HotAir Daily Express 05/14/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Make China great again? We must find a way to save Chinese jobs at ZTE, says Trump]( 5/14/2018 11:21:05 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments There’s a strategy here, I think, but hoo boy is it weird watching President MAGA tweet about the importance of saving Chinese jobs. Especially when those jobs are at a telecom company which has been accused repeatedly of acting as a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Florida’s electoral system is under attack… by Democrats]( 5/14/2018 10:41:38 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Florida Man and Florida Woman remain two of the more lovable non-superheroes on social media. They always seem to be getting up to some sort of hijinks which never work out very well in the end. But now they appear to have made the jump into the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Want a gorgeous head of hair again?]( Juvetress SPONSORED Pour This On Your Head And Watch What Happens [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Are Facebook and Google trying to shut down pro-life voices in Ireland?]( 5/14/2018 10:01:59 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments While Facebook remains under fire in the US for its role in amplifying “fake news,” critics across the sea allege that the social-media platform has joined forces with Google to shut down news in Ireland. Both platforms have refused to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats remained flummoxed as to why people don’t hate tax cuts]( 5/14/2018 9:21:32 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As we previously discussed, the Democrats are running out of time to settle on a midterm messaging strategy which will satisfy the more liberal elements of their base without turning off the middle class, working voters they need in many purple [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [US embassy moves to Jerusalem; riots break out on Gaza border]( 5/14/2018 8:41:51 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Donald Trump likes to remind people that he keeps his promises, and today he’ll get bragging rights on one that other presidents have failed to deliver. The US embassy will transfer from Tel Aviv to an existing consulate in Jerusalem, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Was removing Kim Jong-un always part of the deal?]( 5/14/2018 8:01:29 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Now that Mike Pompeo is knee-deep into the negotiations with Kim Jong-un and North Korea a decidedly different tone is being struck at the White House. Previous efforts at denuclearization of the Korean peninsula always seemed to involve discussions [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanctions against Europeans over Iran Deal is a horrible idea]( 5/13/2018 8:01:44 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments The intimation by National Security Adviser John Bolton the U.S. would consider sanctions against European allies over the Iran Deal is not really the sort of news one wants to wake up to on a Sunday. The man with the best mustache in politics did [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [No more Thomas McInerney on Fox News]( 5/13/2018 7:01:09 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments Say goodbye to retired General Thomas McInerney on Fox News. The network decided it was time to pull the plug on using the ex-military analyst for calling Senator John McCain, “Songbird John,” whilst defending torture. A Fox spokeswoman [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Seattle showdown: Amazon vs socialist city council vote happens Monday]( 5/13/2018 6:01:00 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The vote on Seattle’s “head tax” will take place tomorrow. The tax is intended to raise $75 million per year which would then be used to subsidize the construction of affordable housing in the city. If passed it would add a $520 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is SNL nearing the end of its run?]( 5/13/2018 5:01:48 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Saturday Night Live hasn’t been running for my entire life, but sometimes it feels that way. When the show debuted I was still in high school, as hard as that is to believe today. I’ll definitely confess to being a fan of SNL early on, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bolton: Sanctions on European countries “possible” (video)]( 5/13/2018 3:31:24 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When National Security Advisor John Bolton showed up on CNN’s State of the Union this week the obvious topic of conversation (besides North Korea) was the state of the Iran deal. Bolton is always good for generating some headlines if not [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Estimate: Cable news nets have given Michael Avenatti $175 million worth of airtime]( 5/13/2018 2:01:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments C’mon, there’s no way this Free Beacon analysis is accurate. I would have guessed $160 million, tops. He told the Hollywood Reporter a few days ago, “I have no intention of having a career in television.” Er, he already has [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sarah Sanders lowers the boom on staff for leaks, on verge of tears]( 5/13/2018 12:31:17 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has had enough with the leaks coming out of the communications department. Friday, in the Roosevelt Room, Sanders was both angry and emotional with her staff over a leak exposing a snide remark made [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ascension, succession, and mission: Sunday reflection]( 5/13/2018 11:46:11 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This morning’s Gospel reading is John 17:11–19: Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I was with them I protected them in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Revolt: Three EU nations block resolution meant to “embarrass and isolate” the White House]( 5/13/2018 11:01:12 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Preparations are underway for the grand opening of the new United States embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. While the President won’t be able to attend as he prepares for his summit with North Korea, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have arrived to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How constitutional carry failed in Oklahoma… for now]( 5/13/2018 9:31:36 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There were quite a few Second Amendment supporters in Oklahoma who were left this week with a feeling of, “what just happened?” The Sooner State was poised to become the 15th in the nation to enact Constitutional Carry after both the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sunday morning talking heads]( 5/13/2018 8:01:36 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments A big week in foreign policy means a Sunday show line-up dominated by the White House’s top natsec officials. The headliner is John Bolton, who I believe is making his Sunday-morning debut as NSA. He’ll be on “This Week” and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sen. Grassley: Comey said FBI agents saw no sign Gen. Flynn lied]( 5/12/2018 8:31:21 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A letter sent yesterday by Sen. Chuck Grassley backs up a claim made in the House Intel report released last month and contradicts statements made by former Director Comey on his book tour. Specifically, Grassley says Comey told his Senate Committee [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Alexa and Siri are listening to commands you can’t hear]( 5/12/2018 7:01:43 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I’m one of those reckless people who carry their phones in the breast pocket of their shirt, assuming the shirt has one. I know… there’s probably some radiation danger lurking there but it’s convenient for me. Also, when [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dick’s Sporting Goods hires gun control lobbyists, fall-out continues]( 5/12/2018 5:31:34 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. has ended their relationship with Dick’s Sporting Goods and it’s subsidiary Field and Stream. This action was caused by the company’s hiring of gun control lobbyists last month. Mossberg issued a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [California can’t stop passing laws to shield illegal aliens]( 5/12/2018 4:01:41 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The RESIST movement in the California state legislature seems to be getting into something of a rut lately. They know they want to pass laws to obstruct the President at every turn, but by now they seem to be running out of fresh material. Their [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Don Blankenship advisor: He’ll make sure the GOP nominee doesn’t win the West Virginia Senate seat]( 5/12/2018 2:31:28 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “All options are on the table,” one of his top strategists said in an interview this week when asked what Blankenship might do to play spoiler. One option that’s not on the table is running as an independent himself, thanks to West [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [What is Elizabeth Warren up to with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe?]( 5/12/2018 1:01:57 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Here’s a bit of legislative mystery which has mostly flown under the radar. It involves a piece of legislation introduced in the Senate in March which would clear the way for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in Massachusettes to restart [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hillary: “A very large proportion of the population” fear women as leaders, you know]( 5/12/2018 11:31:10 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Hillary Clinton remains hot on the trail of the Deplorables responsible for denying her the presidency — twice. Mediaite captures part of a lengthy conversation with former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard about the many obstacles [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A long awaited plan to curb H-1B visa abuse]( 5/12/2018 10:01:26 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Here’s something which the federal government should have been doing years ago, but I suppose better late than never applies. The Justice Department has entered into a cooperative agreement with the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Olivia Nuzzi [Donald Trump and Sean Hannity like to talk before bedtime]( Teddy Wayne [Are my friends really my friends?]( Peter Wallison [The president can end the standoff with Mueller]( AP [Breaking: SCOTUS strikes down federal ban on state-sanctioned sports gambling]( WaPo [Trump’s improved standing, energized GOP voters worry Democrats]( Axios [White House leakers leak about leaking]( Mitt Romney [Robert Jeffress is a bigot and should not be speaking at the opening of the Jerusalem embassy]( David Faris [How the Democrats could thwart Trump’s Supreme Court takeover]( Axios [Trump’s grand bargain on China]( WaPo [“Buckle up”: As Mueller probe enters second year, Trump and allies go on war footing]( JPost [18 Palestinians reported dead in clashes before opening of U.S. embassy in Jerusalem]( Jim VandeHei [How to be the next Trump]( AP [Calls for Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize are getting louder]( Daniel Flynn [Donald Trump’s best week ever]( HDN [Depression rates among youth in U.S. higher than ever]( William Bennett [George Will scorns Pence for the high crime of decency]( Alex Castellanos [#FailingMorningJoe]( Jared Whitley [Sorry, there’s not going to be any “blue tidal wave” this fall]( Steven Hayward [It’s time for McCain to resign]( Jonathan Turley [It’s come to this]( AJC [“Melania” rises in popularity as name for baby girls]( streiff [Netanyahu and Putin face off and Putin blinks]( NYT [Magnet implants? 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