The ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Down Again — Here’s Why That Is Good News
I & I Editorial Board
January 30, 2026
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The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ “Doomsday Clock,” which is supposed to be an expert assessment of how close the world is to a nuclear holocaust, ticked down to 85 seconds to midnight this week.
Are you scared? You shouldn’t be. The clock has proved to be a terrible measure of doomsday, but a near-perfect measure of the left’s grip on power, reliably moving away from midnight when Democrats are in the White House, and closer to Armageddon during Republican administrations.
First, look at the reasons behind why it ticked closer to midnight this year.
One of those listed was the bombing of Iran’s nuclear weapons sites last year. So, according to these “experts,” crippling a radical Islamic regime’s ability to build a nuclear bomb is making the world less safe?
Then there’s the fact that the bulletin includes “climate change” as an indicator of annihilation. What does a supposedly warming planet have to do with launching nuclear bombs? And why does it matter if the Trump administration “stripped back” (to use the New York Times’ words) public health infrastructure?
This year, the “experts” include “another frightening development: the rise of nationalistic autocracies in countries around the world.” They don’t say what countries they are referring to, but given the primal screams from the left, we’re sure this is meant to suggest that the U.S. is now under a “nationalistic autocracy.”
Want more evidence that the Doomsday Clock is just a leftist propaganda tool? Look at how the clock has changed over the past decades.
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