HotAir Daily Express 10/20/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Page Six: Weinstein rehab off to the start you’d expect]( 10/20/2017 10:41:37 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments When confronted by an ever-increasing avalanche of sexual harassment and assault allegations, Harvey Weinstein opted for a rehab clinic and a promise to shape up. The allegations have gotten worse, prompting criminal investigations of rape in Los [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge to Arpaio: You’re off the hook — but still guilty]( 10/20/2017 10:01:15 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “The power to pardon is an executive prerogative of mercy,” Judge Susan Bolton writes, “not of judicial recordkeeping.” In that ruling, Bolton denied a request from Joe Arpaio to have his contempt conviction stricken from his [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Measure your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution with this short quiz]( Hillsdale College SPONSORED Many Americans know the Constitution well -- they understand how it protects their freedoms and paved the way for a great nation to be built. But many more Americans don't know enough about it. How much do you know about the Constitution? [Take The Quiz Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Congresswoman’s response to Kelly: “I’ll have to tell my kids that I’m a rockstar now”]( 10/20/2017 9:21:03 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It’s nice to know that Rep. Frederica Wilson’s having fun with the contretemps over a phone call between Donald Trump and a young widow. “It’s amazing,” the Florida Democrat said with a laugh when asked by 7News in Miami for [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New 24/7 Senate finally passes … something]( 10/20/2017 8:41:54 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Actually, it’s not yet a 24/7 Senate, and this is not yet something. On a near party-line vote of 51/49, the upper chamber passed a $4 trillion budget resolution. The resolution does nothing substantive except open up a reconciliation vehicle for a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Kurdish independence bid has turned into a shooting war (briefly)]( 10/20/2017 8:01:35 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If you thought the Catalonian independence bid in Spain was going poorly, that one is looking like a stunning achievement in diplomacy compared to what’s going on with the Kurds in Iraq. What started as a debate over autonomy is turning into a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tarantino: ‘I knew enough to do more than I did’]( 10/19/2017 10:41:47 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Quentin Tarantino said last week he needed time to process his feelings about the revelations that his friend Harvey Weinstein had harassed and assaulted dozens of women. Wednesday, in an hour-long interview with the NY Times, Tarantino admitted he knew [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: North Korean generals’ favorite American show is … “Morning Joe”]( 10/19/2017 10:01:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Makes sense. It’s the only show more hostile to Trump than North Korea’s own propaganda is. The funniest thing about this report is that “Morning Joe” is, relatively speaking, a hard show for most *Americans* to understand, let [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fourth Circuit: Maryland war memorial shaped like a cross is unconstitutional]( 10/19/2017 9:21:56 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Stupid, but unfortunately this stupidity is baked into the jurisprudential cake due to the intractability of the underlying problem. It’d be nice to set a bright-line rule about religious symbols on state land, where they’re either always [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [LAPD investigating Harvey Weinstein after actress makes allegation of rape]( 10/19/2017 8:41:00 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The LAPD is now investigating an allegation of rape made this week by an Italian model and actress against Harvey Weinstein. The LA Times reports the LAPD met with her for two hours this morning and recounts her allegations: She told the Los Angeles [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The saddest palate cleanser: Megyn Kelly and Hoda Kotb get down]( 10/19/2017 8:01:22 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Well, sad for Megyn Kelly fans. For Trumpers who hate her, this may be the greatest palate cleanser ever. A year ago she was the 9 p.m. host, Republican primary debate moderator, and presidential election co-anchor for the most-watched cable news network [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hey, who’s up for a 24/7 Senate?]( 10/19/2017 7:21:18 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session,” Surrogate court Judge Gideon Tucker once wrote. If that’s true, then watch out when the US Senate gets transformed into a 24/7 operation. A group [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders won’t be speaking at the Women’s Convention after all]( 10/19/2017 6:41:36 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Senator Bernie Sanders announced Thursday that he would not be attending the Women’s Convention, one week after the announcement that he would be the kickoff speaker for the event created an instant backlash. From the Hill: “I want to apologize to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [George W. Bush hits Trumpism: “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism”]( 10/19/2017 6:01:20 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments For the second time in a week, “Salon conservatives” are high-fiving over an anti-Trump speech delivered by a Republican whose heyday came a decade ago. And for the second time in a week, it’s pretty much only Salon conservatives on the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [North Korea to US: Get ready for an “unimaginable strike”]( 10/19/2017 5:21:36 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. The Kim regime in North Korea has threatened the US with an “unimaginable strike” if … oh, you have heard this one before? Carry on: An angry North Korea is lashing out again, issuing a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Weinstein got the boot so why hasn’t the Academy kicked out Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby?]( 10/19/2017 4:41:20 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Last Saturday the 54 member board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to remove Harvey Weinstein. The board issued a statement on the reasons for this decision. From the NY Times: In a statement, the academy said the vote was “well [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [John Kelly: I was stunned that that Democratic rep would criticize Trump for his condolence call to a war widow; Update: Dem hits back]( 10/19/2017 4:01:04 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments One of the most effective damage-control performances you’ll ever see by possibly the only man in the administration with the moral authority to do it. John Kelly isn’t just a retired Marine general, he’s the father of a U.S. soldier [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics: Flygirls updates, health care follies, Senate interest in FBI whistleblower, Take 5(th), and more!]( 10/19/2017 3:31:59 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. (If it’s muted, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Appellate court: Not so fast on abortion order for illegal-immigrant teen]( 10/19/2017 3:21:50 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Does the US have a duty to provide access for underaged illegal aliens in their custody to obtain abortions? That sounds like a question designed to touch as many culture war hot buttons as possible, but that scenario has played out in Texas and in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem rep on Weinstein: It’s the responsibility of the female not to behave in a way that’s “inviting”]( 10/19/2017 2:41:33 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments For fark’s sake. The guy’s accused of rape, by more than one woman. What sort of behavior does she think “invited” that? Even his somewhat less egregious offenses are inexplicable in terms of an invitation. Does anyone think [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oh my: DNC rift opens wider as Perez boots Ellison supporters]( 10/19/2017 2:01:00 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Should a man as bad at the core task of party chairs as Tom Perez has been this year touch off a civil war within his organization? NBC News reports that Perez has initiated a “shake-up” at the DNC, but it looks more like a power play for a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Cruz-Sanders debate on tax reform]( 10/19/2017 1:21:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Wednesday night Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders debated tax reform on CNN. There were no knockouts last night, but there was a sharp contrast between two very different worldviews. Senator Cruz opened the debate with a one-minute statement predicting that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Out: Halloween. In: Black and Orange Spirit Day]( 10/19/2017 12:41:41 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Wait… I thought we only did this at Christmas? Okay, we had to take a whack at Columbus day because… racism. But since when did we start politicizing Halloween? Well, it’s happening. Or at least it’s happening in Massachusetts [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bialik: “I am very sorry” for my statement about modesty and sexual harassment]( 10/19/2017 12:01:37 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This seems to be the latest in a series of reminders that national “conversations” on social issues should be conducted as monologues and lectures rather than dialogue and exchanges of perspective. TV star and former child actress Mayim [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Awful: Thad Cochran reportedly disoriented in the Senate]( 10/19/2017 11:21:48 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Tragic and disgusting. Tragic for poor Thad Cochran, who should be resting at home and enjoying his days as much as he can now. And disgusting on the part of the Republican leadership and his staff, who are dragging this frail old man around the Capitol [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Outrage as Trump blames “radical Islamic terror” for 13% jump in crime in England and Wales]( [George W. 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Women have to stop excusing men.]( [Italian students being taught to recognize fake news]( [Meet the prisoners who have their own keys to their cells]( [Quentin Tarantino: I knew some of what Weinstein was doing]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? You can get your own free subscription to the #1 blog delivered to your email inbox early each morning by visiting: This newsletter is never sent unsolicited. It was sent to you because you signed up to receive this newsletter on Hot Air OR a friend forwarded it to you. We respect and value your time and privacy. If this newsletter no longer meets your needs we will be happy to remove your address immediately. [You can unsubscribe from the Hot Air Daily here](. Or Send postal mail to: Hot Air Daily Unsubscribe 1735 N. 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