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Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 08 Jul 2026 16:50:47 -0400<![CDATA[Taxpayer-funded daycares are so rife with fraud in Minnesota that there are 436 open investigations related to daycare fraud in just that one state.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:30:15 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/08/theres-436-fraud-investigations-into-minnesota-daycares-n4954800<![CDATA[President Donald Trump humiliated an MS NOW reporter at a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, taking her attempt to ask a question as license to rhetorically devastate the “failing network.” &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rudy Takala]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[MSNBC]]>https://pjmedia.com/rudy-takala/2026/07/08/watch-trump-humiliates-ms-now-reporter-at-ankara-presser-n4954802<![CDATA[Public figures don't usually announce a break with their old world. They drift first, test language, and find out what their new audience rewards. Then one day the old followers look up and wonder when skepticism became obsession, when criticism became conspiracy, and when a commentator they trusted began giving shelter to claims they once would've rejected.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Holocaust]]><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/08/why-candace-owens-and-tucker-carlson-took-the-strange-road-n4954803<![CDATA[Texas has been in a battle for economic supremacy for decades. Under Gov. Greg Abbott's leadership, the Lone Star State economy has grown from $1.59 trillion in January 2015 to $2.9 trillion in December 2025. Texas ranks second only to California's $4.3 trillion GDP in these united states. Globally, Texas surpasses Russia, Italy, and Brazil when it comes to economic activity. According to the International Monetary Fund of 2025, the Texas economy outpaced eight of the top ten countries.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:37:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ashley McCully]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Texas]]><![CDATA[Trade]]>https://pjmedia.com/ashleymccully/2026/07/08/yall-street-texas-stock-exchange-to-open-friday-for-public-trading-n4954793<![CDATA[Everyone has something to say about Graham Platner’s implosion. Democrats are basically saying it’s time for him to go, while conservatives are sitting pretty wondering what took them so long.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:29:04 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/08/greg-gutfelds-epic-takedown-of-graham-platner-is-the-best-thing-youll-see-all-week-n4954799<![CDATA[As PJ Media's Catherine Saldago wrote about this morning, Donald Trump resumed bombing Iranian targets on Wednesday morning in response to Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[NATO]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/07/08/trump-calls-iranian-leaders-scum-but-talks-will-continue-n4954797<![CDATA[The toughest thing to do right now in Democratic politics is to stop a socialist from becoming the presidential nominee.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Aaron Hanscom]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]>https://pjmedia.com/aaron-hanscom/2026/07/08/bernie-rising-is-sanders-becoming-a-2028-frontrunner-n4954767<![CDATA[This is a really big deal: It’s the Democrats' third brand change in the last 50 years. Yet this change is dramatically different from the other two.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:17:52 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/07/08/good-news-is-platner-just-killed-the-democrats-brand-bad-news-is-youre-gonna-hate-what-replace-it-n4954798<![CDATA[I know you will be totally shocked, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just arrested yet another foreigner who voted illegally in multiple elections.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:50:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/08/ice-arrests-foreigner-who-voted-twice-in-us-elections-n4954796<![CDATA[Wild theories about Charlie Kirk's assassination just imploded.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]><![CDATA[Utah]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/07/08/charlie-kirk-conspiracy-theories-suddenly-disappear-with-this-one-amazing-trick-n4954789<![CDATA[Hello and welcome, my friends, to Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Today is National Freezer Pop Day, National Blueberry Day, National Chocolate with Almonds Day, and Be a Kid Again Day. That last is a holiday we can share with goats.&nbsp;]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/08/increasing-democrat-apathy-its-source-and-the-midterms-n4954790<![CDATA[Graham Platner was supposed to have dropped out by now. The news reports designed — yes, designed — to force him out of his seemingly doomed Senate campaign began dribbling out early Monday, initiating the 24 to 48-hour long kabuki performance leading to his inevitable resignation.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/08/platner-down-but-not-out-n4954786<![CDATA[U.S. forces have once again struck terrorist targets in Iran as the regime there makes it clear it prefers anything to peace. President Donald Trump is tired of the endless Iranian&nbsp;violations and says he no longer considers that American troops have a ceasefire against the “evil, sick” mullahs.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[National Security]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Turkey]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/08/us-bombs-iran-trump-recognizes-iranian-regime-doesnt-want-peace-n4954784<![CDATA[New York City's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was in an expansive mood when he appeared on ABC News’ This Week.&nbsp;He claimed, “We don’t have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins,” he said. “I won last November, and over the course of these last six months, what we’ve delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.”]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:53:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rick Moran]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/07/08/mamdani-crows-about-socialisms-success-but-its-capitalism-thats-keeping-his-city-afloat-n4954788<![CDATA[When the WHO announced it was trialing the first-ever treatment against the Bundibugyo ebola disease ravaging the Congo, the real tech behind the medicine didn’t come from the organization but from a San Diego pharma company, founded in 2003, called Mapp. Most lifesaving medicines are developed in the United States, which leads the world in drug patents and biotech pipelines. Other major research powerhouses include China, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Switzerland. Together with Germany and France, these nations supply the vast majority of medicines in the world today.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:47:00 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]><![CDATA[Africa]]><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[United Nations]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2026/07/08/belmont-club-the-utility-of-civilization-n4954783<![CDATA[Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been hospitalized since June 14 with an undisclosed health issue. He's missed two weeks of Senate votes, and his office has offered little more than vague assurances that he continues to improve. In the absence of credible information, rumors have been flying around Washington for days that he is unconscious in a hospital bed, or even brain-dead. These sure are wild times, but McConnell's team brought it on itself.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[John Barrasso]]><![CDATA[John Thune]]><![CDATA[Kentucky]]><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]><![CDATA[Senate]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/08/hes-alive-mcconnell-speaks-to-gop-leaders-n4954787<![CDATA[Democrats might have shouldered Spencer Pratt out of the Los Angeles mayoral race, but they only made him more determined to expose corruption in the city.]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/08/digging-up-dirt-spencer-pratt-launches-the-war-foundation-n4954773<![CDATA[America's enemies have never feared our committee hearings; they fear the sound of American factories waking up.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Economy]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/07/americas-factory-floor-is-still-its-greatest-superpower-n4954782<![CDATA[Top O' the Briefing]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:18:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Kruiser]]>https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/07/07/the-morning-briefing-i-keep-missing-the-cease-part-of-all-these-ceasefires-with-iran-n4954765<![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene has become useful in the one place that once treated her like the national emergency of the week. The former U.S. representative from Georgia went on The View and suggested the rape allegation against Graham Platner, the sociopathic Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, looked like an “establishment political hit job.”]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:42:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/07/the-left-doesnt-need-to-like-greene-it-just-needs-to-use-her-n4954780