Democrats
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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April 10, 2026 — John Hinderaker
California Congressman Eric Swalwell is one of the most reprehensible people in public life. After years of ignominy in Washington, he is running for Governor of California. At least he was until today: his campaign may be over. Apart from the fact that he is a terrible human being and a far-left fanatic, Swalwell has a problem with women. Numerous women have now accused him of sexual harassment or worse.
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April 9, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The State of Minnesota requires schools to allow boys to compete in girls’ sports. It also requires schools to allow teenage boys to shower with the girls, and otherwise avail themselves of girls’ locker rooms. This is not, to put it mildly, a popular policy, especially with the parents of teenage girls. But Minnesota’s DFL party defends it doggedly. It gets worse: the federal government has sued Minnesota, alleging that
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April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker
If you think Gavin Newsom is obnoxious, get a load of his wife. She took her children on a tour of red states so they could witness racism, misogyny and bullying first-hand. Because those things don’t exist in California but are pervasive in Red America: In 2023 Gavin Newsom did what he called a "Red State" tour and visited Alabama, Florida and a few other red states. Newsom's wife said
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April 2, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From the New York Post, San Francisco human rights boss accused of corruption arrives in court. The Post reports, [Sheryl] Davis, former head of the city’s Human Rights Commission, was arrested Monday alongside her boyfriend James Spingola on charges of multiple felony counts of misappropriating public funds and conflicts of interest. The Post adds, They are accused of diverting millions in funds meant to uplift the black community after the
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March 31, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Alana Goodman has a follow-up story on the efforts of Micigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to navigate in the wake of Ayatollah Khameni’s assassination. Yesterday Alana reported on internal campaign deliberations in which El-Sayed observed that potential voters in Dearborn were choked up about the death of Khameni. You know, they are fans of terrorism and that “Death to America” thing. El-Sayed is sad too. He’s angry. He’s in
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March 30, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Given their aggressive posture in today’s politics, you might assume the Democrats are in the ascendancy. In fact, however, they are in the midst of a long-term decline. YouGov charts party affiliation over the last 20 years. First, though, some historical perspective: 70 years ago, Democrats had a huge partisan advantage over Republicans. That advantage has steadily eroded over time, in large part because conservative Southerners, once Democrats, are now
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March 30, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The story of the day is uncomfortably close to a literal “bomshell.” Alana Goodman has obtained a copy of what I call the Sad in Dearborn tapes. They derive from Michigan’s radical left-wing Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Alana’s story is “‘There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad’: Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan’s
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March 29, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From the New York Post, ‘No Kings’ protests turn violent in Portland, LA and Dallas — as rally near Mar-a-Lago takes bizarre turn. The Post reports, No Kings demonstrations in Portland, Oregon got out of hand in the evening with protesters sporting gas masks attacking police officers who were trying to control the crowd, according to video posted on X by FreedomNews.tv. There was no immediate word on arrests. The
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March 29, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Yesterday, there were a number of “no kings” protests across the country. The main event apparently was here in the Twin Cities, headlined by Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, Bernie Sanders and Bruce Springsteen–octogenarians trying to relive the glory days of the 1960s (Springsteen, to be fair, is only 76). Like the entertainers, the crowd was old and white. What they thought they were accomplishing, God only knows. For people who
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