Quick Hits: Volume CDVIII

 - As he prepares to exit the stage of electoral politics in about 8-1/2 months, the current Governor of Minnesota is already plotting his next move. 

Today, we’re launching Small Town PAC.

We’re going to show up in small towns, organize in places too many people have given up on, and build power with the folks who call these places home.

If Democrats want to win in more places, we’ve got to start showing up in more places. pic.twitter.com/2ZWpvyy59M

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) April 20, 2026

As Dems have hemorrhaged support from outstate areas over the past decade, their strategy to woo those voters has been little more than donning flannel shirts in an attempt to appear "relatable."   

Whoa! Is that the sitting Minnesota Governor and Attorney General or a couple workin' fellas from the Iron Range??????

But seriously, showing up is one thing. However, advocating for radical trans ideology, pillaging of small businesses (which are the lifeblood of small towns) to pay for pet progressive projects and being hostile to Second Amendment rights ain't gonna go over well with voters in "small towns." 

- After the New York Mets defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on April 7, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani embraced team mascots Mr & Mrs Met. 

The Mets now have an 11-game losing streak since Mamdani showed up and hugged them

The Mamdani curse pic.twitter.com/Bz4UUEwjAs

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 21, 2026

The Mets have won nary a game since that moment. As of Tuesday night, their losing streak reached 12 consecutive games. Yikes! 

- As Bill Glahn of American Experiment has said on multiple occasions, the demand for "white supremacy" vastly exceeds the supply. 

Allegations concerning the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has for years labeled conservative activist organizations as "hate groups," suggests they were willing to pay a pretty penny to perpetuate the hoaxes. 

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for making fraudulent payments of millions of dollars to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi organizations.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference that the 11-count indictment filed in an Alabama federal court alleged the left-wing nonprofit had in the past decade paid at least $3 million to eight members of the far-right groups.

One leader of the 2017 Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Va., received roughly $270,000 over an eight-year period. Neither that person nor others were identified in the 14-page indictment.

Ah yes, the Charlottesville rally. For years, progs used that as a cudgel to further the narrative that President Donald Trump referred to white supremacists as "very fine people." It took about 7 years before the fact check outfit Snopes (hardly a conservative milieu) acknowledged that was bull pucky, which was no doubt a significant blow to the "Trump is racist" true believers. But this SPLC business? That makes the Jussie Smollett ruse look like a children's' theater production in comparison. 

No doubt this story is a blow to the hate crime hoax industry. But if you believe it's a death knell to the entire genre, you clearly have been sleepwalking since the Rev. Al Sharpton was a fat guy. 

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