PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/whither-american-jewry-and-berkeley%89%DB%AAs-hillel/feed/PJ 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-usFri, 02 Oct 2026 17:39:07 -0400When Old Glory Starts to Fall, Somebody Always Reaches for It<![CDATA[Watch what happens when an American flag starts slipping toward the ground during a ceremony. Somebody moves, a veteran reaches out, a scout lunges forward, and a ballplayer grabs the edge before it hits the dirt.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/10/02/when-old-glory-starts-to-fall-somebody-always-reaches-for-it-n4957902As Long As We're 'Investigating' Lindsay Clancy Jurors, I've Got Some to Add to the List<![CDATA[The attorney representing accused triple murderer Lindsay Clancy has called for an investigation into the juror who didn't go along with the defense theory that the Boston-area mother was mentally incapable of knowing that killing her kids was wrong.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/10/02/as-long-as-were-investigating-lindsay-clancy-jurors-ive-got-three-more-to-add-to-the-list-n4957810Tennessee Death Penalty Survivor Update: How Did This Go So Very Wrong? <![CDATA[In case you missed it, on Wednesday, 50-year-old Christa Pike was set to be put to death by the state of Tennessee — punishment for the 1995 torture and murder of a classmate. Pike was just 18 at the time. Years later, while in prison, she was also convicted of the attempted murder of one of her fellow inmates. &nbsp;]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:22:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/10/02/tennessee-death-penalty-survivor-update-how-did-this-go-so-very-wrong-n4957896Suspected Cartel Shoots at U.S. Coast Guard in Rio Grande<![CDATA[Part of the Coast Guard’s duty is to patrol our southern border along the Rio Grande River and prevent foreign criminals from crossing. After suspected cartel members opened fire on a Coast Guard vessel, NewsNation reports that additional troops are deploying to the area to deal with the potential terrorist threat.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:04:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/suspected-cartel-shoots-at-us-coast-guard-in-rio-grande-n4957897Don't Let FlyDubai Terror Scare Derail Abraham Accords Progress<![CDATA[Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Josh Hammer]]>https://pjmedia.com/josh-hammer/2026/10/02/dont-let-flydubai-terror-scare-derail-abraham-accords-progress-n4957878A Leaner Federal Workforce Is a Win for Taxpayers<![CDATA[One of the most unheralded policy successes of President Donald Trump's second term has been the purging of many unnecessary federal jobs.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Harsanyi]]>https://pjmedia.com/davidhasanyi/2026/10/02/a-leaner-federal-workforce-is-a-win-for-taxpayers-n4957880Local Woman Commits Unpardonable Crime of Cleaning Public Parks Without a 50-Page Health Permit<![CDATA[Washington state faces a homelessness problem.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/10/02/local-woman-commits-unpardonable-crime-of-cleaning-public-parks-without-a-50-page-health-permit-n4957892Dole’s Thanksgiving Recipes Are Bananas — Literally<![CDATA[Last week, I brought you some fall banana-centric recipes courtesy of Melanie Marcus, MA, RD, Dole's Nutrition, Wellness and Communications Manager. The previous entry in this trilogy of fall and winter banana recipes centered on Halloween and general fall fun. Today we’re going to look at a bunch of recipes that are great for the Thanksgiving season.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/10/02/doles-thanksgiving-recipes-are-bananas-literally-n4957885A Third of Newly Arrested Indiana Child Exploiters Are Illegal Aliens<![CDATA[Authorities have arrested 11 child sexual exploiters in Indiana, and four of them are illegal aliens.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/a-third-of-newly-arrested-indiana-child-exploiters-are-illegal-aliens-n4957890The Referee Test: Three States, Three Polls, Three Smaller Democratic Leads<![CDATA[Five weeks before Election Day, there are two wholly different questions a poll can answer. What do registered voters think? And what do the people most likely to cast ballots think?]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/10/02/the-referee-test-three-states-three-polls-three-smaller-democratic-leads-n4957894Letitia James Appointed Special Prosecutor in Cornell 7 CaseOn this full episode of LARRY with Larry O’Connor, we cover the BREAKING NEWS in New York where Governor Kathy Hochul announced NY AG Letitia James as a special prosecutor in the Cornell 7 case. PLUS, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Theo Von to explain socialism, and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed gets EXPOSED as a hypocrite for trying to get as much money in politics as possible, and MUCH, much more! Check out the latest news from Heartlander News: https://heartlandernews.com/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:14:42 -0400<![CDATA[PJ Media Video]]>https://pjmedia.com/videos/2026/10/02/letitia-james-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-cornell-7-case-n4957893Hamas Member Raised Millions From U.S. Donors, Bragged About New York Network<![CDATA[A member of genocidal terror group Hamas raised money here as “charity” for the group and bragged to one of his accomplices that he has a network of friends in New York who are technically Americans but in total sympathy with terrorists.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/hamas-member-raised-nearly-2-million-including-from-us-donors-n4957883To Win the Midterms, MAGA Should Fund a Pro-Iran PAC. Seriously.<![CDATA[I considered writing today’s column about the PR rehabilitation of Richard Nixon. Investigators are reopening Watergate and relitigating its legacy — and this matters, because its aftershocks still reverberate: You can draw a direct, causal link between Donald Trump’s presidency and Watergate.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/10/02/to-win-the-midterms-maga-should-fund-a-pro-iran-pac-seriously-n4957888Rioting at French Schools Explodes Nationwide as the Government Is Running Scared<![CDATA[In 1968, French university and high school students took to the streets to protest, well, everything. Universities had begun to absorb the glut of baby boomers going off to college and were simply unable to cope. Classes were overcrowded, and the students chafed at the very conservative, hierarchical nature of post-war French society under President Charles de Gaulle.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/10/02/rioting-at-french-schools-explode-nationwide-as-the-government-is-running-scared-n4957884One Judge Just Put the Federal Noncitizen Voting Crackdown in Jeopardy<![CDATA[U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz just handed the Justice Department a serious problem in its expanding crackdown on noncitizen voting. On Thursday, the Biden-appointed judge dismissed the federal charge against Chelsea Cox, a Jamaican national accused of illegally voting in the 2020 election, after concluding Congress never had the constitutional authority to enact the law used against her.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/10/02/one-judge-just-put-the-federal-noncitizen-voting-crackdown-in-jeopardy-n4957887‘You Belong to Me’: Man Discovers That Michael McDonald Is His Biological Father<![CDATA[I don’t know what it’s like to be adopted, but I imagine that the desire to find out who your biological parents are could be an emotional journey minute by minute. Some adopted children wait years to find out who their birth parents are — I can’t help but think that it’s a quest that keeps you running — and sometimes the discovery can be disappointing.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:38:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/10/02/you-belong-to-me-man-discovers-that-michael-mcdonald-is-his-biological-father-n4957889West Coast, Messed Coast™ — After Decades, Could This Political Earthquake Happen? Yes, If You Vote.<![CDATA[Ballots are beginning to drop, as they say, along the West Coast, Messed Coast™ as Election "Day" begins.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:03:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/10/02/west-coast-messed-coast-after-decades-could-this-political-earthquake-happen-yes-n4957875The Patterns That Emerge in Subtle Movements<![CDATA[Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach!]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/10/02/the-patterns-that-emerge-in-subtle-movements-n4957877Michelle Obama Accidentally Admits That Trans Ideology Is Biologically Absurd<![CDATA[Former First Lady Michelle Obama and actress Sharon Stone had a grand old time on Obama's podcast imagining a world where men could get pregnant.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/10/02/michelle-obama-accidentally-admits-trans-ideology-is-biologically-absurd-n4957882Shocker: FlyDubai Terrorist Hijacker Was a ‘Free Palestine’ Activist<![CDATA[The Omani who aspired to crash an airplane full of Israelis loved Palestinian jihad.]]>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/flydubai-terrorist-hijacker-was-a-free-palestine-activist-n4957876