HotAir Daily Express 07/08/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Note to AOC: Being compared to Eva Peron isn’t a compliment]( 7/8/2019 11:21:30 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Behold the very essence of American politics in 2019. First comes Trump telling an obvious lie designed to make him look good: 2. In an interview for his book, Trump tells @TimAlberta he saw AOC’s rise early but that his team didn’t [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facial recognition is already inside the DMV]( 7/8/2019 10:41:23 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I recently wrote about the facial recognition apparatus now in use at an increasing number of airports and the reactions some privacy advocates were having to it. One of the chief complaints about this technology was the fear that the government [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo/ABC poll: Record high on impeachment … opposition?]( 7/8/2019 10:01:20 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Has anyone noticed that Democrats have become a lot quieter on the subject of impeachment lately? Robert Mueller will testify before the House Judiciary Committee in ten days, but the fevered demands for Donald Trump’s removal have receded. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Elizabeth Warren really the frontrunner now?]( 7/8/2019 9:21:40 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There’s no question that the first set of debates and the fallout from some of the post-debate interviews have shaken up the race a bit. But have things really changed all that much? Polls have tightened, but many of the stubborn realities [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Billionaire Epstein arrested for sex-trafficking minors — will he name names? CNN: 2002-5; Update: Indictment drops]( 7/8/2019 8:41:07 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The first time Jeffrey Epstein faced charges for sexual abuse of minors, he got a sweetheart deal from prosecutors. This time around, the billionaire hedge-fund tycoon may not be so lucky — and neither may be the people with whom he pals [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tom Steyer to launch POTUS bid. Or not]( 7/8/2019 8:01:55 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If there’s one thing most political observers in the United States seem to be able to agree on, it’s that we just don’t have enough Democrats running for President. I mean, how is anyone supposed to be satisfied with the final [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Great Britain looking into how emails criticizing Trump were released]( 7/7/2019 8:01:40 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments The British government is looking into how emails from their ambassador to the United States – which criticize President Donald Trump – ended up being made public. The Daily Mail published bits and pieces of the cables from Sir Kim [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Should candidates forfeit their salary for time spent campaigning?]( 7/7/2019 6:31:41 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The title question may sound a bit facetious, but it’s the one being posed by Ken Frydman at the New York Daily News this weekend. There are more than two dozen elected officials – current officeholders – running for President at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Arizona governor’s move on Nike subsidies is cronyism at its worst]( 7/7/2019 5:01:37 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments There is a new hero, at the moment, for conservatives and Republicans in the nation in the form of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. Ducey’s move to rescind $1M of incentives Nike is receiving for a planned factory in the Phoenix-area garnered him [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [PETA’s feathers are ruffled, clucks over street name in Idaho]( 7/7/2019 3:31:23 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Are we all ready to lighten things up a bit? Let’s do that. There is a story that caught my eye because it’s odd and a little funny. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has an objection to the name of a rural road in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Newsom: Trump is trying to help California]( 7/7/2019 2:01:28 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I’ll be the first to admit that this isn’t exactly Earth-shattering news, but nearly every time we cover a story involving California Governor Gavin Newsom it deals with him doing something either stupid, foolish, outrageous or some [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Justin Amash: I’m running again for Congress as an independent — and won’t rule out a run for president]( 7/7/2019 12:31:07 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments So, as expected, he won’t commit to challenging Trump but he will commit to running again for his seat and is “very confident” of victory even though he’s said that Michigan’s straight-ticket ballot option for voters [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Leave the dust behind: Sunday reflection]( 7/7/2019 11:46:05 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This morning’s Gospel reading is Luke 10:1–12, 17–20: At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem congresswoman’s staff going to Mexico, coaching asylum-seekers]( 7/7/2019 11:01:29 AM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Ciudad Juárez, Mexico has been in the news a lot lately. Two Democrats running for president have created some interesting headlines for appearing to pander to asylum-seekers during stops on their campaign trails, actually crossing the southern [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New WaPo poll grudgingly admits Trump’s popularity is rising]( 7/7/2019 9:31:35 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Maybe it’s just the summer heat. Perhaps it can be attributed to spending a lot of time overseas lately. Or, as most observers seem to feel, maybe it’s still just the economy, stupid. Whatever the cause, the latest Washington Post/ABC [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sunday morning talking heads]( 7/7/2019 8:01:19 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Will the 2020 presidential election include a noteworthy third-party candidate? That’s the hottest topic on this morning’s Sunday shows as Justin Amash sits down with “State of the Union” to discuss his decision to quit the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Antifa behaving badly in Washington, DC]( 7/6/2019 8:31:22 PM John Sexton 0 Comments There are dueling rallies taking place in Washington, DC today, similar to the sort of thing we’ve seen in Portland in the last two years. Today the Proud Boys were holding a “Demand Free Speech” rally featuring several speakers in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Williamson puts Vogue magazine in its place in the best possible way]( 7/6/2019 7:01:54 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Is there a better presidential candidate running for the Democrat nomination than Marianne Williamson? No. No, there is not. I’ll tell you why I’ve come to this conclusion. She’s so very entertaining and she’s not afraid to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Infamous child rapist, molester may get another shot at an Oscar]( 7/6/2019 5:31:05 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Well, isn’t this just special? Normally, when we hear any stories about convicted child rapist Roman Polanski, it has something to do with our continually unsuccessful efforts to extradite him from Poland or somewhere else in Europe so we can [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Presidential candidate escorts asylum seekers across border]( 7/6/2019 4:01:17 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Is this the new normal? Cory Booker, a U.S. senator, and presidential candidate walked five women across the Paso Del Norte Bridge in Juárez Wednesday. He coordinated with Families Belong Together, a group that brings together 250 organizations who [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“They’ve lost their minds”: Senate Dems now totally committed to knee-jerk opposition to Trump judicial nominees]( 7/6/2019 2:31:36 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments If we have not yet reached the nadir of non-partisanship in judicial confirmations, Politico reports that we’re right around the corner from it. In the first six months of this session of Congress, Senate Democrats have voted against far more [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: There’s a very interesting reason why Mike Pence mysteriously canceled his New Hampshire trip — which you’ll know in a few weeks]( 7/6/2019 1:01:36 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A follow-up to this headscratcher that only deepens the suspense. Mike Pence was on Air Force 2, ready to depart for New Hampshire on Tuesday for an event on opioids, when he was called back to the White House urgently. What was the emergency? Pence [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Portland finally realizes they need anti-mask laws]( 7/6/2019 11:31:32 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments When Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler delivered his truly cringe-worthy “explanation” for what went on during the recent Antifa attacks, he clearly got a number of things wrong. But during the ensuing discussion, both he and the Portland PD [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Justin Amash chooses the Constitution over party]( 7/6/2019 10:01:33 AM Taylor Millard 0 Comments The biblical prophet Jeremiah once asked, “Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots?” His question was rhetorical – pointing out how impossible it was for someone to change his or her nature or character. One who is a liar tends to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Census question case in Maryland moving ahead]( 7/6/2019 8:31:54 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I bet some of you thought this issue was already dead and buried, but it’s apparently not. Despite the Supreme Court kicking the challenge to having the citizenship question on all census forms next year back for clarification, the case [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Brad Bannon [Three Democrats should drop White House campaigns — and run for Senate]( AP [Poll: Americans rarely seek guidance from clergy]( Axios [”I just think she has the moxie to bring it to the Donald”]( Donald Trump [Fox News is changing fast, but they forgot the people who got them there!]( Bloomberg [Stricken Russian nuke sub crew prevented “planetary catastrophe”]( WaPo [Effective but never popular, court-ordered busing is a relic few would revive]( SDNY [Breaking: Epstein indictment released]( Fox News [Harris praises Biden’s “courage” for apology]( WFB [“It is very disappointing that the Speaker would ever try to diminish our voices”]( Politico [Trump wants to talk. Iran isn’t interested.]( NYT [“All but unprecedented”: DOJ to replace lawyers in census citizenship question case]( Edward-Isaac Dovere [Report: Tom Steyer telling allies he’s running for president]( John Glynn [“Washington D.C. has the highest prevalence of psychopaths”]( F.H. 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