Tomorrow is Easter Sunday. Wishing all my Patriot Factor blog followers and readers of the Christian faith a very
Happy and Peaceful Easter.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Time of day is key in rescue of lost pilot shot down over Iran, experts say: ‘We own the night’
Natalie O'Neill / NEW YORK POST
US forces have better night vision and infrared communication technology than combatants in Iran — and darkness will help the pilot remain hidden in the hostile territory, the experts said.
“We own the night,” Capt. Ron Alvarado, a retired Marine combat pilot, told The Post. “Hopefully, he or she will be rescued by morning.”
“Night is the best [for rescues] because you can’t be seen. Dawn and dusk are also good periods of time because you can see — but not necessarily be seen,” he added.
Alvarado, who spent decades flying aircraft in combat, said the missing crew member‘s elite survival training is likely now kicking in “like muscle memory.”
“Obviously he or she is going to stand out like a sore thumb, so the biggest thing is to remain unsighted,” Alvarado said.
US-Iran ceasefire talks reach standstill, say mediators - report
Iran
told mediators it is unwilling to meet US officials in Islamabad to
discuss a ceasefire, as regional intermediaries such as Egypt and Turkey
search for alternate solutions to end the conflict.
Ariella Roitman /THE J ERUSALEM POST 
The current round of ceasefire efforts between the US and Iran has reached a dead end, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing mediators.
Iran told mediators, a committee of regional countries led by Pakistan, that it isn’t willing to meet US officials in Islamabad in the coming days, according to the report.
Additionally, an unnamed source told Iran's semi-official Fars news agency on Friday that Tehran had rejected the US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire.
Tehran also claimed that US demands for a deal are “unacceptable," repeating its argument from previous rounds of talks.
WSJ added that Turkey and Egypt are pushing for a solution to the standstill, including finding new venues for the talks, such as Doha or Istanbul. They’re also considering fresh proposals, said the mediators.
Ceasefire efforts were further complicated when Qatar resisted serving as a key mediator for the potential agreement, added WSJ.
Friday, April 3, 2026
Trump Drops Jaw-Dropping Video of Iran’s Tallest Bridge Being Destroyed: Taunts Them to Make a Deal
Rusty Weiss / RedState
The impressive clip comes just hours after the President warned that the United States would hit the rogue nation "extremely hard" in a speech laying out his final phase plan regarding the military operation.
"The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again," Trump wrote. "Much more to follow!"
"It is time for Iran to make a deal before it is too late, and there is nothing left of what still could become a great country!" he added in all caps.
The roughly 10-second video appears to show Iran's B1 Bridge under attack, with heavy smoke rising from the structure. A large section of the road deck then visibly collapses and tumbles down in a cloud of dust and debris. Read more, see Xs and videos here.
Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
Caitlin Doornbos, Josh Christenson, Steven Nelson and Emily Goodin / NEW YORK POST
“We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much-needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
The public announcement comes a day after Trump told Bondi in person on Wednesday that she would be out as head of the Department of Justice, a source with knowledge of the conversation told The Post.
Bondi was at the White House to attend Trump’s address to the nation on the Iran war and had earlier in the day accompanied the president to the Supreme Court to watch oral arguments in a major birthright citizenship case. Read more here.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
WE ARE BACK!
Artemis II lifted off on it's way to the moon! God speed.
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Fact
The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google
Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 p.m. EDT yesterday, Wednesday, April 1st. The mission will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10‑day journey around the Moon, The elliptical orbit taken will be man 's furthest venture into space to date. This is our first real tangible step back to the Moon now 40+ years in the making.
Important updates to follow as they happen.
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© 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
Supreme Court justices grill both sides on Trump birthright citizenship order
Covered by: Anders Hagstrom and Louis Casiano / FOXNEWS
WHAT TO KNOW
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging President Donald Trump's executive order against birthright citizenship.
Trump issued the executive order on his first day in office, aiming to prevent automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens born on U.S. soil.
Trump attended the session, the first time a sitting president has ever attended Supreme Court oral arguments in the nation's history.
- The Trump administration argues that the 14th Amendment has long been misinterpreted to grant citizenship to illegal aliens. Read updates and see videos here.
Iran rejects Trump’s claim of cease-fire request, says Tehran determined to win war
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Fidel Castro’s Grandson Says He’s a Capitalist and That He Would Strike a Deal With President Trump
Dmitri Bolt / Townhall Tipsheet 
The grandson of the infamous Cuban dictator Fidel Castro revealed in a
recent CNN interview that not only does he support capitalism, but
would welcome a deal with President Trump, as the United States has
maintained a near-total oil blockade on the country since January.
After the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, the president has continued pursuing what many have dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine,” aiming to bring countries in the Western Hemisphere back into alignment with the United States. So far, that effort has included increased pressure on communist regimes like Cuba to abandon reliance on Russia, China, and Iran and instead pursue economic ties and trade with the U.S.
"We would actually welcome, he says, speaking for himself, a deal with Donald Trump," CNN's Patrick Oppmann revealed. "I don't like his threats is what he told me, but if he opens up the island, if he improves the economy here, then it could all work out for the best. And so let's just listen to this conversation, which was more than a little surprising." Read more, see Xs and videos here.
Trump tells Post war against Iran won’t last ‘much longer’ —Strait of Hormuz will reopen ‘automatically’ after US exit
Steven Nelson / NEW YORK POST 
WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post on Tuesday that he believes the Iran war is likely to end soon
and that other nations can reopen the Strait of Hormuz themselves —
after he posted to social media a video of huge explosions near Isfahan
that he said hit “a lot of stuff.”
“We’re not going to be there too much longer. We’re obliterating the s–t out of them right now, it’s a total obliteration,” the president said in a phone interview.
“But we won’t have to be there much longer — but we have more work to do in terms of killing their offensive, whatever offensive capability they have left.”
Trump said that other countries can sort out the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has closed for 31 days, causing global energy prices to soar.
“Well, I think it’ll automatically open, but my attitude is, I’ve obliterated the country. They have no strength left, and let the countries that are using the strait, let them go and open it…because I would imagine whoever's...Read more, see map and video here.
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