Democrats
April 29, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Last night on the Rita Panahi Show we did something of a world tour, touching on Cole Allen’s manifesto, Donald Trump’s sense of humor, King Charles’s visit, the IRGC in Iran, the indictment of James Comey, likely Democratic presidential candidates for 2028, and more. This is Rita’s Lefties Losing It segment–believe me, they lost it this week–and I come on at 7:10. My segment goes until 18:26. With the next
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April 28, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From Fox 9, Inver Grove Heights joins growing list of cities bringing back old state flag. Inver Grove Heights is a Twin Cities suburban city located just south of St. Paul. Fox 9 reports, Minnesota law does not require cities to fly any state flag and allows municipalities to decide which version to display. KTTC reports on the infinite vindictiveness of Democrats, House bill introduced to penalize Minnesota cities not
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April 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
My colleague John Phelan has put together the best analysis of Red America vs. Blue America that I have seen. This is partly because John, instead of distinguishing blue from red based on presidential votes, looks at control over state government: We can code the states as “Red” or “Blue” if they have had either Republican or Democrat “trifectas” over the entire period 2019 to 2025, “Lean Red” or “Lean
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April 27, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Former Fox News anchor and current Fox News contributor Brit Hume concisely nails the condition of the Democratic Party in comments compiled by Michael Rothman on X: “The Democratic Party has drifted farther to the left than I’ve ever seen. They are out where the buses don’t run.” “Conservatives tend to be proud to be Americans, no matter who is in office. But liberals in this country have gone sour
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April 26, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Naive me. I genuinely thought that the day after the night before would see more attention paid to the basic fact that the U.S. Secret Service (part of the Dept. of Homeland Security, DHS) has gone without funding for the past 71 days on account of Senate Democrats. The only outlet that I’ve seen discuss the matter is Fox News. A shooting near President Donald Trump and several Cabinet members
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April 26, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Cole Allen sent a “manifesto” to members of his family minutes before he launched his attack at the Washington Hilton. You can read it here, it isn’t long. Allen’s brother received a copy and turned it over to his local police department. I have two observations about the document. First, it is entirely predictable. Allen recited the Democratic Party’s indictment of President Trump and his administration. This is how he
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April 25, 2026 — Bill Glahn
I’d like to take this opportunity to point out that the U.S. Secret Service has been unfunded by Senate Democrats for more than two months now as it is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Every one focuses on ICE and Border Patrol, also part of DHS, but already funded through separate legislation. DHS includes a host of other agencies, including the Secret Service and the Coast
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April 24, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Matt Continetti was the founding editor of the Washington Free Beacon and is the author, most recently, of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism (2022). In his capacity as a columnist for the Wall Street Journal’s Free Expression newsletter, Matt contemplates the transformation of the Democratic Party into an anti-Israel coalition. Matt writes: * * * * * The Senate’s anti-Israel roll call included every type of Democrat
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April 22, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Virginia voters bought the pitch to “restore fairness” by gerrymandering their purple state into mostly Democratic congressional districts. The redistricring referendum passed by three points — 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent. That narrow vote should result in a lopsided Democrat Virginia congressional delegation. That’s what it’s all about. UPDATE: Our friend Jeff Anderson sends along this image of the absurd referendum question. Jessica Schwalb covers yesterday’s vote for the Free
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April 21, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I confess that I don’t recall having heard of Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress today. The New York Times explains: Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the Florida Democrat charged with embezzling $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money, announced her resignation on Tuesday, just minutes before the House Ethics Committee had been set to vote on whether to recommend that the House expel her. The Ethics Committee had found her
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April 21, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Jewish Insider’s Melissa Weiss draws attention to a post by Senator Chris Murphy yesterday on X. In the post Murphy appears to cheer on the unconfirmed report that more than two dozen Iranian ships evaded our blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Perhaps he was being sarcastic. It’s hard to tell. He certainly opposes our efforts to throttle the Iranian regime. awesome https://t.co/nRj1trI3rF — Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) April 20,
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April 16, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In a little over a year in office, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has achieved a series of military triumphs that have not, perhaps, been equaled since World War II: the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, the arrest of Nicolas Maduro, and the air campaign against Iran’s regime. These missions have been flawlessly executed by Hegseth’s department, so naturally the Democrats want to impeach him. The first articles of impeachment
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April 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker
One of the extraordinary features of the first year of President Trump’s second term has been the attempted judicial coup by Democratic Party district court judges who have, in effect, tried to take over the operation of the Executive Branch. Rogue district judges have issued one ill-founded order after another, most of which have been reversed on appeal. Perhaps the worst offender has been James Boasberg, Chief Judge of the
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April 13, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From The Hill newspaper, Swalwell to resign from Congress amid sexual assault allegations. In my decades of observing the political scene I don’t think I’ve witnessed a swifter and more complete fall from grace. From memory, I think that even Rep. Anthony Weiner hung on longer than this guy. “Grace” isn’t quite the word. I don’t recall ever hearing about the guy before his dalliance with that Chinese spy (Fang
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April 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Last night on the Rita Panahi Show, we talked about Eric Swalwell’s implosion (or rather, perhaps, his torpedoing by the Democratic Party) and about events in Iran. I offered my opinion that an agreement with whoever now claims to be in control in Iran would be worthless, which obviously is President Trump’s view as well. Also, I gave my optimistic take on the Strait. We talked about a few other
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April 13, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Dems depantsed the repulsive Eric Swalwell over the weekend in an attack with something like the Pearl Harbor effect. It swiftly sunk Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign. We followed the depantsing, but without quite the humorous detachment of Wall Street Journal Free Expression editor Matthew Hennessey. There are several interesting angles to the story and he inflicts glancing blows on most of them. He doesn’t expressly mention the apparent knowledge of
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April 11, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Eric Swalwell is a repulsive character with a poor reputation for dishonesty. Even his denial of the sexual harassment/rape allegations lodged against him by several women — see John’s post here — has drawn a community notes correction on X. Running in California’s jungle primary for governor, the implicit message he emits in the video he has posted on social media seems to be I’m so close I can taste
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