https://pjmedia.com/author/victoria-taft/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 17:33:39 -0400<![CDATA[Every so often, the same bunch of people from the same socialist clan bring their "I Hate Donald Trump" signs to our rural area and attempt to get noticed by the passersby, who sometimes accommodate them with a honk of approval. On one day it's "No Kings," on another it's "No ICE," on another it's "We Love the Mullahs," and the next — well, who knows? They haven't gotten their instructions yet.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:27:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/04/08/heres-why-at-the-brink-iran-blinked-n4951573<![CDATA[We have found the Democrats' evil king. After millions and maybe even billions spent from Neville Roy Singham's pocket and a handful of Saturday protests in search of the "king" to guillotine, French Revolution style, we have found the man who has been crowned the "King of Fraud."&nbsp;]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:59:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Medicaid]]><![CDATA[SNAP]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/04/03/west-coast-messed-coast-feds-huge-bust-of-california-fraudsters-leaves-gavin-newsom-big-mad-n4951411<![CDATA[Here's why it's dangerous right now to take a shivery, barefoot, cold plunge in the wintry waters of Puget Sound: Democrats. Welcome to the West Coast, Messed Coast™ report, where every day is an IQ Test, and leftists keep failing.]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:21:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/27/west-coast-messed-coast-another-no-kings-psy-op-weekend-n4951133<![CDATA[There's a reason reporters capitalize the words Election Day in their stories, why Election Day is on every American calendar, and why it is emblematic of a single day by which you must deliver your ballot to the vote counters. The problem is, a dozen U.S. states have all sorts of cockamamie rules for when voters must get their ballots into the elections office, and it turns out that Election Day is not that day. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be leaning in favor of making Election Day great again — or at least making it a day again.]]>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Justice Samuel Alito]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Justice Sonia Sotomayor]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/23/watch-out-the-supreme-court-seems-ready-to-make-election-day-great-again-n4950978<![CDATA[Here's a pro-tip for lazy attorneys: If you never want to suffer such an excruciatingly embarrassing moment as this in any court, much less a state supreme court, then don't outsource your case to ChatGPT.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/23/watch-prosecutor-get-caught-by-judge-in-real-time-for-completely-making-up-her-case-n4950964<![CDATA[Donald Trump just dipsey-doodled the Democrats.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:51:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Border Security]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[TSA]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/23/the-complete-brilliance-of-trumps-payback-to-dems-for-defunding-tsa-is-leaving-left-in-fits-n4950955<![CDATA["You are Trouble Man!" a heavily-accented woman yelled as Nick Shirley stood at the door of her alleged "daycare" center in San Diego. Would she answer any questions? No. Will she take your money, California? Oh, absolutely.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/20/west-coast-messed-coast-nick-shirley-to-gavin-newsom-why-dont-you-have-a-seat-right-over-there-n4950873<![CDATA[In 2022, a state audit of California hospice licensure and oversight found that there were “numerous indicators” that “large-scale hospice fraud” was happening in Los Angeles County. The fix was for the legislature to set up a fraud and abuse task force. Renewed reporting from independent journalist Nick Shirley shows that the fraud is "frauding" at unprecedented levels.]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Medicare]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/18/nick-shirley-exposes-la-countys-wildly-high-number-of-people-dying-in-hospice-scams-n4950798<![CDATA[Another West Coast, Messed Coast™ city has voted to destroy the traditional Western family. And if, after reading this, you don't believe it, then you've failed the test of pattern recognition.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Black Lives Matter]]><![CDATA[Marxism]]><![CDATA[Sanctuary Cities]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/18/another-american-city-votes-to-destroy-the-nuclear-family-n4950785<![CDATA[So much corruption exists here that you can't unsee it. All along the West Coast, Messed Coast™ the Demotaurs in power have devoured billions of dollars, all while demolishing citizens' trust. The Demotaurs' sanity is eaten away by hubris and greed.]]>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:41:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/13/west-coast-messed-coast-demo-taur-devours-billions-demolishes-trust-n4950606<![CDATA[Washington state Democrats are magicians! In the time it takes to say&nbsp;abracadabra, they made millions upon millions of dollars disappear just like that!]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Boeing]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Jeff Bezos]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/11/washington-state-income-tax-n4950536<![CDATA[These acts of voter fraud and voter impersonation are so in-your-face that even the&nbsp;California Secretary of State's office&nbsp;says it will investigate. And it's another reason why U.S. senators MUST pass the Save America Act to demand voter identification, citizenship proof such as a birth certificate, and voter roll checks to tie a living person to a vote.]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/11/curious-about-how-voter-fraud-works-watch-this-happening-in-california-n4950528<![CDATA[You'd think that a governor in charge of what used to be the lodestar for K-12 education, California, and who claims that he "can't read" because of his recently-mentioned dyslexia, would be the least bit curious about why Mississippi students outperform his state's kids in reading. Gavin Newsom's comments to podcasters this week, however, reveal no self-reflection, and no insights into why his state's students can't read, or compute, or understand the world around them. In fact, he appears incurious about it.&nbsp;]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:48:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Mississippi]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/07/youd-think-a-guy-who-cant-read-would-want-to-know-why-mississippi-schools-beat-californias-n4950360<![CDATA[You know there's a bad end coming when the story starts: Once upon a time in the Tenderloin.&nbsp;]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:45:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Oregon]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/06/west-coast-messed-coast-beta-mayor-skulks-off-as-san-fran-homeless-attack-his-security-n4950323<![CDATA[Saying that this decision sends "a powerful message that the Constitution still protects families, and California schools are not above the law," parents and teachers in California have won a "monumental" ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court, halting California schools from secretly transitioning children and hiding the information from parents until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issues its final decision.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:02:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/02/breaking-supreme-court-makes-huge-ruling-on-california-schools-secret-sex-changes-for-kids-n4950164<![CDATA[If Gavin Newsom is going to try to flex on Donald Trump, he'd better be wearing a cup. Over the weekend, Newsom's attempt to one-up the president boomeranged so badly it came back to hit him in the nads. Oof.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:56:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/02/gavin-newsoms-troll-of-donald-trump-spectacularly-boomerangs-and-hits-him-in-the-nads-n4950130<![CDATA[I remember the times when we laughed and rolled our eyes about these insipid local TV stories that highlighted the "disease of the week," &nbsp;"crime of the week," and "scam of the week." They were ratings extravaganzas, of course.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:02:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/02/this-is-what-theocracy-looks-like-robots-who-staged-anti-policeteslakingsicejews-protests-are-back-n4950119<![CDATA[Before all the signs, bricks, and whistles are placed in the hands of malign actors at NGO-sponsored “protests” planned in Seattle, New York, and elsewhere over the joint Israel–America strikes on Iran, we need to have a talk. Before the sounds of drum circles, whistles, and "Orange Man Bad" dozens take hold in the media, you take a seat for a minute. We've got 47 years to cover in our short window, but I'll make it quick.&nbsp;]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:16:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Islamic Jihad]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/03/01/lets-take-a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-irans-mullahs-n4950097<![CDATA[Democrats were outraged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wore masks while arresting illegal alien criminals inside the U.S. and, as a result, slashed the budget for the entire Department of Homeland Security. This government shutdown continues today, even as threats against the United States grow. It persists as Democrats’ President Autopen’s open-border policies allowed all manner of jihadists, weirdos, pedophiles, and even innocent child slaves to vanish within what are now hardened U.S. borders.]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:58:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Border Patrol]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[TSA]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/02/28/great-time-to-defund-department-of-homeland-security-democrats-n4950094<![CDATA[Persians across the world are "dancing in the streets" over the West's attack on the mullahs and instigating regime change in Iran. That's what we're hearing. Is this true?&nbsp;]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 13:55:00 -0500<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/02/28/are-iranians-really-dancing-in-the-streets-over-wests-attack-on-ayatollahs-n4950080