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-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 07:04:22 -0400<![CDATA[I turned around, she was gone, and all I had left was one little tabbie in my hand ...]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/thursdays-final-word-n3815854<![CDATA[SpaceX will begin trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange tomorrow morning. It's already set to be the largest IPO in history and is currently the top news story at the NY Times, "SpaceX Sets Milestone With World’s Largest I.P.O., Furthering Musk’s Power."]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:20:33 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]><![CDATA[Tesla]]><![CDATA[Washington Post]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/11/spacex-to-have-record-setting-ipo-tomorrow-and-progressives-are-angry-n3815859<![CDATA[I hate soccer.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:20:21 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Germany]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/06/11/i-am-lovin-me-european-soccer-fans-n3815860<![CDATA[I don't usually spend this much time on pop culture topics but I'm a big Spielberg fan and I'm going to see this tomorrow night so I was hoping it wasn't a dog. The audience rating isn't available yet but critics seem to think Disclosure Day is pretty decent. It currently has an 82% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:00:19 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]><![CDATA[Movies]]><![CDATA[Science]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/11/disclosure-day-is-getting-some-good-reviews-n3815858<![CDATA[I've written plenty of articles about the COVID madness and the damage it has done. And I found this piece from Drew Holden about one aspect especially useful. It has the virtue of being brief, easy to read, and packed with important reminders of things we should never forget lest we allow the tyrants to get away with their totalitarian ways yet again.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:20:14 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[Drew Holden]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Social Security]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/11/yes-this-a-must-read-piece-from-drew-holden-about-covid-insanity-n3815850<![CDATA[Imagine, if you will, that Republicans had run a candidate with a Nazi SS Totenkopf on his chest, who posted in public forums that women should take some responsibility for being sexually assaulted, called them "hatchet wounds" in reference to their genitalia, and had a credible record of actual domestic violence on a partner. Would the media consider a focus on those scandals by his Democrat opponents to be "pouncing," especially in the first days of the general-election campaign?]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Protection Racket Media]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/you-dont-hate-the-media-enough-der-oysterfuhrer-edition-n3815847<![CDATA[I think Gad Saad has called this 'suicidal empathy' in his latest book.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:20:46 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/06/11/the-taliban-have-a-brussels-invite-to-discuss-repatriating-some-of-their-finer-citizens-n3815857<![CDATA[Perhaps you might wonder whether the cultural "elite" is deranged.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:40:17 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[60 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/11/leslie-stahl-firing-of-scott-pelley-was-worse-than-human-trafficking-and-the-holocaust-n3815849<![CDATA[When I saw this posted on X, I knew it was going to be bad.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/11/newsweek-the-karmelo-anthony-trial-didnt-respect-his-reasonable-fear-n3815845<![CDATA[This is one of those stories that I just hate.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/06/11/the-little-house-v-goliath-n3815848<![CDATA[One of the great ironies about the clash of cultures in the West, exemplified in the United States by the different ways that "elites" and ordinary people see racial and immigration politics, and in Great Britain by the arguments over mass migration and the growing influence of Islam, is that ordinary people are stuck in the middle between two alien cultures.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Andy Ngo]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Riots]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/11/preach-it-brother-n3815846<![CDATA[So much for making Kharg Island into Uncle Sam Gas &amp; Go. At least for now, anyway.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:23 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Qatar]]><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/breaking-trump-calls-off-iran-strikes-claims-deal-made-n3815851<![CDATA[I watched a bit of Doctor Who in the early 80s. My main memory of it at the time was that it seemed incredibly cheap compared to just about anything on American TV. I found it a bit hard to suspend disbelief when some of the special effects seemed to be made out of actual cardboard.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/06/11/going-woke-drove-doctor-who-into-oblivion-n3815828<![CDATA[Good question. We've been asking it for weeks, and no one has a good answer to it. How did Democrats get so invested in a political novice with no track record of personal accomplishment or even full-time employment that they're willing to overlook Nazi tattoos, violence against women, sexting scandals, and online statements about women taking responsibility for rape?]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:40:19 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/senate-dems-wonder-who-signed-us-up-for-platner-duty-anyway-n3815844<![CDATA[I woke up this morning to see videos of what may be a social media trend: black people randomly going up to white people—they look to be homeless men—and assaulting them, claiming that they were on the Karmelo Anthony jury.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:00:38 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/11/unhinged-random-assaults-on-white-people-attacks-on-austin-metcalfs-family-n3815843<![CDATA[Haven't watched the downward societal spiral in Britain for a while now, I'm not quite prepared to say they are on the cusp of an...well...'awakening,' per se.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:20:27 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[Riots]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/06/11/importing-alien-cultures-and-losing-eyes-n3815842<![CDATA[If Donald Trump channeled Rod Stewart last night, as Duane wrote this morning, then perhaps he will channel Carly Simon tonight: Coming Around Again.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:40:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/trump-were-taking-kharg-island-next-in-round-3-n3815841<![CDATA[I didn't say Ukraine has won, of course, because it's not over until it's over, and we are a long way from that.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Ukraine]]><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelensky]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/11/i-thought-it-would-be-a-stalemate-but-right-now-ukraine-is-winning-the-war-n3815822<![CDATA[Grace and redemption: two qualities Democrats never extend toward their opponents, especially these days.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/06/11/khanna-cant-a-lying-violent-nazi-tatted-mooch-get-a-little-grace-and-redemption-n3815840<![CDATA[It was 1976, but at least this schmaltzy ballad by Rod Stewart wasn't disco. It had that going for it. But while the song might be useful as the background theme for Graham Platner's Kik page, it also has that anticipatory vibe for what President Donald Trump promised is coming to the remnants of the Iranian regime in just a few hours.&nbsp;Our update begins on Sunday, June 7th, when Israel struck a Hezbollah compound in Southern Lebanon. Iran, virtually powerless to support or defend its once-biggest terror proxy since the Americans and Israelis began Operation Epic Fury in late February, could not convince Donald Trump that Israel's systemic dismantling of all of its terror network had to be part of the ceasefire. Trump and his negotiating team told Iran to pound sand, but also told the Israelis to dial it back a bit, because the Trump administration believed the crippling economic sanctions had all but brought the Iranian regime to its knees.&nbsp;A day after the Israeli hit, Iran removed any pretense of honoring the actual ceasefire by sending 10 missiles into northern Israel. No casualties were claimed, most of the missiles were intercepted or failed, and the rest were determined to be headed for open ground.&nbsp;Now you won't be surprised to learn that Israel didn't take too kindly to Iran getting back into the missile-launching game after a two-month sabbatical. They struck Iran very quickly and very hard. Targets in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and Karaj were hit repeatedly, including a petrochemical plant in Bandar‑e Mahshahr. The other targets were re-constituted air defense targets after the Americans and Israelis destroyed them in the first wave of Operation Epic Fury.&nbsp;President Trump was reported to be furious at Prime Minister Netanyahu over the strikes, but at least publicly toned down his account of the conversation.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Duane Patterson]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Oman]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/06/11/donald-trump-channels-rod-stewart-tonights-the-night-n3815827