Iran released a video of the Iranian forces seizing the two container ships, one tied to Israel and one tied to Greece. Iranians came in on a gunboat. Gunboats make nice targets from the air. NBC News claims they have intel that Iran still has a navy. I think they have gunboats, which we knew about. WATCH: Iran releases video of alleged Iranian forces seizing container ships in the Strait of Hormuz Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil. pic.twitter.com/vYtA2JUT5Q — Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) April 22, 2026 The post Iran’s Video of the Seizure of Two Cargo Ships appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, returned an 11-count indictment against the SPLC on April 21, 2026, charging wire fraud, false statements to a bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. This was after a finding of probable cause. Many people have known for years that the SPLC was a hate group. Now, there is proof. Hakeem Jeffries heard all the charges against the SPLC, and the following response is shocking. If you doubted that the SPLC is tied to the Democrat Party, maybe you shouldn’t. “The so-called indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center announced by Todd Blanche and Kash Patel is baseless and illegitimate. “These partisan hacks who continue to weaponize the criminal justice system against perceived opponents will never intimidate us. “And all of them will be held accountable for their corrupt behavior, no matter what it takes,” Jeffries said. If Democrats are defending these people, what would the logical solution be? He wrote: “These partisan hacks who continue to weaponize the criminal justice system against perceived opponents will never intimidate us.” “Intimidate us?” What does he mean by “us?” It also was not a simple announcement. A grand jury found probable cause. I think he sees SPLC the way we do, as one of them. The so-called indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center announced by Todd Blanche and Kash Patel is baseless and illegitimate. These partisan hacks who continue to weaponize the criminal justice system against perceived opponents will never intimidate us. And all of… — Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) April 21, 2026 The post Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Aligns Himself with the SPLC appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Governor Spanberger was elated yesterday when the redistricting vote barely went their way. It was heading for a no vote all day until the mail-in ballots came in. Democrats control the mail-in ballots. However, the ballot fight is not over. A Virginia court just ruled it unconstitutional. A Virginia circuit court ruled yesterday’s redistricting vote unconstitutional and issued an injunction blocking certification of the results. That is great news. Virginia plans to redistrict the state into 9 Democrat districts and 1 Republican. Republicans have four, and Trump’s 2024 vote was 47% to 50% for Kamala. The union government workers and illegal aliens have moved Northern Virginia into the blue category. Ken Cuccinelli says Democrat redistricting is doomed: The “yes” vote has won Va’s redistricting referendum—but the legal fight is just beginning. Four Virginia constitutional challenges are now teed up: THREE challenges to the amendment process itself: First, passage was invalid. The amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly’s own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session’s scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred. A Tazewell County judge found this action “void, ab initio.” Art. XII, §1 requires that after first passage, a proposed amendment be “referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates.” An election must intervene between first and second passage. Here, first passage occurred during an election cycle—not before an intervening one. Art. XII, §1 requires the amendment be submitted to voters “not sooner than ninety days after final passage by the General Assembly.” The timeline from second passage to the April 21 vote did not satisfy this requirement. Plus ONE challenge to the proposed maps: Art. II, §6 requires that “every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.” The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly). Even the wording of the ballot question was corrupt. They asked voters whether they want to “restore fairness in the upcoming elections”! Watch: BREAKING: A Virginia Circuit Court has just ruled yesterday’s redistricting vote UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and has issued an injunction BLOCKING the results from being certified, per @KenCuccinelli Here’s my prediction, the referendum gets tossed out in May.@ETI_now https://t.co/F7mMYY2GVz — Ken Cuccinelli II (@KenCuccinelli) April 22, 2026 This is BIG. It’s NOT over yet! It’s very likely this will end up at the state… pic.twitter.com/KYJMQ8DEGF — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 22, 2026 The post Big News! Virginia Court Says Redistricting Ballot Was Unconstitutional appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Satellite imagery reveals that more than 33 IRGC fast-attack boats are massed near the Strait of Hormuz in a major Iranian show of force. Iran fired on three ships, less than 24 hours after Donald Trump extended the deadline. The attacks carried out by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came after President Trump said the U.S. would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran, due to expire on Wednesday. It will continue until Iran presents “a unified proposal.” President Trump also told them to “Get their S*** together.” Trump said the U.S. would continue to blockade Iranian ports, and the attacks reinforced the dangers to traffic in the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas pass in peacetime. That means that even if the ceasefire largely holds—and Iran and the U.S. do not resume major attacks—the war will continue to strain the global economy. The conflict has sent gas prices skyrocketing far beyond the region and raised the cost of food and a wide array of other products. According to The Washington Times, Iran said it won’t negotiate until the U.S. withdraws. They claim to have seized two ships, and another is stranded. Iranian state television later reported that the ships were in the Revolutionary Guard’s custody and being taken to Iran. It identified the vessels as the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas. The ship’s owners could not be immediately reached for comment. There is no confirmation that the ships have been seized, but it seems to be Iran’s next step. Iran opened fire on a container ship in the strait on Wednesday morning, and a second was attacked a short time later, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center. Iranian state television later reported that the ships were in the Revolutionary Guard’s custody and being taken to Iran. It identified the vessels as the MSC Francesca and the Epaminondas. The ship’s owners could not be immediately reached for comment. The seizures represent an escalation by Iran’s leaders, who appear poised to drive a harder bargain with American negotiators after two other rounds of talks with the Trump administration ended in open warfare. The semiofficial Nour News, Fars, and Mehr news agencies then reported that the Guard attacked a third vessel, the Euphoria. They said the vessel had become “stranded” on the Iranian coast, without elaborating. The UKMTO said the first ship was attacked by a Revolutionary Guard gunboat that did not hail the ship before firing. It added that nobody was hurt in the attack. Iran’s Nour News, however, reported that the Guard only opened fire on the ship after it had “ignored the warnings of the Iranian armed forces.” Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency described the attack as Iran “lawfully enforcing” its control over the Strait of Hormuz. Watch: WATCH: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, less than a day after President Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely until Tehran agrees to negotiate a new deal. pic.twitter.com/755YYwXQkl — The Hill (@thehill) April 22, 2026 The closing of the Strait isn’t the calamity it would have been in 1979. Most of the global community is working around it. It’s only a big headache. Meanwhile, Iran must either escalate or come to the table. They have little time before their wells are full and they have to be capped. Reopening wells is time-consuming and expensive. They could also be damaged in the reopening. Iran hasn’t shot at U.S. ships yet. Someone will end it, and that will be the United States. At some point, the U.S. will go in and obliterate the 33 fast-attack boats. The post Iran Fires on Three Commercial Ships appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Eight Iranian women, one only 16 years of age, were scheduled to be executed. President Trump asked for their release as a goodwill gesture, and they obliged. He thanked them and noted that no member of the international community had said anything about their upcoming execution. President Trump posted this great information on Truth Social: Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison. I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP Iran set to execute 8 women by hanging including 16 year old girl. These are their names and faces: Panah Movahedi Bita Hemmati Mahboubeh Shabani Ensieh Nejati Ghazal Ghalandari Diana Taherabadi Golnaz Naraghi Venus Hosseinnejad Hollywood celebrities are silent. pic.twitter.com/HTtSijurpt — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 22, 2026 President Trump also told Iran to get their act together. Additionally, new information: The Iranian military and police are not being paid. his most recent post: “YOU CAN’T COMPROMISE ON SANITY AND COMMON SENSE!” The post Iran Will Release the Women Scheduled to Be Executed appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.