Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. What do you suppose caught people’s attention in this latest whirlwind week? Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you’re so inclined), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication — here we go!

#1 – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Shows She’s Either the Dumbest or Most Evil Justice on the Supreme Court — by Bonchie

To offer further context, this case surrounds a specific LGBTQ curriculum that was mandated some years prior. The books are not just “sitting on the shelves,” and even if they were, I would argue that parents have a right to object to their children being exposed to them. This is basic stuff. Schools should not be teaching things like sexuality to kids. There is no reason to do it, and it can clearly violate the religious rights of parents in the process. 

But while Jackson often comes across as vapid and ill-equipped, as I mentioned, the other option is that she’s just evil, and the rest is an act.

#2 – Patel Levels Dems Over Judge’s Arrest With One Photo; Even CNN Admits They Have a Problem — by Nick Arama

Once again, they’re digging themselves a deep hole, going all in on this matter. When even CNN has to admit the problem here, you know the Democrats have stranded themselves out on a ledge. It also tells you how little they have with which to attack Trump that’s legitimate, when they have to resort to this kind of thing to fit their “no one is a king” narrative. 

How do they think the American people will view this? I assure them, not at all kindly, and it isn’t even a close call. At this point, they’ve become the party wedded to illegal aliens, and that’s going to kill them in the midterms.

#3 – Van Hollen Trainwrecks on the Sunday Shows, Reveals Who’s Paying for His Trip — by Nick Arama

He apparently doesn’t, since instead, he was hitting all the Sunday shows on Easter trying to attack the Trump team and push the twisted narrative of his visit. But even going on friendly stations didn’t go well for him. 

On “Meet the Press,” he didn’t seem to understand why the murder of Rachel Morin, a resident of Maryland, the state he’s supposed to represent, was relevant.

#4 – The Truth About That American Citizen Detained by ICE Comes Out, and Narratives Burn to the Ground — by Bonchie

Except it turns out that 

Whatever the reason, given what we’ve learned, it seems patently absurd to continue to blame ICE and the administration for this when this guy left them no choice by lying to them. Were they supposed to ascertain his real history through some sort of telepathy? 

#5 – Woke Democrats Who Traveled to El Salvador Are Given a New Nickname – and They’re Not Gonna Like It — by Sister Toldjah

As RedState reported, Democrat Reps. Robert Garcia (CA), Maxwell Frost (FL), Yassamin Ansari (AZ), and Maxine Dexter (OR) are back from their trip, making a pit stop on CNN where they vowed to continue fighting on behalf of Abrego Garcia. They said this despite the fact that El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has stated he has no intentions of returning him, and despite the fact that the Trump administration has made clear he is not ever coming back to the United States.

The antics of the Traveling Clown Show have earned them a fitting new nickname from House Republicans.