6 APR 26 SITREP

• Turning Point Action launched a statewide political operation in Indiana after Republican state senators refused President Trump’s push for redistricting intended to maximize Republican congressional representation, leading organizers to target incumbents viewed as obstructing the America First agenda.
• Turning Point Action endorsed 9 candidates and secured victories for 7 candidates, including Trevor De Vries, Dr. Brian Schmutzler, Blake Fleischer, Tracy Powell, Michelle Davis, and Jay Starkey, while incumbents Dan Dierckman, Linda Rogers, Travis Holdman, Jim Buck, Greg Walker, and Rick Niemeyer lost Republican primary races.
• Field teams, volunteers, and campaign staff conducted months of voter-contact operations across Terre Haute and other Indiana districts through repeated door knocking, ballot chasing, polling-site outreach, literature distribution, sign placement, text messaging, phone calls, advertisements, and direct voter persuasion efforts beginning daily operations at 5:30 a.m. on Election Day.
• Turning Point Action organizers described targeting low-propensity Republican voters classified as “ones” and “twos,” using repeated “be neighborly” face-to-face outreach modeled after Democratic turnout operations in Pennsylvania and Arizona while presenting the Indiana victories as proof that MAGA grassroots organizing could reshape future Republican elections nationwide.

• Ted Turner died at age 87 after previously revealing in 2018 that he had Lewy body dementia, prompting statements from CNN Worldwide CEO and Chairman Mark Thompson describing Turner as the enduring force behind CNN and modern broadcast news.
• Turner founded CNN in 1980 and established the 24-hour news cycle through continuous live broadcasting, later expanding the network into CNN Headline News, CNN International, TBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network following acquisitions of the MGM film library and Hanna-Barbera catalog.
• Turner expanded his influence beyond broadcasting through environmental conservation and philanthropy efforts, including reintroducing bison to the American West, creating the “Captain Planet” environmental cartoon, captaining the winning yacht in the 1977 America’s Cup, and owning the Atlanta Braves baseball franchise.
• President Trump stated that Turner was “one of the Greats of All Time,” praised his role in founding CNN, criticized later ownership for transforming the network into a “woke” institution, and described Turner as a longtime friend willing to support causes and political fights.

• Axios reported that the United States and Iran were nearing a one-page memorandum intended to reduce hostilities, with Washington expecting Tehran to respond within 48 hours regarding terms connected to ending the conflict.
• Iranian parliament national security and foreign policy commission spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei rejected the characterization of the proposal, calling it an “American wishlist” and warning that Iran was prepared for military retaliation if negotiations failed or if additional pressure was applied.
• Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stated that Tehran was still reviewing the United States proposal, while Iranian Students’ News Agency reported that Iranian officials rejected several demands viewed as excessive and unrealistic, including a possible moratorium on nuclear enrichment.
• President Trump announced that Project Freedom, involving movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, would be temporarily paused following requests from Pakistan and other countries while negotiations toward a “Complete and Final Agreement” with Iranian representatives continued under ongoing blockade conditions.