HotAir Daily Express 06/17/2016

[Hot Air Daily Express] [Follow us on Facebook] [Home][Green Room][Archive][The Ed Morrissey Show][Print][Forward] [In light of Orlando, let’s turn our tears into dancing] 6/17/2016 10:01:24 AM Dustin Siggins 0 Comments Since Sunday, a lot of prayers have been said for America, for our public policies, and for the dead and living victims of the Orlando slaughter. On Wednesday, I asked people to also pray for Omar Mateen, the alleged killer who may have had loyalties to [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rigged? Leaked document reveals DNC’s plans about Clinton from day one] 6/17/2016 9:21:08 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Bernie Sanders has been saying it on the campaign trail for quite a while now and he’s hardly the only one. There was a sense among much of the pundit class that the Democratic National Committee under the leadership of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [This ABC News report flies in the face of Obama’s ‘Lone Wolf’ theory on Orlando terrorist] 6/17/2016 8:41:17 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments We keep hearing that the Orlando terrorist was a “Lone Wolf” attack inspired by “what he saw on the Internet” but not coordinated with any foreign entity or organized terrorist network. We also hear that although the FBI had [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [If Brexit wins, guess who might be replacing David Cameron] 6/17/2016 8:01:55 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Last month, when the upcoming Brexit vote in the UK was already tightening, I noted that former London Mayor Boris Johnson had become one of the more boisterous voices in favor of the Brits parting ways with the EU. At the time, I pondered whether he [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [If Trump gets dumped at the convention, is Cruz the presumptive nominee?] 6/16/2016 10:41:58 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Just something I’m thinking about as I read stuff like this while drinking heavily: New Reuters/Ipsos has Dems +11, 44-33 on House generic ballot. Just one poll, but that's about where Dems will need to be to have a chance — Kyle Kondik [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Islamic reformer on claims Orlando had nothing to do with Islam: ‘That is rubbish’] 6/16/2016 10:01:24 PM John Sexton 0 Comments An interesting interview on CNN with author and New York University professor Irshad Manji. Manji is both a Muslim and a lesbian which gives her an unusual perspective on the attack that took place in Orlando. In the first half of this interview she says [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Trump gearing up to launch … Trump TV?] 6/16/2016 9:21:56 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Only Trump, who can be on the air on any cable news network he wants for however long he wants at a moment’s notice, could conclude that he doesn’t have enough media exposure as-is and might need to start his own channel to meet public [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [What stinks most — the candidates, the media, or the office?] 6/16/2016 8:41:08 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Americans, dazed by the result of how we ended up with the two least likable major-party nominees, may be asking themselves how we ended up here. A new study from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center puts the blame squarely on the media, and not just for [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Major companies pulling support from national party conventions] 6/16/2016 8:01:26 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Major companies have decided they don’t want their brands associated with the political conventions this year. Most of these companies say they won’t be supporting either convention this year, but the suggestion in the story is that one [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Obama at Orlando memorial site: When will these gun rights supporters stop choosing to let terrorism happen?] 6/16/2016 7:21:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via the Free Beacon, you didn’t expect better from him on such a solemn occasion, did you? Rahm Emanuel exposed Obama’s approach to calamity within the first three weeks of his presidency. If he had gone to Orlando today and talked only about [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: The greatest political ad ever?] 6/16/2016 6:41:23 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments So this is what Trump fans are experiencing when they watch his speeches, huh? Suddenly the expressions on their faces at his rallies make sense. When I posted it on Twitter earlier, half a dozen people replied that they suddenly felt like they were [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sen. McCain says Obama ‘directly responsible’ for Orlando shooting, issues clarification] 6/16/2016 6:01:35 PM John Sexton 0 Comments After days spent attacking the NRA, “Republicans politicians,” Christians and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi the media has finally drawn a red line over who can be blamed in connection with the Orlando shooting. Thursday Senator John [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kasich: “At this point, I just can’t do it”] 6/16/2016 5:21:22 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Welcome to the State of Pledge for June 16th. As late as April, the three remaining Republican candidates all reinforced their pledge to support the party’s nominee in the general election. And yet, neither of the two who didn’t win the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hot new Democratic gun-grab idea: A new watch list of people who used to be on watch lists] 6/16/2016 4:41:23 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Man, when Democrats say they’re done worrying about due process, they don’t mess around. Follow the logic here. Republicans argue that we can’t summarily strip people on a terror watch list of their gun rights because there are too many [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Taliban now holds more of Afghanistan than at any time since 2001] 6/16/2016 4:01:51 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Taliban holds more territory in Afghanistan today than at any time since 2001. Current U.S. Commander Gen. John W. Nicholson has submitted a secret assessment of the situation to the Pentagon: The report — and Nicholson’s deployment to [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Chris Muir, John Lawrence Hill] 6/16/2016 3:21:14 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...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Air traffic controllers union still pushing Shuster’s horrible privatization plan] 6/16/2016 2:41:16 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Unable to come to any sort of long term agreement, Congress pushed through a short term funding arrangement for the FAA back in April. That stopgap measure is set to expire next month and we’re going to be right back where we [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump advisor to GOP leaders: If you can’t support him, it’s time to shut the hell up] 6/16/2016 2:01:30 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments His boss made the same point yesterday, saying, “We have to have our Republicans either stick together or let me just do it by myself,” and warning them to at least “be quiet” if they don’t want to be part of the team. For [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [CIA Director: ISIS’ will intensify terrorism campaign, seeks to infiltrate western targets] 6/16/2016 1:21:59 PM John Sexton 0 Comments CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Thursday that ISIS will ramp up its terrorism campaign despite recent losses on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq. Brennan added that ISIS is “exploring” ways to infiltrate its operatives into western [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [132 sexual predators in Virginia too dangerous to release — but not to vote or run for office] 6/16/2016 12:41:49 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Who’s up for having a Level 3 sexual predator run for public office — while being too dangerous to release? Thanks to Gov. Terry McAuliffe, that brave new world has arrived. The Washington Post’s Laura Vozzella calls this an [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [At Mizzou, an LGBT memorial breaks down over… a lack of diversity?] 6/16/2016 12:01:52 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I’ve been watching the unfolding national response to the terror attack in Orlando with a growing sense of dismay as the days go by. It frequently seems as if the discussion taking place in the media and among primarily liberal politicians is [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [New CBS poll shows Trump doing better against Hillary — or is it Hillary doing worse against Trump?] 6/16/2016 11:21:38 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments The good news for Trumpers is that his deficit in this one is half of what it was in that splashy Bloomberg poll from a few days ago. Bloomberg had it 49/37. CBS has it 43/37. He’s within striking distance, sort of. The bad news is that he has the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘No fly/No buy’ is a lie, here’s why] 6/16/2016 10:41:48 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments Imagine if the federal government suspended your right to your faith, your right to assemble and your right to speak your mind based on your inclusion on a secret list of American citizens with no prior due process and no open explanation of how you got [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [I’m former NYPD: Here’s why I suspect there was more than one shooter In Orlando] [Stephen Colbert revives ‘Quantum Leap’ to stop Donald Trump] [Trump: Clinton is the ‘enemy of working people’] [Sanders pledges to work with Clinton, still doesn’t quite concede] [In memo, U.S. diplomats urge more aggressive stance on Syria] [“No civilian should own this gun.” Funny you should mention that…] [Most marriages today are invalid, Pope Francis suggests] [Donald Trump is getting schlonged] [Why the Orlando shooting is unlikely to lead to major new gun laws] [Of course it would have been better if somebody had shot back] [Ed Morrissey Show] [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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