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Bellwether Digest – Thursday, May 7, 2026

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By STAFF

This digest covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from May 6-7, 2026.

This digest contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Report.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. 2026 Elections
  2. Gerrymandering Wars
  3. Iran War
  4. Trump Deportations
  5. AI Markets

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

  1. WALL STREET IGNORES IRAN’S UNCERTAINTY – While the signals from Iran continue to be conflicting and often changing from one moment to the next, the U.S. stock market seems to have adapted to this uncertainty.

The Strait of Hormuz remains unopened, mostly, and the President does not seem hard-pressed to settle on a ceasefire or resume “offensive” actions.

  1. BOND FOR ILLEGALS SAYS APPEALS COURT – The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 most illegals should get bond releases while awaiting deportation hearings.
  2. PROGRESSIVE HOUSE MEMBER CONFESSES – Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) publicly confessed to working with foreign governments to undermine U.S. policy in Cuba.

She declared, “I was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places, other countries in Latin America trying to figure out how to get oil there. I’ve called these sanctions an economic bombing of the infrastructure of Cuba.”

HEADLINES MISSED

  1. KIM DROPS UNITY – North Korea is no longer seeking unity with South Korea. It was once a part of their constitution, but now that article has been dropped.
  2. SUPERCARRIER OCTOBER – There is a growing realization by many that the U.S. Supercarrier is no longer the decisive military advantage it once was. Now, more analysts are coming down on the side that claims the supercarrier’s days are gone or soon will be.
  3. SCIENTISTS FIND ANOTHER DNA LAW BREAKER – Scientists have discovered an example in nature of genetic exchange of information through DNA that defies their understanding. A microscopic organism’s genetics was able to reassign gene-stopping signals to amino acids, a feat not imagined possible for life before this observation.

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. 2020 ELECTION FRAUD EVIDENCE STAYS – A motion by Fulton County election officials to have the 2020 ballots seized by the FBI returned has been denied by a Federal Judge, meaning the case will go on.
  2. VIRGINIA’S GERRYMANDER CHAMPION RAIDED BY FBI – The woman behind the Virginia special election to effectively eliminate 4 GOP U.S. House seats is now under FBI investigation. Virginia’s State Senator L. Louise Lucas saw her offices raided, along with other businesses connected to her.

So far, only anonymous sources are cited as claiming this is connected to a corruption investigation directly linked to her. She is considered the main driver of the Virginia gerrymander election plan that is currently under legal scrutiny.

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Situation Report: April 2026

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Originally published May 1, 2026 for our monthly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor.  Subscribe to get weekly issues.

Dates: 26-04-01 to 26-04-30

By STAFF

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

April 2026 was dominated by the Iran War and the continued breakneck development of AI and the institutions now forming around the technology.

The world continues to adjust itself to rapidly shifting dynamics of both AI’s development and the culmination of a century-plus “debate” between local national sovereignties and a global governance model, a debate muddled by the question of the role of ethnicity in that dynamic.

In the U.S., two competing nations, Conservative US and Progressive US, are becoming clearer to see, while America is still harder to see among the two and between them.

There have been no sudden downturns or upturns in the economy, which is still largely responding to the Iran War and AI development.

U.S. POLITICS

BACKGROUND:

1.1. 2026 ELECTIONS – A lot of major shifts in the GOP’s midterm prospects occurred this month, ending with the most recent, the SCOTUS ruling overthrowing race-based gerrymandering. It began with a major loss for the GOP, a Virginia referendum that promises to eliminate 4 GOP seats in the U.S. House. That election has yet to be certified, and there are serious doubts it will ever be certified.

President Trump’s executive order attempting to eliminate mass mailer elections may be more show than substance, though Red States have been moving to end mass mailer elections, as well as require Photo ID to vote.

While the Democrats were still celebrating their Virginia win, the GOP managed to hold the Marjorie Taylor Greene seat. Finally, SCOTUS delivered another victory for the GOP by approving a Texas redistricting map that eliminates 4 Democrat seats in the House.

1.2. CONSERVATIVE US – Two recent actions connected to FISA highlight the difference between Conservative US and America. The first action saw efforts by some members within the GOP to kill the Biden Vehicle Kill Switch mandate defeated by the top leadership of the GOP.

The second action saw the FISA courts challenging the use of a search spy tool by the government, only to see the Trump administration appeal their decision.

In previous reports, we’ve described this land as being occupied by three nations, Progressive US, Conservative US, and America. Within Conservative US and Progressive US there are still Americans who have not quite figured that out yet.

Here, with FISA, we see how conservatives consistently side with Law and Order over Dangerous Liberty when it comes to national security threats.

1.2. PROGRESSIVE FUNDING – While we at MIA are skeptical about the efficacy of the charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center by the DOJ, we have little doubt the organization is part of a network of progressive operations intended to use fear of the white devil to raise money and gain real market power.

Charges against the SPLC have at least gotten conservatives to look closer at the methodologies deployed by progressives to infiltrate institutions and win billions in contributions from the targeted corporations.

Unions are a part of that network, especially public-school teachers’ unions, which have become powerhouses in terms of boots on the ground action (from the teachers and their coopted children) and capital.

At least $1 billion in the last 10 years, that we know of, have been contributed by teachers’ unions to progressive organizations, including protest organizations.

1.3. TRUMP DEPORTATIONS – On the last day of the month, the U.S. House passed funding of the DHS, essentially ending the shutdown and allowing more robust deportation operations to pick back up (but nowhere near the peak levels of the first few months). This comes as over 1,000 TSA officers have quit during the DHS shutdown.

A 9th circuit panel restored ICE’s right to use non-violent force to clear crowds before they turn violent, but by only a 2-1 vote. The majority offered an excoriating rebuttal of the District Judge.

An Appeals Court panel ruling struck down the Trump administration’s assertion it can hold immigrants indefinitely without bond hearings. The ruling was unanimous, and it included a Trump appointed Judge.

The panel wrote, “The government’s interpretation…would send a seismic shock through our immigration detention system and society, straining our already overcrowded detention infrastructure, incarcerating millions, separating families, and disrupting communities.”

The idea of holding an individual, even a non-citizen, indefinitely, without any attempt at a resolution of their case, seems on its face unconstitutional, and a dangerous precedent to want to set. This is another example of Conservative US, not America, in action.

Progressive states continue to pass legislation designed to punish ICE agents and protect illegal aliens. Tom Steyer, the Democrat’s Gubernatorial front runner in the California jungle primary, is promising to lock ICE officers up. California is also working to pass a law that would pay for legal fees for illegal aliens.

1.4. THE FIRST CASUALTIES? – Two high-profile Democrats have faced significant consequences, with one, James Comey, facing charges related to allegedly threating the President online, and the other, Eric Swalwell, losing his political career.

Comey’s charges seem hard to prove, even if we all understand the intent behind the message, “86 47” in the season of political violence we find ourselves in. If Comey is intended to appease the people without satisfying the people, the appeasement won’t work. Conservatives want convictions and prison cells with progressives locked in them.

Seeing Swalwell be abandoned so quickly by his party for accusations of sexual abuse that remain to be clearly proven suggests he was becoming a liability for far more reasons than the sexual abuse charges.

This is the man who had a Chinese Communist Party spy girlfriend. He is now out of the California Governor’s Race (where he was once a frontrunner) and out of congress altogether.

ASSESSMENT – The 2026 Election is looking more and more like an election no one wants to win, though surely, they do. While conservatives aren’t talking about the Epstein files with regularity, it’s not often far away from the conservation.

The growing skepticism with the Iran war, along with the still unresolved Epstein Files controversy is causing the GOP and Trump to lose support.

The courts have delivered some big wins for the GOP that have unleased a ripple effect which is sure to be the lead political story over the coming weeks and months. Progressive and conservative states are now scrambling to react to those rulings, especially the SCOTUS ruling ending race-based gerrymandering.

Progressives appear to have committed to the narrative that they can’t be the violent ones if they are using violence to stop violent people. They are escaping accusations they are responsible for the political violence by claiming their targets deserve it. Watch to see if Progressives start to use a new term to define their nation, a term that distinguishes them from America.

GEOPOLITICS

BACKGROUND – A quiet announcement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the U.S. might reduce its military presence by 80% in Europe sets the backdrop for the geopolitical bellwethers we have identified for April 2026.

1.1. CHINA – China has been pushing a narrative many nations, especially in the West, want to hear, the U.S. World Order is crumbling and the world needs a new order. China is positioning itself to be the alternative to the U.S.

The fecklessness of its military hardware as used by Iran against U.S. forces might have an effect China has yet to see. For now, China is still seemingly making inroads into Europe through nations like Croatia. It is also competing healthily for influence in Africa in ways that are interfering with U.S. policy.

At home it faces fear of mass riots, a fear it is hoping to assuage with AI-led robot and drone riot control armies.

Iran has had a significant impact on its economy, and it continues to do so, yet the progressive media at home paints China as the winner in the Iran War so far.

1.2. IRAN WAR – An increasing number of nations are either coming out against the U.S. war with Iran, or claiming the U.S. is failing. Germany and the UK are two nations that have joined that list. The narrative that the dominance of the U.S. military is now over is proliferating in progressive corporate news not just domestically, but internationally as well.

The administration reaching out to car manufacturers for weapons manufacturing help has only strengthened the failing U.S. effort narrative.

The Russians, for the first time, perhaps emboldened by the corporate news narrative, are now staking their public reputation on protecting Iran from another massive U.S. assault. The Chinese have not joined them in that boldness, so far

With Iran’s Supreme Leader recently making comments that the U.S. is about to be destroyed in the Strait, Trump seems satisfied to mostly stay pat, for now, despite dipping approval numbers overall and on the war.

1.3. UKRAINE WAR – After a terrorist attack in Kyiv, President Zelensky of Ukraine has ordered personnel purges at the Ministry of International Affairs. The attacker opened fire on civilians in a supermarket, killing 8 and injuring 13 others. No one in the supermarket was allowed to carry a gun legally. There is talk of softening gun laws so terrorists can’t simply target unarmed populations.

Right before he lost his re-election bid, Prime Minister Orban of Hungary accused the Ukrainians of being essentially a money-laundering scheme for progressives in America. The Ukrainians would get the war funding and a certain amount would be siphoned off and sent back to the states to fund progressive organizations, including protest organizations.

1.4. UK – While Kier Starmer Watch has started, the Prime Minister of Britian has not yet resigned or hinted at resigning after it has been made clear he protected associates of Jeffrey Epstein that later became leading members of his government.

Yet even as he faces this pressure, he is yet attempting to maneuver to push Britain back into the EU without having a vote on it.

Their King came over to America and made a political speech challenging most of Trump’s important policies, including his deportation policy, his anti-DEI policies, and his war in Iran.

After another terrorist attack by an Islamist, this time targeting Jews, Restore Britian is becoming an increasing threat to the Conservative and Labour world order. Restore Britian is to America what no political party is to America today, a party that truly represents the nation from which multiple nations have sprung.

In Britian, there are the progressives of Britian, Labour, though the Greens are increasingly becoming the mantle-holders of that movement. There are the conservatives, who, like the conservatives in America, have a lot more Britishers within them than the progressives do, but they’re not quite truly “British” either.

They don’t stand for the same standards as the country that bore them.

Like the progressives of America, the progressives of the UK are very much anti-British in whole and in part, and like the progressives of America, they use the white devil trope as the primary means of creating moral-supremacist political power (backed up first by progressive corporations, including the media, and now by the government itself).

The fruit of progressivism in the UK is seeing shoplifting across the country hit record highs and the country’s birth rate going negative, meaning there are more deaths than births each year.

ASSESSMENT – The UK is becoming the bellwether of the progressive agenda, having aggressively pursued it more than any other western nation, including Canada (which is not far behind). Now, that ideology is coming to a head as its allies, namely the Islamists, appear ready to claim power under their own banners.

The response is the formation of a national party with a national interest serving specific indigenous ethnicities.

Nations of the world that have embraced progressivism, especially European ones, should be studying the results to come in the UK over the next two years. How the UK goes will largely indicate how Europe’s progressive nations go.

Does nationalism win without becoming fascistic or authoritarian in general? Do the Islamists remain the last faction standing? Or does the UK balkanize or descent into civil war?

Here, the battleground is largely built on the old-world order. In Iran, that war is increasingly becoming one that is both built on the new world order and creating it. On that front, the U.S. appears to have needed a pause, and the world has figured that out, which has emboldened its critics.

This strengthens China’s foreign presence as they look like an increasingly attractive alternative.

As we have said in a previous Sitrep, nations that cannot build impressive AI machines of their own must be useful to those that can. Germany is the only Western European country well-suited for AI machine development, though they are years away from reaching that potential.

CULTURE

BACKGROUND:

1.1. ABORTION – There have been a few victories this month for the pro-life camp and setbacks, but the biggest victory comes from the news that undercover reporters who exposed Planned Parenthood for selling deceased fetuses will no longer face charges which have loomed over them for years.

1.2. EUTHANASIA – After a U.S. citizen was euthanized by Spanish authorities, President Trump has questions. The person had been gang raped and soon after sought euthanasia. Signs she was second-guessing were ignored.

Euthanasia is spreading worldwide and gaining ground even here in the U.S. Wherever it is legalized, the fight to expand those eligible for suicide starts, and the expanders usually win.

Canada is leading the world in its embrace of euthanasia, with efforts to include children as eligible candidates now happening. They recently allowed a partially blind man to be euthanized. There is a pushback, which includes a bill that would halt the expansion for good. In Belgium, euthanasia is becoming big business. In Oregon, assisted suicides are increasing every year, with no end in sight.

1.3. WOKE – Red states continue to enact legislation designed to kill “woke” policies, while blue states seem to be doubling down on them.

SCOTUS appears to be afraid to address public school treatment of children claiming to be non-binary or transgendered, having rejected two challenges to schools that allow for stealth transitioning of the gender of students without parental knowledge or consent.

The Trump administration is also continuing to push policies that challenge any “Woke” policy such as DEI. RFK Jr. just announced hoe would replace the “woke” Obamacare panel determining what type of preventative care is covered.

Progressive judges seem to interpret wokeness as being rule of law rather than the constitution, with a recent ruling by another Federal district judge attempting to stop the Trump XO banning transgender surgery and chemical therapy for children.

Worldwide, “wokeness” is mostly advancing. In Canada, they are preparing to outlaw passages of the bible being publicly read because they condemn homosexuality.

The biggest blow to the woke cause was the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which allegedly uses threats of market assassination to get funding for progressive organizations.

They also get to insert activists into corporations who can do more work transforming the company from within. This story is a strong contender for a near-future Deep Dive Report, should the charges have substantive evidence behind them.

ASSESSMENT – As we observed in our last SitRep, where Republicans rule, action continues to be taken to stop “woke” or socio-progressive policies, while where Democrats rule, they are accelerating their socio-progressive programs and becoming increasingly overtly hostile to opposition to it.

NOTE: Expect us to start using the term socio-progressive instead of “woke,” as the latter term is more difficult to pin down than the former, and the former more accurately describes the ideology.

Worldwide, euthanasia is advancing more than it’s retreating. Abortion in the U.S. is becoming mostly about taking a pill, not going to a clinic, which is sure to undermine Planned Parenthood’s alleged fetus-selling business.

There is no great movement against euthanasia in America today, and the public opinion polls on abortion have not significantly changed. Abortion continues to be one of the key centers of power for the progressives, who rely on this issue to capture and retain the white female vote.

MARKETS

BACKGROUND:

1.1. IRAN WAR – The war is having an increasingly negative effective on much of the world’s economies, though the U.S. stock market has yet to feel the pinch. Even if the war were to end today, the lingering economic impact of the war will last for months, if not years.

Europe is more impacted by the war than the U.S. is, with China also taking a heavy toll from the war.

1.2. TARIFFS – The tariff refund window has opened and corporations around the world are forming virtual lines, each hoping to collect millions. In the case of GM, they’re hoping for over $500 million from the refund window. The total refund amount is $166 billion, which is how much the tariff program collected before SCOTUS struck the tariffs down.

1.3. MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY – AI is fast on its way to becoming a utility as the number of users of AI continue to explode even as its popularity doesn’t. Opposition to Data Centers, for instance, is only growing, and politicians are picking up that scent.

Salesforce is claiming 1,000 new hires are the result of AI, reversing the overall trend of AI replacing human jobs.

Progressive media continues to take hits, with Disney announcing 1,000 more layoffs and Marvel announcing layoffs as well. The biggest announced layoffs come from Meta, which will cut 10% of its workforce, 8,000 jobs, starting this May.

ASSESSMENT – The U.S. economy continues to be trending mostly upward, with inflation holding steady, along with unemployment. What Americans are feeling, however, might not align with some of these numbers, as most Americans are employed in ways that might be replaceable by AI.

The world economy is restructuring itself, with the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz forcing alternative trade routes that might just survive the re-opening. Most of this reshuffle is being driven by preparation for and anticipation of the AI transformation everyone knows is already here.

The geopolitical fallout of the AI reality of power of nations has yet to emerge, and thus a new stable global market order is also going to have to wait until more is known about which nations have what kind of AI power.

The sheer capital need of AI development should create opportunities for flourishing for those paying attention to the industry.

SCI-TECH

BACKGROUND:

1.1. SUSTAINABLE FLOURISHING – Here are four bellwether discoveries from April 2026 that could advance sustainable flourishing for all (even if they were discovered by institutions antithetical to it):

Cryopreservation breakthrough could allow for freezing of transplant organs, extending the time dramatically available to deliver a donor organ to a patient in need.

Forest Waste to become high-performance bioplastics. The breakthrough could create an organic source for plastics which can easily be recycled.

Dirt will power our network of mini devices. Microbes in the soil will become fuel cells for low-power-requiring micro-devices that could be used in a variety of applications, including smart clothing.

Fuel Cell turns coal into electricity without burning it. This breakthrough could enable China to use a resource they have a lot of, coal, without polluting the atmosphere to do so. China is the number one coal producer in the world.

1.2. DEFENSE TECH – The Pentagon is seeking a record $1.5 trillion budget to pay for more ships, drones, AI development and integration, and even pay raises.

AI is becoming an increasingly dominant aspect of defense tech, with AI set to soon become the design leader, not fulfiller. AI will reshape the battlefield in ways that not even AI can currently predict.

The frontline of defense tech is AI integration and cheap drone hordes, along with cheap drone horde defense. Ukraine continues to be the frontline of drone development in the world, but the Iran War is teaching the U.S., and Iran, as well as observers, significant lessons as well. Yet those lessons might soon be moot after drone development starts to come from AI itself.

1.3. AI WATCH – We have mentioned AI creating 1,000 jobs in Salesforce. Now, AI has created the “Omniverse,” a place where you can test your whole manufacturing process in virtual environments that mimic the real close enough to make the results transferable to the material world. You can test your product from design to build to test, and cycle through until the design works.

The Americans have claimed they’ve created a computer chip that can survive temperatures as high as 1300 degrees Fahrenheit. The current chip max temperature tolerance is around 200, which is what makes data centers so water dependent. A chip such as this would significantly reduce the need for cooling, which is why data centers require so much water.

Thanks to AI, robots are becoming more high functioning, which can be seen in war. In the Ukraine War, the first ever military surrender of troops to robots was recorded when Russian troops surrendered to Ukrainian robots. China is now working on creating riot bots and drones in anticipation of mass protests.

The AI wars are only going to get hotter, with China signaling the way when it prevented an American company, Meta, from purchasing a Chinese AI agent company, Mantus. The U.S. has also ordered companies to stop sending certain chips to a Chinese chipmaker.

ASSESSMENT – Opportunities for sustainable flourishing technological development continue to happen on a near-daily basis. Yet opportunities for authoritarian technological development also continue to happen as well. AI is an aid to both.

The key technological developments we are looking for are ones that shrink the cost and resource demand of building and sustaining AI machines and their remote brains (data centers). We have little doubt breakthroughs like the computer chip that can sustain super-hot temperatures are on the way.

Be wary of building too big, too fast, for the next generation of AI machines and remote brains might be a lot less demanding, but every bit as powerful, as those massive AI machines.

OVERALL ASSESSMENT

President Trump is settling in to being a professional politician leading Conservative US, not America. It seems like more Americans are realizing this. His support is not flagging because MAGA has changed their mind, it is flagging because Americans within his movement are starting to see his un-American tendencies.

While the Democrats are doubling down on their violent rhetoric, news of their demise seems hasty, as they continue to do well in the 2026 midterm polls.

The republicans are losing support from a base that sees them as what we at MIA see them as, the rear guard of the progressives, controlled opposition. Their passage of DHS funding will help offset that trend.

We continue to wait for an American movement similar to Restore Britain in the UK, sans the ethnic element. Britian is a nation-state, an ethnic-based state, while America is not. An American party would put Americans first, but that would not be race-dependent, it would be citizen-dependent.

As humans begin to adjust to an AI reality, they are also seeing the culmination of two radically different approaches to human organizing, the ethnic-based nation state versus the global state.

The progressives support the end of local sovereignties and the creation of a global sovereignty, where most of human history has followed more ethnic-based states. Even empires, more often than not, had a ruling ethnicity (like the Persians over their Empire).

Islamists are aligned with a global state, though theirs is a caliphate. This is one of the many reasons Islamists and Progressives are natural early allies. The more they both face beliefs that create local and individual sovereignty, the more likely they will form alliances.

Nations have been torn apart by the progressives’ attempts to reform landscapes ethnically so a global structure could more easily emerge. By inserting foreigners into localities, they hoped to destroy the local sense of sovereignty. They certainly hoped to do this at the national scale as well.

Now, the battle has come to a head, and we are about to find out how it might all play out, and the UK might just be the first nation to clearly show the results.

Bellwether Report – May 2026

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Originally published May 1, 2026 for our monthly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor.  Subscribe to get weekly issues.

This report covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from April 1-30, 2026.

This report contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Report.

For an analysis of this month’s news, read our Situation Report on pg. xx.

Top Ten Tagged News

  1. Iran War
  2. 2026 Elections
  3. Trump Dinner Shooter
  4. Trump Deportations
  5. Strait of Hormuz
  6. Gerrymandering Wars
  7. Eric Swalwell Investigation
  8. Ukraine War
  9. AI Planning and Design
  10. Anti-ICE Action

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

NOTE: Read about the White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting on pg. 2 in our Deep Dive Report.

AS IRAN’S LEADER RE-EMERGES, U.S. FAILS TO FINISH – President Trump has rejected the latest proposal by Iran to continue the ceasefire, which seems to be de facto over. The Supreme Leader has allegedly emerged and promised to free the Strait of Hormuz from U.S. presence. The progressive media is casting doubts on U.S. power while Trump’s base buckles in its support for the war.

PUTIN THREATENS TRUMP OVER IRAN – President Vladimir Putin of Russia is claiming he has warned Trump of “extremely harmful consequences” if the U.S renews attacks on Iran. The public declaration puts Russia’s power reputation with its allies on the line should the U.S. attack and not suffer “extremely harmful consequences.”

IMPEACHMENT HOAX? – The 2019 Trump Impeachment was based on dubious, or fake evidence, concocted by “Democrat partisans,” or so a report from the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard suggested.

PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIONS FUEL PROGRESSIVE POWER – Public School Teachers Unions have contributed more than $1 billion to progressive organizations, causes, and candidacies in the last 10 years alone. The two heaviest hitters are the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA). These two unions combined to account for $669 million alone. This means progressives could count on teachers’ unions to give them $100 million a year for the last 10 years.

AI IS BECOMING A UTILITY – More and more Americans have begun making AI subscription services a part of their essential household budget. Since 2024, paid AI subscriptions have increased by 38%. The paid AI subscription service market is expected to exponentially expand over the next two years.

AI LEADERSHIP ASSASSIN CAUGHT – A man who tried to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been caught. Included in the evidence is a hit list of AI leaders the man hoped to kill. An FBI Affidavit claimed the suspect wanted to kill AI by killing its human leaders.

The suspect allegedly wrote, “Also if I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example and show that I am fully sincere in my message.”

OPEC LOSES UAE – The United Arab Emirates is officially separating from the OPEC alliance. They declared, “During our time in the organisation, we made significant contributions and even greater sacrifices for the benefit of all. However, the time has come to focus our efforts on what our national interest dictates and our commitment to our investors, customers, partners and global energy markets. This is what we will focus on going forward.”

WAS CHATGPT BEHIND A MASS SHOOTING? – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier thinks ChatGPT may have had a hand to play in a recent mass shooting event on the Florida State University campus. He declared, “My prosecutors have looked at this and they’ve told me if it was a person on the other end of that screen, we would be charging them with murder.”

He is referring to ChatGPT, whom he accuses of aiding and abetting the shooting. The AG has opened a criminal investigation into ChatGPT.

TRUMP JESUS – President Trump posted a meme depicting himself as Jesus while he was also in the midst of a back and forth with the Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV. This followed his f bomb on Easter where he threatened to end the Iranian civilization. The President deleted the meme.

VIRIGINIA SAYS YES TO PROGRESSIVE GERRYMANDERING – The Progressives won a major battle in the ongoing gerrymandering wars, this time scoring a narrow victory in Virginia. The ballot measure allows the progressives to change U.S. House Districts to effectively take 4 Republican seats away. The now-passed ballot measure faces legal challenges. The results have yet to be certified.

COMEY’S 86 47 GETS INDICTED – The Department of Justice has garnered two new indictments targeting former FBI Director James Comey. The indictments are connected to a social media post by Comey that showed seashells on the beach laid out to signal “86 47.” One charge is “knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of — and to inflict bodily harm on — the president.” The second charge is “knowingly and willfully transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to kill the president.”

STARMER HOLDS ON AS EPSTEIN SNARE TIGHTENS – The UK’s Prime Minister Kier Starmer is holding on amidst increasing calls for him to resign. Evidence already revealed Starmer fully knew the man he appointed to be Ambassador to the U.S. had Epstein ties before the appointment. Now, it is revealed he willfully lied when confronted before Peter Mandelson, the man in question, was finally appointed.

SWALWELL IMPLOSION CRATERS CONGRESS – The Democrat congressman turned California Senate candidate is now former in both categories. Eric Swalwell is now out of the Senate race and congress after more women have come forward, accusing him of sexual assault and harassment. The fallout could affect other members of congress on both sides of the aisle, who may have similar credible accusations against them.

SPLC ACCUSED OF FUNDING HATE – The FBI has leveled multiple criminal indictments against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). SPLC is accused of spending millions of dollars to fund numerous far-right hate groups, including the group behind the now-infamous Charlottsville, VA white supremacist rally. The SPLC’s initial defense is it was simply paying informants.

EU WINS IN HUNGARY? – After Victor Orban’s ouster in Hungary’s elections, his replacement, Péter Magyar, a former member of the Orban government, might not be on the EU’s side after all. The election was characterized as the EU versus national sovereignty movements, with Magyar representing the EU. But soon after winning, Magyar announced plans to double down on blocking immigration to the country.

Claims of Magyar being an Orban sleeper candidate seem plausible, but not credible. We will continue to evaluate Magyar’s policies in action after his government takes power in May.

CHARLES STEALTH BOMBS TRUMP IN CONGRESS – Using extremely veiled language, Charles III, King of Britian, appeared to tell the U.S. congress Trump should end the war in Iran, stop deportations, and embrace DEI. Progressives tend to agree with this assessment, claiming Charles “owned” Trump in front of congress.

This is our interpretation after reading between the two clear focal points of his speech, diversity and religious tolerance, both target Trump deportations of immigrants and his war on Islamist Iran.

SPACE DEFENSE AND NUCLEAR SCIENTIST APOCOLYPSE? – The FBI is now looking into the disappearance and deaths of numerous scientists working in the nuclear and space defense industries. The cases go back to 2022. U.S. House Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said in a letter to the FBI, “If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security and to U.S. personnel with access to scientific secrets.”

He later added, “Once you see the facts, it would suggest that something sinister could be happening and it would be a national security concern… Congress is very concerned about this. Our committee is making this one of our priorities now because we view this as a national security threat.”

POPE PROMISES NOTHING MORE THAN INFORMAL BLESSING FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE – Pope Leo XIV has affirmed he has no plans to go beyond allowing priests to bless gay marriages. In other words, he will not approve formalizing blessings for gay marriages.

Leo declared, “When a priest gives the blessing at the end of Mass, when the Pope gives the blessing at the end of a great celebration like the one we had today, there are blessings for all people. Francis’s famous expression, ‘everyone, everyone, everyone,’ expresses the Church’s conviction that everyone is welcomed, everyone is invited, everyone is invited to follow Jesus, and everyone is invited to seek conversion in their own lives. To go beyond this today, I believe, could cause more disunity than unity, and that we should seek to build our unity on Jesus Christ and on what Jesus Christ teaches.”

TRANSGENDER CARE FOR KIDS, SAYS DISTRICT JUDGE – United States District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai has ruled on the HHS’s declaration that gender-affirming care for children is unsafe and ineffective. The progressive judge has ruled the HHS declaration to be unconstitutional.

The judge sided with the 22 progressive-led states, which argued the federal government did not have the legal authority to make such a determination.

META’S DOWNSIZING CONTINUES – The parent company of Facebook, Meta, has announced plans to lay off nearly 10% of its total workforce, 8,000 positions, starting in early May 2026. These layoffs may not be the only layoffs, as more might be announced after May of this year.

HEADLINES MISSED

FISA PASSES HOUSE, BIDEN VEHICLE KILL SWITCH SURVIVES – Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) is still trying to kill what is being called the Biden Vehicle Kill Switch. This is a requirement by the government that all car manufacturers create a vehicle kill switch that car owners cannot deactivate. So far, he has failed. This latest effort has also failed, with the Johnson-led House passing FISA renewal ahead of Thursday’s deadline.

Roy proposed an amendment to the FISA renewal act that effectively kills the Biden kill switch. Roy said, “Republicans should not be continuing a blatantly invasive Biden-era policy that enables round-the-clock monitoring of Americans in their own cars. That’s why I introduced an amendment to FISA to eliminate the ‘kill switch’ and stop this Big Brother technology from being built into new vehicles.”

SCOTUS ALLOWS STEALTH TRANSITIONING OF KIDS – SCOTUS rejected a petition by parents to challenge a Massachusetts law that allows schools to treat their children as a gender not aligned with their biological sex without parental consent. The schools also have a policy permitting teachers to conceal the child’s school-affirmed trans or non-binary gendered identities from the parents.

FISA COURT QUASHES SPY TOOL, TRUMP DISSENTS – The Trump administration is fighting a FISA court ruling that prevents the government from specifically searching for individuals online who have contacted a foreigner.

The administration is challenging the FISA court as the court’s existence comes up for renewal this April 30. The GOP-led House extended the program by unanimous consent vote during a late-night session.

CANADA GIVES LIBERALS BIG MAJORITY WIN – Canada’s coalition government is effectively over after two special elections have secured a simple majority for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party. The possibility of gaining a simple majority happened after five members of opposition parties defected to join the liberals. The wins secure a majority for the Liberals until 2029.

MALI BUCKLES, RUSSIA WITHDRAWS – After Islamists led a successful offensive across Mali, Russian forces withdrew, while junta forces failed to stop the assaults. Not only did the Islamists successfully disrupt multiple cities, but they also killed the country’s defense minister and gained territory in northern areas. The assault puts the junta’s power in jeopardy, especially given Russia’s disengagement.

FINLAND RULES CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE IS “HATE SPEECH” – Finland’s Highest Court has ruled two Christian pastors who created a Christian marriage pamphlet in 2004 violated hate speech laws.

One of the “guilty” pastors said, “I am shocked and profoundly disappointed that the court has failed to recognize my basic human right to freedom of expression. I stand by the teachings of my Christian faith and will continue to defend my and every person’s right to share their convictions in the public square.”

CANADA TO CRIMINALIZE BEING “ANTI-GAY” – If you read scripture in public that condemns homosexuality, you might soon be jailed in Canada if Canada’s latest Bill C-9 passes. The proposed law would define “harm” as making public statements protected groups would find offensive.

HOW AMERICA IS DEVELOPING CHINA’S WEAPONS OF WAR – American tech companies warn the world that China’s domestic tech companies are really military tech companies in disguise. We are China’s free defense tech research and development department now.

CHINA’S MANTUS CUT OFF FROM U.S. PURCHASE – China has made a decisive move in the emerging AI race and war with the U.S., halting the purchase of a Chinese-created AI-agent company called Manus. The purchaser was the U.S.’s Meta. China did not offer an explanation, though it reflects AI nationalization trends both in China and in general.

HUMANS SURRENDER TO ROBOTS – According to Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian troops surrendered to Ukrainian drones and robots, making it, allegedly, the world’s first human surrender to a robot in a field of battle.

Zelensky claimed the machines “carried out (the mission) without infantry and without losses on our side. For the first time in the history of this war, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned platforms – ground systems and drones.”

RIOT BOTS AND THE CCP – China hopes to soon deploy robots to control future rioters. The People’s Armed Police Force (PAP) is already testing the possibility in preparation for a potential mass riot event.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER GOING CASHLESS – The Progressive-led Mexican government is looking to aggressively push towards a cashless society and a national digital ID system.

CONCEALING SIN FOR THE GOOD OF THE GAME – A Christian Homeschool League in Texas is accused of knowingly hiring a registered sex offender to be a baseball coach without informing anyone of his convicted sex offender past.

PEOPLE ADVANCE REPORT

SCOTUS KILLS RACE-BASED GERRYMANDERING. – There were three big wins this month for the Republicans in the Gerrymandering Wars that culminated with a major SCOTUS ruling on race-based gerrymandering.

First, the Virginia Supreme Court continues to refuse to certify the special election that saw the Progressives win the “right” to use gerrymandering to eliminate 4 GOP U.S. House Seats.

Second, SCOTUS has confirmed the Texas gerrymander map that switches 5 Democrat-held seats to 5 likely GOP seats. In Florida, a gerrymander plan is advancing in the legislature that would net the GOP 4 more seats in the U.S. House.

Third, SCOTUS has struck down race-based gerrymandered districts in a move that is existentially threatening to the Democrat Party in its current iteration.

HOUSE ENDS DHS SHUTDOWN – The U.S. House has passed partial funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), sending the bill to the President for an expected signing. The passage ends the 76 days of DHS shutdown.

NO MORE MASS MAILER ELECTIONS? – President Trump’s XO attempts to stop mass mailer elections in America. Lawsuits have already been filed.

PRO-LIFE JOURNALISTS FREED FROM LAWFARE – After years of being under the weight of criminal prosecution, undercover journalists have now seen all their charges dropped. They exposed Planned Parenthood in a series of undercover videos selling parts of aborted babies.

SHUTTING DOWN IN NATO – Rubio hints at 80% reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe in the near future.

CHARLIE KIRK HONORED WITH 1A PROTECTING LAWS – Kansas joins a growing list of states which passed laws honoring the late assassinated American activist Charlie Kirk. The laws have one thing in common, they both protect rights enumerated in the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. These rights are the right to religious liberty and the right to freedom of speech.

WOKE HEALTH PANEL NO MORE – RFK Jr. is vowing to replace the “woke” panel currently in charge of choosing what preventative care gets covered by Obamacare. Kennedy plans on replacing the current allegedly “woke” members of the U.S. Preventative Service Task Force, saying “We’re now bringing new members on who have a clear mission.”

U.S. MILITARY GETS VACCINE FREEDOM – Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ended mandatory flu vaccines for military personnel. While flu vaccines will still be offered, military personnel can now opt out of them if they so choose.

NO MORE MEN IN WOMEN’S CELLS – A Federal Appeals Court has upheld President Trump’s XO requiring biological sex to be used to determine which prison an inmate is assigned to. The argument hinged on the claim biological males faced “cruel and unusual punishment” by being forced to be imprisoned with men.

JESUS RESTORED BY ITALIANS IN LEBANON – Italian Peacekeeper Troops in Lebanon delivered a new Jesus statue to a Lebanon village that saw their previous Jesus statue smashed by an Israeli soldier in a now-viral video. The IDF has apologized and punished the solider responsible.

HOLDING MTG’S SEAT – Clay Fuller holds on to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat in Georgia in a special election that at least gave the Democrats a consolation prize, he failed to win by as great a margin as Greene did in the election prior. With Republicans holding a slim majority in the U.S. House, this was a big win for the GOP.

AI CREATES 1K JOBS AT SALESFORCE – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced online plans to hire 1000 new college graduates to drive the “exponential” potential of AI. He said in his X post, “… they said AI would kill entry-level jobs. Meanwhile these grads & interns are building it.”

PRINCIPAL HALTS MASS SHOOTER – Oklahoma’s Paul’s Valley High School witnessed a heroic miracle when their principal, Kirk Moore, stopped a wanna-be-mass-school shooter, 20-year-old Victor Hawkins. The principal stopped the shooter before he could harm or injure anyone, other than the principal himself. The principle survived the shooting with only minor injuries.

MOONSHINE LIBERTY – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has essentially struck down a 158-year-old law that made moon shiners run, the law making home liquor distilling illegal.

LINCOLN REFLECTING POOL RESTORATION SAVES AND DAZZLES – President Donald Trump oversaw an upgrade of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that saved the nation hundreds of millions and left the monument looking better than ever before.

 

Bellwether Digest – MAY 9, 2026

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Bellwether Digest – MAY 9, 2026

By STAFF

This digest covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from May 8-9, 2026.

This digest contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Report.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. 2026 Elections
  2. Iran War
  3. AI Culture
  4. China US
  5. 2020 Election Fraud

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

  1. U.S. AI FIRMS TO GO THROUGH GOVERNMENT SAFETY SCREEN – America’s major AI companies, including Google and Microsoft, have agreed to submit all new AI models to the Federal government’s Commerce Department for a national security safety review/ This review will be conducted by the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards.
  2. MAGA WINS BIGLY IN INDIANA – Five of the seven republican Indiana state senators that voted against the redistricting measure that would eliminate Democrat seats in the U.S. House lost decisively to Trump-endorsed candidates in the GOP Primary. Four other Trump-endorsed candidates won their primaries decisively as well.
  3. RUBIO CLAIMS “OPERATION EPIC FURY” IS OVER – Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the end of “Operation Epic Fury,” claiming the offensive part of the war with Iran is over.
  4. OMAR THUMBS STATE INQUIRY – Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is under investigation for suspicion on fraud by the state of Minnesota. She failed to meet a deadline to turn over documents related to that investigation.

HEADLINES MISSED

  1. CHINA GATEKEEPING U.S. MILITARY FROM CHINA DEFENSE INDUSTRY THREATS – The U.S. is allegedly paying a CCP-connected firm to help identify potential stealth risks from embedding Chinese technology into the U.S. military.
  2. CCP terrorizes Dissenters on American Soil – A former CCP agent told CBN News he was part of an operation to identify and silence former Chinese citizens in America who spoke out against the party. He told CBN they use threats, entrapment, and even kidnapping.

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. SICKLE CELL CURE MIGHT SOON BE ON THE WAY – If not an outright cure, a new discovery could turn Sickle Cell Anemia from a deadly and painful chronic disease to a curable, or at least manageable disease. The discovery comes from Swee Lay Thein and Stuart Orkin.
  2. TRUMP GIVES TEEN FIGHTING CHANCE AGAINST CANCER – A 15-year-old teen boy from Louisiana was running out of options in his fight against cancer. A viral video brought his plea to President Trump, who promptly moved to get the boy the special treatment he needs to continue his fight for life.

STORIES WE ARE WATCHING

  1. ‘RINO’ Indiana Senate incumbents lose BIGLY to Trump-endorsed challengers– www.theblaze.com
  2. Trump orders military to pause effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – The Washington Post
  3. US Proposes Resolution to UNSC to Defend Free Navigation, Secure Hormuz; Rubio Says ‘Test’ for UN – Republic World
  4. Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy wins Republican nomination for Ohio governor– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  5. Reporter Uncovers Stunning Fraud Red Flags in America’s Second-Biggest Somali Enclave– www.westernjournal.com
  6. Romanian government collapses after losing no-confidence vote – Europe live | World news– www.theguardian.com
  7. Post-poll violence in Bengal leaves 4 dead, dozens injured – The Times of India
  8. Education Department probes ‘all-women’ Smith College for admitting trans students– www.thecollegefix.com
  9. Trump tells shocked kids Iran ‘was two weeks away from killing you’ | World | News– www.express.co.uk
  10. Fed-up Justice Alito Just Leveled 5 Humiliating Insults at Justice Jackson in Withering Majority Opinion– www.westernjournal.com

Radar Links

  1. Leftist Censorship Groups Advise AI Company Anthropic– www.dailysignal.com
  2. Top Trump advisers urge China to leverage Iran ties to reopen Strait of Hormuz to global traffic– www.euronews.com
  3. Final Persian Gulf Oil Shipment Reaches California Amid Supply Fears– legalinsurrection.com
  4. IDF kills Hamas commander linked to Oct. 7 Nova massacre in Gaza airstrike– www.foxnews.com
  5. Black Democrat Elected Mayor In Deep-Red Texas City– crooksandliars.com
  6. Greene wins Michigan Senate special election, Democrats retain control of chamber – Michigan Advance
  7. 3 killed in latest U.S. strike on suspected drug boat in eastern Pacific, Pentagon says– www.cbsnews.com
  8. Syria says it dismantled Hezbollah-linked cell plotting assassinations | Conflict News– www.aljazeera.com
  9. Europe’s jet fuel supplies should fall below the key 23-day shortage threshold in June– fortune.com
  10. US ‘Welcomes’ Vatican Input on AI Regulation, Says Ambassador Burch – National Catholic Register
  11. REVEALED: Far-left UVU groups celebrate Charlie Kirk assassination, target TPUSA, Trump admin | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
  12. Louisiana Bill Would Educate Teens About Development of Unborn Babies– www.lifenews.com
  13. Planned Parenthood Gender Drugs Raise Fertility Concerns– www.standingforfreedom.com
  14. Social Media Threats: Comey’s Indictment Trivializes Serious Online Attacks Against Politicians | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
  15. When strength in numbers stops working: Climate extremes rewrite monkey society in Costa Rica– phys.org

 

Bellwether Digest – May 5, 2026

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By STAFF

This digest covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from April 1-16, 2026.

This digest contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Report.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. Iran War
  2. 2026 Elections
  3. Gerrymandering Wars
  4. Trump Assassins
  5. AI China

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

  1. ABORTION PILL MAILER BAN LIFTED BY SCOTUS – After a lower court issued an injunction temporarily blocking the abortion pill from being delivered through the mail, SCOTUS has lifted the injunction.
  2. SPIRIT AIRLINES LOSES ITS SPIRIT – Spirit Airlines had a 34-year run that came to an end this month after the company declared bankruptcy. They shut down all operations and are now in the process of selling off their assets, including their planes.
  3. SENATE HOPEFUL ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO KILL TRUMP – Raymond Chandler III of Alleghany County, PA was Democrat U.S. Senate candidate until he was arrested for threatening to murder President Trump. His plan was to threaten a U.S. Senator’s daughter if the Senator didn’t walk into the oval office and assassinate President Trump.
  4. DYING GAMESTOP GRABS FOR EBAY – As GameStop continues to struggle to stay afloat, it looks to make a $56 billion bid to buy eBay. The problem is they cannot show how they could pay for it.

HEADLINES MISSED

  1. HOMESCHOOLERS FACE CPS CALL IN CONNECTICUT – If you want to take your child out of the public school system in Connecticut, your family will be subject to a visit from the Department of Children’s Protective Services.
  2. EPSTEIN RANCH WAS EUGENICS PARADISE? – New leaked Epstein Files point to forced pregnancies of teens in Eugenics experiments conducted on Epstein’s ranch, Zorro Ranch.

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. FLORIDA GOP GERRYMANDERING MAP SIGNED – Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new U.S. House redistricting plan that will give the GOP 4 more seats. The law was immediately challenged in state courts.
  2. AMERICA’S EUROPE TROOP CUTS BEGIN – President Donald Trump announced a 5,000 troop cut in Germany, adding more is to come. He said, “We’re going to cut way down. And we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000.”
  3. ALBERTA WANTS TO LEAVE CANADA – Leaders of the separatist movement of Canada’s western province Alberta claim to have enough signatures to trigger a vote on separation from Canada.
  4. KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT HOME EVEN WHEN YOU BUY ONLINE – Harvard has created a digital open-source wallet that keeps your private data from being shared online. The digital wallet keeps your personal data on your phone, validating your purchases without relying on a third-party source to do so.

 

Stories We are Watching

  1. Child Struck by Gunfire as Secret Service Neutralizes Alleged Gunman Near White House– www.westernjournal.com
  2. ‘I think they’re getting some guns’– www.washingtonexaminer.com
  3. Trump’s Approval Ratings Sink Even Lower– crooksandliars.com
  4. Ukraine and Russia Declare Separate Truces– www.themoscowtimes.com
  5. Trump & Republicans Float Deal to Flip Fetterman from Democrat to GOP– slaynews.com
  6. Russia Lost Ground in Ukraine in April, a First Since Mid-2023 – AFP Analysis– www.themoscowtimes.com
  7. Fulton County moves to block DOJ subpoena for 2020 election workers’ personal data, calls effort “harassment” – CBS News– news.google.com
  8. U.S. sinks 7 small Iranian boats as Iran launches attacks on UAE and ships in Strait of Hormuz– www.cbsnews.com
  9. Young Voters Swing Back To Democrats As Republicans Are In Big Trouble– www.politicususa.com
  10. House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000– www.politico.com

 

On Our Radar

  1. White House Considers Vetting A.I. Models Before They Are Released– www.nytimes.com
  2. SCOTUS declines to hear Stockton lawsuit over doctors penalized for allegedly spreading COVID-19 misinformation – krem.com
  3. DCCC Caught Putting ‘Thumb on the Scale’ in 2026 Primaries, ‘Narrowing Democracy’ – RedState– redstate.com
  4. Canada to host NATO-backed global defence bank, Vancouver awaits HQ decision | Daily Hive | Urbanized – Daily Hive
  5. The US fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce – AP News– news.google.com
  6. Staffer for Dem Sen. Cory Booker Who Brought Gun Into Capitol Without a License Saw Charges Quickly Dropped: DOJ– www.westernjournal.com
  7. Mamdani Calls ICE ‘Cruel and Inhumane’ After Anti-ICE Mob Violently Riots in Support of Criminal Illegal › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
  8. The Redistricting War Has Just Begun– www.dailysignal.com
  9. America’s AI Rules Are Being Written in Courtrooms | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org
  10. China Construction Bank (CICHF) Receives a Buy from Goldman Sachs – The Globe and Mail
  11. Trump considering federal AI model oversight – Mashable
  12. EU Leaders Respond to Question on National Identity and Globalism at EPC Summit in Yerevan – The Armenian Report
  13. ‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education– www.404media.co
  14. Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba– thefederalist.com
  15. Earth’s origin mystery cracked? Meteorites may hold the secret to life’s ingredients |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

SCOTUS Protects Rule of Law By Gutting Racial Gerrymandering– thefederalist.com

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It’s been a long week for the gerrymandering Democrats.

On Monday, attorneys representing Virginia Democrats’ absurdly gerrymandered rewrite of the commonwealth’s congressional maps faced some pointed questions from a skeptical-sounding Virginia Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, the high court denied a motion brought by Virginia Attorney General Jay “Two Bullets” Jones to appeal Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack “Chip” Hurley Jr.’s immediate ruling declaring unconstitutional last week’s referendum to change Virginia’s constitution. Voters narrowly approved a ballot question seeking to “temporarily” rip out a 2020 amendment that put political map-making in the hands of an independent commission — an inconvenient impediment to Democrats’ drive to change the current congressional maps to grab four more seats in Congress in the midterms. If all goes as the Dems planned, the new maps would give them a 10-1 advantage in Virginia’s congressional delegation.

Also on Tuesday, a three-judge panel dismissed a leftist lawfare group’s “novel” lawsuit seeking to rewrite Wisconsin’s congressional maps further to the Democratic Party’s advantage. The ruling marked the second rejection of the Democrats’ efforts to nix congressional maps drawn by the Red China-sounding People’s Maps Commission, handpicked by far-left Gov. Tony Evers. They have hopes a liberal-led Wisconsin Supreme Court will come to their rescue.

Bellwether Digest – April 29, 2026

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By STAFF

This digest covers political, world, cultural, market, and sci-tech news from April 1-16, 2026.

This digest contains the Global Outlook, Headlines Missed, and People Advance Report.

TOP NEWS TAGS

  1. Trump Dinner Shooter
  2. Iran War
  3. 2026 Elections
  4. Trump Deportations
  5. Trump King Charles Visit

GLOBAL OUTLOOK

  1. COMEY’S 86 47 GETS INDICTED – The Department of Justice has garnered two new indictments targeting former FBI Director James Comey. The indictments are connected to a social media post by Comey that showed seashells on the beach laid out to signal “86 47.” One charge is “knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of — and to inflict bodily harm on — the president.” The second charge is “knowingly and willfully transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to kill the president.”
  2. CHARLES STEALTH BOMBS TRUMP IN CONGRESS – Using extremely veiled language, Charles III, King of Britian, appeared to tell the U.S. congress Trump should end the war in Iran and stop deportations. Progressives tend to agree with this assessment, claiming Charles “owned” Trump in front of congress.

This is our interpretation after reading between the two clear focal points of his speech, diversity and religious tolerance, both target Trump deportations of immigrants and his war on Islamist Iran.

HEADLINES MISSED

  1. MALI BUCKLES, RUSSIA WITHDRAWS – After Islamists led a successful offensive across Mali, Russian forces withdrew, while junta forces failed to stop the assaults. Not only did the Islamists successfully disrupt multiple cities, but they also killed the country’s defense minister and gained territory in northern areas. The assault puts the junta’s power in jeopardy, especially given Russia’s disengagement.
  2. CHINA’S MANTUS CUT OFF FROM U.S. PURCHASE – China has made a decisive move in the emerging AI race and war with the U.S., halting the purchase of a Chinese-created AI-agent company called Manus. The purchaser was the U.S.’s Meta. China did not offer an explanation, though it reflect AI nationalization trends both in China and in general.

PEOPLE ADVANCE

  1. TWO BIGS GERRYMANDER WINS FOR GOP – The Virginia Supreme Court continues to refuse to certify the special election that saw the Progressives win the “right” to use gerrymandering to eliminate 4 GOP U.S. House Seats. SCOTUS has confirmed the Texas gerrymander map that switches 5 Democrat-held seats to 5 likely GOP seats. In Florida, a gerrymander plan is advancing in the legislature that would net the GOP 4 more seats in the U.S. House.
  2. AI CREATES 1K JOBS AT SALESFORCE – Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced online plans to hire 1000 new college graduates to drive the “exponential” potential of AI. He said in his X post, “… they said AI would kill entry-level jobs. Meanwhile these grads & interns are building it.”

Top Tracking

 

On Our Radar

SCOTUS Kills Race-Based Gerrymandering

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There were three big wins this month for the Republicans in the Gerrymandering Wars that culminated with a major SCOTUS ruling on race-based gerrymandering.

First, the Virginia Supreme Court continues to refuse to certify the special election that saw the Progressives win the “right” to use gerrymandering to eliminate 4 GOP U.S. House Seats.

Second, SCOTUS has confirmed the Texas gerrymander map that switches 5 Democrat-held seats to 5 likely GOP seats. In Florida, a gerrymander plan is advancing in the legislature that would net the GOP 4 more seats in the U.S. House.

Third, SCOTUS has struck down race-based gerrymandered districts in a move that is existentially threatening to the Democrat Party in its current iteration.

SCOTUS Protects Rule of Law By Gutting Racial Gerrymandering– thefederalist.com
News Source
EXCERPT:

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 bombshell ruling gutting the discriminatory practice of racial gerrymandering in the redistricting process. The 6-3 majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, found unconstitutional the twisting of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by courts “to engage in the very race-based discrimination that the Constitution forbids.”

“It’s been a good week” for the rule of law, election law expert Hans von Spakovsky told The Federalist following the SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

Supreme Court Gives Republicans a Much-Needed Redistricting Win with Texas Ruling– www.westernjournal.com
News Source
EXCERPT:

The Supreme Court reinstated Texas’s redrawn congressional map Monday, resulting in a huge win for Republicans, which could help them keep control of Congress.

The map was originally redrawn in August 2025 at the behest of President Donald Trump to add up to five additional House seats for the GOP as they head into a critical midterm election cycle this November.

It was instantly met with legal challenges, with a lower court issuing an injunction blocking the new map.

In December, the Supreme Court stepped in and issued a stay, keeping the map in place until a final ruling could be issued.

The justices initially faulted the lower court for committing “serious errors,” the main one being that it “failed to honor the presumption of legislative good faith by constructing ambiguous direct and circumstantial evidence against the legislature.”

Monday’s 6-3 vote reversing the lower court ruling fell along ideological lines, with the conservative justices ruling in the state’s favor, and the three liberal justices dissenting, according to Reuters.

 

VA Supreme Court Denies Emergency Appeal From AG Jay Jones To Certify Gerrymander Election – theroanokestar.com
News Source

EXCERPT:

On April 28, the State Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from Attorney General Jay Jones to certify the ballots from the April 21 yes/no gerrymandering election. This means, instead of the high court now greenlighting an acceptance of the results from the controversial election, they will continue to deliberate before issuing their opinion, thus keeping the final result unknown for now.

As reported here, on April 21, a preponderance of late-reporting “yes” votes from Fairfax County pushed the “yes” side to victory, with a margin somewhat over 80,000.

Florida Republicans make peace with proposed new House map– www.politico.com

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Some House Republicans spent weeks warning against a drastic redraw of Florida’s congressional map.

Now that it’s out — with Gov. Ron DeSantis targeting as many as four Democratic seats for a GOP takeover — they’re mostly keeping any criticism to themselves.

“I think they did a pretty good job,” said Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who said he was one of the Florida Republicans whose district changed “quite a bit.”

“But I think they could touch it up a little bit, too,” he added.

Rep. Scott Franklin said he is set to represent his third constituency in four terms. He still lives within the confines of the 18th district, he said, though it is much smaller in area.

“Mine gets significantly less red than it was,” Franklin said. “But it’s still a conservative performing seat.”

Red states are not waiting for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act– www.theblaze.com

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President Donald Trump continues to prioritize the passage of the SAVE America Act, keeping election integrity at the forefront in Washington. However, states are not waiting for Congress to act. Across the country, this shift has been building for years, and it is becoming harder to ignore.

The SAVE America Act should be passed because it aligns federal elections with the direction states are already taking.

Florida offers one of the clearest examples. Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a state-level measure requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and directing officials to verify applicants using existing data systems. The approach mirrors what the SAVE America Act would do at the federal level. DeSantis said the law would “strengthen the security, transparency, and reliability of Florida’s election system.”

Florida is not alone. In Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves signed the SHIELD Act, which requires officials to verify citizenship when individuals register to vote, including checks against federal databases and regular audits of voter rolls. Reeves called it “another win for election integrity” and made clear that the state intends to keep strengthening its system.

Ron DeSantis Unveils Florida Congressional Map That Could Give Republicans a Big Boost in the Redistricting War– www.westernjournal.com

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a new congressional redistricting map on Monday that could net the Republican Party four more seats in the House of Representatives.

Republicans currently hold 20 of the Sunshine State’s 28 seats, so if the new map is approved, it could increase to 24.

DeSantis told Fox News, “Florida got shortchanged in the 2020 Census, and we’ve been fighting for fair representation ever since. Our population has since grown dramatically, and we have moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage. Drawing maps based on race, which is reflected in our current congressional districts, is unconstitutional and should be prohibited.”

“Our new map for 2026 makes good on my promise to conduct mid-decade redistricting, and it more fairly represents the makeup of Florida today,” DeSantis added.

Trump launches ‘RINO’ purge in Indiana as primary looms– www.theblaze.com

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President Donald Trump is trying to clear the field of several Indiana Republican state senators who previously opposed a congressional redistricting map by endorsing their challengers in the upcoming May 5 primary election.

In December, 21 Republican state senators joined their Democrat colleagues to block a redrawn congressional map that would have strengthened the GOP’s control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

‘Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring.’

The new map, which would have created two more Republican-leaning congressional districts, failed in the state Senate in a 31-19 vote.

Trump issued a warning to Republican state senators ahead of the vote, cautioning those who planned to block the map.

“Anybody that votes against Redistricting, and the SUCCESS of the Republican Party in D.C., will be, I am sure, met with a MAGA Primary in the Spring,” Trump wrote, adding that he would “do everything within my power to make sure that they will not hurt the Republican Party, and our Country, again.

The US has a long history of changing voting districts for political reasons. Is it legal?– www.dailykos.com

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The gerrymandering of House districts is becoming more rampant across the U.S.

The word “gerrymander” was coined in America more than 200 years ago as an unflattering way to describe the political manipulation of boundaries for legislative voting districts by those in charge of drawing them.

The word has stood the test of time, in part because American politics remain fiercely competitive. And with time and technology, politicians have become even more adept at drafting voting districts that benefit their political party.

Kansas GOP Is Letting Dems Destroy Ballot Integrity Safeguards– thefederalist.com

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Democrats’ uniform opposition to the SAVE America Act demonstrates their unremitting antagonism toward any reform that increases the integrity of the election process. The same can be said of a meritless lawsuit in Kansas (League of Women Voters v. Schwab) that seeks to eliminate the most basic safeguard in mail voting: verifying that the signature on a returned ballot matches that of the voter.

In the suit, the plaintiffs, represented in part by the law firm of Marc Elias — the Democrat election lawyer who has made a career out of seeking to tear down every election integrity safeguard he can find — claim that signature verification violates the Kansas Constitution’s equal protection and due process provisions. In essence, they contend, human beings are incapable of conducting a signature analysis.

This legal challenge is frivolous. Kansas has elaborate procedures to ensure signature verification is applied in a uniform and consistent manner. It also provides a robust “cure” process, giving voters ample opportunity to resolve any perceived mismatch.

Carter, Collins throw elbows in Georgia Senate GOP debate– thehill.com

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Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Mike Collins (R-Ga.) traded barbs while former college football coach Derek Dooley largely stayed above the fray during Sunday’s Georgia Senate GOP primary debate — one day before early voting begins. Carter, Collins and Dooley alongside former Senate candidate John Coyne and retired Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn are vying for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff…

Speaker Johnson Backs DeSantis on Florida’s Redistricting Plan– slaynews.com

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is urging Florida Republicans to move forward with a new congressional map, signaling a counteroffensive after Democrats narrowly pushed through a controversial redistricting referendum in Virginia.

The Virginia measure, approved Tuesday by a razor-thin margin, is expected to dramatically reshape the state’s congressional delegation in Democrats’ favor ahead of the 2026 midterms.