HotAir Daily Express 07/25/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Super. Turkey is getting the S-400 missile system from Russia]( 7/25/2017 10:41:30 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments We’ve known that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been getting particularly cozy with Vladimir Putin for a while now, even as he mocks and belittles his supposed NATO allies. When it comes to the situation in Syria it’s always been [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Boy Scouts on Trump speech: Hey, we’re not endorsing him]( 7/25/2017 10:01:18 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Normally, when the president speaks at the Boy Scouts Jamboree, the kids hear a lot about doing their duty to God and their country, and the necessity of being thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. They will usually throw in a self-effacing anecdote from [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Presidency and the Constitution--Free Online Course]( Hillsdale College SPONSORED The American presidency is often called the most powerful office on earth. This is so not only because the nation which elects the president is the most powerful nation on earth, but also because the American Founders designed the office to be strong and effective. However, the Founders also placed certain restraints on this power, which are necessary to maintain liberty and protect citizens’ rights. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Octogenarian cancer patient returns to D.C. for healthcare vote]( 7/25/2017 9:21:12 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Was Senator John McCain really ready to hop on a plane and return to Washington so soon after his cancer diagnosis and the beginning of his treatments for it? Apparently the answer was yes because he’s back in town, riding to the rescue of whatever [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scaramucci: Yeah, Trump probably wants Sessions gone]( 7/25/2017 8:28:11 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Give the new comms director at the White House this much credit — he’s certainly bringing clarity to Donald Trump’s thoughts and plans. Hugh Hewitt interviewed Anthony Scaramucci from the White House this morning as part of an exclusive [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The case for keeping Jeff Sessions]( 7/25/2017 8:01:46 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Sometimes a story develops so much momentum in the national discussion that it can become a fait accompli before the principals involved have made up their own minds. The story about Attorney General Jeff Sessions either being fired or quitting is [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scaramucci idea: How about a state-run morning talk show hosted on the White House lawn?]( 7/24/2017 10:01:07 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Looks like we might end up with Trump TV after all. I’m not being snarky in asking this: Why would he consider this when Trump already has “Fox & Friends”? If the White House needs a friendly forum with a large sympathetic audience [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reminder: The Obama administration has a terrible record on Russia]( 7/24/2017 9:21:00 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Being sufficiently anti-Russian has become a significant measure of credibility in Washington over the past year. Today at Politico Magazine author James Kirchick looks back at the Obama administration’s record in this regard and finds it [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rush: Republicans are squandering an opportunity we never thought they’d have]( 7/24/2017 8:41:09 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Indubitably correct, but this is a key reason why I think Trump’s kidding himself when he says Democrats will “own it” if the GOP can’t pass anything to replace ObamaCare and the exchanges end up tanking. Republicans control the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conundrum: What to do with The Real Wives of ISIS?]( 7/24/2017 8:01:13 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It may sound like the world’s worst reality show, but it could present an acute security challenge for Western nations — or a humanitarian crisis for brainwashed teens. Propagandists for ISIS succeeded in recruiting hundreds of female teens [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [10 dead in San Antonio human trafficking case]( 7/24/2017 7:21:54 PM John Sexton 0 Comments More than 100 people packed into a refrigerated trailer with no refrigeration in order to cross the border illegally. As of today, ten of them have died and police say some of the others will have permanent brain damage. From the Washington Post: Police [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Senate leaders ask McCain’s doctors if he can come back and vote on their mystery health-care bill]( 7/24/2017 7:01:46 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Unbelievable. They’re dragging an 80-year-old with brain cancer away from chemo for a vote and they still don’t know which bill they’re voting on. And it’s not even a vote on a final bill. It’s a vote on a motion to proceed. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The left’s latest, bizarre attack on the First Lady]( 7/24/2017 6:41:01 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There are apparently just so many attacks you can launch at the President from the peanut gallery per week, so you’ll need some alternate targets to train your sights on to fill up any down time. But who do you go after if you’re not focusing [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmm: FBI seized smashed hard drives from Wasserman Schultz aide]( 7/24/2017 6:01:08 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A long-percolating scandal may have gotten amplified by the FBI — and this has nothing to do with Russians or Republicans. Capitol police had taken custody of laptops and other equipment belonging to Imran Awan, a former aide to both Reps. Marcia [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Video: New Mo Brooks for Senate ad uses gunshot audio from Scalise shooting]( 7/24/2017 5:31:47 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments His answer to a question about the Second Amendment on the day of the shooting really was good, and I gave him credit for it at the time. If he wants to use that in an ad to help his career along, have at it. It shows he sticks to principle even under [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [CBS News joins O.J. Simpson on the hunt for the real killers]( 7/24/2017 5:01:38 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In the wake of O.J. Simpson’s parole last week, CBS News has a story today titled “Who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman?” Curiously, the story doesn’t attempt to answer that question. Instead, the entire premise of the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why yes, we should definitely discuss that Phelps vs Shark debacle]( 7/24/2017 4:31:55 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments A week ago, after we first learned that Michael Phelps was going to “race a great white shark” for Shark Week, I was left with more than a few questions. Did someone figure out how to keep a great white alive in captivity? (Spoiler alert: [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Senate to vote tomorrow on … a Mystery Bill?]( 7/24/2017 4:01:12 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The good news: Senate Republicans plan to vote tomorrow on a motion to proceed to debate on a bill repealing ObamaCare. The bad news: No one’s quite sure which version of the bill will get the vote. Will it be the most recent version of the Better [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: Trump now repeating Russian spin on campaign hacking that Putin told him at the G20]( 7/24/2017 3:31:04 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I don’t know how else to read this except as a pure test of credibility between Vladimir Putin and the entirety of the U.S. intelligence community, with the president choosing to believe Moscow over his own people. Literally every current and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Berkeley radio station cancels Richard Dawkins event over his criticism of Islam]( 7/24/2017 3:01:34 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Berkeley’s KPFA Radio was scheduled to host an event with author and biologist Richard Dawkins next month. The event was suddenly canceled a few days ago over Dawkins’ past comments about Islam. People who had purchased tickets to the event [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Big Oil not so big on Trump’s buy American plan]( 7/24/2017 2:31:00 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments This is why we can’t have nice things. That whole Buy American plan which was the theme of last week wound up getting buried in the mainstream press by all of the Russia, Russia, Russia noise (as usual), but some people were clearly paying [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kushner: “I did not collude with Russia”]( 7/24/2017 2:01:26 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Full transparency? At the very least, Jared Kushner gave reporters something unusual — an on-camera statement, albeit with no follow-up questions.  Trump’s son-in-law insists that he “did not collude with Russia,” nor did he ever [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Can we trust that new poll showing Kid Rock ahead of Debbie Stabenow in Michigan?]( 7/24/2017 1:31:30 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments If you read only one “I hope this is true because I really want it to be true” poll today, let it be this one. To gauge Ritchie’s chances in a hypothetical general election matchup, Delphi Analytica conducted a poll from July 14-18 of 668 [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Chuck Schumer: Hillary was a terrible presidential candidate]( 7/24/2017 1:01:04 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Sen. Chuck Schumer says it doesn’t make sense to blame everyone else when you lose a winnable election. Instead, he suggests Democrats need to blame themselves and, in particular, need to blame the mushy message their candidate was putting out last [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The final battle? Joe Scarborough 2020…]( 7/24/2017 12:31:30 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments For most of the year I’ve been following a sort of self-imposed rule dictating that I was going to be ignoring anyone deplorable enough to already start talking about 2020 after the endless carnage of 2016. Today I will apparently have to begin [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Noor attorney: Maybe Damond was on sleeping meds; Update: Seeking immunity?]( 7/24/2017 12:01:15 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments A dumb statement, assuming that Tom Plunkett made it in the first place, at a time when his client hardly needs any more bad press. The attorney for Mohamed Noor, the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed Justine Damond, allegedly told [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Rep. 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