Gavin Newsom wanted America to believe his memoir was a hit. He toured. He promoted. He hit the bestseller lists. The whole thing looked like a legitimate cultural moment for a man openly running for the White House. There was just one problem. The numbers were fake. Federal disclosure records have now revealed that Newsom’s own super PAC, the Campaign for Democracy Committee, spent $1.5 million to purchase roughly 67,000 copies of his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry.” Total print sales for the book since its February 24 release? About 97,400 copies. Do the math. That means nearly two out of every three copies sold went to his own PAC, not to actual readers. Libs of TikTok put the numbers out there for everyone to see. BREAKING: Gavin Newsom’s PAC used $1.5 million to buy 67,000 copies of HIS OWN BOOK. Total book sales were around 97,400. His PAC’s purchase accounts for about two-thirds of all sold copies pic.twitter.com/mnBaHl7ZFf — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 17, 2026 The details are even more embarrassing than the headline. The PAC ran a promotion last November and January asking donors to contribute “ANY AMOUNT” and they would receive a copy of the book when it dropped. Federal filings show the PAC paid $1,561,875 to Porchlight Book Company to fulfill those orders, making it the committee’s largest expenditure in the first quarter of 2026. Strip out the PAC purchases and Newsom’s memoir sold approximately 30,000 copies over six weeks. For context, that is not bestseller territory. That is a mediocre launch for a sitting governor running for president. The New York Times reported on the discrepancy: Approximately 97,400 print copies of Mr. Newsom’s memoir have been sold since its publication on February 24, according to the book industry sales tracker Circana BookScan. Federal disclosures reveal that roughly 67,000 of those copies were purchased by his super PAC, the Campaign for Democracy Committee, which paid $1,561,875 to Porchlight Book Company. The New York Times marked the book with a dagger symbol on its bestseller list, which the paper uses “when it has reason to believe that sales of a book include a mix of organic and bulk sales.” That dagger symbol is essentially the Times admitting they know the bestseller status was manufactured. And they put it on the list anyway. The reaction online was exactly what you would expect. And now you know how crappy books become NYTimes bestsellers… https://t.co/3mW0Ws4yzF — John Λ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) April 17, 2026 Newsom’s team has tried to spin the numbers, claiming the promotion “generated net revenue” and “deepened supporter relationships.” That is one way to describe using donor money to buy your own book so you can call yourself a bestselling author. The Megyn Kelly Show laid out the implications: In March, Newsom’s team had claimed more than 91,000 copies had been purchased through “organic, in-person and online, non-bulk purchases.” That claim now appears to have been misleading at best. The PAC’s bulk purchase of 67,000 copies means the overwhelming majority of early sales were anything but organic. After the initial PAC-driven surge, subsequent weekly sales have been modest, with approximately 6,400 organic copies sold in the six weeks following the book’s launch. So Newsom’s team claimed 91,000 “organic” sales. The real number of organic copies sold? Around 6,400 in six weeks. That is not a rounding error. That is a fabrication. This is the man who wants to be President. A man who cannot even sell a book without rigging the system. If he will spend $1.5 million in donor money to fake a bestseller list, what would he do with actual power? California voters already know the answer to that question.Do you agree?

A group of conservative House Republicans just did something that rarely happens in Washington anymore: they said no. In the early hours of Friday morning, more than 20 Republican members voted to block two separate attempts to ram through a long-term reauthorization of FISA Section 702, the controversial surveillance program that allows the federal government to collect Americans’ communications without a warrant. The rebellion killed both proposals dead on the House floor, handing GOP leadership and the White House a rare defeat. The Freedom Caucus-led revolt centered on a simple demand: if the government wants to spy on American citizens, it needs to get a warrant first. That’s not a radical position. That’s the Fourth Amendment. Rep. Thomas Massie laid it all out after the late-night showdown: Last night between midnight and 2am, they tried to pass two bad versions of FISA… Both would have allowed Feds to unconstitutionally spy on Americans.We stopped both versions, but the fight isn’t over. Eventually, it was decided to give them two more weeks to fix FISA. https://t.co/VkckZwH5j4— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 17, 2026 The battle lines were clear. Speaker Mike Johnson and the White House wanted a clean 18-month extension with no changes. Privacy hawks in the party, led by Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris and members like Massie, Lauren Boebert, and Chip Roy, demanded amendments that would require a warrant before querying Americans’ data. Twenty Republicans voted against the 18-month extension in the procedural vote, tanking it 197-228. A second attempt also failed. The leadership simply didn’t have the votes. Massie revealed he had personally reviewed classified documents that shaped his opposition: I just viewed 2 Top Secret FISA docs.1) FISA Court opinion that raises serious concerns about FBI implementation of FISA 702.2) letter by Senator Wyden describing a secret government interpretation of FISA law.The Constitution requires I vote No on FISA 702 reauthorization.— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 16, 2026 Fox News reported on the scale of the conservative opposition: Speaker Mike Johnson faces conservative opposition over reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, set to expire April 20. Trump and Johnson support an 18-month clean extension, while conservatives demand privacy safeguards. Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris predicted the procedural vote would fail without additional privacy reforms. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna pledged to vote no unless the SAVE America Act was included. CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News: “There’s a lot at stake.” The intelligence community’s argument was straightforward: losing Section 702 during the ongoing Iran conflict would be a national security risk. Gen. Dan Caine warned it would “significantly impair” U.S. security capabilities. CNN detailed the aftermath: More than a dozen rank-and-file Republicans rejected the long-term reauthorization. Twenty Republicans later helped block the 18-month clean reauthorization. GOP privacy hawks demanded floor consideration for warrant-requirement amendments before querying Americans’ communications, demands leadership could not satisfy. Congress ultimately approved a 10-day short-term extension through April 30, 2026, after the long-term deal collapsed. President Trump was expected to sign the measure. So in the end, Congress kicked the can down the road. FISA gets a 10-day lifeline through April 30 while lawmakers try again to hash out a deal that actually includes privacy protections. The Freedom Caucus made their point loud and clear at 2 AM on a Friday morning: the Constitution doesn’t take a break just because it’s politically convenient.

Patrick Bet-David just turned this feud with Tucker Carlson up to eleven. The Valuetainment CEO and PBD Podcast host dropped a direct challenge to Tucker on his show that is going massively viral right now. And it’s not some vague back-and-forth. It’s a put-up-or-shut-up demand to open the books. Bet-David looked into the camera and challenged Carlson to hire third-party accounting firms to audit both of their financials. The purpose? To settle once and for all whether PBD has ever taken money from Israel, or whether Tucker has ever received payments from Qatar or Pakistan. That’s not a talking point. That’s a man willing to bet his entire reputation on transparency. Check it out: BREAKING: Patrick Bet David just directly challenged Tucker Carlson.“Let’s hire third party accounting firms to go through our financials and see if I’ve ever taken money from Israel or if you’ve ever taken money from Qatar or Pakistan.” pic.twitter.com/dNhhpBegq6— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 18, 2026 The clip is racking up hundreds of thousands of views already, and for good reason. This is the kind of thing people have been demanding from media figures for years: real accountability, not just accusations thrown back and forth on podcasts. Oh WOW!

Something very strange is going on in America right now, and President Trump just made it clear he’s not going to let it slide. Ten scientists and senior government employees with access to some of the most closely guarded nuclear and aerospace secrets in the country have either vanished or turned up dead since mid-2024. And until this week, almost nobody in Washington was talking about it. That changed when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the administration has brought in the FBI to holistically review every single case and look for connections between them. Leavitt posted the announcement directly on X: In light of the recent and legitimate questions about these troubling cases, and President Trump’s commitment to the truth, the White House is actively working with all relevant agencies and the FBI to holistically review all of the cases together and identify any potential… pic.twitter.com/SJ9thaFegh— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) April 17, 2026 The list of names is chilling. Retired Air Force Major General William “Neil” McCasland disappeared near Albuquerque on February 27, leaving his phone, glasses, and personal devices behind at home. Monica Reza, a group manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory who worked on rocket materials, vanished during a hiking trip in California in June 2025. Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair was shot and k*lled outside his home in February. Others include Steven Garcia, a government contractor at the Kansas City National Security Campus who has been missing since August 2025, and Anthony Chavez, a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee who vanished in May 2025. President Trump addressed the situation directly when reporters asked him about the cases, calling it “pretty serious stuff.” BREAKING: President Trump vows to look into the 10 scientists who have gone missing or turned up dead:“I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half.”“I just left a meeting on that subject.”“Pretty serious stuff… Some of them were very important… pic.twitter.com/VMgeZyayXl— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2026 Newsweek reported on the expanding investigation: The Trump administration confirmed that it was working with the FBI to investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances of ten U.S. scientists and government employees who had access to nuclear or aerospace material. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that President Donald Trump has brought the FBI into the investigation, stating that the White House is “actively working with all relevant agencies and the FBI to holistically review all of the cases together and identify any potential commonalities that may exist.” “No stone will be unturned in this effort,” Leavitt said. What makes this whole situation even more unsettling is that several of these individuals had overlapping professional connections. McCasland and Reza reportedly worked together on a space materials project. Multiple cases are tied to institutions like NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory, two of the most sensitive research facilities in the country. Fox News provided additional details on the scope of the investigation: Since 2023, ten scientists and senior officials with access to some of America’s most closely guarded nuclear and space secrets have died or disappeared without a trace. Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker suggested the cases may point to “modern-day espionage” rather than coincidence, noting that classified matters typically remain confidential during investigations. Authorities have not established any concrete connection among the cases, but some lawmakers have called for closer scrutiny of the disappearances. Ten people with classified access. Multiple connected to the same research networks. Some missing. Some dead. And the FBI is now on the case. President Trump summed it up: “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half.”

You know what’s a tough sell? Telling Congress your net worth is somewhere between $6 million and $30 million, having the House Oversight Committee and the Department of Justice open investigations into how you got that rich on a $174,000 salary, and then coming back and saying, “Actually, never mind. That was an accounting error. We’re really worth about $95,000.” That’s exactly what Rep. Ilhan Omar just did. And her excuse? She blamed it on her accountant. Omar filed her annual financial disclosure in May 2025 showing assets between $6 million and $30 million, primarily through her husband Tim Mynett’s two companies: a venture capital firm called Rose Lake Capital in Washington, D.C., and a winery in Santa Rosa, California. That represented a roughly 3,500% increase from the prior year’s filing. As recently as 2023, those same businesses were valued at less than $51,000 combined. Washington Examiner columnist Byron York highlighted the staggering revision. Rep. Ilhan Omar filed documents with Congress saying her wealth was between $6 million and $30 million. Now she says that was a mistake, and her wealth is actually between $18,000 and $95,000. That's quite a difference. From @WSJ: https://t.co/nSSy3WUrNW— Byron York (@ByronYork) April 18, 2026 From $30 million down to $95,000. That’s not a rounding error. That’s not a decimal in the wrong place. That’s a difference so massive it raises more questions than it answers. Omar’s spokesperson, Jacklyn Rogers, told reporters: “The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire.” Omar’s attorney attributed the error to “reliance on accountant professionals,” calling it unintentional. The New York Post laid out the details of the original filing and the dramatic revision. Omar’s amended filing reduced the couple’s combined assets to between $18,004 and $95,000. The original May 2025 disclosure had valued her husband Tim Mynett’s venture capital firm, Rose Lake Capital, at between $5 million and $25 million, and his winery stake at between $1 million and $5 million. In the amended filing, both are now listed as having no value once liabilities are included. However, reported 2024 income from the businesses remained substantial, between $102,503 and $1,005,200. Read that last part again. The businesses are supposedly worth nothing once you factor in liabilities. But they still generated between $100,000 and $1 million in income last year. How does a business worth zero dollars produce a million dollars in revenue? Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton pointed out the absurdity of the situation. Ilhan Omar says her congressional financial reports have massive accounting error. She and her husband only worth 18k-86k, NOT $6 million-$30 million! Previously unreported "liabilities" erase wealth! https://t.co/x69oXi2Vly— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 18, 2026 The timeline on this is worth remembering. House Oversight Chairman James Comer opened an investigation in February after Rose Lake Capital, which reportedly held just $42.44 in its bank account in late 2022, somehow skyrocketed to a $25 million valuation by the next reporting cycle. The DOJ also opened its own investigation, which reportedly began under the Biden administration. PJ Media noted that the revised filings only came after Omar was already under formal investigation. Omar subsequently filed an amended disclosure reducing her reported assets from the $6 million to $30 million range down to just $18,004 to $95,000. The dramatic revision was attributed to an “accounting error” involving reliance on accountant professionals. Rose Lake Capital had previously removed names of prominent Democratic figures from its website during the period of increased scrutiny, between September and October 2025. So to keep score: her husband’s firm went from $42 in the bank to a $25 million valuation, then back to zero, all while generating potentially over a million dollars in income. Names were scrubbed from the company website. And the only explanation we’re getting is that the accountant made a mistake. The investigations from both the House Oversight Committee and the Department of Justice remain open. No criminal findings have been announced. But if “my accountant got it wrong” is the best defense here, it’s going to be a long year for Rep. Omar.