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President Trump is reportedly considering further changes to his Cabinet after firing Pam Bondi as Attorney General.
President Trump has fired two high-level officials over the last month.
Trump fired Bondi as US Attorney General on Thursday and fired Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary.
The President reportedly fired Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files and dissatisfaction with her leadership.
Kristi Noem was fired after she spent $200 million on an ad contract and lied to Congress and claimed it was with Trump’s approval.
According to Politico and the Washington Post, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer may be on the chopping block.
President Trump may make further changes to his Cabinet ahead of the midterms, just in case the Republicans lose the Senate.
Politico reported:
President Donald Trump has expressed frustration and disappointment with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer — and is pondering making additional changes to his Cabinet.
“He’s very angry and he’s going to be moving people,” an administration official familiar with the dynamics told POLITICO. That official and three other people with knowledge of Trump’s thinking around his Cabinet were granted anonymity to discuss the unresolved personnel issues.
The additional potential moves follow the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi Thursday and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last month.
No final decisions have been made on Chavez-DeRemer and Lutnick — and Trump has contemplated firing people and then backed off before.
The Washington Post also reported about the next Cabinet shakeup.
“After ousting two of his highest-profile Cabinet members from their posts, President Donald Trump is considering making more changes to his administration’s top leadership, according to advisers — a decision that would accelerate the once-slow pace of his second-term staff departures,” WaPo reported.

Breaking news: After ousting two of his highest-profile Cabinet members, President Trump is considering making more changes to his administration’s top leadership, according to advisers, accelerating the once-slow pace of his second-term staff departures. https://t.co/FDYJE4ct0y
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 4, 2026

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Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City probably went about as far as any reasonable person would have expected.
Because we know what foolishness lurks in the minds of socialists, however, we Christians might have good reasons to object.
Friday on the social media platform X, Mamdani marked Good Friday by calling it simply “a day of sacrifice,” prompting a rebuke from Christians, including one who advised that mayor that “[i]t’d be better not to talk about it at all.”
“Today, on Good Friday, we mark a day of sacrifice,” Mamdani wrote. “Some New Yorkers will abstain from eating; others will spend hours without speaking. Faith, the Bible tells us, is belief in the things unseen. That belief is what will guide so many of our neighbors in solemn reflection and reverence. I wish all those observing Good Friday a blessed day of peace.”

Today, on Good Friday, we mark a day of sacrifice. Some New Yorkers will abstain from eating; others will spend hours without speaking.
Faith, the Bible tells us, is belief in the things unseen. That belief is what will guide so many of our neighbors in solemn reflection and…
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) April 3, 2026

Above all, Christians on X objected to the generic celebration of “sacrifice.”
“I really don’t like hearing non-Christians talk about Easter as if it’s some abstract allegory. It’d be better not to talk about it at all,” conservative Christian commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote. “Good Friday isn’t about sacrifice. It’s about Jesus’s sacrifice. God-made-flesh shed his blood on the cross for our sins, so that by grace through faith we could be forgiven and reconciled to God. Acts 4:12: ‘And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.’”

I really don’t like hearing non-Christians talk about Easter as if it’s some abstract allegory. It’d be better not to talk about it at all.
Good Friday isn’t about sacrifice. It’s about Jesus’s sacrifice. God-made-flesh shed his blood on the cross for our sins, so that by grace… https://t.co/fyRZy6ifay
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) April 3, 2026

Others made similar arguments.

Good Friday isn’t about the universal virtue of “sacrifice.” It’s about Christ’s particular sacrifice – his brutal crucifixion – a real, historic event with eternal consequences.
“[Jesus], being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his… https://t.co/kJT93P9dhO
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) April 3, 2026

Today is not about the sacrifice of anyone but the one who came to save us. Speak His name: JESUS! https://t.co/k9YbHzc1kW
— T.W. Shannon (@TWShannon) April 3, 2026

Today is not just any ol’ day of sacrifice.
Jesus Christ sacrificed his life for our sins in the most brutal fashion possible. https://t.co/zbNxqumbnF
— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) April 3, 2026

Goofiest way a politician has ever described the significance of Good Friday. https://t.co/ShXMLCNMw1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 3, 2026

Christians cannot expect Mamdani, a practicing Muslim, to embrace the true meaning of Good Friday.  In fact, were we to apply the Christian virtue of charity, we might feel inclined to praise him for the attempt.
Nonetheless, we cannot extend such praise, because we know what a socialist means by “sacrifice.” That word, when used by a man who has touted “the warmth of collectivism,” refers to state power. It means that the people must surrender their rights and prosperity so the government can make things “fair.”
Of course, we cannot read Mamdani’s heart. If he meant well by extending his Good Friday message, then we should give him a break and reserve our criticism solely for his politics.
On the other hand, we know a man by his fruits. So we suspect that Mamdani smuggled an extreme-leftist message into his Good Friday post. And that would make him contemptible.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell on Friday threatened FBI agents during an appearance on CNN on Friday.
Swalwell ran to CNN to discuss Trump’s decision to fire Pam Bondi as Attorney General.
The Democrat lawmaker who is currently running for governor of California claimed FBI agents are being asked to break the law every single day.
“To the FBI agents who are being asked to break the law every single day. What we want to make clear, and I know this comes from Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia, who will have the subpoena power next Congress,” Swalwell said without offering any proof whatsoever.
He continued, “You will be protected if you come forward right now.”
“If you do not come forward right now and you enable more corruption on Epstein or the weaponization, you will be before Congress, and it will all come out,” Swalwell said.
Even CNN was skeptical.
“What evidence do you have that the FBI agents are being asked to break the law every single day?” CNN asked Swalwell.
Swalwell cited a report from the Washington Post and The New York Times.
“This Washington Post reporting and The New York Times reporting that they are essentially being asked to collude with the Chinese government to interfere in the California’s governor’s race,” Swalwell said.
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Eric Swalwell is panicking as Kash Patel pushes to release salacious files related to his relationship with Chinese spy and honeypot Fang Fang.
Lawyers for Rep Eric Swalwell sent FBI Director Kash Patel a cease and desist letter earlier this week.
Credit: Facebook
“Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell demanded in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that the bureau refrain from releasing decade-old investigative files involving the congressman’s purported ties to a suspected Chinese intelligence operative,” the Washington Post reported on Monday.
“Swalwell’s attorneys said in their letter that there was no justification for releasing the files, especially since the congressman had assisted the FBI in its investigation,” WaPo reported.
“The congressman has never been accused of wrongdoing in that matter and your attempt to release the file is a transparent attempt to smear him and undermine his campaign for governor of California,” the letter said, according to WaPo. “Your actions threaten to expose you, others at the FBI, and the FBI itself to significant legal liability.”
According to Axios, Fang Fang was a “bundler” for Eric Swalwell and other Democrat candidates but it was also reported the Chinese spy had an intimate relationship with Swalwell.
A source on Capitol Hill previously confirmed to The Federalist that Swalwell indeed had a sexual relationship with Fang Fang.
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President Donald Trump wants to take the U.S. military back to the days of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
On Friday, according to Just the News, Trump asked Congress for a $1.5 trillion military budget in fiscal year 2027.
A pair of White House fact sheets provided details.
“The Budget request for the Department of War (DOW) advances President Trump’s delivery of peace through strength by reinvesting in the foundations of American military power — from defense industrial capacity to the readiness and health of the force — and ensuring the United States maintains the world’s most powerful and capable military by continuing to invest in innovative programs such as the Golden Dome for America,” the first fact sheet read.
The president’s “peace through strength” budget request came as the Iran war neared the end of its fifth week.
“The Budget builds upon the historic $1 trillion overall Defense topline for 2026 and requests $1.5 trillion in total budgetary resources for 2027. This is a $445 billion or 42-percent increase from the 2026 total resource level,” the first fact sheet added.
The president’s budget also included a 10 percent reduction in non-defense spending. “Savings are achieved by reducing or eliminating woke, weaponized, and wasteful programs, and by returning State and local responsibilities to their respective governments,” the document said, adding that it still provides “for our Nation’s veterans, seniors, law enforcement, and other critical priorities for the Federal Government.”
Meanwhile, Trump requested increases for DHS and the Department of Justice as part of his commitment to cracking down on crime, particularly migrant crime.
Other highlights included funding for veterans, fraud prevention, and the beautification of Washington, D.C.
The overwhelming focus, however, was on the proposed military buildup.
“Supporting American Maritime Dominance,” for instance, figured prominently on the White House’s first fact sheet. In fact, the new budget request builds on what the White House called “the largest consistent shipbuilding order by any administration since Franklin Roosevelt’s World War II ship buys.”
A second fact sheet, focused solely on “Rebuilding Our Military,” also emphasized the Trump administration’s historic spending request.
“For FY 2027, the Budget proposes $1.15 trillion in discretionary (28% increase) and $350 billion in mandatory bringing total resources for defense to $1.5 trillion (including a 44% increase for the Department of War (DOW),” the second fact sheet read.
“This amount exceeds even the Reagan buildup by approaching the historic increases just prior to World War II, a level that recognizes the current global threat environment and restores the readiness and lethality of our forces. The whole of government, whole of nation shipbuilding order of 41 ships alone represents the largest demand signal to the maritime industrial base since the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt,” the White House added.
In his 1989 Farewell Address, President Ronald Reagan identified the federal budget deficit among his regrets.
According to the U.S. Treasury, the national debt at the end of fiscal year 1989 stood at $2.857 trillion. By the end of fiscal year 2025, the debt approached $38 trillion.
As of April 2026, the national debt has soared past $39 trillion.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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China is amplifying pro-Iran propaganda. Photo courtesy of Xinhua
China, one of the world’s more repressive regimes, is seizing on the Iran conflict to condemn the United States. The goal is to highlight or invent U.S. shortcomings while promoting Beijing as a responsible partner dedicated to world peace. The psyop is targeted at the Global South, where China hopes to build its support base for the global competition for domination.
The messaging also works well with American liberals who are looking for any opportunity to oppose President Trump and to protest. People who would not last two seconds in Iran are now protesting in favor of a regime that would have them killed. China is behind much of the messaging that motivates them.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson declared that the U.S.-Israeli strikes “have no UN Security Council authorization and violate international law.” Wang Yi repeated this position at the NPC press conference, adding that “plotting a ‘colour’ revolution or seeking government change will find no popular support,” and positioned Beijing as a neutral party, stating that “China’s attitude on this issue is objective and impartial.”
Xinhua formalized the line further, warning that “major countries should not make use of their military advantages to arbitrarily attack other countries,” arguing that attempts to impose government change produce “not stability but deepened resentment and protracted turmoil,” and that “if such aggressive logic were to be tolerated, any nation at odds with the United States could find itself facing a similar threat.”
Xinhua linked the Iran operation to the January 2026 capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, calling it “the second time in such a short span that Washington has taken extreme military action against the leader of a sovereign state.” Chinese analysts characterized the war as driven by ambitions to seize oil reserves or as a domestic distraction for Trump. Global Times called the killing of Khamenei “a grave violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security” that “tramples on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.”
In addition to pushing its anti-U.S. rhetoric, Chinese state media reposted content produced by the Iranian regime. For example, the Iranian Embassy on Weibo mocked Voice of America, and Chinese state outlets repeated the embassy’s claims as diplomatic statements. Furthermore, Beijing’s various mouthpieces amplified Iranian claims without independent verification, including an image shared by Iran’s foreign minister purportedly showing graves being dug for more than 160 girls killed in a school bombing.
AI-generated videos of U.S. ships going up in flames, U.S. planes crashing, and widespread damage in Israel are all emanating from Iran but are being promoted by the CCP’s online networks of state media and paid social media accounts.
China’s state CCTV correspondent Liang Hui filed ground reports from Tel Aviv showcasing Iranian missile strike damage on Israeli targets, with footage accumulating roughly 39 million reads on Weibo. Ironically, a correspondent stationed in Tel Aviv would not have a better view, or any view, of the damage done in Israel. But the fact that he is “on the ground” adds undeserved credibility to his reporting.
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies described the structure as a division of labor: Iran produces deepfakes and disinformation, Russia launders it through bot networks, and China amplifies it through state media while allowing it to circulate domestically where U.S. counter-messaging cannot reach.
In this particular propaganda campaign, Beijing’s role is not primarily fabrication but permissive amplification, suppressing pro-U.S. content while allowing anti-U.S. Iranian content to trend on domestic platforms.
Experts note that disinformation has evolved beyond obvious deepfakes to include “shallowfakes,” real images slightly altered or presented out of context, making false content harder to detect and more likely to reinforce existing biases.
The information operation extended inside the United States. Nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham, a tech executive with documented CCP alignment, mobilized protests in Times Square on February 28.
The People’s Forum issued an emergency call to action ten minutes after Trump announced the strikes, using messaging that mirrored a CCP video released before the attacks. China’s Foreign Ministry had issued its own statement calling for an end to the strikes by 9:09 a.m. that morning, its language aligned with that of the U.S.-based protest groups.
In addition to attempting to seize on the moment to improve its global soft power, China also has a financial motive for keeping the Iranian regime alive. Iran’s collapse carries economic and strategic costs for Beijing across several dimensions. China has invested over $100 billion in energy and infrastructure projects in Iran, which was China’s third-largest supplier of crude oil.
The conflict raises China’s energy import costs and ends a closed-loop arrangement in which Iranian oil funded Chinese state-backed infrastructure through non-dollar settlements and barter systems designed to bypass U.S. sanctions. The strikes also fracture China’s Belt and Road Initiative westward expansion and collapse its defense export market in the region.
Strategically, Iran served as a node in China’s diversion strategy, supporting adversaries of the United States to draw American resources away from the Indo-Pacific and as a key link connecting the CCP, Russia, and North Korea into a coordinated network. Its removal triggers further unraveling.
Venezuela has been weakened, Cuba is showing signs of accommodation with the West, and Beijing’s junior partners are being stripped away, leaving it isolated alongside Moscow and Pyongyang. The Brookings Institution noted that what China’s leaders would not tolerate is any attempt to use events in Iran to encourage similar unrest domestically, with top officials reportedly scrambling to assess party stability in the wake of the strikes and repeatedly being directed to study lessons from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Former CNN anchor and independent journalist Don Lemon’s time away from network television has exacerbated his own delusions: he could not manage a news show for CNN but now believes becoming president is possible.
Before doing that, though, he would need a sign from his god who is apparently a woman.
Lemon made an appearance on “Pod Save America” alongside host Alex Wagner where he, unsurprisingly, couldn’t help but talk about President Donald Trump, leading Lemon to opine about his own presidential aspirations.
“Do I ever think about it, yes. Could it happen?” Lemon asked. “Yeah, it could happen. If the opportunity presented itself.”
“I know people are going to think I’m crazy, this is going to be the headline, people are going to laugh about it, I think I could be president of the United States. I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”
The shock of no one, Lemon, claims to be an independent, and says he would run as a Democrat.
“Am I at that point now? No, and I know people are going to say, ‘Don Lemon is crazy’ but yeah look, why can’t I think about running for office,” Lemon said.
“Why can’t I think about being president of the United States when look at what we have.”
He then brought up former President Barack Obama, who Lemon, if elected would rank alongside in the F-tier of presidents.
“Did anybody think Barack Obama, as he says, this guy with a funny name is from a mixed background, did anybody ever think that he would become president, that he had that aspiration? I don’t have an aspiration to become president, but I do think that I could run this country a lot better than Donald Trump,” the former CNN host continued.
On the note of Lemon’s beliefs, never mind the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to salt the wound that is this cringeworthy diatribe, the former CNN host had to tell Fox News about the higher power he needed assurance from before running.
“As a child, my parents taught me I could be and do anything I wanted, and I believed them. As a person of faith, I’d have to first consult with my creator about that. If she (my creator) gives me a sign, and so do the people, then it’s game on. Somebody has to fix all of the s**t Donald Trump f***ed up,” Lemon said.

NEW – DON LEMON: “I think I could be President of United States. I could definitely run this country better than Donald Trump.”
“Why can’t I think about running for office?” pic.twitter.com/2rIT3aUlFa
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) April 1, 2026

Trump’s ascension to the Oval Office has created an environment where other celebrities and TV personalities believe they could do the same.
Of course, the differences between Trump and Lemon are vast.
One is a billionaire businessman known for his legendary work ethic that even young men struggle to keep pace with.
The other is a whiney homosexual who consistently tries to use his race and his attraction to men as a means of gaining notoriety.
Ironically, for the Democrats, it could not hurt to get Lemon more involved if he had the urge.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris had no accomplishments to run on.
She is a mixed-race woman and has only found success in life because of that. Her 2024 campaign as the Democratic nominee was a spectacular failure.
When put in the spotlight, it was obvious making her the replacement for an aging President Joe Biden was a mistaken.
With all of that in mind, Lemon might be just as qualified as she is – he isn’t, making him the Democrats ideal choice.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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NASA astronaut Victor Glover refused to play along with the identity-obsessed framing pushed by reporters ahead of America’s next mission to the Moon.
The Artemis II mission is currently in flight, having successfully launched on Wednesday.
On Thursday evening, the crew successfully completed the Translunar Injection (TLI) burn. This five-minute, 50-second engine firing accelerated the spacecraft to break free of Earth’s orbit.
According to NASA, the spacecraft is on course for its lunar flyby on April 6, where it will loop around the far side of the Moon.
The mission is led by a veteran crew of four:

Reid Wiseman (Commander)
Victor Glover (Pilot)
Christina Koch (Mission Specialist)
Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist)

Victor Glover, the U.S. Navy captain and NASA pilot, is making headlines not just for his historic role but for what he refuses to turn it into.
During an exchange ahead of the launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Glover was asked what it means to be the “first Black man” to visit the Moon.
Glover didn’t take the bait. He didn’t lean into the identity politics that have been rotting our institutions from the inside out. Instead, he reminded everyone that space exploration isn’t about the color of your skin, it’s about the spirit of the human race.
Glover:
“It is a big question, and I want to highlight, I guess, maybe one facet of this—the tension, I call it. I live in this dichotomy between happiness that a young woman can look at Christina and just physicalize her passion or her interests, or even if it’s not something she wants to do, she can just be like, “girl power,” and that’s awesome.
And that young brown boys and girls can look at me and go, “Hey, he looks like me—and he’s doing what?” And that’s great. I love that.
But I also hope we are pushing the other direction—that one day we don’t have to talk about these “firsts,” that one day this is just—and listen to this—that this is human history. It’s about human history. It’s the story of humanity, not Black history, not women’s history, but that it becomes human history.”
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NASA pilot Victor Glover emphasizes unity over identity after a historic milestone.
“It’s not black history or women’s history… it’s human history.”pic.twitter.com/24oGZKAZnT
— Brandon Straka #WalkAway (@BrandonStraka) April 2, 2026

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A 25-year-old man killed a 70-year-old Martin County, Florida, woman after he stabbed her more than 16 times while she was walking her dog in an unprovoked attack on Thursday afternoon.
The suspect, Kersten Francilus, was actively stabbing the unidentified victim as law enforcement arrived at the scene.
Law enforcement said that Francilus does not live in the neighborhood.
The Martin County Sheriff said Francilus was looking for a new bank in the area before he fatally stabbed the elderly victim.
“The individuals that we spoke to, and they range from smaller children to older people, said that he walked up to several front doors, knocked on the doors, and then asked them where the new bank was,” said Martin County Sheriff John Budensieko.
“There is no bank around here. But, he asked several people where the new bank was. At which point, after his interaction with them, he turned and walked down the driveway to the next place,” he said.
“Neighbors began calling the Sheriff’s Office after a man was reportedly knocking on doors and acting erratically, the Martin County Sheriff’s Department said.
“A short time later, the suspect encountered a woman in the street of the residential neighborhood and began a vicious, unprovoked attack, stabbing her multiple times. The victim was critically injured,” the sheriff said.

Francilus appeared in court on Friday morning after he fatally stabbed the woman.
“He stabbed her, the victim, upwards of 16 times, and was actively stabbing her while the responding deputy was responding to the scene,” the prosecutor said.
“He spoke with law enforcement and did state that he killed her, and when asked to describe her, the only way that he could describe her was that she was Jewish,” the prosecutor said, according to CBS 12.
“Francilus is being held without bond on a first-degree premeditated murder charge,” WPTV reported.

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