HotAir Daily Express 03/06/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Gender reassignment surgeries (and regrets over same) are on the rise]( 3/6/2018 10:41:53 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In yet another alarming trend demonstrating how social justice movements are trumping science, a new study out from John Hopkins indicates that the number of gender reassignment surgeries is steadily climbing in the United States. Once both rare and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nunberg to AP: Never mind]( 3/6/2018 10:01:53 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Or perhaps more accurately, Sam Nunberg to Robert Mueller: Never mind. During a bizarre series of media appearances and rambling declarations of defiance and accusations yesterday, the former adviser to Donald Trump had one consistent message — [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge issues surprise ruling on withholding funds for sanctuary state]( 3/6/2018 9:21:14 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If you are a noncompliant jurisdiction in terms of cooperating with immigration enforcement and you take the White House to court, demanding that you receive your Justice Department grant money anyway, be careful what you wish for. Sure, if you shop [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [North Korea: We’re willing to talk about denuclearization now]( 3/6/2018 8:41:00 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It may be a brand new day on the Korean peninsula. For the first time in decades, the Kim regime in North Korea has signaled a willingness to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons — in exchange for a settlement of the 1950-53 Korean War. The move [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Media can’t get over the FLOTUS citizenship question]( 3/6/2018 8:01:38 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Last month we looked at the Washington Post’s jaw-dropping attempt at “fact checking” the details of the immigration status of First Lady Melania Trump and her parents. That was a true tour de force in the fact-checking world since they [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“Walking Dead” grumble thread: The tender side of, uh, Negan]( 3/5/2018 10:41:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A stray thought left over from last week: Isn’t it weird that a seasoned fighter like little Carl got taken out by a bite during a scuffle with a single zombie? When does that ever happen? Super-badasses like Rick and Michonne can fend off entire [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Unpublished Steele dossier: Russia intervened to “block” Romney’s choice as Secretary of State]( 3/5/2018 10:01:05 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Enjoy the most sensational tidbit from Jane Mayer’s very sympathetic portrait of dossier author Christopher Steele. There are two ways to interpret this, assuming it’s true at all. The nefarious interpretation: Our worst fears are realized. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Flippy the robot starts work in California restaurant]( 3/5/2018 9:21:02 PM John Sexton 0 Comments We’ve known it was coming for some time and today it’s finally here. Flippy the burger-flipping robot started his first shift today at Caliburger in California. From KTLA 5: Flippy is a brand new, burger flipping robot now cooking at a chain [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Socialized medicine: Almost a century of failure already]( 3/5/2018 8:41:37 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Progressives plan to make a big push for single-payer health care in the midterms, hoping to force Democrats even harder Left than in the past four Congressional election cycles. They want a Medicare-for-all system that will eclipse private health [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Mueller’s office now investigating … Stormygate?]( 3/5/2018 8:01:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Nonsense. When has a special prosecutor investigating a president for one set of alleged misdeeds eventually wandered over into investigating him for sexual indiscretions too? This Journal story is speculative on the Mueller angle but it’s worth [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Progressives shout down Christina Hoff Sommers at Portland law school]( 3/5/2018 7:21:03 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Christina Hoff Sommers was scheduled to speak today at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. Yesterday, in anticipation of her arrival, a coalition of progressive groups led by a local chapter of the National Lawyer’s Guild announced they [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How a 7 term Dem congressman loses the DCCC’s support]( 3/5/2018 6:41:01 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Primary season for the midterms is getting underway and the DCC is already under scrutiny for their perceived efforts at picking winners and losers. The Democrats are hoping for a blue wave and clearly want to capitalize on historic trends while still [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmm: Former Russian mole in critical condition after exposure to “unknown substance”]( 3/5/2018 6:01:35 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Readers may not know the name Sergei Skripal, but the name Anna Chapman will ring some bells. Chapman became the public face of a Russian spy ring in the US that got caught almost eight years ago, and which may have been attempting to penetrate the Obama [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [End of an era: Thad Cochran to resign on April 1]( 3/5/2018 5:31:36 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments So the rumors were true. Politico reported in December that Cochran might retire early next year. And now it’s early next year, and here we are. He’ll end up eight months shy of 40 full years in the Senate. Tom Cotton, the junior senator next [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DC conservatives have a hard time finding dates]( 3/5/2018 5:01:54 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Washingtonian published a story today on the difficulty some conservatives are having meeting people on dating sites. It seems people in DC are more likely than most places to make their political outlook a deciding factor in whether or not they can [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [MN high school students don’t want school named after this horrible racist]( 3/5/2018 4:31:19 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In Minnesota, the students and alumni of yet another high school have decided that they don’t want their fine institution of learning to be sullied by bearing the name of a racist slave owner. We’ve seen some of these in the past with [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Uh oh: Third Netanyahu insider gets full immunity, flips]( 3/5/2018 4:01:50 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Israeli Prime Minister visited the White House today, engaging in low-key but friendly discussions with Donald Trump. He might want to consider sticking around for a longer visit — a much longer visit — given the news back home. Investigators [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former Trump advisor Sam Nunberg: I’m tearing up my subpoena from Mueller on live TV; Update: Accuses Trump; Update: Attacks Sanders]( 3/5/2018 3:31:01 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments My gut reaction upon reading the headline was that Nunberg was going all-in on a pardon ploy. He understands Trump. He knows how much POTUS would appreciate a show of defiance towards Mueller given how limited his own options are. He also knows how much [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook user survey: Should we allow men to solicit nude pics from teen girls?]( 3/5/2018 3:01:30 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A reporter from the Guardian was selected to participate in a survey on Facebook over the weekend. The questions he was asked surprised him. “In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook’s policies, how would you handle the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [UConn offers no special “counseling” for students traumatized by Linda Sarsour]( 3/5/2018 2:31:25 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Remember when Ben Shapiro was scheduled to speak at Berkeley last year and the school’s administration set up special counseling sessions for any students who were too traumatized by his being in the same county to face another day? Ah, good times, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Obama chief of staff: Mitch McConnell prevented Obama from getting tough on Russia]( 3/5/2018 2:01:21 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments In a world where strongly worded memos constitute action, this argument would make some sense. In a world where the Obama administration had repeatedly and publicly dismissed the idea that Russia was a threat, it’s an expression of impotence. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Paul Ryan to Trump: Let’s rethink these tariffs]( 3/5/2018 1:31:30 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments On Friday the president of the European Commission specifically named three American products that would be targeted for retaliatory tariffs if Trump went ahead with his gambit on steel and aluminum. One is blue jeans; the second is bourbon, manufactured [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oscar ratings likely to set an all-time low (Update: It’s official)]( 3/5/2018 1:01:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The final numbers aren’t in yet but based on the metered market rating, it looks like last night’s Oscars will set an all-time low in the number of viewers. From the Hollywood Reporter: Overnight returns have the lengthy ABC telecast [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Totally sane NY Democrats push ban on teachers being armed in schools]( 3/5/2018 12:31:42 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments You’ve probably heard that the President recently held some meetings to discuss what, if anything, could be done in terms of gun violence in the wake of the Florida mass school shooting. One of the suggestions which came out of that was offering a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Townhall exclusive: Parkland shooting survivor wonders why the media’s ignoring him]( 3/5/2018 12:01:05 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Today’s object lesson on media narrative crafting comes to us from Kyle Kashuv, one of the students who survived the Parkland massacre on Valentine’s Day. Kashuv has thoughts on preventing such massacres in the future, much like his more [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Awful scandal porn: Nunberg gone wild]( [Maryland Senate passes bill requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns]( [Poll: Americans, particularly Democrats, dislike Russia]( [Researchers find cancer-causing chemicals in bodies of teen vapers]( [“What the f*ck?” Nunberg’s Mueller meltdown leaves friends petrified]( [“Problem is, we don’t have Stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!”]( [How I went from a stay-at-home mom to the RNC chairwoman]( [America’s gun-culture problem]( [On second thought: Nunberg says he’ll probably cooperate with Mueller]( [North Korea willing to discuss giving up nuclear weapons, South says]( [“Success” on YouTube still means a life of poverty]( [The case against retweets]( [Planned Parenthood is the NRA of the Democratic Party]( [Among the Never Trumpers]( [Why Trump will get cold feet on trade]( [Presidential ratings are flawed. Which makes it hard to assess Trump.]( [“I have smelled alcohol on your breath”]( [A gun won’t give you the guts to run toward danger]( [Donald Trump’s bubble presidency]( [How Trump’s Hudson Tunnel snit threatens the national economy]( [The dance of the pro-Trump Republican]( [How Silicon Valley went from “don’t be evil” to doing evil]( [Our anger is poisoning us. Here’s what I learned after my son died.]( [New AI algorithm lets computers learn from their mistakes]( [Let’s hope Trump’s mysterious video game meeting gets cancelled]( [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. 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