HotAir Daily Express 10/15/2019

The media blackout on the Equality Act and girls' sports [Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [LeBron: Morey is "misinformed", "not educated" about Hong Kong protests]( 10/15/2019 11:01:24 AM Karen Townsend LeBron James weighed in on the controversy sparked over Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of the protesters in Hong Kong. He slammed Morey for sending the tweet while at the same time James said he didn't want to "get into a feud with Daryl Morey." King James ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The media blackout on the Equality Act and girls' sports]( 10/15/2019 10:31:04 AM Jazz Shaw Just yesterday we were looking at a heartbreaking op-ed written by the mother of a Connecticut girl described as a rising star in high school track and field events. Her daughter had been sidelined by a pair of boys who identify as girls and have been blowing away the competition ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hunter Biden: Why no, I have no regrets over my overseas work, why do you ask? Update: What was Hunter's Amtrak qualification again?]( 10/15/2019 10:01:54 AM Ed Morrissey No regrets at all? Well, perhaps, Hunter Biden allows during his no-holds-barred interview with ABC News. "However, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is -- it's a swamp, in many ways? Yeah," Biden says, while also admitting that he isn't sure whether he got appointed to ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bloomberg: Maybe I should run for president after all]( 10/15/2019 9:21:52 AM Jazz Shaw If you're worried that your white, male 76-year-old candidate might not be able to cut the mustard, who do you bring in? A white, male 77-year-old candidate, of course. Or at least that seems to be the thinking of billionaire New Yorker Michael Bloomberg. According to sources close to the former ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Is Bolton the next big witness in Ukraine-Gate?]( 10/15/2019 8:41:15 AM Ed Morrissey What exactly did Rudy Giuliani do in Ukraine? Former NSC staffer Fiona Hill spoke for ten hours yesterday with members of three house committees digging into Ukraine-Gate in closed session. Her testimony, according to the Washington Post's sources, focused mainly on Giuliani and Gordon Sondland, which suggests that Hill might ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump to impose sanctions on Turkey for doing what he dared them to do]( 10/15/2019 8:01:27 AM Jazz Shaw This should prove interesting. Now that Turkey is in the middle of an invasion of Syria and trying to wipe out the Kurds, President Trump is saying that he's preparing to hit them with sanctions. Meanwhile, our troops are scrambling to safely get out of the affected areas and the ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Our next film review: Grouch]( 10/14/2019 10:41:12 PM Ed Morrissey Well, it would be our next film review if anyone had the nerve to produce the gritty, realistic story of ... a puppet who lives in a garbage can. Which, when you think about it, is about as necessary as telling a gritty, realistic story of a comic-book super-villain who dresses up ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ABC to air interview with Hunter Biden Tuesday before Democrat debate]( 10/14/2019 10:01:13 PM Karen Townsend This should be interesting. Tuesday ABC will air an interview conducted by news anchor Amy Robach with Hunter Biden. The Democrat debate scheduled Tuesday night in Ohio will be co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN. That's a bit awkward, isn't it? The debates will be moderated by CNN anchors ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gabbard: On second thought, I believe I will attend tomorrow's "commercialized reality television" event after all]( 10/14/2019 9:21:18 PM Ed Morrissey The last we heard from Tulsi Gabbard, the one-percenter in the statistical-noise tier of the Democratic presidential sweepstakes, she had threatened to boycott tomorrow night's debate. In a campaign video released on Wednesday, the representative from Hawaii accused the DNC and their "corporate media" partners of attempting to "rig the ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fort Worth officer involved in woman's killing resigns; Update: Arrested]( 10/14/2019 8:41:36 PM Taylor Millard The police officer involved in the killing of a North Texas woman inside her own home has resigned. Interim Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus announced Aaron Dean turned in his badge this morning after being put on detached duty. "Had the officer not resigned I would have fired him for ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [There's a new documentary about Jordan Peterson but theaters are afraid to show it]( 10/14/2019 8:01:43 PM John Sexton There's a new documentary film out called "The Rise of Jordan Peterson."  But since the film was released late last month, the filmmakers have had a very hard time getting anyone to show it. Today the Stranger reports the cancelations are being driven by complaints about the content and, in some ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Baltimore residents really want surveillance plane City Hall rejected]( 10/14/2019 7:21:59 PM Jazz Shaw Earlier this year we looked at a law enforcement program in Baltimore that put a plane up above the city almost around the clock. It was equipped with a high definition video camera and was able to monitor crime scenes and track criminals back to where they came from and/or ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bad news from Biden: No pardon for Trump in 2021]( 10/14/2019 6:41:05 PM Ed Morrissey And vice-versa, one would imagine. Joe Biden tried dancing away from the ethics controversies involving son Hunter Biden while doing radio interviews in Iowa yesterday by focusing attention on Donald Trump's alleged crimes. If Biden gets elected, he told one host, Trump had better not expect a pardon in 2021: Five ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gov. Abbott says Austin's mayor must deal with homeless camping downtown or the state will do it for him]( 10/14/2019 6:01:54 PM John Sexton Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is not happy with Austin's Democratic Mayor Steve Adler. Earlier this month, Gov. Abbott sent Adler a letter giving Mayor Adler 30 days to deal with the homeless situation in the city or else. Here's how the Dallas Morning News reported Abbott's letter: Abbott sternly wrote Austin Mayor ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mexico thwarts a migrant caravan for us]( 10/14/2019 5:21:24 PM Jazz Shaw With the hot months of summer coming to an end, it's caravan season in Mexico again. And we're not talking about people vacationing in recreational vehicles. Caravans of Central American migrants are forming up in Honduras and Guatemala to start their annual mass migrations north in hopes of breaching the ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: Something is indeed fishy about this Anguilla murder case and I will look into it]( 10/14/2019 4:41:53 PM Ed Morrissey While House Democrats consider their version of a presidential whodunit, Donald Trump has another mystery on his mind. An American tourist finds himself indicted for manslaughter in the British territory of Anguilla after a bizarre set of events on a family vacation. Scott Hapgood claims self-defense but authorities there seem ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Portland Antifa member was killed in a hit and run, police are investigating it as a homicide]( 10/14/2019 4:01:31 PM John Sexton A Portland Antifa activists was hit by an SUV and killed over the weekend. The incident, which took place outside the Cider Riot bar, sparked worries among other Antifa members that the victim may have been targeted for his political beliefs. However, Rose City Antifa and other groups have said ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A mother's plea over transgender athletes]( 10/14/2019 3:21:57 PM Jazz Shaw There was a rather heartbreaking op-ed in the New York Post on Sunday that's probably worth your time to read. It was written by Cheryl Radachowsky, a Connecticut mother of a daughter, Alanna Smith, who is a rising star in high school track and field competition, particularly the 100, 200 ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Project Veritas: CNN's Zucker pushing impeachment, on a "personal vendetta"]( 10/14/2019 2:41:09 PM Ed Morrissey This might explain CNN's chyron management of late more than anything else. The testimony of a CNN insider long promoted by Project Veritas ahead of an official release has emerged earlier today, along with a recorded conference call from network president Jeff Zucker. In the call, Zucker tells his team ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Which two Dems have strongest ground game? It may surprise you.]( 10/14/2019 2:01:36 PM Karen Townsend As far as ground games go in the early primary states, the two strongest operations come from the campaigns of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Warren isn't so much of a surprise as is Buttigieg. A piece in the New York Times tallied up the numbers. Warren and Buttigieg have more ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NBC calls Ronan Farrow's book a 'conspiracy theory,' Farrow responds]( 10/14/2019 1:21:46 PM John Sexton Ronan Farrow's new book "Catch and Kill" comes out tomorrow. The focus of the book is Farrow's ultimately successful attempts to report on Harvey Weinstein. NBC News is part of that story because, according to Farrow, NBC told him to stop reporting, forcing him to take the story to the ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The first generation of Americans without driver's licenses]( 10/14/2019 12:41:39 PM Jazz Shaw The pace of implementation may be slower than was once anticipated, but the reality of self-driving vehicles is already upon us. While there have been plenty of snags along the way, including one woman who was struck and killed by an autonomous vehicle in Arizona last year, the technology is ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Not again: China balks at signing "phase one" accord with Trump?]( 10/14/2019 12:01:12 PM Ed Morrissey Last week, Donald Trump announced that China had already agreed to terms on a a first-step trade deal with the US. According to Bloomberg, either Trump spoke prematurely or Xi Jinping has tried to play games once again. China won't sign the "phase one" deal without more negotiations, Bloomberg reports ... 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