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Instapundit » Blog Archive » GREAT MOMENTS IN THE RULE OF LAW: After Republican AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy says that you ha
GREAT MOMENTS IN THE RULE OF LAW: After Republican AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy says that you have to look at the facts and the law as attorney general, and that’s what she will do, incumbent Letitia James replies, “you don’t have to look at the facts and the law.” As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » REAL LIFE OUTDOES THE BABYLON BEE: Hamas praises selection of anti-Israel fanatic for Nobel Peace Pr
REAL LIFE OUTDOES THE BABYLON BEE: Hamas praises selection of anti-Israel fanatic for Nobel Peace Prize.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " GOD SAVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM RABBIS WHO CAN’T RECOGNIZE EVIL LITERALLY STARING THEM IN THE FACE:
GOD SAVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM RABBIS WHO CAN’T RECOGNIZE EVIL LITERALLY STARING THEM IN THE FACE:
Instapundit " Blog Archive " NOTHING IS MORE PATHETIC THAN WATCHING A POLITICIAN DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE BECAUSE IT’S IN HER POLI
NOTHING IS MORE PATHETIC THAN WATCHING A POLITICIAN DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE BECAUSE IT’S IN HER POLITICAL INTEREST TO DO SO:
Instapundit » Blog Archive » NARRATOR: CLAIRE VALDEZ WAS BORN IN TEXAS:
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Instapundit " Blog Archive " THIS EXAMPLE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME’S BARBARISM DESERVES MUCH MORE ATTENTION THAN ITS BEEN GETTING: I
THIS EXAMPLE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME’S BARBARISM DESERVES MUCH MORE ATTENTION THAN ITS BEEN GETTING: Iran’s Expanding Campaign Against Jewish Targets Outside Israel
Instapundit " Blog Archive " AL-JAZEERA ON THE HUDSON VS. REALITY:
AL-JAZEERA ON THE HUDSON VS. REALITY:
Instapundit " Blog Archive " I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT AGAINST JOURNALISTIC ETHICS TO MAKE PROMISES IN ADVANCE ABOUT HOW YOU WILL C
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT AGAINST JOURNALISTIC ETHICS TO MAKE PROMISES IN ADVANCE ABOUT HOW YOU WILL COVER A STORY: Then again, this is the 2026 New York Times. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " THE WEST LOSES ITS MORAL COMPASS AND DESCENDS INTO SELF-PARODY: Australian ABC News: A man who wore
THE WEST LOSES ITS MORAL COMPASS AND DESCENDS INTO SELF-PARODY: Australian ABC News: A man who wore a T-shirt with a banned Nazi symbol outside the antisemitism royal commission in Sydney has been convicted and fined $1,500. Ian Minus, 68, was moved on by police in May after officers saw him wearing the T-shirt, which was printed with a swastika and the slogan, “Antisemitism. Proud to be accused. Speak up!” on May 6.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » MAMDANI THE UNITER: Israelis across the political spectrum agree he’s an antisemitic, pro-terrorist
MAMDANI THE UNITER: Israelis across the political spectrum agree he’s an antisemitic, pro-terrorist demagogue.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE FAR LEFT IS LIKE REVERSE MIDAS, EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES TURNS TO S***: How Did Support for Interna
THE FAR LEFT IS LIKE REVERSE MIDAS, EVERYTHING IT TOUCHES TURNS TO S***: How Did Support for International Humanitarian Law and Norms Morph into Support for Hamas and its Goals?
Instapundit " Blog Archive " HERE’S HOPING/PRAYING THAT “STUDENT LEADERS” AT ELITE (HAH!) COASTAL UNIVERSITIES ARE THE FUTURE LEA
HERE’S HOPING/PRAYING THAT “STUDENT LEADERS” AT ELITE (HAH!) COASTAL UNIVERSITIES ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY:
Instapundit " Blog Archive " YOU CAN’T HATE THE NEW YORK TIMES ENOUGH-THIS IS HOW THE HAMAS PROPAGANDA MACHINE WORKS: New York T
YOU CAN’T HATE THE NEW YORK TIMES ENOUGH–THIS IS HOW THE HAMAS PROPAGANDA MACHINE WORKS: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a lengthy piece alleging systematic sexual assault on Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails. The piece was based on extremely dubious sourcing, and included the absurd allegation, which has circulated for months with no actual evidence provided, that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HOW IT STARTED: HOW IT’S GOING: I’m all for free speech an all, but I have zero sympat
HOW IT STARTED: HOW IT’S GOING: I’m all for free speech an all, but I have zero sympathy for a group that calls for their university to go after a student group, and then gets mad when the university goes after them instead. Just desserts, it seems to me. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » “ANTIZIONISM” IS A PATHOLOGICAL HATE MOVEMENT: Virulently anti-Israel author upsets crazed fans by h
“ANTIZIONISM” IS A PATHOLOGICAL HATE MOVEMENT: Virulently anti-Israel author upsets crazed fans by having a minor character from Israel in her book.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » WHEN “GENOCIDE” LOSES ITS MEANING: Me methodically debunking the Gaza genocide hoax in Skeptic Magaz
WHEN “GENOCIDE” LOSES ITS MEANING: Me methodically debunking the Gaza genocide hoax in Skeptic Magazine: Establishing a claim of genocide against Israel would require more than pointing to the scale of suffering in Gaza or to deeply felt moral condemnation. It would require setting aside established precedent, blurring the distinction between intent and consequence, and relying heavily on tendentious, nay dishonest, interpretations of rhetoric by Israeli leaders.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " WELCOME TO YOUR OVERTLY ANTISEMITIC, TERRORIST-SUPPORTING MICHIGAIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Weeks after a
WELCOME TO YOUR OVERTLY ANTISEMITIC, TERRORIST-SUPPORTING MICHIGAIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Weeks after a Hezbollah-linked terrorist tried to murder dozens of Jewish children in Michigan, the state party recently nominated a Hezbollah supporter for the University of Michigan Board of Regents over an incumbent targeted because he’s Jewish. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » GOOD QUESTION: On a wide range of issues, the long tail of East Bloc Cold War propaganda has muc
GOOD QUESTION: On a wide range of issues, the long tail of East Bloc Cold War propaganda has much more of a foothold in American politics, both left and even more surprisingly, right (I’m looking at you, Tucker Carlson), than it ever had during the Cold War. Two reasons come to mind, though they are at best partial explanations.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT THE HISTORICAL IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE IN THE UK WHEN THEY SUGGEST THEIR COUNTRY IS
I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT THE HISTORICAL IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE IN THE UK WHEN THEY SUGGEST THEIR COUNTRY IS A PACIFISTIC MODEL OF HOW ISRAEL SHOULD BEHAVE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH ROCKET FIRE ON CIVILIANS: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " SO, WE SHOULD HAVE A FORMAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH ISRAEL AND STATION THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS THERE: The
SO, WE SHOULD HAVE A FORMAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH ISRAEL AND STATION THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS THERE: The latest meme among Democrats (and some Republicans) is that we should treat Israel “like every other ally,” i.e., no military aid. I think US aid to Israel is a mixed blessing for both countries, but I want to focus here on the underlying dishonesty. Yes, Israel officially gets “foreign military aid” and the others don’t.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE: A Hezbollah-linked terrorist sought to murder dozens of children in a Mi
THEY ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE: A Hezbollah-linked terrorist sought to murder dozens of children in a Michigan synagogue, but NPR reporters thought the real story was how the terrorist’s terrorist relatives in Lebanon felt. Link to public editor column, and to tweet. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL TRYING TO INTIMIDATE MY COLLEAGUE ADAM MOSSOFF: There is nothing racis
MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL TRYING TO INTIMIDATE MY COLLEAGUE ADAM MOSSOFF: There is nothing racist about the image in question (actual picture of her included below for reference), MPAC is wildly hypocritical about freedom of expression as they try to silence Adam, and this nonsense deserves to be Streisand effect-ed. Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » DEMAGOGUES AND SIMPLETONS DON’T CARE ABOUT EVIDENCE: Yes, the Trump administration is very friendly
DEMAGOGUES AND SIMPLETONS DON’T CARE ABOUT EVIDENCE: Yes, the Trump administration is very friendly to Israel, and treats Israel as an important ally rather than a burden or quarrelsome recipient of US charity, as under Obama or Biden. But no, Israel (and the so-called Israel lobby) doesn’t control US policy, and indeed Trump has defied Israeli preferences on many occasions, as Max Abrahams notes: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " BECAUSE THEY HATED LIMBAUGH, AND MERELY FOUND KHAMEINI DISTASTEFUL:
BECAUSE THEY HATED LIMBAUGH, AND MERELY FOUND KHAMEINI DISTASTEFUL:
Instapundit » Blog Archive » DON’T BE A RUBE: Gabriel Epstein has more on X.
DON’T BE A RUBE: Gabriel Epstein has more on X.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " WHO WANTS TO TELL HIM? In the early 20th century, we not only did not have pre-Reagan tax rates, unt
WHO WANTS TO TELL HIM? In the early 20th century, we not only did not have pre-Reagan tax rates, until 1913 we had no federal income tax at all, and the original NYC subway lines, the BMT and the IRT, were built by private companies, and operated privately until 1940.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT YOU CAN’T DO THAT! I’m a longstanding critic of allowing hostile environment c
YOU CAN SAY THAT, BUT YOU CAN’T DO THAT! I’m a longstanding critic of allowing hostile environment complaints based on offensive political speech. But I also think that Jewish students at many universities where Hamasniks were chanting “globalize the intifada” and whatnot have a viable hostile environment case. Why?
Instapundit " Blog Archive " I EXPECT A LAWSUIT FOR VIOLATING CALIFORNIA’S DRACONIAN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS LAW IS COMING: You can
I EXPECT A LAWSUIT FOR VIOLATING CALIFORNIA’S DRACONIAN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS LAW IS COMING: You can’t make this stuff up: “we aren’t political, and we don’t ask our performers their political views, but we won’t let an Israeli Jew perform unless he denies absurd libels against Israel. But that’s not political, and we don’t ask our performers their political views.” As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » SUDDENLY, THE MAN WITH OPINIONS ON EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE ONE: If world events can’t be used to bas
SUDDENLY, THE MAN WITH OPINIONS ON EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE ONE: If world events can’t be used to bash the US government or Israel, Glenn Greenwald suddenly has very meticulous criteria for offering an opinion. Not knowing Hebrew or Arabic certainly hasn’t stopped him from expressing (admittedly ignorant) opinions on the Gaza war. But he can’t even bring himself to give well-wishes to Iranians fighting their tyrannical theocracy, which hardly requires a degree in Persian politics.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » IGNORANCE, THEY NAME IS TUCKER: In a segment of his interview with Ted Cruz last summer since delete
IGNORANCE, THEY NAME IS TUCKER: In a segment of his interview with Ted Cruz last summer since deleted from his platforms, Tucker Carlson expresses incredulity when Cruz notes that Iran was trying to assassinate Trump (X link). Well, it’s not like Biden-appointed prosecutors indicted an Iranian agent, who is still at large for trying to murder Trump, and Biden AG Merrick Garland announced this with great fanfare. Oh, wait, it’s exactly like that.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " CHOOSING POORLY:
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Instapundit " Blog Archive " YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS, PART II: Columbia Un
YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS, PART II: Columbia University student Khymani James publicly stated that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and that others should be “grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.” Although Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the umbrella anti-Israel campus group, initially issued an apology on his behalf, the group later rescinded that apology and explicitly endorsed “armed resistance,” while James...
Instapundit » Blog Archive » YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS: I say so-called, bec
YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS: I say so-called, because the movement does not care at all about the welfare of Palestinians, it’s at base a hate-Israel movement.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » YE PROPHETS OF DOOM: The Economist 2 years ago: The Economist this week: And who can f
YE PROPHETS OF DOOM: The Economist 2 years ago: The Economist this week: And who can forget, from March:
Instapundit » Blog Archive » CARLSON GOES FULL CANDACE OWENS: Appealing to low-IQ credulous conspiracy theorists is a sure way to
CARLSON GOES FULL CANDACE OWENS: Appealing to low-IQ credulous conspiracy theorists is a sure way to destroy a political movement, and Tucker seems to be giving it the old college try. Here the background: The communist anti-American government in Venezuela naturally hates Israel, while the opposition leadership is friendly. This is hardly a secret. The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom has a story about this.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » FIRE THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT IT OUT: Columbia University Faculty Behaving Badly.
FIRE THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT IT OUT: Columbia University Faculty Behaving Badly.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » EVERYTHING I DON’T APPROVE OF IS GENOCIDE: Members of a right-wing Israeli party wore pins shaped li
EVERYTHING I DON’T APPROVE OF IS GENOCIDE: Members of a right-wing Israeli party wore pins shaped like nooses to advocate the death penalty for terrorists convicted of murder. Naturally, this is genocide. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HE’S AS PHONY AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL: I was poking around the internet tonight, and discovered that
HE’S AS PHONY AS A THREE-DOLLAR BILL: I was poking around the internet tonight, and discovered that during Zohran Mandami’s rap career as “Young Cardamom,” he pretended to have grown up in and still live in Kapmala, Uganda. In fact, his family left Uganda for New York when Mamdani was six. Article 1: “Young Cardamom & HAB are both Ugandans with roots that reach far beyond their borders.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " WHY SHOULD NYC VOTERS CARE THAT MAMDANI SUPPORTS HAMAS, AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUP?: I can think of
WHY SHOULD NYC VOTERS CARE THAT MAMDANI SUPPORTS HAMAS, AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUP?: I can think of 9112001 reasons.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE IS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: Man who attacked Jews in NYC
STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE IS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION: Man who attacked Jews in NYC becomes cause célèbre for anti-Israel activists: “Anti-Israel activists [led by SJP] in the US have rallied behind Tarek Bazrouk, a New York resident who confessed to carrying out antisemitic attacks against three Jews.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » HYPROCRISY, THEY NAME IS GREENWALD: Quite a remarkable thing to see “free speech absolutist” Glenn G
HYPROCRISY, THEY NAME IS GREENWALD: Quite a remarkable thing to see “free speech absolutist” Glenn G. calling for journalists he disagrees with to face criminal charges. But I’ve never been fooled by Greenwald’s civil libertarian act, he’s a leftist authoritarian at heart, he just also hates the US government. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » EVERYTHING I DON’T APPROVE OF IS A “GENOCIDE”: Having spent the rhetorical force of the charge of “g
EVERYTHING I DON’T APPROVE OF IS A “GENOCIDE”: Having spent the rhetorical force of the charge of “genocide” with a phony charge against Israel, henceforth everything the left doesn’t like will be a genocide, replacing racism as the go-to accusation. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " IT HELPS THAT THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, UNLIKE BIDEN’S, IS COMMITTED TO ENFORCING THE LAW: Free
IT HELPS THAT THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, UNLIKE BIDEN’S, IS COMMITTED TO ENFORCING THE LAW: Free Speech and Jewish Safety on Campus Aren’t Incompatible. It’s Time Universities Take Columbia’s Lead and Act Like It.
SPEAKING OF SATIRE BEING DEAD…: Here’s Candace Owens, maybe the dumbest antisemite with any sort of mass audience, denying that Jews were victims of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE ABSURD AMERICAN POLITICS OF RACE: I wonder if I’m the only one who noticed that the “candidate o
THE ABSURD AMERICAN POLITICS OF RACE: I wonder if I’m the only one who noticed that the “candidate of color,” Mamdani, in the NYC mayoral Democratic primary seems to be (from pics, haven’t seen them in person) significantly fairer-skinned than the “white candidate,” Andrew Cuomo? As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM HAS THE SAME ROOTS AND SHOULD BE FOUGHT WITH THE SAME MEANS AS OTHER MANIFESTATI
CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM HAS THE SAME ROOTS AND SHOULD BE FOUGHT WITH THE SAME MEANS AS OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF INTERSECTIONAL WOKENESS: Free speech, antisemitism and the fight for America’s campuses: “What we are witnessing on campus is not just a wave of anti-Israel sentiment. It is part of a larger assault on liberalism [in the broad sense] itself.”
Instapundit » Blog Archive » FINAL VERSION PUBLISHED: Supporting Free Speech and Countering Antisemitism on American College Camp
FINAL VERSION PUBLISHED: Supporting Free Speech and Countering Antisemitism on American College Campuses. My coauthored article makes a number of contributions to the relevant debate, but let me highlight one of them.
Instapundit » Blog Archive » “HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS” ARE A JOKE: The latest idiocy is that it’s purportedly a human rights violatio
“HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS” ARE A JOKE: The latest idiocy is that it’s purportedly a human rights violation to feed hungry civilians in Gaza unless Hamas gets a large cut.
Instapundit " Blog Archive " SORRY AOC, HE’S MARRIED:
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