https://pjmedia.com/author/jeff-reynolds/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-usThu, 09 Apr 2026 17:33:38 -0400<![CDATA[Every year since college, my best friend Dan and I have compiled our best observations on a wide range of topics that reflect on the year that has just expired. We follow the well-established template of "The McLaughlin Group" program. We lost the venerable John McLaughlin in 2016 after decades of shaping how political analysis and debate programs should be done.]]>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:53:00 -0500<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/12/27/2023-year-end-review-mclaughlin-group-style-n4925042<![CDATA[A conservative group has released a provocative new report on ProPublica which refers to the research and news group as the "Attack Arm" of the Democratic Party. Relied upon as a supposedly unbiased source of news reporting and opinion research, ProPublica has produced numerous hit pieces on conservative and Republican office-holders, while virtually ignoring targets on the left.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:18:00 -0500<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]><![CDATA[Democrats]]><![CDATA[Leftists]]><![CDATA[media]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[radicals]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/11/07/conservative-group-reveals-propublica-as-the-attack-arm-of-the-democratic-party-n4923707<![CDATA[In another creative burst, Oliver Anthony has once again captured the angst and heartache of living in the modern world with old fashioned American values, wondering plaintively what happened to our country. In &#8220;I Want To Go Home,&#8221; he once more taps into the grief of watching a world that&#8217;s increasingly out of control from his farm in rural Virginia.]]>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:05:20 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Oliver Anthony]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/23/oliver-anthony-does-it-again-this-time-with-i-want-to-go-home-n1721332<![CDATA[As injectable weight loss and diabetes control medications have swept the nation, some have questioned the safety and efficacy of these drugs. Marketed under various brand names like Wegovy, Ozempic, Rybelsus, Maunjaro, and others, these drugs have been on the market for quite some time as a prescription to treat Type II diabetes. They have also received increased off-label approval to treat obesity, which has caused demand to skyrocket. The Hollywood types have touted their results in social media posts, leading to backlash from critics who blame the actors and actresses for the spikes in demand that have led to short-term shortages. As the popularity of these injectables grows, so does the debate.]]>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:41:12 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]><![CDATA[Health]]><![CDATA[Obesity]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/21/wall-street-issues-warning-issue-warning-about-effects-of-weight-loss-drug-n1720925<![CDATA[Man, the ripple effects from unknown country singer Oliver Anthony&#8217;s viral hit, &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond,&#8221; just keep on rippling. The song has dominated every streaming platform since its release, just last week, topping 18 million views on YouTube as of today. Now, the song that &#8220;should scare the bejeezus out of the Left,&#8221; as Athena wrote, has inspired another artist to create a new version of the song.]]>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 15:13:34 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Culture]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/17/rapper-drops-remix-of-rich-men-north-of-richmond-and-wow-n1720099<![CDATA[On August 9, a judge in the District Court of D.C. issued a ruling that vacates the &#8220;deeming rule&#8221; that subjected premium cigars to the same regulations the agency uses on cigarettes. In so doing, he struck a blow against the bloated federal administrative state and for common sense.]]>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:37:44 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Cancer]]><![CDATA[FDA]]><![CDATA[public health]]><![CDATA[regulations]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/16/federal-judge-delivers-big-win-to-the-premium-cigar-industry-n1719736<![CDATA[lolPresident Joe Biden has rightfully taken criticism for his utter failure to address the natural disaster and massive loss of life on Maui, instead choosing to take a week-long vacation in Lake Tahoe. It begs the question, after his 2020 campaign in which his handlers called &#8220;lids&#8221; on his campaign activities after 9:30 a.m. each day, his frequent Sun&#8217;s Out, Guns Out beach trips, and his frequent breaks from his hectic schedule: How much time has Biden actually spent on the job?]]>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:41:29 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Biden]]><![CDATA[Biden Administration Incompetence]]><![CDATA[Biden campaign]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/16/joe-biden-has-spent-more-time-on-vacation-than-any-president-in-history-n1719879<![CDATA[A song came to life and took flight on YouTube this week. It was posted on August 8, and by late Friday it already had 3.1 million views. It hit #1 on iTunes. Some young guy nobody ever heard of sang a song in the woods in front of his deer stand, with his dogs lying at his feet, and it immediately captured the soul of America.]]>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 09:26:04 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Culture]]><![CDATA[Oliver Anthony]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/12/the-song-that-screams-from-americas-soul-oliver-anthonys-rich-men-north-of-richmond-n1718583<![CDATA[In case you missed it this past weekend, the boxing world woke up to a bit of a surprise in Dallas.]]>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:49:18 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Woke]]><![CDATA[Wokeness]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/11/political-guerilla-artist-sabo-hits-big-prize-fight-in-dallas-to-skewer-american-airlines-n1717181<![CDATA[Jimmy Lai may be the richest political prisoner in the world. Worth over $1 billion when the Hong Kong Provisional Government jailed him in 2020, Lai had started several lucrative businesses throughout Asia before becoming a media mogul with his Apple Daily newspaper. Since his imprisonment, the Chinese government has continued to push the boundaries of international law in order to perpetuate its persecution of Lai and others for the crime of protesting for their human rights.]]>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:52:37 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[ccp]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[China protests]]><![CDATA[hong kong]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/07/24/as-chinas-international-behavior-worsens-jimmy-lai-languishes-in-jail-n1713146<![CDATA[A troubling trend has emerged among Republican Party committees in a few key states that could cause trouble for candidates facing off with Democrats in 2024. In addition to the strife in Oregon, the Republican Party in Michigan, Nebraska, and Arizona have also faced significant turbulence. This has led to poor fundraising, infighting, and an uphill climb in building the grassroots army needed to defeat Democrats. The disarray in these states could signal bad news for Republicans at all levels, right up to the presidential election.]]>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 18:03:39 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[2024 Election]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[GOP]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Republican]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/07/10/state-republican-party-committees-in-disarray-in-key-states-as-2024-nears-n1709294<![CDATA[In his weekly show on Fox, &#8220;Life, Liberty, and Levin,&#8221; Mark Levin opened his show this Sunday breathing fire in his monologue. Levin started by calling the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland a rogue operation, controlled by the Democrat party and the radical left. By the time he got to the first commercial break, one could almost see smoke wafting in the studio. Levin&#8217;s anger at the weaponization of the federal government under Biden and Garland has clearly caused him grave concern for the future of the republic. &#8220;If we don&#8217;t BREAK THE BACK of the Department of Justice,&#8221; he declared, &#8220;it will destroy this country!&#8221;]]>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:13:31 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Department of Justice]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Mark Levin]]><![CDATA[Merrick Garland]]><![CDATA[two-tiered justice]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/07/10/mark-levin-goes-nuclear-we-must-break-the-back-of-the-doj-n1709453<![CDATA[The Oregon Republican Party (ORP) has a long history of failing to make a dent, allowing the state of Oregon to fall further into the blue abyss. Now, not only is ORP not even trying anymore, but it&#8217;s also on the verge of complete collapse. With fines piling up from the Secretary of State and a looming investigation by the Federal Election Commission (FEC), ORP and Oregon as a whole would benefit from someone in a position of authority staging an intervention to stop further harm to the party.]]>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:47:14 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[2024 Election]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[RNC]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/06/27/the-oregon-republican-party-needs-an-intervention-n1706424<![CDATA[Yesterday in my PJ Media column, I discussed Mark Levin&#8217;s rant opening monologue on Life, Liberty, and Levin over the weekend, which covered the debt ceiling negotiations and his proposal to fix our broken government with an Article V convention. Levin read us some very frightening passages from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) report, The Nation&#8217;s Fiscal Health, released in May. He reached the conclusion that our system has become broken and corrupt, and Congress has no will or incentive to fix our deeply rooted problems. That&#8217;s why, he posited, the debt ceiling negotiations between Speaker McCarthy and President Biden didn&#8217;t matter, despite the breathless media coverage and deep state spin that the end of the world was nigh. Levin correctly pointed out that nobody pays attention to the real problem that has plagued us for a decade and a half, across presidential administrations and speakerships and senate leadership from both parties — the absolutely insane level of peacetime spending that has never before happened in America.]]>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:04:01 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Constitution]]><![CDATA[Mark Levin]]><![CDATA[PJ Media VIP]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/06/06/pj-media-readers-weigh-in-on-debt-ceiling-and-article-v-n1700943<![CDATA[On Life, Liberty, and Levin on Sunday, Mark Levin used his opening monologue to reveal some sobering truths about the coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations by the legacy media. He cited reports by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the trustees of the Social Security system that show that federal spending has gone completely insane. Levin calls it frightening. Notably, Levin points out that all the reports he cited came from the Executive Branch, controlled by the Biden administration. He openly questions whether anyone in Congress bothered to read the reports, never mind the upper echelons of the Biden administration, and concludes our federal government has become irrevocably broken.]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:49:54 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Constitution]]><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]><![CDATA[Mark Levin]]><![CDATA[National Debt]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/06/05/mark-levin-explains-why-the-debt-ceiling-negotiations-didnt-matter-the-system-is-broken-n1700734<![CDATA[The annals of conservative politics in Oregon have featured decades of failure punctuated by rare wins. Through it all, petty factional bickering about who&#8217;s to blame has derailed attempts to consolidate efforts, build an effective team, and elect Republicans. Now, dissident elements in the Oregon Republican Party (ORP) have floated a hare-brained scheme to recall the national committeeman, Solomon Yue. In a letter to the state party chairman, Yue&#8217;s lawyer, Vance Day, blasted the recall attempt as a gross violation of the party bylaws that should not move forward.]]>Mon, 29 May 2023 20:18:04 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Republicans]]><![CDATA[RNC]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/05/29/oregon-republican-party-embarks-on-embarrassing-recall-of-its-rnc-representative-n1698926<![CDATA[On April 4, nearly 100 Floridians went to the capitol in Tallahassee for a rally in support of Convention of States Action. Activists from around the state gathered to further their goal to call a convention of the states to propose constitutional amendments to rein in the out-of-control federal government. In the process, the people involved in this effort have created what they call the largest grassroots army in America&#8217;s history with a focus on returning America to its founding principle of self-governance.]]>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 14:54:56 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/04/05/convention-of-states-florida-holds-successful-rally-in-tally-n1684803<![CDATA[As PJ Media&#8217;s Rick Moran reported, the Chicago mayoral runoff on April 4 went the way of the teachers unions, which drove a massive turnout campaign for their anointed radical candidate:]]>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:35:08 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Baltimore]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Lori Lightfoot]]><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]><![CDATA[Portland]]><![CDATA[San Francisco]]><![CDATA[St. Louis]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/04/05/as-the-chicago-mayoral-election-proves-blue-cities-have-become-modern-day-jonestowns-n1684728<![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal released a poll over the weekend showing, in stark relief, how the values of individual Americans have changed in 25 years. Many pundits have written this week on the implications for the survival of a nation that no longer views itself as exceptional, a society in which most people don&#8217;t believe in a higher power beyond themselves, and a world in which the ideas of community involvement and having children no longer inspire citizens to do something larger than their individual concerns.]]>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:16:41 -0400<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[biden administration]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[obamacare]]><![CDATA[Russia Hoax]]><![CDATA[Trump]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/03/28/decline-in-american-values-is-the-defining-trait-of-the-obama-generation-n1682152<![CDATA[If one attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) enough, one learns to navigate and network. Speakers mingle with attendees and media types in an ebb and flow of human tides, in bars and hospitality suites and the lobby bar, with the prevailing currents producing opportunities to get to know thought leaders and policymakers on a personal basis. Such has been the case with Gordon Chang, whom I&#8217;ve gotten to know pretty well over the past few years.]]>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 17:24:02 -0500<![CDATA[Jeff Reynolds]]><![CDATA[Border Security]]><![CDATA[ccp]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Fentanyl]]>https://pjmedia.com/jeff-reynolds/2023/03/04/gordon-changs-cpac-speech-paints-the-targets-in-americas-war-with-china-n1675646