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| ISIS captures dozens of Christians in Syria 2/24/2015 10:01:04 AM Ed Morrissey 16 Comments The genocidal forces of ISIS may have pulled back from Kobane for now, but they haven’t gone far — and the radical Islamist terror army is still looking to satiate their bloodlust. On the other side of Raqqa, ISIS forces captured almost one More... Secession talk in New York State continues 2/24/2015 9:31:13 AM Jazz Shaw 26 Comments Noah covered this when the story first popped up in the news last week, but it’s one which falls in my back yard (literally) and seems to have some legs. Lawmakers in fifteen towns across four counties in upstate New York are pondering the More... McConnell redefines victory on DHS funding fight: Catch Democrats being 'hypocrites' 2/24/2015 9:01:45 AM Noah Rothman 53 Comments For the fourth time on Monday night, Senate Democrats successfully blocked a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security with a provision that removes funding for the implementation of President Barack Obama's executive actions on More... Looks like Gruber thought stupid Americans wouldn't notice if he overbilled them 2/24/2015 8:31:14 AM Jazz Shaw 26 Comments Jonathan Gruber is still the gift that keeps on giving if you cover the political beat. Or perhaps in this case, the gift that keeps on taking. A review of the books seems to indicate that Mr. Gruber submitted some interesting invoices to the state of More... Salem, CNN team up for three GOP primary debates 2/24/2015 7:43:19 AM Ed Morrissey 62 Comments Looks like one of us will be headed to Simi Valley, California in the fall. Salem Communications, the parent company of this website, and CNN will partner to present three of the Republican presidential primary debates. The first will take place at the More... Quotes of the day 2/23/2015 10:41:37 PM Allahpundit 482 Comments Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has a double-digit lead over the rest of the GOP presidential field in early-voting Iowa in a new automated poll. Walker pulls 24 percent with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at 10 percent More... Of course: Outrage brigades turn on Patricia Arquette for not addressing all the grievances properly 2/23/2015 10:01:38 PM Mary Katharine Ham 98 Comments How quickly can the leftist activist outrage industry take you from hero to goat? Look no further than Patricia Arquette’s last 24 hours. It all started so promisingly for her. She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her marathon More... Dem Governors respond to 2014 drubbing: We're not changing a thing 2/23/2015 9:21:58 PM Noah Rothman 43 Comments The Democrats have a unique response to their defenestration en masse at the hands of voters in 2014: Almost nothing. That's right. Outwardly, at least, the party's remaining 18 governors are assuring the press that the two consecutive disastrous More... WaPo: Public-employee unions are awfully lonely places in Wisconsin these days 2/23/2015 8:41:31 PM Ed Morrissey 48 Comments How has Scott Walker’s reform to public-employee unions played out in Wisconsin? According to the Washington Post, the lights may not all be out, but the party’s over — and even the unions know it. Robert Samuels’ profile of PEU More... "Walking Dead" grumble thread: It's safe to trust the two gay guys, probably 2/23/2015 8:01:59 PM Allahpundit 68 Comments They seem so … so nice. They brought homemade applesauce for Rick’s baby daughter! They can’t possibly be double-crossers, can they? If you’ve read the comics and know the answer, don’t tell me. I want to be surprised. My More... No, Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will not "cure what's wrong with boxing" 2/23/2015 7:21:08 PM Jazz Shaw 46 Comments This is a story which I’ve avoided writing about in this space for some time, and since it has very little to do with American politics in general you are to be excused if you’d like to skip over it and move on. The news headline in question More... Giuliani, Jindal backtrack on criticism of Obama's patriotism (sort of) 2/23/2015 6:41:23 PM Noah Rothman 95 Comments The fallout from last week's all-consuming scandal involving former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani calling into question President Barack Obama's genuine love for his country continues to settle. The press almost immediately set about hounding More... Is "thank you for your service" ever the wrong thing to say? 2/23/2015 6:01:50 PM Jazz Shaw 150 Comments This was a discussion which CNN’s Jake Tapper kicked off this week on Twitter and it led to quite a bit of debate. A New York Times article from the weekend takes the rather unusual position that some veterans may not be looking for a “thank More... The latest supporter of natural gas exports… Barack Obama? 2/23/2015 5:21:09 PM Jazz Shaw 12 Comments One of the leading complaints of the oil and gas industry in the United States is the longstanding prohibition against many instances of exporting natural gas and other energy products. Some of these prohibitions date back more than four decades and More... Sisi: We need an Arab coalition to invade Libya 2/23/2015 4:41:39 PM Ed Morrissey 38 Comments The world watched at ISIS swept across Syria and Iraq to commit genocides and atrocities, threatening neighboring states and nearly overrunning Baghdad. Now Egypt’s military strongman warns that the same thing is about to take place in Libya, More... Sunset: Developing U.S.-Iran nuke deal would allow Iran to enrich uranium again in 10 years 2/23/2015 4:01:09 PM Allahpundit 49 Comments Remember that splashy report last week about the U.S. maybe possibly conceivably allowing Iran to retain 6,500 centrifuges for enrichment, a number far greater than Iran hawks in Congress would be comfortable with? That leak allegedly came from More... Get this: Al Sharpton and Comcast hit with $20 billion lawsuit… alleging racial discrimination 2/23/2015 3:21:40 PM Noah Rothman 83 Comments Bad news, everyone. According to reports and rumors, MSNBC's Red Wedding is only growing bloodier. Al Sharpton's MSNBC program Politics Nation, on the air since 2011, is headed for the chopping block. For now, that’s just a rumor, but the confirmed More... Fun: Debbie Wasserman Schultz planned to accuse WH of being sexist, anti-semitic if she lost her DNC job 2/23/2015 2:41:15 PM Allahpundit 47 Comments Via Ashe Schow, this one’s a few days old but far too enjoyable to pass on for reasons of staleness. Remember, for Democrats, identity politics isn’t personal. It’s just business. Even when aimed at other Democrats. Throughout her time More... Jury finds Palestinian Authority, PLO liable for terror attacks 2/23/2015 2:01:26 PM Ed Morrissey 41 Comments Remember the intifadas that roiled Israel and the West Bank after the collapse of the peace talks near the end of the Clinton administration? A long-delayed lawsuit on behalf of American victims of terror attacks has found the Palestinian Authority and More... Hot Air Primary Survey: February Edition 2/23/2015 1:31:20 PM Patrick Ishmael 105 Comments Thanks! Loading… More... History repeats: Obama failing to plan for the post-war peace in Northern Iraq? 2/23/2015 1:01:00 PM Noah Rothman 34 Comments As George W. Bush's presidency was winding down and a speedy withdrawal from the battlefields of Iraq was foremost on the minds of voters, Democrats grew fond of accusing the 43rd President of the United States of rushing into a war without fully More... Nye: Answer to European anti-Semitism a neighborhood Welcome Wagon, or something 2/23/2015 12:31:33 PM Ed Morrissey 147 Comments As the specter of European anti-Semitism raises its head once again, a global community hungry for answers turns its weepy eyes to … Bill Nye the Science Guy? Nye had the misfortune to be on the panel for HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher on More... Revealed: Blogger finally finishes book 2/23/2015 12:01:37 PM Mary Katharine Ham 84 Comments Alternate headline: Blogger reveals why she’s been slacking on HotAir.com for a year. I’m excited to announce that my longtime friend and colleague, Guy Benson and I have written a book! It’s called…drumroll please and take a deep More... Senate GOP ready to split DHS funding and blocking Obama's amnesty into separate bills? 2/23/2015 11:31:31 AM Allahpundit 116 Comments We knew it would come to this. Alternate headline: “Party that promised to avoid shutdowns will avoid shutdown.” At least we’ll get some entertainment over the next few days from GOP aides trying to convince the media this isn’t a More... The Ex-Im bank solves its problems by disappearing its data 2/23/2015 11:01:51 AM Jazz Shaw 23 Comments We’ve brought you plenty of coverage on the somewhat boringly wonky but still important story of the Ex-Im Bank. Facing mounting criticism over its practices which essentially identify it as a crony capitalism slush fund which wastes taxpayer More... |   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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