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Saturday, April 18, 2026
Five Quick Things: A Quite Cranky 5QT – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
This edition of the 5QT is going to continue a theme extant in the two other columns in this space this week. The regular readers here will recognize it. I’m irritated. I’ll admit it. I see too much moronic stuff in the world right now, and it’s turning me into…
- The Rising Popularity of Connections: A Deep Dive into the Trending Word Game - Bertha Stephens
- Are Liberal Supreme Court Justices Trying To Save Democrats’ Midterms With Dirty Trick? - Mary Rooke
- FBI Busts Russian Spy Campaign Hijacking American Routers to Intercept Data - MeighTimbol
- QVC Group, Whose Networks Popularized Shopping On TV, Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Dade Hayes
- California Detective Killed in Ambush While Serving Eviction, Suspect Killed After Intense Standoff - MeighTimbol
- Saudi Arabia: IPO Magnet - Hassan Jivraj
- Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS - Ryan Whitwam
- A first look at Metro 2039 shows how its Ukrainian developer turned the darkness up to 11 - Nathan Ingraham
- Google versus OpenAI: Unraveling the Intricacies of AI Giants - Michael Terry
- FBI Offers $1 Million Reward, Police Arrest Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Next Day - Alexander Pease
- Keanu Reeves' R-Rated Cyberpunk Thriller On Netflix Will Scramble Your Brain - Robert Scucci
- Donut Lab's battery claims reportedly subject of whistleblower complaint - Daniel Cooper