https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 20 May 2026 00:30:59 -0400<![CDATA[As RedState reported, there was a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, just before noon Pacific time. &nbsp;]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:35:10 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Mass Shooting]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/19/maniesto-in-san-diego-mosque-shooting-n2202515<![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) has always had a slightly desperate air about him since he took over the reins from Rep. Nancy Pelosi in November 2022. He lives in her shadow, and in fact, many observers consider him her puppet.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:54:15 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Sports]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/19/hakeem-the-extreme-bitter-jeffries-unloads-rage-at-voters-athletes-and-reality-n2202513<![CDATA[A Democratic congressional candidate in San Antonio wants to turn an ICE detention center into a prison for "American Zionists," and she has a runoff election in one week. Maureen Galindo, running to represent Texas' newly redrawn 35th Congressional District, is facing a cascade of condemnation after a series of social media posts in which she called for Zionists to be imprisoned, accused Jewish "Zionists" of controlling politicians and the media, and declared that her runoff opponent should be tried for treason.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:35:26 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/19/meet-the-texas-democrat-who-wants-a-prison-camp-for-american-zionists-n2202512<![CDATA[RedState has extensively documented the various controversies involving Graham Platner, who is the Bernie Sanders/Liz Warren-backed presumptive Maine Democrat Senate nominee now that the state's governor, Janet Mills, has dropped out of the race after not putting up much of a fight.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:25:01 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Ruben Gallego]]><![CDATA[Tim Sheehy]]><![CDATA[Graham Platner]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/19/hot-takes-ruben-gallego-rushes-to-graham-platners-defense-and-he-probably-should-have-rethought-it-n2202511<![CDATA[The votes are still being tallied, but Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has won the Republican primary for Governor of Alabama. (He has 88.4 percent of the vote as of this writing.) Tuberville ran away from his Republican opponents: businessman and political gadfly Ken McFeeters, and self-described businessman and entrepreneur Will Santivasci.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 21:05:07 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Alabama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Tommy Tuberville]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/19/tommy-tuberville-takes-the-republican-nomination-for-alabama-governor-faces-doug-jones-in-the-general-n2202475<![CDATA[The 4th Congressional District GOP primary race in Kentucky is another one that promised to test the power of an endorsement from President Donald Trump. And, just like the Louisiana Senate GOP primary, this one did not disappoint, as Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein defeated longtime Rep. Thomas Massie in what turned out to be the most expensive House primary in U.S. history, one which pitted some prominent Republican figures against each other.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:47:24 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Kentucky]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Thomas Massie]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/19/kentucky-primary-results-congressional-district-4-race-between-massie-and-gallrein-n2202494<![CDATA[The IRS will not be auditing Donald Trump's old tax returns. Not now, not ever.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:34:12 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[IRS]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/19/after-tax-leak-scandal-trump-doj-forever-bars-irs-from-reopening-returns-n2202510<![CDATA[Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten says she wrote her anti-Trump screed to defend public education. Turns out she made teachers' union members pay for it, and then kept part of the profits.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:40:47 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Delaware]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/19/teachers-paid-for-randi-weingartens-manifesto-then-she-took-a-cut-of-the-royalties-n2202506<![CDATA[Fidel Castro's younger yet equally communist brother may well find himself in hot water with the American federal justice system. Late on Tuesday, reports surfaced that the Trump administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking an indictment of Raúl Castro. The specifics aren't yet known, but any charges are expected to arise from the 1996 shooting down of two aircraft belonging to the Miami-based Cuban exile group, Brothers to the Rescue. Raúl Castro was Cuba's Minister of Defense at that time.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:39:30 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Cuba]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/raul-castro-reportedly-targeted-in-new-doj-indictment-for-1996-fatal-plane-shootdown-n2202508<![CDATA[Six states are holding primaries today (May 19), including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. A good deal of focus will be on the Kentucky 4th District House race, where incumbent Republican Thomas Massie faces a challenge from the Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:15:37 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/19/live-election-results-alabama-georgia-kentucky-oregon-n2202499<![CDATA[The more successful President Trump is, the angrier, more violent, and unhinged Democrats and the left become. They have been extremely clear about what they will do if they regain power in November. Republicans must realize this and get that message out if they are to have any success in November. The Democrat and leftist foot soldiers are also well aware of what is at stake, and they are organizing well ahead of it.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:10:30 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]><![CDATA[Socialism]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/05/19/what-are-china-linked-socialist-liberation-centers-and-is-there-one-in-your-city-n2202497<![CDATA[We're seeing a resurgence in manufacturing in the United States right now, and the best part is - yes, I'm going to be blatantly partisan here - it's happening mostly in red states. This time, it's Texas, where automotive giant Toyota is looking to engage in a $2 billion expansion to their San Antonio manufacturing plant.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:07:22 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Jobs]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/toyotas-project-orca-new-2b-boost-for-san-antonio-manufacturing-n2202507<![CDATA[When you've burned all the bridges that Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) has within your own party over the years, you'd think that maybe at a certain point, he might come to the conclusion that it's best he doesn't test his (bad) luck anymore than he already has.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:58:12 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Kentucky]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Thomas Massie]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/19/desperation-massie-campaign-pulls-a-last-minute-stunt-that-has-trump-fuming-n2202503<![CDATA[Another day, and another Walgreens is closing down in Chicago. Chicago's municipal so-called "leadership" is trying to blame the closure on everything and everyone but themselves, but it is them and the city's mushy-headed, soft-on-crime policies that are to blame.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 17:27:57 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Chicago]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Illinois]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/soft-on-crime-chicago-now-loses-another-walgreens-to-rampant-theft-n2202504<![CDATA[On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance took the reins for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt while she is out on maternity leave. At the White House press briefing, Vance ably wrangled the testy press corps in his cogent yet affable fashion. The press corps did its job of issuing rapid-fire questions on Iran, the Fraud Task Force, the economy, and the J6 victims compensation fund, and of course, the fresh-off-the-press endorsement by President Donald Trump of TX Attorney General Ken Paxton in the United States Senate race.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:50:10 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Ken Paxton]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/19/jd-vance-responds-to-trumps-endorsement-of-ken-paxton-over-john-cornyn-n2202488<![CDATA[We saw Mayor Karen Bass make something of an incredible statement about how her opponent, Spencer Pratt, was "tapping into a general sense of anger."&nbsp;]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:43:57 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/19/michelle-obama-remarks-on-trump-voters-n2202493<![CDATA[On Tuesday, the San Diego Police Department and the FBI gave a joint press conference updating what they have uncovered in the investigation of Monday's attack on a San Diego mosque by two gunmen. There was a lot of technical and legal detail, but two comments stood out: The heroism of the security guard who engaged the shooter and doubtlessly saved lives, and the equal-opportunity hate that it seems characterized the shooters.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:36:03 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Law & Order]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/san-diego-mosque-shooting-presser-security-guards-actions-saved-children-n2202501<![CDATA[Since White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went on maternity leave in late April, the administration has planned a rotating cast of officials to do the job, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio handling things on May 5.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:34:41 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Kaitlan Collins]]><![CDATA[Karoline Leavitt]]><![CDATA[King Charles III]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[White House]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/19/jd-vance-torches-no-kings-hypocrites-in-fiery-wh-briefing-n2202502<![CDATA[Almost two years after a pro-Hamas mob turned the streets outside the Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles into a pogrom, the Trump DOJ is doing what the Biden administration couldn't be bothered to do: making someone answer for it.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:30:36 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[FBI]]><![CDATA[Hamas]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Pro-Palestinian]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/19/violent-anti-israel-protest-rocked-la-under-biden-trump-doj-is-finally-taking-action-n2202498<![CDATA[In recent weeks, in the skies over Iran, we saw the value of high-tech as a force multiplier. American stealth aircraft and smart weapons dealt staggering damage to Iran's armed forces, to the point that all they have left are a few boats that are essentially water skiing speedboats with machine guns, and a few hundred goblins with AK-47s.]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 15:41:12 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Department of War]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/19/new-skyraider-ii-swiss-army-knife-joins-afsoc-fleet-n2202495