HotAir Daily Express 02/19/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Poll Wars: Return of the paper ballots]( 2/19/2018 10:41:19 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! That’s the fear surrounding the 2018 elections in some quarters, anyway. Despite repeated assurances that foreign agents were unable to hack into our electoral machinery and change any of the vote [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [2020’s a serious possibility, says …]( 2/19/2018 10:01:46 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Come on, admit it — you thought this came from Hillary Clinton. Well, perhaps it still might, but no. This comes from the other two-time presidential loser in the Democratic pantheon, former Vice President Joe Biden. Until now, most of the talk [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: Bernie Sanders doesn’t like being asked about his record on guns]( 2/19/2018 9:21:06 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In the wake of the Florida school shooting, the media is lining up the usual suspects and grilling them as to where they stand on new gun control laws. Yesterday it was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ turn when he talked to Chuck Todd on Meet the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo: Trump polling Mar-A-Lago guests on gun control?]( 2/19/2018 8:41:17 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Well, this should make for fun conversation when Donald Trump pays a visit to CPAC this week. As political pressure from Democrats and the media ramp up, the president apparently decided to do some market research on his long weekend, the Washington Post [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New talk of impeachment, but not for Trump]( 2/19/2018 8:01:57 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Jill Abramson at New York Magazine believes she’s assembled a case for demanding the impeachment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. She’s been assembling some of the details of allegations of sexual harassment against Thomas [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Black Panther review: excellent film, no matter what your politics]( 2/18/2018 8:01:27 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments The Black Panther film is out, and man is it a sight to see, with an excellently cast and tightly written script, which captures the essence of T’Challa, Wakanda, and Marvel Comics almost perfectly. The film isn’t the best of the Marvel Movie [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rick Gates to change his plea to guilty on fraud charges]( 2/18/2018 6:31:03 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Friday Ed highlighted a story saying Rick Gates was cooperating with Robert Mueller’s investigation and could soon reach a plea deal with the Special Counsel. Today the LA Times reports the plea deal could take effect this week. Gates will change [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Athletes, entertainers, and celebrities should talk about issues]( 2/18/2018 5:01:36 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments There’s been a bit of controversy over comments made by Fox News host Laura Ingraham telling LeBron James and Kevin Durant to “shut up and dribble,” after the pair criticized President Donald Trump in a podcast/video for Uninterrupted. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kasich to Trump: It’s time for some god-darned action on gun control]( 2/18/2018 3:31:51 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “God-darned” is his word, not mine. You know I can do better. Kasich, a former Fox News host and member of Congress, saved his strongest rhetoric for the gun issue. He suggested he would favor expanding background check laws to cover private [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McConnell: Of course we’re going to lose seats this fall]( 2/18/2018 2:01:56 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments A new interview with Mitch McConnell this week showed the first cracks in the wall of his optimism about the midterms. While not going down a path of gloom and doom, he no longer sounds positive of breaking a long-standing trend of the party in power [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Austin, Sheriff’s deputies lack sufficient body armor due to ICE “resistance”]( 2/18/2018 12:31:02 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Here’s a story which demonstrates how national “movements” wind up having real-world impacts on the local level. It’s become quite popular for officials, both elected and among law enforcement, to #RESIST Trump by refusing to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lost and found in the desert: Sunday reflection]( 2/18/2018 11:46:44 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This morning’s Gospel reading is Mark 1:12–15: The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. 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