HotAir Daily Express 06/09/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Trump lawyers to DoJ Inspector General: Investigate Comey for leaking]( 6/9/2017 10:41:25 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did James Comey violate the law with a leak to the press about his conversation with Donald Trump in February? Comey admitted yesterday in his testimony that he gave a copy of his memo-to-file to “a good friend of mine who’s a professor at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bail denied for NSA leaker who wanted to “burn the White House down”]( 6/9/2017 10:01:27 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The NSA contractor who got caught in an amateurish theft and exposure of top-secret documents will remain in jail until trial, a federal judge ruled yesterday, thanks in part to some bombshells dropped by prosecutors in her hearing. They presented [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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [DC police: “Have to look at terrorism very closely” in truck attack]( 6/9/2017 9:21:33 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did two men in a truck try to pull off a terrorist attack in Washington DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood last night? Or was it an attack on law enforcement? Police say they need to look at terrorism as a motive “very closely,” as two [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Backfire: May forms new coalition gov’t after snap election disaster]( 6/9/2017 8:41:31 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Keep calm and carry on? After a spectacular backfire on a decision to call early elections, Theresa May finds herself without a parliamentary majority, and faces calls to resign. Instead, May went to Buckingham Palace earlier today to ask Queen Elizabeth [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why is Tom Carper stonewalling another of Trump’s nominees?]( 6/9/2017 8:01:17 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Earlier this week I found myself wondering about this phenomenon where Democrats and their media allies keep harping on how slow the President has been in nominating people to fill various government positions. That’s a particularly curious charge [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [CNN: Comey told Senators that Sessions had third meeting with Russian diplomat]( 6/8/2017 10:41:22 PM John Sexton 0 Comments After his public testimony this morning, former FBI Director James Comey also met in a closed hearing with Senators. According to an anonymous source, Comey alluded to a possible undisclosed meeting between then-Senator Jeff Sessions and Russian [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: Saudi soccer team refuses to observe minute of silence for Aussie victims of London terror attack]( 6/8/2017 10:01:42 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments They’re Wahhabists, man. Be happy they didn’t high-five. The match was held in Australia and the announcement of a minute of silence was made in English. Simple misunderstanding due to a language barrier? Nope: A spokesperson from the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [White House on ISIS terror attack on Iran: Terrorist states risk falling victim to the evil they promote]( 6/8/2017 8:41:57 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A leftover from last night that got pushed back by Comeymania. Many a liberal foreign-policy wonk’s teeth were gnashed on social media when the White House dropped this bon mot about yesterday’s attacks in Tehran, never mind that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Venezuelan prosecutor: Reject President Maduro’s plans for a new constitution]( 6/8/2017 8:41:41 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Venezuelan prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz is a former Hugo Chavez loyalist who has become increasingly disillusioned with the direction the revolution has been taking over the past year. Now Diaz has made her biggest break with the government yet, asking [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gianforte forks over $50K to media-security charity in civil settlement]( 6/8/2017 8:01:02 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments There’s saying, “I’m sorry,” and then there’s putting your money where your mouth — and fists — are. Greg Gianforte has settled the case stemming from his assault on Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs last month on the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chris Matthews: The theory of collusion between Trump and Russia came apart today]( 6/8/2017 7:21:28 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Via the Free Beacon, this is unexpected. MSNBC is Collusion Central, which is why its ratings are exploding. Matthews admitting that there’s no apparent “there” there on that network is like Hannity saying “gee, Trump sure did [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Antifa goons attack conservative columnist, get a beating]( 6/8/2017 6:41:36 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Andrew Bolt is a conservative columnist for Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper. Yesterday he was giving a speech at a restaurant in Melbourne for a book release party. As he approached the front door, masked men associated with an Antifa group threw [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yikes: Conservatives look set to lose their majority after UK election, threatening May — and Brexit; Update: Exit poll wrong?]( 6/8/2017 6:01:01 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I remind you that Theresa May called this election only because it looked like an easy lay-up. Polls showed the Tories would utterly swamp a pitiful Labour Party led by far-left radical Jeremy Corbyn. May would end up with a huge Conservative majority in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Prosecutors estimate as many as 100 victims of FGM in Michigan clinic]( 6/8/2017 5:21:04 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Just how many victims of female genital mutilation did Dr. Jumana Nagarwala produce in her Michigan clinic? Federal prosecutors have produced eight for their case against the doctor, but the lead prosecutor in the case argued in court yesterday that [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s lawyer: Perhaps Jim Comey should be investigated for leaking]( 6/8/2017 4:41:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s private attorney, is out of the gate quick today: Trump’s lawyer to hit Comey for leaks: "We will leave it the appropriate authorities to determine whether this leaks should be investigated" [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Comey: NY Times report on Russian contacts with Trump campaign was mostly wrong (Update: Times responds)]( 6/8/2017 4:01:46 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Former FBI Director Comey said today that stories leaked to the media about the Russia investigation are often wrong because the people leaking the information don’t really understand what is going on. Under questioning from Sen. Tom Cotton, Comey [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thursday TEMS: Scott Rasmussen, Andrew McCarthy]( 6/8/2017 3:21:02 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Biggest loser from Comeymas is …]( 6/8/2017 2:41:58 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Whose reputation took the worst beating in today’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with former FBI director James Comey?  At first blush, Guy Benson’s take on it seems pretty spot-on: BOTTOM LINE: Your previous opinions were all [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Paul Ryan on Trump requesting “loyalty” from Comey: C’mon, he’s new to this government stuff]( 6/8/2017 2:01:00 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments The key bit begins at 10:30 below when a reporter asks whether a Republican House wouldn’t be trying to impeach a Democratic president who was guilty of the same impropriety and Ryan tries to pretend that the answer isn’t “of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [New York Obamacare insurers request 16.6% rate increase for 2018]( 6/8/2017 1:21:40 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Obamacare insurers have submitted their rate requests in New York and the average increase next year is 16.6 percent. From Bloomberg: Insurers are seeking to boost their premiums 16.6 percent on average for 2018, the state Department of Financial [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How conservatives were tricked into opposing the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act]( 6/8/2017 12:41:03 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is probably one of the least reported stories of the month, which isn’t surprising considering the Comey circus. Despite constant reports that “nothing’s getting done” in Congress because of Donald Trump, there is actually [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Confidence game: Trump has “no intention” to fire Sessions?]( 6/8/2017 12:01:59 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Over the last couple of days, the White House communications team has been remarkably reluctant to endorse Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ standing with the president. Both Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders have ducked questions from reporters [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders to Christian Trump nominee: Do you believe that Muslims are condemned?]( 6/8/2017 11:21:46 AM Allahpundit 0 Comments What happened here? I’m just a simple unfrozen atheist caveman, but Bernie seems to take great offense at the very basic Christian belief that only by accepting Jesus as your savior can you find salvation. “No one comes to the Father except [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Video: “Terrorist sympathizer”]( [Comey confirms that I’m right — and all the Democratic commentators are wrong]( [It’s come to this]( [Trump’s lawyer to file complaint against Comey over memos]( [Comey told senators Sessions may have met Russia’s ambassador a third time]( [House votes to kill Dodd-Frank. 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