HotAir Daily Express 07/25/2019

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [NYT hints: Mueller aide Aaron Zebley was actually running the Russiagate probe]( 7/25/2019 11:21:04 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Maybe not the only one running it, the Times suggests, but Bob Mueller doesn’t seem to have been a core part of the leadership team. “It’s inconceivable that Robert Mueller ran this investigation,” said Andy McCarthy on Fox [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rocketman returns: North Korea fires two missiles]( 7/25/2019 10:41:02 AM Taylor Millard 0 Comments North Korea is testing out two kinds of missiles. The launches happened along the eastern coast of North Korea early this morning – something which appears to have seriously alarmed South Korea. Reuters reports the United Nations could get [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Toobin: Dems’ Trump strategy has been “a wall to wall failure”]( 7/25/2019 10:01:26 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It’s a cliché, but in this case it might apply — when you’ve lost CNN … Last night’s panel summed up succinctly not just what Democrats accomplished yesterday with their Robert Mueller stunt. Jeffrey Toobin summed up [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rosselló is out in Puerto Rico]( 7/25/2019 9:21:31 AM Taylor Millard 0 Comments Ricardo Rosselló is out as Puerto Rico’s governor. He submitted his resignation papers last night saying his final day in office will be August 2nd. Via USA Today: He said his resignation would be effective Aug. 2, making him the first [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BoJo to EU: Come on, you’re not serious about this deal]( 7/25/2019 8:41:32 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Want to bet? Boris Johnson does. The new Prime Minister and his fellow Brexit hardliners succeeded in pushing out Theresa May over her inability to extricate the UK from the EU. In his first speech to Parliament, her successor warned the EU that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Epstein mystery: Suicide attempt, failed hit, or hoax?]( 7/25/2019 8:01:52 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A judge ruled that Jeffrey Epstein presents a danger to his community. Is he also a danger to himself? Jail authorities placed the billionaire-ish sex offender on suicide watch after some sort of incident last night in which Epstein was injured. But [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [This budget ‘deal’ looks even worse]( 7/24/2019 10:41:35 PM Taylor Millard 0 Comments The budget ‘deal’ being touted by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will do nothing to solve the federal government’s fiscal issues. It’s more likely this ‘compromise’ is going to make problems [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mystery solved: How a fresh, pristine In-n-Out burger ended up 1,500 miles away from the nearest franchise]( 7/24/2019 10:01:03 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments To cleanse the palate, I owe you closure on this after having pronounced it the most compelling minor mystery in American news yesterday. The facts are straightforward: A guy walking down the block in Jamaica, Queens (i.e. greater NYC) a few days [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fox News poll: 63% think Trump’s Squad tweets “crossed the line,” 57% think he doesn’t respect racial minorities]( 7/24/2019 9:21:37 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It makes me laugh every time he complains about Fox News for being only 98 percent in the tank for him, which he did again last night, and nothing would be funnier than him declaring a Fox poll “fake news” on Twitter. So let’s get [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Doggone it! Ivanka Trump’s new family pet is too white]( 7/24/2019 8:41:34 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Just when you think things can’t get sillier in Trump’s America, they do. Who knew that a sweet story about a family’s adoption of a dog would cause such ugliness in social media? If that family is the First Daughter’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rosselló out? Resignation rumors sweep Puerto Rico]( 7/24/2019 8:01:57 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments ¿Ricky renuncia? Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló was rumored to be stepping down by noon today after days of massive protests against his administration, thanks to leaked chat and text messages that shocked voters on the island. CBS’ [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It begins: Booker, Biden throwing punches over who’s more overzealous in fighting crime]( 7/24/2019 7:21:15 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Is it the guy who wrote an influential federal crime bill that encouraged states towards mass incarceration for drug offenses? Or is it the guy who ran a police department that was such a notorious rights-violating dumpster fire that the Obama DOJ [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why yes, I do believe that’s a giant shark trying to get in our boat]( 7/24/2019 6:41:06 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I thought I’d finish up this evening with something a bit on the lighter side as I prepare to head out on vacation. (So if you don’t see my byline around here until the first Saturday in August, you’ll know why.) As is my usual [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Federal judge: Full speed ahead on Trump’s asylum “ban” — for now; Update: Blocked in CA]( 7/24/2019 6:01:50 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Pens and phones, once established as precedent, tend to persist. The Trump administration got a perhaps surprising win in federal court earlier today on its decision to impose a de facto “safe third country” policy on asylum regardless [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today’s hot topics on Relevant Radio®: Young conservative conservationists, Mueller hearings, custodial interference, and more!]( 7/24/2019 5:46:48 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Here we go: Dems heard months ago that Mueller might not be “up to” testifying, says Politico]( 7/24/2019 5:21:56 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “A mystery yet to be solved: Weren’t Dems warned in advance that Mueller wouldn’t make a good witness?” I asked in the last post, noting the special counsel’s confusion at times this morning. According to Politico, they were. Or at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Let’s not make Tom Brady out as a bad person for things other than football]( 7/24/2019 4:41:30 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments It’s still almost a month until the NFL pre-season starts, but New England Patriots QB Tom Brady is already making headlines. This time, however, it has nothing to do with his passing prowess. The multiple Super Bowl winning player is drawing [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oops! Jeffries attempt to “indict” Trump backfires]( 7/24/2019 4:01:03 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments You have to get all the way to the end of this clip to get to the faceplant here from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), one of Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team — but it’s worth it. Jeffries attempts to walk Robert Mueller down a primrose [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [AOC on House BDS resolution: If we punish nonviolent forms of protest, it might force people into violence]( 7/24/2019 3:21:06 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Why, my dear congresswoman, is that a threat? Of course it’s not a threat, AOC would say. She says right there in the quote below that she hates violence, doesn’t she? Right, but in practice it amounts to “Let me get my way or [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NYC’s Uber restrictions found to adversely impact poorest New Yorkers]( 7/24/2019 2:41:27 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The municipal government in New York City has made no secret of the war they’ve been waging against gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft for the past several years. They’ve passed one bill after another designed to support their [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Witness: “Go back where you came from” *was* said — but by Georgia state rep]( 7/24/2019 2:01:28 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Maybe this was a case of projection rather than hate all along. Georgia state representative Erica Thomas claimed she’d been told to “go back where she came from” in a supermarket disagreement by a “white man,” and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chris Wallace: This hearing is a disaster for Democrats and for Robert Mueller’s reputation]( 7/24/2019 1:31:57 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Easy prediction: Many Democrats will be echoing this point this afternoon — anonymously — to reporters at the NYT and WaPo for tonight’s big wrap-ups about Mueller’s underwhelming performance. I suppose Dems got the bare [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ilhan Omar melts down when asked about female genital mutilation]( 7/24/2019 1:01:38 PM Karen Townsend 0 Comments Rep. Ilhan Omar isn’t known as a woman who is bashful about expressing her opinions on any number of subjects. She is one of only two Muslim women serving in the House of Representatives. As a member of such a small minority, it is only normal [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders’ staffers have the best private health insurance money can buy]( 7/24/2019 12:31:33 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As of yesterday, it looked as if Bernie Sanders might have shaken off his labor union dispute problem after reaching a compromise agreement with the staff over hourly wages and the number of hours worked per week. (There was an NLRB complaint filed [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jordan to Mueller: Why wasn’t Joseph Mifsud charged with obstruction?]( 7/24/2019 12:01:19 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The Robert Mueller hearings continue to grind on, and perhaps especially on Mueller himself. At times, Mueller acts as nothing more than a one-word validation for Democrats reading verbatim from his report. At other times, he appears lost and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] Politico [Pelosi rebuffs Nadler on impeachment after Mueller flop]( Dallas News [No shower for 23 days: U.S. citizen says CBP conditions were so bad that he almost self-deported]( Andrew Egger [On Wednesday, we got the Robert Mueller we needed]( NBC [Bill Barr directs federal government to resume capital punishment]( Nate Silver [Kamala Harris’s debate bounce is fading]( WaPo [Oops]( David Frum [What if they’re not coming for the Jews this time?]( CNN [U.S. fertility rate falls to all-time low, CDC says]( WaPo [Biden tears into Cory Booker, criticizes Harris]( Emily Shugerman [Jeffrey Epstein visited Clinton White House multiple times in early 90s]( CNN [Federal judge blocks new rule limiting asylum claims by Central Americans]( NBC NY [Jeffrey Epstein found injured in NYC jail cell after possible suicide attempt: sources]( WaPo [Puerto Rico governor says he will resign amid intense political pressure, sweeping protests]( Study Finds [“Zombie eating’: 88% of adults dine while staring at a screen, survey finds]( Ars Technica [When it comes to moral decisions, testosterone doesn’t seem to do much]( Joe Pinsker [Has college gotten too easy?]( HuffPost [Gay dads sue State Department over refusal to recognize daughter as U.S. citizen]( USA Today [Drivers, you’re merging all wrong: Being polite is causing traffic jams, experts say]( John McWhorter [“Racist” is a tough little word]( Marc Thiessen [How socialism may save us from Bernie Sanders]( Jacob Sullum [How confirmation bias sends innocent people to prison]( Bloomberg [Biden is still acting like it’s his to lose, but warning signs are flashing]( Thomas Edsall [The Democratic Party is actually three parties]( NYT [Your data was “anonymized”? 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