April 2, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Incredible nonshrinking poll numbers

Featured image Every day I see a headline like these: from The Hill newspaper this morning, Trump approval rating hits new low as Iran war squeezes economy. “New low.” The Hill headline from yesterday read, Trump losing support from core supporters as approval drops to record low in new polling. “Record low.” The Tuesday headline in The Hill reads, Nate Silver on recent polling: Trump has ‘profound problems’ On Monday, The Hill »
April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Iran, NATO, Judges and More

Featured imageOn the Rita Panahi Show last night, we began by talking about Iran and President Trump’s speech to the nation. We went on to the status of the NATO alliance, birthright citizenship, rogue judges and more. This 27-minute clip starts with Lefties Losing It. I come on at 6:00 and my segment runs until 19:36. After that, it is Prince Harry and Kristi Noem’s husband. Entertaining as always: »
April 2, 2026 — Bill Glahn

The nonprofit scam

Featured imageFrom the New York Post, San Francisco human rights boss accused of corruption arrives in court. The Post reports, [Sheryl] Davis, former head of the city’s Human Rights Commission, was arrested Monday alongside her boyfriend James Spingola on charges of multiple felony counts of misappropriating public funds and conflicts of interest. The Post adds, They are accused of diverting millions in funds meant to uplift the black community after the »
April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Redneck Tourism

Featured imageIf you think Gavin Newsom is obnoxious, get a load of his wife. She took her children on a tour of red states so they could witness racism, misogyny and bullying first-hand. Because those things don’t exist in California but are pervasive in Red America: In 2023 Gavin Newsom did what he called a "Red State" tour and visited Alabama, Florida and a few other red states. Newsom's wife said »
April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Et Tu, Tucker?

Featured imageAs Tucker Carlson has turned on President Trump, Trump has distanced himself from Carlson. Among other things, he has described Tucker as “kooky.” Fair enough, but mild. Now Trump has taken the gloves off: President Trump posts an article by Douglas Murray that highlights Tucker Carlson's extremism, embrace of Islamists, and America Last: The article is titled: "Deranged Tucker Carlson backstabs Trump" Several of the top lines in the piece »
April 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Gavin Newsom’s Empire of Fraud

Featured imageThat is the title of a City Journal article by Chris Rufo and others. Exposure of industrial-scale fraud in Minnesota has led to heightened awareness of theft of taxpayer funds in other states, with California at the top of the list. The City Journal article is long and detailed; here are just a few highlights: California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, »
April 2, 2026 — Scott Johnson

After last night

Featured imagePresident Trump spoke to the nation last night on the status of our conflict with Iran. I have posted the video below. RealClearPolitics has posted the text of his remarks. He invoked his own consistency on the problem of the Iranian regime: From the very first day I announced my campaign for president in 2015, I vowed I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This fanatical regime »
April 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Birth tourism

Featured imageIt turns out that the Constitution is a suicide pact, after all. You have probably heard the term “birth tourism” around the debate about birthright citizenship this week. The New York Times has an explainer out today on the subject, The term refers to pregnant women who travel to the United States to give birth so that their baby can have American citizenship. It is most commonly associated with a »
April 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Birthright Citizenship, the Oral Argument

Featured imageThis morning, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, the case that will determine whether children of illegal immigrants will be granted American citizenship under the 14th Amendment. For everything you might want to know about the argument and the reactions of the justices, check out this special edition of the rationally BASED podcast, hosted by Ilan Wurman, the leading academic expert on the subject. Along with »
April 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Feeding fraudster recalls Keith Ellison 2021 discussion

Featured imageThe question keeps coming up in reference to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal: what did Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison know, and when did he know it? Another piece to the puzzle can be found in a court filing made last month in the case of Sharon Ross, the former operator of the House of Refuge food distribution operation in St. Paul. Ross is Defendant No. 60 (out of »
April 1, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Quote of the day

Featured imageCiting two recent New York Times stories that recount the actual progress made by American and Israeli forces fighting Iran’s political leaders and military assets, Abe Greenwald adds a dose of optimism in the daily Commentary newsletter: “The Iranian regime is dysfunctional, and its air defenses are negligible—and the New York Times has been forced to admit it. Which means that in addition to destroying key targets in Iran, the »
April 2, 2026 — Scott Johnson

The renegade academy

Featured imageIn our Picks I will be posting essays and review from the forthcoming issue of the Claremont Review of Books as the editors make them available online. However, having noted the publication of the awesome two-volume history The Golden Thread in this post, I want to highlight Spencer Klavan’s review of the books in “The Renegade Academy.” In my comments I confined myself to noting what the two volumes had »
April 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Mr. Irrelevant

Featured imageThe last player selected in the NFL draft is traditionally referred to as “Mr. Irrelevant,” although it isn’t always true. But the real Mr. Irrelevant is British Prime Minister Keir Starmer: The United Kingdom will not be dragged into war in the Middle East, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a press conference on Wednesday. “This is not our war. We will not be drawn into the conflict,” Starmer »
April 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Global Warming: It’s Not Unusual

Featured imageHysteria about global warming stems from the fact that, as best one can estimate, the Earth’s average temperature has increased by around 1.1 degree C over the last century. Global temperatures have fluctuated widely in the past, and it has long been debated whether the current increase is anything unusual. At the Science of Climate Change, computer scientist Les Hatton recounts a relatively simple analysis that he conducted, using the »
April 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Crime pays: the reviews are in

Featured imageFrom the U.K Daily Mail, Second Somali fraudster handed light sentence by Minneapolis judge. The Daily Mail reports, A second Somali fraudster, who stole half a million dollars, was handed a mere six months in jail by a Minneapolis judge, just a day after one of her co-conspirators was sentenced to a year. Zamzam Jama was ordered to pay back $491,000 and will spend half a year in jail for »
April 1, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Jeff Jacoby: A libel as old as the Pyramids

Featured imageJeff Jacoby is a columnist for the Boston Globe. Yesterday he sent out a column to his Arguable subscribers (of whom I am one). He he has now made the column accessible here (with numerous links) on his personal site. The column hit home for me. Jeff has kindly granted us his permision to republish it on Power Line along with his best wishes for a safe and happy Passover »
April 1, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Third-degree Bern

Featured imageBernie Sanders thinks the time is ripe for the expropriation of the wealth of the wealthy from those who have earned it. Never mind — he will put it to use in the service of all things bright and beautiful. What could go wrong? Something tells me that Sanders’s argument hasn’t been put to the test of analytical rigor. In the second paragraph of his Guaridan column plugging this year’s »