HotAir Daily Express 10/23/2019

Grand Jury hands down new bribery indictment for Lori Loughlin, husband [Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Shaquille O'Neal: "Daryl Morey was right"]( 10/23/2019 11:31:33 AM Allahpundit Shaq might not do LeBron-scale business in China but he does plenty. Ernie Johnson makes a point of introducing him in the clip below by noting how often O'Neal travels there. There's a 50-foot statue of Shaq in Beijing, for cripes sake. So, as you watch, bear in mind that he's ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Grand Jury hands down new bribery indictment for Lori Loughlin, husband]( 10/23/2019 11:01:34 AM Karen Townsend Lori Loughlin's legal troubles just keep growing. She and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are among about a dozen parents slapped with bribery charges resulting from their participation in the college admissions fraud scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues. Loughlin and Giannulli already face charges of wire fraud and money laundering. ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill. Will protesters notice?]( 10/23/2019 10:31:03 AM Jazz Shaw Carrie Lam and the leadership in Hong Kong very much want all of these disruptive protesters to just go home and allow life to settle back to normal in their city. Will this do the trick? The whole mess started because of a proposed extradition bill (desired by China) that ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Biden: I used the word "lynching" about Clinton's impeachment by accident, or something]( 10/23/2019 10:01:21 AM Ed Morrissey Several Democrats had to hit reverse yesterday from their criticism of Donald Trump's use of the word "lynching" to describe the impeachment push against him. Within hours, research showed that some of the same Democrats stampeding toward microphones to excoriate Trump used the term to describe criticism against other Democrats ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dick's CEO mulling POTUS bid]( 10/23/2019 9:21:42 AM Jazz Shaw The entire 2020 presidential election is starting to get a bit boring, isn't it? What this race really needs is a fabulously wealthy, straight, white, cisgender male who's old enough to collect Social Security benefits to toss his hat in the ring. (Oh, wait... we've already got at least three ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Harvard Crimson to open borders activists: We're not apologizing for asking ICE for comment]( 10/23/2019 8:41:58 AM Ed Morrissey When progressives lose the Harvard Crimson ... The student newspaper issued a spirited defense after a dispute over a simple, basic act of journalism escalated into a boycott movement. After covering a rally by the group Act on a Dream and their demands to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement last ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Turkey and Russia are declaring peace in Syria]( 10/23/2019 8:01:12 AM Jazz Shaw It's all over but the shouting, and there really doesn't even seem to be much of that. Yesterday was supposed to be the end of the ceasefire in northeastern Syria, at which point we expected the Turks to begin "cleansing" the twenty-mile wide border region of any remaining Kurdish fighters. ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Joe Biden, other Democrats used the word 'lynching' in reference to impeachment]( 10/22/2019 10:41:57 PM John Sexton You've probably heard the word "lynching" a bunch of times today. It started this morning when President Trump used the word in a tweet about impeachment: That set off a flurry of condemnations from the left and even Sen. Mitch McConnell called the remark unfortunate: One of the people who was quick ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poll: Pierre Delecto's approval rating in Utah now underwater at 46/51]( 10/22/2019 10:01:57 PM Allahpundit Boy, this "secret Twitter account" thing has hurt him more than I thought it would. No, I kid. Obviously the backlash in this poll is to his frequent noisy criticism of Trump. It comes with caveats, of course. First, Romney's not up for reelection until 2024 (and who knows if he'll ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McConnell contradicts Trump: I never told him that his phone call with Ukraine's president was innocent]( 10/22/2019 9:21:39 PM Allahpundit It feels like a not-great development for Trump if McConnell is turning down invitations to go to bat for him on this. Trump, October 3: "I read Mitch McConnell's statement yesterday, and he read my phone call. And, as you know, he put out a statement that said that was the ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Judge denies Jussie Smollett's motion to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit]( 10/22/2019 8:41:46 PM John Sexton Last month, Jussie Smollett's attorneys sought to have a lawsuit filed against their client by the city of Chicago dismissed. The city is seeking $130,000 reimbursement for the cost of the investigation that concluded Smollett was not the victim of a hate crime but had staged a hoax. Smollett's attorneys ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Beto refuses to apologize for using the 'N' word, doubles down on screed]( 10/22/2019 8:01:18 PM Karen Townsend No, not that 'N' word - the other one. Robert Francis O'Rourke has gone so over the cliff in his leftist-speak that even Al Sharpton and Wolf Blitzer are trying to toss him a lifeline back to reality. Case in point - in interviews a mere day apart, O'Rourke referred ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The anti-Trump Trump official who wrote that anonymous NYT op-ed last year is now writing an entire anti-Trump book]( 10/22/2019 7:21:45 PM Allahpundit What's cynical yet brilliant about the author maintaining anonymity in this case is that he/she is almost certainly some random apparatchik in the bureaucracy whose criticism of Trump no one would much care about otherwise. Yeah, yeah, granted, the person is described as a "senior" official, but "senior" could mean ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Canadian transwoman loses case against beauticians who refused to wax her (male) genitals]( 10/22/2019 6:41:12 PM John Sexton A few months ago I wrote about a Canadian transwoman named Jessica Yaniv who filed more than a dozen human rights complaints on the grounds that female beauticians who offered "Brazillian" waxing services refused to wax her (male) genitalia. Eventually, several of Yaniv's complaints made it to the British Columbia ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Six months in jail for saying "b*tch"]( 10/22/2019 6:01:01 PM Jazz Shaw That's the penalty you may face in Massachusetts next year if you utter the word "b*tch." And/or a two hundred dollar fine, as well. But only if you say it in a negative tone. Presumably, dog breeders will still be allowed to say it, along with some of the more ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [THR: Will China's influence in Hollywood block No Safe Spaces from theaters?]( 10/22/2019 5:21:46 PM Ed Morrissey Surprisingly, the answer to this question appears to be no ... for now. The upcoming documentary No Safe Spaces by comedian Adam Carolla and my friend and colleague Salem* Radio host Dennis Prager opens on Friday. The Hollywood Reporter's Paul Bond writes that its distributor is thus far succeeding in adding "hundreds" of ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: "Sighs and gasps" during testimony as Trump envoy claims he was told there was a quid pro quo with Ukraine]( 10/22/2019 4:41:15 PM Allahpundit Thanks to the secrecy of the proceedings, you can take these breathless reports about today's impeachment testimony as seriously or unseriously as you like. Democrats are reeeeeeeally hyping it... ...but there were lots of moments during Russiagate that were reeeeeeeeally hyped as well, and you know how that turned out. To refresh ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A study that claimed to show proof of gender bias in hiring gets a second look]( 10/22/2019 4:01:17 PM John Sexton A study of gender bias claimed that orchestras that held "blind auditions," in which performers were hidden behind a screen so judges couldn't determine their sex, were 50 percent more likely to hire women. Here's how the Guardian reported the results back in 2013: Bias cannot be avoided, we just can't ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Today's hot #TEMS topics: Hillary trippin', donors tippin', impeachment slippin', Hellbender grippin', and more!]( 10/22/2019 3:21:45 PM Ed Morrissey Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air's Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we welcome: - Andrew Malcolm ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanitary towel-maker forced to ditch Venus logo for being too female]( 10/22/2019 2:41:03 PM Jazz Shaw Really? Do we have to go there? Apparently so... #sigh. Procter & Gamble is the parent company that produces the Always brand line of feminine hygiene products. (You've probably seen the advertisements on television, even if you're a dude.) Some of their packaging for sanitary napkins includes a "venus" symbol ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BoJo to EU and Parliament: No delay, or the deal gets it; Update: Accelerated timetable rejected, bill "paused"]( 10/22/2019 2:01:57 PM Ed Morrissey If Parliament thought they could box in Boris Johnson with the Benn Act, he has some news for them and the EU. The PM went to Parliament to demand quick action on the enabling legislation for his deal, and with a warning to the Commons and the EU. If they ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [UConn students face criminal charges -- for saying the N-word]( 10/22/2019 1:31:45 PM Allahpundit I'll defer to legal eagles on this, as always. But after reading half a dozen different stories about it, it sure looks unconstitutional to me. And not in a "5-4, depending upon what John Roberts had for breakfast" way either. The facts couldn't be simpler. Three UConn students were strolling through ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Naomi Wolf's book canceled after her research was undercut during a radio interview]( 10/22/2019 1:01:23 PM John Sexton Naomi Wolf's forthcoming book "Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalization of Love," has finally been canceled, marking the end of an embarrassing chapter in Wolf's career. The book was initially delayed after a radio host uncovered significant errors in Wolf's research: In June, days before the book was expected ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [One Baltimore neighborhood is cutting crime... with doorbell cameras]( 10/22/2019 12:31:12 PM Jazz Shaw Last month we talked about the way the widespread use of remote doorbell cameras and the technology associated with them are changing suburban life. Cameras such as Amazon Ring, Google Nest, and others are showing up on more and more homes. But it's not just the individual cameras making a ... [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Texas jury: Father can't stop chemical castration, gender change of seven-year-old son]( 10/22/2019 12:01:14 PM Ed Morrissey Most seven-year-olds have difficulty deciding on Christmas lists, let alone anything as permanent as gender choice. However, a jury in Texas has ruled against a father's petition for sole custody of his twin seven-year-old boys as a means to protect one from undergoing hormonal gender-change therapy at the hands of ... 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