HotAir Daily Express 05/31/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Banks Get Approval to Confiscate Accounts from Citizens]( [New Law Cracks Down on Right to Use Cash]( [Download a FREE Gold IRA Guide]( [GOP taking one more run at passing Kate’s Law]( 5/31/2017 10:41:26 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Another of President Trump’s priorities on the campaign trail was working on the passage of Kate’s Law. Initially put forward in 2015 following the murder of California resident Kate Steinle by an illegal immigrant who had been deported [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Refreshing Updates: 3 stories that have nothing to do with Russians]( 5/31/2017 10:01:42 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments We follow these things so you don’t have to. There are two — all right, three — stories that could use mid-week updates. Not because they’re important. But precisely because they’re not important and are blessedly free of [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bringing manufacturing jobs back to America turns out to be complicated]( 5/31/2017 9:21:31 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments It was one of the ever-present themes of President Trump during the endless campaign of 2016. Bring jobs back to America, revitalize the manufacturing sector and punish companies who outsource. One outfit which took the message to heart was Kangol, the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [After years of empty U.S. promises, Trump arms Kurds fighting ISIS in Syria]( 5/31/2017 8:41:46 AM Andrew Malcolm 0 Comments About time. Finally, after years of dangerous dawdling the United States has actually begun arming Kurdish soldiers fighting ISIS in Syria. Weapons supplies had been stockpiled nearby in anticipation of President Trump’s go-ahead, which came [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Banks Get Approval to Confiscate Accounts from Citizens]( [New Law Cracks Down on Right to Use Cash]( [Download a FREE Gold IRA Guide for Beginners]( [Baltimore book bash boots Dolezal]( 5/31/2017 8:01:28 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Prominent “transracial” community activist Rachel Dolezal is keeping busy on an international tour, promoting her new book, In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World. In addition to numerous radio and television interviews, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yeesh: State Dep’t spokesman stumped when asked why U.S. criticizes Iran over elections but not Saudi Arabia]( 5/30/2017 10:41:01 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments If you’re counting along at home, the pause lasts a full 20 seconds. And after taking his time to deliberate carefully on the matter, he … still has no idea what to say. There’s an answer, of course. Free and fair elections in Iran [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ben Sasse, asked what the GOP stands for: “I don’t know”]( 5/30/2017 10:01:54 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments He should have a better answer than that by now. The GOP is pro-Trump, anti-left, and anti-media. That’s it. That’s why it’d be so much fun, as pure political sport, if Trump came out in favor of single-payer. It would pit the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kathy Griffin: ‘I went way too far’]( 5/30/2017 9:21:23 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Comedian Kathy Griffin has reversed course and apologized for a photo in which she holds up a bloody severed head intended to look like President Trump. I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB — Kathy Griffin [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pentagon to Pyongyang: About your ICBMs ….]( 5/30/2017 8:41:51 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “It’s hitting a bullet with a bullet,” Vice Admiral James Syrian told Fox News, but the missile defense system has succeeded at it. According to a Pentagon statement earlier, a ground-based missile interceptor destroyed a test [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Law enforcement just won a major victory at the Supreme Court]( 5/30/2017 8:01:19 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In what will no doubt prove to be infuriating to liberals and most libertarians, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision today which will provide a greater measure of safety and security to law enforcement officers. There has been a bit of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Senators Ernst, Grassley lower expectations on Obamacare repeal]( 5/30/2017 7:21:14 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The GOP Senate hasn’t officially given up yet but this certainly looks like a white flag waving in Iowa. From the Associated Press: Lowering expectations, Iowa’s two Republican senators say the long-promised repeal of “Obamacare” is unlikely, and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: It’s time for the Senate to switch to a simple majority of 51 votes]( 5/30/2017 6:41:06 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I thought he’d wait until after the midterms to start having meltdowns about the filibuster. But this is the second time this month that he’s complained about it. Four weeks ago… The reason for the plan negotiated between the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [USAA reverses, will start running ads on “Hannity” again]( 5/30/2017 6:01:02 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Is this the first time conservatives have successfully parried an organized liberal boycott? There have been boycotts from the left that failed, of course, but this one didn’t fail. USAA did pull its ads from “Hannity” under pressure [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pope Francis: Shepherds should know when to “step down”]( 5/30/2017 5:31:32 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did Pope Francis offer a salute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, or something more? Earlier today, as Vatican Radio reported, the pontiff offered a special salute to the “true shepherd” who “knows how to step down from his church … [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Women abandon jobs with Mayor de Blasio because of his condescending tone]( 5/30/2017 5:01:56 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A New York Times story published over the weekend says that 31 people hired for top positions by Mayor Bill de Blasio have left since 2014. Of those 31 people, 22 were women. The Times interviewed “a dozen women” to find out why so many of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dems: ‘Hey… let’s get Jerry Springer to run for Ohio governor!’]( 5/30/2017 4:31:56 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Is this a case of the Democrats having a thin bench or simply taking the wrong message from the 2016 election? In addition to all of the midterm congressional races to worry about in 2018 there will be more than a few governors’ seats to fill. One [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s come to this: Kathy Griffin gets the assassination porn going]( 5/30/2017 4:01:13 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via TMZ, is this the first “celebrity” assassination porn of the Trump presidency? “Celebrity” in quotes because, c’mon, Kathy Griffin. I believe it took until year five of the Bush era, long after we were already in Iraq, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Joan Williams, Power Line’s 15th Anniversary]( 5/30/2017 3:31:20 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pentagon tests interceptor designed to shoot down ICBM (Update: A hit!)]( 5/30/2017 3:01:40 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Sometime between noon and 4 pm Pacific Time, the Pentagon will attempt to intercept and destroy an intercontinental ballistic missile. The Pentagon has other systems designed to shoot down short-range and medium-range missiles but this is the first ever [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Turkey, the thought police are banning the word “arena”]( 5/30/2017 2:31:30 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Every once in a while you run across a story which reminds you that just perhaps you don’t have things so bad… at least for now. Just this morning we looked at some suppression of free speech questions as they relate to the Mayor of Portland, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chelsea: I’ve been asked about political ambitions my whole life, and …]( 5/30/2017 2:01:03 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Just in case you’re wondering — and NBC knows you are — Chelsea Clinton still says she has “no plans” to enter electoral politics. For now, anyway. But we do know one thing: Media outlets will continue to invite her to come [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Fox News source: Russian ambassador suggested secure back channel to Russia to Kushner, not vice versa]( 5/30/2017 1:31:38 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I sure hope this is true, especially now that Trump has tweeted out a link to the story. Because if it isn’t, and the Russians can prove that Jared floated the idea, they’ve got something they can hold over both his and Trump’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘Fearless Girl’ gets dissed by ‘Pissing Pug’]( 5/30/2017 1:01:58 PM John Sexton 0 Comments An annoyed artist decided to do to “Fearless Girl” what “Fearless Girl” did to Wall Street’s famed statue Charging Bull, i.e. recontextualize it in a way that diminishes it without the artist’s permission. Not [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yes, it’s a post about Tiger Woods getting a DUI]( 5/30/2017 12:31:43 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I normally avoid these stories like the plague because I frankly don’t find them terribly relevant to either the worlds of government and politics or serious concerns of social matters. But with that said, the saturation coverage we’ve been [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Finally: HHS proposes rule change to end contraception mandate]( 5/30/2017 12:01:33 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A month ago, the Department of Justice raised eyebrows on the Right by continuing to pursue lawsuits defending the HHS contraception mandate, even though Donald Trump had campaigned against it. A week later, Trump signed an executive order with [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Trump’s use of private cellphone raises security concerns]( [Trump aides “dreading” a return of “trainwreck” Corey Lewandowski]( [No one wants the big White House job that just opened up]( [Hannity: I’m “making progress” on the Seth Rich case]( [Vladimir Putin calls election meddling charge a “fiction” by defeated Democrats]( [“President Trump appears increasingly isolated inside the White House, according to advisers”]( [Huma Abedin has invited Anthony Weiner back home]( [Did Barack Obama try to hack the election?]( [Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself]( [At least 80 killed by massive car bomb in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter]( [Banks Get Approval to Confiscate Accounts from Citizens]( [New Law Cracks Down on Right to Use Cash]( [Download a FREE Gold IRA Guide for Beginners]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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