HotAir Daily Express 06/04/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Eric Swalwell changed a diaper, now wants to be president]( 6/4/2019 11:01:39 AM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Rep. Eric Swalwell has topped himself. Just when we thought he couldn’t get any more nonsensical on social media, he did. The fallout was swift and brutal. The first of the Democrat debates are rapidly approaching. There are so many Democrat [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo wonders: Why can’t we just amend the Second Amendment?]( 6/4/2019 10:31:32 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In the wake of the latest mass shooting in Virginia, the debate continues over what to do about gun violence. While most conservatives suggest we consider doing a better job of enforcing the laws we have on the books already, Democrats are busy [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmm: Steele agrees to DoJ questioning over FBI relationship]( 6/4/2019 10:01:59 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments How did oppo research from a political opponent become a central focus of the FBI? Until now, the man who developed the material has resisted efforts by investigators to find out. Now, however, the Times of London reports that Christopher Steele has [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sweden makes up their mind about Assange]( 6/4/2019 9:21:01 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Color me surprised, because events in the Julian Assange extradition saga are moving more quickly than I’d anticipated. This week we’ve already learned that most of the likely contenders to be the next British Prime Minister aren’t [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DoJ: Key Mueller witness arrested for transporting child pornography … again]( 6/4/2019 8:41:51 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Adam Schiff’s plans to go after Erik Prince may have hit a dead end. After the release of the Mueller report, the House Intelligence chair referred Prince for prosecution on perjury, thank to testimony from George Nader about a meeting Prince [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gillibrand: You bet I’d go after Franken again]( 6/4/2019 8:01:51 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Did we fall through some sort of dimensional time portal and land back in 2017 again? It sort of sounds that way because the Democrats on the 2020 primary campaign trail are still arguing about Al Franken and the way he exited the Senate. Mayor Pete [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem candidate Seth Moulton: “If this country wasn’t racist, Stacey Abrams would be governor”]( 6/3/2019 10:41:47 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A leftover from last night. Frankly, per progressive orthodoxy, it’s borderline racist to suggest that Abrams *isn’t* governor. She won her election, after all. Just ask her. She’ll tell you. Repeatedly. Karl Rove looked at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Budweiser UK: Let’s fly the flag for asexual pride]( 6/3/2019 10:01:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Actually, they want to fly nine separate flags for different sexual and gender orientations. Nine. Nine is a lot of flags, Budweiser. It’s a veritable gay UN. And nearly every flag reflects multiple points on the spectrum of that particular [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge rejects House Democrats’ attempt to block border wall spending]( 6/3/2019 9:21:33 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In April, House Democrats sued the Trump administration claiming the President was violating Congress’ constitutional authority to appropriate funds by re-allocating money for his border wall. Today, a federal judge rejected that claim: A [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pompeo gets “real”: There’s a very good chance our Mideast peace plan stinks]( 6/3/2019 8:41:48 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments There’s also a very good chance that it doesn’t matter anyway. That’s the one element missing from yesterday’s Washington Post scoop, in which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sets out to lower expectations for the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Question for Jared Kushner: Was Birtherism racist?]( 6/3/2019 8:01:14 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The answer he clearly wants to give is yes, obviously, but it’s equally obvious why he can’t. And so instead we’re treated to one of the most awkward exchanges of the year. I watched that last night and wondered why Kushner agreed [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AOC to 2020 hopeful John Delaney: Just “sashay away”]( 6/3/2019 7:31:01 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments The argument over universal health care raging within the Democrat party took an unexpected twist Sunday. While speaking at the California Democrat Convention former Rep. John Delaney said “Medicare for All” is “actually not good [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Justice Thomas has ‘no idea’ what prompted retirement rumors]( 6/3/2019 7:01:30 PM John Sexton 0 Comments At an event for the Supreme Court Historical Society held today at the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas addressed recent rumors that he might be thinking about retirement. From the Washington Post: “I have no idea where this stuff comes from,” [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The number of people shot in Chicago in just one weekend was… really something]( 6/3/2019 6:31:11 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is a sad Monday in the Windy City. It seems as if the gang bangers in Chicago are trying to give Baltimore a run for their money. In just a single weekend, the Chicago PD recorded more than fifty shootings leaving ten people dead. And this is [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBC: Could Dems face a civil war over abortion?]( 6/3/2019 6:01:06 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is there any room left within the Democratic Party for pro-life voters? NBC News predicts a major battle over that question as two gubernatorial opportunities open up in the South. In both, the party’s best shot lies with a man who just signed [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pompeo: We’re ready to talk to Iran — without preconditions]( 6/3/2019 5:31:12 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Lots of agita about this yesterday on social media. Didn’t America’s right wing have a collective aneurysm in 2007 when Obama said at a Democratic primary debate that he’d talk to Iran without preconditions? We sure did! Our [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Their property in Cuba was seized by the communists, now they are suing under a US law]( 6/3/2019 5:01:36 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Title III of the Helms-Burton Act allows people who lost property when the communists took over Cuba in 1959 to sue companies which are currently benefitting from the property. The law was passed in 1996 but had been waived repeatedly every year [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sounds like Julian Assange’s future is coming into focus]( 6/3/2019 4:31:03 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We had some interesting news about the Julian Assange extradition case over the weekend, though it didn’t get much play on cable news. These updates may wind up proving a bit embarrassing for Alan Dershowitz, however. He was interviewed by [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Sherman march broadens: FTC gearing up for anti-trust fight with Facebook?]( 6/3/2019 4:01:30 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Suuuuurrrre seems to be a lot of activity on the anti-trust front to write it off as just housekeeping purposes. First the Department of Justice announced that it would have the lead on any anti-trust effort against Google. Later this morning, we [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Glenn Beck: Justin Amash is the man we on the right have been waiting for our whole lives]( 6/3/2019 3:31:11 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments He must be the only person in America with one foot in either camp of the Trump/Amash conflict. But that’s what makes him uniquely interesting among mega-watt right-wing commentators: He’s unpredictable. He’s the only one with a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Va Beach shooter quit his job the morning of the attack]( 6/3/2019 3:02:25 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Last Friday a man named DeWayne Craddock entered a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia and began shooting. Police and news reports described the shooter as a disgruntled former employee but not much else was known. A few days later, we [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Another state has rejected the popular vote initiative]( 6/3/2019 2:31:09 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Well, so much for that. The people trying to engineer a way to neuter the electoral college suffered a setback last week. Last month we talked about the state of Maine possibly joining the national popular vote movement after the state senate [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Shanahan to White House: Don’t politicize the military]( 6/3/2019 2:01:59 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This could either be smart move by Patrick Shanahan to ensure his confirmation … or a misstep that might scotch his formal nomination. After getting blindsided by the White House over a request to hide the USS John McCain during a review by [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dershowitz: If Mueller couldn’t indict Trump, why did we have a special counsel at all?]( 6/3/2019 1:31:10 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I’m tempted to respond that Mueller was charged with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 campaign in its totality, not just Trump’s possible role in it. But Dershowitz would have an answer to that: You don’t need a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Supreme Court declines to take up ‘Draw Muhammad’ transit ad case]( 6/3/2019 1:01:07 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Pamela Geller’s group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), started buying ads on public transportation in 2012. Then in 2015, the group held a “Draw Muhammad” Art Contest in Texas. The AFDI subsequently attempted to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Hugh Hewitt [The Mueller fiasco proves that a special counsel position can’t work]( NYT [“I really don’t have a lot of stress. I cause stress.”]( Michael R. 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More are saying yes, and that should worry Facebook]( NYT [On YouTube’s digital playground, an open gate for pedophiles]( Byron York [Law enforcement, media changed standards for Trump]( David Lurie [Mueller screwed up by staying silent for so long]( Matthew Walther [The conservative civil war won’t change anything]( NYT [How Trump’s favorite network became a player in the Dem primary]( Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux [Who do non-religious Democrats prefer?]( Oberman, Ball [When we talk about abortion, let’s talk about men]( Emily Jashinsky [Perpetually outraged celebrities boycott Georgia, remain silent on China]( NPR [Dems’ dilemma: Would pushing for Mueller to testify hurt or help?]( E.N. 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