Tuesday, September 16, 2025
For years, the Left claimed that cancel culture was merely consequences for bad speech. Now that the free market has applied the same rules to them over their celebrations of political assassination, they’re trying to claim victimhood.
The latest example comes from former Washington Post editor Karen Attiah who got fired this week over her social media posts after Charlie Kirk’s murder. Attiah had modified and misrepresented Kirk’s words in her Bluesky posts in order to make him look like a bigot.
It was journalistic fraud, done to imply that Kirk had it coming. It should not come as a shock that a newspaper would want to part ways with her.
In other words: Welcome to the consequences of your own actions … and welcome to the precedents the Left has set for years for punishing its opponents. If you publicly celebrate or condone a political assassination, don’t be surprised if your employers and clients want to distance themselves.
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Monday, September 15, 2025
Last week, NBC News conducted what it described as “rare interviews” — and indeed they were. Rarely has any news organization allowed twelve federal judges to use it to bash the Supreme Court under the cloak of anonymity.
These judges are unhappy with the Supreme Court for overturning lower court rulings involving the Trump administration with minimal explanation. Of course, there are so many of these cases because too many judges are behaving like activists rather than jurists. In fact, the Supreme Court was forced to issue a ruling limiting lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions because so many judges were abusing them to stop President Trump’s executive orders.
Americans have confidence in the judiciary only if people believe it is impartial. Anonymous interviews and partisan complaining erode the public trust that’s indispensable to the effective functioning of our third branch of government.
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Friday, September 12, 2025
The shocking news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination strikes like a thunderbolt to the heart of America.
At only 31 years old, Charlie was more than a political voice. He was a husband, a father, and a relentless champion of freedom, faith and conservatism. I had the privilege of meeting him recently. His conviction reminded me of the same clarity and good cheer Rush Limbaugh carried into every battle.
Charlie was brutally gunned down for daring to speak the truth—truth grounded in Christian conviction—in the public square. This is not just the loss of one remarkable man—it is an attack on the values that built this nation. This horror was fueled by the toxic culture of division and hate the left has encouraged for years.
We grieve with Erika and their young children. But even in our sorrow, we must be resolute. The fight Charlie embodied—for God, family, freedom, and America itself—cannot be silenced. As we approach our nation’s 250th anniversary, Charlie’s mission is now ours to continue.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
This week, Democrats utterly conceded the issue of crime. Before Trump deployed the National Guard in DC, mayors and governors in blue states shrugged crime off as inevitable. Illinois Governor Pritzker did so in a national interview last month.
When crime dropped dramatically in DC, the situation changed. Voters in high-crime areas run by Democrats now see what’s possible, and want their communities cleaned up too.
The high-profile murder in North Carolina escalated the contrast. A young Ukrainian woman got stabbed to death by a repeat felon who had no business being out of prison. Trump demanded justice for the victim and action to prevent more crime. In response, Democrats and the media defended the perpetrator and his “mental illness” against the “pouncing” of Trump and Republicans.
Democrats’ obsession with Trump keeps blinding them to the reality of voters’ lives. Democrats keep trying to outsmart Donald Trump. Instead, they keep painting themselves further into radical corners.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
It is with profound sorrow that we mourn the tragic passing of Charlie Kirk following the horrific assassination attack at Utah Valley University. It was a cowardly and vile act of violence, carried out to silence one of America’s boldest Christian conservative voices.
Our hearts are shattered for Charlie’s wife, family, friends, colleagues and the countless people whose lives he touched through his words, his work, and his unwavering commitment to faith and country.
Charlie was more than a broadcaster—he was a fearless defender of truth and a faithful servant of God. His assassination was not just an attack on Charlie, it was an attack on free speech and on the values Charlie championed every day.
Salem Media extends its most heartfelt condolences to the Kirk family, Charlie’s friends, and the millions of Americans and people across the world who are grieving this senseless loss.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
DOGE has done a lot for American taxpayers. One of its chief benefits has been highlighting the government fraud and corruption eating up Americans’ tax money.
Investigators at the Senate DOGE caucus are reporting examples of abuse that should light taxpayers’ hair on fire. At the Department of Agriculture, a supposed anti-fraud investigator allegedly used her position to steal $36 million dollars in federal SNAP benefits intended for the needy.
The report says thousands of government workers are collecting paychecks — and taking unemployment benefits at the same time. Investigators reported that yet others made up fake children’s names to pocket illegal survivor benefits, using the names of actual dead adults.
Perhaps it’s no wonder the government employee unions resist when DOGE seeks agency information.
But American taxpayers deserve honest, accountable government.
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Monday, September 8, 2025
The General Assembly of the UN meets this week and will take up the issue of Palestinian Statehood.
It’s a bad idea.
The UN Charter states that “Membership in the UN is open to all other peace-loving states.” The cause for Palestinian statehood is not one of peace, but violence—current polling of the local population there showing far more support for Hamas than the current PLO leadership in the West Bank, whose President was elected to one four-year term, twenty years ago. Some democracy!
Our world is surfeited quite enough with rogue regimes. The idea that an institution dedicated to peace and human rights would create yet another Libya, Yemen, or Syria is madness that will lead to more of what the Palestinian cause has given the world without the force and power of legitimacy: hijackings, assassinations, and massacres of the innocent. Legitimizing and empowering that will only guarantee more of it.
Middle East peace may be elusive, Palestinian statehood would render it impossible.
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