The Texas Fat Man Daily - 16 April 2026

In this episode of The Texas Fat Man, the host covers three major news stories: the Supreme Court debating whether the federal government can mandate a uniform national voting day, the Pentagon moving to rebuild domestic military manufacturing capacity after years of outsourcing, and America's strategic effort to maintain influence over the Strait of Malacca — a critical global shipping chokepoint that controls roughly 80% of China's oil imports.