comments came during Pope Leo’s papal visit to Africa.
While aboard a flight from Cameroon to Angola on Saturday, the pope addressed media coverage of a speech he delivered in Cameroon, criticizing those who “manipulate religion” for political and military gain. He stated the remarks had been prepared two weeks earlier, well before President Trump’s public comments on the pope’s message of peace.
“And yet, as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate, again, the president, which is not my interest at all,” Pope Leo said. “So, we go on the journey. We continue proclaiming the gospel message.”
WATCH:

NEW: Pope Leo downplays tensions with President Trump, addressing a “narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects.”
He says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate the president and will keep preaching a message of peace. pic.twitter.com/DwG6BiUsaP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 18, 2026

Trump had branded the pope as “soft on crime” and “very liberal” after he had made comments against war.

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?
Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo. pic.twitter.com/cj3oh1jSIL
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 13, 2026

Vance, a Catholic who met with Pope Leo at the Vatican last May shortly after his election, responded directly on X.

I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this. While the media narrative constantly gins up conflict–and yes, real disagreements have happened and will happen–the reality is often much more complicated.
Pope Leo preaches the gospel, as he should, and that will inevitably mean he… https://t.co/SxWCKyhDSj
— JD Vance (@JDVance) April 18, 2026

“While the media narrative constantly gins up conflict–and yes, real disagreements have happened and will happen–the reality is often much more complicated,” Vance wrote on X.
The vice president added that because the pope “preaches the gospel, as he should,” that would “inevitably mean he offers his opinions on moral issues of the day.”
“The President–and the entire administration–work to apply those moral principles in a messy world,” Vance continued. “He will be in our prayers, and I hope that we’ll be in his.”
Trump also told reporters he was not “fighting with the pope” and that he had a “right to disagree,” while maintaining he would not apologize.
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Screencap of Twitter/X video.
You may remember former Clinton adviser Dick Morris from his many cable news appearances over the years. This week, he appeared on Newsmax and dropped some major dirt about Bill and Hillary Clinton’s marriage problems over the years.
According to Morris, when Bill Clinton was president, he actually had polling done to see how it would affect him if he divorced Hillary, or if she divorced him. And he did it several times. He apparently felt the need to keep checking the numbers.
It just confirms what many people have believed for years, that the Clintons basically had a marriage that may have been about love at one point, but which eventually devolved into a relationship of political convenience.
PJ Media has details:
Dick Morris has finally confirmed what many people have long suspected: Bill Clinton, while sitting in the Oval Office, seriously entertained the idea of divorcing Hillary — and he had his longtime political advisor run the polls to find out if he could survive it politically.
Morris, who advised Clinton for years, as far back as his 1970s gubernatorial campaigns in Arkansas, appeared on Newsmax and dropped a bombshell that has somehow received far too little attention.
When host Rob Finnerty asked Morris to confirm the rumor, the answer was blunt.
“Yes, actually several times,” Morris said. “It was a constant topic of conversation between then-President Clinton and myself, and the storminess of the Clinton marriage made that relevant.”
It was actually four or five times, by Morris’s count. The man wasn’t merely curious; he kept returning to the question.
Morris said the first time was the most consequential, and he came back to Clinton with a clear message: if you’re going to do this, you need to lay the groundwork first. “I came back to him, and I said that if you did that, you have to prepare people by explaining how Hillary has an independent career and has independent priorities.”
Watch the video below:

“It was a constant topic of conversation between then-President Clinton and myself, and the storminess of the Clinton marriage made that relevant.”
Dick Morris, former advisor to Bill Clinton, remarked that the former President had him poll-test, on several occasions, how a… pic.twitter.com/Lr1dZWjdLC
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) April 17, 2026

It’s not exactly shocking news, but again, it does confirm what so many people have suspected for so long.
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Newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his victory speech, pledging a sweeping socialist agenda. (Screenshot: PBS News)
New York City’s new democratic socialist (communist) Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a moment this week to tell people of the city about an exciting new invention called rat-proof trash bins, which he will be implementing by the year 2031.
You absolutely could not make this up.
Couldn’t he put these bins all over the city by say… this coming week if he wanted to? Who needs a five-year plan to put out trash cans?
WABC News in New York reports:
Containerized trash is expanding to six more New York City districts by the end of 2027, as the Mamdani administration targets citywide containerization by 2031.
Businesses and low-density residential buildings are already required to put their trash bags in containers for pickup.
Over the next year, the Sanitation Department will distribute large Empire Bins to all residential buildings with 30 units or more in the six districts.
Officials say 6,500 large Empire garbage bins will be rolled out for more than 3,500 buildings in this expansion.
They can be only opened by building staff with a keycard, or by sanitation workers…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement, “In the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, no New Yorker should have their sidewalks covered in garbage. By finishing the job on containerization, we will ensure New York City’s streets remain the envy of the world. We have the plan, we’re investing the money and we’re delivering on the promise of clean, healthy streets for every neighborhood.”
He actually did an announcement about this. Watch:

Good news for New Yorkers, bad news for rats: all trash will be in rat-proof bins by the end of 2031.
No more black bags on the sidewalks — it’s time to put a lid on it. pic.twitter.com/9lsk23HxLd
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) April 17, 2026

This is an accomplishment?

5 years to buy garbage cans.
Damn, look at that communist efficiency.
— D Mc (@Dvmcmr) April 17, 2026

pic.twitter.com/IAnyMijKZJ
— Noah Fence (@tilh16) April 18, 2026

Good news for New Yorkers: Amazon can deliver rat-proof bins by Sunday
Bad news for New Yorkers: Zohran is gonna do it at 100x the cost by 2031 https://t.co/iM4YfGST0o pic.twitter.com/8wxlbxupFE
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 17, 2026

Congratulations, New Yorkers. Enjoy that amazing new technology – When you finally get it in five years or so.
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Screencap of YouTube video.
Bill Maher devoted a segment of his show on Friday night to talking about ‘creep’ Eric Swalwell and the explosive scandal that has unfolded around him over the last two weeks.
Maher may be a liberal, but at least he is willing to talk about this, unlike Colbert and Kimmel who wimped out on the topic completely.
Maher mentioned the fact that Swalwell had been on his show before but said that he gave him bad vibes.
FOX News reports:
Comedian Bill Maher blasted former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as a “f—ing creep” in a “Real Time” takedown Friday, pointing to previous encounters with the disgraced Democrat that raised red flags.
“I’ve got to say, we had him on a couple of times. Ask my staff, I never liked him,” Maher said.
“I’ve always thought this guy was a f—ing creep. I never liked him and, yet, so many Democrats stood by him, and now that we’re finding out that it was such an open secret.”
Maher highlighted a slew of other “open secrets” involving figures in the past who faced similar allegations, including former film producer Harvey Weinstein, former comedian Bill Cosby, former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, and former President Bill Clinton.
“I hear this so many times. … It was an open secret,” he said. “What is going on here where it takes so long for the open secret to [come out]?”
Here’s the clip:

NEW: Bill Maher on Eric Swalwell: “We had him on a couple of times. Ask my staff: I never liked him. I don’t have good gaydar — but I got creepdar. I always thought this guy was a f*cking creep. I never liked him.” pic.twitter.com/QCMWJoU0hw
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) April 18, 2026

Colbert and Kimmel skipped over the story all week long.
Breitbart News reports:
Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert Silent on Swalwell Rape Allegations for an Entire Week
Neither far-left late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel nor Stephen Colbert have mentioned the resignation of disgraced Democrat Eric Swalwell in their monologues this week — despite showing big support for him before the congressman’s scandals drove him out of politics.
The California Democrat not only resigned his seat in the House on Monday, but he also dropped his bid for California Governor after a growing number of women have come forward to allege that he sexually harassed them — or even sexually assaulted them — throughout his political career.
Swalwell was a huge devotee of the big networks’ late-night comedy shows, appearing on most of them and getting a big boost from both ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, both of which had Swalwell on to flog his run for California governor.
Maher deserves credit for at least discussing the topic. It is a rather big story.
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Screencap of Twitter/X video.
Senator Chris Murphy is at the far left ‘In Defense of Democracy’ Summit in Barcelona, Spain this weekend, making a total jackass out of himself, trashing America and insulting President Trump.
Murphy is a lot like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Stupid, loud, obnoxious, and willing to lie about Trump constantly. Murphy has not dialed back his insane anti-Trump rhetoric even once since the 2024 election. If anything, he has gotten worse.
During his remarks, he actually used the dumb, tired line about Trump being a threat to our democracy. When will these idiots retire that ridiculous talking point?
The Hill reports:
Murphy told the crowd at the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona that the U.S. faced “the most significant threat” to democratic institutions since the Civil War, and Americans were “watching the courage of the defenders of democracy” in Hungary and other parts of Europe.
“That victory in Hungary just a week ago, it lifted our sails in the United States of America,” he said. “So, I want us to make sure one more time that we give a hearty, loud thanks to the people of Hungary for saving their democracy and perhaps helping to save ours.”
The Connecticut Democrat, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, painted the picture of an America “in crisis,” likening President Trump’s actions to a “totalitarian takeover.”
“He is trying to seize control of our courts, of our law enforcement, of our media, of our elections. His goal is oligarchic capture,” Murphy said, describing the current White House as “the most corrupt” in the nation’s history.
He called on progressives to unite to counter right-wing populism across the globe, pointing to AfD party in Germany, far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen in France, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Orbán and Trump.
Watch the video of this fool below:

JUST NOW: Sitting US Senator just went OVERSEAS and TRASHED America, bad-mouthed our president as a tyrant
“Donald Trump is trying to end our democracy. He’s trying to seize control!”
“Most significant threat since Civil War!”
RESIGN, CHRIS MURPHY!pic.twitter.com/WZfxiTblZd
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 18, 2026

Murphy is probably planning to run for president in 2028, not because he thinks he can win – he can’t – but because he wants a position in the next Democrat administration. Again, he’s just like Elizabeth Warren, always looking for his next promotion.
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A Mexican national with an immigration detainer hold allegedly murdered a man in a North Carolina nightclub. A second person was also greatly injured and ended up in the hospital with serious injuries.
Giovanny Hernandez-Jaramillo allegedly shot 33-year-old Jorge Alber Dorantes-Carranz while injuring another person. He then fled the area.
Although the shooting death happened on March 22nd, Hernandez-Jaramillo was not caught until April 3rd in Houston, Texas.
Raleigh police charged him this past Thursday with assault with a deadly weapon with the intention to kill and with murder.
He had his first court appearance on Friday and is being held without bond. Court records revealed that he is a Mexican citizen and is being held on an immigration detainer.
Authorities also arrested Martha Renee Jones. She was considered an accessory after the fact. Jones helped facilitate Hernandez-Jaramillo’s escape from the area. She posted bond and has an electronic monitoring device.
CBS 17 Reported:
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The man accused of a deadly shooting at a Raleigh nightclub in March has made his first appearance in court Friday, according to court records.
35-year-old Giovanny Hernandez-Jaramillo was captured by the Raleigh Police Department and other law enforcement officers on April 3 in Houston.
He was formally charged on Thursday by Raleigh police with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury when he returned to Raleigh.

Wake County, NC: Mexican national Giovanny Hernandez-Jaramillo (aka Jeovani Hernandez-Jarami) was arrested for Murder for the nightclub shooting death of Jorge Alber Dorantes-Carranz.
Hernandez-Jaramillo has an immigration detainer hold.
A second victim was injured in the… pic.twitter.com/J2bupZIBQf
— Illegal Alien Crimes (@ImmigrantCrimes) April 18, 2026

News clip talking about Giovanny Hernandez-Jaramillo, who was arrested for the alleged murder of a man in a North Carolina nightclub.
Watch:

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