HotAir Daily Express 12/14/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Omarosa: Just wait until I can tell you a few things about this White House]( 12/14/2017 10:41:24 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Mark your calendars for January 21st, for it might very well be America Is Lit Day. “There were a lot of things that I observed during the last year,” Omarosa Manigault Newman tells ABC’s Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking: Farenthold to “retire” after new allegations]( 12/14/2017 10:01:10 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Embattled House Republican Blake Farenthold (R-TX) will become the third member of the House to announce the end of his career this month in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment. The local ABC affiliate in Victoria reports that Farenthold will [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lonely guy Russian president can’t find election opponent]( 12/14/2017 9:21:44 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments You can at least say one thing for Vladimir Putin. When he holds a press conference he really goes full tilt. Every December the Russian president invites roughly one thousand journalists for a Q&A session which lasts for hours on end and he tackles [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Toontown: Mouse buys Fox for $52 billion]( 12/14/2017 8:41:48 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Consolidation strikes again, this time in the entertainment industry. Disney will acquire most of 21st Century Fox in a massive acquisition that will bring much of the Hollywood studio system under one umbrella. The deal will give Disney a massive edge [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WATCH: NY Governor mansplains sexual harassment to female reporter]( 12/14/2017 8:01:00 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As we’ve noted here recently, it’s been quite a while since the Governor of New York held an actual press conference to field unscripted questions from the press. (When I asked the Governor’s spokesman for a comment about that, I was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The NYT’s Russell Simmons rape expose is a nightmare]( 12/13/2017 10:01:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments So many Pervnado stories to blog, so few hours in the day. Do I cover the “rape room” at The Spotted Pig restaurant co-owned by Mario Batali? Hit the Tavis Smiley suspension at PBS, replete with fears that “employment status was linked [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [PBS suspends Tavis Smiley after sexual misconduct investigation (Update: Smiley responds)]( 12/13/2017 9:21:40 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Variety published an exclusive this afternoon saying PBS host Tavis Smiley has been suspended by the network in the wake of a sexual misconduct investigation. “Effective today, PBS has indefinitely suspended distribution of ‘Tavis Smiley,’ produced by TS [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Doug Jones: I received a “very gracious” call from Trump today — but not from Roy Moore]( 12/13/2017 8:41:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Smart politics by POTUS. For years the GOP has regarded Joe Manchin as the likeliest Democrat to cross the aisle on big votes, but Manchin rarely delivers. Yeah, he’s from a very red state but he’s also a household name, having served as [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo to “zero-tolerance” Dems: Good for you. Now do Menendez]( 12/13/2017 8:01:33 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Maybe Al Franken won’t be the biggest loser from Alabama’s special election. Even before Capitol Hill Democrats got a workout from patting each other on the backs for Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama, Washington Post editor James Downie [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bret Weinstein: What happened at Evergreen State ‘would be MLK’s nightmare’]( 12/13/2017 7:21:25 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Tuesday Heather Heying and her husband Bret Weinstein co-wrote a piece for the Washington Examiner which walks through their experience at Evergreen State College, culminating in them settling a lawsuit and agreeing to resign their long-held faculty [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The curious case of “hate speech” at Buena Vista University]( 12/13/2017 6:41:21 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There’s something curious going on at Buena Vista University in Iowa. I was reading an article from Rob Shimshock at the Daily Caller about how “hate speech is a hate crime” and may be punishable by law. That’s a matter which has [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Win many, lose two: WH bails on controversial judicial nominees]( 12/13/2017 6:01:41 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments If there is one area on which Republicans across the spectrum agree on Donald Trump’s performance, it’s the judiciary. After a slow start, the White House has aggressively filled openings on the district and appellate court levels. In fact, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Does CNN really expect people to believe this story about Anderson Cooper’s anti-Trump tweet?]( 12/13/2017 5:46:46 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This is small potatoes, I know. And like I said earlier, I can believe that Cooper himself didn’t send the tweet. The cost of doing so would have vastly exceeded the benefit to him. But when you’ve got a major news organization trying to pass [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who tried to smear Chuck Schumer with a phony sexual harassment complaint?]( 12/13/2017 5:31:02 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A little something that fell through the cracks last night amid the frenzy over Alabamageddon. Some speculated on Twitter that this sounds like Project Veritas’s handiwork. Eh, not really. I understand why they might think that but PV’s stock [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Salma Hayek: Harvey Weinstein forced me to do sex scene after I rejected his advances]( 12/13/2017 5:01:53 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Tuesday the NY Times published a piece by actress Salma Hayek in which she admits she hasn’t been completely forthcoming about her experiences with Harvey Weinstein. In the piece, Hayek praises women who have come forward with stories about [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s come to this. Los Angeles shelters may put their dogs on vegan diets]( 12/13/2017 4:31:23 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is your weekly reminder that nothing good ever comes out of Californians having too much time on their hands. You’d think with all the wildfires they’d be a bit more busy, but the Los Angeles City Board of Animal Services Commissioners [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oh my: Some women invite harassment with the way they dress, says House … Dem?]( 12/13/2017 4:01:14 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This comes awkwardly into the middle of Democrats’ post-Alabama celebrations of their own wokeness, doesn’t it? Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) stunned her colleagues earlier today during a caucus meeting by criticizing women for the way they dress [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Omarosa “physically dragged and escorted” off the White House grounds after being fired by John Kelly]( 12/13/2017 3:31:10 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments For cripes sake. How did they not air this live on TV? Firing Omarosa on national television helped Trump become president in the first place. He and Kelly should have had the basic courtesy to let us watch the real-life sh*tshow departure. Apparently [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Astroturf: Federal agencies flooded with hundreds of thousands of fake comments on regulations]( 12/13/2017 3:01:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Wall Street Journal investigated the millions of comments which have come into the FCC and other federal agencies on proposed regulations and found hundreds of thousands which were duplicates, many submitted under stolen identities. In some cases, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New York Governor announces new gun ban which has existed for 20 years]( 12/13/2017 2:31:49 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When I saw a press release this week saying that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was announcing yet another gun ban, all I could think was… oh, great. After all, after he managed to pass the so-called “New York SAFE Act” in 2013, pretty [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Schumer to GOP: Delay tax bill so Dems get more votes, please]( 12/13/2017 2:01:04 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Put this in the It doesn’t hurt to ask column. After last night’s surprise win in Alabama, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants to pause all work on the Republicans’ tax reform bill. Shouldn’t Alabama’s newest envoy, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Steve Bannon to blame for Roy Moore?]( 12/13/2017 1:31:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Not really, no, but Bannon inspires fear and loathing in so many Republicans that the entirety of the non-Breitbart universe is dunking on him savagely this morning. Matt Drudge! Peter King! GOP Rep. Peter King slams Steve Bannon: "He looks like [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rep. Chabot to Deputy AG Rosenstein: Nine members of Mueller’s team made campaign donations to Democrats]( 12/13/2017 1:01:38 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein is answering questions in Congress this morning. In the light of the clearly partisan views of Peter Strzok, which Ed wrote about this morning, Republicans are looking to question the partisanship of the team assembled by Special [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Baltimore mayor tries to cancel MLK parade. Predictable chaos ensues]( 12/13/2017 12:31:09 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When Baltimore’s new mayor, Catherine Pugh, took office this year she promised some changes. Much of her agenda has been essentially buried by the record setting murder rate they’ve been battling, but she’s still gamely attempted to get [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Finale in MN? Dayton picks Smith to fill Franken’s seat]( 12/13/2017 12:01:06 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Was a Minnesotan the biggest loser in last night’s election in Alabama? Al Franken had pledged to resign from the Senate under pressure from his Democratic colleagues but had never specified a date. Speculation arose that Franken might rescind his [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Mueller needs to make a change]( [Study: Desire, consent get mixed up in men’s minds]( [Doubting the intel, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked]( [Report: Blake Farenthold to retire]( [Roy Moore had lowest white evangelical support of Alabama Republicans]( [White House corrects Tillerson on whether U.S. will talk to North Korea]( [Kentucky lawmaker kills himself amid sexual assault allegations]( [“There’s a whole lot of rumors and speculation that the speaker may step aside”]( [Exclusive: Ex-Farenthold aide shares new details of vulgar and abusive behavior]( [Trump is now the worst president ever]( [I’m not conceding yet]( [Where is my due process?]( [Why having an older brother makes men more likely to be gay]( [Why I’ll never lie to my children about Santa Claus]( [Roy Moore is a lesson on the folly of angry populism]( [Are Nikki Haley’s chess moves putting her in political danger?]( [As goes Moore, so goes Trumpism?]( [The biggest loser in the Alabama election: Christian faith]( [The #MeToo movement is destroying trust between men and women]( [Roy Moore lost the battle, but he’s winning the war]( [Mitt Romney should take on Orrin Hatch and Bannon. 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