HotAir Daily Express 02/28/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Ding, dong, the ATC “privatization” push is dead (for now)]( 2/28/2018 10:41:41 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We’ve spent more than our fair share of time here discussing the proposal to “privatize” air traffic control (ATC) functions in the United States. The plan, which would remove ATC oversight from the FAA and turn it over to some new [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmm: Mueller drops 22 charges against Gates; Update: Manafort trial scheduled]( 2/28/2018 10:01:56 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Free as a bird? Not quite and not yet, but Rick Gates may be closer to seeing daylight in his legal woes by cooperating with Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation. Mueller’s team filed a motion yesterday to dismiss nearly two dozen [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [U.S. Cardiologist Warns: Throw Out Your Probiotics Now]( Gundry MD SPONSORED World-renown surgeon's breakthrough discovery of the century --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump still can’t find common ground between ethanol and oil]( 2/28/2018 9:21:00 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Last week we looked at the ongoing efforts of Ted Cruz and Pat Toomey to enlist President Trump in their battle to gain relief from the Renewable Fuel Standard for some oil refineries. This is a tricky situation because King Corn and the ethanol lobby [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO: No more “assault rifles” or firearms sales to anyone under 21]( 2/28/2018 8:41:25 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments At least it’s voluntary … for now. The CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods tells ABC’s Good Morning America that his stores will no longer sell “assault rifles” at all, and no firearms sales of any kind to anyone under 21 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The “scripted town hall” story comes to an end]( 2/28/2018 8:01:24 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Last weekend I began digging into the question of whether or not CNN had “scripted” the questions for the town hall on gun control held in Florida after the school shooting there. At the heart of the dispute between Colton Haab’s father [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jared Kushner’s security clearance is downgraded!]( 2/27/2018 10:01:08 PM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments This won’t ruin dinner for normal Americans. But in Washington it’s a big deal, very big deal. Are you sitting down? Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a senior adviser, has had his security clearance reduced from Top Secret [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AG Sessions: DOJ Inspector General will investigate FISA abuse allegations]( 2/27/2018 9:21:24 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new task force aimed at the opioid epidemic today. During a Q & A after the press conference, Sessions was asked about the Nunes’ memo and whether or not anyone would be investigating the claims [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Comcast, Murdochs go to war over Sky News]( 2/27/2018 8:41:58 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments For months, Rupert Murdoch has gamely struggled with British regulators to buy Sky News outright, taking over full ownership of the satellite news service. Until now, his 21st Century Fox had the only bid on the table for the 61% that the Murdochs do not [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Neighbor of Nikolas Cruz: ‘I had no doubt he was going to do this’]( 2/27/2018 8:01:14 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Another day, another missed warning about Nikolas Cruz. CNN interviewed a former neighbor who says she knew he was going to kill someone one day. Joelle Guarino witnessed Cruz’s anger and willingness to harm small animals. She eventually told her [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge in feud with Trump offers surprise on border-wall lawsuit]( 2/27/2018 7:21:22 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Remember Judge Gonzalo Curiel? Donald Trump certainly should. Judge Curiel presided over the lawsuit filed by Trump University students, whose rulings caused Trump to lose his patience and insinuate that Curiel’s Mexican ancestry (he was born in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Newsweek is unable to pay its bills, faces eviction]( 2/27/2018 6:41:42 PM John Sexton 0 Comments When we checked in with Newsweek last week, the magazine had just published a news article critical of the magazine’s owners. That article only saw the light of day after a number of reporters and editors threatened to quit if it were spiked. It [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump needs to watch out. Katniss Everdeen is coming for him.]( 2/27/2018 6:01:36 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We learned earlier this month that Hollywood would be forced to spend the next year without the services of Jennifer Lawrence, who might otherwise be referred to as “J-Law” here were I the sort of person to go around saying things like [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Corker chief of staff: On third thought, he’s outta here]( 2/27/2018 5:21:01 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments First he’s out, then maybe he’s in, and then … yeah, Bob Corker’s out. The previously retiring senator from Tennessee has decided to stick with retirement, his chief of staff told Politico. Todd Womack said a two-term limit was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DCCC warned Democrats not to ‘politicize’ Vegas shooting]( 2/27/2018 4:41:13 PM John Sexton 0 Comments After the Las Vegas shooting last year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued an email warning candidates not to politicize the attack, at least not immediately. The email containing the advice was published today by HuffPost and, as you [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gallup Warning: Are you one of those people with too much money?]( 2/27/2018 4:01:57 PM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments The smarter-than-your-average-bear people over at Gallup are out with a new global poll warning that while a lot of money can indeed buy happiness, an awful lot of money probably won’t. Watch the Oscars this weekend, if your wife insists. See if [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The heartbreaking tale of a gang member being deported]( 2/27/2018 3:21:47 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments President Trump’s threat to pull ICE and the Border Patrol out of California hasn’t been enacted (yet) so immigration enforcement activities are still taking place. Following the big sweep in the Los Angeles area, individual investigations [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics: CPAC review, cyberwar preview, gun-ban skew, and much more!]( 2/27/2018 2:41:57 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [What the heck happened to Germany’s military?]( 2/27/2018 2:01:07 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments One of the more controversial platform items in Donald Trump’s foreign policy stance on the campaign trail had been an insistence that our Europen allies start investing more in their own military forces and carrying a bit more of the defense load. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Student gun control protest in Stockton turns violent, 5 arrested]( 2/27/2018 1:21:18 PM John Sexton 0 Comments High school students in Stockton, California walked out of school last Friday to demand more gun control in the wake of the Parkland shooting in Florida. However, some of the kids turned violent and began throwing rocks at cars and a handful got into a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [20 states sue to end ObamaCare — and they might have a point]( 2/27/2018 12:41:39 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Conservatives have fumed for the past six years that ObamaCare should have been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Instead, Chief Justice John Roberts took an argument that the Obama administration barely advanced, which is that the individual [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump could sink Nicolas Maduro with an embargo on Venezuelan oil]( 2/27/2018 12:01:02 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As the world watched Venezuela fall under the shadow of complete tyranny over the past couple of years, many of us have been asking if there is anything we could conceivably do about it short of a military intervention. I’ve written on the subject [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s on: Trump names 2020 campaign manager]( 2/27/2018 11:21:43 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Well, it was on before, too, so the news that Donald Trump plans to run for re-election isn’t exactly a shocker. Trump formed his 2020 campaign organization shortly after taking office, and the White House announced in June 2017 that Trump would [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [CNN proves it’s an activist outlet on gun control, not a journalistic one]( [Google shopping bans ‘gun’ searches… including glue guns]( [Ben Carson spent $31,000 on dining set for his office]( [Mueller team asks about Trump’s Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president]( [Supreme Court curbs rights of immigrants awaiting deportation]( [Patton Oswalt on ‘The View’: Trump is the ‘Final Boss’ of #MeToo video game]( [Anthem-protesting NFL player’s antics get him traded]( [Scoop: Trump family v. John Kelly]( [Hope Hicks acknowledges she sometimes tells white lies for Trump]( [Kushner’s overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage]( [Dick’s, major gun retailer, will stop selling assault-style rifles]( [Google’s first camera isn’t an evil all-seeing eye. Yet.]( [Newsweek can’t pay its rent on time and faces eviction]( [‘They’ll Get Over It’ — CNN’s Jake Tapper and Jeff Zucker claim shooting town hall criticism is ‘silly’]( [Can Donald Trump be indicted while serving as president?]( [Melania Trump dumps adviser over inaugural contract]( [The liberals still hell-bent on trying to prove the anti-Trump dossier is true]( [Donald Trump can build border wall, court rules]( [Glenn Haab, father of Colton Haab, admits altering CNN email]( [Get NASA out of the rocket business]( [NRA owns Republicans, Planned Parenthood owns Democrats]( [Md. student says he brought gun to school to guard against mass shooter]( [Mavericks interim CEO: “We will be the standard of inclusion & diversity”]( [Pet a whale, go to jail]( [What to know about Donald Trump’s new campaign manager]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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