Source: Brownstone Institute
by Tomas Fürst
“At the beginning of 2022, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in many European countries started to decrease dramatically. A rapid and unexpected decline in TFR has occurred in all the Baltic states, across Northern Europe, Central Europe, and in all major countries of Western Europe. Only Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Romania did not exhibit such dramatic declines, while Portugal and Bulgaria even experienced TFR growth …. This dramatic and unexpected change in TFR dynamics that occurred synchronously across most of Europe begs for an explanation. Several mechanisms have been proposed in the mainstream media.” (04/26/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-mystery-of-falling-fertility/
Source: Axios
“President Trump called CBS’ Norah O’Donnell ‘disgraceful’ during a ’60 Minutes’ interview Sunday, after she raised comments the gunman from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner allegedly made about him in a manifesto. O’Donnell asked Trump for his reaction to the manifesto, and allegations the suspect appeared to make about him, prompting the president to say: ‘I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re horrible people. … Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.'” (04/26/26)
https://archive.is/oPPOa
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Mike Swatek comes on the show to promote MidFest 2026, April 29-May 4, 2026 at Camp Copperhead in Spavinaw, OK. MidFest is an unorganized gathering for fellowship with kindred spirits seeking a stateless society.” (04/26/26)
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/394770-2026-04-26-2026-04-26-ernest-hancock-interviews-mike-swatek-midfest-info.htm
Source: Free Talk Live
“Penguin hates the word ‘bro’ :: Is Ian autistic? :: Public school made Bonnie bad at math :: FreeIanNow.org :: Fidelity Investments lost a woman’s savings, Bitcoin fixes this :: Social media forcing ID verification in the UK, it’s coming here :: ‘For the children’ :: AI already helping people in Australia to bypass the ID verification :: It’s not immoral to lie to the police :: DARE caused more drug use but put money in police pockets :: School district in California sending kids ‘of color’ to enriching programs but not white kids on every tax payer’s dime :: Chris calls Bonnie racist but she’s not, just making a point :: Does LPNH or anyone else represent you? :: 2026-04-26 :: Hosts: Bonnie, Penguin, Rich E Rich.” (04/26/26)
https://soundcloud.com/freetalklive/ftl2026-04-26
Source: UnHerd
by Ryan Zickgraf
“The gunshots at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner had barely stopped echoing through the DC hotel before the internet had solved the case several times over. The leading theories: it was all staged, or all the Left’s fault. It’s another reminder that we’re in the era of the post-event event: something happens, and then the event is subsumed by its own interpretation.” (04/26/26)
https://archive.is/DCkow
Source: The Intercept
by Garrett Kim
“For the first time, documents confirm the CIA carried out tests on North Korean POWs and planned for much more invasive experimentation.” (04/26/26)
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/26/mk-ultra-korean-war-prisoner-experiments/
Source: SFGate
“Southern California’s waters appear to be teeming this spring with white sharks, drawing the attention of fishers, surfers and biologists. A reportedly aggressive 10-foot shark off Huntington Beach led to a partial ocean closure and the postponement of a professional surf competition on Thursday. State experts explain that the extreme marine heat wave baking the Pacific Ocean likely prompted baby white sharks to arrive in February, at least a month earlier than normal, and that older and bigger sharks are now starting to follow. ‘Every year about this time, females are coming back from their open ocean migrations to give birth somewhere in Southern California, and then those baby white sharks show up at our beaches,’ Chris Lowe, the director of Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab, told SFGATE.” (04/27/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/white-sharks-california-pacific-22220577.php
Source: Crooked Media
“Are Trump Voters Feeling Buyer’s Remorse? (With Sarah Longwell).” (04/26/26)
https://audioboom.com/posts/8895345-are-trump-voters-feeling-buyer-s-remorse-with-sarah-longwell
Source: Lions of Liberty
“SPLC and Democrat Dark Money.” (04/26/26)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/politicks-splc-and-democrat-dark-money
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kerry McDonald
“On the day the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, I wrote in this space about ‘the world’s homeschooling moment,’ projecting a spike in the number of families who would choose homeschooling and other alternative education options in the wake of school closures. I predicted that while most children would return to their conventional classrooms post-pandemic, some families ‘may start to wonder if homeschooling or other schooling alternatives could be a longer-term option.’ Six years later, it’s clear that many families wondered this. … Hybrid homeschooling programs, along with other creative schooling options, are expanding across the US. These models often provide more curriculum freedom, scheduling flexibility and individualization than traditional schools — public and private.” (04/26/26)
https://fee.org/articles/schools-introduce-hybrid-options-as-homeschoolings-popularity-persists/
