HotAir Daily Express 07/26/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Baltimore guts the one good gun law it could have had]( 7/26/2017 10:41:15 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments It’s a rare day when you’ll see me cheering for states or cities passing new gun laws because they generally involve stripping law abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights. But that’s not always the case. In the city of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: No transgenders “in any capacity” in US military; Update: Corker to “look into it”]( 7/26/2017 10:01:37 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments The US military will not enlist transgendered recruits, nor allow them to serve in “any capacity” within the armed forces, Donald Trump announced on Twitter. The move contradicts the policy direction set by Barack Obama in the final months of [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. --------------------------------------------------------------- [D.C.’s unconstitutional gun carry law loses yet again, but will the ruling stand?]( 7/26/2017 9:21:33 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Ed Morrissey covered the decision in Wrenn vs DC yesterday, but I think there’s another element to this story worth looking at. First, let’s look at the “good reason” aspect of the decision. (Free Beacon) In a 2-to-1 ruling the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lewandowski: Trump can fire Mueller — and Rosenstein, and Sessions …]( 7/26/2017 8:41:59 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments And he’s not wrong, no matter how wrong those actions might be. ABC News features an exchange between Donald Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski and Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos on whether the president can fire special counsel [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Report: North Korea within one year of nuke ICBM]( 7/26/2017 8:01:27 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Let’s just get the bad news out of the way up front. We’ve known for quite a while now that North Korea has been working on miniaturizing their nuclear weapons while simultaneously sharing technology with Iran to develop reliable ICBMs. [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McCain’s floor speech: We’re getting nothing done and the bombastic loudmouths on TV and radio aren’t helping]( 7/25/2017 10:01:14 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments “Bombastic loudmouths”? Under the circumstances, you would think Maverick would have been prepared to name names. I suppose his intended targets are clear enough, though. They (and we) have been flaying him for the better part of a decade. He [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Author fools scientific journals with paper about midi-chlorians]( 7/25/2017 9:21:17 PM John Sexton 0 Comments This is a little off the beaten path but I thought this story was pretty funny so here it is. A writer who goes by the handle Neuroskeptic created a bogus scientific paper about midi-chlorians, the imaginary cellular components which allow Jedis to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Senate Judiciary to Manafort: Wonderful thing, subpoenas]( 7/25/2017 8:41:14 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Looks like the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t feel the need to take a bad deal in exchange for testimony from Paul Manafort. Chair Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dianne Feinstein issued a subpoena to Trump’s onetime campaign convention [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jack Reed and Susan Collins on hot mic: Trump is “crazy,” “I’m worried”]( 7/25/2017 8:01:03 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments You need to listen closely given how low the audio is but WaPo has what appears to be a solid transcript of the exchange. It’s not clear at first that Reed and Collins are talking about Trump but it becomes clear when Reed mentions the “Ford [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Wasserman Schultz IT aide arrested trying to leave the country]( 7/25/2017 7:21:47 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Imran Awan, an IT aide to Debbie Wasserman Schultz was arrested last night at Dulles airport while trying to leave the country. Fox News’ Chad Pergram announced the news on Twitter Tuesday afternoon: Feds/USCP bust Hse IT staffer Imran Awan & [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [BCA search warrant: Someone “slapped” squad car before Noor shot Damond]( 7/25/2017 6:41:50 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did a slap on a fender “startle” a Minneapolis police officer into shooting an unarmed woman? The search warrant granted to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in its investigation of the shooting and death of Justine Damond by Mohamed Noor [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [419-3: House defies Trump, passes Russia sanctions bill that ties president’s hands]( 7/25/2017 6:21:21 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Trump crapping on Jeff Sessions for refusing to shield him from Russiagate helped ensure near-unanimity here, I’d like to think. It’s not overstating it to call this a vote of no confidence by the House in Trump’s willingness to drive a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Disney is spying on you, and so is your Roomba]( 7/25/2017 6:01:20 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Coming soon to a theater near you… maybe. How would you feel if you went to the movies and later found out that cameras installed at the front of the theater were watching your face and the faces of everyone else in the audience? Not just to take [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump knifes Sessions again: He endorsed me because I had big crowds in his home state, not because he’s loyal]( 7/25/2017 5:31:46 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This is tremendously stupid and does Sessions a terrible disservice in not acknowledging the sincerity of his ideology. The way Trump tells it here, you’d think Sessions had glommed on to him because he’s nothing more than a political [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [North Korea will have nuclear ICBM next year]( 7/25/2017 5:01:31 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A new assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) concludes North Korea will have a nuclear-capable ICBM by next year. From the Washington Post: The new assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which shaves a full two years [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Deja vu: Appeals court “flunks” DC gun-control law]( 7/25/2017 4:31:58 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Give Washington DC this much credit. Its gun-control efforts lead the nation in allowing federal appellate courts to set precedents in favor of Second Amendment rights. It follows a long line of firearm restrictions that have gotten an “F” in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [How bad has Trump Derangement Syndrome gotten? MSNBC just reached #1 in prime time]( 7/25/2017 4:01:10 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments There’s no denying it… President Trump has been shaking up the television ratings game ever since he came down the golden escalator. And now, with outrage (or fauxrage in many cases) being the top menu item on the TV menu, MSNBC seems to be [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hmmmm: Rex Tillerson is taking a little time off, says State Department]( 7/25/2017 3:31:20 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Nothing wrong with a hard-working diplomat recharging via some down time away from the office, but it’s impossible not to notice that this “time off” is happening while rumors are swirling that Tillerson may be on his way out at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hot debate on ObamaCare repeal, Sessions’ fate, WH comms purge, election commission, and more!]( 7/25/2017 3:30:44 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...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bret Weinstein is preparing to sue Evergreen State College for $3.8 million]( 7/25/2017 3:01:42 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Campus Reform reports that Professor Bret Weinstein and his wife, also a professor, are preparing a $3.8 million dollar lawsuit against Evergreen State College for creating a racially hostile work environment: In an email to Campus Reform, Weinstein’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Open thread: Magical Mystery Bill showdown; Update: MTP gets to 50; Update: Pence breaks tie, debate proceeds]( 7/25/2017 2:31:09 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments How lit has today become? This showdown vote on a motion to proceed to debate on the ObamaCare repeal bill may fall well short of the most dramatic event of the day. Anthony Scaramucci may clear out the whole West Wing, and Donald Trump might fire Jeff [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Psychiatry group tells members it’s now okay to diagnose Trump on television]( 7/25/2017 2:01:18 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Remember the Goldwater Rule? It’s the guiding principle in psychiatric medicine which “prohibits psychiatrists from offering opinions on someone they have not personally evaluated.” Seems pretty basic, no? Particularly when it comes to [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sessions is going to force Trump to fire him and risk a nationalist backlash]( 7/25/2017 1:31:16 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Sure sounds like the AG is prepared to call Trump’s bluff. If the president wants someone else in charge of the Justice Department, he’ll have to handle this … “Apprentice”-style. In the two-plus years since Trump announced [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICE agents 2011 battle with Mexican drug gang described in court case]( 7/25/2017 1:01:28 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In February 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agent Jaime J. Zapata was shot and killed on a highway in Mexico by members of the Los Zetas drug gang. It was the first time an ICE agent had been killed in Mexico since 1985. Two of [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICE lists the most “un-American” sanctuary cities. Ouch]( 7/25/2017 12:31:22 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Thomas D. Homan, the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had some harsh words for the nation’s sanctuary cities this week. In an interview with the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard, Homan wasn’t pulling any [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Jordan releases video showing U.S. troops surrendering before deadly shooting]( [Study: Men’s sperm counts are down worldwide]( [A Trump tower of absolute folly]( [Trump finds reason for the U.S. to remain in Afghanistan: Minerals]( [Russia warns of “painful” response if Trump backs U.S. sanctions]( [Source: Sessions to announce investigations into intelligence leaks]( [Trump: The military will no longer allow transgenders to serve “in any capacity”]( [Oops]( [Senate parliamentarian: More parts of ObamaCare repeal will need 60 votes]( [Senate Republicans vote down BCRA but look poised to pass something]( [Ed Morrissey Show]( [Advertisement] __________________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO__________________________ WERE YOU FORWARDED THIS EDITION OF THE HOT AIR DAILY? 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