https://pjmedia.com/author/matt-margolis/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-usTue, 26 May 2026 15:19:41 -0400<![CDATA[The Democrat Party managed to do something remarkable this Memorial Day: post something so offensive that one of its own senators publicly condemned it.]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:19:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Tammy Duckworth]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/26/democrats-forced-to-delete-their-disgusting-memorial-day-post-n4953246<![CDATA[Memorial Day exists for one reason: to honor the men and women who died in service to this country. It is a solemn, sacred day, the one day a year we set aside not to celebrate veterans broadly, but to mourn and remember those who gave everything.]]>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:13:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Jacob Frey]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/25/democrat-honors-george-floyd-on-memorial-day-n4953232<![CDATA[DNI Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down as director of national intelligence at the end of June, but the radical left had better be afraid of what will happen in her final weeks.]]>Sun, 24 May 2026 14:02:14 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard]]><![CDATA[Russian Collusion Hoax]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/24/tulsi-gabbard-teases-major-bombshell-before-leaving-trump-administration-n4953206<![CDATA[On Saturday, a man opened fire at a White House security checkpoint, firing multiple shots and triggering a lockdown at one of the most heavily guarded sites in the world.]]>Sun, 24 May 2026 11:17:10 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/24/heres-what-we-know-about-the-white-house-gunman-n4953202<![CDATA[Disney has made one of the most ridiculous legal arguments in recent memory: that The View is a legitimate news program.]]>Sun, 24 May 2026 08:17:59 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[ABC News]]><![CDATA[The View]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/24/disney-makes-the-most-hilarious-claim-about-the-view-n4953199<![CDATA[Graham Platner may be running for the U.S. Senate. He'd rather run from his past — and, of course, the reporters asking about it.]]>Sun, 24 May 2026 06:57:12 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/24/graham-platner-wont-apologize-for-his-offensive-posts-n4953197<![CDATA[Gunshots were reported outside the White House on Saturday evening of May 23, 2026, prompting an immediate lockdown while President Donald Trump was inside amid ongoing Iran peace negotiations.]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 19:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/23/shots-fired-outside-the-white-house-n4953190<![CDATA[I’m sure nobody gave Spencer Pratt much of a chance when he first jumped into the Los Angeles mayoral race. He was the reality TV guy, the novelty candidate, the one you watch for entertainment and then forget on Election Day. But something unexpected happened: voters started paying attention, and they realized he was a serious candidate offering serious solutions when, frankly, the current leadership has failed them.]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 15:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/23/karen-bass-is-definitely-panicking-over-spencer-pratts-fundraising-n4953184<![CDATA[Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) filed an impeachment resolution Thursday against Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. I guess we should just add it to the pile of impeachment resolutions Democrats have filed against President Donald Trump and members of his administration, right?]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 10:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/23/this-is-what-the-democrats-push-to-impeach-chief-justice-roberts-is-really-about-n4953173<![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld had some thoughts on the Democratic National Committee's 2024 election autopsy. Characteristically, he didn't hold back.]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/23/greg-gutfelds-reaction-to-the-dncs-2024-election-autopsy-was-epic-n4953171<![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as Director of National Intelligence.]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:31:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/22/tulsi-gabbard-steps-down-as-dni-n4953152<![CDATA[House Democrats just killed a bill to build a Smithsonian American Women's History Museum on the National Mall. Can you guess the reason why?]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]><![CDATA[Women's Sports]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/22/democrats-vote-against-a-womens-history-museum-can-you-guess-why-n4953151<![CDATA[The FBI released preliminary crime data for 2025, and the numbers are stunning. Violent crime fell at a rate not seen in nearly a century, and the man overseeing the bureau is the same one the left has been trying to torch for months.]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 09:29:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Kash Patel]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/22/the-left-tried-to-destroy-kash-patel-crime-data-just-vindicated-him-n4953137<![CDATA[The DNC has finally released its 2024 election autopsy, and if you were hoping for a moment of genuine Democratic self-reflection, prepare to be disappointed.]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/21/he-dncs-2024-autopsy-is-here-and-oh-boy-its-a-dumpster-fire-n4953116<![CDATA[John Fetterman’s chief of staff, Cabelle St. John, resigned on Wednesday, according to a source who spoke to Axios. She had been with the Pennsylvania Democrat since he first arrived in Washington roughly three-and-a-half years ago and was elevated to chief of staff in 2025.]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 10:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[John Fetterman]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/21/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-john-fetterman-n4953103<![CDATA[A LEGO-style campaign ad supporting Spencer Pratt for Los Angeles mayor went viral last week because it turned the city’s public safety collapse into a blunt, darkly comic takedown of Mayor Karen Bass’s leadership. The ad’s mix of crime imagery, homelessness, drug-use scenes, and wildfire symbolism made it an amazingly memorable political ad.]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:08:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/21/another-brilliant-ad-for-spencer-pratt-n4953098<![CDATA[House Republicans are heading into the 2026 midterm cycle with record-breaking cash and a shrinking battlefield. Despite the polls and the narrative being pushed by the mainstream media, Republicans seem to have momentum that Democrats appear unable to match. And Democrats can’t spin this, no matter how hard they try.]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:17 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/20/democrats-might-want-to-press-the-panic-button-over-the-midterms-now-n4953083<![CDATA[During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) laid out what he called a deliberate decision by the Biden Justice Department to abandon an active investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center. He argued the organization had become embedded so deeply into the Justice Dept.'s operations that prosecuting it would have meant prosecuting one of the DOJ's own political allies.]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:02:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/20/bidens-doj-protected-splc-from-scrutiny-dropped-doj-investigation-n4953074<![CDATA[Stephen Colbert's final episode airs Thursday night, and Greg Gutfeld had some thoughts.]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:17:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Greg Gutfeld]]><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/20/gutfeld-torches-colberts-legacy-on-the-way-out-the-door-n4953060<![CDATA[A 75-page manifesto linked to 17-year-old Cain Clark and 19-year-old Caleb Vasquez, the two suspects in the Islamic Center of San Diego shooting, has answered the question everyone was asking: why? The document, now in the hands of law enforcement, paints a detailed and deeply disturbing picture of the two young men.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:24:10 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Islam]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/05/19/now-we-know-the-mosque-shooters-motivations-n4953043