https://redstate.com/chuckthompson/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:20:23 -0400<![CDATA[We reported earlier Tuesday on the moving testimony from Dr. Alveda King — MLK Jr.’s niece — at a House Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit civil‑rights organization that allegedly has been secretly funding… wait for it… racist causes and groups.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:54:48 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Lawsuit]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/sweatin-and-squirming-splc-boss-wilts-under-jim-jordans-rapidfire-judiciary-grilling-n2203190<![CDATA[As we reported earlier, a U.S. Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:20:09 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Oman]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/trump-response-on-helicopter-shoot-down-n2203187<![CDATA[The epic scale of the social services fraud in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota has been under the microscope for months, and now the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, who was appointed by President Trump to head up the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in March, is formally referring Gov. Jazz Hands and the Gopher State’s leftist attorney general, Keith Ellison, to the Department of Justice for a criminal fraud investigation.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:43:12 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[House Oversight Committee]]><![CDATA[JD Vance]]><![CDATA[Keith Ellison]]><![CDATA[Minnesota]]><![CDATA[Tim Walz]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/not-above-the-law-vance-refers-minnesotas-walz-and-ellison-to-doj-for-criminal-fraud-investigation-n2203188<![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday concerning the deeply disturbing allegations that the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit civil‑rights organization headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, that supposedly exists to combat hate and racism, actually funded neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other groups in a bid to stay more relevant, make money, and garner headlines. Sick stuff.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:20:34 -0400<![CDATA[Bob Hoge]]><![CDATA[Christianity]]><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]><![CDATA[DOJ]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]>https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/09/i-still-have-a-dream-mlk-jrs-niece-rejects-splcs-hate-mongering-in-powerful-house-testimony-n2203186<![CDATA[Anti-ICE radicals have been creating chaos at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, for more than two weeks.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:15:25 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[DHS]]><![CDATA[ICE]]><![CDATA[Markwayne Mullin]]><![CDATA[Newark]]><![CDATA[Mikie Sherrill]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/dhs-sec-mullin-crushes-nj-gov-mikie-sherrills-hot-take-on-her-visit-to-newark-ice-n2203180<![CDATA[As the turmoil surrounding the dismissal of bloviating Scott Pelley is beginning to die down (finally!), there is an after-shock effect being felt inside the 57th Street Manhattan headquarters. Pelley’s dramatic exit has been the culmination of months of internal roiling at CBS News, and now we hear that many of the staff are getting sick of it.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:55:04 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Slager]]><![CDATA[Bari Weiss]]><![CDATA[Brian Stelter]]><![CDATA[CBS News]]><![CDATA[Liberal Media]]><![CDATA[Media Bias]]>https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/06/09/decrying-the-attention-begged-for-cbs-staff-hate-being-in-the-news-but-cant-stop-feeding-journalists-n2203185<![CDATA[The Los Angeles mayor's race may not be as dire for Republicans backing Spencer Pratt as we thought. The "democratic socialist" (read that as 'Commie') candidate who recently surpassed him for the coveted second-place slot on the general election ballot, Nithya Raman, appears to have connections to some homeless voters, and it sure looks like there were some pretty egregious shenanigans going on.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:30:33 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/dirty-voter-rolls-exposed-homeless-registered-at-fake-la-shelter-addresses-n2203182<![CDATA[President Donald Trump attended the third game of the NBA finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks on Monday.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:45:57 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[New York]]><![CDATA[Sports]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/trump-at-the-knicks-game-n2203176<![CDATA[One of President Trump's priorities, the SAVE America Act, may be one narrow step closer to passage in the Senate. It's a narrow step indeed, bordering on being invisible, but it's there, and it's a step in the right direction. And it's a changed vote by Senate Republican Susan Collins (R-ME) that has made this happen.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:44:51 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/new-senate-vote-a-rama-boosts-trumps-save-america-act-n2203181<![CDATA[Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) made a Monday radio appearance on The Moon Griffon Show and teased how the House of Representatives planned to address the $39 trillion in federal debt.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:20:00 -0400<![CDATA[Jennifer Oliver O'Connell]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[Medicaid]]><![CDATA[Medicare]]><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]><![CDATA[Social Security]]>https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/09/mike-johnson-teases-a-long-overdue-fight-over-entitlement-spending-n2203167<![CDATA[An investigation&nbsp;published Monday alleges that former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) worked to shape U.S. policy toward Venezuela while pursuing business interests tied to the country, including what associates said was a promised gold mine. The report also details a $100,000 consulting arrangement with a Republican donor who has oil interests in Venezuela.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:05:35 -0400<![CDATA[Ben Smith]]><![CDATA[Arizona]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Florida]]><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]><![CDATA[Trump Administration]]><![CDATA[Venezuela]]>https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/09/aaron-schocks-reported-venezuela-gold-mine-pursuit-draws-scrutiny-n2203174<![CDATA[According to reports: &nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:33:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Iran]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[Operation Epic Fury]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/09/us-helicopter-goes-down-over-strait-of-hormuz-n2203171<![CDATA[Tuesday, June 9, 2026]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:30:37 -0400<![CDATA[Susie Moore]]><![CDATA[Congress]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Morning Minute]]><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]><![CDATA[White House]]><![CDATA[Spencer Pratt]]>https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/06/09/morning-minute-n2203172<![CDATA[When you import the Third World, you import the Third World's problems. Right now, that's never been more apparent than in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where an immigrant variously described as Sudanese and Somalian brutally attacked a young Irish man.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:26:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Illegal Alien]]><![CDATA[Illegal Immigration]]><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/new-starmer-calls-belfast-stabbing-sickening-as-officials-suppress-migrant-video-n2203177<![CDATA[Remember back in the day, when a common saying was "boys will be boys?" And, at the same time, girls were girls. Nobody really contemplated anything different. Now, though, the global left - this isn't just an American issue - thinks that anyone can identify as a boy, a girl, a three-spirit wood nymph, or a ham and cheese sandwich, and we not only have to agree with them but also allow them to use whatever bathroom facilities that boys, girls, wood nymphs, and sandwiches use.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:38:50 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Education]]><![CDATA[Science]]><![CDATA[Title IX]]><![CDATA[Transgender]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/this-is-the-way-new-title-ix-scrutiny-hits-sfusd-bathrooms-and-sports-n2203175<![CDATA[Solar panels, it turns out, contain a lot of valuable materials: Not only glass, aluminum, plastics, and silicon, but also recyclable amounts of silver, copper, and rare earth minerals. These materials aren't cheap - and, like copper wire and catalytic converters, which contain platinum, they are now becoming targets for thieves.&nbsp;]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:07:32 -0400<![CDATA[Ward Clark]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Economy]]><![CDATA[Energy]]><![CDATA[Green Energy]]>https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/why-solar-farms-are-now-prime-targets-for-organized-crime-n2203173<![CDATA[In the high-stakes theater of congressional politics, today’s legislative battles are frequently judged by the yardsticks of the past. For Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the current gridlock over federal election reform has revived intense scrutiny regarding his own political origin story.]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400<![CDATA[Brad Essex]]><![CDATA[John Thune]]><![CDATA[Senate]]><![CDATA[Voter ID]]>https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2026/06/09/the-essex-files-how-john-thune-forgot-the-2004-voting-scandal-that-made-him-n2203134<![CDATA[NBA Commissioner Adam Silver used the time before Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden Monday night to set the record straight on the silly accusation made by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) that President Trump, who was in attendance for the New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs matchup, wasn't actually a Knicks fan and that his presence at the game was an unwelcome distraction.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:55:06 -0400<![CDATA[Teri Christoph]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries]]><![CDATA[Sports]]>https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/08/nba-commish-sets-record-straight-on-trump-n2203169<![CDATA[There's been a lot of understandable concern about how the elections have been handled in California, with the numbers still being counted almost a week later.&nbsp;]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:06:00 -0400<![CDATA[Nick Arama]]><![CDATA[2026 Elections]]><![CDATA[California]]>https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/08/steve-hilton-makes-runoff-n2203168<![CDATA[RedState reported in mid-May on the tragic case out of California of an elderly Trump supporter who was brutally beaten outside of his Escondido home, which was known locally as the "Trump House" due to the large number of Trump signs and American flags that were displayed on the outside of it.]]>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:16:13 -0400<![CDATA[Sister Toldjah]]><![CDATA[California]]><![CDATA[Crime]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Veterans]]>https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/06/08/update-on-suspect-in-trump-house-case-n2203166