HotAir Daily Express 02/17/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Preibus: Harward wanted to spend more time with his family]( 2/17/2017 10:01:47 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Normally that’s something a person says on the way out of an administration, not as a reason for not going into one. After retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward declined a job offer to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser — an [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Washington florist ready to take religious liberty case to Supreme Court]( 2/17/2017 9:21:20 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A Washington florist who refused to participate in a same-sex wedding lost a unanimous decision yesterday at the state Supreme Court. The 9-0 ruling rejected her claim to a First Amendment right to exercise her right to religious liberty in favor of the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How much do you really know about the U.S. Constitution? Take this 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? [Take The Quiz Now]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump to name GOP media operative as WH comms director]( 2/17/2017 8:41:01 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It’s been called “one of the worst jobs in Washington,” but Donald Trump found someone to take the job as White House communications director. Rather than pick a campaign aide, however, CNN reports that Trump has reached out to the GOP [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Whoops. David Plouffe hit with major ethics fine in Chicago]( 2/17/2017 8:01:54 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There are plenty of ethics stories in the news these days and I’m sure you’ve been seeing quite a few of them. Unfortunately, the majority of them probably have to do with President Trump’s cabinet nominees. Those aren’t the only [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [After 10-year court battle, Trump finally lands valuable construction trademark in China]( 2/16/2017 10:41:45 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The left was all over this story yesterday, marveling at the coincidental timing. For 10 long years Trump fought in court after court to secure the “Trump” trademark in China’s construction industry, and somehow, magically, the mark was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Team Hillary: We’re feeling pretty vindicated by Trump’s first month, you know]( 2/16/2017 10:01:30 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It may be “vindicating” to see a media avalanche on the woes of a president you tried to defeat, but it’s also problematic. What, exactly, does it say about your candidate? And yet, NBC News reported last night that Hillary Clinton and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [House Oversight Chairman Chaffetz refers Bryan Pagliano to DOJ for charges]( 2/16/2017 9:21:09 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions today asking Sessions to consider convening a grand jury or bringing charges against Hillary Clinton’s former IT guy, Bryan Pagliano. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Flynn may have misled FBI by denying that he talked sanctions with Russian ambassador — but likely won’t be charged]( 2/16/2017 8:41:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Hard to believe he’d lie. Remember, Flynn is a man with enough experience in government intelligence to have once led the DIA. He knows how things work. He knows that foreign diplomats’ calls are monitored by the feds, and he knows that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Harward turns down Trump’s offer to replace Flynn due to staffing conflicts, “dysfunctionality” in administration]( 2/16/2017 8:01:17 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Yes, well. Donald Trump is trying to persuade his preferred candidate to succeed Michael Flynn as national security adviser to change his mind after the retired admiral tapped for the role told the US president that he could not accept the White House [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [University of Wisconsin-Madison student government demands ‘reparations’ in the form of free tuition for black students]( 2/16/2017 7:21:14 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The student government at the University of Wisconsin-Madison adopted a resolution Wednesday demanding the school offer “reparations” in the form of free tuition plus room and board to black students. The student resolution also says SAT [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DOJ drops appeal of travel ban ruling as Trump promises new executive order]( 2/16/2017 6:41:37 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The smart play but surprising even so, as Trump famously doesn’t like to admit mistakes. Although I guess he’d say it’s the Ninth Circuit’s mistake that compelled him to do this, not his own. In fact, he did say it: “The new [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Congress approves CRA repeal of Obama gun regulation — with ACLU’s blessing]( 2/16/2017 6:01:06 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Two month ago, the Obama administration pushed a new regulation that stripped some Social Security disability recipients of their right to purchase firearms. At the time, advocates for the regulation insisted it would keep the mentally ill from [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Trump’s border wall could be a fence]( 2/16/2017 5:21:07 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Donald Trump said repeatedly during the campaign that he would build a wall on the southern border, but proposals being put together at DHS for a new barrier are focused on options that include a fence. One type of fence under consideration would be 18 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I didn’t order Flynn to talk sanctions with the Russians — but I would have if he hadn’t]( 2/16/2017 4:41:40 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I’ve mentioned it before but one of the best descriptions of a Trump presser I’ve read came early on in the campaign from Leon Wolf, who compared it to a military jet firing off “chaff” to divert heat-seeking missiles. There were [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICE: Arrested ‘dreamer’ in Seattle admitted having gang ties]( 2/16/2017 4:01:55 PM John Sexton 0 Comments When Daniel Ramirez Medina was arrested in Seattle last Friday it quickly became national news because Medina is a “dreamer,” i.e. he is registered under President Obama’s Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Jeff Dunetz, Kerri Kupec]( 2/16/2017 3:21:24 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments 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. (If it’s muted, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Kremlin tells Russian media to back off on fawning Trump coverage]( 2/16/2017 2:41:27 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments One theory of why Russian media is turning cooler on Trump right now is that it’s basic kabuki to hide the White House’s relationship with the Kremlin. At a moment when stories about Team Trump chattering to Russian intelligence during the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NPR intel source: No evidence of wrongdoing in Flynn-Kislyak transcripts]( 2/16/2017 2:01:42 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Politically, the ouster of Michael Flynn as national security adviser has been a bombshell in Washington DC and the Trump administration. Legally, it’s turning out to be a dud — at least so far. NPR’s source within the intelligence [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Paul Ryan: Obamacare repeal bill coming next week]( 2/16/2017 1:21:54 PM John Sexton 0 Comments During his weekly press conference Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced a bill to repeal Obamacare would be introduced next week. “After the House returns following the Presidents Day, we intend to introduce legislation to repeal and replace [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Illegal aliens back to seeking sanctuary in churches]( 2/16/2017 12:41:12 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is a story which seems to keep popping up every couple of years. There’s an old tradition dating back much further than the founding of our country wherein people fleeing persecution by the government seek sanctuary inside a place of worship. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump presser open thread: NBC reports Acosta new Labor pick; Update: Live video, live blogging]( 2/16/2017 12:01:17 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Update: Trump claims that Elijah Cummings backed out of a meeting with him under political pressure from other Democrats. Update: “We’re going to deal with DACA with heart,” Trump says. “I find it very very hard to do what the law [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Crackdown? Trump planning to appoint investor friend to conduct broad review of intelligence agencies]( 2/16/2017 11:21:16 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments Sounds like the crackdown’s coming, which is understandable after a month of IC leaks growing into a flood against Mike Flynn. What’s less understandable is why a random Wall Street guy is being asked to do it instead of, say, Dan Coats, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s happening, guys. Liberals gear up to primary Democratic incumbents]( 2/16/2017 10:41:09 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I first caught wind of this story on Morning Joe today and at first it seemed too good to be true. Rumors had been swirling for a while now about some newfound bravado among the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party and how they [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [In a show of defiance, EPA workers try to stop Pruitt’s confirmation]( [Report: Trump considering Kellogg, Petraeus, Jones, and Alexander to replace Flynn]( [Six White House staffers fired after failing background check]( [CNN chief says Trump’s attacks are boosting morale]( [Woolly mammoth on verge of resurrection, scientists reveal]( [State Department carries out layoffs while Rex Tillerson is abroad]( [Record numbers of couples living in sexless marriages in Japan, says report]( [The clever thing one Dutch town is doing to protect “smartphone zombies”]( [Poll: Millennials in many countries are more open than their elders on questions of national identity]( [Ratajkowski’s support for Melania Trump brings consistency to feminism]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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