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-usFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:28:44 -0400<![CDATA[We're not grey people, we're not dirty, we're not mean, we love everybody, but we tab as we please ...]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:00:51 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Axios]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Iran]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/23/thursdays-final-word-n3814226<![CDATA[Authorities say an 18-year-old in North Carolina was planning an attack on a Jewish synagogue in Texas. Angelina Han Hicks was arrested yesterday and is being held on $10 million bond. She allegedly was planning the attack online with a teen in Texas who was also arrested.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:20:41 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/23/18-year-old-arrested-in-plot-to-attack-houston-synagogue-n3814229<![CDATA[Eight days ago, I spun the sad tale of the brave resistance story of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hating Houston City Council members. I can only assume they were inspired by the like-mided struggled of their blue, progressive brethren in proggy cities across the country, who were virtue-signaling their opposition to the BAD ORANGE MAN&nbsp;through various rewritten city ordinances and legislative maneuvers.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:40:14 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/23/after-governors-threat-houston-city-council-has-icey-upon-further-reflection-moment-n3814227<![CDATA[Eva Lopez Chavez is a Democrat who is currently a member of the Salt Lake City Council. She is also running for congress at the moment, but yesterday the Salt Lake City Tribune published a story in which four different individuals, three of them elected officials, claim they were cornered and propositioned by Lopez Chavez.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:00:16 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Utah]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/23/utah-democrat-running-for-congress-accused-of-misconduct-n3814228<![CDATA[I sometimes wonder whether the Great Sort isn't a good idea, despite the fact that the increasing geographic separation of liberals and conservatives into homogenous communities is terrible for social trust.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:20:30 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Palestinians]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/leftists-applaud-for-the-terrorist-ban-the-victim-from-speaking-n3814214<![CDATA[Los Angeles has a streetlight problem. For years, copper thieves have been stealing the copper wiring that powers the streetlights so they can resell it for cash. This crime has been surging recently as the price of copper has gone up. The end result is that the city now has a massive backlog of lights that need to be repaired and entire street that are completely dark at night, creating a safety issue.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:00:23 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/23/la-to-charge-a-light-tax-to-repair-streetlights-damaged-by-crooks-n3814225<![CDATA[Nobody who is in charge of a Western country is in as much hot water right now as Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It's so bad, France's Macron heard Starmer ask to hold his beer, Germany's Merz is hiding behind a tree, and not even the risible and much despised PM of Australia, Anthony Albanese, comes close to the amount of incoming fire Starmer is receiving on every conceivable front from every conceivable angle, friend and foe.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:20:27 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[England]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/23/happy-st-georges-day-from-the-british-prime-minister-who-cant-bring-himself-to-say-england-n3814223<![CDATA[California has licensed at least 17,000 Commercial Drivers' Licenses to illegal aliens, and was forced to revoke them at the risk of losing their federal funding for transportation.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:40:23 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[MS-13]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/california-governor-candidates-agree-requiring-truck-drivers-to-speak-english-is-racist-n3814207<![CDATA[I mean, if anyone's in a big rush to get out of the States because of the&nbsp;BAD ORANGE MAN, but finds themselves in a straitened circumstance. You know, the kind where you can't exactly afford the spread in the Cotswolds that Ellen and Portia bought, nor that ticket to Costa Rica so you can hide on cheap jungle hideaway time, like Tarzan or Jane, but with air-conditioning and a flush toilet.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:40:24 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Canada]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/23/good-news-frustrated-progs-turning-canadian-just-became-so-much-easier-n3814219<![CDATA[It's pretty clear that one of the greatest threats to the left is social trust.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:17 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/nyt-now-promoting-microlooting-as-social-justice-n3814210<![CDATA[Ukraine has been making an effort to impact Russia's ability to profit from oil sales even as oil prices have spiked thanks to the war with Iran. One of its targets has been the oil refinery in the Russian town of Tuapse which is located on the Black Sea. The refinery was first hit by Ukrainian drones last week.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:20:20 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/23/ukrainian-attack-on-russian-oil-refinery-blankets-town-in-black-rain-n3814215<![CDATA[Who says Republicans can't get anything done? Now we just need to see whether the House GOP can stick the landing.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:40:36 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Reconciliation]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/23/senate-passes-reconciliation-resolution-will-house-deliver-n3814213<![CDATA[Earlier today, I wrote that there may not be a single expenditure, policy, or organization that Democrats promote that is not, in some way, a scam.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:16 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Pete Buttigieg]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/all-democratic-promises-are-empty-n3814212<![CDATA[This shouldn't really come as a surprise, certainly not to anyone living in the state. I've been hammering the refinery situation for two years, and John just had a piece a couple of days ago on the situation with Sable Oil Company's offshore platforms.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:20:05 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/23/ca-fuel-supplies-feeling-the-squeeze-n3814211<![CDATA[Alternate headline: The A-10 Warthogs Have Entered the Chat.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Truth Social]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/23/trump-ti-navy-splash-iranian-minelayers-n3814208<![CDATA[It must be nice to be a Democratic Party politician.]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Patty Murray]]><![CDATA[Tina Smith]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/lies-damned-lies-and-democrats-talking-n3814187<![CDATA[Has Mojtaba Khamenei combined a Goodfellas communication style with a tyranny by committee method? Or have sources talking to the New York Times spun a fantasy to cover up an IRGC coup in Iran, using the Nepo Babytollah as a cardboard cutout – literally?]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:20:55 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/23/nyt-nepo-babytollah-more-like-a-chairman-of-the-cardboard-n3814206<![CDATA[By now, we should no longer be asking whether or not the Democrats pour billions—at least—into fraudulent organizations, projects, agencies, and "charities."&nbsp;]]>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[House Oversight Committee]]><![CDATA[USAID]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/23/question-to-ponder-is-there-any-group-that-democrats-support-that-is-not-fraudulent-n3814189<![CDATA[No kiddin', I'm ready to fight, I've been looking for my tabbies all night ...]]>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:27 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[FBI]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/22/wednesdays-final-word-n3814184<![CDATA[Well, here's a twist out of Left field I do not believe the Virginia Democrats saw coming. At least not as speedily as it did.]]>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:00:33 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/22/virginia-judge-rules-va-gerrymandering-vote-unconstitutional-n3814190