HotAir Daily Express 12/23/2016

[Hot Air Daily Express] [Follow us on Facebook] [Home][Green Room][Archive][The Ed Morrissey Show][Print][Forward] [So we’re finally checking the social media accounts of some foreign travelers] 12/23/2016 10:01:51 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In case you weren’t already aware of it, the United States has a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) in place which allows certain foreign travelers from select “friendly” countries to come to America without having to obtain a visa first. That [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Libyan nationals hijack airplane to Malta with 118 passengers; 65 released so far; Update: 109 released; Update: Request asylum in Malta; Update: Surrendered] 12/23/2016 8:42:45 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Suspected members of a pro-Moammar Qaddafi rebel group in Libya seized control of a flight out of Sabha earlier today, forcing the plane to land in Malta. The plane has 118 people on board, and at least two hijackers. According to the Maltese government [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Too many Americans are NOT passing this Constitution quiz. Can you?] 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? [Take The Quiz Now] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bloomberg: DoJ probe of Deutsche Bank the first of Trump’s conflicts? Update: Deutsche Bank settles] 12/23/2016 8:01:58 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Three months ago, the news that Deutsche Bank would fight a Department of Justice penalty of $14 billion served as a cautionary tale about lending practices leading up to the 2008 financial-sector collapse. After the election, it might serve as a [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Have we crossed over from an alternate reality in which Sinbad played a genie in a bad 90s movie?] 12/22/2016 10:01:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments To cleanse the palate as we ease towards a slow-news holiday weekend, let me add my highest recommendation to the many others online for this New Statesman piece about a bizarre case of the “Mandela Effect.” The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Homicide rate is up in 16 of 20 large American cities] 12/22/2016 9:01:44 PM John Sexton 0 Comments As of mid-December, the homicide rate is up in 16 of America’s 20 largest cities. That continues a trend of increasing murder rates which began last year. The Wall Street Journal reports: Sixteen of the 20 largest police departments reported a [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Trump considering a five-percent tariff on foreign goods via executive action; Update: 10 percent?] 12/22/2016 8:01:28 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments After I tweeted this link this morning, various Trump fans tweeted back that the sourcing for the piece is thin. It’s nothing but anonymous people, some of them representing “business interests” that are hostile to Trump’s [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ivanka Trump displays first class even in coach] 12/22/2016 7:01:05 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier today the celebrity news site TMZ reported that two men had been kicked off a JetBlue flight after “berating” Ivanka Trump, who was on the flight with her husband and kids: Ivanka was on a JetBlue flight leaving JFK Thursday morning [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo: Say, why didn’t Loretta Lynch order Comey to stand down?] 12/22/2016 6:01:23 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Good question — and one that may give an answer to why James Comey wants to hold a post-inaugural presser. As Attorney General, Loretta Lynch had the authority to tell the FBI director not to send a letter to Congress in late October informing them [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump selects Sean Spicer as press secretary] 12/22/2016 5:01:40 PM John Sexton 0 Comments President-elect Trump has selected Sean Spicer to be his press secretary. The transition also announced several other communications staff positions including Hope Hicks as Director of Strategic Communications, Jason Miller as Director of Communications, [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [When the WaPo advises Angela Merkel] 12/22/2016 4:01:14 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Following the latest truck attack on the Christmas Market in Germany, Europe remains on edge and engaged in yet another hunt for a murderous Islamic terrorist. While finding the perpetrator and bringing him to justice is still the top priority, Angela [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gingrich grovels: I beg Trump’s forgiveness for mistakenly claiming he no longer uses the term “drain the swamp”] 12/22/2016 3:01:11 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments It seems Trump didn’t like the publicity he got from Newt’s NPR interview yesterday. Someone incorrectly stated that the phrase "DRAIN THE SWAMP" was no longer being used by me. Actually, we will always be trying to DTS. — [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Harry Reid bashes “worthless” DNC, refers to former chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as ‘that congresswoman’] 12/22/2016 1:51:51 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Outgoing Senator Harry Reid says the Democratic National Committee was “worthless” under former chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. “I believe one of the failures of Democratic Party has been the Democratic National Committee, the DNC, [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Cotton: Obama admin shot down my proposal to fight Russian propaganda] 12/22/2016 1:01:31 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments This puts a different spin on the Democratic blame-shifting, doesn’t it? Barack Obama and other Democrats have argued that Hillary Clinton lost the election in part due to “fake news” fueled by Russian propaganda, and that Republicans [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Activists fret over “which crimes are eligible for deportation” under Trump] 12/22/2016 12:11:12 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Begin ringing the warning bells, citizens. Donald Trump is coming and he’s going to deport your “undocumented immigrant” friends… for no darned reason at all. That seems to be the message coming out of the amnesty camp these days. [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo: John Bolton might have lost out on Secretary of State because of his mustache] 12/22/2016 11:21:14 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Maybe it’s just the five cups of eggnog I’ve already had this morning talking but this seems semi-plausible. It’s not just the fact that WaPo cites a “Trump associate” as the source. It’s the fact that various stories [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Delta: Yes, we kicked out a provocateur for disruptive behavior, not for speaking Arabic] 12/22/2016 10:31:39 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments If the recent spate of hate-crime hoaxes has begun to look like a cottage industry, then “YouTube celebrity” Adam Saleh might be its Bill Gates. He already has a few significant media hoaxes under his belt, but hit the social-media jackpot a [More...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [ISIS release video of Berlin attacker Anis Amri pledging allegiance to the group] [Putin to Democratic Party: You lost, get over it] [“Let it be an arms race”: Trump’s stunning response to questions about nuclear proliferation] [Trump’s White House press shop intends to change status quo] [Exclusive: Sen. 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