John Sexton

3 weeks ago | hotair.com | John Sexton

Earlier this week the Trump administration threatened to fine California after a trans athlete won several track events at the state final competition for girls. Today, CNN is reporting that the administration is indeed working on a plan to cut off federal funding to California, not unlike what the administration has done to Harvard. Details remain sketchy so it's hard to tell if the target here is the entire state or just the state's university system.

3 weeks ago | hotair.com | John Sexton

Have you seen season 2 of the Star Wars show Andor? I watched it and it's a pretty fascinating take on what the early days of a rebellion against an evil empire looks like. Just to set the table here, Critical Drinker did a turnabout on season 2 of the show. After finding the first few episodes meandering and maybe even a bit boring, he concluded that the next few episodes were the best Star Wars produced since the original trilogy and probably the best thing on TV in several years.

3 weeks ago | hotair.com | John Sexton

Atlantic staff writer Helen Lewis has a new book coming out titled "The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea." The book itself won't be released for another two weeks but she wrote an article based on the book which gives a pretty good idea what it's about. I can't prove it but it feels like the motivation behind this had a lot to do with dunking on Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and any other Tech Bros who have veered off the progressive plantation.

3 weeks ago | hotair.com | John Sexton

And yet, after reading this I think Brooks is on to something. In fact, I think what happened today only makes his point sharper. I'll explain that in a moment but first here's how the piece opens. I have a lot of Democratic friends who are extremely disappointed with their party leaders. They tell me that the Democratic Party is currently rudderless, weak, passive, lacking a compelling message. I try to be polite, but I want to tell them: “The problem is not the party leaders. The problem is you.

3 weeks ago | hotair.com | John Sexton

I wrote about this earlier before things really broke loose a couple hours ago. Time to drop the really big bomb:@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2025 And that has led to some more angry words exchanged, with Trump threatening to cancel Elon's contracts like he's Harvard and Musk volunteering to stand down his own launch system.