HotAir Daily Express 07/12/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [I see we’re still treating Reality Winner as if she were a “whistleblower”]( 7/12/2017 10:41:11 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Reality Winner, last seen working out in an orange prison jump suit, is facing a lengthy trial and potentially much longer stretch as a guest of Uncle Sam in the crowbar motel. But her supporters around the country (yes… amazingly she has quite a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McClatchy: Russia probe aiming at Kushner’s campaign efforts?]( 7/12/2017 10:01:56 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Pretty thin gruel here from McClatchy, but perhaps it’s more of a placeholder report in case it thickens up. Investigators in the “confidential” probe of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence have [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The government of Sweden would like to arrest the President of Turkey]( 7/12/2017 9:21:45 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Things are getting even more interesting in Europe this week. (As if we hadn’t already lived to see “interesting times” as it is.) The continued aggression, or oppression if you prefer, taking place in Turkey has attracted the attention [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [One good question for FBI director nominee: Why do you want the job?]( 7/12/2017 8:41:43 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Christopher Wray should get a relatively easy ride through his Senate confirmation hearing, which starts at 9:30 am ET today and which will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. Wray comes to the hearing with significant bipartisan support; former Senator Sam [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [I’m not saying Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot, but…]( 7/12/2017 8:01:59 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments No, I’m not saying it, but somebody certainly is. And that somebody is the New York Post. When the most recent ember under the Russia, Russia, Russia smoke emerged this week, I wearily wrote about it, describing the debacle as fishy sounding enough [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: The ultimate fake news]( 7/11/2017 10:41:46 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments To cleanse the palate, my headline’s misleading. This isn’t quite yet the ultimate fake news. It is, however, a major advance towards producing it. News consumers know that you can’t believe everything you read, but you can still [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [David Brooks: My uneducated friend wasn’t comfortable ordering at my local gourmet sandwich shop]( 7/11/2017 10:01:09 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments He’s gotten killed for this all day online but I’m convinced the reaction is mostly opportunistic. The left hates him because he’s a center-right elitist; the right hates him because … he’s a center-right elitist. So when he [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Don Trump Jr.: ‘In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently’]( 7/11/2017 9:21:52 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The full interview with Donald Trump Jr. hasn’t aired yet but Hannity and Fox News are teasing it with a clip which may turn out to be the headline. “In retrospect, I probably would have done things a little differently,” Trump Jr. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [THAAD racks up another success — but does it matter?]( 7/11/2017 8:41:46 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Technically, the latest test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system produced a terrific success. Politically and strategically in regard to North Korea, it may not matter much. The US proved again that it could intercept short- and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who showed Trump Jr’s emails to the New York Times?]( 7/11/2017 8:01:52 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This shouldn’t be hard to figure out given how few people were in the meeting with the Russian lawyer and part of the email chain. But it is hard to figure out because no one involved had an obvious motive to leak and those with an obvious motive [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hundreds of cops turn their backs on Mayor de Blasio at slain officer’s funeral]( 7/11/2017 7:21:48 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the funeral service of Officer Miosotis Familia who was shot to death last Wednesday by a man who targeted her simply because she was a police officer. But hundreds of police officers outside the church where the service was [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McConnell: On second thought, let’s work until mid-August]( 7/11/2017 6:41:48 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments At least. The demand from Senate Republicans to cancel the August recess as the GOP agenda stalls finally forced Mitch McConnell to offer a compromise. He won’t cancel the recess, but he’ll delay it two weeks in order to get key legislation [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [When it comes to obstruction, Chuck Schumer is playing the long game]( 7/11/2017 6:01:45 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We’re all familiar with the ongoing complaint in the media regarding how slow President Trump has been in filling up the many appointed federal positions which are traditionally occupied during each administration. While it’s true that he got [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rush: Actually, Donald Jr’s meeting with the Russian lawyer suggests Trump wasn’t colluding with Putin]( 7/11/2017 5:31:26 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Yeah, I … that’s … certainly a novel take on the first hard evidence that someone named Trump was willing to collude with the Russian government to defeat Hillary. David French: Going further, at long last we can now put to bed the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Venezuela, even the toothpaste must be rationed]( 7/11/2017 5:01:22 PM John Sexton 0 Comments As triple-digit inflation rolls on in Venezuela the situation gets noticeably worse by the month. Yesterday the Washington Post published a story pointing out that even brushing your teeth twice a day is now a luxury many Venezuelans can no longer [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A border wall government shutdown?]( 7/11/2017 4:31:21 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Who’s ready for the 2017 season of Government Shutdown Theater, coming to a legislative hall near you? It might be on the way, since there will be a new spending bill coming up shortly after the dog days of summer come to an end. Some of the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oops: New photo of captured “Amelia Earhart” was apparently published in Japanese travel guide in … 1935]( 7/11/2017 4:01:00 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments A somewhat relevant detail, as Earhart went missing in, er, 1937. C’mon, it can’t be this easy, can it? A two-hour blockbuster History Channel special and a thousand credulous news stories based on a new photo of Amelia Earhart [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Kerry Picket, Charles Blahous]( 7/11/2017 3:31:12 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [President Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter]( 7/11/2017 3:01:05 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of seven individuals who have been blocked on Twitter by President Trump. From the LA Times: The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BART withholding video of attacks over concern about “stereotypes”]( 7/11/2017 2:31:20 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Over the last few months, several attacks by large groups have targeted riders on San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains, resulting in robberies and injuries. The first of these took place in April and involved as many as sixty youth [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Seattle is taking the whole “eat the rich” thing to a new level]( 7/11/2017 2:01:41 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments It’s a modern-day version of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, I suppose. The city of Seattle, Washington continues its long, spiraling descent into self-parody this month by taking a page straight out of the Barack Obama playbook. At some point, you see, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tim Kaine: Let’s face it, this Donald Jr thing could be moving into the realm of treason]( 7/11/2017 1:31:37 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Settle down, Beavis. This guy too: If this isn't treasonous, I'm not sure what is. — Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) July 11, 2017 Treason requires not just aid and comfort to the enemy but, per Article III, Section 3, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [After covering the ejection of Jews from a Chicago pride parade, reporter is moved to the sales desk]( 7/11/2017 1:01:02 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Last month a gay pride parade called the Dyke March became national news after organizers ejected three people carrying rainbow flags with the star of David on them. Now the reporter who broke that story has been demoted to working in the sales office. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [China: Keeping North Korea under control isn’t our problem]( 7/11/2017 12:31:39 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I wouldn’t call this a total abdication of their responsibilities (at least not yet) but the grumbling coming out of China this week over the situation on the Korean peninsula certainly sounds as if they’re growing exasperated. China’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Disaster: Trump Jr releases e-mail chain with explicit references to “Russian government attorney”]( 7/11/2017 12:01:28 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did Donald Trump Jr just clear the air — or bury himself? Put your bets on the latter — politically speaking, at least. Hoping to get ahead of a new story from the New York Times that actually quotes directly from the e-mail chain about a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Why Donald Trump Jr is innocent. 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