Investing in your hometown, bypass blockades and the war tax resistance movement + this day in history w/America’s Army and our song of the day by Hans Gruber And The Die Hards on your #MorningMonarchy for April 20, 2026.
Notes/Links:
Last Monday Hangout #40 Mon Apr 27
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1467264136076591319
Chillderburg
https://chillderburg.com/
Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
https://apnews.com/article/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-f0ffdd20dd4f64e8b4bb9d97134b826f
Ye’s Poland Show Canceled After Culture Minister Condemns Rapper: ‘We Cannot Pretend This Is Just Entertainment’; Yeezy was set to perform in June at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kanye-west-poland-show-canceled-polish-minister-speaks-out-1236225172/
Search: Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town
https://search.brave.com/search?q=Dave+Chappelle+on+investing+in+his+Ohio+town
Video: Dave Chappelle on investing in his Ohio town and backing its local public radio station (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CcY-h9uSAs
Video: Bush – “Machinehead” (Live // Audio)
‘Tiny Desk Concert’
NPR – Apr. 2, 2026
*Video: Bush – “Machinehead” (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBuHH7WE4yE // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinehead_(song) // Bush always felt like the most stylish version of ’90s rock. ‘Sixteen Stone,’ now celebrating nearly 32 years since its release, captured a sonic shift in motion, with razor-sharp riffs and an air of mystery propelled by Gavin Rossdale’s distinctively sexy howl. But if you think you know “Machinehead,” prepare to be surprised by this Tiny Desk arrangement. It’s quieter and slower than the revving speed of the original, but thoughtfully weighted — the years of wear and tear give meaning to once nonsensical lyrics like “bleeding through a tourniquet smile.”*
WYSO Schedule: Called it – All canned BBC and NPR shows
https://www.wyso.org/wyso-schedule
Murder trial involving Freemasons, French secret agents opens in Paris court; France; A Paris court on Monday began hearings in a major trial involving 22 suspects accused of murder and other serious crimes on behalf of a mafia network inside the Athanor Masonic Lodge in the Paris suburb of Puteaux. The accused include police officers, former French intelligence agents and businessmen.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260330-french-masonic-lodge-at-heart-of-murky-murder-trial
Declassified files reveal Zionist Jewish terrorist militias contacted Nazi Germany with goal of advancing imperial aims in Palestine
https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2044028395709677618
Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5789092/deaths-of-migrants-in-ice-custody-hit-record-high-under-trump
Search: major new military contracts for new mexico
https://search.brave.com/search?q=major+new+military+contracts+for+new+mexico
Search: what is new mexicos largest employer
https://search.brave.com/search?q=what+is+new+mexicos+largest+employer
Video BREAKING – Outrage is erupting across Virginia after Abigail Spanberger signed HB965 into law, effectively rendering Virginians’ presidential votes null and void, with the measure handing the states electoral votes to the national popular vote winner regardless of states results. (Audio)
https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2044137498666770509
Search: Abigail Spanberger signed HB965 into law
https://search.brave.com/search?q=Abigail+Spanberger+signed+HB965+into+law
The Justice Department plans to share sensitive voter data with Homeland Security
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5764266/voter-data-trump-doj-dhs
Trump says US seized Iranian ship trying to bypass blockade of Strait of Hormuz
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-us-seized-iranian-ship-trying-to-bypass-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA21fC89
Dollar rebounds as Middle East tensions reignite, Hormuz closed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dollar-rebounds-as-middle-east-tensions-reignite-hormuz-closed/ar-AA21gd0t
World weighs fate of Mideast ceasefire after US seizes Iranian cargo ship
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/world-weighs-fate-of-mideast-ceasefire-after-us-seizes-iranian-cargo-ship/ar-AA21h8fc
Video: Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again, citing U.S. blockade (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afAc7zCLiRM
Violent Femmes – “I’m Nothing” (Audio)
‘New Times’
Elektra – May 17, 1994
*Violent Femmes – “I’m Nothing” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-dl14IRJpg // https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/violent-femmes-career/ // https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-times-mw0000108284 // ‘New Times’ is the sixth studio album by Violent Femmes, released in 1994, and the first not to feature original drummer Victor DeLorenzo on drums, who’d been replaced by Guy Hoffman. AllMusic said, “Sound quality and production are good. This at times bewildering album is worth a listen, especially for those with eclectic taste.”*
Image: WW3 explained
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ww3explained.webp
US prosecutors make surprise visit to Federal Reserve office
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-prosecutors-make-surprise-visit-to-federal-reserve-office/ar-AA20WBGy
‘This is the last straw’: More Americans aren’t paying federal taxes this year to resist Trump. Here’s what could happen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/this-is-the-last-straw-more-americans-aren-t-paying-federal-taxes-this-year-to-resist-trump-here-s-what-could-happen/ar-AA20WwPf
Cover Image: War Tax Resistance Movement’s ‘The Last Straw’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260420_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
Video: Some Americans say they’re refusing to pay federal taxes in protest against Trump (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQfMwMDbGzk
They Might Be Giants – “Get Down” (Audio)
‘The World Is To Dig’
Idlewild – Apr. 14, 2026
*They Might Be Giants – “Get Down” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1h0NV0BxGo // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Is_to_Dig // https://www.brooklynvegan.com/listen-to-they-might-be-giants-new-album-the-world-is-to-dig/ // “This album, like our first album, was all made by the same people at the same time in the same place. It has its own musical universe,” John Flansburgh says of They Might Be Giants’ 24th album, ‘The World Is To Dig’. They went old school New Release Tuesday-style as the tour hits NYC with three shows at Brooklyn Steel on May 28-30.*
#ThisDayInHistory: Media Monarchy Episode023 – America’s Army (Apr. 20, 2007 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode023/ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America’s_Army
Hans Gruber And The Die Hards – “Confirmation Bias” (Audio)
‘Or Hans Gruber and the Die Hards’
Hans Gruber and the Die Hards – February 17, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Hans Gruber And The Die Hards – “Confirmation Bias” https://hansgruberandthediehards.bandcamp.com/track/confirmation-bias // Confirmation bias explained by punks! From ‘Or Hans Gruber and the Die Hards,’ the just-released album by Hans Gruber And The Die Hards, available now as an independent release via the band.*