HotAir Daily Express 06/07/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [AOC to Biden: Don’t call yourself a progressive if you support the Hyde Amendment]( 6/7/2019 11:21:35 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Good news for her, I guess: As of about 16 hours ago, he no longer supports it. But check back in an hour, because he might have another position by then. Recapping Biden’s positions on the Hyde amendment: 1976-May 8, 2019: Supports May 8, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmm: Mueller report failed to mention US intel connection for Manafort contact]( 6/7/2019 10:41:14 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did Robert Mueller intend to mislead the Department of Justice in his report? The Hill’s John Solomon hears from multiple sources that a man closely connected to Paul Manafort was not just someone with “ties to Russian [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Miss and a wash: Job creation drops to 75,000 in May]( 6/7/2019 10:01:45 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Analysts looking for steady job growth got a rude awakening this morning from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Instead of the expected expansion of 180,000 jobs in May, the economy only added 75,000 jobs, the second-worst performance since August [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [US, Russian navies exchange accusations after near-collision in East China Sea]( 6/7/2019 9:21:48 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The brinksmanship between Russian and US militaries has expanded from the air to the sea — and it nearly created a collision today near the Philippines. Just a few days after a mid-air confrontation over the Mediterranean Sea made headlines, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Run and Hyde: Biden flips on federal funding for abortions — again; Update: What about the Biden Amendment?]( 6/7/2019 8:41:30 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Joe Biden is a man of convictions — and if you don’t like those, he’ll come up with new ones for you. The former VP and presumed Democratic frontrunner reversed his earlier reversal of his reversal on … wait, where were we? [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ilhan Omar’s campaign finance/tax issues just shifted gears]( 6/7/2019 8:01:09 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has landed in a bit of hot water with both the FEC and the IRS following an investigation by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. A review of Omar’s campaign committee finances revealed [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump denied golf course photo op during visit with Irish prime minister]( 6/6/2019 10:41:36 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments President Trump wanted to meet with Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Taoiseach, at his Irish golf course but that request was denied by Varadkar. Trump landed in Ireland Wednesday afternoon after his visit in England was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tapper: What if a Democratic president had attacked his political enemies on sacred ground at Normandy?]( 6/6/2019 10:01:10 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Look, let’s just be happy that he didn’t use the occasion to pardon any war criminals. That had been on his mind too until recently. The president was personally taken aback by the nearly across-the-board resistance to his [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Andrew Napolitano: Mueller dropped the ball — by not indicting Trump]( 6/6/2019 9:21:58 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Does this guy appear on Fox News during primetime anymore? I know he appears dayside, frequently in Shep’s hour, and I see him a bunch on Fox Business. I can’t imagine him fitting in after 8 p.m., though, given the drift in his views [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rep. Omar endorses black-Jewish caucus, then attacks Jewish member as a ‘bigot’]( 6/6/2019 8:41:33 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Monday a bipartisan group of lawmakers formed a new black-Jewish caucus which is intended to focus on the threat of white supremacist attacks against both groups. One person who was apparently not pleased with the new caucus was Women’s March [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmm: US quietly repatriates two more women of ISIS]( 6/6/2019 8:01:00 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is America’s most notorious ISIS mother on her way home? The US government went to court to prevent Hoda Muthana from forcing an expedited review of her request to return, winning in March. Now, however, CBS and Military Times report that two [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Laurence Tribe: Skip the Senate and let the House hold an impeachment “trial” for Trump]( 6/6/2019 7:21:37 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “Wait,” you say, “under the Constitution it’s the Senate that’s supposed to hold a trial for the president in a case of impeachment. The House is more like a grand jury, with the articles of impeachment analogous to an [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [San Francisco approves forced treatment for homeless who are mentally ill]( 6/6/2019 6:41:38 PM John Sexton 0 Comments This week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 10-1 to pass a law mandating treatment for mentally-ill homeless people. However, the law will only apply to a tiny handful of people who have been repeatedly placed on emergency psychiatric [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NYT columnist: Come on, Buttigieg’s Supreme Court overhaul won’t deliver on the progressive agenda]( 6/6/2019 6:01:15 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments That may actually be the best thing that can be said about Pete Buttigieg’s plans for the Supreme Court. Jamelle Bouie doesn’t mean it as a compliment, of course. First, let’s recall what Mayor Pete has proposed, and why NBC News [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Victory? Mexico might agree to “sweeping” plan to change regional asylum laws to avoid tariff threat, says WaPo]( 6/6/2019 5:21:00 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It’d be a yuuuuuge win for Trump if so, arguably the biggest of his presidency. Certainly the biggest on immigration. And of course it’d be vindication of his decision to play hardball with tariffs — which would leave Mexico in a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats worry the forthcoming IG report could undercut their Trump investigations]( 6/6/2019 4:41:49 PM John Sexton 0 Comments We’ve been hearing for weeks that Inspector General Michael Horowitz report would be released soon and that it would cast a very different light on elements of the Russia collusion investigation, including the Steele dossier and the behavior [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmm: Mike Flynn fires lawyers before sentencing]( 6/6/2019 4:01:22 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments No explanation was given, and his lawyers — the white-shoe firm of Covington & Burling — are highly respected. People are chirping on Twitter that this looks the prelude to a pardon but that doesn’t add up to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics: D-Day’s boon, Russia’s impugn, Israel’s political typhoon, Nuke the Moon, and more!]( 6/6/2019 3:21:16 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Vox union members walk out over stalled contract talks (Update: Scab tweets!)]( 6/6/2019 2:41:05 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Vox media’s union members decided to walk out today over an ongoing contract dispute. The union tweeted out some reasons for the walkout along with photos of empty offices in New York: Today‘s our last scheduled day of bargaining.@voxmediainc [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s fun new game: Guess how many Democratic presidential contenders voted to block federal subsidies for abortion?]( 6/6/2019 2:01:25 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is this really a new game? The circumstances are fresh, but it’s part of an old vulnerability that occurs whenever members of Congress stand for election — especially for the presidency. Joe Biden’s triple-flip-with-a-twist on the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Good news for the GOP: John James to take a second run at Senate seat in Michigan]( 6/6/2019 1:31:38 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Noteworthy for three reasons. One: James is a top recruit, and the other party has been having trouble convincing its own top recruits to take the plunge on a Senate run next year. Beto O’Rourke, John Hickenlooper, and Steve Bullock decided to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Cory Booker’s housing plan will cost $134 billion per year]( 6/6/2019 1:01:26 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Cory Booker’s new housing plan is vast and expensive. There are several parts to it but the bottom line, according to Booker’s own estimate is $134 billion per year. The Washington Post reports the plan would do is provide a tax credit [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Joe Biden skipping straight to the general election]( 6/6/2019 12:31:54 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Where in the world is Joe Biden? The 2020 Democratic primary frontrunner is missing out on all of the big parties. He was a no-show at the California Democratic convention and he’s also RSVP’d in the negative for some other major cattle [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pelosi to Dems: Lock him up!]( 6/6/2019 12:01:55 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Turnabout is fair play, but don’t bet on this ploy working for long with House Democrats. In a meeting on Tuesday, Politico reports, Pelosi tried to forestall impeachment talk by telling Jerrold Nadler she had other plans for Donald [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tucker Carlson praises Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan: She sounds like Trump at his best]( 6/6/2019 11:31:07 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments From last night’s show, in which he also lamented the tyranny of … the metric system? His claim that Washington is dominated a cabal of libertarian elites will come as news to every deficit hawk but is true enough in relative terms. A [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] WaPo [“These boys were on a holiday”]( NYT [House plans vote to fight Barr in court but backs off contempt]( Mediaite [Hannity: It’s despicable to want to lock up a political opponent]( Jacob Sullum [Was Scot Peterson’s cowardice a crime?]( WFB [Buttigieg: “Stacey Abrams ought to be the governor of Georgia”]( Bloomberg [Pope equates abortion to “hiring a hitman”]( Politico [Democrats urge Trump to rethink July 4 plans]( NH Journal [Did Biden dodge the draft?]( The Hill [Trump plans to declare new national emergency to impose tariffs]( Politico [Who’s in — and out — of the first Democratic debates]( NYT [Biden flips on the Hyde Amendment — again]( Kurt Schlichter [California is the future the liberal elite wants for you]( Tony Daniel [Therapy animals are not only ridiculous, they probably make things worse]( BBC [Ultimate limit of human endurance found]( Moira Donegan [It’s time for men to step up and share responsibility for birth control]( Rich Lowry [The pointless argument tearing conservatives apart]( Matt Bai [Is Bill Barr a bad man?]( Michael Barone [William Barr is asking questions the media don’t want asked]( Matthew Walther [Why I don’t believe polls showing Trump behind in midwestern states]( LAT [For many black voters, 2020 isn’t about one thing: Beating Trump]( Bhaskar Sunkara [Want to defeat Trump? Attack Biden]( George Will [When war was the answer]( The Hill [Poll: More Americans say abortion stance would stop them from voting for candidates]( Damon Linker [Trump’s new trade war is with Senate Republicans]( Katherine Timpf [It’s come to this]( [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. 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. [Visit the Townhall Media Preference Center to manage your subscriptions]( [You can unsubscribe by clicking here.](. 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