April 22, 2026 ARE WE TRAPPED? Watch this conversation with John Mearsheimer. It’s not short (30 minutes if you watch at 1.5X speed) . . . . . . but it came to me recommended as “the most informative conversation of where we are with Trump, Iran, and Israel that I have ever heard.” In better news: WE’RE GONNA WIN Virginians voted yesterday for congressional redistricting that may flip four Republican-held seats our way. KASH — NOT SO MUCH He’s suing The Atlantic for $250 million over this story, but will lose. PEOPLE ARE GROWING DISILLUSIONED Some will never lose faith that “he alone can fix it.” They wait patiently for the war in Ukraine to end on Day One and for his “concept of a [health care] plan” to be fleshed out. To them, even once he starts walking down Fifth Avenue shooting people, there will be no last straw. But others are . . . LEAVING MAGA The movement is catching on. Last week’s billboard in Spokane got local TV coverage and spawned a viral reddit thread, driving 102,000 visits to the web site (so far). Not all were planning to leave MAGA, obviously; and certainly not all were from Spokane (pop. 230,000 or so). But wow. And in addition to the billboards that some of you are helping to pay for (thank you!), people have been making mini-“billboards” spontaneously, on their own. Like this one spotted in New Hampshire: And this one in Cincinnati: And this one at a NO KINGS 3 rally: If you’re still with me, let me again recommend John Mearsheimer’s analysis. To listen at 1.5X speed, just click the “gear box” icon to set the speed.