https://pjmedia.com/pj-medias-hans-von-spakovsky-targeted-by-fairfax-county-democratic-committee/feedPJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 13 May 2026 12:14:30 -0400<![CDATA[History is rife with examples of tyrannical movements that never end their hunt for their ideological enemies.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[Athena Thorne]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[Arctic Frost]]>https://pjmedia.com/athena-thorne/2026/05/13/the-awful-truth-donald-trump-must-look-over-his-shoulder-for-the-rest-of-his-life-n4952814<![CDATA[Greets. Glad you're here. Welcome, my friends, to Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Today is National Apple Pie Day, National Crouton Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, and International Hummus Day.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[King Charles III]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/05/13/the-starmer-drama-continues-n4952810<![CDATA[Donald Trump is in China this week in a critical series of meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss commercial and security issues.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:11:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/05/13/jimmy-lais-children-beg-trump-to-help-free-their-father-n4952813<![CDATA[It seems so long ago and far away [Steve, it was maybe last month —Editor] that New York City's Democratic Socialist Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, promised residents everything from free bus rides to universal child care to free groceries — because you just know that nobody was going to prosecute shoplifters at Mamdani's crony-run grocery stores.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/05/13/gooder-and-harder-nyc-mamdanis-plan-to-nickel-and-dime-you-to-death-n4952803<![CDATA[The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) funded white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan — and also “educational” materials for K-12 classrooms across the United States. This is yet another reason why young people are so filled with woke insanity and racial hatred.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/13/42-states-use-kkk-funding-splcs-k-12-education-materials-n4952811<![CDATA[It feels like California is the People's Republic of China's (PRC) espionage playground. There's been more than one rogue Chinese bio lab filled with germs, bugs, and diseases busted by law enforcement. Chinese spy balloons lazily hoovered up intelligence over sensitive U.S. installations across America. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's spymaster chauffeur and body man probably heard all manner of secrets from her days chairing the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Judiciary Committee, and the defense subcommittee, but no biggie. Nobody was arrested. Eric Swalwell was a dim city councilor until he met PRC honeypot Fang Fang, who propelled him to a congressional post where he dished bad intel to the American public and who knows what&nbsp;to Double Fang. And now we have the continuation of the curious case of the after-school tutor-turned-Arcadia mayor and her personal Double Fang handler. Oh, excuse me: fiancé.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:23:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Cybersecurity]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/05/13/the-curious-story-of-the-california-chinese-spy-mayor-n4952805<![CDATA[In 2017, Joe Biden was writing his second memoir, using his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer, to organize, polish, and edit the manuscript. Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,&nbsp;an emotional retelling of the life and death of his son Beau, was published that same year and became a bestseller.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/05/13/biden-will-fight-release-70-hours-of-audio-tapes-with-his-ghostwriter-from-2017-n4952807<![CDATA[The end of the business day on Tuesday brought big news for our parent company, Salem Media. It announced that The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., d/b/a WaterStone, is acquiring Salem Media in a transaction that will be finalized in August.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/05/13/waterstones-salem-media-acquisition-strengthens-a-christian-and-conservative-media-voice-n4952809<![CDATA["You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate." —Don King]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[James Comey]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[Russian Collusion Hoax]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/05/13/james-comey-and-the-deep-states-plausible-deniability-con-game-n4952808<![CDATA[Not long ago, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to handle his own mess. Now she's writing him a $4 billion check to bail him out.]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 09:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/13/kathy-hochul-caves-to-mamdani-will-bail-out-socialist-nyc-n4952806<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/05/13/the-morning-briefing-future-republicans-need-a-trump-style-guide-for-dealing-with-the-press-n4952781<![CDATA[The Trump Administration is on the move against Second Amendment infringements, and the American people are finally getting a glimpse of what it looks to have an executive branch that’s fully invested in protecting the right to keep and bear arms.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:04:23 -0400<![CDATA[Amy Swearer]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]>https://pjmedia.com/amy-swearer/2026/05/12/trump-admins-recent-pro-second-amendment-moves-are-good-for-lawful-gun-owners-n4952797<![CDATA[The Virginia Supreme Court handed Democrats a stinging defeat — and instead of accepting it, they're floating the idea of blowing up the government entirely.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:29 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Virginia]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/12/democrats-now-want-to-abolish-the-virginia-government-n4952798<![CDATA[President Donald Trump's trip to China places Taiwan back where Beijing always wants it: under pressure, under scrutiny, and under threat.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Taiwan]]><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/05/12/trump-xi-and-the-taiwan-test-n4952800<![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers just arrested or identified two dangerous illegal alien criminals&nbsp;who previously secured release under the Obama administration and have been committing crimes ever since.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:25:52 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/12/ice-arrests-illegal-aliens-obama-released-including-creep-with-30-charges-n4952792<![CDATA[A new NewsGuard/YouGov poll should embarrass the country, or at least the part of it still capable of blushing. It found that 30% of American adults believe that at least one of the three assassination attempts against President Donald Trump was staged.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:17:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]><![CDATA[Polling]]><![CDATA[Trump Assassination Attempt]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/05/12/the-poll-that-should-embarrass-the-country-30-doubt-the-bullets-aimed-at-trump-n4952794<![CDATA[Many Muslim countries today are rich due to an accident of geology: the discovery of oil. But before the world ran on internal combustion engines, what made the great Islamic societies wealthy and powerful? The answer is darker than the black gold that enriches many of them now.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:57:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Islamic Jihad]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Justice Amy Coney Barrett]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/05/12/the-islamic-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-parasitism-n4952793<![CDATA[There are only two reasons why I even know who Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:05:59 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Chris Van Hollen]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Kash Patel]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/05/12/must-watch-kash-patel-owns-chris-van-hollen-at-senate-hearing-n4952790<![CDATA[The allegations that the U.S. government funded the research in a Wuhan lab where COVID-19 had its origin will be substantiated, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told Fox News.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:40:33 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci]]><![CDATA[CIA]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/12/paul-cia-whistleblower-to-expose-covid-19s-origins-n4952788<![CDATA[Soviet forces lifted the Berlin Blockade on this date in 1949, ending an 11-month attempt to isolate West Berlin and force the Western Allies out.]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 16:21:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Germany]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Military]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/05/12/when-stalin-tried-to-starve-berlin-western-resolve-took-flight-n4952791