HotAir Daily Express 07/19/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [NYT: Trump was briefed in detail last January on how Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign]( 7/19/2018 11:21:04 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments This casts all of his public hedging on Russian culpability since taking office in a new light. The evidence of interference was described to him in detail, including highly sensitive evidence of Putin’s direct involvement, since before he was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Will Oregon voters reject sanctuary status?]( 7/19/2018 10:41:40 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As with most of the left coast, elected officials in Oregon have adopted a number of “sanctuary” policies intended to defy the President’s border security policies and make it more difficult for immigration enforcement officials to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump to Biden: Bring. It. On.]( 7/19/2018 10:01:29 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Be careful what you, er, dream for? One lighter moment from Donald Trump’s interview last night with CBS’s Jeff Glor came in assessing one potential Democratic challenger to his upcoming re-election bid in 2020. When Glor mentions former [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poll: Young people don’t like Trump, but they don’t like voting either]( 7/19/2018 9:21:09 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments How much does the rumored “blue wave” rely on the youth vote? This is of particular concern for Democrats when it comes to the 18-29 demographic which regularly leans toward the progressive side these days. If a recent poll from the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wray: Russian intel still targets US political system, but watch out for China]( 7/19/2018 8:41:13 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Donald Trump may have a tough time definitively saying so, but FBI Director Christopher Wray adamantly insists that Russian interference is no mere theory. Not only did Russian intelligence mount a large effort to warp the 2016 election, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Woman who wanted Republicans hounded moans over being hounded]( 7/19/2018 8:01:07 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Remember when Maxine Waters was saying that activists should haunt the steps of every person associated with the Trump administration and let them know they were “not welcome” in polite society? Well, the shoe is on the other foot now [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s happening: Plurality of Democratic women are ready for Hillary again]( 7/18/2018 10:41:38 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments America spends most of its time these days relitigating the 2016 election, starting with the president himself. Why shouldn’t we do it for real in 2020? For years right-wing men have been telling the left that it was a mistake to let women [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wimps: 133 House Democrats vote “present” on resolution supporting ICE]( 7/18/2018 10:01:40 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Maybe I spoke too soon about the great Democratic Socialist revolution being DOA in the New York gubernatorial primary. There must be something to it if all but 18 members of Pelosi’s caucus were cowed into not voting yes on a symbolic gesture [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Actor-director says something positive about Ben Shapiro and Twitter erupts with outrage (Update: Duplass apologizes)]( 7/18/2018 9:21:39 PM John Sexton 0 Comments This isn’t what I would call a terribly important story but it is a telling one. An actor and director named Mark Duplass who has a career in independent film and television said something nice about Ben Shapiro and was immediately dragged for [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poll: Majority wants SCOTUS term limits — in all political demos]( 7/18/2018 8:41:42 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Does a new interest in Supreme Court term limits spring from the controversy over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination? That seems unlikely when reviewing the internals of the new Politico/Morning Consult poll, showing 61% of all respondents in favor [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Socialist revolution postponed: Cuomo still crushing Cynthia Nixon in New York primary poll]( 7/18/2018 8:01:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments If the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revolution in NY-14 is really A Thing, there should be some evidence of it in the far more prominent New York gubernatorial primary, no? Particularly since: 1. Cynthia Nixon was somewhat famous even before she became [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I hold Putin responsible for 2016 election meddling which I totally agree happened]( 7/18/2018 7:21:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The post-Helsinki damage control continues. This afternoon President Trump gave an interview to CBS News in which he affirmed that Russia meddled in the 2016 election and that he holds President Putin responsible for it. CBS posted this transcript [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Restaurant achieves actual “social justice” without involving the cops (video)]( 7/18/2018 6:41:38 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is one of those local stories I like to highlight just in case it gives others around the country some ideas of how to get along in the world a bit better. In Mansfield, Texas, there’s a small restaurant called Our Place. (I know… [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: Armed citizen effectively defends family in Houston]( 7/18/2018 6:01:13 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “How many of us,” KHOU’s Michelle Choi asked earlier this morning, “have showed up to our driveways late at night, gotten out of our cars thinking everything is safe?” One Houston woman did exactly that last night and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders: Trump will meet with his team to discuss Putin’s interest in questioning Americans like Michael McFaul]( 7/18/2018 5:31:41 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Makes sense. America won’t be truly great again until we [checks notes] start handing over American citizens to Putin. McFaul, formerly Obama’s ambassador to Russia, got wind that his name came up in Trump’s chat with Putin in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [CA Supreme Court: A proposition splitting California into 3 states won’t be on the ballot this year]( 7/18/2018 5:01:37 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A proposal to split California into three separate states was scheduled to be on the ballot this November. Today the California Supreme Court ruled the measure, known as Proposition 9, won’t be put to a vote because there are [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Laundry Service refutes Papa John’s claims about blackmail… sort of]( 7/18/2018 4:31:36 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I have to come before you today with my hat in my hand and a mea maxima culpa on my lips. I realize that when I reported on Papa John Schnatter’s first excuse for using the n-word on a conference call and his subsequent departure from the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Associated Press: Perchance have you heard of this new “Trump Derangement Syndrome” buzzphrase on the Right?]( 7/18/2018 4:01:15 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The Associated Press is kidding about this, right? They have to be kidding. Don’t they? Nope: President Donald Trump and his supporters have a new buzz phrase to diagnose his critics: “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The term is supposed to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump on newest NATO ally: What if these “very aggressive” Montenegrins drag us into a war?]( 7/18/2018 3:31:24 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A leftover from the Tucker interview last night. Background: Not only was Montenegro admitted into NATO on Trump’s watch, the guy who reportedly lobbied him on agreeing to it was Mike Flynn. He was the national security advisor for five [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Walter Carr’s inspiring walk to work]( 7/18/2018 3:01:54 PM John Sexton 0 Comments This is the kind of story I love to see because it’s a reminder that for all the things we worry and complain about in America there are also a lot of things still going right. In this case, what’s going right is Walter Carr, a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NY-21 candidate who lied about gun control sees campaign staff breakup]( 7/18/2018 2:31:18 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In New York’s 21st Congressional District, Democratic candidate Tedra Cobb has been trying to clean up the mess created by the release of a video showing her admitting that she was lying to the voters of the district about her position on a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gingrich: How about that “correction” from Trump, eh?]( 7/18/2018 2:01:42 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Even in its original form, Donald Trump’s statement to the press yesterday was more of a modified limited hangout, not a correction. Add in the backtracks today on Twitter, in which he suggested that critics were not in the “higher ends [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: Russia is no longer targeting the U.S.]( 7/18/2018 1:31:21 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments We should celebrate as a nation this total victory over our longtime enemy. Here’s Dan Coats, Trump’s own director of national intelligence, speaking five days ago: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are launching daily cyber strikes on [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [European Union fines Google $5 billion in antitrust case (Update)]( 7/18/2018 1:01:25 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The European Union hit Google’s parent company Alphabet with a massive $5.1 billion fine today stemming from an anti-trust investigation. The EU has concluded that Google illegally used its Android cell phone operating system to give an edge [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The trial against Pastor Andrew Brunson resumes in Turkey]( 7/18/2018 12:31:57 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We’ve been covering the story of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s false imprisonment in Turkey for nearly two years now and there has been no progress made by either the Obama or Trump administrations toward securing his release. The Turkish [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Robert Burns [North Korea still hasn’t started returning American war dead despite “immediate” promise]( Deplorable Ed Baker [Bacon is bad for your mental health, say researchers]( NYT [New York is said to open tax inquiry into Trump Foundation]( Spencer Ackerman [U.S. officials “at a f***ing loss” over latest Russia sell out]( Sacramento Bee [Non-citizens legally register to vote in San Francisco school elections]( Foreign Policy [State Dep’t posts statement blaming Russia on MH17 anniversary — then removes it]( WaPo [As Russians describe “verbal agreements” at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity]( The Hill [Obama: Women need to get more involved because men are “getting on my nerves”]( Axios [Poll: Huge GOP majority backs Trump’s Putin performance]( NYT [Trump was briefed in detail on Russian meddling two weeks before inauguration]( Live Science [Why do crows copulate with corpses?]( Anna O'Brien [“Twerk for the camera baby, show them how that ass clap”]( Alfredo Metere [Does free will exist in the universe? (That would be a no.)]( Stephen Roberts [Everybody has religious beliefs, some people just deny it]( Politico [How Sacha Baron Cohen fooled the nation’s leaders]( Matthew Walther [Children make noise. Get over it.]( NBC [Poll: Americans turn more anti-Russia under Trump]( Wesley J. Smith [With Kavanaugh, Roe will bend but not break]( Conrad Black [Trump will win this round with the deep state]( Thomas Rid [What Mueller knows about the DNC hack — and Trump doesn’t]( Damon Linker [The enfeebling of America]( John Stossel [Don’t ban straws]( WaPo [Meet the man who might have brought on the age of “downloadable guns”]( CNN [Trump now says he holds Putin responsible for election interference]( Jonah Goldberg [The likeliest explanation for Trump’s Helsinki fiasco]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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