HotAir Daily Express 08/20/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [White House rejects offer to free Pastor Andrew Brunson]( 8/20/2018 10:41:29 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I wrote my first article on the imprisonment of American Pastor Andrew Brunson in Turkey more than 20 months ago. In the more than a year and a half that’s passed since then, there has been virtually no good news regarding Brunson’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [N.H. voters want Trump challenged there in 2020]( 8/20/2018 10:01:18 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments A new pre-midterm poll just out in New Hampshire finds almost half of respondents (46 percent) say the economy is better today under President Trump than the last guy to hold that office. However, a whopping majority of New Hampshire voters — [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Read the Pope’s remarkable letter on sexual abuse]( 8/20/2018 9:21:39 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The ongoing Catholic Church sexual abuse debacle in Pennsylvania (and beyond) is a subject I’ve steered clear of. This is likely due to little more than a lack of the stomach required to tackle it, combined with the fact that, as a Protestant, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump attorneys worry over what White House attorney told FBI attorneys]( 8/20/2018 8:41:52 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments If you’re confused by all these Washington lawyers talking about Russiagate and the special prosecutor, each with their own client, each with his own agenda and strategy to fog and distract and protect in this high-priced, late-summer legal [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [CNN again proves Republicans have to be perfect in 2018 or pay the price]( 8/20/2018 8:01:36 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments People coming and going in the Trump administration is nothing new, perhaps even more so than in other, recent presidencies. One such departure took place this past week however which really strikes me as questionable. You might not have even heard [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [No, news organizations aren’t trying to dox Manafort jurors]( 8/19/2018 8:01:10 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments There was plenty of hell raised going into Friday after it was revealed multiple news organizations – including CNN, The New York Times, Associated Press, and NBC – sued in hopes of getting information on jurors in the Paul Manafort [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NYPD seeks to ban civilians recording them… again]( 8/19/2018 6:31:00 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I’d rather been hoping that police forces around the country would have gotten the message about video recordings of their official activities by this point. There’s been a shift in attitudes over recent years, with secrecy being shunned [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Senator Kennedy: Senate resolution not a rebuke of Trump]( 8/19/2018 5:01:05 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments The U.S. Senate adopted a unanimous consent resolution Thursday declaring that the press is not the enemy of the people. The resolution was put forward by two Democrat senators, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Brian Schatz of Hawaii. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ATF study reveals where criminals in Baltimore are getting their guns]( 8/19/2018 3:31:56 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments A new study from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (which I still maintain would be a far better name for a convenience store) has produced some interesting gun crime data for the state of Maryland. Rather than looking at the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [John Brennan: I didn’t really mean to accuse Trump of “treasonous” behavior. Wait, yes I did.]( 8/19/2018 2:01:11 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments What was it the White House accused him of the other day? “Erratic conduct” and “frenzied commentary”? You can disagree with the sentence, i.e. revoking his clearance, but there’s no disputing that verdict. Here he was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Back to school time… for illegal aliens?]( 8/19/2018 12:31:04 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Depending on where in the United States you live, K-12 students are either already heading back to school or preparing to do so soon. But some schools are facing a unique challenge this year if they happen to have an immigration enforcement [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [USNS Comfort dispatched on humanitarian mission to South America]( 8/19/2018 11:01:58 AM Karen Townsend 0 Comments As Venezuela continues to collapse, the Venezuelans fleeing the desperate situation are putting unmanageable demands on neighboring countries. The South American countries most affected are Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Brazil is also affected, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Twitter CEO’s word salad defense of policies remains unconvincing]( 8/19/2018 9:31:12 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey really wants the controversy over liberal bias on his platform and suppression of conservative voices to go away, perhaps the first thing he should do is stop talking about it. I only say this because every time he [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sunday morning talking heads]( 8/19/2018 8:01:53 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments It’s all hands on deck for John Brennan’s allies on the Sunday shows as natsec veterans show up to complain about his security clearance being revoked. Brennan himself is the lead guest on “Meet the Press” but he has back-up [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook: Hey, sorry for making those PragerU videos disappear]( 8/18/2018 8:31:18 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Friday morning Prager U put up a tweet saying that their content was being heavily censored on Facebook. “Our last 9 posts are reaching 0 of our 3 million followers,” the tweet claimed. It was accompanied by a screenshot which seemed to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Does Cynthia Nixon understand her own universal rent control plan?]( 8/18/2018 7:01:45 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Ever since New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “gaffe” this week when he said that America was never that great to begin with, a stir has arisen on social media. Could this be it? Is this the silver bullet that finally pierces the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Miss America complains the organization marginalized her]( 8/18/2018 5:31:19 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments A groundbreaking member of the #MeToo movement is now being accused of bullying, marginalizing, and manipulating women herself. At least one woman, anyway. The current Miss America, Cara Mund, penned a letter to 1984 Miss America Suzette Charles, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Just say, “No” to government regulation of Big Tech]( 8/18/2018 4:01:26 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments There’s a meme circulating social media meant to be a dig at libertarians for refusing to support Alex Jones and Republican politicians who have either been shadowbanned by Twitter or removed from certain social media websites. The kitschy image [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Michelle Wolf’s staff: It was “classless” of Netflix to cancel us without telling us first]( 8/18/2018 2:31:27 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “Classless.” These people once threw a parade for abortion on the show. All in all, it lasted three months. Don’t think of it as being canceled, conservatives sniffed last night on Twitter after the news broke, think of it as being [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ESPN may have finally solved the National Anthem protest problem]( 8/18/2018 1:01:19 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments ESPN has been suffering from some severely atrophied ratings of late to the point where they’ve had to lay off significant numbers of staffers. What could be going wrong? Plenty of people on social media were hinting that the network has gone [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [London Mayor’s answer to terrorism? Ban cars]( 8/18/2018 11:31:47 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If you’re worried about criminals shooting someone, you get the government to ban guns, right? And at least in parts of Europe, if you’re concerned that the criminals without guns will start stabbing people, you ban knives. But what if [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Daily Beast: Aretha despised Trump’s rise in politics]( 8/18/2018 10:01:31 AM Karen Townsend 0 Comments The Queen of Soul died on the same date that the King of Rock and Roll died, 41 years later. The respectful remembrances by family and friends, along with other artists, came from around the world to honor Aretha Franklin. Then, since this is 2018, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How did this ISIS fighter become a “refugee” in California?]( 8/18/2018 8:31:18 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The federal government, coordinating with the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department, is to be commended for nabbing Omar Ameen a couple of days ago. He was wanted in Iraq for participating in ISIS attacks and murdering an Iraqi police officer, so we [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“Daily Show”: For cripes sake, liberals, stop giving Peter Strzok money]( 8/17/2018 10:01:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Ain’t no money as easy as Resistance money. Even Jon Stewart’s old stomping ground agrees. Looks like the Strzok-a-thon is going to fall short of its final goal of half a million dollars, but not very far short. As I write this at a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Manafort trial judge has been threatened, has U.S. Marshals protection]( 8/17/2018 9:21:28 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Judge T.S. Ellis was asked by a consortium of media outlets to release the names of the jurors serving in the Manafort case. He declined to release those names, citing threats he had received and the fact that he is currently receiving U.S. marshals [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Karen Tumulty [Why am I still a Catholic?]( Nathan Robinson [Why is San Francisco … covered in human feces?]( AP [NFLer’s anthem protest evolves into saluting the flag]( NYT [Trump lawyers’ sudden realization: They don’t know what McGahn told Mueller’s team]( Donald Trump [Mueller’s team is a national disgrace!]( Axios [Trump’s epic Mueller gamble]( YouGov [Midterm model: Democrats 222, Republicans 213]( NYT [Asia Argento, a #MeToo leader, made a deal with her own accuser]( Wash Times [Michael Hayden dares Trump to revoke his security clearance too]( NYT [Michael Cohen investigated for bank fraud in excess of $20 million]( CNN [Pope addresses latest sexual abuse claims in letter]( AP [Trump warnings grow from forgotten Republicans]( Stephen Hayes [John Brennan, political hack]( The Economist [The irresistible rise of Internet dating]( Moneyish [Your taste in music says a lot about your bank account]( Kevin Williamson [The compulsory society]( NBC [The doctor is out? Why physicians are leaving their practices to pursue other careers]( Julie Kelly [The Untouchables vs. the Deplorables]( The Hill [Trump stays out of Arizona’s ugly and costly GOP fight]( Bret Stephens [This is your brain on Omarosa]( Heather MacDonald [Gender is a construct — except when it’s not]( Tim Weiner [Trump is not a king]( Michael Goodwin [The media’s hatred of Trump is only hurting itself]( Abe Kwok [I came to the U.S. because of chain migration. Is there a problem with that?]( Felix Salmon [What went wrong with IBM’s Watson]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? You can get your own free subscription to the #1 blog delivered to your email inbox early each morning by visiting: This newsletter is never sent unsolicited. It was sent to you because you signed up to receive this newsletter on Hot Air OR a friend forwarded it to you. 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