https://hotair.com/archive/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 30 Apr 2026 19:41:53 -0400<![CDATA[Ro Khanna is a smart guy. And, I used to think, a decent man with bad ideas.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Economy]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/the-moral-decline-of-ro-khanna-n3814468<![CDATA[These days, to paraphrase Mark Twain's observation about the weather, everyone complains about extreme rhetoric and political violence, but no one does much about it. &nbsp;No one, perhaps, except Harmeet Dhillon.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:30:50 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Harmeet K. Dhillon]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/30/when-harmeet-met-the-ostroushkos-n3814462<![CDATA[The Atlantic published a story today connecting would-be assassin Cole Allen to Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson. All of them, according to the author, are "normie extremists," a new trend made up of people whose actions seem more extreme than their ideology, at least at first glance.]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:21 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Bluesky]]><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/30/normie-extremism-and-looming-violence-n3814473<![CDATA[The California Coastal Commission is 'a state agency within the California Natural Resources Agency&nbsp;with quasi-judicial control of land and public access along the state's 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of coastline.' They are a twelve-member board made up of six appointed from the general public and six appointed elected officials.]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:20:02 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/30/cruel-and-controlling-california-coastal-commission-commences-consuming-crow-n3814467<![CDATA[I am no lawyer, but in my uneducated judgment, it is quite likely that Jonathan Turley is quite right that the James Comey indictment is almost certainly junk that will fall apart under scrutiny.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:40:01 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[James Comey]]><![CDATA[Jonathan Turley]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/james-comey-it-couldnt-happen-to-a-nicer-guy-n3814464<![CDATA[Go big or go home, the saying says, and my pal and former Hot Air contributor Larry O'Connor has taken it to heart.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:54:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/30/new-larry-oconnor-goes-national-n3814469<![CDATA[Ah, that great, towering edifice rising above the sea of glittering solar mirrors in the Mojave Desert. Where the reflected heat of the sun's rays between tower and mirror would catch up to 6,000 unsuspecting little avian friends a year unawares, causing them to spontaneously burst into flames from the excessive BTUs so often every day, hurtling to earth with a comet-like blazing trail of flaming, smoking feathers that locals took to calling them 'streamers.']]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:40:40 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/30/reports-of-ivanpahs-stay-of-execution-appear-to-have-been-greatly-exaggerated-n3814461<![CDATA[As&nbsp;Beege wrote earlier, the Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, has dropped out of the Democratic Party race to become the next candidate for Senate this fall. It's an excellent piece, of course, but the subject bears even more discussion.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:28 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/platner-mamdani-aoc-hasan-piker-are-officially-the-future-of-the-democratic-party-n3814459<![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon there was an anti-semitic knife attack in a neighborhood called Golders Green in north London. A man with a knife walked through the streets and stabbed two Jewish men at random before police showed up and tased him.]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:20:34 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/30/golders-green-starmer-booed-victim-says-jews-not-safe-in-london-n3814460<![CDATA[Louisiana has no choice but to redraw its map after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggests that all states with similarly "unconstitutional" districts based on racial gerrymanders follow suit – even if it means postponing their midterm elections.]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:40:16 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Louisiana]]><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/30/johnson-now-would-be-a-good-time-for-states-with-unconstitutional-maps-to-redraw-them-n3814457<![CDATA[Do you ever wonder why so many Blue states refuse to hand over their voter rolls to the federal government?&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:00:54 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/oregon-forced-to-clean-almost-20-of-its-voters-off-the-rolls-because-they-are-ineligible-n3814456<![CDATA[Wowsahs. This is big news out of Maine on a number of fronts.]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:20:37 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/30/janet-mills-out-of-me-senate-race-and-she-did-nazi-it-coming-n3814455<![CDATA[Ready for a little good news? A moment of bright cheer in a sea of midterm blues, pun definitely intended? The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports this morning that the US economy grew in real terms&nbsp;at an annualized rate of 2.0% in the first quarter, despite the war with Iran, which occupied the final month and drove a rapid rise in fuel prices. Furthermore, the structure of this growth portends even better results ahead:]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trade]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/30/new-gdp-grew-20-in-q1-despite-war-and-fuel-inflation-n3814454<![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, liberals have discovered a strange new respect for the Pope, just as they discovered that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a genius, that Bill Kristol is really a smart guy, and that Tim Miller is the kindest, bravest, warmest, and most generous guy in the world.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:49 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Abortion]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/catholics-in-the-crosshairs-n3814453<![CDATA[Is this the real-life Mojtaba? Is this just cardboard fantasy, caught in a landslide of unreality?]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:20:08 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/30/nepo-babytollah-maybe-we-will-never-surrender-on-nukes-ballistic-missiles-n3814452<![CDATA[No Jews, no news.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/30/the-atrocities-liberals-dont-care-about-n3814430<![CDATA[I was walking you home, we got down to the gate, and I was dreaming of the tabs ...]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[James Comey]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/29/wednesdays-final-word-n3814428<![CDATA[There was a terror attack in the streets of north London today. A man with a knife stabbed two Jewish men in the area of Golders Green, which has a large Jewish population.]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:20:28 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/29/terror-attack-two-jewish-men-stabbed-in-london-n3814434<![CDATA[There's nothing worse than a man on a mission, and nothing more intractable headed to his goal than that man when he knows he's right and has one helluva a score to settle.]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:40:02 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/29/spencer-pratt-is-tearing-up-airwaves-and-karen-bass-a-new-one-in-los-angeles-mayor-race-n3814432<![CDATA[Russia is never going to announce that it is out of steam and on the verge of an economic collapse. On the contrary, Putin's regime has done everything it can to make it appear that all is well despite four years of war and sanctions creating a drain on the country's economy. But there are signs that not all is well if you pay attention.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:00:57 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/29/putin-scales-back-military-parade-seems-agreeable-to-a-ceasefire-with-ukraine-n3814433