Tag: HotAir

Boeing Sued Over Blowout, Poor Maintenance – HotAir

I suppose this was inevitable. After the disastrous blowout of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight over Portland in January, a great deal of scrutiny was applied to Boeing’s 737 MAX series of aircraft and the safety and maintenance procedures the company employs. But what of the passengers on the flight? Thankfully, nobody […]

University of Florida Fired All of Its DEI Staff – HotAir

A little over a year ago Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan to get rid of DEI at Florida Universities. But the University of Florida pushed back a little on that. Last July, Christopher Rufo accused the school of doing its best to hide just how extensive DEI had become. DeSantis, a Republican, late last […]

What Nikki Haley Should (Could) Have Said – HotAir

For a couple of months now, the punditry class has watched in bewilderment as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has stumbled from one embarrassing primary loss to the next, felled by a combination of Donald Trump and “None of These Candidates.” The same question comes up in nearly every bit of analysis you’d care […]

Biden Fails to Distinguish Ukraine From Gaza – HotAir

Friday was another not-so-great day for the Commander-in-Chief as he struggled to deliver remarks to the press regarding food aid for Gaza. Joe Biden was hosting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for an official state visit in the Oval Office when his staff decided to throw caution to the wind and allow him to make […]

What if Iran Held Elections and No One Came? – HotAir

Iran held parliamentary elections on Friday. Voter turnout may have been at a record low. These were the first elections held since the 2022 crackdown on nationwide protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. Mahsa Amini died in September 2022 after she was beaten and arrested by Iran’s morality police. […]

An Epic Story — And Cinematic Experience – HotAir

      House Atreides has fallen. Duke Leto and his army has been betrayed by the Emperor and destroyed by the Harkonnens, and everyone assumes his son Paul and his mother Jessica died in a sandstorm on Arrakis. Can Paul lead the Fremen against his enemies, get revenge on the Harkonnens and the Emperor, and seize […]

Will J6 Defendants Have Their Sentences Reduced? – HotAir

Could there be at least some minor relief on the way for the January 6 rioters in terms of the sentences they are receiving? It’s a possibility, no matter how slim, following a federal court’s decision yesterday in the case of retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Larry R. Brock Jr., whose attorneys had argued against […]

How Should Gaza Aid Airdrops Work? – HotAir

Despite Israel being fully entitled to defend itself and pursue its effort to wipe out Hamas, there is no arguing that the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached the point of being a humanitarian crisis for the civilians living there. It’s true that the vast majority of them almost certainly supported Hamas and hate […]

Thousands Turn Out for Navalny’s Funeral – HotAir

Prying Russia from the grip of Putin was Alexei Navalny’s reason for living and ultimately the reason he died. So it’s no surprise that his funeral, which was held today in Moscow, turned into a kind of anti-Putin rally with numerous chants that, on a normal day, would lead to arrests and prison. ‼️ “Ukranians […]