HotAir Daily Express 01/01/2019

ADVERTISEMENT [Happy New Year to Hot Air readers!]( Ed Morrissey [Vital tips for making your life-altering New Year’s resolutions this time]( Andrew Malcolm [LA Times suggests a neighborhood group concerned about homelessness in Portland may be ‘vigilantes’]( John Sexton [Film review: Mary, Queen of Scots]( Ed Morrissey ADVERTISEMENT [Trump takes a swipe at the Obamas as he keeps pushing for a border wall]( John Sexton [One last 2018 outrage: Internet mad at Louis CK for goofing on Parkland kids, trans people]( Allahpundit [Is IVF going too far?]( Jazz Shaw [Let the 2020 games begin: Warren launches presidential campaign]( Ed Morrissey [Graham: Trump is in a “pause” on Syria withdrawal]( Jazz Shaw [The pointless push to break up Google]( Taylor Millard [Let’s work out the ethical rights of killer robots]( Jazz Shaw [California to ban the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits]( Jazz Shaw [Blessed are the meek: Sunday reflection]( Ed Morrissey [NFL week 17 open thread]( Jazz Shaw [Massachusetts’ Airbnb crushing law is on the way]( Jazz Shaw [Sunday morning talking heads: Border-wall shutdown, 2020, Syria, and climate change]( Ed Morrissey [Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Drug use during pregnancy isn’t child abuse]( John Sexton [Your year-end roundup of year-end roundups]( Jazz Shaw [Hmmm: Mueller files early response on magical mystery subpoena]( Ed Morrissey [Oakland Mayor has “no regrets” over tipping off illegal aliens]( Jazz Shaw [Poll: A shocking number of people are okay with editing baby genes]( Jazz Shaw [Out: Kanye 2020. In: Angelina Jolie 2020?]( Jazz Shaw [NY Times: Facebook is making up rules about banning speech as it goes]( John Sexton [And the World’s New Most-Admired Woman Is….The Envelope Please]( Andrew Malcolm [Turns out, first impressions are more like instant impressions]( Andrew Malcolm LATEST HEADLINES Jimmy Carter [How to repair the U.S.-China relationship — and prevent a modern Cold War]( Politico [U.S. military apologizes for New Year’s Eve bomb tweet]( AP [House Democrats have plan to fund government, but not a wall]( Slate [No, there’s no 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home]( WaPo [Mattis departs as Pentagon faces period of uncertainty]( Robby Soave [Louis CK’s politically incorrect comedy didn’t change. You did.]( WaPo [Trump, allies back away from idea that the border wall needs to be a wall]( The Hill [Federal workers union sues Trump admin over government shutdown]( Mediaite [Trump on whether Warren thinks she can win: “You’d have to ask her psychiatrist”]( Karol Markowicz [How the Trump presidency made me a better American]( AP [Old favorites, outdated attitudes: Can entertainment expire?]( Politico [Trump’s Twitter year of outrage and braggadocio]( NBC [Washington could become the first state to legalize human composting]( Charles Lane [Our military was not built for such a partisan nation]( Stephen Moore [2018, the year of the worker]( Conor Friedersdorf [Reflections on a year of outrage]( Jay Cost [Shutdown symbolism: Refighting the 2016 election]( David Catron [The divine right of Democrats to drool]( Michael Tomasky [The Whigs collapsed over slavery. Could the GOP over Trump?]( Lauren Hough [I was a cable guy. I saw the worst of America.]( Anne Applebaum [Don’t let the nationalists steal patriotism]( George Packer [No peace for them and no honor for us]( Bill Scher [Trump altered foreign policy debate. It’s time to catch up.]( Starshine Roshell [Why Americans pay for hugs]( James Antle [Jim Webb for defense secretary]( 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. We respect and value your time and privacy. If this newsletter no longer meets your needs we will be happy to remove your address immediately. [You can unsubscribe from the Hot Air Daily here](. Or Send postal mail to: Hot Air Daily Unsubscribe P.O Box 9660, Arlington, VA 22219 --------------------------------------------------------------- * Copyright Hot Air and its Content Providers. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------------------