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Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 16:22:16 -0400<![CDATA[Two days ago, the foreign minister of Iran once again issued a series of threats against the United States, framing diplomacy as merely a tool for forcing the United States out of the area and proudly declaring that America would not be safe so long as its&nbsp;troops were within reach of the Iranian regime.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:32:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/iranian-minister-threatened-us-framed-diplomacy-as-mere-tactic-to-defeat-trump-n4953870<![CDATA[I wanted to wait until this morning to write the daily email, as things have been changing so quickly in the last 36 hours. Here is a brief update of a timeline of the last 36 hours:]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:55:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Houthis]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/06/11/rabbi-michael-barclays-iran-war-updates-for-june-11-n4953871<![CDATA[Iran "should have made a deal," conservative radio superstar Dana Loesch quipped on Thursday, reacting to President Donald Trump's threat that U.S. forces "will be taking Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure" in the near future.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:35:49 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/11/they-should-have-made-a-deal-trump-to-seize-irans-oil-infrastructure-n4953860<![CDATA[An entire series of college baseball has come and gone, and it’s now down to eight teams: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Texas, Troy, and West Virginia. The College World Series starts Friday in Omaha, Neb., and here are some of the main storylines to watch out for.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[Mississippi]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Oklahoma]]><![CDATA[Sports]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[West Virginia]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/06/11/eight-teams-one-omaha-dream-its-the-college-world-series-baby-n4953863<![CDATA[A hazmat incident put the Pentagon on lockdown Thursday morning as officials said they are still searching for the source of the potentially deadly problem.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/pentagon-on-lockdown-amid-hazmat-incident-n4953861<![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV is a thoughtful man. His recently released first encyclical, a 44,000-word document titled Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity), shows a surprising depth of understanding of man, technology, and our fraught relationship with modern tech.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:46:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Catholicism]]><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV]]><![CDATA[Vatican]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/11/maintaining-our-humanity-in-the-age-of-ai-n4953854<![CDATA[In George Orwell's 1984, Great Britain was just a province of Oceania named "Airstrip One" as a none-too-subtle nod to the U.K.'s role as host to the heavy bombers of U.S. Eighth Air Force during World War II.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Big Tech]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/11/britain-goes-full-airstrip-one-n4953857<![CDATA[Jerry Seinfeld walked out of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday after watching the Knicks in the NBA Finals and may have triggered the left more than Donald Trump’s attendance Monday night.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/11/jerry-seinfeld-just-triggered-the-left-with-three-words-n4953859<![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury has promised to pay allies who suffer from maritime terrorist attacks by the Iranian regime using money from Iranian accounts.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Scott Bessent]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/bessent-us-to-pay-attacked-allies-from-iranian-accounts-n4953856<![CDATA[American leftists love to malign the South. We Southerners and our culture are the butt of jokes time and time again. Outsiders mock our accents and our traditions, sometimes in really ugly ways. Southerners get the broad-brush treatment regularly, with outsiders hurling generalizations our way constantly.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[South Carolina]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[World Cup]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/06/11/the-left-warned-world-cup-tourists-about-the-south-then-one-german-fell-in-love-with-it-n4953855<![CDATA[Justice was served when Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murder. Yet, the radical left is treating him as the innocent victim, a martyr, and is attacking his victim's family as the enemy. The racial grievance machine is running at full speed, and it’s absolutely horrific.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/11/legal-activist-calls-austin-metcalfs-grieving-family-white-supremacists-and-pigs-n4953852<![CDATA[That old saw about politicians eventually getting around to taxing the air we breathe hasn't quite come true in Illinois — yet. First, Illinois Democrats have to figure out how to tax social media.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[JB Pritzker]]><![CDATA[Social Security]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[TikTok]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/06/11/illinois-democrats-just-passed-a-tax-on-social-media-without-understanding-who-or-what-theyre-taxing-n4953850<![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is celebrating the conviction of two criminal aliens who were engaged in a massive scam to manufacture and distribute fake pharmaceuticals. The scheme killed at least one American.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Fentanyl]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/11/ice-arrests-criminal-aliens-for-deadly-pharmaceutical-scheme-n4953846<![CDATA[Hello and welcome to Thursday, June 11, 2026. It's National Corn on the Cob Day, National German Chocolate Cake Day, Yarn Bombing Day. Kinda like bombing your neighbor's houses with toilet paper, but with yarn. No, I've never done it, and I don't advise it.]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/06/11/why-is-the-big-boy-up4014-drawing-such-large-crowds-n4953834<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/06/11/the-morning-briefing-jasmine-crocketts-gaping-maw-is-still-belching-up-filth-n4953824<![CDATA[Politicians promise they'll "help" us.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:19:43 -0400<![CDATA[John Stossel]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-stossel/2026/06/10/here-to-help-n4953848<![CDATA[It’s always thrilling to watch Greg Gutfeld tear Jessica Tarlov to pieces on The Five, but Jesse Watter did a fine job of it on Wednesday, and Tarlov's face when the camera found her said everything her words couldn't.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Jesse Watters]]><![CDATA[Jessica Tarlov]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/10/jesse-watters-make-a-fool-out-of-jessica-tarlov-over-the-splc-case-n4953845<![CDATA[The plot of&nbsp;2075 centers on a new social movement that is spreading like wildfire, particularly on colleges campuses. The "Movement for Optical Justice" (known as "MOJ" or "MOVE") pursues a cause that, at first glance, does not seem at all heartless. Its activists point out that physically attractive people often enjoy advantages in life through no fault of their own. That is, of course, true, and it would be nonsensical to try to deny it.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:11:06 -0400<![CDATA[Kristian Niemietz]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[J.K Rowling]]>https://pjmedia.com/kristian-niemietz/2026/06/10/the-beautiful-and-the-fanatics-a-novel-that-holds-a-mirror-up-to-the-here-and-now-n4953830<![CDATA[Instability in the Middle East has disrupted oil and gas flows to India. However, India’s&nbsp;proposed plan to produce 30% ethanol-blended gasoline and diesel as a response to supply anxiety would be a costly error. To understand the pending disaster, you only need to look to the United States.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:43:00 -0400<![CDATA[Vijay Jayaraj]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[DOE]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[India]]>https://pjmedia.com/vijay-jayaraj/2026/06/10/india-should-abandon-its-ethanol-illusion-n4953827<![CDATA[A working father doesn't care whether a policy makes Washington clap; he cares whether a job is available, whether the doctor's office can get past the insurance company, whether groceries feel less punishing, and whether his kids have a fair shot.]]>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[SNAP]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/10/trumps-wins-are-piling-up-outside-the-medias-favorite-narrative-n4953841