HotAir Daily Express 01/04/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Oregon residents freak out over drivers pumping their own gas]( 1/4/2018 10:41:45 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments With the arrival of the new year, states across the nation are seeing the enactment of a new batch of laws. This annual tradition almost always brings some news of the bizarre sort and what better place to look than Oregon? The home of Keep Portland [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AP: Get ready for Sessions war on “legalized” marijuana; Update: Gardner accuses Sessions of lying]( 1/4/2018 10:01:50 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments One toke over a state line? Jeff Sessions will announce later today that the Department of Justice will end its laissez-faire approach to marijuana operations legalized at the state level. The move threatens to pit federal prosecutors against elected [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The media would like you to know that the President is insane]( 1/4/2018 9:21:29 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Yesterday, I somewhat reluctantly took on the question of the President’s Bigger Button tweeting and expressed the concerns that I had. It wasn’t a case of actually thinking that Trump was about to launch a preemptive nuclear strike or [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bannon fires back! Trump’s, er … “a great man”]( 1/4/2018 8:41:57 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Yesterday, almost all of the political world was abuzz with the Trump-Bannon feud that exploded out of a new book from Michael Wolff and dominated the news cycle. Almost all, with a noticeable exception, the Washington Post reports — Steve Bannon [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New England wanted to use all renewable energy… then it got cold]( 1/4/2018 8:01:52 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments During a recent trip to Maine, my wife and I noticed the large number of wind turbines cluttering the peaks of the ridges around the otherwise scenic New England countryside, particularly in Vermont. There really are a lot of them, and that’s the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sen. Grassley’s spokesman to Fusion GPS: If you wanted transparency, why did you plead the Fifth?]( 1/3/2018 10:41:06 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier today I wrote about the NY Times op-ed by Fusion GPS’ Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch in which they attacked Republicans and demanded the transcript of their closed-door testimony be released. That op-ed has resulted in a response from [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Top Hillary advisor: In hindsight, the only Democrat who could have beaten Trump was Barack Obama]( 1/3/2018 10:01:00 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Is this the new spin? That Hillary didn’t, in fact, blow a gimme election but lost to an unstoppable political juggernaut? Good lord. The best part is when he argues that Joe Biden would have had trouble with Trump in part because he’s a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Deal or no deal? DACA deadline approaching]( 1/3/2018 9:21:57 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments I know what you’re thinking: what does this have to do with the really important issue of the Trump-Bannon blood feud that erupted today? It may have an indirect impact on issues such as DACA, a line in the sand drawn by Democrats in the upcoming [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Paul Manafort sues Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein]( 1/3/2018 8:41:00 PM John Sexton 0 Comments President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is suing Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Fox News reports that Manafort’s lawsuit claims the investigation into his business dealings exceeds [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Los Angeles socialized recycling… and ruined it]( 1/3/2018 8:01:51 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments One of the major challenges facing Los Angeles, as with every other large city, is how to get rid of all the trash and recycling. For a very long time, the City of Angels actually did an admirable job of dealing with both and L.A. was really a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Jr goes NeverBannon]( 1/3/2018 7:21:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Is my headline an exaggeration? This tweet isn’t technically “Never”-Bannon, I suppose: It would be amazing if there would have been a nice simple path to keeping this seat with a nice 30 point margin… #thankssteve [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fire breaks out at the Clintons’ home in Chappaqua, New York]( 1/3/2018 6:41:18 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A fire broke out at the home Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York Wednesday. A newspaper for the Lower Hudson Valley reports: Police declined to give further details on the fire at 15 Old House Lane where Bill and Hillary Clinton have lived [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The latest House retirement is going to shift the discussion on transportation]( 1/3/2018 6:01:57 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Retirement season is heating up, and while much of the current attention has been focused on Senator Hatch and the questions of Romneygeddon, there are others heading off to spend more time with their families. One of the latest is Republican Congressman [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [RNC chair: Hey, Uncle Mitt’s looking forward to working with Trump]( 1/3/2018 5:21:27 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Oh, there’s no place like Holladay for the home … Now that Orrin Hatch has announced his retirement, will Mitt Romney run for the Senate in Utah? CBS says “several GOP sources” tell them the Romney campaign is a go, but most media [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Meryl Streep: Never mind me speaking out about Weinstein, when does Melania speak out about Trump?]( 1/3/2018 4:41:51 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This reminds me of Big Harv’s own pitiful attempt at buck-passing after the NYT finally nuked him with its expose in October. Remember the statement he put out? Big finish: I cannot be more remorseful about the people I hurt, and I plan to do right [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fusion GPS: We never told dossier author who was paying the bills]( 1/3/2018 4:01:23 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Tuesday the NY Times published a piece by the founders of Fusion GPS. Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch spend most of the piece attacking Republicans (this seems to be their specialty). They claim the dossier which they hired Christopher Steele to produce [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pence working the Iranian protest situation behind the scenes?]( 1/3/2018 3:21:42 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In the early hours and days of the current round of Iranian protests, much of the focus was on why most mainstream media outlets weren’t really covering them. Or, if they were, they seemed to focus on the “counter-protests” in support [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Book: “Semi-literate” Trump aimed to lose in 2016]( 1/3/2018 2:41:39 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Alternative headline: LBJ was right. Michael Wolff conducted over 200 interviews for his new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House and enjoyed unprecedented West Wing access,  but this excerpt published by New York Magazine has a certain [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“He’s only in it for himself”: Trump goes nuclear on Bannon over Russiagate “treason” comment; Update: Junior piles on]( 1/3/2018 2:01:10 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I knew he’d be pissed after this morning’s excerpt from the Wolff book leaked but no one expected this. Trump vs. Breitbart. The missiles are flying. Trump totally torches Bannon: “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [FBI knew the ‘Bleach Bit’ computer guy lied in Clinton email testimony, gave him immunity]( 1/3/2018 1:21:56 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Hill published a story today based on leaks from a recent House Judiciary Committee meeting where FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe discussed elements of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Republicans on the committee say McCabe outlined some [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [You can take our cars, but you can never take… OUR FREEDOM]( 1/3/2018 12:41:29 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We’ve discussed a number of issues surrounding the coming era of driverless vehicles here, including both benefits and potential pitfalls. But this week there’s a great think piece from Ronald Bailey at Reason which stretches the timeline out [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [CNN host: C’mon, doesn’t Trump’s North Korea tweet violate Twitter’s terms of service?]( 1/3/2018 12:01:37 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It makes me laugh how many media dorks register this point every time Trump tweets something bananas — and last night’s “button” tweet really was his most bananas yet, make no mistake. What do they think’s going to happen if [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Uh oh: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declares “the end of the ’96 sedition”]( 1/3/2018 11:21:05 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Has Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps intervened to shut down the protests in the streets of Tehran and dozens of other cities? Or did their military commander simply make an aspirational declaration as a dire warning? The BBC and other media [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Wolff book: Bannon has already assembled a rump campaign operation for 2020]( [Washington’s growing obsession: The 25th Amendment]( [Iran protests: General declares “sedition” defeated]( [This time, we will not be silent on Iran]( [DOJ “looking into” Hillary’s emails — again]( [Trump lawyers send letter to Wolff publisher demanding they halt publication]( [Protesters project slogans on Twitter HQ calling for Trump to be banned]( [Bannon endorsement a sudden handicap for GOP candidates]( [Peter Thiel is exploring the creation of a conservative cable news network]( [Report: Breitbart funder Rebekah Mercer cuts off Bannon]( [Scoop: Wolff taped interviews with Bannon, top officials]( [When a North Korean missile accidentally hit a North Korean city]( [“You can’t make this s— up”: My year inside Trump’s insane White House]( [Trump lawyers threaten Bannon for violation nondisclosure agreement]( [Scientists warn we may be creating a “digital dark age”]( [The YouTuber who filmed Japan’s “suicide forest” may have done something good]( [Study: People who swear are more honest]( [Biden should pledge to serve one term and “Make America Normal Again”]( [The case for banning world leaders from Twitter]( [Why people are drinking “raw water” (but probably shouldn’t)]( [Our collapsed institutions have been supplanted by virtual communities]( [What has Mitt Romney learned?]( [Let’s stop with the “But Gorsuch” defense of Trump]( [Fish feel pain. Now what?]( [An unfond farewell to un-statesman Orrin Hatch]( [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. Lynn St - Suite 510, Arlington, VA 22209 --------------------------------------------------------------- * Copyright Hot Air and its Content Providers. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------