The Democratic Party is effectively decapitated, which means that it is every man and Xe for they/them. As America has become increasingly divided, what motivates liberal voters, and especially the increasingly radical base of the Democratic Party, are fringe issues that are either irrelevant or even offensive to everybody else. What that means is that...
As we’ve been chronicling here at Hot Air for weeks, things have not been running very smoothly behind the scenes at the DNC. First there was the blowup over David Hogg’s plan to primary some moderate Democrats. That eventually led to Hogg being unelected in a do-over vote (they claimed the initial vote violated the...
This morning, I dunked on New York State’s excreable governor, Kathy Hochul, as the latest egregious example of blue state lunacy regarding the illegals among us. But she’s not the only one, and I really don’t know what it’s going to take for the majority of voters to wake up in some of these places,...
Yesterday I wrote about an effort by Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, to pressure President Trump to seek authorization from congress before deciding on any strike against Iran. Rep. Massie’s effort was immediately joined by a group of Democrats including most of the Squad (AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, Ilhan Omar and Greg...
Maybe you’ve already seen this clip circulating on X last night or today. Ted Cruz on Iran. Full interview tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/hJNwAHAnxZ — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 18, 2025 Pulling 90 seconds from a 2 hour conversation seems like a cheap shot but I was struck how similar this seemed to a moment in another debate...
I just thought I’d take a quick post to run down what we’ve heard as far as assets either in or headed towards the Middle East as there seems to be a fair amount of spazzing going on about the potential building for US involvement. By which I mean, a fingers-on-triggers, boots-on-the-ground sort of thing....
An investigation by the Guardian found that UK college students have been caught cheating using AI at much higher rates than in the past. There are thousands of known cases and it’s possible these are just the tip of the iceberg. A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using...
Democrats learned a lesson from Donald Trump’s return to the White House: getting arrested is good politics. It’s for good reasons that Americans recoil when prominent political figures are manhandled, put in handcuffs, or have their mugshot taken live on camera. We all love the idea of politicians in handcuffs or being thrown into jail,...
In December the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on Gender Affirming Care for minors. The media consensus at the time was that the liberals were in lockstep but the conservatives seemed unlikely to overrule the state’s ban. Today, the Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision in the case written...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is easily one of the least appealing elected officials in the country, and that is the least of her problems. She’s a nightmare governor, with barely anything going for her intellectually that I have seen displayed, and an amazing propensity for stepping in it. She looked like a deer in...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has responded to President Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s surrender with a threat. Earlier this morning, he broadcast a televised address, and his X account posted a series of tweets directly targeting the United States, warning that if Trump becomes directly involved, there will be severe consequences. The US President...
Yes, yes. I know “unhinged” and “socialist” go together like peas and carrots, but it is a headline. Now, on to the story. New York City does elections the new-fangled way, using ranked-choice voting to ensure that the outcomes take forever to tally, the results tend to lean left, and voters are maximally confused. That...
I suppose while I’m on a pathetic, big, blue city mayor kick this afternoon, I might as well update y’all on the goofiest, least competent, most anxiety-ridden, saddest creature ever to occupy the mayor’s office in Chicago – Brandon Johnson, Bear of Little Brain. The teachers’ union tool is having a whale of a year,...
Ezra Klein has an interview with Rep. Sarah McBride, the first trans congressperson, about why Democrats are losing on these issues. I don’t know who wrote the headline for this but it’s currently titled “Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights.” That seems a bit too final and definitive for me, or...
Elon Musk has obviously used THC, because we have all seen him smoking pot in a state where it is legal to do so. But the Pravda Media has been hyping the story that Elon has a whole pharmacopia of drugs, legal and illegal, and that he abuses them so much that it presented a...