04/05/2022 05:21 CDT

TIMING OF DUBIOUS MICHIGAN INDICTMENTS RAISE NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT DOJ; THREE GOP SENATORS MAKE JACKSON’S CONFIRMATION LIKELY

TODAY’S TOP TEN

POLITICIZED DOJ PLAYED GAMES IN MICHIGAN

DID DOJ/FBI SPEED UP ARREST of entrapped Whitmer kidnapping defendants in order to blame Trump? Twitchy.

SPY AGENCY SOUGHT HUNTER BIDEN’S laptop back in 2020 to see if family was compromised. Just the News.

WILL HUNTER BIDEN SCANDAL FURTHER ERODE Americans’ trust in the liberal news media? TIPP insights.

SECRET SERVICE PAYING MORE THAN $30,000-a-month for Malibu home to provide security for Hunter Biden. Just the News.

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON WANTED TO EMPTY jails at start of the pandemic. Free Beacon.

ROMNEY AND MURKOWSKI MAKE IT THREE REPUBLICANS backing Jackson’s confirmation. Washington Examiner.

101 POLICE OFFICERS SHOT IN LINE OF DUTY so far in 2022 — a 43 percent increase from 2021, according to the National Fraternal Order of Police. Fox News.

LIBERAL OUTLET POLITICO HAS TO RETRACT item that claimed Ketanji Brown Jackson would be first black Supreme Court justice — she would be third. Power Line.

SUPPOSED CONSERVATIVE RADIO STATION WMAL in Washington fires conservative host for phony “racism.” Ace of Spades HQ.

ELON MUSK BECOMES TWITTER’S LARGEST shareholder after shakeup tease. Daily Wire.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• The Alfa Bank hoax is looking a lot like Crossfire Hurricane. The Federalist.
• Renewable energy zealots are Putin’s useful idiots. Ned Ryun.
• I was fired for a joke about Kamala Harris’ outfit. Amber Athey.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Dr. Saphier: “Take the masks off our young children.” Fox News.
• Jen Psaki gets frustrated after reporter uses timeline to show Biden lied. The Rubin Report.
• MIT scientist explains why you shouldn’t worry about “global warming.” Boston Globe.

LATEST FIRST RIGHT PODCAST

• An interview with COVID data expert and author Michael Betrus. Rumble.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• The Spartans were morons. Task & Purpose.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@DavidLBernstein) U of Illinois will require diversity statements for tenure. Can you imagine a greater threat to academic freedom than this? This is an utter purge of intellectual diversity. Tweet.
• (@ggreenwald) If you decide your "activism" is going to be based on begging Silicon Valley billionaires to censor the views and people you dislike off the internet, it may happen that one day a Silicon Valley billionaire wants to censor you and the views you like instead, or not censor at all. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• U.S. NAVY ANNOUNCES NEW SHIP will be named after a darling of the Left. The Western Journal.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Secret Service Shells Out $30k Per Month for Malibu Mansion to Protect Hunter Biden BONGINO REPORT.