https://pjmedia.com/diaryofamadvoter/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-usTue, 14 Apr 2026 02:34:16 -0400<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:14:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/04/13/the-morning-briefing-just-wondering-how-long-adam-schiff-gets-to-lie-about-well-everything-n4951759<![CDATA[After America’s successful Moon flyby, the race for space is entering a new and more intense phase. Who will be the first to return to the lunar surface — the United States or China?]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rainer Zitelmann]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/rainerzitelmann/2026/04/13/can-china-still-win-the-second-race-to-the-moon-n4951734<![CDATA[Last month, at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., a gunman opened fire in a classroom full of ROTC cadets. He killed the ROTC instructor and injured two others before several cadets subdued him — with one cadet using a knife to stab him to death.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:03:16 -0400<![CDATA[Amy Swearer]]><![CDATA[Firearms]]><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]>https://pjmedia.com/amy-swearer/2026/04/13/gun-control-advocates-to-victims-just-bring-a-knife-to-the-gunfight-n4951751<![CDATA[The Democratic Party has become an insane asylum, and no one can distinguish the inmates from the orderlies. &nbsp;]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Kevin Downey Jr.]]>https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/04/13/goobah-gahba-democrats-have-become-a-freakshow-n4951757<![CDATA[One of the most corrupt, mendacious, treacherous Democrats in Congress is resigning amid allegations of a massive slew of sexual assault, leaked information, and immigration violations.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:55:52 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/13/breaking-eric-swalwell-resigns-from-congress-n4951761<![CDATA[California Democrats are peeved that independent journalist Nick Shirley and others like him are making them look bad. They can't have Americans know that Gavin Newsom's party has lost billions in tax dollars. They plan to hide their lies so Nick Shirley and other indy journalists can't report the grift.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/04/13/california-democrats-find-a-way-to-shut-up-critics-outlaw-them-n4951756<![CDATA[The Republic of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa is once again offering the United States a military base in a strategic area with access to critical minerals, this time reminding the USA that this could be the perfect foothold from which to counter terrorist operations from the Iranian regime and the Houthis.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:05:50 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Africa]]><![CDATA[Houthis]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Rare Earth Minerals]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/13/somaliland-offers-us-a-base-as-anti-iran-anti-houthis-foothold-n4951758<![CDATA[Eric Swalwell is out of the California governor's race, and Democrats want you to believe they did the right thing and are rushing to position themselves as the party of accountability. Don't buy it.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:31:26 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Adam Schiff]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/13/confirmed-democrats-knew-swalwell-was-a-creepy-predator-n4951760<![CDATA[This morning at 4 am, something not unusual (for me) happened: I woke with an insight after falling asleep mid-chapter reading C.S. Lewis’s Space Trilogy. Ransom, his main character, was based on J.R.R. Tolkien, and I had been having a conversation with Professor Tolkien in my sleep.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jamie K. Wilson]]>https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2026/04/13/uglification-as-control-the-assault-on-beauty-n4951754<![CDATA[New York City’s Communist Twelver Shi’ite mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has begun constructing his cult of personality, and that was only to be expected. Every socialist leader has to have one.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/13/comrade-mamdani-gets-to-work-on-his-cult-of-personality-n4951755<![CDATA[Carrie Underwood is no stranger to standing up for what she believes in.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/04/13/carrie-underwoods-message-for-christian-musicians-n4951696<![CDATA[Whenever a false accusation starts circulating that Israelis have deliberately bombed some religious building in Lebanon or Gaza, the West freaks out. But I have yet to see a firestorm of outrage over Hezbollah directly hitting a historic Byzantine church that Israeli authorities were working hard to preserve.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:15:22 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Gaza]]><![CDATA[Israel]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/13/hezbollah-rocket-hits-byzantine-church-israelis-were-preserving-n4951746<![CDATA[When Joe Biden was installed as president, he wanted one thing more than almost anything else: to be remembered as the president who beat COVID. His strategy was simple: go all in on pushing the COVID vaccines — the same vaccines he said before the election shouldn’t be trusted. Be that as it may, his decision to put all of his chips on pushing the vaccines forced his administration to make some very shady decisions.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[FDA]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/13/new-documents-expose-another-biden-administration-covid-vaccine-cover-up-n4951748<![CDATA["20 years ago Colorado was a Red state and thriving," the State Leadership Initiative posted late last week. "10 years ago liberals were writing pieces about how Colorado was the next Silicon Valley." And now CBS News reports that "Colorado is losing businesses and jobs at an alarming rate."]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Colorado]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Jared Polis]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/04/13/the-californication-of-colorado-is-complete-n4951741<![CDATA[In Hebrew, the word "dvarim" means both "words" and "things,” and it is a recognition that words have consequences; that they are real "things" and that the statement about "sticks and stones" is actually not true, words can cause harm, and can cause healing as well. It is why we should always be careful about what we say and how we say it.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:44:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Vatican]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/04/13/rabbi-michael-barclays-iran-war-update-for-april-13-n4951737<![CDATA[Hello and welcome, dear reader, to Monday, April 13, 2026. Today is International FND Awareness Day (Functional Neurological Disorder), National Make Lunch Count Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, Scrabble Day, Thomas Jefferson Day (it’s his birthday), and International Plant Appreciation Day.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:13:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/04/13/the-blockade-of-the-blockade-n4951747<![CDATA[From tourist visas to work permits to lawful resident status to investigations into illegal alien employment, it is obvious that our entire immigration system is in crying need of reform. The number of criminals and terrorists who come into the country on tourist visas or false refugee claims and stay for decades to commit crimes is absolutely horrifying.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Kentucky]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/13/attempted-murderer-was-in-us-on-tourist-visa-and-abusive-pastor-was-illegal-alien-for-20-years-n4951738<![CDATA[Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has newly declassified documents revealing that the 2019 Donald Trump impeachment scam was based on the testimony of a&nbsp;Democrat liar.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Adam Schiff]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/13/key-witness-in-2019-trump-impeachment-was-an-admitted-lefty-liar-declassified-docs-n4951744<![CDATA[If you were to celebrate the Tucson Pride Festival this past February, you were out of luck. Organizers of Tucson Pride had to dissolve their organization and cancel the annual festival, which for some reason wasn’t held during national Pride Month, which is in June.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Tim O'Brien]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]><![CDATA[LGBTQ+]]>https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/04/13/pride-month-aint-what-theythem-used-to-be-sponsors-are-fleeing-n4951743<![CDATA[Just about any two-bit imitation of John Wayne has him calling somebody “Pilgrim.” His first and most famous use of that epithet was directed at the newly arrived lawyer from back east named Ransom Stoddard (played to perfection by Jimmy Stewart) in John Ford’s classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.&nbsp;Stoddard is indeed a “Pilgrim,” for he has brought more than law books to this untamed part of the West.]]>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Churchill Barrow]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[First Amendment]]><![CDATA[Free Speech]]><![CDATA[History]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-barrow/2026/04/13/the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance-a-western-allegory-of-americas-founding-n4951745