In one of the most convoluted lawsuits of all time, a cabal of state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission are now accusing financial firms BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard of monopolistic behavior. The complaint asserts that these firms bought coal stocks and then helped impose radical environmental restrictions on...
Why does Uber make videos where people say, “I’m non-binary or genderqueer”? And why does Lockheed Martin fund floats at Pride parades? Because companies want to raise their score on the Human Rights Campaign’s “Corporate Equality Index.” Equality is...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia aka the “Maryland Man” Democrats went to bat after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador is now back in the country. That should resolve a dispute between the Trump administration and the courts which ordered the administration attempt to at least attempt to bring him back. For months, the Trump administration...
Listen, I’m sure it’s true, too, this raging paranoia they all seem to be suffering from. Now, I’m no shrink – I don’t even play one here at HotAir – but my professional cynical opinion, bolstered by years of detailed and exacting Scientific™ observation, have led me to conclude there are two possible explanations for...
This doesn’t seem to have gotten any national attention at all but earlier this week Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed two laws aimed at curbing squatting. These particular bills are aimed at making it easier for owners of commercial properties to remove squatters. On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills — Senate Bill...
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Joe Rogan released a new podcast featuring FBI Director Kash Patel today. At one point in the discussion Patel revealed that his house “just got swatted yesterday.” What on earth?! FBI Director Kash Patel tells Joe Rogan that his house just got swatted: PATEL: “My house just got swatted yesterday.” JOE ROGAN: “The head of...
The climate cultists never quit in California. Today the LA air quality gurus are set to vote on whether residents will still have to option to enjoy clean, efficient, affordable – and warm – natural gas appliances going forward to heat their water and their homes. Because, of course, Californians shouldn’t be allowed the freedom...
Er, excuse me, “undocumented citizens.” Because that oxymoron is the latest edition of Newspeak from the open-borders elite who desperately cling to the belief that people want entitlements drained for illegal aliens. Bakari Sellers sent out the memo on this Ministry of Truth terminology change on CNN last night, right after scolding Scott Jennings over...
Earlier this week the Trump administration threatened to fine California after a trans athlete won several track events at the state final competition for girls. Today, CNN is reporting that the administration is indeed working on a plan to cut off federal funding to California, not unlike what the administration has done to Harvard. Details...
Have you seen season 2 of the Star Wars show Andor? I watched it and it’s a pretty fascinating take on what the early days of a rebellion against an evil empire looks like. Just to set the table here, Critical Drinker did a turnabout on season 2 of the show. After finding the first...
This is a bit of a leftover from yesterday, but it provides some good insight into why the Democrat establishment may hit the panic button over Karine Jean-Pierre’s new project. Set aside all of the nonsense hypocrisy of the Biden Conspiracy’s most prominent propagandist declaring her Independence from the party that basically made her what she...
This is another one of those things happening since, well, basically the election that isn’t just a surprising and encouraging reversal of recent trends. It’s frickin’ downright gobsmacking how fast the 180° turn and acceleration in the opposite direction took off. When last we saw our demoralized and struggling United States Army, they were being...
Did the US economy deliver a dud in May? Not exactly, but the job creation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics definitely cannot be described as exciting or energetic. For the fifth straight month, the economy added only a maintenance level expansion of new jobs, although that number is tempered — slightly — by...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy replenishment ship, and the move stirred up the inevitable controversy. It was intended to, just as the original naming of the ship was meant to be a poke in the eye of opponents of DEI. The choice to name...