https://hotair.com/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:19:31 -0400<![CDATA[The "ceasefire" in Lebanon continues to misfire today, which will likely prompt a return of the same cycle that produced an exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran this weekend. That's because, despite all of the PR by various parties to this ceasefire, it has exactly the same value as every ceasefire arranged with Iran or its proxies. Zero.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:40:29 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/09/is-lebanon-headed-for-civil-war-or-liberation-n3815762<![CDATA[A Northern Ireland man is in critical condition after he was attacked on the street. A migrant tried to behead him.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:50 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/09/youll-never-guess-the-nationality-of-the-belfast-attempted-beheading-suspect-n3815759<![CDATA[As they say, marry in haste, repent at leisure. It may already be too late for an annulment in Maine.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/09/politico-maine-dems-suddenly-have-second-thoughts-about-nazi-tatted-creep-n3815761<![CDATA[James Talarico has lit upon the Spanberger strategy that took her into the governor's mansion in Virginia: lie early and often.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Woke]]><![CDATA[James Talarico]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/09/talaricos-genius-strategy-lie-n3815737<![CDATA[A bolt of fear went through him as tabs thundered through the sky ...]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:00:24 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/08/mondays-final-word-n3815746<![CDATA[A little over two years ago, a group of protesters shut down traffic on one side of the Golden Gate Bridge. This was connected to the pro-Palestinian protests which were then taking over campuses around the country.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:20:47 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Free Speech]]><![CDATA[Gaza]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/08/protesters-face-felony-convictions-for-blocking-the-golden-gate-n3815748<![CDATA[David touched on some of this a couple days ago but Fox News has a story up today with some figures I hadn't seen before. It turns out that Graham Platner's claims about being an oyster farmer are a real stretch. It turns out his farm brings in almost no money and has only one primary client, his mom.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:30:20 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/08/graham-platners-oyster-farm-is-a-not-a-real-job-n3815747<![CDATA[It has been something of a revelation to see liberals get upset by Donald Trump cleaning up the District.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:40:59 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/08/reflecting-on-politics-in-2026-n3815731<![CDATA[This morning i wrote about the prosecution in the Karmelo Anthony trial resting its case on Saturday. The defense called a few witnesses Saturday afternoon and the trial resumed this morning with more defense witnesses. I anticipated the trial would go on for a couple more days but it looks like I overestimated the defense case. After calling just six witnesses, the defense rested its case today.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:00:48 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/08/karmelo-anthony-defense-rests-n3815742<![CDATA[It's impossible for me to get worked up about Scott Pelley's firing, or about the whining tour he is taking himself on.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:10:59 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/08/its-kinda-hilarious-to-see-scott-pelley-expose-himself-as-such-a-doofus-n3815728<![CDATA[As we like to say: discovery will be lit!&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:20:37 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/08/new-nazi-tat-abuser-strategy-threaten-defamation-for-er-n3815732<![CDATA[Yesterday the Atlantic published a story by Anne Applebaum which makes the case that momentum in the war between Russia and Ukraine has shifted. A year ago, the consensus seemed to be that Russia's sheer mass would eventually overwhelm Ukraine, especially if the United Stated ducked out of the conflict. But that's not what has happened. On the contrary, even since Elon Musk turned off Russia's access to Starlink, the war seems to have turned a corner.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:30:47 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Ukraine]]><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/08/ukraine-is-not-losing-grandpa-is-not-winning-n3815729<![CDATA[Last week the jury was selected in the Karmelo Anthony trial and some were concerned there would be no black jurors. But the trial got underway Thursday with opening arguments, which were limited to 20 minutes for each side.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:50:45 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/08/prosecution-rests-in-karmelo-anthony-trial-n3815727<![CDATA[You have to hand it to former 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley. If there was ever a question as to the decision-making process by CBS and Bari Weiss to fire him for being utterly insufferable and self-important, Pelley, on his own volition, removed all doubt. And it has been spectacular to witness.&nbsp;Pelley has carried the baton at CBS from Dan Rather for two decades since BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) caused his mentor Rather to throw his career overboard for a forged Texas Air National Guard letter, purportedly composed in 1972. When the internet fact-checked and proved beyond doubt that the faked gotcha letter had been drafted on a PC as a Microsoft Word document in 2004, complete with the raised and underscored th, Rather's goose was cooked. Everyone knew it except for him.&nbsp;That didn't stop him, however, from prattling on for weeks, months, and years into the future, defending the defenseless partisan hit job he presented as legitimate news, and how important his journalism was to upholding democracy. He still believes he is a consummate newsman and above reproach.&nbsp;Two decades later, Scott Pelley is here to say, "Hold my beer." And, apparently, pass the box of tissues.The beginning of the end for Pelley, if we're going to be honest about it, began at a commencement address he gave at Wake Forest about a year ago. Without mentioning President Donald J. Trump by name, it didn't take much intellect to know to whom he was referring in this screed.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Duane Patterson]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]>https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/06/08/scott-pelley-has-become-the-terry-moran-of-dan-rathers-n3815722<![CDATA[If you think that Graham Platner's ability to survive the daily scandals that plague his campaign proves that absolutely nothing could possibly derail his campaign, you would actually be wrong.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:10:15 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Holocaust]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/08/what-would-make-platner-voters-abandon-him-n3815726<![CDATA[Labour is very angry at Vice President Vance and Marco Rubio, complaining that the United States is interfering in British politics and slandering the very fine and not-at-all two-tier justice system that lets Pakistanis and Afghans rape young girls without consequence while throwing white British moms into jail for over a year because she was angry at homicidal migrants killing young girls.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/08/vance-state-department-blast-two-tier-justice-system-in-uk-and-labour-is-incensed-n3815721<![CDATA[Here's a question: When does a ceasefire stop being a ceasefire? Inquiring minds want to know. When dealing with Iran and its Islamist proxies, the answer is never and always.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/08/ceasefirin-still-ceasefirin-israel-strikes-iran-after-ballistic-missile-attacks-n3815723<![CDATA[It is not shocking that mail-in ballots would tend to skew somewhat more Democratic than in-person voting, because experience tells us that this is the case, although the gap is closing very fast.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/08/how-we-know-that-los-angeles-vote-is-rigged-n3815714<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; On Sept. 30, 2024, prominent progressive thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on "CBS Mornings" to promote his new book focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "The Message." Coates' argument echoed many standard left-wing tropes about the intractable conflict, framing it as an intersectional battle between an illegitimate oppressor group and a helpless oppressed group. Tony Dokoupil, whose children live in Israel with their mother, pushed back in the interview. He stated that "The Message" "would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist," and he further argued that Coates' book deliberately omitted crucial details about the Hamas jihadist organization and the realities of Islamic terrorism.]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://hotair.com/josh-hammer/2026/06/07/cbs-news-shakeup-and-the-future-of-the-mainstream-press-n3815670<![CDATA[We often, quite correctly, talk about people living in bubbles.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:00:11 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Sunday Smiles]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/07/sunday-smiles-n3815712