HotAir Daily Express 08/15/2017

[Hot Air Daily Express]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Home]([Green Room]([Archive]([The Ed Morrissey Show]([Print]([Forward]( [Fed’s Currency To End Dollar And Wipe Out Your Cash]( [China & Russia Declared War on the US: Dollar's Worst Nightmare!]( [This Signed Bill Approved Banks To Take Your Deposits!]( [Here’s a new theory about Trump and racism that will blow your mind]( 8/15/2017 10:41:13 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Aside from the deeper examination of racism in America (which I discussed earlier this morning) we are currently witnessing a political sideshow involving the President which lends a rather circus-like atmosphere to what would otherwise be a very serious [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Special election: Alabamans play “Trumpian or Consequences” today]( 8/15/2017 10:01:16 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Get ready for another special election today, this time in deep-red Alabama, and perhaps one with some sense of drama. The three men vying to portray themselves as the closest to Donald Trump need to pull off a miracle today to keep from having to do [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Measure your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution with this short quiz]( 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]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo bravely asks, ‘why is there still racism?’ Allow me to help]( 8/15/2017 9:21:54 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The aftermath of the disaster in Charlottesville has given the commentariat space to debate a wide range of issues, but most of them deal with racism and hatred. Along with a massive crowd of people who opposed the erasure of Confederate history and who [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Iran: We could ramp up our nuke program “in hours”]( 8/15/2017 8:41:22 AM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Iran could restart its nuclear weapons program “in hours,” newly re-elected Iranian president Hassan Rouhani declared today. Rouhani’s speech, broadcast live from the country’s parliament, came in response to the passage of new [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Government to Levy Your Deposits and Take Over Your Retirement!]( [China & Russia Declared War on The US: Dollar’s Worst Nightmare!]( [Social Security will Stop! Learn How to Survive Without The Benefits.]( [Should journalists be allowed to block people on social media?]( 8/15/2017 8:01:36 AM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Does the title question sound completely absurd to you? Perhaps, but when placed in context with the current debate over whether or not government officials and agencies can legally block followers on Twitter and other social media outlets perhaps it [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Black Lives Matter founder: White nationalist speech isn’t protected under the First Amendment]( 8/14/2017 10:41:35 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments Actually, white nationalist speech is protected under the First Amendment, as is all “hate speech,” because there’s no such thing as “hate speech” in U.S. constitutional jurisprudence. How many primers on free-speech law [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Revealed: Obama admin was warned in 2014 of Russian disruption efforts in the west, did little to prevent it]( 8/14/2017 10:01:16 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments There’s sweet irony in the possibility that Democrats ended up losing to Trump partly because Obama was … too soft on Russia. This Politico piece makes a solid case, though, that by the time 2016 rolled around, Russia was well practiced in [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sec. Mattis issues warning, North Korea decides not to launch missiles at Guam]( 8/14/2017 9:21:53 PM John Sexton 0 Comments North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has decided not to fire missiles at the U.S. military base on Guam after Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned doing so would mean “it’s game on.” From CNN: Secretary of Defense James Mattis issued a [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pence: No way we stand by as Venezuela collapses, but …]( 8/14/2017 8:41:11 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments “Venezuela is collapsing into dictatorship,” Vice President Mike Pence said in response to media questions about Donald Trump’s mention of a “military option” for the Chavista regime. Pence tried to emphasize that the US has [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [WaPo: Emails show Trump campaign officials rejecting opportunities to meet with Russia in 2016]( 8/14/2017 8:01:53 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This may be the most pro-Trump Russiagate story ever to appear in a major paper. Turns out a low-level Trump foreign policy advisor named George Papadopoulos tried to set up meetings between the campaign and Russian officials starting last March, before [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Charlottesville and white identity politics]( 8/14/2017 7:21:00 PM John Sexton 0 Comments Earlier today I was struck by a passage giving a first-hand account of what took place in Charlottesville Saturday. From Splinter: Approximately 100 white nationalists, most from Vanguard, marched into the park, chanting “Blood and soil! Blood and [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Breaking:Jury finds Taylor Swift told the truth]( 8/14/2017 7:08:59 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments And so one of the stranger lawsuits in recent memory comes to a close. The DJ who sued a pop star to supposedly regain his reputation ended up proving her case to the jury without her attorney calling a single witness. A Denver jury sided with Taylor [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oh my: FBI stops “Fight Club” bomber in Oklahoma]( 8/14/2017 6:41:10 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Score one for the FBI in the pursuit against domestic terrorists, and mark down yet another weird and obscure conspiracy theory about government. The Department of Justice announced the arrest of Jerry Varnell in Oklahoma after he conspired to blow up [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Here we go again. (Maybe) The Marshawn Lynch protests?]( 8/14/2017 6:01:53 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments At least for the time being, Colin Kaepernick won’t be taking a knee on the sideline during the playing of the National Anthem, primarily due to his, er.. lack of employment situation. But that clearly doesn’t mean that the massive [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Charlottesville victim’s mother to Trump: Thank you]( 8/14/2017 5:01:55 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Susan Bro provided a moment of extraordinary grace as she mourns the murder of her daughter, Heather Heyer, by trying to heal the divide in the nation after the Charlottesville terrorist attack. While the political debate over Donald Trump’s [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ACLU of Virginia criticizes law enforcement in Charlottesville as ‘not effective’]( 8/14/2017 5:01:10 PM John Sexton 0 Comments The ACLU of Virginia is involved in a spat with the state’s governor over the events that took place in Charlottesville Saturday and, specifically, over the behavior of the police. This all stems from a lawsuit the ACLU filed to prevent the city [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump to CNN’s Jim Acosta: “I like real news, not fake news. You’re fake news.”]( 8/14/2017 4:31:11 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments This is at least the third time Trump’s called Acosta “fake news” to his face. There’s today, his first presidential press conference in February, and a pre-inauguration presser when Acosta went all-out for the cameras and Trump [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Elon Musk knows about something more dangerous than Kim Jong-un’s nukes]( 8/14/2017 4:01:21 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments First we had “that guy” saying that Kim Jong-un was more reasonable than Donald Trump or whatever. And now we’ve got this guy saying that his weapons aren’t nearly as dangerous as the futuristic gun that we’ve got pointed at [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I’m seriously considering a pardon for Joe Arpaio]( 8/14/2017 3:31:04 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments He ran as a “law and order” president. Issuing a get-out-of-jail free card by royal decree to someone who violated a judge’s order for months on end doesn’t feel so “law and order”-ish. However you feel about Trump [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Journalist assaulted at Richmond protest march]( 8/14/2017 3:01:49 PM John Sexton 0 Comments A journalist filming a Richmond protest march with his cell phone Sunday night was assaulted and had to be taken to the hospital for stitches. From WTVR CBS 6: A WTVR CBS 6 journalist was assaulted by a protester in Richmond Sunday night. The journalist, [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Russia – North Korea connection on ICBM development emerges]( 8/14/2017 2:31:04 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments As if the North Korean nuke situation wasn’t already bad enough. One of the frequently debated questions about North Korea’s missile program is exactly how they seemed to advance so far, so fast. They’ve had low altitude, conventional [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [That Al Gore climate change sequel is doing about as well as expected]( 8/14/2017 2:01:26 PM Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Say, did you know that Al Gore released a sequel to his Inconvenient Truth movie about climate change? If not, you’re not alone. It seems that most of the country wasn’t aware that it was in the theaters either. Showbiz 411 has posted the [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Question for Mike Pence: Do you agree with Trump that the Russia probe is a hoax?]( 8/14/2017 1:31:50 PM Allahpundit 0 Comments I thought H.R. McMaster ducking questions about Steve Bannon would be the most awkward dodge we saw today. Nope. Watch Pence get a hanging curveball about whether he agrees with his boss and pretty much their entire base that Russiagate is a ginned-up [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [GoDaddy gives Daily Stormer website 24-hours to find a new domain host (Update: Dumped by Google)]( 8/14/2017 1:01:51 PM John Sexton 0 Comments In the wake of the murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville over the weekend, internet service provider GoDaddy has decided it will no longer handle the domain of the Daily Stormer, a leading white nationalist/Nazi website. From NBC News: “We have [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Live blog: Trump on Charlottesville]( 8/14/2017 12:31:58 PM Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Update: Pretty much, this is unfolding as one would predict: Liberal Twitter: "He should have done that days ago! He's still bad!"Fox: "If this doesn't quiet his critics, they don't like Americans." — jg [More...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.] [Trump not planning on Charlottesville trip; “Why the hell would we do that?” aides say]( [Laura Ingraham is in line for a talk show on Fox News]( [Scaramucci: I’d fire Bannon]( [Sheldon Adelson comes out in support of H.R. 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