HotAir Daily Express 06/19/2015

How the liberal media sabotages #BlackLivesMatter in times of trouble 6/19/2015 10:01:11 AM  Jazz Shaw 18 Comments I realize we’ve been hitting the South Carolina shooting and the disgusting, racist criminal who allegedly perpetrated the murders rather often since yesterday morning. Unfortunately, nothing as serious and tragic as this can unfold in America More... Can Congress override a veto on repeal of medical-device tax? 6/19/2015 9:21:02 AM  Ed Morrissey 16 Comments Barack Obama and the White House threaten vetoes daily on bills under consideration in the Republican-controlled Congress, especially those impacting Obama’s signature health-care system. That threat may end up backfiring on Obama when it comes to More... Williams quasi-mea culpa: "A bad urge inside me … ego driven" 6/19/2015 8:41:16 AM  Ed Morrissey 25 Comments Yesterday, NBC announced that its long-running drama over the Nightly News anchor seat had concluded with Lester Holt keeping the job permanently. The network banished disgraced former anchor Brian Williams to the least-watched American cable news More... "This kind of violence doesn't happen elsewhere" for a reason 6/19/2015 8:01:42 AM  Jazz Shaw 77 Comments After the violence in South Carolina yesterday, the President wasted no time before leaping into action, stepping up to the podium and lecturing us all about how flawed the nation’s gun control laws are. (After which, he wasted no time in flying More... Quotes of the day 6/18/2015 10:01:56 PM  Allahpundit 263 Comments Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenged the nation Thursday to take new actions to curb gun violence in her first reactions to the shooting inside a historically black Charleston, S.C., church that left nine dead. "How many people do we need More... Video: Arson torches church on site of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fish 6/18/2015 8:41:15 PM  Ed Morrissey 41 Comments One or more arsonists burned the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish in Tabgha, Israel, the site of an ancient church that marks the traditional location of the miracle performed by Jesus in Galilee. The main structure of the building More... Video: The Schwarzenegger "Madame Tussaud" prank 6/18/2015 8:01:50 PM  Allahpundit 25 Comments Something silly-sweet to cleanse the palate on a dark, sour news day. Has this ever happened before? A famous actor (never mind former governor) in costume as his most iconic character, a figure recognizable instantly by people around the world, hamming More... Millennials don't trust anyone 6/18/2015 7:21:34 PM  Jazz Shaw 62 Comments We’ve seen a few reports recently purporting to show that millennials are pretty much the worst people ever. (Okay… that might be a bit harsh.) All kidding aside, the trends show that, as a group, they tend to be the least likely to be More... Video: Teen invents device to alert police and family when attacked 6/18/2015 6:41:32 PM  Ed Morrissey 52 Comments Crystal Sanchez calls this the “Guardian Locket,” and her teacher in the Southern California city of Lawndale calls it “perfect.” CBS in Los Angeles calls it “potentially life-saving,” and many may wonder why no one More... Charleston suspect's roommate: He'd been planning something like this for six months 6/18/2015 6:01:53 PM  Allahpundit 177 Comments Thanks for letting us know a day after the information would have been useful, guy. Dylann Roof, the alleged gunman authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday night, had More... The Hillary Clinton economic plan: "Revenue enhancements" and massive ObamaCare spending increases 6/18/2015 5:21:59 PM  Ed Morrissey 63 Comments While the media has rushed to pick apart policy proposals from Republican presidential candidates, not much attention has focused on Hillary Clinton’s positions — because she hasn’t staked out any. Even though she has campaigned for More... Gallup: Yes indeed, Democrats are becoming more liberal 6/18/2015 4:41:52 PM  Allahpundit 43 Comments But … I’ve been reliably informed by lefty media over the past five years that tea-party radicals are the exclusive drivers of ideological polarization. While the GOP drifts ever further rightward, Democrats remain stubbornly stuck in the More... House GOP has a post-SCOTUS Obamacare plan 6/18/2015 4:01:34 PM  Gabriel Malor 46 Comments We knew this was coming. If the Supreme Court holds in King v. Burwell that the IRS illegally provided subsidies to Obamacare customers in states with federally-established exchanges and it doesn’t stay its decision, then such subsidies will almost More... Thursday TEMS: Duane Patterson, Andrew Malcolm, John-Henry Westen 6/18/2015 3:21:54 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! Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of tonight's Hugh Hewitt show. Andrew Malcolm joins us More... The federal agency that was mega-hacked by China apparently outsourced some of its data management to … China 6/18/2015 2:41:02 PM  Allahpundit 40 Comments A leftover from yesterday that shouldn’t be missed. As you read this, bear in mind that our leader continues to insist he has complete confidence in OPM and its director. Some of the contractors that have helped OPM with managing internal data have More... Supreme Court: Texas's ban on Confederate-flag license plates doesn't violate the First Amendment 6/18/2015 2:01:40 PM  Allahpundit 65 Comments Thorny question for the Court: When a group applies to sponsor a license-plate design that the state considers offensive, does the state have the power to say no? If it doesn’t then the state is arguably being forced to endorse a message it More... Obama: This kind of violence doesn't happen elsewhere, you know 6/18/2015 1:21:02 PM  Ed Morrissey 453 Comments Please pray for those who have lost their lives in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church, for their families and friends, and for their entire community. Our brothers and sisters in Christ are suffering, and need our prayers and support. Let’s More... Media analysts wonder: What does Williams move say about MSNBC? 6/18/2015 12:41:10 PM  Ed Morrissey 40 Comments What does this say about MSNBC — and NBC News, for that matter? Inquiring minds in the media would like to know. It confirms an argument long made about MSNBC by conservatives, which is that it has no credibility as a news bureau, even while More... Scott Walker moving to weaken tenure for state college professors 6/18/2015 12:01:02 PM  Jazz Shaw 47 Comments Scott Walker has formed a Testing the Waters Committee, which I assume has something to do with Marco Rubio’s response to the State of the Union in 2013. (Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.) The new committee will provide More... Surprise: Woman to replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, not Andrew Jackson on the $20 6/18/2015 11:21:01 AM  Allahpundit 176 Comments Ben Domenech wonders how early America’s most famous self-made man, who fought by Washington’s side in the revolution, who co-wrote the Federalist Papers, who constructed the country’s financial system, and who was decades ahead of his More... House and Senate to vote on trade bill again — without TAA; Update: New TPA bill passes 218-204 6/18/2015 10:41:56 AM  Ed Morrissey 167 Comments Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is, er … to keep doubling back and retracing your steps. At least that will be the argument on Capitol Hill today, along with a big trust us to progressives opposed to Barack Obama’s More... Conservatives should be onboard the Jeb Bush express Report: Charleston killer almost didn't go through with it because "everyone was so nice to him" Take down the Confederate Battle Flag In Iowa, Walker's still on top but Rand is slipping The OPM hack was way worse than Snowden Women's group: A woman on the $10 bill isn't good enough Rachel Dolezal can teach us all something about "passing" Mankind reaches final frontier of laziness: Changing TV channels with one's mind It may be legal to smoke pot in Colorado, but you can still get fired for it Adoptees to Rachel Dolezal: You're not transracial