https://hotair.com/feedHotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usFri, 15 May 2026 05:58:41 -0400<![CDATA[He stands like a statue, becomes part of the machine, feelin' all the tabs, always playin' clean ...]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:47 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Iran]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/14/thursdays-final-word-n3814954<![CDATA[The Washington Free Beacon has a good story today about Penn State law school and the way in which DEI seems to have completely taken it over. The story is told from the perspective of David Blackman, a Texan who was accepted to the school but who quickly found out the entire experience was dominated by progressive sermonizing.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 21:20:48 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/05/14/the-cult-of-dei-is-still-running-some-institutions-n3814961<![CDATA[National Police Week]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:40:08 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/05/14/national-police-week-and-not-a-single-democratic-face-at-the-congressional-vigil-n3814958<![CDATA[As I described here, Dana Williamson was Gov. Newsom's chief-of-staff from early 2023 until then end of 2024. She was dismissed after revealing to her boss that she was under investigation.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 20:00:49 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/05/14/newsoms-former-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-n3814960<![CDATA[Jamie Raskin is not a stupid man.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:20:54 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Jamie Raskin]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]><![CDATA[Tom Homan]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/raskin-why-cant-ice-get-criminals-while-they-are-in-jail-n3814949<![CDATA[It has been three years since the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in college admissions. But by the following year there was evidence suggesting that some schools might be cheating, i.e. finding other ways to circumvent the court's decision. As I described here back in 2024, it all came down to the percentages of incoming classes by race which, at some schools, didn't change after the decision.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 18:00:17 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Academia]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/05/14/doj-yale-medical-school-discriminated-in-admissions-n3814959<![CDATA[This woman seethes cope.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:20:58 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/05/14/hochul-argle-bargle-gargle-trumps-responsible-for-the-long-island-railroad-workers-strikeif-they-do-n3814956<![CDATA[Democrats are very distressed that the Constitution exists. Marc Elias, the Democrats' democracy-destroying lawyer who helped cook up the Steele Dossier and who spends all his time trying to rig elections, suggested dissolving the Virginia state government because the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the Virginia Constitution applies even to Democrats.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:40:19 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[James Carville]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/new-hotness-democrats-want-to-toss-out-constitution-n3814945<![CDATA[Democrats: Racist Republicans want to replace black legislators with whites! It's the new Jim Crow!]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/14/politico-wasserman-schultz-to-appropriate-black-district-in-florida-n3814947<![CDATA[Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) have been the subject of much anguish, anger, and controversy since the Trump administration took over. Mostly because Sean Duffy, our Secretary of Transportation, has made making the roadways safer for everyone and enforcing existing rules and regulations for commercial drivers a top priority of his department.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:40:27 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Sean Duffy]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/05/14/scotus-decision-hits-shipping-brokers-like-a-ton-of-freight-n3814952<![CDATA[America has a crime problem. That's no secret.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:00:59 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[JB Pritzker]]><![CDATA[Judges]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/hows-that-decarceration-push-going-n3814941<![CDATA[President Trump has been taking shots from the media for his aggressive stance toward Iran. Make a deal or your civilization could end. Meanwhile, Democrats are working along similar premises only the civilization they are threatening to destroy is our own.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:20:28 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/05/14/having-lost-the-game-democrats-now-want-to-change-the-rules-n3814950<![CDATA[Can Israel seek justice against defamation by Nicholas Kristof and the New York Times in a US court? You better believe they'll try. Whether they succeed depends on a number of factors, but just the effort may make the point.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:40:47 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Justice Clarence Thomas]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/14/too-sullivan-to-check-israel-to-sue-nyt-kristof-over-dog-rape-propaganda-n3814943<![CDATA[The Europeans really are serious about owning the minds of everybody within the European Union, and ultimately beyond.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:00:23 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[France]]><![CDATA[Germany]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/upping-the-ante-european-military-action-against-american-internet-companies-n3814944<![CDATA[The J. B. Converse Reservoir, situated 18 miles on the west side of Mobile, Alabama, is one of those ubiquitous Southern water projects that bloomed all over in the fifties. Soggy swampland that the area is, there was a need for a contained and regulated water source for the rapidly growing city on Mobile Bay. In 1952, an earthen dam, 5,000 feet long by 75 feet high, was built across Big Creek, the largest single tributary within the watershed, which is itself a tributary of the Escatawpa River (water, water everywhere). Hence, the reservoir that formed is also known as &nbsp;'Big Creek Lake.'&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:20:43 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/05/14/explosive-development-al-dam-maintenance-divers-find-something-besides-gators-in-the-water-n3814940<![CDATA[According to Marco Rubio, Xi Jinping declared that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and must give up claims of sovereignty over international waters. Good to know. Maybe Xi can give the Nepo Babytollah a call and tell him and Ahmad Vahidi.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:40:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[Taiwan]]><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/14/did-xi-give-trump-and-rubio-a-tacit-green-light-on-iran-n3814939<![CDATA[Keir Starmer has been trying to stanch the bleeding, insisting that everything is fine and he is the right man to lead the UK.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:51 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/starmer-government-collapse-begins-n3814938<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof may be watching his career implode. He claimed in a column that there was widespread sexual abuse against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons, and that part of that abuse involved dogs raping prisoners.]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 09:20:19 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Judge]]><![CDATA[Washington Post]]><![CDATA[Justice Brett Kavanaugh]]>https://hotair.com/mark-judge/2026/05/14/kristofs-kavanaugh-tweet-comes-back-to-haunt-him-n3814936<![CDATA[Ukraine is doing the unthinkable: winning its war against Russia. I doubt it will achieve its war aim of removing all Russian soldiers from all its territory, especially Crimea, but it certainly has Russia on the run.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Ukraine]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/14/trumps-weaning-ukraine-off-us-aid-was-the-best-thing-to-happen-to-it-n3814910<![CDATA[I got tabs, they're multiplying, and I'm losing control ...]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 22:00:37 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Christopher Rufo]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/05/13/wednesdays-final-word-n3814911