https://pjmedia.com/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, 17 Aug 2026 19:28:45 -0400<![CDATA[From 2015 to 2017, the socialist Muslim Senate candidate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, was executive director and health officer of the Detroit Health Department. In that capacity, he was in charge of Detroit’s Animal Control operation at a time when that department was engaged in some highly questionable activities. El-Sayed has boasted about how he “rebuilt the animal control system,” but he actually seems to have left a wide swath of destruction in his wake. Amd this is not just a story about the ethical treatment of animals.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[Robert Spencer]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Islamic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed]]>https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/08/17/el-sayed-oversaw-animal-slaughterhouse-and-this-is-not-just-a-story-about-killing-dogs-n4956248<![CDATA[On Friday, the FBI released its "2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation" statistics, and it told a pretty interesting story, but the most important headline is this one: "Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936." &nbsp;&nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:39:02 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[USA]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/08/17/the-fbi-marks-the-largest-year-to-year-decline-in-violent-crime-since-n4956242<![CDATA[House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has a problem that looks a lot like an airplane cabin losing pressure. Warning lights are flashing, the air is getting thin, and red smoke is slipping through the vents.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:36:00 -0400<![CDATA[David Manney]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]>https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/08/17/democrats-are-holding-their-breath-as-the-big-tent-fills-with-red-smoke-n4956247<![CDATA[I’ve said for a long time that Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is more interested in pleasing far-left out-of-state donors than he is in the Georgians he’s supposed to be representing in the Senate, and recent machinations from his camp make that even more evident. It’s not hard to figure out that Ossoff has his eyes on a potential run for higher office.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:54:00 -0400<![CDATA[Chris Queen]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Georgia]]><![CDATA[Jon Ossoff]]><![CDATA[Mark Kelly]]>https://pjmedia.com/chris-queen/2026/08/17/jon-ossoff-sure-seems-to-think-hes-the-next-barack-obama-n4956241<![CDATA[If you pay attention to online reports about the Iran war, you've likely seen videos posted by renegade Iranians excitedly doing play-by-play of bombs falling on Iran's military installations in hopes that the end of the Islamist death cult is near.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:15:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Elon Musk]]><![CDATA[Fake News]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/08/17/tweaking-trumps-messaging-on-irans-mullahs-may-be-as-powerful-as-one-of-our-gu-57s-n4956233<![CDATA[Citizen investigators found that a single Minnesota county had more than 5% of its voter registrations authenticated via the vouching system, whereby any voter can vouch for up to eight other individuals without any additional vetting required.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:15:55 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/17/over-5-of-one-minnesota-countys-registrations-used-corrupt-vouching-authentification-n4956236<![CDATA[Here's your Shield of the Americas in action.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:46:20 -0400<![CDATA[Sarah Anderson]]><![CDATA[Cartels]]><![CDATA[DEA]]><![CDATA[Marco Rubio]]>https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/08/17/cjng-showed-up-somewhere-you-might-not-expect-it-didnt-go-well-n4956225<![CDATA[Declassified memos show that the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew more than a decade ago about a former Democrat representative’s illegal donations and his relationship with Chinese spy Fang Fang. And I wish we could expect to see any arrest of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) for this.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:59:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Eric Swalwell]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[National Security]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/17/fbi-knew-swalwell-had-illegal-chinese-ties-in-2014-n4956226<![CDATA[Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) looked at a new CBS News poll on Sunday and did not like what he saw. Democrats, according to the numbers, now like socialism more than they like capitalism. Fetterman's response was blunt, and it was glorious.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:58:51 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[John Fetterman]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/17/fetterman-trashes-socialism-in-his-party-n4956235<![CDATA[Shavuah tov. May this new week and new month bring a renewed sense of balance and harmony, and joy and peace to us, Israel, the U.S., and the world.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:49:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rabbi Michael Barclay]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Israel]]><![CDATA[Judaism]]>https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/08/17/rabbi-barclays-weekend-iran-updates-n4956222<![CDATA[In sales psychology, questions are more persuasive than statements — and it’s not even close. That’s because (scripted) questions can lead audiences towards a very specific conclusion, and our own conclusions are more credible than anyone else’s.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:34:12 -0400<![CDATA[Scott Pinsker]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Michigan]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed]]>https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/08/17/the-15-questions-we-dare-the-media-to-ask-michigan-nutjob-abdul-el-sayed-n4956234<![CDATA[Question: How can you tell when there's too much government? Don't worry, this isn't a rhetorical question. We'll answer that bad boy in the time it takes you to read this story.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Victoria Taft]]><![CDATA[Antifa]]><![CDATA[Fentanyl]]><![CDATA[Government Shutdown]]><![CDATA[Homelessness]]><![CDATA[Washington]]>https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/08/17/government-targets-seattle-group-for-cleaning-up-drug-gear-the-government-handed-out-n4956224<![CDATA[In the King James Version of the Bible — in Matthew 5:15-16 — Jesus says, “Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.”]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:01:00 -0400<![CDATA[Seton Motley]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Ohio]]>https://pjmedia.com/seton-motley-2/2026/08/17/is-ohio-dem-house-candidate-leonard-lying-to-keep-his-dsa-under-a-bushel-n4956232<![CDATA[The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from President Donald Trump in his rigged and costly abuse verdict.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:52:00 -0400<![CDATA[Catherine Salgado]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Judges]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]>https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/17/supreme-court-gives-trump-the-finger-on-abuse-verdict-appeal-n4956229<![CDATA[When the White House revealed Monday that consumer prescription drug prices actually dropped over the last 12 months, I did a double take because drug prices don't do that. Not in my lifetime, at least — and that's no exaggeration.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:33:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Medicaid]]><![CDATA[Medicare]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/08/17/trump-reveals-yuge-win-on-drug-prices-n4956230<![CDATA[Brooklyn Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher (D-50th District) wants New Yorkers to believe that walking out of a CVS with a fistful of stolen toothpaste isn't a crime. It's a "biological need."]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:18:00 -0400<![CDATA[Matt Margolis]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]>https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/17/socialists-now-say-shoplifting-is-a-okay-n4956228<![CDATA[Disagreements between a couple of Google billionaires over how to best fight California's so-called billionaire tax might just help the ballot initiative become law in November, according to a New York Post report this weekend — but there's so much more to it than that.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:34:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stephen Green]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Google]]><![CDATA[Taxes]]>https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/08/17/pop-your-corn-its-billionaire-vs-billionaire-for-the-future-of-california-n4956221<![CDATA[August 11 was declared in Pakistan the official "National Minorities Day" in 2009 in response to a campaign led by Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s first Catholic federal minister for minorities and a prominent advocate for religious freedom. &nbsp;]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:56:50 -0400<![CDATA[Uzay Bulut]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Islam]]>https://pjmedia.com/uzay-bulut/2026/08/17/pakistani-christians-rally-for-equal-rights-n4956223<![CDATA[Hello there. Welcome! I'm glad you're here. It's Monday, Aug. 17, 2026 — thrift shops, black cats, and Baby Boomers all sharing the calendar, which feels like it's aiming squarely at half my readership and myself as well.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:16:00 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Florack]]>https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/08/17/democrats-identify-the-problem-we-werent-radical-enough-n4956218<![CDATA[Tuxedo Park, written by famed defense attorney Tom Kenniff, is a relatively short political thriller with a modern take on a corrupted and politicized justice system.]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:04:00 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan S. Jung]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2026/08/17/from-nyc-subway-hero-to-tuxedo-park-n4955952