https://redstate.com/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 08 May 2026 04:12:37 -0400<![CDATA[The 2026 midterms are just a few months away, and the Democrat Party still has no coherent answer to why it lost working-class voters in Pennsylvania, in Michigan, across the Rust Belt, to Donald Trump twice. Rather than reckon with that, the activist base has doubled down: more ideological purity tests, more litmus questions, more performative opposition to anything bearing the Trump name. Its loudest voices are busy policing their own members.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:56:30 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[John Fetterman]]><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/07/democrat-john-fetterman-says-his-party-cannot-simply-hate-whatever-trump-supports-n2202122<![CDATA[As RedState previously reported, red states have not wasted any time since the Supreme Court decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case, which ruled that congressional redistricting based solely on race is unconstitutional. States like Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina are putting the wheels in motion to put new or previously drawn congressional maps in place ahead of the 2026 midterms.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:28:48 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/07/the-postscript-to-the-tennessee-democrat-redistricting-meltdowns-is-just-chefs-kiss-n2202119<![CDATA[Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) let thousands of convicted criminals out of North Carolina prisons during the COVID pandemic. State recidivism figures later showed nearly half reoffended, while a newly launched database tracking post-release violations puts the number closer to 57 percent. At least 18 of those released inmates were later charged with murder.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:33:49 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Michael Whatley]]><![CDATA[North Carolina]]><![CDATA[Roy Cooper]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/07/roy-cooper-released-4234-inmates-during-covid-nearly-57-percent-reoffended-n2202121<![CDATA[There was some action on Thursday as the U.S. hit some locations around the Strait of Hormuz, according to Fox.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:19:22 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]><![CDATA[United Arab Emirates]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/07/us-hits-iranian-targets-n2202116<![CDATA[Steve Hilton, a Republican candidate for California governor, stood outside a taxpayer-funded immigrant rights office in Santa Ana on Wednesday and made a specific, documented accusation: California taxpayers are paying for illegal immigrants to campaign for Xavier Becerra.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 19:10:00 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/05/07/hilton-accuses-taxpayer-funded-chirla-of-using-illegal-immigrants-in-becerra-push-n2202117<![CDATA[We've seen attorneys land in hot water over their apparent use of artificial intelligence to draft their pleadings. Now, it's a pair of government agencies.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:10:06 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]><![CDATA[DOGE]]><![CDATA[First Amendment]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/05/07/judge-blasts-use-of-chatgpt-in-federal-grant-purge-rules-neh-terminations-unconstitutional-n2202115<![CDATA[Dr. Anthony Fauci is rearing his ugly head again, and one wishes he would return to the hole he hid in after former President Joe Biden presumptively pardoned him.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:58:12 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci]]><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]><![CDATA[COVID-19]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Vaccines]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/07/dr-anthony-fauci-is-butthurt-because-americans-rejected-the-jab-and-i-have-thoughts-n2202101<![CDATA[Things have not been going well of late for the Democrats in the redistricting battle.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:47:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[Redistricting]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/07/tn-redistricting-unhinged-moment-n2202109<![CDATA[Some things in politics just can't be explained, especially when it comes to the Democratic Party picking candidates for various elections. Case in point: The ongoing California gubernatorial election. Since the withdrawal from the race of former Congressman Eric Swalwell, famous for his close working relationship with certain Chinese interests, the former Biden administration's Health and Human Services Director, Xavier Becerra, has been the presumed frontrunner.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 17:04:24 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/xavier-becerra-biden-admins-invisible-man-now-leads-ca-dems-in-governor-race-n2202114<![CDATA[Lately, one can’t be faulted for thinking the Brits have gone insane. They have taken sharp left turns on so many issues, from immigration to free speech to healthcare to their support for the U.S., that sometimes they don’t seem recognizable anymore.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:37:14 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[England]]><![CDATA[Healthcare]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/07/the-big-u-turn-british-doctors-group-now-accepts-study-on-transgender-care-for-minors-n2202112<![CDATA[Kamala Harris, who was vice president to the weakest president in American history, is many things: Inarticulate, incompetent, arrogant, and let's face it, not very bright, but none of those things lessen the fact that she also has a sense of self-entitlement the size of the Crab Nebula and a penchant for proving that the Dunning-Kruger effect is real any time she makes a public appearance.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:08:29 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[2028 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[DNC]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/kamala-now-begging-for-2024-election-autopsy-release-but-we-already-know-the-real-problem-n2202110<![CDATA[It is time for another dose of madness seen here in America’s psych ward waiting room, aka The 27th State, aka Florida. In the midst of assassination attempts, war coverage, media distemper, and a general sense of national anxiety, it seems appropriate, nay, needed to deliver a dose of mirth to the mayhem.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:45:46 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Slager]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Florida Man]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]>https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/05/07/the-sunshine-state-psychosis-report-dispatches-from-the-florida-man-frontlines-n2202107<![CDATA[After the Palisades and Eaton fires in January 2025, a FireAid concert raised hundreds of millions of dollars that were to go (allegedly) directly to the victims for rebuilding. We know through multiple audits and grant documentation that not much of it actually made its way to those individuals; instead, a significant portion has been awarded to nonprofits that allegedly were going to then distribute it to victims or that offered services needed for recovery, such as mental health resources to assist survivors in healing from the trauma of those days and grieving what they lost.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Van Laar]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Mental Health]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/05/07/pratt-karen-bass-trolling-palisades-fire-victims-deranged-theme-playground-n2193178<![CDATA[I'm not sure I've ever seen a former president out hitting the trail to encourage people to come to his presidential library. But Barack Obama is doing exactly that, from a May the Fourth post with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill to doing an interview with Stephen Colbert about his presidential center.&nbsp;]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:10:19 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Russian Collusion Hoax]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/07/hot-takes-obama-comment-on-weaponizing-n2202090<![CDATA[Things in the Strait of Hormuz are still tense, and if reports are accurate, a new event may ratchet those tensions up some. But in this latest, what appears to be an act of senseless belligerence, the goblins in Tehran should be looking, not west at the Gulf states and American forces, but east, to China. A Chinese-owned oil tanker is reported to have been hit near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and it's serious enough of a hit that the ship was reportedly set afire.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:05:24 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[China]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[USA]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/07/new-chinese-owned-tanker-now-on-fire-near-hormuz-amid-iran-conflict-n2202106<![CDATA[Update - 3:00 PM Eastern:]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:50:34 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Gerrymandering]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Tennessee]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/05/07/tn-house-goes-all-in-on-redistricting-democrats-literally-hardest-hit-n2202103<![CDATA[As I wrote, I watched Wednesday night’s LA mayoral debate between Republican Spencer Pratt, incumbent Democrat Karen Bass, and democrat socialist Nithya Raman, and I didn’t think Pratt just won the evening — I thought he creamed his two leftist opponents. Wiped the floor with them, actually.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:45:20 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Karen Bass]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Republican Party]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/07/spencer-pratt-crushes-la-mayor-debate-viewers-say-he-smoked-the-field-n2202104<![CDATA[There is a whole lot that is wrong with public education. Students are no longer being taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, but being indoctrinated into leftist ideology. They are also not being taught American history and basic civics. But one prominent American is doing his part to inspire the next generation to learn the history of America and why that history makes us the greatest nation in the world, along with some valuable lessons in civics.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 14:15:40 -0400<![CDATA[Becky Noble]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[History]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[Justice Neil Gorsuch]]><![CDATA[America 250]]>https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/05/07/gorsuch-takes-aim-at-civics-decline-with-new-book-for-young-americans-n2202096<![CDATA[A “Muslims-only” celebration at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas, has been canceled. The private gathering, scheduled for June 1st, was initially promoted on flyers circulating on social media as an exclusive event open "only" to Muslims and their families.]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:25:00 -0400<![CDATA[Rusty Weiss]]><![CDATA[Fox News]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]><![CDATA[Islam]]><![CDATA[Texas]]>https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/05/07/big-win-muslims-only-eid-waterpark-takeover-crushed-in-texas-n2202097<![CDATA[Political violence, most of it committed by leftists in recent years, has gotten so pervasive in this country that I am forced to make an admission: I saw this story and thought, “Wait, which deranged attack was that exactly?”]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:20:04 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Antisemitism]]><![CDATA[Colorado]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/07/guilty-as-sin-illegal-alien-terrorist-in-deadly-boulder-molotov-cocktail-attack-will-now-pay-the-price-n2202100