https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/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-usMon, 20 Jul 2026 20:00:55 -0400<![CDATA[Now that you've read the headline, I'll show you the numbers, and you'll probably say, "OH NO WAY!"]]>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:28:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/20/can-elon-musk-really-put-one-million-data-center-satellites-in-orbit-n4955251<![CDATA[Following King Charles III's formal request to form a new government on Monday, new U.K. Labour Leader Andy Burnham takes Keir Starmer's place as Britain's next worst prime minister ever. "I now pass the baton to Andy Burnham, I wish him every success. He has my full support," Starmer said to anyone still listening.]]>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Keir Starmer]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]><![CDATA[Andy Burnham]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/20/come-meet-britains-next-worst-prime-minister-ever-n4955247<![CDATA[Russia has a money problem, and while it isn't unusual — the Kremlin wants to spend more than it takes in — increasing wartime pressures have the country's richest moving their riches out of the country.]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:09:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/16/follow-the-money-out-of-russia-n4955115<![CDATA[If you haven't burned to a crisp or choked to death already in this year's record-breaking global wildfires, give it a minute — at least to hear the media report it.]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:40:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Canada]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[Colorado]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/16/catastrophe-the-whole-world-is-not-on-fire-n4955108<![CDATA[There is so much more riding on Starship Flight Test 13 than the first 20 functional Starlink V3 satellites, which are designed to deliver fiber-like internet speeds anywhere on land, air, or sea.]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/15/heres-whats-riding-on-thursdays-starship-flight-test-n4955055<![CDATA["We need to set the age at which they can, the children can, legally access social media," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this week, which translates into American (via bad Japanese translation) as "All your screen are belong to us."]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Big Tech]]><![CDATA[European Union]]><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]><![CDATA[TikTok]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/14/turns-out-big-brother-is-actually-a-matronly-euro-scold-n4955019<![CDATA[Having won the battle for bike lanes in the city, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition's dwindling membership wants to make sure you don't accidentally get a minority killed by the cops. So, think twice about reporting bike theft, comrades!]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:47:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/14/bike-lanes-and-the-path-to-tyranny-n4955011<![CDATA[Operation Crimea Switch Off is Ukraine's attempt to make the jewel of Vladimir Putin's eye — the strategic Crimea peninsula — nearly uninhabitable, and its escalation against Russian shipping in recent days has proven remarkably effective. Late last week, Moscow ordered the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia and Russian-occupied southern Ukraine shut and has yet to reopen it.]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:35:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Russia]]><![CDATA[Ukraine]]><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]><![CDATA[Volodymyr Zelensky]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/13/ukraine-new-naval-strategy-is-brilliantly-simple-n4954975<![CDATA[You know it's tough times in the entertainment biz when two of the oldest and most storied studios in Hollywood are forced into the merger-and-acquisition tango in hopes that they can both stay afloat. But it's a sign of something even crazier when the buyer threatens to leave Hollywood to escape the state's regulatory noose.]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:48:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Entertainment]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Hollywood]]><![CDATA[Rob Bonta]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/13/placeholder-headline-n4954963<![CDATA[When you read that a city spent nearly a million dollars on a sidewalk, you probably figure that it must be one pretty long sidewalk, be made out of ethically sourced artisanal concrete, or maybe feature safety rails (I dunno) made from gold-pressed latinum.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:12:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/09/come-meet-californias-million-dollar-eco-friendly-sidewalk-square-n4954835<![CDATA[When is a mea culpa not a mea culpa? Probably when the New York Times does it mostly in secret.]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]><![CDATA[Terrorism]]><![CDATA[The New York Times]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/09/shock-report-the-new-york-times-almost-has-standards-n4954828<![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[Samsung, the South Korean maker of everything from computer chips to 320,000-ton crude oil carriers, on Monday reported an almost incomprehensible 1,800% jump in operating profits over last year. So naturally, investors today shouted "SELL!" and drove shares down a not-insignificant 7%.]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Meta]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/07/did-the-ai-bubble-just-spring-a-leak-when-nobody-was-looking-n4954762<![CDATA[Far be it from me to pick on a young and inexperienced new mayor still learning the ins and outs of big-city governance, but New York's Zohran Mamdani is a loathsome Commie-Islamist, so that's exactly what I'm going to do.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Green Energy]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/07/new-yorkers-already-mad-at-mamdani-and-hes-just-getting-started-n4954757<![CDATA[Amid rumors of yet another social media scandal set to drop, Neo-Nazi Demi-Commie Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is reportedly preparing to exit the race against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:40:35 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Maine]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Susan Collins]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/06/is-platner-out-n4954732<![CDATA[It's been more than 50 years since the New York Daily News reported that President Gerald Ford would veto any bailout for the city's endless red ink with the headline, "Ford to City: Drop Dead." Ford never said exactly that, of course, but the headline created such a backlash that Ford backed down a few months later, putting his signature on $2.3 billion worth of emergency loans. That's about $14.3 billion in 2026 money — a very nice little bailout, indeed.]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:26:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/06/new-york-bodega-owners-to-city-drop-dead-n4954714<![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom, perhaps best described as "seven lying serpents in a skinsuit," just told a lie so big that even my jaded self had to sit back, take a sip of coffee, and admire the handiwork of whoever steam-cleaned the soul out of his body.]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]><![CDATA[Inflation]]><![CDATA[Ron DeSantis]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/07/01/is-this-gavin-newsoms-biggest-lie-ever-n4954558<![CDATA[Maybe you've heard of Rocket Lab, the scrappy New Zealand-based launch company whose innovative Electron small-lift rocket quickly became one of the most popular in U.S. service, thanks to its high success rate and rapid launch cadence. Except for nerds like me paying close attention to the launch industry, Rocket Lab gets a little lost in SpaceX's shadow. But that might be about to change with the company's multibillion-dollar acquisition.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:05:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Space]]><![CDATA[SpaceX]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/30/this-scrappy-little-rocket-company-just-made-a-big-play-against-elon-musk-n4954527<![CDATA[I never thought I'd live to see the day that big-city blue-enclave Democrats would slash a local department's budget — and cut it three years in a row. Such a rare event should start your antennae twitching, especially when you learn that it happened in Karen Bass' Los Angeles.]]>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/30/finally-a-budget-democrats-will-cut-the-guy-who-investigates-fraud-n4954516<![CDATA["The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America," read the very first sentence of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution defining the executive branch of the United States government. "And it means what it says," the Supreme Court basically ruled Monday morning in a little case called Trump v. Slaughter.]]>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/29/scotus-the-chief-executive-is-you-know-like-the-chief-executive-n4954482