April 23rd

 

(0616) Morning all, sunny out there through lightly poisoned cloud. It’s my “OoL morning” so I was over there for an hour just now, also correspondence. Have a good one. ((0715)

 

5. Ballots after election day

4. Steve at 1361

• Former Trump Staffer Proposes a Highly Explosive Plan That the President Can Use to Potentially Blow Up Virginia’s Hideous New Gerrymander (JH: developments, post item coming up)
• Famous UFO Researcher David Wilcock Dead from ‘Apparent Suicide’ Two Days After Posting Video Warning About How it’s ‘Scary’ that ‘Scientists Are Going Missing (JH: Also post coming up on the deaths)
• War-Obsessed Germany Plans To Call Reservists Up to the Age of 70
• Russian Citizens in Moldova’s Breakaway Republic of Transnistria Allegedly Under Threat, as Moscow Vows To Protect Them at Any Cost
• Iran Fired At Three Ships Near Hormuz, Seized Two but Iran Seized Ships In Strait Of Hormuz then Immediately Regrets it
• 1 in 7 people have had severe adverse events from COVID injections, MHRA says quietly
• Magyar wants to put the Austro-Hungarian Empire back on the map
• Four UK Labour Officials Charged with Alleged Vote-Rigging
• Much more.

3. This below is the one I was going to lead with at OoL

… but went with the troops witchhunts instead….

2. DAD at 1361

a) Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, supports Elon Musk, who has been summoned by the French justice system: 

“Macron’s France is losing its legitimacy by turning criminal investigations into weapons to repress freedom of expression and privacy. The US Department of Justice refused to assist France in its investigation of Elon Musk, calling the case politically motivated….

b) Canada. The Montreal School Services Centre has dismissed nearly 150 support staff members who refused to comply with Quebec’s new secularism law. Among them are dozens of daycare educators, lunchtime supervisors, special education technicians, and attendants for students with disabilities who wear religious headscarves.

c) France. Lagny-sur-Marne (77): a public high school hosts a “youth branch” of Amnesty International which conducts pro-migrant and pro-veil propaganda there….

d) France. 73.8% of Les Républicains members voted in favor of Bruno Retailleau for the 2027 presidential election. This resounding victory is reminiscent of the May 2025 vote at the LR Congress, where 74.31% of votes went to Retailleau and the remainder to his rival, Laurent Wauquiez….

1. Going to open with ZeroHedge

… because it relates to the OoL post itself … I’ve read DAD’s opener, it’s coming up next.

Navy Secretary John Phelan Abruptly Departs Trump Admin With No Explanation, “Effective Immediately”

In a terse, one-paragraph statement released this afternoon, the Pentagon announced the immediate departure of Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, effective immediately.

Undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao has been elevated to Acting Secretary of the Navy. The announcement, issued by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell (Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs), offered no explanation for the move and simply thanked Phelan for his service “on behalf of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Deputy.”

Want to learn more? See the full article here.