HotAir Daily Express 11/15/2018

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Pence: Trump will meet Kim Jong-un again… without a list of N. Korean nuke sites]( 11/15/2018 10:41:00 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Another unexpected bit of news from the Korean peninsula. The Vice President announced that the next summit between President Trump and Korean dictator Kim Jong-un will move ahead as planned. But there’s a catch to it. In what appears to be at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Disaster: Brexit minister, three others resign from May’s cabinet over draft agreement]( 11/15/2018 10:01:06 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Just a day after declaring her cabinet united behind her in pursuing a new Brexit plan, UK prime minister Theresa May stands on the brink of political oblivion. Four of her cabinet ministers resigned today, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Does Your Dog Eat Grass? - 3 Signs He May Be Sick]( Dr Marty SPONSORED Doctor Shares Daily At Home Trick To Help Your Dog Be Healthier [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders bill would “force” Walmart to pay $15 per hour]( 11/15/2018 9:21:13 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Were it anyone else I’d probably start this column with a snarky “He’s running” comment, but this is probably just Bernie being Bernie. When the lame duck legislature gets down to business today, Vermont Senator Bernie [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Federal judge splits the baby in Florida as Broward wraps up recount]( 11/15/2018 8:41:05 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A federal judge dealing with a challenge to enforcement of state law on handling mailed and provisional ballot gave each side some of what they wanted — and ensured that the post-election process lasts just a wee bit longer. Thousands of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s approval rating at 47 after midterms?]( 11/15/2018 8:01:30 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Is this an outlier or a signal that voters have taken something away from the midterms that we didn’t predict? A new poll out from The Hill contains a bit of a surprise for those wondering about President Trump’s future prospects after a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: “If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID”]( 11/14/2018 10:41:05 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments People on social media are laughing at him for saying this, but I forgot my driver’s license at home before a trip to the grocery store last week and they confiscated my Lucky Charms on the way out. You think they’re going to let you [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jeff Flake: I won’t vote to advance any of the 53 judicial nominees who are pending until we vote on a bill to protect Mueller]( 11/14/2018 10:01:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments He’s a member of the Judiciary Committee, remember, which is currently split 11/10 between Republicans and Democrats. If Flake votes no, nominees pending in the Committee will come to the floor without the Committee’s recommendation. And [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NY Times: First caravan migrants to reach the border are ‘considering their options’ for entering the U.S.]( 11/14/2018 9:21:04 PM John Sexton 0 Comments It’s only the first wave but some of the caravan migrants have arrived in Tijuana, just across the border from San Diego. The NY Times reports those who have arrived are now weighing their options: Their arrival in Tijuana marked the end of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Politico: Will Florida vote debacle get Bondi a Cabinet appointment?]( 11/14/2018 8:41:46 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Pam Bondi may well have emerged as Donald Trump’s first pick to replace Jeff Sessions anyway, but the mess unfolding in Florida may have given her an edge. Politico’s Marc Caputo and Anni Karni hear that Trump has begun relying on [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I’m supporting … bipartisan criminal justice reform?]( 11/14/2018 8:01:29 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The question mark in the headline is mine, not his. I just … can’t believe the following tweet might be accurate. But it might be. If Trump passes the First Step Act & somehow manages to sign marijuana legalization into law while [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Michael Avenatti arrested after allegation of felony domestic violence (Update: Avenatti says he’ll be exonerated)]( 11/14/2018 7:21:29 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The man who has styled himself a champion for abused women has been arrested by the LAPD on “suspicion of domestic violence.” That’s according to Buzzfeed which confirmed the arrest after it was first reported by TMZ. Avenatti is [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Home security cameras are now solving crimes in Baltimore]( 11/14/2018 6:41:45 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Well, it’s happening in more places than just Baltimore, but they probably need the help more than most cities. The subject at hand is the trend of police departments solving crimes in greater numbers because of the increasing number of home [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [May: Cabinet approved Brexit agreement to regain “control of our money, laws and borders”]( 11/14/2018 6:01:40 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It took five hours to accomplish, but Theresa May finally got her cabinet to back a draft agreement on Brexit. The quality of that support appears strained even in May’s own description, describing the decision and the days ahead as [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DOJ answers in Acosta court case: He lost his pass because he was disruptive, not because of his viewpoint; Update: Decision on TRO tomorrow]( 11/14/2018 5:31:09 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I wonder if it bothers CNN that this description of Acosta by Trump, a guy whom they normally treat as borderline mentally defective, is apt and will be seen as such by anyone who’s watched Acosta at a press briefing. When asked specifically [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [California wildfires: Authorities release list of missing persons and a lawsuit is filed against PG&E]( 11/14/2018 5:01:58 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The death toll from two California wildfires has now reached 50 and authorities in northern California have released a list of missing persons, most of them elderly people who lived in Paradise, CA. From CNN: Most of the 103 people listed missing by [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Italy is tired of the rest of Europe “treating it like a refugee camp”]( 11/14/2018 4:31:49 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The conflicts between Italy and some of their neighbors over how to handle waves of incoming migrants and refugees have not abated much since the summer. Since the election of Italy’s new government, measures have been taken to ensure that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem dissenters: We have the votes to block Pelosi speakership]( 11/14/2018 4:01:40 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments House Democrats come into their new majority exuding confidence. Just ask them! Nancy Pelosi told CNN’s Chris Cuomo a few days ago that she has “total … 100%” confidence that she will become Speaker again when the 116th [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hot new Democratic message: If we lose the Georgia governor’s race, it was stolen]( 11/14/2018 3:31:24 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A nice bookend to Democratic messaging on Florida, which holds that there’s nothing suspicious going on despite a history of lawbreaking by Broward County election officials and now the involvement of federal prosecutors in examining altered [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sec. DeVos to release revised sexual assault guidelines aimed at protecting rights of the accused]( 11/14/2018 3:01:11 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to release a new set of guidelines aimed at providing more protections to accused individuals when allegations of sexual assault and harassment are made. The exact timing of the release isn’t known, it could be [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Airbnb is suing Boston over their anti-gig economy laws]( 11/14/2018 2:31:20 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Back in June, we looked at the new raft of laws going into effect in Boston which were specifically designed to crush Airbnb and related gig economy activity involving short-term rentals. At the time, Airbnb wasn’t announcing any immediate [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [First up to CNN’s defense in lawsuit is … Fox News?]( 11/14/2018 2:01:48 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments An aggregation of support for CNN’s lawsuit over Jim Acosta’s hard pass was inevitable. What seems surprising is the first news organization to sign up. Fox News president Jay Wallace declared in a statement that his organization would [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [George Conway launches new group of right-wing lawyers dedicated to checking Trump]( 11/14/2018 1:31:59 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments You’d expect the founder of an effort like this to do the cable-news circuit this morning to publicize his effort, but there are no clips of him to be had. One of the group’s members, former DHS chief Tom Ridge, turned up on CNN to talk [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Student protesters at OSU: ‘F**k Ben Shapiro’]( 11/14/2018 1:01:58 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Ben Shapiro spoke at Ohio State University last night and, as you might expect, there were student protesters who wanted it known that Shapiro is a threat to…something. Actually, as you’ll see, most of the protesters weren’t too [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Merkel calls for raising ‘European army’ to defend against U.S.]( 11/14/2018 12:31:26 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Angela Merkel is on her way out as Chancellor of Germany, whether it be at the end of her term (she’s not running again) or through being forced out sooner. But that doesn’t mean that she’s going quietly into that good night. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Meltdown in Palm Beach recount becomes a federal case, because … Florida]( 11/14/2018 12:01:09 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments They had a hot time in ol’ Palm Beach County last night — literally. The first attempt to recount ballots cast last week got halted when the machines literally overheated and started producing erroneous results. The election supervisor [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] WaPo [Whitaker’s unusual path to DOJ included owning day-care center, trailer maker and concrete supplier]( John Ziegler [Thanks partly to Trump, California is now an electoral anvil around the neck of the national GOP]( AP [Mattis: Border deployment is “very good training” for troops]( Gabriel Sherman [“He was worried his hair was going to get messed up in the rain”]( NYT [Mira Ricardel, aide who crossed Melania Trump, removed from White House role]( BuzzFeed [Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for five people accused of killing Khashoggi]( Olivia Nuzzi [Stormy Daniels: I’ll find a new lawyer if the Avenatti allegations are true]( Politico [Pelosi’s campaign for speaker hits snag as potential challenger emerges]( WaPo [Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised]( CNN [Trump’s mood takes a foul turn: “He’s pissed — at damn near everyone”]( Michael Hirsh [Iran was closer to a nuclear bomb than intelligence agencies thought]( WaPo [Federal judge gives Florida voters until Saturday to correct signature problems roiling close races]( FT [Two British ministers resign over Brexit in blow to May]( Korey Haynes [Are the laws of the universe fine-tuned for life?]( Megan McArdle [How did America end up raising Generation Paranoia?]( Sasha Issenberg [The country is hopelessly split. 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