/qnotables26/ - ===Q Notables 2026===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462190 (040155ZAPR26) Notable: Acting AG Todd Blanche: Investigating ActBlue Allegations Is A Top Priority

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Acting AG Todd Blanche: Investigating ActBlue Allegations Is A Top Priority

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/acting-ag-todd-blanche-investigating-actblue-allegations-top-priority

The New York Times reported on Thursday that ActBlue’s own lawyers had warned its leadership in early 2025 that it may have lied to Congress about how it screens out illegal foreign donations.

In 2023, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones sent a letter to Republican congressional investigators assuring them the platform used rigorous safeguards. The letter described "multilayered" screenings that helped "root out" overseas contributions. What the platform's own legal team later discovered was considerably more inconvenient: those protections weren't consistently applied in practice.

“This presents a substantial risk for ActBlue,” the law firm, Covington & Burling, wrote in one of two memos expressing legal concerns. One memo raised the specter of a criminal investigation if prosecutors believed that ActBlue had tried to conceal facts about its efforts to prevent foreign contributions.

Federal election law prohibits foreign citizens or people who are not permanent residents from donating directly to federal candidates or political action committees. Lying to or obstructing Congress is a crime.

The memos instigated a meltdown at the highest levels of ActBlue, one of the Democratic Party’s most vital financial organs.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, freshly installed at the helm of the DOJ after Pam Bondi's departure, went on Jesse Watters' Fox News show Thursday and left little ambiguity about where this investigation stands.

“I can tell you that that is a priority of this administration and this Department of Justice,” Blanche said. “And it's something that a lot of people have been worried about it for a very long time. And you should rest assured that it includes the Department of Justice, and it includes me."

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462223 (040205ZAPR26) Notable: an state TV announced a £50,000 reward for any IRAANAIN who can capture and find the US pilot alive

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Botin Kurdistani@kurdistannews24

VIDEO:

Iran state TV announced a £50,000 reward for any IRAANAIN who can capture and find the US pilot alive, whose fighter jet was reportedly shot down in Iran.

Channel 4 & Kurd Alarm reported this via Telegram:http://t.me/KurdAlarm

https://nitter.net/kurdistannews24/status/2040227082429698307#m

https://x.com/kurdistannews24/status/2040227082429698307

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462251 (040223ZAPR26) Notable: Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ threat draws fury from Iranians

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>>35321

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Tehran-based journalist Yashar Soltani wrote:“You first spoke of ‘liberating Iran.’ Then you bombed a school in Minab and took the lives of children.And today you speak of dragging Iran back to the ‘Stone Age’.”

“Iran is a land that, when many nations were still in the Stone Age, was building cities, writing laws, and creating civilization,” he added. (==I guess there are woke Iranians everywhere, how can they not understand he was talking about the terrorist leaders.)

Rift over costs of war

Despite widespread criticism, reactions among Iran’s oppositionhave not been uniform.

Some supporters of regime change argue that damage to infrastructure, while painful, can ultimately be repaired. They point to historical precedents such as the Iran–Iraq War, when key facilities including oil refineries and export terminals were rebuilt after extensive destruction. (KEK, they took Trump’s statement literally, wow!)

Others contend that the Islamic Republic’s long-term impact on governance,the economy and human capital outweighs the immediate damage caused by military strikes. For them, the focus should remain on political repression, including executions and internet shutdowns.

One social media user questioned priorities: “How can your infrastructure and the Stone Age be your priority before you even mention the executions and internet shutdowns!”(seriously?)

Another argued that reconstruction would follow regime change, writing: “Don’t worry about iron and concrete; worry about a homeland occupied by incompetence… after that, a free Iran will build infrastructure worthy of the name Iran.”

Somecommentatorshave alsosuggested that Trump’s rhetoric was directed primarily at Iran’s ruling establishment rather than the public. “When he says… ‘we’ll hit you and send you back to the Stone Age,’ he’s talking to the clerics, not the people,” one user wrote. (KEK, there are not just used to him)

(In a way, Trump negotiates like the Iranians. Interesting! The one thing Iran is forgetting, is Trump has lots of Iranian friends, and he sold all kinds of homes, properties and large and beautiful apartments to 1,000s of them over decades.)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604032540

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462277 (040238ZAPR26) Notable: Iran state TV warns public against disclosing officials’ hiding places

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Iran state TV warns public against disclosing officials’ hiding places

Apr 3, 2026, 01:53 GMT+1

Iranian state television hasescalated its messaging by warning citizens not to reveal the locations of officials hiding among civilians.

As the regional conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States escalates, Iran’s state broadcaster,Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), has undergone a marked transformation in tone and language.

In a segment of a program on Iran’s state broadcaster, presenter Mohammad JafarKhosravi acknowledged that officials are hiding in safe houses among ordinary citizens and urged the public not to reveal their locations, warning that otherwisethey would be “finished” and targeted.

Alongside thisshift, dehumanizing language toward foreign adversaries has become increasingly common. Following intensified strikes in late February, IRIB hosts and commentators repeatedlydescribed Israeli officials as “rabid dogs,” portraying them as threats that must be eliminated.

The escalation in tone extends beyond broadcast television. On social media platform X, IRIB presentershave engaged in increasingly personal exchanges with Israeli officials.

Figures such as Ameneh Saadat Zabihpour and Ali Rezvani, both sanctioned by the United States in 2022 as "Interrogator Journalists",have traded insults with Israeli spokespersons, with some interactions descending into personal attacks, religious provocation, and inflammatory rhetoric.

(So the Iran Radicals are hiding in civilian towns, to not be tracked by the US. They don’t care if their people are in danger, by hiding in their towns.)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604020258

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462314 (040301ZAPR26) Notable: DJT Truth Social - Third rate news “anchor” Jonathan Karl of ABC Fake News, the worst and most corrupt Network in the business..

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Third rate news “anchor” Jonathan Karl of ABC Fake News, the worst and most corrupt Network in the business, wrote another made up book about me where his stories and “reporting” bare no relationship to the truth. ABC was already forced to pay me $16,000,000 because of their false and misleading reporting. That was a Liddle’ George Slopadopolus error, but Karl is worse. A waste of time - Fictitious quotes. Don’t buy the book! President DJT

Apr 03, 2026, 10:58 PM

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116344192713238962

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462345 (040319ZAPR26) Notable: TMZ is still hunting for footage of vacationing members of Congress and it's now gone international.

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TMZ

@TMZ

🚨🎥 TMZ is still hunting for footage of vacationing members of Congress and it's now gone international. ==About 30 lawmakers were spotted touring a castle in Scotland and guess who's footing the bill? YOU.

2:15 PM · Apr 2, 2026·

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https://x.com/TMZ/status/2039768631601664413?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462374 (040329ZAPR26) Notable: Today, we charged 15 defendants with healthcare fraud totaling more than $50 million.

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F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli

@USAttyEssayli

Today, we charged 15 defendants with healthcare fraud totaling more than $50 million.

This was the first major arrest operation in coordination with

@VP’s Fraud Taskforce.

The fraud train is coming to an end in California and across the country

https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/2039846991958872458?s=20

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462751 (040529ZAPR26) Notable: #29831

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24462774 (040551ZAPR26) Notable: @MedvedevRussiaE After Trump mocked Macron, the latter got so upset he even said some smart things about the US operation in Iran being a futile adventure. Wait till Trump slams him harder. Maybe he’ll concede that Russia is right in its conflict with Banderite Kiev and sanctions are useless.

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Dmitry Medvedev

@MedvedevRussiaE

9h

After Trump mocked Macron, the latter got so upset he even said some smart things about the US operation in Iran being a futile adventure. Wait till Trump slams him harder. Maybe he’ll concede that Russia is right in its conflict with Banderite Kiev and sanctions are useless.

Apr 3, 2026 · 7:49 PM UTC

https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/2040154654449819877

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463023 (041109ZAPR26) Notable: ✅ FACT: All U.S. fighter aircraft are accounted for. Iran's IRGC has made the same false claim at least half a dozen times.

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One to WATCH

What happens if the MSM gets this STORY wrong?

Would this Anger SHEEP?

CentCom holding Strong

🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it downed an "enemy" fighter jet over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

✅ FACT: All U.S. fighter aircraft are accounted for. Iran's IRGC has made the same false claim at least half a dozen times.

https://x.com/centcom/status/2039805134704660622

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463398 (041407ZAPR26) Notable: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Hello World

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

April 4, 2026

Hello World

From pole to pole our fair planet is captured in this snapshot from space, an evocative image from a window of the Orion spacecraft Integrity. From the spacecraft's perspective the Sun is moving behind Earth's bright limb along the lower right. Africa and the Iberian peninsula are in view on the pale blue planet's surface, while aurorae crown Earth's south and north poles at top right and bottom left. Commander Reid Wiseman took the historic picture on Artemis II mission flight day 2 (April 2), after the completion of the planned translunar injection burn. That burn boosted the spacecraft out of Earth orbit, sending Integrity and crew on a trajectory that will take them around the Moon and back again. That's a journey humans last made over 50 years ago.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocb-3M2dl_0

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463406 (041409ZAPR26) Notable: Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuates a further 198 ​of its staff from Iran's Bushehr ‌nuclear power plant.

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JUST IN - Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuates a further 198 ​of its staff from Iran's Bushehr ‌nuclear power plant.

Read here: https://www.disclose.tv/id/zx6hubuzbp/

@disclosetv

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463482 (041436ZAPR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out- 48hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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[Profile picture from source site (X Post/Truth Social)] Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 04/04/2026 10:05:27

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Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out- 48hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463483 (041437ZAPR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out- 48hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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>>35338

>Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT.Time is running out - 48 hoursbefore all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463487 (041439ZAPR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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>>35337

https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2040148581575995532

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463531 (041504ZAPR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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Is the Observed Spin Reversal of the Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, a Technological Signature?

April 4, 2026

In a new paper published here, the accomplished astronomer David Jewitt reported about an unprecedented behavior of the Jupiter-family comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák.

The report uses archival data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope on December 11–14, 2017, coincidentally about a month after the discovery of the interstellar object 1I/`Oumuamua.

This comet, which likely originated in the Kuiper Belt and was flung into its current trajectory by Jupiter’s gravity, is now visiting the inner solar system every 5.4 years.

It is well known that the spin of cometary nuclei changes as a result of the rocket effect from torques induced by outgassing. The nucleus of 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák exhibited dramatic rotational changes when it passed near the Sun in April 2017.

Eight months later, the combination of Hubble imaging and measurement of non-gravitational acceleration implies a nucleus diameter of about a kilometer (± 200 meters).

Systematic brightness variations are consistent with a rotation period of 0.60 (± 0.01) days, substantially different from periods measured earlier in 2017.

Data from NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory in May 2017 implies that the object was spinning three times slower than in March 2017 when it was observed by the Discovery Channel Telescope at Lowell Observatory in Arizona.

The Hubble images from December 2017 detected the comet spinning much faster again, with a period of approximately 14 hours, compared to the 46 to 60 hours measured by Swift.

The simplest explanation is that the comet continued slowing until it almost stopped, and was then forced to spin in the near-opposite direction by outgassing jets from its surface — induced by solar illumination of surface ice.

Jets of gas streaming off the sublimated pockets of ice can act like thrusters and if these jets are unevenly distributed, they can change the spin of the comet.

The spin of the nucleus likely reversed between perihelion in April 2017 and the post-perihelion observations in December 2017 as a result of torque from outgassing jets.

The brightness variations indicate a projected axis ratio of about 1.4 to 1, while the active fraction of the nucleus decreased by a factor of 17.

The time for this small nucleus to spin up is short compared to the reported dynamical time spent in the current orbit — which is estimated to be about 1,500 years.

The inferred mass loss rate from outgassing means that the object should have evaporated or broken up by rapid rotation long ago. Its observed activity should have destroyed it.

As a result, the data constitutes a major puzzle: how did the object survive over the long lifespan of its orbit?

Jewitt suggests two possible explanations to this puzzle.

The nucleus could have been observed by the Hubble telescope during a state of unusually strong activity, leading to an overestimate of the average mass-loss rate and outgassing torque and resulting in an underestimate of its physical lifetime.

Alternatively, the nucleus could be the surviving remnant of a larger body for which outgassing torques were less effective.

But there is a third possible interpretation. Perhaps 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák is a Trojan Horse with the outside appearance of a natural iceberg but with technology embedded in its belly.

In that case, its spin reversal is a technological signature. Based on my personal experience — if Jewitt have discussed this technological possibility, his paper would have been blocked from publication.

Indeed, this possibility is not mentioned in the published paper, but I am free to mention it here in the absence of gatekeepers — within the safe space of my essay.

Whether spin reversal is a technological signature or not, the Hubble data from 2017 on 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák constitutes the first reported evidence for an apparent spin reversal of a comet.

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/is-the-observed-spin-reversal-of-the-comet-41p-tuttle-giacobini-kres%C3%A1k-a-technological-signature-adab2dc8c096

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae4355/pdf

https://earthsky.org/space/new-sungrazing-comet-c-2026-a1-comet-maps/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0x4uSYS5o0 (Suspicious 0bservers: Comet MAPS Hitting the Sun LIVE)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imoKV39y4zQ (SarahMaths Astro: Comets A1 MAPS, R3 PanSTARRS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd7L-rLcyjc (David Sereda: 3I/Atlas & The GREATEST STORY OF ALL TIME)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz6SzSj_ZUw (Avi Loeb questions NASA's explanation of 'party hat'-shaped object on Mars | NewsNation Live)

https://x.com/sinus_iridium/status/2040438722223853888

https://x.com/JAtanackov/status/2040436627739119637

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463557 (041514ZAPR26) Notable: @realDonaldTrump Not only were the jobs numbers GREAT yesterday, 178,000 new jobs, but the TRADE DEFICIT was down 55%, the biggest drop in history. THANK YOU MR. TARIFF! All of this and, simultaneously, getting rid of a Nuclear Iran. MAGA!!!

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Donald J. Trump / @realDonaldTrump 04/04/2026 09:32:26

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Truth Social: 116346686438015338

Not only were the jobs numbers GREAT yesterday, 178,000 new jobs, but the TRADE DEFICIT was down 55%, the biggest drop in history. THANK YOU MR. TARIFF! All of this and, simultaneously, getting rid of a Nuclear Iran. MAGA!!!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116346686438015338

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463592 (041526ZAPR26) Notable: NASA/Space

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Artemis Updates

April 4, 2026 12:00AM

Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares Cabin for Lunar Flyby

Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Reid Wiseman work together inside the Orion spacecraft on their way to the Moon.

The Artemis II mission is more than halfway to the Moon. After cancellation of the first outbound trajectory correction burn, the Artemis II crew began preparing the Orion spacecraft’s cabin for the lunar observation period on Monday, April 6, at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Additionally, crew members have been exercising, practicing medical response procedures, and testing […]

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April 3, 2026 5:00PM

Artemis II Flight Day 3: Outbound Trajectory Correction Burn Update

A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's four main windows after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026.

NASA’s Artemis II crew in Orion continues on a precise trajectory to flyby the Moon on Monday, April 6.

Flight controllers in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston elected to cancel the spacecraft’s first outbound trajectory correction burn, as the spacecraft’s trajectory is on the right flight path. This burn was the […]

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April 3, 2026 2:17PM

Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares for First Correction Burn, Readies to Receive Lunar Observation Assignment

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After a successful translunar injection burn on April 2 and a roughly eight-hour crew rest period, the Artemis II crew began their second full day in space, settling into the rhythm of deep‑space operations.

Upon burn completion, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, became the first people to leave Earth’s orbit since the Apollo program in 1972.

The team in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, woke the crew at 1 p.m. EDT, […]

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/

extra Artemis II

https://x.com/NASAArtemis/status/2040248045393043675

https://x.com/NASASolarSystem/status/2040257878494249446

https://x.com/NASA/status/2040341101471551784

https://x.com/NASA/status/2040393011616452726

https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/journey-to-the-moon/

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/meet-nasas-new-artemis-ii-science-officers/

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/astronauts-on-the-iss-watched-nasas-historic-artemis-2-launch-from-space

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/an-artemis-2-astronaut-took-a-bath-on-camera-on-the-way-to-the-moon-mission-controls-reaction-was-priceless-video

https://yellowhammernews.com/alabamas-role-in-artemis-ii-mission-includes-birmingham-native-who-helped-shape-nasa-rocket/

https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/space/what-artemis-ii-astronauts-eat-nasa-space-menu-for-moon-mission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK92zN7d9KA (Artemis II Flight Day 3 Highlights)

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463624 (041539ZAPR26) Notable: #29832

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463640 (041546ZAPR26) Notable: Remember when you were young and you thought you had a special purpose?

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Remember when you were young and you thought you had a special purpose?

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463681 (041556ZAPR26) Notable: epstein related

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Epstein Connection to CIA and DynCorp

krnel (78)in #epstein • 7 years ago (edited)

Disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is being charged as a child molester molestation involving "dozens of minor girls" as young as 14 between 2002 and 2005, according to an unsealed indictment released by prosecutors.

This is a separate from last weeks court order for documents which may contain the names of high-level individuals. The indictment says he "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan... and Palm Beach."

https://steemit.com/epstein/@krnel/epstein-connection-to-cia-and-dyncorp

Guess who shut down the Epstein investigation.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463712 (041606ZAPR26) Notable: @WhiteHouse - HEY THAT’S US!

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HEY THAT’S US!

12:01 PM · Apr 4, 2026

https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2040459754284155199

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463764 (041621ZAPR26) Notable: Week Wraps Aboard Station with Spacesuits, Eye Checks, Robotics, and More

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Week Wraps Aboard Station with Spacesuits, Eye Checks, Robotics, and More

April 3, 2026 4:56PM

Spacesuit work and eye checks wrapped up the week for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station. The orbital residents also focused on robotics, cargo transfers, and science hardware maintenance at the end of the week.

ESA (European Space Agency) flight engineer Sophie Adenot tried on a spacesuit on Friday with assistance from NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir inside the Quest airlock.

Adenot wore the suit in a powered and pressurized configuration and tested it for mobility, comfort, and optimal fit. Meir also helped Adenot conduct suit leak and pressure checks while verifying the suit’s communications hardware and life support systems.

NASA flight engineers Jack Hathaway and Chris Williams also worked on spacewalking gear inspecting tethers and their associated components before stowing them inside Quest.

Earlier, Hathaway installed new orbital plumbing gear inside the Tranquility module’s bathroom. At the end of his shift, he reconfigured the Columbus laboratory module to make room for a new experimental exercise machine due to be delivered on the next Cygnus XL resupply mission.

Williams rearranged cargo packed inside the Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 where the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft dock to on the forward port of the Harmony module.

At the end of his shift, Williams led eye exams inside Harmony with Meir and Adenot as his subjects.

Williams operated medical imaging gear that Meir and Adenot peered into while doctors on the ground viewed their retina, lens, and cornea in real-time.

Doctors regularly check the astronauts’ eyes to counteract the potential effects of living in space.

Station commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and flight engineer Sergei Mikaev, both Roscosmos cosmonauts, joined each other on Friday and installed power and data cables to support upcoming operations of a new solar radiation experiment.

Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev kicked off his shift cleaning the Nauka science module’s ventilation system before spending the rest of his day updating the software that controls and displays information for the European robotic arm.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/04/03/week-wraps-aboard-station-with-spacesuits-eye-checks-robotics-and-more/

extra NASA and related

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/virgil-i-gus-grissom/

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-coverage-for-northrop-grummans-crs-24-resupply-launch/

https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/04/michigan-astronaut-earns-space-plumber-title-after-fixing-23m-toilet.html

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/blue-ghost-lunar-lander-reveals-how-much-we-still-dont-know-about-the-moon

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463791 (041629ZAPR26) Notable: epstein related

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Epstein Files Show Financial Ties to DOD Deputy Secretary Feinberg

DOD Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg is referenced in 20 documents in the Epstein files, while the company he founded, Cerberus, appears in 360 files

https://www.pogo.org/investigates/epstein-files-show-financial-ties-to-dod-deputy-secretary-feinberg

Oligarchs and the Trump Admin: Stephen Feinberg

Stephen Feinberg is the co-founder and former CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, a major private equity firm that is no stranger to controversy. With about $65 billion in asset holdings, Cerberus’s investment portfolio is wide-ranging. It includes defense sector outfits like Navistar Defense, which paid $50 million to settle allegations of fraudulently inducing the U.S. Marine Corps into contracting for an armored vehicle suspension system at inflated prices, and TransDigm, which reportedly turned in excess profits of $20.8 million on spare parts contracts with the Department of Defense due to price gouging. These incidents are just the tip of the iceberg. According to a New York Times investigation, Tier 1 Group, a Cerberus subsidiary, trained the Saudi assassins behind the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi under a contract approved by the State Department. What is more, DynCorp, a military contractor owned by Cerberus from 2010 to 2020, infamously trained U.S.-backed fighters in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Liberia and reportedly supplied planes for Latin American drug wars. Cerberus also paid north of $8.7 million to resolve claims of defrauding the federal government over contract work in Iraq. With scandals like these, Feinberg’s company seems aptly named after the Greek mythological guardian of the gates of hell.

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/billionaires-and-the-trump-admin-stephen-feinberg/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463837 (041642ZAPR26) Notable: SDA’s Gurpartap Sandhoo likely to lead Space Force Missile Warning & Tracking portfolio

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EXCLUSIVE: SDA’s Sandhoo likely to lead Space Force Missile Warning & Tracking portfolio

April 03, 2026 2:15 pm

It is unclear whether Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo will keep his role as SDA acting director under a double-hat, but one industry source said that is the most likely solution at least in the near term.

The Space Force intends to tap the acting director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, to lead its new Missile Warning and Tracking Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) office, multiple sources have told Breaking Defense.

In that job, Sandhoo will be responsible for developing the sensor satellites required to enable the Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile defense initiative.

While not yet finalized, the move is in the final stages of internal paperwork at the Department of the Air Force, according to a half dozen Space Force and industry sources. The department is responsible for overseeing Space Force acquisition.

An SDA spokesperson referred questions for this report to Space Force Public Affairs.

“The Space Force has not yet assigned the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Missile Warning and Tracking. We will provide additional information once a decision is made,” a Space Force spokesperson said.

The Space Force announced the creation of the Missile Warning and Tracking PAE office on March 17. Tom Ainsworth, who is performing the duties of the Air Force assistant secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration, told the annual McAleese Defense Programs Conference that the PAE would cover both legacy missile warning and tracking constellations now in operations and ongoing development programs across all orbital regimes.

“So, that is a big portfolio,” he said.

The programs currently include SDA’s Tracking Layer of satellites in low Earth orbit, and the two flagship efforts by Space Systems Command.

The first is the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) constellation, which will be comprised of two satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit and two in polar orbit.

Next-Gen OPIR is being developed to replace the six operational Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites.

SSC’s second effort is the Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking (MWT) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) program, that will be optimized for tracking hypersonic missiles.

One Space Force official explained that bringing all the programs for detecting and tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles together is meant to ease officials’ ability to ensure compatibility and that the various ground systems are integrated.

Clayton Swope, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that it also “makes sense when you’re trying to cut costs.”

At the same time, he warned, consolidating programs is “not the best solution when you’re trying to encourage innovation because more entities looking at the same problem leads to more ideas” — cautioning that any organization that results in “quasi-merging SDA into a bigger program dilutes its raison d’etre.”

However, it is unclear whether SDA will be subsumed into the new Space Force PAE structure.

Congressional approval would be needed to change SDA’s legal status as a direct reporting agency to Ainsworth’s office for acquisition issues and to Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman for all other matters such as personnel management.

A more likely scenario is that Sandhoo keeps his current SDA position and wears two hats, one industry source said.

Indeed, another industry source close to the debate said that Sandhoo’s likely leadership of the missile and tracking PAE would result not in SDA being dismantled, but actually gaining “more power.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/04/exclusive-sdas-sandhoo-likely-to-lead-space-force-missile-warning-tracking-portfolio/

extra Space Force

https://www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4451487/vandenberg-explosive-ordnance-disposal-team-hosts-recruitment-event/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/03/how-the-space-force-guaranteed-a-safe-artemis-ii-launch/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24463982 (041720ZAPR26) Notable: Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of overnight drone attacks

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Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of overnight drone attacks

Update : 04.04.2026

At least 16 killed, 63 others injured over past 24 hours

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of overnight drone attacks, claiming that at least 16 people were killed and 63 others injured over the last 24 hours.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Saturday on Telegram that Moscow launched 286 drones across the country, with 260 shot down.

In Ukraine's Sumy region, 13 people were injured during an overnight strike, Serhii Kryvosheienko, head of the City’s Military Administration, said on Telegram.

Dnipropetrovsk Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Telegram that Russia attacked two districts of the region more than 20 times with drones, artillery, and aerial bombs, injuring three people.

Later in the day, he announced that five people were killed and 22 others injured in Russia's Saturday morning attack on Nikopol.

Oleh Syniehubov, head of the military administration in the Kharkiv region, said four people were killed and 11 injured in shelling over the past 24 hours.

Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said on Telegram that six people were killed and 10 others injured in the region over the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted 85 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, and Tula regions, as well as over Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, and the Black Sea.

The governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slusar, said on Telegram that one person was killed and four others were injured in Taganrog during a nighttime drone attack.

A commercial vessel was damaged in the waters of the Taganrog Bay of the Sea of ​​Azov, and a fire later broke out but was brought under control, he added.

“The dry cargo ship, flying the flag of a foreign state, was located a few kilometers from the coastline,” he said.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ukraine-russia-accuse-each-other-of-overnight-drone-attacks/3891584

other Russia and Ukraine

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4109032-drone-attack-sparks-fires-at-chemical-plants-in-russias-tolyatti.html

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/drone-attacks-leave-russia-s-baltic-oil-ports-1775286967.html

https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ukrainian_drone_units/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/73228

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/73225

https://www.telesurenglish.net/one-dead-four-injured-in-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russias-rostov-region/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ukrainian-drone-strikes-stop-alchevsk-132100961.html

https://www.ndtvprofit.com/world/russian-drone-strike-on-ukrainian-city-of-nikopol-kills-5-injures-19-11310648

https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukrainian_drones_destroy_russian_s_400_radar_tor_system_zu_23_2_autocannon_fuel_tanker_and_command_posts-18052.html

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464013 (041734ZAPR26) Notable: @DHSgov - John 1:5 Through all darkness our Lord’s light shines.

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John 1:5

Through all darkness our Lord’s light shines.

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2040481307738636499

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464020 (041736ZAPR26) Notable: Iran Updates: Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz

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https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-04-04/live-updates-892026

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-4-2026/

other Israel

https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/irans-revolutionary-guards-claim-drone-strike-on-israel%E2%80%91linked-ship/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-892009

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-localized-malfunction-led-to-lack-of-sirens-as-rocket-struck-kiryat-shmona/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-891944

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/russia-said-to-evacuate-198-more-staff-from-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant-idf-coordinating-with-moscow-source-says/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/defence/international/israel-launches-over-70-strikes-across-iran-ballistic-missile-launchers-uav-sites-hit/articleshow/130016878.cms

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/2-cluster-submunitions-hit-idfs-kirya-hq-in-tel-aviv-this-morning-no-injuries-damage-caused-to-parking-lot/

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-strikes-armed-hamas-terror-cell-in-gaza

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/idf-strikes-truck-tabriz-says-162150020.html

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-hezbollah-fire-hits-unifil-post-in-southern-lebanon-injuring-three

Live Updates: IDF says Iranian missile fragments fell near Kirya base, Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz

April 4, 8:23 PM

IDF announces Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar died while fighting in Lebanon • IDF admits air defense failures after Dimona, Arad missile impacts • Northern mayor warns of possible Hezbollah barrage

April 4, 8:09 PM

IDF announces Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar died while fighting in Lebanon

Ludar, from Yuvalim, was a soldier in the Maglan Unit, Commando Brigade. His name was shared after his family was notified.

Sgt. First Class Guy Ludar, 21, fell while fighting in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Friday.

Ludar, from Yuvalim, was a soldier in the Maglan Unit of the Commando Brigade.

His name was shared after his family was notified.

This is a developing story.

April 4, 7:09 PM

IDF admits air defense failures after Dimona, Arad missile impacts

"Our air defense system is the best in the world, but it is not hermetic. There are mistakes, there are malfunctions," said Chief of Staff of the IDF’s Air Defense Systems, Colonel L.

“There are mistakes, like in any other technological system,” said the Chief of Staff of the IDF’s Air Defense Systems, Colonel L., when asked about the severe missile impact against Dimona and Arad, where over 100 people were injured.

Col. L spoke two days after the event alongside Major A., the head of the IDF's Systems Research Division, and they discussed the war, the systems Israel uses to protect the civilian population, and the need to adhere to the Home Front Command guidelines.

April 4, 6:44 PM

US agents arrest niece, grand niece of Iran's Qassem Soleimani after Rubio revoked green cards

"Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement," the State Department said in a statement after Rubio revoked their green cards.

US federal agents have arrested the niece and grand-niece of late Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their lawful permanent resident status, the State Department said on Saturday.

"Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement," the State Department said in a statement after Rubio revoked their green cards.

April 4, 6:18 PM

Hezbollah fired rockets at UNIFIL forces, injuring three UN personnel, IDF reveals

Hezbollah fired rockets against a UNIFIL position in southern Lebanon, injuring three UN personnel, the IDF revealed on Friday.

The IDF identified that the launch was carried out by Hezbollah against the UNIFIL post in the Al-Aadaissah area in southern Lebanon.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464055 (041754ZAPR26) Notable: Iran Updates: Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Hormuz

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https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202604015564

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https://en.yenisafak.com/world/kuwait-saudis-bahrain-repel-overnight-drone-attacks-3716654

https://www.newsx.com/world/explained-irans-precision-drone-strike-hits-cia-facility-inside-us-embassy-in-saudi-arabia-how-two-back-to-back-attacks-caused-major-damage-193842/

https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/04042026

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/04/trump-administration-relatives-iran-general-soleimani-00859234

https://shafaq.com/en/Middle-East/Jordan-downs-261-missiles-and-drones-in-five-weeks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/iran-search-missing-us-crew-member-downed-fighter-jet-second-day

Trump gives Iran '48 hours' to make deal with US or face 'hell'

April 4, 2026

Summary

- Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel targeted Iran’s petrochemical plants in Saturday’s strikes.

- President Donald Trump said Iran has 48 hours to reach a deal with the United States or open up the Strait of Hormuz, warning "all hell will reign down" on the Islamic Republic if it fails to do so.

- Several petrochemical facilities in Iran's Khuzestan province were targeted on Saturday, including key complexes supplying feedstock to other plants nationwide, according to local media.

- Iraq has closed the southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes on the Iranian side killed an Iraqi traveller, security sources say.

- No radiation increase was reported after a strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, the UN nuclear watchdog said on Saturday.

- Iran’s nationwide internet blackout entered its 36th day on Saturday, surpassing 840 hours since access to the global internet was cut on February 28, NetBlocks said.

- A drone hit a vessel linked to Israel in the Strait of Hormuz, sparking a large onboard fire, Iran’s state media reported on Saturday, citing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards naval command.

8 minutes ago

Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran's petrochemical plants

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has destroyed 70% of Iran’s steel production and targeted petrochemical plants in Saturday’s strikes.

“We are crushing the terror regime, we have destroyed 70% of steel production and today we targeted petrochemical plants,” Netanyahu said.

45 minutes ago

Iraq says traffic back to normal at Iran border crossing

Passenger traffic at the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran has returned to normal, Iraq’s state news agency reported.

50 minutes ago

US deploys bulk of stealthy long-range missiles for Iran war - Bloomberg

The United States is deploying most of its inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER long-range cruise missiles for operations against Iran, Bloomberg reported, citing a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The missiles are being drawn from stockpiles in the Pacific and other locations, including the continental United States, and moved to US Central Command bases and Fairford in the United Kingdom, the report said.

The order to pull the weapons, which cost about $1.5 million each, was issued at the end of March, according to the report.

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Iranian media report explosion, fighter jets heard in Tehran

Air defense systems were activated in Tehran on Saturday evening, Iranian media reported, adding that the sound of fighter jets and an explosion were heard in the capital.

1 hour ago

Iran says Iraq exempt from Hormuz transit 'restrictions'

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command said Iraq would be exempt from any restrictions on transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

1 hour ago

Iran says 60% of Karaj B-1 bridge damaged in attack

Sixty percent of the B-1 highway bridge in Karaj was damaged, with six of its seven support piers seriously hit after it was targeted in an 'enemy' strike on Thursday, Iranian media quoted the executive director of the Karaj northern bypass project as saying.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464058 (041755ZAPR26) Notable: Elite Las Vegas private school eighth graders caught on video brutally R*ping a male classmate

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https://x.com/SeeRacists/status/2040209460204081560

Elite Las Vegas private school eighth graders caught on video brutally R*ping a male classmate

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464102 (041810ZAPR26) Notable: Unmanned military drone involved in ‘mishap’ outside Las Vegas

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Unmanned military drone involved in ‘mishap’ outside Las Vegas

Updated: Apr 3, 2026 / 04:26 PM PDT

An unmanned military drone landed Friday near Creech Air Force Base northwest of Las Vegas in what a spokesperson called a “mishap.”

The Clark County Fire Department responded to a report of an “aircraft crash” around 9:30 p.m. near U.S. 95 in Indian Springs. The crash location is not far from the base that administers and pilots military drones.

Sources described the incident as a “crash.” A spokesperson for the 432nd Wing said an aircraft landed northwest of the base and there was no damage.

The spokesperson added that no one was hurt and an investigation was underway.

On Tuesday, March 31, an F-35 crashed in the Nevada Test and Training Range. The pilot ejected before the crash and was treated for minor injuries.

Last September, a piece of military equipment crashed not far from the base, leading to a temporary flight restriction.

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/unmanned-military-drone-involved-in-mishap-outside-las-vegas/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/24464116 (041815ZAPR26) Notable: Congress demands Dept of War release 46 secret UFO videos: ‘You’re gonna see some weird f-king sh-t’

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Congress demands Dept of War release 46 secret UFO videos: ‘You’re gonna see some weird f–king s–t’

April 4, 2026, 5:30 a.m. PT

Members of Congress are demanding 46 military videos from the Department of War which insiders say offer convincing proof that advanced, non-human craft are operating on Earth.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) requested the long list of explosively titled files on Wednesday, which include 45 previously unreleased military clips.

The presence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena “in and around the sensitive airspaces of US military installations poses a threat to the security of the armed forces and their readiness,” according to the April 1 letter addressed to Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Those with knowledge of the long list of videos — which include titles like “Several UAP in vicinity of Columbus OH airport” and “UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf” — said the clips are shocking.

“You’re gonna see some weird f–king s–t,” a source who has viewed the videos told The Post.

The wildest clips include radar footage from thermal sensors, satellite images, and underwater photos of swarms of Unidentified Submerged Objects, the insider said.

One video shows several USOs going in and out of the water near a highly classified submarine, according to the source.

Some of the clips are in clear, full color, setting them apart from previously released footage. None show alien creatures.

One video on the list, titled “Syrian UAP instant acceleration, 2021,” was released on Feb. 3 by independent journalist Jeremy Corbell.

That military radar footage showed a small, circular craft that is followed by a radar operator before it zooms off, demonstrating “instantaneous acceleration” — a marker of advanced science not known to man.

Some craft may have conventional explanations, such as secretive US military projects, according to the insider.

Congress is not going into this request blind — with two sources telling The Post moles within the intelligence community have eyes on the files being requested and they’ll blow the whistle if the videos are moved, altered, or deleted by anyone.

The Department of War is expected to hand over the clips by April 14, according to the letter.

Luna’s office did not respond to request for comment.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/04/us-news/congress-demands-dept-of-war-release-46-secret-ufo-videos-youre-gonna-see-some-weird-f-king-s-t/