HotAir Daily Express 05/18/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [There is a dimension of audio weirdness beyond that of even “yanny and laurel”]( 5/18/2018 11:21:54 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Is it too early for a palate cleanser? I say no. Palate cleansers follow the same social conventions as drinking: Later in the day is better, evening is best, but on a Friday — sure, go ahead and start in the morning. The fascinating wrinkle [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Have Ohio Republicans surrendered to Obamacare?]( 5/18/2018 10:41:15 AM Jason Hart 0 Comments Ohio Democrat and former Obama appointee Rich Cordray is running for governor on friendly policy turf, with Republicans arguing over how gently they should reform outgoing governor John Kasich’s Obamacare Medicaid expansion. Kasich, a Republican, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How To Fix Your Dark Spots]( Gundry MD SPONSORED Surgeon explains at home fix for dark spots and uneven skin tones on skin [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Developing: Texas high school in lockdown after shots fired; ABC: Multiple injuries; NBC affiliate: One in custody; CNN: “Multiple fatalities”]( 5/18/2018 9:37:39 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A school district in Santa Fe, Texas has initiated a lockdown and triggered a “major law enforcement response” after reports of a shooter on a high-school campus. It’s not clear whether this is still an ongoing threat or if the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Giuliani: Mueller’s “narrowing the subjects” for Trump interview to two]( 5/18/2018 9:21:53 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Shouldn’t it really be more like … zero? Rudy Giuliani told Chris Cuomo on CNN’s New Day this morning that Donald Trump’s legal team had bargained down the number of subject areas for a special-counsel interview of the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gunman opens fire at police in Trump resort while “ranting about the president”]( 5/18/2018 8:41:28 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This will keep lots of government agencies busy over the next few days. A gunman tried setting a trap for police early this morning at a Trump resort in the Miami area, draping a flag over the desk and “ranting about the president.” [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Catalonia has a new secessionist leader]( 5/18/2018 8:01:54 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We haven’t heard from Catalonia’s Runaway President in a little while, but now there’s been a new development worth keeping an eye on. Back in March, exiled president Carles Puigdemont was briefly detained in Germany when he [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The television event of a lifetime: The Avenatti & Scaramucci Show]( 5/17/2018 10:01:18 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “I have no interest in television right now,” tweeted the guy who’s on television 22-23 hours a day in response to this story. Lol. I have no interest in television right now. I’ll leave that to the experts. I enjoy practicing law [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [White House weighs in on Laurel vs. Yanny debate (Progressive scolds: That’s not funny, you monsters)]( 5/17/2018 9:21:46 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Thursday afternoon the White House weighed in on the greatest debate of our time: Laurel vs. Yanny. The clip is obviously supposed to be light-hearted and fun, a distraction but a harmless one. Naturally, this inspired people on the left to new fits [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pelosi on Trump’s “animals” comment: Doesn’t he see the spark of divinity in all people?]( 5/17/2018 8:41:18 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Well, he says he sees it in unborn children, which puts him one up on pretty much every Democrat. The RNC posted this clip with the caption “Nancy Pelosi Defends Violent MS-13 Gang Members In Response To Trump.” That’s half-true. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [On second thought: Michael Cohen’s records might not be missing from Treasury database, just “restricted”]( 5/17/2018 8:01:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Ah, well then. Never mind. FinCEN spox statement in light of New Yorker story on suspicious activity reports (per @ShimonPro): "Under longstanding procedures, FinCEN will limit access to certain SARs when requested by law enforcement [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Will Britain delay Brexit in all but name — and for how long?]( 5/17/2018 7:21:27 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments With deadlines fast approaching for a Brexit agreement and a seemingly unresolvable impasse on the Irish border, Theresa May might have opted to punt — for as long as three years. Rather than cut off Northern Ireland from the UK’s trade [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: IG has found possible violations of law in FBI/DOJ handling of Clinton investigation]( 5/17/2018 6:41:54 PM John Sexton 0 Comments For the moment, this is just coming from one former reporter so I’d call this unconfirmed but intriguing. Paul Sperry is the former D.C. bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily. He is also the author of a recent piece for Real Clear [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Vegas shooter was overheard complaining about Waco, Ruby Ridge, “FEMA camps,” gun confiscation]( 5/17/2018 6:01:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The claims are noteworthy but so is the sourcing. The accounts come from a 1,200-page batch of reports released by Vegas PD that includes witness statements and police testimony. The man who says he heard the shooter babbling about FEMA camps [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Déjà vu: Senate mulls canceling August recess … again]( 5/17/2018 5:21:54 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Threats to cancel August recesses in Congress are almost as traditional as the August recesses themselves. Last year, Mitch McConnell managed to shorten it a bit while trying to pass an ObamaCare repeal bill, which flopped despite the extra time. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts sending ash to 30,000 feet]( 5/17/2018 4:41:08 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting and causing earthquakes all month but Thursday morning the summit exploded and spewed a cloud of ash several miles into the air. From the Washington Post: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sarah Sanders: “Animals” doesn’t go far enough in describing MS-13]( 5/17/2018 4:01:41 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments History will remember this as the day Trump decided to replace Pence with her on the 2020 ticket. Q: "What did the president mean when he said that some immigrants are non-people, they're animals?" .@PressSec Sarah Sanders: "The [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics: North Korea, free speech and social media, Finding Jesus in Israel, and more!]( 5/17/2018 3:41:40 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 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Can’t handle the truth? Actor walks out of “verbatim” play on Chevron shakedown]( 5/17/2018 3:21:18 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Do actors have to support a character in order to play it? This story’s a couple of days old, but still poses an intriguing question on a couple of levels. Our old friend Phelim McAleer will open another of his “verbatim” plays in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chinese Muslims sent to re-education camps reminiscent of the cultural revolution]( 5/17/2018 2:41:35 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Associated Press reports Chinese Muslims in the western part of the nation are being sent to re-education camps where people are starved and tortured until they have the approved outlook on the Chinese government. Since last spring, Chinese [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Michigan State settles over Nassar abuse with three hundred thirty-two victims]( 5/17/2018 2:01:29 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The civil case against Michigan State University for its role in allowing the worst sexual abuser to operate freely for years is over, but the settlement features two eye-popping numbers. MSU will have to pay $500 million to the victims of Larry [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gallup: Share who are satisfied with how things are going in U.S. ties for highest since 2005]( 5/17/2018 1:31:19 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Old CW: Will Trump finish his term? New CW: Will Trump win all 50 states? No, no, kidding. The new CW is more like “Could the GOP actually do reasonably well in the next two elections, including a second term for Trump?” The answer [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [John Harwood: MS-13 gang members are people too]( 5/17/2018 1:01:40 PM John Sexton 0 Comments As Jazz pointed out this morning, the media went wild last night and this morning over President Trump referring to immigrants as “animals.” Except that wasn’t a very generous or accurate look at what Trump said. In fact, he was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Roseanne continues to drive the left crazy]( 5/17/2018 12:31:30 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Did you catch Roseanne last week? It was a pretty good one and the revival of the show has turned out to be one of the few network offerings that my (Democrat) wife and I both look forward to. Unfortunately for some of the more safe space oriented [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Did Trump call Kim’s bluff?]( 5/17/2018 12:01:21 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments What caused North Korea’s striking about-face on talks with the US over the last few days? Was Kim Jong-un never serious about it in the first place, or did elements in his regime push back? Diplomats are puzzling over this and the prospects [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Avenatti: I’m vetting two more women who say they’re under hush-money agreements with Trump]( 5/17/2018 11:21:58 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via the IJR, actually he says he’s vetting more than two. But there are two at the moment whose claims appear to be on “solid ground” and who might be coming forward soon. Hopefully before he’s disbarred! (Kidding. I [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Caleb Howe [Donald Trump is right. 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