https://hotair.com/greenroom/feedHotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usSat, 11 Apr 2026 19:03:02 -0400<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;headline on CNN is bad. “Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. Eric Swalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her.” According to the story, “a former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.” The woman said, “I was pushing him off of me, saying no, He didn’t stop.” Three other women who spoke with CNN also alleged various kinds of sexual misconduct by the Democratic congressman. This includes Swalwell sending them unsolicited explicit messages or nude photos.]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:30:59 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Judge]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Justice Brett Kavanaugh]]>https://hotair.com/mark-judge/2026/04/11/eric-swalwell-and-the-brett-kavanaugh-karma-train-n3813797<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PITTSBURGH -- Last September, Pastor Jason Howard of the Sanctuary Church in Pittsburgh saw a surge of young people flocking to his Christian congregation, the week after Charlie Kirk was murdered.]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Salena Zito]]><![CDATA[Bible]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Sunday Reflection]]>https://hotair.com/salena-zito/2026/04/11/faith-among-young-people-surges-providing-a-missing-anchor-n3813772<![CDATA[How pathetic is the British Army?]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:00:35 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/11/british-general-admits-that-it-cant-deploy-a-division-abroad-n3813813<![CDATA[Eric Swalwell is, and always has been, a scumbag. Everybody knew it. The media knew it. His colleagues knew it. Anybody who ever heard of Fang-Fang knew it.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:00:23 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/11/laffaire-swalwell-is-objectively-hilarious-n3813812<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; More than half of immigrant households in the U.S. use welfare, costing taxpayers billions and making the programs less sustainable for Americans in need. Blame birthright citizenship for a big part of the cost, but don't count on the Supreme Court to fix it.]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Betsy McCaughey]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]>https://hotair.com/betsy-mccaughey/2026/04/11/rewrite-immigration-laws-to-favor-educated-skilled-newcomers-who-wont-burden-taxpayers-n3813771<![CDATA[Well, this should make for a pleasant ice-breaker in Islamabad. Negotiating teams from the US and Iran had a meeting scheduled for the morning in Pakistan, in large part focused on Iran's pledge to allow unfettered traffic in the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for [checks notes] not getting bombed back to the Stone Age. Instead, Iran attempted to force shippers to pay exorbitant "tolls" in cryptocurrency while continuing to export its own oil.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Pakistan]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/11/signals-us-navy-warships-cross-strait-of-hormuz-n3813789<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 as a tax cut for the rich. But the data show that the average family gained roughly $2,000 on their lower tax bill for this year. Every Democrat in Congress voted no, even as they complain of a "middle-class affordability crisis." Maybe that's because to rich and famous limousine liberal Democrats, $2,000 is peanuts. But not for the rest of us.]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Moore]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[One Big Beautiful Bill]]>https://hotair.com/stephen-moore/2026/04/11/show-me-the-money-the-trump-tax-cuts-benefit-the-middle-class-n3813770<![CDATA[Our links are alive, and so we begin, foolishly laying our tabs on the table ...]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:00:56 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Pakistan]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/10/fridays-final-word-n3813760<![CDATA[I just finished updating this earlier post with tweets from some of the Senators and congresspeople asking Rep. Swalwell to drop out of the California Governor's race. The earlier post was based on an SF Chronicle report which told the story of one former staffer who claims Swalwell twice had sex with her when she was too drunk to consent.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:20:27 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[CNN]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/10/cnn-four-women-describe-sexual-misconduct-by-rep-swalwell-n3813787<![CDATA[There's nothing quite as cheerful as having a reason to take an extra slurp on a Friday night, and, man - this is one of those times.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:40:41 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Palestinians]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/10/mahmoud-khalil-one-step-closer-to-a-ticket-outta-here-n3813783<![CDATA[The Artemis II mission is almost at an end. In just a few hours the Orion spacecraft will enter earth's atmosphere and eventually splashdown in the ocean off the coast of California.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:55:08 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Space]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/10/splashdown-orion-spacecraft-returns-home-n3813784<![CDATA[Yes, I know. Another Britain post.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:20:16 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/10/britains-suicide-continues-n3813774<![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Later this year we will be holding an&nbsp;Anti-Communist Film Festival. The idea for the festival was mine, and there is now an official sponsor, the Victims of Communism Foundation. A second sponsor has also expressed interest and we will announce them soon.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Mark Judge]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]><![CDATA[Marxism]]><![CDATA[Movies]]>https://hotair.com/mark-judge/2026/04/10/call-for-young-filmmakers-the-anti-communist-film-festival-n3813768<![CDATA[Earlier this week there were claims circulating on X that at least two groups of women were talking to journalists about their experiences of sexual harassment by Rep. Eric Swalwell.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:00:56 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/10/former-staffer-claims-rep-swalwell-assaulted-her-n3813782<![CDATA[OY]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:20:02 -0400<![CDATA[Beege Welborn]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/10/irish-fuel-protests-growing-some-protest-leaders-denied-entry-to-government-meeting-n3813781<![CDATA[One of the cornerstones of a functioning liberal democracy is the belief that the courts are impartial and that everybody gets a fair shake.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:40:16 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/10/our-criminal-justice-system-is-a-farce-n3813766<![CDATA[An old ad campaign for a perfume once advised: Promise her anything, but give her Arpège. That strategy may work in romance – and I'm skeptical about that – but it doesn't work long in politics. That's especially true when you court lunatics and then have to give them reality.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Jamie Raskin]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/04/10/dems-discover-pandering-on-impeachment-25th-amendment-has-costs-n3813756<![CDATA[Is this new? I think part of it is new but there's so much information on this case floating around that it's hard to pin down. Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on September 10 last year. The first question that everyone wanted answered was 'Who did this?' and the second question was 'Why?'.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:20:25 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Utah]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/10/tyler-robinsons-message-to-his-roommate-n3813780<![CDATA[All the doomer talk about Trump already having lost the war with Iran is premature.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:27 -0400<![CDATA[David Strom]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/04/10/trump-cannot-ignore-the-strait-n3813763<![CDATA[No intended disrespect to my Catholic friends but this statement on X this morning from Pope Leo XIV sounds a lot like a Bernie Sanders campaign speech.]]>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:20:56 -0400<![CDATA[John Sexton]]><![CDATA[Amazon]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV]]>https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/04/10/is-bernie-sanders-the-pope-now-n3813769