Month: April 2026

By Wayne Allyn Root

As many of you know, I’m an idea man. I don’t just criticize- like 99% of TV and radio hosts. I contribute with doable solutions.

I’ve presented many unique and creative ideas to President Trump over the past decade. He’s adopted several of them. Here is one more.

Everyone assumes there are only two ways to end the Iran War….

First, simply leave now. Cut and run. Declare victory and head home. Which will be great for our economy- stocks, gold, Bitcoin, inflation, interest rates, gas prices, jobs- everyone of those would go in a positive direction. Good for Americans. Good for investors. Good for the midterms. Win-win.

And why not? President Trump has achieved virtually all of his objectives. We’ve punished Iran severely and set them back a decade (or decades). We’ve destroyed most of their military. Their Air Force is gone. Their Navy is at the bottom of the sea. We’ve killed almost every one of their political and military leaders.

The US military has proven our power to the rest of the world. This has been the most incredible, remarkable lethal display of military might in history. Combined with the most daring military rescue operation in history.

And so far, we’ve lost a grand total of 13 men. Thirteen. No amount is a good number. Every American life is precious, but 13 deaths in a war this lethal is remarkable. Keep in mind we lost over 420,000 American military heroes in World War 2.

420,000.

Can you imagine Americans accepting this kind of death toll today? Today the American people are upset, shocked, stressed out and impatient after five weeks and 13 deaths.

Today we have lost 7 military aircraft in this Iran war. SEVEN.

In WW2 we lost over 60,000 planes. In Vietnam we lost over 10,000 planes.

The reality is, in this instant gratification world we live in, with news media on the ground bringing back instant images of war, and social media, and Democrats rooting and praying for America to lose (so that Trump is humiliated), we could never fight a 4-year world war with hundreds of thousands of casualties.

So, why not declare victory and leave now?

It makes sense. Win-Win. Except Iran will be back within years, maybe months, causing all the exact same problems. They will rebuild their military- with help from China and Russia. They will certainly attempt to rebuild their nuclear program. They will continue to torture, gang rape, and murder their own innocent citizens. They will still be able to close the Strait of Hormuz at any time, on a whim- once our Navy has packed up and gone home. And they will continue lobbing missiles at Israel.

The next U.S. President, or the one after that, or the one after that, will have to deal with the world’s worst rogue terrorist state all over again.

How about Option #2.

We can “end civilization as we know it” for Iran by bombing all of their infrastructure- bridges, factories, power plants, oil facilities and water treatment plants. Destroy them to the point they will never recover. End of story.

Here’s the problem with that option. When we nuked Japan and firebombed Berlin, we had to do it, to break the will of the people, who supported the war. In this case, the Iranian people are on our side. They are rooting for America. They love President Trump. They even helped our injured pilots avoid capture!

The Iranian people despise their own government. So, we really don’t want to nuke them, or bomb them back to the Dark Ages. We don’t want to “end their civilization.”

We want to help the people. We want to free the people. We only want to punish and kill their leaders and their military.

So, what is behind Door #3? I may have a better strategy.

It’s clear with just today’s violations of the ceasefire (already!), Iran still does not take our threats seriously. It’s clear with their proposed peace plan, Iran is still not serious. We can’t just declare victory and go home. But we can’t just end their civilization all in one night either.

So, here’s my idea. Instead of a hard deadline to “end civilization” and destroy their country forever, let’s try “Show and Tell.”

Rather than all or nothing, let’s “end civilization” one power plant at a time, one oil or gas facility at a time, one water treatment plant at a time.

After each major strike- with lights out, or water out, or gas out of business for one major sector- demand total unconditional surrender.

If their answer is no, we hit another major oil, or gas, or water, or power plant. Keep twisting the knife. Keep “ending civilization” one major hit at a time. After each one, demand surrender.

That’s “Show and Tell.” This proves we mean business. This proves we will eventually (if they keep saying NO to surrender) “end civilization” as they know it. We aren’t fooling around.

As each major power source is destroyed, we keep offering them the chance to surrender.

If they don’t, that’s on them.

President Trump and America were more than fair. If in the end, we have to go to the final option, and “completely end civilization” as they know it, we are not to blame. We gave them every opportunity to avoid total destruction. America was the good guy. There can be no world anger and finger pointing.

And as a bonus, this is Exhibit A for President Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” strategy- this is how we teach the world a lesson.

This strategy is similar to how we ended WW2. We dropped one atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. Japan still refused to surrender. So, we dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9th.

Japan, fearing “the end of their civilization,” finally capitulated, and agreed to unconditional surrender.

But what we did not do, was drop ten atomic bombs on ten cities across Japan all at once. We dropped them one at a time, and gave them a chance after each bombing to surrender.

I call it “Show and Tell.”

Let’s hit Iran the same exact way as we hit Japan to end WW2. But no nukes needed. We have the most powerful conventional bombs in world history. We can wipe out power, water, gas and oil- one major target at a time. Until Iran’s leaders come to their senses.

And President Trump will be seen as fair and merciful. He gave Iran every chance to end the pain. He never used nukes. And he never bombed civilian populations.

That’s our 3rd option. “Show and Tell.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET/9 AM PT, and his 2-hour daily video podcast “WAR Zone Live presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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Pro-Iranian propaganda and much of the U.S. media have claimed that Trump is losing the war in Iran, but the data does not support that claim. Thousands of Iranians have died, most of the country’s top leadership has been killed, and in some cases one and even two iterations of their replacements have also been killed.

The Iranian air force and navy have been largely destroyed, along with multiple nuclear facilities, bomb-making factories, launch pads, and other assets necessary for continued war. This is not to say that it is impossible for Iran to continue, but rather that the war is moving in the right direction toward the IRGC’s eventual defeat.

Only 13 U.S. servicemen and women have been killed, both downed pilots have been recovered, and Iran backed down to Trump’s threats to open the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction.

People on social media have repeatedly argued that Iran is winning and that it somehow has a grand victory strategy that includes allowing the U.S. to kill its leaders, scientists, military personnel, and nuclear assets. One outlet even claimed this destruction brings Iran closer to completing a nuclear weapon.

As of April 6, the U.S.-based human rights group HRANA documented 3,597 deaths in Iran from strikes, with military casualties believed to be significantly higher due to limited access and government opacity. Iran International separately reported at least 4,700 security forces killed as of March 31.

Since February 28, U.S. and Israeli attacks have killed the Supreme Leader, the defense minister, the IRGC chief, the chief of staff, the naval commander, the Basij chief, the intelligence minister, and roughly 40 senior officials in total, the worst single leadership loss in Iran’s modern history.

The rapid elimination of replacement commanders has been a defining feature of the conflict. IRGC Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi was appointed in June 2025 to replace Mohammad Kazemi, who was killed during the Twelve-Day War, and was himself killed in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike on April 6, 2026, before reaching one year in the role. IRGC Commander-in-Chief Mohammad Pakpour had similarly been appointed less than a year before his own killing.

Iran anticipated this vulnerability, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly instructing officials before his death to designate as many as four predesignated successors for every key post, a concept that became known as the “fourth successor” doctrine.

Defense Secretary Hegseth and CSIS have both confirmed Iran’s air force had been wiped out and its navy destroyed, with over 90 percent of Iran’s naval fleet sunk. Iranian ballistic missile attacks fell 90 percent within a week of the war’s start, with drone attacks down 95 percent. Of the 373 U.S. service members wounded, the vast majority sustained minor injuries, and 330 have already returned to duty.

On April 3, a U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran, and both the pilot and weapons systems officer were recovered, the latter on April 5 after a heavy firefight with no additional U.S. casualties. On April 7, Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as a condition of a two-week ceasefire facilitated by Pakistani mediation, in direct response to Trump’s ultimatum.

Regarding the status of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, U.S. and Israeli intelligence believe he remains alive based on indirect evidence, but a U.S. official stated there is no proof he is taking the helm. Iranian state-backed outlets have so little verified footage of him that they resorted to circulating AI-generated videos, prompting Iranians to mockingly call him the AI supreme leader. Defense Secretary Hegseth said Mojtaba was wounded and likely disfigured. No verified video, audio, or public appearance has occurred since his appointment.

Claims that the U.S. is losing are based on flawed metrics. The most common objection is that the U.S. has not yet won because the regime has not fallen and Iran has not surrendered, but no one claimed that either of those outcomes had already occurred. The use of the present continuous reflects an ongoing conflict, not a completed set of policy objectives. The claims and their rebuttals are listed below.

Claim: Trump issued multiple ultimatums with deadlines he postponed, showing weakness. Iran ultimately conceded to those demands and agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, vindicating the pressure campaign. The outcome, not the process, is the measure of success.

Claim: The Strait of Hormuz remained closed for weeks, damaging the global economy. Neither the U.S. nor Israel relies on the Strait for oil shipments. Iran agreed to reopen it as a condition of the ceasefire, meaning the U.S. achieved its stated objective on this point.

Claim: No allies joined the military coalition. No allied participation is required for a campaign to succeed. The U.S. and Israel achieved their core military objectives without it, and the absence of allies did not impede the outcome.

Claim: Iran’s mosaic defense doctrine kept missiles and drones flying despite massive degradation. None of Iran’s weapons struck U.S. infrastructure, civilian populations, or ships, and none damaged the U.S. ability to continue fighting. Iranian ballistic missile attacks fell 90 percent and drone attacks 95 percent, while the U.S. expanded strikes deeper into Iranian territory throughout the conflict.

Claim: The regime has not collapsed and has not surrendered unconditionally. The war is not over. Winning is a present-tense description of an ongoing conflict, not a statement that all objectives have been completed.

Claim: Trump backed away from his threat to destroy Iranian civilization. He backed away because Iran gave in. The threat produced the desired result.

Claim: The U.S. agreed to Iran’s 10-point peace plan. Trump received Iran’s proposal and described it as a workable basis for negotiation, not an agreement. The White House noted the publicly released Iranian plan differed from the one actually submitted. Trump has already ruled out key Iranian demands, including uranium enrichment rights. Both sides remain in early negotiations with their own competing proposals still on the table.

None of these are battlefield claims. They are diplomatic, political, and strategic observations that do not dispute the military data, the casualty ratio, the destruction of Iran’s navy and air force, the decapitation of its leadership, and Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait. The claim that the U.S. is not winning is a fabrication.

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The ‘reporter’ who helped a former Army special operations employee allegedly commit treason has been revealed, and his background should come as no surprise.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the FBI arrested a former Special Operations Command employee for leaking classified national defense information to the media.

Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, allegedly transmitted classified material to individuals not authorized to see it, including a journalist, the DOJ said.

She was arrested on Tuesday and indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors say that between 2022 and 2025, Williams disclosed top-secret classified information in phone and text message communications with a journalist.

While the ‘journalist’ was not named in the indictment, numerous reports have confirmed the person is investigative reporter and foreign correspondent Seth Harp.

Harp, who writes for the far-left Rolling Stone, previously profiled Williams for his book “The Fort Bragg Cartel,” published in August 2025.

The far-left hack also published his profile of Williams in a Politico article.

Following the news of William’s arrest, Harp lashed out on X, calling it an “outrage.”

“Courtney Williams is a veteran, a mother, and a patriotic American,” Harp fumed. “She has committed no crime.”

“Trump’s unhinged DOJ will not even say what ‘classified information’ she allegedly leaked,” he continued. “Her arrest and imprisonment is an outrage.”

Courtney Williams is a veteran, a mother, and a patriotic American. She has committed no crime. Trump’s unhinged DOJ will not even say what “classified information” she allegedly leaked. Her arrest and imprisonment is an outrage. FREE COURTNEY WILLIAMS pic.twitter.com/ZnX5QaQcU1

— Seth Harp (@sethharpesq) April 9, 2026

Harp also confirmed that he was the ‘reporter’ in the indictment. He added that the indictment lacked any “specificity” and was “pure speculation.”

“I’ll save an FBI tactical team the trouble of kicking my door down at 4 am,” Harp said. “The jump drive contained a public EEOC complaint that was too large of an electronic file to send by email.”

“As a lawyer, I’m astonished by the lack of specificity and pure speculation in this indictment.”

I’ll save an FBI tactical team the trouble of kicking my door down at 4 am. The jump drive contained a public EEOC complaint that was too large of an electronic file to send by email. As a lawyer, I’m astonished by the lack of specificity and pure speculation in this indictment. pic.twitter.com/QKhrL7KGFw

— Seth Harp (@sethharpesq) April 9, 2026

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The dirty RINOs, including Mike Lawler and Maria Salazar, thought they could pass amnesty while President Trump and the country are focused on the Iran War.

Never Trump, a dirty Republican RINO.

As sick as it was, the amnesty bill by Mike Lawler, Salazar, and other neocons was timed with Trump’s planned strike on Iran. Their plan was to vote on it while the country was distracted with a massive and escalating war. This is treachery beyond comprehension.

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 9, 2026

Earlier this week, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) announced her latest attempt at illegal alien amnesty.

Salazar already has several RINOs to join her in her movement to open the borders and destroy the country.

Here is the list of dirty RINOs who have already signed on to the amnesty bill.

BREAKING – A newly uncovered section of Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar’s mass amnesty Dignity Act, sponsored by at least 18 other House Republicans, reveals that it would allow illegal aliens deported under President Trump since January 2017 to return to the United States. pic.twitter.com/zoliTTAR9b

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) April 8, 2026

These RINOs are complete trash.

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A troubling pattern is once again drawing renewed scrutiny after the death of yet another scientist tied to America’s most sensitive space and defense programs.

Michael David Hicks, a longtime research scientist at NASA’s prestigious Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), died on July 30, 2023, at just 59 years old, according to the Daily Mail.

Hicks was known in scientific circles for his work connected to advanced research initiatives, many of which intersect with highly classified aerospace and defense projects.

But nearly three years later, basic questions surrounding his death remain unanswered.

According to available records, the cause of Hicks’ death has never been publicly disclosed. Even more alarming, there appears to be no publicly available record indicating that an autopsy was ever conducted

The Daily Mail reported:

Hicks, who worked at JPL from 1998 to 2022, was credited with publishing over 80 scientific papers and was part of multiple teams helping NASA understand the physical properties of comets and asteroids.

Specifically, Hicks was involved with the DART Project, NASA’s test to see if humans could deflect dangerous asteroids away from Earth. He also worked on the Deep Space 1 Mission, which tested new spacecraft technology that flew by a comet in 2001.

While there have been no public allegations of foul play, Hicks’ case marks the ninth person with ties to America’s space or nuclear secrets who has died or mysteriously vanished in recent years, which has set off alarm bells among US national security experts.

Moreover, three of these scientists had close ties to Hicks, as all of them worked at the Jet Propulsion Lab or participated in NASA missions there. Monica Reza, JPL’s new Director of the Materials Processing Group, vanished without a trace in June 2025, just months after beginning her tenure at the NASA lab.

Two other men with deep ties to JPL died recently, including a long-time coworker of Hicks, Frank Maiwald, who died in July 2024 at age 61, with even less public acknowledgement of his untimely passing.

Meanwhile, astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, 67, was murdered on the front porch of his home on February 16, 2026. The California Institute of Technology researcher’s work was heavily supported by NASA’s JPL, and Grillmair was personally involved with major space telescope missions led by NASA.

Other victims in this disturbing cluster include:

• Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel like Anthony Chavez and Melissa Casias, who vanished in 2025 under bizarre circumstances, phones wiped, wallets and keys left behind, cars abandoned.
• MIT plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro, assassinated at his home while working on revolutionary nuclear fusion breakthroughs.

• Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, who commanded key research labs tied to advanced missile and rocket programs (and long rumored to have UFO-related knowledge), who walked out of his Albuquerque home in February 2026 with only a handgun and was never seen again.

Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker has warned that foreign adversaries like Communist China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea have been aggressively targeting Americans with access to this exact kind of classified technology for decades.

Is this a string of unbelievable coincidences? Or is something far more sinister at play? Are our enemies picking off America’s best minds to steal or suppress critical U.S. technological advantages?

Or, as many in the UAP community have long suspected, is there a coordinated effort by deep state insiders to silence those who know too much about non-human intelligence, reverse-engineered technology, and the real secrets our government has been hiding from the American people for generations?

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) recently appeared on Newsmax discussing explosive claims by former Rep. Matt Gaetz regarding UFOs and “biologics that are not human.” Burchett hinted that full disclosure would cause the country to “come unglued,” and ominously noted that “the people that know are dying or disappearing.

Read more:

“This Country Would Come Unglued” – Rep. Tim Burchett Comments on Recent Alien Claims Amidst Related Scientists Missing or Dead

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Laura Ingraham absolutely demolished open-borders RINO Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) as he tried to defend his disastrous “DIGNIDAD Act,” the latest Republican betrayal masquerading as “immigration reform.”

Lawler, the same RINO The Gateway Pundit exposed back in January for whining that President Trump’s deportation policies “aren’t working” and demanding mass amnesty for illegal aliens, got absolutely torched when Ingraham demanded he stop the tired clichés and actually explain the bill he’s pushing.

Lawler penned an op-ed in The New York Times earlier this year, stating:

“Along with building on Mr. Trump’s border policies, a realistic plan would provide a path to legal status — not citizenship — for long-term illegal immigrants without criminal records. This path would be rigorous and fair, and it would aim to keep families together. Fair means those who benefit would face mandatory work requirements, forgo public assistance and pay fines and any back taxes they might owe.

“Congress would have to change the legal immigration system, too. Lawmakers should create a system in which applicants’ merit matters more than it does now, better accounting for the country’s economic needs. I am the husband of a naturalized citizen. My wife came to the United States in pursuit of a better life. I will always fight to provide opportunity to others who have the potential and desire to contribute to America’s success.”

During the interview, Ingraham refused to let Lawler hide behind tired talking points and “clichés” often used by establishment Republicans attempting to justify soft-on-immigration policies.

“Congressman, I’m sorry to interrupt you, but you’ve got to stop using clichés,” Ingraham fired back early in the segment.

Lawler attempted to argue that illegal aliens are “living in the shadows,” but Ingraham immediately shut that down.

Ingraham: “I’ve been dealing with this for 25 years. I don’t know what shadows you’re looking at, but they’re not in the shadows. They’re working in restaurants—some are. Others are engaged in widespread fraud in California. But this idea that they’re already given amnesty—they’re not already given amnesty. Why do you come on television and say that? The president has been trying to remove people from this country. The only reason they’re not being removed is because we don’t have strong Democrats and Republicans to support it.”

As Lawler tried to defend the bill, claiming it includes guardrails like removing criminal aliens and requiring proof of continuous presence, Ingraham zeroed in on what many conservatives see as the fatal flaw: enforcement.

She posed a simple, devastating question:

Rep. Lawler:
Criminal aliens, 100%, should be removed from this country, period. And the bill provides for that. I don’t want anyone getting a waiver. I don’t want anyone getting a free pass.

Laura Ingraham:
It’s in the legislation? Have you read the legislation?

Rep. Lawler:
Yes, I have, Laura… If you have committed a crime, you should be removed from the country, period. Number two: what we are trying to do is say, if you have been in the country for more than five years—in other words, if you came here during Joe Biden’s administration—you don’t qualify. You don’t qualify under this legislation.

[..]

Rep. Lawler :
It’s very clear. You have to be in the country before 2020.

Laura Ingraham:
So anybody who came… please tell my audience, because they’re very smart: how does an immigration officer determine millions and millions of cases—determine continuous presence—and tell me the considerations they take into account to determine that?

Lawler struggled to provide a clear answer, repeatedly falling back on vague assurances that the Department of Homeland Security would “make the determination.”

That didn’t fly.

Laura Ingraham:
But I just asked you a question. How do you determine it?

Rep. Lawler:
You have to be able to meet the qualifications of the program.

Laura Ingraham:
What are the qualifications?

No clear answer came.

Lawler went on to claim that illegal immigrants would not qualify if they had committed crimes, would have to pay fines, back taxes, and meet strict employment requirements.

Ingraham wasn’t buying it.

“That’s false. False. False. False,” she shot back.

She then exposed what critics say are major loopholes in the legislation, pointing out that so-called “nonviolent crimes” may not disqualify applicants and that broad discretionary powers could allow immigration officers, especially under future Democrat administrations, to approve applicants anyway.

Laura Ingraham:
Congressman, you know how much I like you, but you can’t come on this show and say to my audience that you can’t have committed a crime to be eligible under the “Dignity Act,” because there are several crimes that are “nonviolent” that do not qualify for inadmissibility.

And on top of that, there are multiple instances, including family unity, public interest, and just discretion on the part of immigration officers. I can’t imagine Democrat immigration officers, under a Democrat president in the future, are going to hold this strict—“We’re not going to let any criminals in.” Gang member affiliation they’ve given wide latitude.”

WATCH:

As we reported in July 2025, RINO Salazar and her GOP collaborators (including Lawler) pushed this garbage as “not amnesty” while literally handing work visas to people who broke our laws and invaded our country.

And just yesterday, Rep. Brandon Gill was leading the charge to kill this foreign-language-titled amnesty scam, calling it exactly what it is, an insult to American voters.

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Hollywood has lost another creative voice from the era that shaped a generation’s childhood entertainment, as screenwriter Arne Olsen passed away at 64 after battling cancer.

A Career Built on Family Entertainment

Arne Olsen carved his niche in Hollywood during the 1980s and 1990s, specializing in action-oriented family films that defined an era of children’s entertainment. His credits included the 1988 action film Red Scorpion, followed by a transition into family-friendly projects that would become his hallmark. The Vancouver-based screenwriter gained recognition for his work on Cop and a Half (1993), directed by Henry Winkler and starring Burt Reynolds, which showcased his ability to blend action with comedy suitable for younger audiences. His portfolio expanded to include All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996), demonstrating versatility across live-action and animated features during Hollywood’s family entertainment boom.

The Power Rangers Legacy

Olsen’s most enduring contribution came with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), released during the franchise’s peak popularity. He wrote the screenplay based on a story co-credited with John Kamps, adapting the Japanese Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger series for American audiences under director Bryan Spicer and Saban Entertainment. In a 2023 interview, Olsen discussed his selection for the project and offered insights into his screenwriting process, revealing the behind-the-scenes decisions that shaped the film. The movie capitalized on the Power Rangers phenomenon that dominated 1990s pop culture, cementing Olsen’s place in a generation’s childhood memories. His willingness to mentor aspiring writers through interviews demonstrated commitment to passing knowledge to emerging talent.

An Industry Remembers

Dianne Olsen announced her husband’s death to Deadline, confirming he passed away Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Vancouver from complications related to cancer. No funeral or memorial details were immediately reported following the announcement, which quickly circulated through entertainment outlets by April 8. The news resonated particularly within Power Rangers fan communities and among those who grew up with his films, prompting nostalgic tributes online. Olsen’s death underscores the ongoing attrition of creative professionals from the 1990s Hollywood era, a period when family entertainment flourished before the digital streaming revolution transformed the industry. While his credits may not have dominated box office records, they represented consistent work in a competitive field where many struggled to maintain careers.

A Quiet Vancouver Departure

Olsen’s Vancouver residency reflects a pattern common among film professionals who settled in Canada’s robust production community. The specifics of his cancer battle remain private, with family disclosing only that complications from the disease led to his death at 64. His passing leaves behind a filmography that, while modest by blockbuster standards, contributed to the cultural landscape of 1990s children’s entertainment. The absence of recent projects in coverage suggests Olsen had stepped back from active screenwriting in later years, possibly due to health challenges or industry shifts favoring franchise reboots over original family content. For aspiring screenwriters who benefited from his interviews, his death represents the loss of institutional knowledge from an era when family films followed different creative formulas than today’s CGI-dominated productions.

Sources:

Arne Olsen Dies: ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Screenwriter Was 64

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – Wikipedia

Arne Olsen – Letterboxd

A Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) has debuted an insane new acronym.

Leah Gazan, who is an MP for the far-left New Democratic Party, used the phrase “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” during a speech attacking Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Her specific gripe with Carney is over his cuts to various indigenous funding programs to make way for increased military spending, as President Trump demands NATO do more to shoulder the burden of international defense.

She ranted:

When the budget was released, I was shocked to find out that Prime Minister Carney is cutting $7 billion between Indigenous Services Canada and Crown Indigenous Relations. They provided zero dollars to deal with the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+.

This is abhorrent. This is callous. This is callous because the very Liberal government that has stripped organizations of life-sustaining funding has now promised, committed $13 billion, $13 billion on military spending.

Who is paying for it? Indigenous women across this country, Indigenous women, girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+, are not safe. In fact, rates of violence are increasing. And what is the Prime Minister doing? He is turning a blind eye on this violence.

You know, the Prime Minister talks a lot about projects of national interest. What is in the national interest are the lives, safety, security, and dignity, not in the national interest, of Indigenous women and girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+. Is the Prime Minister okay having Indigenous women, 2SLGBTQQIA+ family members and organizations coming to Parliament begging time and time again to see our humanity?

Is he okay with that? Well, clearly, with his behavior the other day, laughing at a woman from Grassy Narrows who is suffering from mercury poisoning, having her even having to beg for an apology, is an example of how this Prime Minister has turned his back on Indigenous peoples, particularly Indigenous women and girls, 2SLGBTQQIA+. And what does that look like? It looks like rates of violence increasing.

Watch the clip below:

NDP MP Leah Gazan condemns Budget 2026 for cutting $7B from Indigenous Services Canada and Crown Indigenous relations.

“They provided $0 to deal with the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+,” she said.

“Rates of violence are increasing, and the PM is turning a blind eye.” pic.twitter.com/G0QfVjNpNB

— Juno News (@junonewscom) April 8, 2026

The phrase “MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” is a combination of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQ+.

While the deaths or disappearances of anybody is a deeply disturbing, it seems that the phrase “Murdered indigenous women” would probably get the point across just as accurately.

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When those who inhabit a fallen, war-torn world most need a heavenly perspective, rest assured that God will provide one.

On Monday, in His infinite wisdom, He surprised us by acting through NASA.

During a live broadcast of the Artemis II lunar flyby, astronaut Victor Glover delivered a beautiful Christian message to the entire planet, followed by an endorsement and complementary remarks from NASA Public Affairs Officer Leah Cheshier.

“As we get close to the nearest point to the moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos,” Glover said in a clip posted to the social media platform X, “I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth. And that’s love.”

At that point, those of us who have grown jaded from awards-show acceptance speeches might have feared some imminent woke diatribe. Instead, Glover gave us something beautiful.

“Christ said, in response to what was the greatest command, that it was to love God with all that you are,” the astronaut added. “And He also, being a great teacher, said the second is equal to it, and that is to love your neighbor as yourself.”

Glover was paraphrasing Matthew 22:37-39: “And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Imagine all the science enthusiasts who tuned in to the NASA broadcast and heard the New Testament!

“And so,” Glover continued, “as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we’re still [inaudible] love from Earth. And to all of you down there on Earth, and around Earth, we love you, from the moon.”

Then, Cheshier responded.

“Poignant words from NASA astronaut Victor Glover,” she said. “And a little bit of a love letter from the other side of the moon, all the way to Earth. Glover touching on the teachings of Jesus, including to love your neighbor as yourself.”

Several minutes later in the actual broadcast, though only a few seconds later in the clip posted to X, Cheshier commented on the view from the spacecraft’s camera.

“And this really beautiful view of a crescent moon and a crescent Earth,” she said. “How great Thou art.”

This was one of my favorite parts of the Artemis II Lunar Flyby yesterday. I loved these words from Victor Glover and Leah Cheshier.

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.” Psalm 19:1

How Great Thou Art pic.twitter.com/Q7IsF344n4

— Landon Sweet (@LandonSweet) April 7, 2026

Readers who wish to view the entire broadcast may do so in the X video below. The relevant segment featuring Glover and Cheshier’s comments appeared between 5:36:50 and 5:41:34.

LIVE: Watch with us as the Artemis II astronauts make their closest approach to the Moon, traveling farther from Earth than ever before. https://t.co/Zpy7GdTqA8

— NASA (@NASA) April 6, 2026

According to NASA, the images captured by the Artemis II astronauts showed “regions no human has ever seen before — including a rare in-space solar eclipse.”

We can only imagine what Glover and the other astronauts felt as they absorbed those breathtaking views up close.

On the other hand, we need not imagine what went through Glover’s mind. As he encountered a part of Creation hitherto unseen by humans, his thoughts turned to Jesus.

Praise God for allowing us to experience that moment with him.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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The head coach of the New England Patriots, Mike Vrabel, was photographed in what many are calling highly inappropriate interactions with a married reporter tied to far-left The New York Times.

The photos, first obtained by Page Six and now blowing up across the internet, show the married Patriots boss hugging, holding hands with fingers interlocked, and relaxing in a hot tub alone with Dianna Russini, a top NFL insider for The Athletic (the sports arm of the failing New York Times).

New England Patriots’ Mike Vrabel and top NY Times NFL reporter Dianna Russini hold hands and hug at luxury hotel https://t.co/kgk6uoumOU pic.twitter.com/J2dtb6HuyA

— New York Post (@nypost) April 7, 2026

A ‘Page Six spy’ said that Vrabel and Russini spent the day together at the ultra-luxury Ambiente resort in Sedona, Arizona, on March 28th.

They were spotted having breakfast, lounging poolside, soaking in a private hot tub for nearly an hour, and later heading up to a $2,000-a-night rooftop bungalow with those iconic red rock views.

Photos show the pair getting very comfortable, hugging tightly and interlocking fingers like a couple on a romantic getaway.

Page Six reported:

Both Russini and Vrabel insist they were there with friends and say they simply weren’t visible in the pictures. A source close to Russini says she was staying at the hotel during a hiking trip with two female pals. One of Vrabel’s friends told Page Six that they and the coach drove up to Sedona for the day with another pal and that they all drove back to their own hotel, some two hours away, after hanging out with Russini and her gang.

But three other eyewitnesses told us that they did not see anyone else with Vrabel, 50, and Russini, 43. Asked if the Pats coach visited the hotel with a group of friends, one eyewitness said: “No, he was with a girl.” And our sequence of photographs taken at various points during the day show only Vrabel and Russini.

Vrabel attended a scouting event at Arizona State University in Tempe on Friday, March 27, before traveling 125 miles to the Ambiente.

The adults-only Ambiente prides itself on being a romantic getaway, boasting on its website about the 158 proposals that took place and the thousands of anniversaries and honeymoons that have been celebrated at the hotel.

After being seen with Russini, Vrabel headed to the Biltmore hotel in Phoenix for a meeting of the NFL Competition Committee, a group of owners and coaches who oversee the game’s rulebook.

Eyewitnesses insisted the two were not part of some larger group, despite the denials now pouring in from both camps.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy weighed in after his outlet reportedly tracked down individuals who were present during the Sedona outing.

Portnoy wrote:

“Barstool has tracked down Vrabel and Russini’s friends who were with them in Sedona. I think the internet owes them an apology. Clearly not what people have portrayed. Amazing how another angle can change the perception all together. You be the judge.”

Breaking News: Barstool has tracked down Vrabel and Russini’s friends who were with them in Sedona. I think the internet owes them an apology. Clearly not what people have portrayed. Amazing how another angle can change the perception all together. You be the judge. https://t.co/REtP70rSkg pic.twitter.com/LEEifXO7zQ

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) April 8, 2026

X user Jonathan Bowen compiled a detailed timeline of Vrabel and Russini’s activities during their time in Arizona.

• Thursday, March 26th: Mike Vrabel may have flown into Phoenix Sky Harbor (PSH) the night before Arizona State University’s pro day in Tempe.

• Friday, March 27th, morning: Vrabel worked the ASU pro day in Tempe. He was there alongside head coaches John Harbaugh and Kevin Stefanski and executives from thirty-one NFL franchises. The pro day was stacked because the league meetings opened in Phoenix the following Monday.

• Friday, March 27th, afternoon: Vrabel may have driven two hours north to Sedona and checked into the Ambiente. The Ambiente is an adults-only boutique resort where private bungalows run up to $2,160 a night. The rooftops are accessible only from the bungalows themselves.

• Before Saturday morning: Dianna Russini may have already been at the Ambiente. Her camp says she was on a hiking trip with two female friends. No outlet has reported her check-in date.

• Saturday, March 28th, 10:30 AM: Vrabel and Russini had breakfast on the Ambiente’s patio.

• Saturday, March 28th, late morning: Vrabel and Russini spent roughly ninety minutes at the pool.

• Saturday, March 28th, afternoon: Vrabel and Russini sat together in the hot tub for about an hour.

• Saturday, March 28th, sunset: Vrabel and Russini were photographed hugging and holding hands on the private rooftop of one of the bungalows. A witness briefly saw them dance. Three separate eyewitnesses told Page Six they only ever saw the two without any other acquaintances.

• Sunday, March 29th: Vrabel and Russini may have checked out of the Ambiente and driven to Phoenix. The 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting opened that day at the Arizona Biltmore. Vrabel was there as the Patriots’ head coach, and Russini was there covering the meetings for The Athletic.

• Sunday, March 29th: Vrabel and Russini may have checked into the Arizona Biltmore and/or one of the surrounding hotels ahead of the league meetings.

• Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday: Vrabel and Russini were working at the Biltmore all three days.

• Monday, March 30th: The Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team” after he called the NBA’s Pride Month a celebration of “unrighteousness.” New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson, a devout Christian, reposted the Ivey video with Matthew 5:10. The news was widely discussed and shared on X.

• Tuesday, March 31st: ESPN’s Mike Reiss asked Vrabel about Henderson’s post at his Biltmore media availability. Vrabel said there was a “fine line” and that players needed to be “educated.” He also said the Patriots wanted to be “inclusive” and that players represent the team and the organization.

• Wednesday, April 1st: The league meetings closed; Vrabel and Russini may have checked out of the Arizona Biltmore and/or one of the surrounding hotels.

• Thursday, April 2nd: Russini co-bylined a dispatch for The Athletic about what she learned at the Biltmore meetings, and she mentioned Vrabel in the second paragraph.

Vrabel and Russini – The Arizona Timeline

• Thursday, March 26th: Mike Vrabel may have flown into Phoenix Sky Harbor (PSH) the night before Arizona State University’s pro day in Tempe.

• Friday, March 27th, morning: Vrabel worked the ASU pro day in Tempe. He was there…

— Jonathan Bowen (@BostonByBirth) April 9, 2026

Just last week, Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson, quote-tweeted support for Jaden Ivey after Ivey faced backlash for his comments pushing back against the NBA’s forced Pride celebrations.

Henderson simply posted the Bible verse from Matthew 5:10: “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Vrabel went on the record and basically called out his own player for not being “educated” enough, lecturing that while he “loves” Henderson and his faith, the team needs to make sure players are “inclusive” and understand they “represent the organization.”

WATCH:

#Patriots HC Mike Vrabel on TreVeyon Henderson’s controversial post:

“I love TreVeyon… He cares deeply about his faith… I want them to be able to express what they believe… But, I also wanna make sure that they’re educated. We want to be inclusive.”

( @Patriots) pic.twitter.com/Vfy7ZXsIfq

— Carlos A. Lopez (@LosTalksPats) March 31, 2026

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