HotAir Daily Express 07/18/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [The Secret U.S. Government Scheme to Confiscate Your Savings]( [Unsuspecting Americans to be Hit Hard by this U.S. Confiscation Scheme]( The 20-year head of the U.S. Fed has revealed Washington's nasty trick to confiscate the savings of unsuspecting Americans... Are you one of them? ==> [Here's the ONE THING Greenspan Says Can Protect Your Savings]( [Trump rally crowd chants “send her back” about Ilhan Omar]( 7/18/2019 11:21:31 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Pure mobbish garbage, destined to become a staple at future rallies a la “lock her up!” now that Trump’s given it his tacit approval, standing there in silence and drinking it in. The beating he’s taken from critics this [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The media is teaching us a lot about views on racism this year]( 7/18/2019 10:41:30 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Since everyone covering politics has to keep themselves busy seven days a week, we’ve been treated to a great deal of coverage over President Trump’s alleged racist tendencies. Most recently it involved a series of tweets directed at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Iran seizes oil tanker for “smuggling” — but no one knows which ship?]( 7/18/2019 10:01:08 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments With tensions already high around the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranians have upped the ante … or at least so they say. Their state media reported that the IRGC had seized a tanker on a mission to smuggle oil through the Persian Gulf. The seizure [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rhode Island Dem Gov’s no-bid lottery deal looks… pretty bad]( 7/18/2019 9:21:30 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Given everything else going on in the country right now, this may look like something of a “local news story” but I think it’s worth a look. The Governor of Rhode Island since 2015 has been Gina Raimondo (D) and she’s making [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [China Just Launched this Attack on the USD]( [China Just Launched this Attack on the USD]( [Alan Greenspan Warns of this U.S. Scheme to Confiscate Your Savings]( [Alan Greenspan Warns of this U.S. Scheme to Confiscate Your Savings]( [Move Your IRA or 401k to Gold]( [The Little-Known (But Legal) IRS Tax Law to Move Your IRA or 401(k) to Gold]( [Hmmm: Prosecutors fold in Spacey trial after accuser takes the Fifth]( 7/18/2019 8:41:33 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Will Massachusetts prosecutors recast the role with Christopher Plummer? Kevin Spacey walked out of court a free man after a judge dismissed a sexual assault charge as the prosecution case fell apart. Earlier, the accuser had abruptly taken the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A pardon for Blago?]( 7/18/2019 8:01:20 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Here’s a blast from the past involving a name you might not have heard in a while. Do you remember Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor of Illinois? He’s been cooling his heels in a Colorado prison since 2012 after being convicted of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New RNC ad: AOC & the Squad want anarchy, you know]( 7/17/2019 10:41:45 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The RNC rolled out a new ad aimed at bolstering Donald Trump’s standing, and it has … not a single frame or mention of Trump at all. Instead, the ad asks viewers to contemplate the alternative, in the alternative’s own words. It [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Crenshaw: House resolution against Trump was “pure political theater”]( 7/17/2019 10:01:03 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Rep. Dan Crenshaw perfectly described the craziness that was on display Tuesday afternoon in the House of Representatives as “pure political theater.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi, usually the epitome of process and upholding the rules of the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Chris Pratt/Gadsden shirt nontroversy]( 7/17/2019 9:21:58 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments There was an attempt by a rather pint-sized rage mob to gin up anger at actor Chris Pratt for his choice of T-shirt. By pint-sized, I mean, five to seven people. By gin up anger, I mean claiming Pratt’s choice of wearing a T-shirt by [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [House Dems grumble to CNN: We’re frustrated that the Squad keeps making trouble for us]( 7/17/2019 8:41:28 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Damn, this thread is enjoyable. 2/ "The president won this one," said House Dem 1 of the Trump v Squad (AOC, Tlaib, Omar & Pressley) showdown. "What the president has done is politically brilliant. Pelosi was trying to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Netroots speaker: Talking about networks as “Zionist organizations” isn’t anti-Semitic]( 7/17/2019 8:01:07 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments In a vacuum, maaaaybe. At a conference where T-shirts equating Zionism with racism sell like hot cakes and at a dais with “From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have to go” signs attached to the table? Come on, man. Marc Lamont Hill [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poll: 57% of Republicans agree with Trump’s tweets about the Squad]( 7/17/2019 7:21:26 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments We should lead with the Republican numbers since those are the only ones POTUS himself seems interested in. If the conventional wisdom is right that he’s attacking AOC and her friends because that’ll motivate right-wing turnout, and if [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [332-95-1: House votes to kill Al Green’s impeachment resolution]( 7/17/2019 6:41:11 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Trump is off his Twitter game. The vote finished about five minutes ago as I write this and he still isn’t gloating about it on social media. Another day, another reminder that Pelosi’s struggling to control her caucus. And for nothing, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AOC draws an early 2020 challenger]( 7/17/2019 6:01:53 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments While the race to be the next president pretty much begins on inauguration day in the modern era, congressional races tend to start a bit later. Yet with more than fifteen months to go, freshman congresswoman and “squad” member [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics on Relevant Radio®: Impeachment vote, tariff support, Catholic evangelization, and more!]( 7/17/2019 5:46:22 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Once again, I get to step outside the box and guest host A Closer Look on Relevant Radio® from 6-7 ET today! The Catholic talk-radio network is heard nationwide on the air, as well as online and through their free mobile app that plays live and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Trump taps Rand Paul as envoy to Iran to negotiate detente]( 7/17/2019 5:21:35 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I love it so much, purely for petty political reasons. Imagine the sting of the tears rolling down Lindsey Graham’s cheeks when he heard this news. Imagine the torrents of profanity emanating from John Bolton. Day in and day out, hawks [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [“Celebrities” boosting the Storm Area 51 scheme]( 7/17/2019 4:41:46 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If the “Storm Area 51” flap is actually a joke, some of the more than one million people who have now signed up for it don’t seem to realize it. And putting this issue to rest probably isn’t being helped by celebrities [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former Ecuadorean president: Of course we knew Assange was interfering in the 2016 US election]( 7/17/2019 4:01:30 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This blows a hole in the conspiracy theories meant to excuse Julian Assange, and by extension the Russians, from malicious actions in the 2016 election. The source of this confirmation makes the admission even more compelling. Rafael Correa was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [YouGov poll: Three of the four members of the Squad have negative favorability]( 7/17/2019 3:21:45 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Useful data for two reasons. One: Obviously everyone’s curious to know how the Trump vs. AOC battle is playing among Americans. This gives us some evidence, although not direct evidence. Two: It helps counter the misperceptions caused by that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The next thing to ban: balloons]( 7/17/2019 2:41:39 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I think by this point we’ve come to understand that we need to do a better job of managing our use of products made of plastic and its various close cousins. Unfortunately, that “better job” is frequently translated to an immediate [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yuuuuge NBC “scoop”: Trump and Epstein together in 1992 video]( 7/17/2019 2:01:26 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments And … so? NBC News thinks it has uncovered video evidence that proves a relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, but it might only add to the evidence of their own desperation. They found an old clip of Trump welcoming Epstein to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Good news from Kamala Harris: We’ll get the money for Medicare for All from unicorns, not from the middle class]( 7/17/2019 1:31:41 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “From unicorns” isn’t my snark. It comes from Jeff Weaver, a top strategist to … Bernie Sanders. Yes, really: The avowed socialist in the race is now the person demanding that other candidates explain how they’ll pay [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Police Department warning: Beware the coming of “meth-gators”]( 7/17/2019 1:01:30 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Loretto Police Department in Tennessee posted an ominous warning on Facebook. “Don’t flush your drugs” is their message. If you thought that “Deeznutz” the attack squirrel was a wild story, how about meth-gators? You [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [So I guess the House is going to try to impeach Trump after all (maybe)]( 7/17/2019 12:31:25 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Plenty of Democrats have been crying out for this move, but up until now Speaker Pelosi has managed to keep their powder dry. It looks like it took Congressman Al Green’s move to impeach after they denounced the President’s tweets to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking: DoJ ends probe into Trump hush-money payments]( 7/17/2019 12:01:54 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Don’t pop the champagne corks just yet, as this may not be entirely good news for Donald Trump. A court filing on Monday from prosecutors informed the federal judge dealing with the Michael Cohen case that they had concluded their [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Gabriel Sherman [“It’s going to be staggering, the amount of names”]( The Hill [Dems open to killing filibuster in next Congress]( Emma Green [The nationalists take Washington]( David Goldman [Trump has the moral high ground against the Democrats]( Matt Wilstein [Jon Stewart rips Rand Paul for blocking 9/11 victim funding]( Megan McArdle [Marianne Williamson is the only true anti-Trump]( NPR [Why progressives think Joe Biden is not “electable”]( Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar [Fact check: Savings from Bernie Sanders’ Medicare plan dubious]( Conor Friedersdorf [“Send her back”: The bigoted rallying cry of Trump 2020]( Ars Technica [American kids would much rather be YouTubers than astronauts]( Matthew Walther [The sublime romanticism of the moon landing]( Charlie Sykes [Memo to Dems: You’re playing into Trump’s hands]( Morning Consult [On controlling health costs, most voters trust … no one]( WaPo [Despite boasts of going on offense, Trump looks to defend 2016 map next year]( Kori Schake [The Republican Party needs millennials to survive]( Andrew Egger [The GOP’s surrender to Trump is complete]( John Podhoretz [Why does Trump want to be unpopular?]( Bill Scher [How the Democratic netroots died]( Damon Linker [The utterly pathetic Republican Party]( Joel Kotkin [Age of amnesia]( Steve Krakauer [Epstein’s downfall and the crumbling of America’s elites]( WaPo [This town’s solution to loneliness? 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