New York Times
April 3, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The New York Times has won out over the Washington Post as the flagship newspaper of the Left. Liberals consider the Times to represent the height of sophistication. I, on the other hand, think you lose brain cells every time you read that rag. Evidence in my favor: No, to answer your question: the New York Times does not know what NATO stands for. Once again, it is reasonable to
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March 17, 2026 — John Hinderaker
“America, Alone” is the heading of today’s New York Times email. I thought, are they channeling Mark Steyn? Obviously not. The Times bemoans the fact that we are fighting Iran alone, with no allies. That isn’t true, of course: we have teamed up with Israel, by far the best ally we could have for this mission. The Times doesn’t see fit to mention Israel’s contributions. The Times focuses specifically on
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March 12, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Ira Stoll is a profound student of the New York Times. Given the Times’s influence on the rest of the mainstream media, it deserves the attention he devotes to it. In his most recent study, he notes this in passing on the Medal of Honor awarded to Roddie Edmonds earlier this month (noted here on Power Line): The Times imposed a total news blackout on Trump awarding the Medal of
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March 9, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Washington Free Beacon’s daily morning newsletter conveniently summarizes events in New York City: It was a banner weekend in Zohran Mamdani’s New York. First, radical demonstrators held a vigil for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, chanting, “Iran’s missiles will reply.” Then, two pro-Muslim fanatics—who trained with ISIS overseas, according to the New York Post—threw a makeshift bomb at police and protesters outside the mayor’s official residence, Gracie Mansion, when
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March 3, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Through the work of Pirate Wires we have drawn attention to the progress of the possible billionaire tax that threatens to make its way on to the ballot in California. It is responsible for the escape of some megasuccessful citizens from the state. In following the progress of the ballot initiative, my thought has been that what happens in Californian doesn’t stay in California. Riley Nork writes in this morning’s
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February 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Well, we do, of course. But the New York Times disapproves: The Times disapproves of the language of war and wants “civil debate”? Great. I look forward to their denouncing everyone who says the Trump administration is fascist, or Trump is another Hitler. I can’t wait until they excoriate Tim Walz for musing about calling out the National Guard to battle ICE, or saying that Minnesota is “at war with
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January 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This obsessed: the Times is so fanatically anti-Trump that now, their fashion coverage is chiming in. Their email this morning bore the subject heading “When a coat becomes a symbol of conflict.” This is the story: I think the Times has gotten to the point where even the people who share its left-wing views don’t take it seriously. The paper’s anti-Trump obsession has become so insane that one is left
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January 23, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Washington Free Beacon’s Ira Stoll performs the job our native fact-checkers won’t do. He fact-checks New York Times fact-checker Linda Qiu’s correction of President Trump speaking in Davos. According to Qiu, “[Trump] falsely claimed that China had no wind farms. (China has more wind farms and wind power capacity than any other country.)” There is a relentless quality to Stoll’s column that I can only stand back and admire.
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January 21, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Yesterday we took a look at “Stupid AI” on the matter of Ilhan Omar’s marriage to her brother. By email, our friend Brian Ward quoted my question: “How stupid can artificial intelligence get?” Brian commented: “It’s a parameter we’ve not yet identified. But we do know the New York Times can always exceed it.” Here Brian pointed me to the deep dive into stupidity with New York Times reporters David
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January 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I know, that is a coveted award. But it might be surprising if the dullest pundit didn’t work for the New York Times. So I nominate Nick Kristof: Sean Davis made the only possible response: The ICE officer is the one who got run over, and the stupid commie lesbian is the one driving the vehicle, you dummy. Analogies: how do they work? https://t.co/bPF6jMmOkP — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 11,
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January 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Sometimes I get tired of beating up on the New York Times. The Times is no longer a serious news organization, and nearly everyone knows it. But occasionally I can’t resist. Thus, we have this correction on the Times’ account of the shooting of far-left activist Renee Good after she had spent several minutes illegally blocking ICE vehicles and harassing ICE agents: CORRECTION: A previous version of this article said
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January 3, 2026 — John Hinderaker
They are this predictable. From the New York Times Editorial Board, one of the world’s least distinguished assemblages: Of course they do! Whether a military or law enforcement action by the U.S. government is “legal” or “illegal” depends on whether the president is a Republican or a Democrat. So, bombing Libya, creating massive civil disorder and thus driving Qaddafi out of power was A-OK. Killing American citizens with missile strikes
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December 18, 2025 — Bill Glahn
That’s $10 billion, with a “b.” As Scott discusses below, we all learned a new phrase from the lead federal fraud prosecutor in Minnesota, Joe Thompson. He was referring to a couple of gentlemen from Philadelphia who traveled to the North Star State to allegedly defraud Minnesota’s welfare program and perhaps take in a little ice fishing. The other big news is that we’ve added another zero to our estimate
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December 14, 2025 — Bill Glahn
What we talk about when we talk about the illegal immigration debate. The Twin Cities of Minnesota are undergoing an ICE surge this month, and Democrats and local media (I repeat myself) are not happy. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Federal immigration authorities say they have arrested more than 400 people in Minnesota this month, including several with long-standing deportation orders that were never carried out. The idea being that
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December 11, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The New York Times has always been a shill for the Democratic National Committee, but these days it is reduced to a clipping service for anti-Trump headlines. Consider the six (!) items of “breaking news” that the Times reported to its diehard subscribers, just today: At 10:22 a.m., Central time: Will the Abrego Garcia story go on forever? Apparently so. Although why Democrats want to keep it in the news
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November 29, 2025 — Bill Glahn
Scott and John have already covered the amazing piece today in the New York Times, under the headline, How Fraud Swamped Minnesota’s Social Services System on Tim Walz’s Watch. See the best quotes here. There is nothing truly goundbreaking in the story. You, dear reader, have heard it all before: first on this site, then later in the New York Post and the Daily Mail. What’s different this time is
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November 9, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The New York Times headlines: “Hegseth is purging military leaders and offering little explanation.” Subhed: “The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.” I think the Times totally fails to understand that most of us will see this as good news. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over
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