Hot Air
California Considering Taking Over Oil Refineries Because It Works So Well in Iran and Venezuela – HotAir
Well that'll work out well. It has every other time a government has taken over an industry, especially one so crucial as producing refined petroleum products."That suggests that higher prices are indeed the…
MAGA’s War on Speech – HotAir
Of all the Come on, man moments from a clueless media industry, this has to be the Come on, maniest. The same newspaper that has contributed most to a Speech Police climate now complains that the Speech Police are…
Grocery Stores in SF Accused of Stealing Food Stamp Money – HotAir
The shuttering of supermarkets in San Francisco is nothing new but in this particular case some markets might have a new reason to close. SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has charged owners and employees at five…
Portland Becoming a Literal S**thole, with Dysentary Cases Skyrocketing – HotAir
I used to view Portland through the lens of Portlandia. A bit ridiculous, politically too liberal, but an artsy quirky place that contributed to the cultural vibrancy of America. There should be places like Portland…
At the Mint, DEI Officials Got Transferred to New Jobs and Had Their Backgrounds Hidden – HotAir
You have to suspect there is a lot of this going on in the federal government. President Trump's clampdown on DEI was always going to result in a certain amount of rebranding and hiding the ball by agencies that…
‘Disrespectful’: Zelensky Visit Doesn’t Exactly Reset US-Ukraine Relations; UPDATE: Video Added – HotAir
The Wall Street Journal wondered whether the visit from Volodymyr Zelensky with Donald Trump and J.D. Vance would help "reset" the relationship between Ukraine and the new administration. Some…
Jim Jordan Goes to War With Europe Over Free Speech – HotAir
I have been banging on about the threat to free speech coming from European countries for a couple of years now. The censorship industrial complex, which until Trump included funding from and cooperation with the Biden…
Elections Over, German Government Launches Nat’l Snitch Line – HotAir
Excuse me - I should change that in the interest of being precise. Thanks to my naturally cynical nature regarding authoritarian European governments marching towards outright fascism, I only interpret it to be a…
You’re Damned Right We Gaslit America – HotAir
But don't call it a cover-up, says longtime Biden aide Michael LaRosa. "We all wear makeup on TV," LaRosa tells Puck's Tara Palmieri at one point. But we don't put makeup on faces that no…
Does Article II of the Constitution Only Apply to Democrats? – HotAir
The key to understanding liberals is to realize that they believe that words shape reality, so if they keep repeating things, they are necessarily true. Granted, only THEIR words shape reality. And words mean only what…