HotAir Daily Express 05/23/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [A new poll confirms Biden’s big lead, but even more interesting…]( 5/23/2019 11:21:33 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments A new national poll of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents confirms Joe Biden maintains a comfortable 19-point lead over Bernie Sanders and the rest of the polyglot posse seeking the party’s presidential nomination next year. But even [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NPR’s guidelines on talking about abortion are really… something]( 5/23/2019 10:41:13 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In all the coverage of the new anti-abortion laws being passed in various states, have you ever noticed that the language being used in news articles seems to have a decidedly pro-abortion slant to it? It’s not just your imagination and this [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Top Cardiologist: It's Like Giving Your Body A New "Battery"]( Gundry MD SPONSORED Learn More About His Shocking Discoveries (Here) [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Uh oh: Does second ruling signify open season on Trump financial records?]( 5/23/2019 10:01:44 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments If this is a war, then Donald Trump might need new generals. For the second time in three days, a federal judge has allowed Congress to subpoena Trump’s financial partners to gain access to his records. Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that Trump was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New HUD rules would protect women in shelters from men. WaPo disagrees]( 5/23/2019 9:21:11 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Ben Carson’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) put forward a proposed rule change this week covering how federally funded shelters can deal with housing aid for transgender individuals. Under Obama era rules, men [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“American Taliban” freed despite reports of radicalizing other prisoners]( 5/23/2019 8:41:56 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Remember John Walker Lindh? One of America’s first detainees in the war on terror walked out of prison today after serving seventeen years of a 20-year sentence for terrorism. Reports that Lindh spent time in prison evangelizing for violent [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pentagon: Okay, fine. We’ve been investigating UFOs]( 5/23/2019 8:01:03 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments You probably thought this was cleared up after the bombshell New York Times report in December of 2017, but there have been a lot of lingering questions. Has the military been investigating UFO’s? Well… sort of. But they don’t like [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Award show surprise! Boos meet De Niro’s anti-Trump screed]( 5/22/2019 10:01:27 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Welp. That never happens. Not in the realm of run-of-the-mill awards shows, anyway. The American Icon Awards were presented Sunday. This is a new award that honors “Excellence in Leadership in Business, Entertainment, Sports and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AG Barr: Nationwide injunctions violate separation of powers and make district court judges far too powerful]( 5/22/2019 9:21:38 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Attorney General Barr gave a speech to the American Law Institute Tuesday on the topic of nationwide injunctions. As Barr pointed out, nationwide injunctions have been used an unprecedented number of times during Trump’s administration. In [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New funding plan for border wall: Go through TSA’s pockets and look for loose change]( 5/22/2019 8:41:33 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Either the border wall or TSA has gone past the “mostly dead” stage. How do we know? The Department of Homeland Security wants to dig up funding for the former by raiding the latter — and almost literally going through its pockets [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Happy Memorial Day: NC town says store’s US flag is just too big]( 5/22/2019 8:01:47 PM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments How is it possible to have an American flag that’s too large, you might ask? Especially on a national holiday honoring the too many who’ve given their lives for it. Have you ever seen the flags that cover most of a football field and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New York City received 17,353 rat sighting calls last year, this map shows them all]( 5/22/2019 7:21:56 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier today I wrote about the rat and garbage problem in Los Angeles. But the problem is not limited to LA or to the west coast. Today the NY Times published a report about the serious rat problem in New York City. The map above is based on 311 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [More Avenatti charges, this time for stealing Stormy Daniels’ money?]( 5/22/2019 6:41:13 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We got a good look inside the mind of celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti thanks to his ill-advised Vanity Fair interview. Or perhaps we should say, what’s left of his mind. As it turns out, he’s booked for some other appearances, but [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem governor: I’ll probably sign the fetal-heartbeat abortion ban]( 5/22/2019 6:01:28 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments John Bel Edwards announced today that he would never seek the Democratic presidential nomination. The governor of Louisiana also announced that he would face a primary fight in his next election from progressive activists. Well, okay, Bel Edwards [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rep. Jackie Speier shouts her abortion as Sen. Hirono exploits eighth graders]( 5/22/2019 5:31:33 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments It is not often a member of the House of Representatives proudly boasts about the abortion she had, yet here we are. During a public rally against the passage of recent abortion bans in some states, California Rep. Jackie Speier stood before a crowd [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democratic congresswoman accuses DHS Secretary of intentionally killing kids crossing the border]( 5/22/2019 5:01:02 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Freshman congresswoman Lauren Underwood crossed a line today during a hearing where acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan was testifying about the crisis on the southern border. Rep. Underwood noted that 5 children in Border Patrol custody have died [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [LA residents not so quick to welcome illegal immigrants brought by CBP]( 5/22/2019 4:31:00 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As we’ve all learned by now, the courts and detention facilities at the southern border are packed to the brim and the White House has been working on ways to reduce the overcrowding by shipping some detained illegal aliens to other locations. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Harbinger? GOP scores big House win in PA special election]( 5/22/2019 4:01:57 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Score one win for Donald Trump early in the 2020 election cycle. After getting Trump’s endorsement and a significant amount of campaign support, Fred Keller easily defeated Democratic opponent Marc Friedenberg in a special election to fill the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [You can now legally compost dead family in Washington state]( 5/22/2019 3:31:10 PM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments Well, it’s official. Washington’s governor has signed that freaky human composting funeral legislation that allows residents to recycle loved ones like Seattle requires food waste be composted. This makes that zany, wet state the very [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Investigation into Gov. Northam’s yearbook photo yields no conclusive results]( 5/22/2019 3:01:43 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In early February the site Big League Politics published a page from a 1984 yearbook featuring Gov. Ralph Northam. One of the photos on Northam’s page was of a man in blackface standing next to someone dressed in a KKK outfit. The school [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Someone wants to expand the anti-abortion laws to punish “impregnators”]( 5/22/2019 2:31:33 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The new raft of laws significantly restricting abortions in multiple states has already achieved at least one of the stated intents of the architects of these bills. They have pushed the conversation about abortion and pro-life policies back to the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Texas “Save Chick-fil-A” bill moves toward Governor’s desk]( 5/22/2019 2:01:24 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments It was only a week ago that a bill in the Texas House of Representatives to protect the religious freedom of business owners was halted due to a procedural maneuver. The bill, known as the “Save Chick-fil-A” bill, was re-introduced and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [We finally have some solid polling numbers on de Blasio and, um…]( 5/22/2019 1:31:47 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As the Washington Post was reporting last night, the new Q-poll is out and it’s the first solid, national survey to include New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s name since he announced his presidential bid. So how did Hizzoner do? [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Massive piles of garbage attract rats and disease in Los Angeles, but the city won’t clean it up]( 5/22/2019 1:01:53 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Question: Is this a massive pile of garbage or a homeless camp? Rat-infested piles of rotting garbage, like this one in downtown LA, are left uncollected — even after promises to clean it up. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking: Trump walks out on Pelosi, Schumer after “cover-up” remarks; Update: Trump thanks Pelosi for “prayers”]( 5/22/2019 12:31:40 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “I don’t do cover-ups,” Donald Trump declared from the Rose Garden, surprising reporters who expected the president to be meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Instead, Trump walked out on the two Democrats after Pelosi [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pelosi: Trump is “engaged in a cover-up,” as AOC, Waters demand impeachment]( 5/22/2019 12:01:40 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Nancy Pelosi came out of today’s House Democratic caucus meeting talking tough, but perhaps carrying a soft gavel. Pelosi accused Donald Trump of being “engaged in a cover-up” in remarks as she emerged from the meeting. However, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Ishaan Tharoor [The Trump-Kushner peace plan looks doomed already]( Ben Feuerherd [Emilia Clarke studied Hitler for epic ‘Game of Thrones’ finale speech]( Tamar Lapin [Siri and Alexa spread sexism, UN study reveals]( Megan McArdle [Here’s why you shouldn’t expect impeachment anytime soon]( Henry Olsen [Trump doesn’t need Pennsylvania to win reelection]( Justice.gov [New Jersey man charged with attempts to provide material support to Hamas]( Alex Berezow [In Washington State, you can R.I.P. 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