HotAir Daily Express 11/01/2016

[Hot Air Daily Express] [Follow us on Facebook] [Home][Green Room][Archive][The Ed Morrissey Show][Print][Forward] [Of course the DOJ assigned a Clinton crony to oversee the new email investigation] 11/1/2016 10:01:45 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments Monday afternoon the Justice Department notified Congress that they will do their best to expedite the process of evaluating the new trove of emails discovered on Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedein’s shared device. Assistant Attorney General Peter [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Has a single Democrat condemned Donna Brazile’s actions?] 11/1/2016 9:31:54 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As John Sexton reported yesterday, CNN has cut all ties with DNC interim chair Donna Brazile after leaked emails revealed another instance of her conspiring with media figures to give Hillary Clinton debate questions in advance. It’s refreshing to [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [How much do you know about the Constitution? Take the quiz!] Hillsdale College SPONSORED Many Americans know the Constitution well -- they understand how it protects their freedoms and paved the way for a great nation to be built. But many more Americans don't know enough about it. How much do you know about the Constitution? [Read More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oh my: WaPo/ABC tracker shows one-point lead … for Trump] 11/1/2016 9:01:00 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It seems like just last week that Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump in the Washington Post/ABC News tracking poll. Hey, it was last week! Eight days after the apex of Hillary’s standing in the race, meet the new nadir. Thanks in part to a decline in [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [11th hour surprise: New York Times accuses Trump of following tax laws] 11/1/2016 8:31:33 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments If this was supposed to be an October Surprise from the New York Times it seems to be falling with a thud rather than a bang, particularly in light of the storm of other such last minute stories flooding the red zone. Still, on November 1st, the Paper of [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Your write-in vote for president is meaningless and literally won’t count for anything] 11/1/2016 8:01:41 AM Larry O'Connor 0 Comments John Kasich announced yesterday that he had written-in John McCain for president in the critically important state of Ohio in this year’s presidential election. You may cynically consider this to be a selfish, preening, meaningless move designed to [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [“Walking Dead” grumble thread: My, this new guy certainly is a jaunty fellow, isn’t he?] 10/31/2016 10:41:06 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I don’t read the comics so I didn’t know what to expect last night. I thought this week would continue to follow Rick’s group as they coped with the aftermath of Whack-a-Glenn. Instead I turn on the show and I’m watching a guy in [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former FBI official: Comey refused to formally accuse Russia of meddling in the election because … he didn’t want to meddle in the election] 10/31/2016 10:01:52 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It’s the smoking gun that proves Comey’s trying to help Trump win the election by suppressing news that might hurt him while releasing news about Clinton that helps him! Or, alternately, it’s a single anonymous source talking out of his [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBC: FBI conducting ‘preliminary inquiry’ into Paul Manfort’s foreign business connections] 10/31/2016 9:21:06 PM John Sexton 0 Comments NBC News is reporting that the FBI has opened a preliminary inquiry into the business connections of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort: The FBI has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Vanity Fair: Fox bids more than $20 million for Megyn Kelly] 10/31/2016 8:41:54 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is it a bidding war, or just a very public exclusive contract negotiation? Megyn Kelly might not worry much about the distinction. According to Vanity Fair, Fox News has eagerly pursued a new contract with their prime-time host, as analysts predicted a [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oh my: Rick Perry reportedly encouraging Michael McCaul to primary Ted Cruz] 10/31/2016 8:01:28 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Once upon a time I would have cared. As it is, if you’re an anti-Trumper, what does it matter whether we end up in the Senate with a reluctant Trump backer like Cruz who’ll bend once his donors get grumpy enough or some establishmentarian [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [James Carville on Comey letter: ‘this is, in effect, an attempt to hijack an election’] 10/31/2016 7:21:02 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Democratic strategist James Carville appeared on MSNBC today and spent his seven-minute segment chewing the scenery over the letter released Friday by FBI Director James Comey. Carville said that if Comey’s investigation did not turn up something [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [CNN: Bayh met with donors in his Senate office — right after their fundraisers and donations] 10/31/2016 6:41:44 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments For a party that keep screeching about Citizens United and the need to get money out of politics, they certainly recruit strange candidates for key races. That’s not just Hillary Clinton and the pay-to-play Clinton Foundation/State Department [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trick or treat! (Actually it’s probably just a trick)] 10/31/2016 6:01:21 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There’s been more than enough depressing or anger-inducing news over the past few days. Hey, gang… it’s Halloween! Surely even American politics can’t ruin that, can it? (Okay… I felt pretty silly as soon as I typed that [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jon Ralston: Early voting in Nevada points to Clinton win without late GOP surge] 10/31/2016 5:31:39 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The nice thing about bad news in early voting is that it’s correctable. If you’re a Republican in Nevada who was iffy about turning out because you thought Trump could win the state without you, here’s your wake-up call. Ralston is [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Peter Thiel defends his support for Trump at the National Press Club] 10/31/2016 5:01:04 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Investor Peter Thiel spoke at the National Press Club in Washington today and defended his decision to support Donald Trump. “No matter how crazy this elections seems, it is less crazy than the condition of our country,” Thiel said. He listed [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Post-Comey WaPo/ABC tracking poll: Toplines unchanged, but fundamentals shifting] 10/31/2016 4:31:52 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Or do they? The toplines from two prominent tracking polls don’t show much change after FBI Director James Comey announced that new “investigative steps” are being taken in Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, but some of the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kander found taking in cash from firm with sketchy “donations for bonuses” scheme] 10/31/2016 4:01:28 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Jason Kander, the Kansas carpetbagger currently locked in a tight race to unseat Roy Blunt in the Missouri Senate race, has been found to have taken significant campaign contributions from the Thornton Law Firm in Boston. That’s been a regular stop [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [White House undercuts Hillary and Democrats: James Comey is a man of integrity, but…] 10/31/2016 3:31:22 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Comey’s in a tough spot, Josh Earnest admitted at today’s briefing, but of course so is the White House. If Obama criticizes Comey for Friday’s announcement about reopening the investigation into Hillary’s emails, it’ll turn [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘Dangerous man’ removed from Trump rally for menacing reporters says he was protesting Trump] 10/31/2016 3:01:56 PM John Sexton 0 Comments At a rally in Phoenix on Saturday a large man stood with his back to Trump and stared at the media. Some of the assembled media took the stare as an attempt to menace them and reported the man’s behavior to security. That led to his removal and [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dem consultant: New FBI probe forces me to reassess my support of Hillary] 10/31/2016 2:31:21 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Doug Schoen has worked for decades to help elect Democrats, and by his own reckoning, he’s known the Clintons for almost a quarter-century. Until now, Schoen has made no secret of his plan to vote for Hillary Clinton in next week’s election. [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Survey: 35% of federal workers may consider leaving their jobs if Trump wins] 10/31/2016 2:01:09 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments A new broom sweeps clean in Washington when it comes to cabinet heads and appointed officials, but what about all of the millions of federal workers on the government payroll? Their jobs are supposed to be apolitical and largely independent of which [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pete Williams: The FBI probably won’t say anything more about the email investigation before the election] 10/31/2016 1:31:56 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via Mediaite, Williams said this yesterday morning. Is the story already outdated? New today from NBC: Additionally, NBC’s Pete Williams reports that it’s possible the FBI’s review of the emails could end quickly — now that the [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Donna Brazile gave Hillary campaign another debate question in advance, CNN cuts ties] 10/31/2016 1:01:12 PM John Sexton 0 Comments On March 5, 2016, Donna Brazile sent John Podesta and Jennifer Palmieri an email tipping them off about a question Hillary Clinton would be asked in a debate with Bernie Sanders the following night. This is the second time Brazile has been caught tipping [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gowdy: Comey timing “a direct and natural consequence” of Hillary’s own actions] 10/31/2016 12:31:26 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments My, how times have changed. For the last three months, Democrats have not just defended James Comey, they’ve practically turned his no-action recommendation on Hillary Clinton’s gross negligence on classified information handling into a de [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pirates force Iceland’s Prime Minister to walk the plank] 10/31/2016 12:01:20 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Last week we talked about the insurgent political group in Iceland known as the Pirate Party and how they seemed poised to overturn the tables of the money changers in that nation’s elections this weekend. The polls didn’t bear out entirely [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Glenn Beck endorses Evan McMullin] [Could pollsters be missing hidden Trump voters?] [Cleveland’s unthinking racism] [Kasich follows through on vow not to vote for Trump, writes in John McCain instead] [Clinton owns it all] [Tracking poll: Trump now leads by one as enthusiasm for Clinton dips] [Scientists: Chubby older fathers are more attractive to women and live longer] [Report: Veteran spy alleges Russian intelligence has tried to cultivate Trump] [U.S. officials doubt Trump has any direct ties to Russia] [New Clinton probe proves early voting is bad for America] [Ed Morrissey Show] [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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