HotAir Daily Express 05/13/2016

[Hot Air Daily Express] [Follow us on Facebook] [Home][Green Room][Archive][The Ed Morrissey Show][Print][Forward] [Trump on his effective tax rate: “None of your business”] 5/13/2016 10:01:51 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Oh, but it is, it is … traditionally, anyway. Donald Trump and George Stephanopoulos went several rounds this morning about Trump’s tax returns this morning, and to say it got contentious perhaps understates the outcome. By the time this [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders looks to restructure Democrats’ nominating process at convention] 5/13/2016 9:21:56 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments While I’ve spent considerable time here pondering how we might clean up and improve the GOP primary process to be more representative and transparent, the Democrats have more than their fair share of problems in the same area. Now, having all but [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [GOP unity achieved … on closed conventions?] 5/13/2016 8:41:36 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Will Republicans hang a “Members Only” sign on their primaries in 2020? Conservatives and party leaders have begun approaching a consensus on one particular reform to the primary process, Politico’s Kyle Cheney reports, that both [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former NY senate Majority Leader sentenced to prison on corruption charges.] 5/13/2016 8:01:42 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Looking at the headline you might be confused and think that I’m once again talking about former state assembly Speaker and Democratic Hillary Clinton superdelegate Sheldon Silver, but you’d be wrong. Demonstrating that corruption is found on [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Clinton cronies got rich off Clinton charity] 5/13/2016 7:01:26 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments A new report from the Wall Street Journal reveals how a $2 million grant arranged by the Clinton Global Initiative went to a private, for-profit company owned by long-time allies of the Clinton clan. The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Email reveals Hillary used standard phone line when secure line failed] 5/13/2016 6:41:14 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments After several failed attempts to conduct an official conversation on a secured telephone line, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded her underlings call her on her unsecured home phone line. The emails include a now-familiar theme revealed [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Obama Administration forces transgender bathroom rules on every school in America] 5/13/2016 5:41:25 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments The Department of Education will instruct every public school in America to provide “suitable” bathroom and locker room facilities to match transgender students “chosen gender identity.” The Washington Post has details on how the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Van Jones and MoveOn warn the left: Three dumb ideas progressives have about Trump] 5/12/2016 10:41:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via Mediaite, it’s not 100 percent correct but it’s much closer to the mark than you’d expect given the source. A few quibbles, though. For starters, one reason that Trump won’t “self-destruct” is that Hillary is [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Boehner: Trump can win — ‘just watch’] 5/12/2016 10:01:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Speaking at a Las Vegas finance conference Thursday, former House Speaker John Boehner said he believes Donald Trump can win the election. The AP reports: Boehner says the billionaire businessman is the presumptive Republican nominee for president — [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reporter to Rubio: You’ve got until June to change your mind and run for Senate again, you know] 5/12/2016 9:21:54 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Interesting reply. Asked Rubio if he would reconsider Senate bid. "I'm not focused on that." I note he has till June. He walks away, turns and says "June 24" — Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) May 12, 2016 I think he’s 90 [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [What the Ben Rhodes’ story push back reveals about media bias] 5/12/2016 8:41:44 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Ever since the NY Times Magazine published an unflattering profile of Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, the long knives have been out for the piece’s author, David Samuels. Today the editor of the NY Times magazine published a series of [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Study: Trump-style tariffs on all imports would cost the average U.S. household $6,000 per year] 5/12/2016 8:01:51 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Smells like globalist propaganda to me. I say we give it a shot, prove the eggheads wrong. What’s the worst that could happen? The economists looked at two scenarios to arrive at their calculations. First, based on statements Trump has made in the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump on VP search: Jan Brewer and Mary Fallin “fabulous”] 5/12/2016 7:21:48 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments How about Paul Ryan? (Too soon?) Looking past the nomination fight, Greta van Susteren asked Donald Trump about his search for a running mate, and the presumptive nominee told her that he’s down to “five to seven” possibilities. Two of [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: WaPo columnist eats his words about Trump — literally] 5/12/2016 6:41:45 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments To cleanse the palate. Most political writers, me included, believed Trump was doomed in the primaries. Only one went so far as to say he’d eat his words if Trump won. Well, Trump won. Bon appetit, bro. Someone at WaPo, probably Milbank himself, [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Brazil’s President says impeachment vote is a coup] 5/12/2016 6:01:08 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier, Ed noted a growing list of reasons why holding the summer Olympics in Brazil may be a very bad idea. To that list, that starts with the spread of the Zika virus, you can now add political chaos. Last night, Senators voted to impeach president [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Harvard Public Health Review: Brazil Olympics should be moved or canceled due to Zika] 5/12/2016 5:21:57 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments If a new virus broke out with the potential for both serious illnesses and rapid spread through parasitic and human contact, would governments and health organizations encourage people to visit the epicenter of the outbreak? If not — and one [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [The obligatory “Caitlyn Jenner may de-transition” post] 5/12/2016 4:41:12 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Big culture-war news if true, but it probably isn’t. Supposedly Jenner just agreed to pose nude for the cover of the “Sports Illustrated” Olympics issue. That’s not something you do if you’ve concluded you made a mistake and [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Air Force could have reached Benghazi before attack ended (Update)] 5/12/2016 4:01:48 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Last night Fox News’ Adam Housley interviewed a witness to events that took place on the night of the Benghazi attack who has never spoken to reporters before. “I feel like some things need to come to light,” the source said, his face [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Jeff Dunetz, Gabriel Malor] 5/12/2016 3:21:36 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 as well as on our Ustream channel. Join us as we welcome: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson brings [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wendy’s moves to self-service ordering as minimum wage rises] 5/12/2016 2:41:26 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Investor’s Business Daily reported Wednesday that fast food chain Wendy’s will be expanding the use of self-service kiosks in response to the rising minimum wage: Wendy’s said that self-service ordering kiosks will be made available [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: Paul Ryan moves from #NotYetTrump to #ProbablyTrump] 5/12/2016 2:01:16 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Ed already summarized what Ryan said but the “big meeting” isn’t really big unless we can milk it for multiple posts. The irony of the Trump/Ryan summit is that rapprochement might not be in either of their best interests. Superficially [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking: House GOP wins case against ObamaCare insurer subsidy funding] 5/12/2016 1:21:37 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The irrational funding structure of ObamaCare has long been demonstrated. According to a federal judge, at least part of it is also unconstitutional. The Obama administration lost in court this afternoon when the judge ruled in favor of the House of [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Court finds Planned Parenthood shooter to be… yeah. A nutcase] 5/12/2016 12:41:09 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The saga of Robert Lewis Dear seems to be heading in a predictable direction. You no doubt recall the mass shooting at the Colorado Planned Parenthood offices where Dear murdered one police officer and two civilians in addition to inuring others. [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: My temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. is a “suggestion”] 5/12/2016 12:01:10 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Every policy proposal is a “suggestion” but few are so provocative that they define the candidate who offered them. Trump’s ban on Muslims does, as does his insistence on deporting all illegals (and then letting most of them back in). [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yuuuuge news from the Unity Summit: It went “great”; Update: Ryan says “very positive,” “good conversation of trust”] 5/12/2016 11:21:24 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is our long national nightmare over? According to a tweet from inside the most-watched pitch meeting in history, RNC chair Reince Priebus assured his followers on Twitter that the meeting between Donald Trump and Paul Ryan went “great.” [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Six reasons to sext your husband] [Will Trump endanger the Senate?] [Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president] [U.S. cashiers commander of boats seized by Iran] [Facebook news selection is in hands of editors not algorithms, documents show] [In Alien vs. Predator, I’m for Predator, because he’s OUR Predator] [Exclusive: U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids] [Donald Trump presidency would revive neutered Congress, restore power to the people] [Paul Ryan signals his surrender] [How to stop the next Trump] [Ed Morrissey Show] [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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