https://redstate.com/coldwarrior/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usSun, 05 Apr 2026 09:52:34 -0400<![CDATA[This is a repost, slightly edited, of a favorite Malcolm's Memories from a few years back about an unexpected, unusual, and somewhat embarrassing Easter experience of mine:]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Andrew Malcolm]]><![CDATA[Malcolm Memories]]>https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2026/04/05/malcolms-memories-explaining-the-easter-bunny-to-friends-who-thought-you-ate-them-n2200673<![CDATA[President Trump unleashed a fiery, no-holds-barred warning to Iran on Easter Sunday, reminding the regime that time is rapidly running out on his deadline for them to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — or face devastating consequences.]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/05/president-trump-unloads-with-expletive-filled-threat-to-iran-on-easter-sunday-n2200973<![CDATA[Late Saturday night, multiple news outlets reported that the second crew member of the F15E fighter jet was rescued from behind enemy lines in Iran, and that the crew member and the rescue team were all safely out of Iran.]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/05/we-got-him-president-trump-responds-as-second-airman-is-rescued-from-eneny-territory-in-iran-n2200972<![CDATA[The director of a Tennessee county library district has been fired after refusing to remove nearly 200 of what she described in a letter as "'LGBTQ-plus themed/teen books" from the children's area of the branches she was hired to supervise.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[First Amendment]]><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]><![CDATA[LGBTQ+]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/04/04/library-director-discarded-by-board-after-she-refused-to-move-over-150-lgbtq-plus-books-from-kids-area-n2200969<![CDATA[This guy, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), is really something. He’ll do seemingly anything to defame the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as they try to rid the nation of all the criminal illegal aliens that Democrats let in under the Biden administration.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:32:22 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Chris Van Hollen]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/04/margaritagate-sen-van-hollen-embarrassed-by-dhs-yet-again-as-hes-busted-over-latest-whopper-n2200968<![CDATA[It's common enough for the older generations, including crochety old Boomer coots like me, to berate the younger generations. This has been the case ever since two grizzled old men named Ig and Oog complained about the younger men not wanting to go to the other side of the hill to gather flint.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:41:45 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/california-school-suspends-pro-ice-student-while-teachers-union-funds-anti-ice-walkouts-n2200967<![CDATA[United Nations agencies have refused to provide key personnel records to U.S. investigators in an ongoing probe into potential Hamas ties inside U.S.-funded aid programs.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:33:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]><![CDATA[USAID]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/04/un-stonewalls-us-probe-as-hamas-links-surface-in-aid-programs-n2200966<![CDATA[It's happening. The Trump administration has requested that a court issue an emergency stay, after a judge ordered on Tuesday that the White House construction work to be stopped on President Trump's planned addition of a grand ballroom in the historic residence's East Wing.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/04/04/trump-administration-asks-court-for-emergency-pause-order-on-white-house-ballroom-n2200964<![CDATA[It's Easter weekend, and most people are with their families.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/04/rumor-about-trumps-health-n2200963<![CDATA[A month into the war with Iran, the hatred of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth continues its exponential growth. The latest attack is by former Naval War College faculty member Tom Nichols, whose claim to fame is declaring himself, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, to be an expert. In a piece in The Atlantic, one of those magazines/outlets that everyone says they read, but no one really does, called "Hegseth’s War on America’s Military," Nichols lambastes Hegseth for actually shaping the U.S. military.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[streiff]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/04/the-spleen-vented-against-hegseth-over-firing-the-armys-top-general-validates-his-decision-n2200965<![CDATA[It's like clockwork. You somehow just know Liz Warren, liberal senator of Massachusetts, would jump right in on a story like this, and you would be correct. My colleague Sister Toldjah predicted a few days back that implosions were imminent on that side of the aisle.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Becca Lower]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]><![CDATA[Scott Bessent]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/04/04/senate-democrats-in-a-tizzy-over-bessent-saying-trumps-signature-will-appear-on-currency-for-america-250-n2200960<![CDATA[Barack Obama loves lecturing us about ‘democracy’ and ‘voter suppression’ — except when it’s his own ugly library handing out grand-opening tickets. Then suddenly, citizenship matters.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/04/obama-opposes-proof-of-citizenship-to-votebut-good-luck-entering-his-ugly-library-sweepstakes-without-it-n2200961<![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s budget request to Congress seeks $152 million to rebuild Alcatraz as a high-security federal prison, making it a defined funding ask.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/04/04/trump-moves-to-bring-back-alcatraz-with-152m-as-federal-crackdown-ramps-up-n2200962<![CDATA[There has been an explosion in a Christian, pro-Israel center in the Netherlands. The center is in the Dutch central town of Nijkerk. No injuries have been reported. No suspect is yet in custody.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:45:11 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/new-report-blast-hits-pro-israel-christian-group-in-dutch-town-of-nijkerk-police-unsure-of-motive-n2200958<![CDATA[One of President Trump's second-term priorities was to put a stop to the discriminatory practice of using an applicant's race as a consideration in college admissions. To that end, the Trump administration Justice Department (DOJ) has sought admissions records from the nation's institutions of higher learning, to determine the extent of the issue.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/new-federal-judge-blocks-trumps-college-admissions-data-push-in-17-states-n2200956<![CDATA[Britain's prestigious Harrow School used to be quite the institution, a school for Britain's up-and-coming youths; Sir Winston Churchill is among their distinguished former students. And, one would think that the previously staid and stolid British traditions would continue in such a school, even as it seeks to open branches in other countries. Now, we might question the wisdom of a British school opening branches in the Middle East; I know I would.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:30:20 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/elite-uk-schools-in-middle-east-now-offer-wife-beating-lessons-n2200954<![CDATA[President Trump, as we've seen in several recent stories, has ordered the release of a bunch of what are reportedly "UFO files." There has been a lot of speculation as to what's in those files, and no, there are not two intrepid federal agents named Scully and Mulder looking them over before release. This has, as you might expect, caused a minor explosion of speculation: Have aliens visited Earth? Are they here now? What do they look like?]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:55 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Space]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/04/trump-orders-full-ufo-file-dump-but-would-aliens-even-want-to-visit-us-n2200952<![CDATA[President Trump posted a blunt reminder to the Iranian regime on Saturday, reminding them that the clock is rapidly running out on a deadline he previously set for Tehran to reach a deal to end the war or fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/04/clocks-ticking-trump-tells-iran-theyve-got-48-hours-to-open-hormuz-or-face-hell-raining-down-n2200951<![CDATA[France is recognized as our oldest ally, with an alliance dating back to the Revolutionary War. But they seem to be doing all they can to tank that relationship right now.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron]]><![CDATA[France]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[South Korea]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/04/04/macrons-remarks-in-south-korea-n2200947<![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved Friday to strip green cards from two relatives of the most feared Iranian military commander in recent history, and federal agents arrested them the same night.]]>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Joe Cunningham]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]>https://redstate.com/joesquire/2026/04/04/rubio-revokes-green-cards-of-relatives-of-irans-most-notorious-terror-general-then-has-them-arrested-n2200950