HotAir Daily Express 01/12/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Fewer adults labeling self ‘conservative’ since Trump]( 1/12/2018 10:41:00 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments Is Donald Trump’s brand of turmoil politics giving the ‘conservative’ label a bad name? Maybe Republican members of Congress who aren’t very conservative? Or perhaps Nancy Pelosi’s liberal charisma is attracting [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I didn’t say … you know; Durbin: Yes, you did]( 1/12/2018 10:01:54 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Almost literally a day late and a dollar short. More than fifteen hours after the Washington Post first reported that Donald Trump dismissed immigrants from “shithole countries,” and almost fifteen hours after a non-denial White House [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBC Super Bowl ad sales face declining viewers and #NFLProtest]( 1/12/2018 9:21:01 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments Oh-oh. Here we are barely three weeks out from the Super Bowl and NBC has yet to sell all its ads. Same for the ensuing Winter Olympics. The network is predicting a half-billion dollars revenue from the big game pitting who-knows-who against [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hoyer: You know who’s offensive? Nancy Pelosi]( 1/12/2018 8:41:15 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Not exclusively, of course, but yesterday it seems both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue celebrated Say Something Offensive Day. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers working on the impasse over the Deferred Action [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Psychiatrists diagnosing the President smacked down by the APA]( 1/12/2018 8:01:51 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Not too long ago we talked about Ivy League psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee, who had briefed members of Congress (read: pretty much entirely Democrats) on President Trump’s mental health. Despite having never even met the President, say nothing of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poll: 70% say DOJ shouldn’t enforce federal marijuana laws in states where it’s legal]( 1/11/2018 10:41:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It tells you how chilly the public is to Jeff Sessions’s new idea that even a plurality of Republicans, knowing that this is now the policy of Trump’s DOJ, refuse to get behind it. Otherwise, though, the news here is that there is no news. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Civil libertarian(ish) groups cry foul over FISA reauthorization]( 1/11/2018 10:01:26 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments Civil libertarian(ish) groups on both sides of the aisle aren’t happy with the House’s approval of the new FISA authorization. FreedomWorks heaped loads of criticism on the House, with Vice President of Legislative Affairs Jason Pye saying [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Father of girl rescued from mudslide was killed in the disaster, brother still missing]( 1/11/2018 9:21:25 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The death toll from mudslides in California has increased to 17 with another 8 people still missing. One of the victims who lost their lives in the disaster was David Cantin, the father of 14-year-old Lauren Cantin who was rescued after a six-hour effort [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Feminists ditch “pussy hats” because they’re offensive to trans people or something]( 1/11/2018 8:41:22 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments My headline is incomplete. They’ve also soured on the pussy hats because they’re pink, which is racist against women with dark-colored labia. I’m not kidding. If you read only one story today about politics, fashion, and vaginas, let it [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump admin opens Medicaid to work requirement — and lawsuits]( 1/11/2018 8:01:25 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments By tomorrow, states may begin issuing the first-ever work requirements for Medicaid. And following that, courts will likely begin granting first-ever injunctions against them. The Trump administration sent out the word to states that the Center for [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Obamacare insurer Centene sued for offering ‘largely fictitious’ provider networks]( 1/11/2018 7:21:08 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Obamacare insurer Centene covers 1.4 million people on the individual market, making it one of the largest insurers still offering Obamacare plans. But Thursday the company was sued in Washington state for allegedly misrepresenting the coverage networks [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conway: Trump “discovered” that wall can’t be all physical]( 1/11/2018 6:41:58 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Curious as to whether Donald Trump will take the weak-sauce DACA deal floated this afternoon? Feast your eyes on this Kellyanne Conway clip with CNN’s Chris Cuomo last night. Conway says that Trump has “discovered” that a physical wall [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Frustrated Trump asks senators, why are we letting people in from “sh*thole countries”?]( 1/11/2018 6:01:08 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I don’t know. This doesn’t sound like the Trump *I* know. We’re about to enter an especially fun news cycle in which the White House screeches “FAKE NEWS, HE NEVER SAID THAT” while Trump fans screech “HE’S [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Actor James Franco accused of sexual misconduct by five women]( 1/11/2018 5:21:15 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Yesterday Ed wrote about actor James Franco’s uncomfortable trip to the Golden Globes and the awkward Stephen Colbert interview that followed. If you missed it, Sunday Franco was accused of sexual misconduct on Twitter by several women but later [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Catalonia is about to install their exiled leader as president… again]( 1/11/2018 4:41:27 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The last time we checked in on the Catalonian independence movement in Spain, things were a complete mess. The snap elections that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had called to restore a more moderate, anti-separatist government in the region [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Deal? Bipartisan Senate group has agreed on DREAMers, says, er, Jeff Flake; Update: $2.8 billion for “fence barrier”]( 1/11/2018 4:01:57 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments There are no details in this story, just Flake’s assertion that a bargain has been struck. But do we need details? If Jeff “Gang of Eight” Flake is excited about an amnesty deal you know it must be good! Trump will need to sign off, of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics: Pork-barrel revival, Wal-Mart tax-cut dividends, and In Search of Liberty!]( 1/11/2018 3:21:08 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: On second thought, why would I need to talk to Mueller?]( 1/11/2018 2:41:12 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments When faced with a conundrum, it’s often best to go with your first instincts. If your first instinct is to go willingly into an interrogation with a special counsel investigating your presidential campaign, however, a second thought might be in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kelli Ward goes “moderate”: I believe Obama was born in the U.S. and I don’t talk to Steve Bannon]( 1/11/2018 2:01:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Sweet fancy Moses. With Sheriff Joe jumping into the race and Trump declaring Steve Bannon a non-person in populist circles, this freak-show Arizona election is going to be comedy gold to the bitter end. Do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats will protest at Trump’s State of the Union by wearing black, inviting sexual assault victims]( 1/11/2018 1:21:01 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech is scheduled for the end of this month and Democrats are already thinking of ways they can turn it into a protest. The Hill reports that some Democrats will do what they did for his inauguration, i.e. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Julian Assange may be stuck in the Ecuadorean embassy… forever]( 1/11/2018 12:41:26 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Wikileaks founder Julian Assange hasn’t been in the news quite as much lately, mostly due to the fact that he’s been stuck in a self-imposed prison, seeking refuge from the long arm of the law in the Ecuadorean embassy in London for more than [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking: House reauthorizes NSA mass surveillance statute, kills reform]( 1/11/2018 12:01:05 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments In the end, the dustup over Donald Trump’s contradictory tweets did little to derail reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act’s most controversial section. The House passed a bill giving Section 702’s mass surveillance capabilities another [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tax cut dividend: Wal-Mart to pay bonuses, raise minimum wage for employees in wake of GOP bill]( 1/11/2018 11:21:01 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments The biggest private employer in the United States, one synonymous with blue-collar America, is handing out cash to its workers and Democrats think running against the tax bill will be a slam dunk for them next year? As of last night, according to a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Trump’s vulgar remark on Haiti, Africa leaves immigrants baffled]( [If we learned anything this week, it’s that Trump doesn’t understand his own policies]( [Haiti summons U.S. ambassador to explain Trump’s comments]( [Poll: Conservative lead in U.S. ideology is down to single digits]( [“President Donald Trump is absolutely right. 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