May 23, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Stephen Colbert is finally off the air. We and CBS can both breathe a sigh of relief. Although–I am happy to say–I have never spent a single minute watching Colbert, one of the Left’s several faux comedians. Colbert has been on something of a farewell tour, as though he were important or popular. Left-wingers in entertainment and politics have offered one paean after another to the failed talk show host.
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May 22, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Young conservatives often refer to themselves as “based.” What does it mean? A based conservative is a young, populist, America First, non-establishment conservative. That isn’t a description that applies to many lawyers and judges, especially these days. Is there such a thing as a based approach to the law? There is, and it probably sounds to you like common sense. Law professor Ilan Wurman explains: Right. At the margins, under
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May 22, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Democrats think they have the GOP on the run for this year’s midterms courtesy of their Iranian allies, but a problem looms: they need a presidential candidate for 2028. It has been a while since the Democrats have fielded a strong presidential nominee. Joe Biden was pedestrian at best in 2020, and Kamala Harris was awful in 2024. Surely they can do better in 2028. Right? Perhaps not. Rasmussen reports
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May 22, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In the course of committing an armed robbery in Minneapolis in 2004, Marvin Haynes shot and killed the owner of a flower shop. He was prosecuted, identified by witnesses (“Oh my God, that’s him”), and heard to talk about “shooting an old white man” at the time of the murder. Haynes was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was upheld by the Minnesota Court of
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May 22, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Via InstaPundit, check out this chart showing political donations by occupation, where the donations are most one-sided either in favor of Democrats or Republicans: The most striking part of this chart is how much bluer the bluest occupations are than the reddest are red. Progressives & liberals are far likelier to live in a monopartisan/monocultural bubble. pic.twitter.com/ZO4DlKzQjp — Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 19, 2026 Dan McLaughlin’s observation is clearly right,
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May 21, 2026 — John Hinderaker
When Scott and I began writing newspaper op-eds and magazine pieces circa 1990, one of the subjects we focused on was the Democrats’ persistent lying about taxes. One of our articles in National Review, which exposed lies that Democratic journalists told about former President George H.W. Bush’s taxes, generated a signed, hand-typed letter from Bush to us. Lies about taxes are particularly absurd, since the IRS publishes data every year
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May 21, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Earlier today, Scott attended the press conference in Minneapolis hosted by Robert Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz, U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen, and others from DOJ and the FBI. He no doubt will report on the press conference shortly. I will just add a few observations of my own. * The assembled officials announced 15 new fraud indictments relating to various Medicaid programs. This is the fulfillment of what Assistant U.S. Attorney
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May 21, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Events are moving forward in Cuba, to what end we do not yet know. Federal prosecutors have indicted Raul Castro, the Tyrant’s younger brother, now 94 years old, for murder. The charge goes back to 1996, when Castro allegedly ordered the downing of two airplanes occupied by American citizens. There is generally no statute of limitations on murder. The indictment obviously raises the prospect of Castro being placed under arrest
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May 20, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Price controls are in the Hall of Fame of bad ideas. They have an unbroken record of failure, stretching back literally thousands of years. And yet, they remain alluring to people with no knowledge of either history or economics, or–probably more relevant–to failing governments. There was a time when Britain’s government was known for a certain level of financial sophistication. No longer: [British Chancellor] Rachel Reeves is pressuring supermarkets to
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May 20, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I am willing to assume that there was a time when the NAACP did some good. (I do not make the same assumption about the SPLC.) But that time is long, long gone. For many years, the NAACP has been a force for ill, not for good. An excellent example is its just-launched boycott campaign: The NAACP is calling on Black athletes and fans to boycott the athletic programs of
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May 20, 2026 — John Hinderaker
It is a remarkable fact about the Democrats’ Senate candidate in Maine, Graham Platner, that his Nazi tattoo is not the most reprehensible thing about him. His social media history is appalling and is just now coming to light. Thus: Seven years ago, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner cruelly mocked an American soldier who was caught on camera taking fire from the Taliban in Afghanistan. The viral helmet footage
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May 19, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The conflict in Iran has, in a sense, united Americans across ideological divides. Liberals are rooting for the mullahs and are delighted that so far, they have been able to hang on. Not the original mullahs–they are mostly dead–but their successors. Conservatives are frustrated because we don’t understand why President Trump has allowed third-generation mullahs and the IRGC to stall for over a month, while ostensibly engaging in negotiations. But
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May 19, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This story comes from the New York Post, which got it from something called Puck News: A civil war has erupted inside the New York Times over Nicholas Kristof’s explosive column alleging widespread sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli prison guards. Staffers at the newspaper are questioning whether some of the most incendiary claims, including an allegation that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian detainees, would have ever cleared the
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May 18, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The Trump administration is taking the position that federal law does not just permit the government to detain illegal immigrants, it requires such detention. This position has inspired outrage on the left, and circuits that have addressed the issue have split. So it is on to the Supreme Court. The question is a tricky one, involving interpretation of a law that is not particularly well drafted. That is probably due,
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May 18, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Luigi Mangione, the Left’s murderous heartthrob, made a court appearance today, as the New York court addressed his lawyer’s motions to exclude evidence. As always, an admiring throng of (mostly) women turned out to support him: Luigi’s fans don’t want to free him because they think he is innocent, they want to free him because they know he is guilty and approve of his murder. If this video doesn’t come
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May 18, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Someone in the Trump administration told Axios they are concerned about the potential for a drone attack by Cuba: Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels and possibly Key West, Fla., 90 miles north of Havana, according to classified intelligence shared with Axios. Why it matters: The intelligence — which
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May 17, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Transportation of goods between Asia and Europe is, obviously, of great importance. There are basically three routes, or potential routes: Our goal, and Europe’s, is to identify a route that does not go through Russia or Iran. That is now becoming feasible, as Armenia is swinging toward the West. The Telegraph has a long piece that you should read in its entirety. I will try to convey the gist: To
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