Archives 4/2/26 through 4/15/26 - Freedom Window - A refuge for freedom in a hostile tech universe.

Trump down slightly with white working class | Trump will switch course and focus on the economy at about the six-month mark out from the election, around the beginning of May. Trump has learned that modern political memory is extremely short. He's faced impeachments, a global pandemic and years of lawfare from a sitting opponent and still won reelection. Unlike the nervous Nellies in podcast land, Trump knows he can shift the narrative very quickly. If he gets a good deal in Iran, which amounts to establishing a method of control of the regime that is repeatable (US blockade of Iranian ports), he can credibly declare victory and move onto the domestic economy.

Accuser : Eric Swalwell 'raped me and choked me'

2019 Trump impeachment . . . CIA informant bias hidden, relied on hearsay

. . . Tulsi exposes the 'false narrative'

Bessent: Lower interest rates now

Vance: Trump took pic down because his humor was misunderstood

. . . Trump: I was playing Red Cross doc, nurse right beside me

Woke pope's culture war clashes have only just begun

China-bound tanker turns back amid US blockade, China warns US

. . . just one of the waterway wars

. . . Israel backs US Hormuz blockade

. . . Vance: Ball in Iran's court

. . . Iran demanding compensation from neighbors

. . . Vance says it's 'economic terrorism'

. . . these are 'the right people'

. . . Rubio hosts Israel-Lebanon talks

Musk: Soros has 'taken over' Hungary

. . . Von der Leyen waits less than a day to seize more EU power

. . . Dreher: Orban's defeat about economy, not a win for left

Swalwell resigns

. . . may go to jail

. . . Kash Patel invites Swalwell for a 'sit down with the FBI'

. . . real scandal is how long Dems and media hid it

. . . warnings about Swalwell 'long circulated privately'

. . . Tony Gonzales to resign

. . . Congress reaches ethics breaking point

Monday, April 13, 2026

Trump gets McD's Door Dashed, takes questions

. . . Trump: Right people have called. They want to make a deal.

. . . Trump blockade puts acute economic pressure on Iran

. . . blockade begins today

. . . Trump's brilliant blockade

. . . Trump doesn't care if Iran comes back to negotiations

. . . but mediators say the 'door is not closed'

. . . Why Iran doesn't need a navy to block Strait

Dems can't replicate strategy that defeated Orban against MAGA

. . . Orban concedes

. . . Magyar is still a conservative

Trump slams Pope Leo

. . . Bishop Barron says Trump should apologize

. . . Trump refuses to apologize

. . . Trump critics call him blasphemous, but was he comparing himself to Jesus or just the pope?

. . . Christians condemn the post

. . . Trump deletes image, says it wasn't Jesus

Swalwell drops out of gov race

Musk: I won't pay South Africa's racist bribe

Fed study blames tariffs for continuing inflation

Mamdani's gov't grocery store coming to Harlem

Judicial Watch: 372K 'dirty names' cleaned off CO voter rolls

Trumps $10B defamation case against WSJ dismissed

Trump admin agrees to keep 'pride' flag in legal settlement

Sunday, April 12, 2026

US blockades Strait

. . . 6 red line demands of US

. . . cut off from all maritime traffic

. . . oil moves above $100

. . . Trump: Blockade a boon to US oil

. . . block China's oil

. . . Iran's dire warning

. . . Iran promises forceful response

. . . Iran says US blockade ends ceasefire

Orban concedes defeat

. . . 16 years in power to end

Media knew Swalwell was a sex pest and hid it

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Artemis 2 successfully returns

. . . Video: Artemis 2 crew returns

Swalwell accused of rape

. . . Jeffries, Pelosi, want Swalwell out

Vance heads to high stakes talks

. . . Gulf states bear vast majority of Strait tolls

. . . UK to host talks on reopening Strait

Israel losing PR war in US

Utah wants Discord records related to Kirk suspect

Kamala leaning toward running

Friday, April 10, 2026

Trump and Pope don't agree on much, Pope to stay away

. . . US didn't tell Pope to pick a side

Trump: Why Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Alex are losers | Trump's critics, who all hate Israel with the possible exception of Kelly, pretend not to recognize Trump's obvious hyperbole in his statements on Iran. He's negotiating a deal and he makes extreme statements in this process sometimes.

. . . Candace and Alex Jones call for Trump's removal

. . . MTG too

. . . Megyn Kelly stops short of that, wants 'normal human' behavior

. . . Axios: How Roger Stone persuaded Trump not to fire Tulsi Gabbard

WSJ: What victory looks like

. . . CENTCOM: Iran faced generational defeat

. . . Trump wants ships to pass without fees

. . . light traffic in first two days

Trump warns Netanyahu

European company donates millions worth of steel for WH ballroom

Melania calls out smears against her on Epstein

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Vance to lead US negotiators

. . . Iran closes Strait over Lebanon attacks

. . . WH says closure unacceptable

. . . Trump: All military assets remain in place

. . . Netanyahu: 'finger on the trigger' to resume fight

. . . US and Iran to find plutonium together, special ops not off table

. . . 'any means necessary'

Trump wants to punish NATO countries

Media repeats Trump hating general's absurd comments

Border wall facing major pushback

After Rutte meet, Trump making Greenland threats again

US getting 250K barrels of oil per day from Venezuela

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

U.S. and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire

. . . 2 week ceasefire, Strait opens, working toward deal

. . . Trump: 'total and complete victory'

. . . Vance: military objectives completed

. . . Trump alone decided on war, against his own team

. . . how a ceasefire was reached

. . . China a driving force behind ceasefire

. . . China's goal is weakening US hegemony

. . . Lindsey Graham extremely cautious, prefers diplomacy

. . . Iran orders military to stop firing

Trump-Rutte high stakes NATO meeting today

Republican wins easily in MTG replacement race

Big spending Dem wins WI Supreme Court race

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Iran offers to open Strait in 10-point deal

. . . Iran putting human shields around infrastructure

. . . Mojtabi Khamenei unconsious

. . . Pentagon only targeting military support infrastructure

. . . Pentagon cancels Tuesday press briefing

. . . Trump's momentous decision

. . . Vance on standby for Iran talks

Chinese satellite images helping Iran ID US targets

Leaker endangered down flyer

. . . Iran used new missile defense system to shoot F-15

Monday, April 6, 2026

Trump meets NATO's Rutte as alliance faces existential questions

Trump likely done firing cabinet members

Trump admin posts Easter messages

Iran’s ex-FM Zarif proposes peace roadmap

. . . Hardliners threaten fmr foreign minister Zarif for proposing peace deal

. . . What happens when 48-hour limit expires?

. . . Iran pushes for 45-day ceasefire

. . . Iran labels Trump 'unstable and delusional'

. . . leftist US press take cues from Iranian regime

Step-by-step details of F-15 pilot rescue

. . . behind enemy lines

Swalwell flip flops on transparency, blocks Chinese files that include him

Final deadline: Tuesday 8PM EST

Targets are strategic

. . . Dem Karens just don't get it

Trump fired Bondi to motivate

Sunday, April 5, 2026

2nd downed F-15 pilot rescued

. . . AP confirms

. . . we got him

. . . he was behind enemy lines, but never truly alone

. . . the hunters became the hunted

. . . media flummoxed after laying groundwork for an agonizing capture

. . . meanwhile, US terminates many regime leaders

'No Kings' can't define message

Trump: Privatize TSA

A House win in NE could cost Dems presidency

Saturday, April 4, 2026

T-48 hours until 'hell will reign down'

. . . negotiations for peace hit dead end

. . . Israel prepping for attacks on Iranian energy sites

. . . Trump prepares to unload his clip | Commits most stealth cruise missiles for reigning down hell phase

. . . not to worry, US can replace them quickly

NY Times: Democrats relying heavily on shadowy donors

. . . Dems are embracing dark money, obscure nonprofits, funneling hundreds of millions into politics (paywall)

Leftist fundraisers warn of two more Trump SCOTUS picks

. . . Alito fell ill last month

. . . Kamala and the left prepare for Supreme Court vacancies

. . . Judicial training manual authors leave climate biased chapter

Congressman: If you knew gov't intel on aliens, you'd worry

Google: Bitcoin not safe

Netanyahu's opposition beg Trump, Adelson, to stay out of election

General expects us to find missing fighter crew member

. . . Trump says US can open Strait with time

FBI hacked by China

Reuters distorts Macron message to unite against US and China | The Reuters headline made no mention of China, which Macron included, only the US. This is a striking example of the biased nature of Reuters coverage. The headline is a lie. He was calling for opposition to Chinese and US hegemony, not just the US.

Trump signs order limiting college players to 5 years, 1 transfer

KY gives Charlie Kirk a highway

Acting AG Blanche: Stop Focusing on Epstein

Trump wants $152M for Alcatraz redevelopment

US payrolls up 178K, better than expected, unemployment down

Amazon adds 3.5% Iran war fuel cost fee

Friday, April 3, 2026

Iran refuses to meet negotiators in Pakistan

. . . F-15 shot down, one of two pilots rescued

. . . tribesman shoot at rescue aircraft

. . . 2nd US plane crashes, pilot rescued

. . . Trump says Mojtaba Khamenei rushed to Moscow for surgery

Mamdani omits Jesus's name in Good Friday message

Trump mocks Starmer, Guardian frets that relationship beyond repair

. . . Gen. Kellogg calls NATO allies cowards

. . . UK and France chose Islamization

WH wants massive defense spending increase, to cut housing, social services, health care

. . . GOP may not buy Trump's spending proposal

. . . Trump: 'Can't fund day care because we're fighting wars' | Following this gaffe, Trump will almost certainly end the war in Iran sooner rather than later.

. . . CNN: Double haters favor Dems in midterms

Trump polled advisers about replacing Tulsi Gabbard

. . . Atlantic: Kash Patel could be next say anonymous sources

Courts likely to block Trump’s effort to curtail mail-in voting

Stone ages . . . Iran's largest bridge destroyed . . . more to come?

. . . US vows to target more Iranian infrastructure

Bondi fired

. . . Trump believes she tipped off Swalwell over Chinese spy link

. . . Politico: She failed Trump's loyalty test

. . . Bondi 'eternally grateful'

Hegseth removes Army's top general

WH slams Politico for inaccurate anonymous source laden story