HotAir Daily Express 07/10/2015

German thought leaders move to legalize incest 7/10/2015 10:01:12 AM  Jazz Shaw 48 Comments Leave it to Europe to be out ahead of the pack when it comes to political and social reform. There’s no telling if they’ve been paying attention to recent US Supreme Court decisions regarding when and if the government can hinder the More... OPM chief: I won't quit 7/10/2015 9:21:56 AM  Ed Morrissey 51 Comments Gee, why would anyone expect Katherine Archuleta to resign? All she did as head of the Office of Personnel Management was to provide incompetent leadership over data security that allowed hackers to steal the most sensitive personal data of more than 21 More... Hillary Clinton finally stakes out an anti-gun position 7/10/2015 8:41:22 AM  Jazz Shaw 30 Comments There is some actual breaking news to cover in the 2016 election this week when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Hold on to your hats because she’s actually taken a position on a national issue! And to make it a truly red letter day, she’s More... NY TImes keeps Ted Cruz off best seller list 7/10/2015 8:01:01 AM  Jazz Shaw 32 Comments I haven’t picked up a copy of Ted Cruz’s new book, A Time for Truth yet, but it’s on my list. (I always bring a few books on my summer fishing trip, which comes in handy when it inevitably rains half the time.) There is another list, More... Quotes of the day 7/9/2015 10:41:18 PM  Allahpundit 476 Comments Bombastic presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to dominate social media as his controversial stand on Mexican immigrants continues to garner headlines and drive conversation.  According to Zignal Labs, the Washington Post's analytics partner, 48 More... Grayson: Democrats will crawl over hot coals naked to vote for me 7/9/2015 10:01:30 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 61 Comments I remind you once again that a Washington Post thumb-sucking piece about civility in 2009 referred to Alan Grayson as “a Harvard graduate with a soft voice, [who] had decided to fight invective with invective.” He was forced, you see, by the More... Is it time for mandatory cameras in trains? 7/9/2015 9:21:42 PM  Jazz Shaw 19 Comments For all the headlines which train crashes generate, massive accidents such as the Philadelphia incident in May and others we’ve seen in the news over the last year are still quite rare when compared to the number of miles logged on the rails across More... On the "perverse incentives" to running for president 7/9/2015 8:41:24 PM  Jazz Shaw 33 Comments So Jim Gilmore has officially announced that he’s running for the GOP nomination for President of the United States, bringing the total number of current and likely candidates to a figure which can presently only be expressed using alphanumeric More... The hack to end all hacks: China now has sensitive info on 21.5 million Americans, feds say 7/9/2015 8:01:10 PM  Allahpundit 163 Comments He promised us the most transparent administration in history. And he delivered. Combined with the 4.2 million people whose Social Security numbers were stolen in a separate breach, we’re now talking about upwards of eight percent of the entire More... Americans For Prosperity assists pro-right to work counties in Kentucky 7/9/2015 7:21:02 PM  Matt Vespa 17 Comments Americans For Prosperity's (AFP) Kentucky chapter is continuing the prolonged legislative fight to bring right to work to the Bluegrass State. Kentucky is something of an anomaly concerning politics. It's one of the last southern states with a Democratic More... Three Pinocchios for Hillary's claim that "everything I did" with emails was permitted 7/9/2015 6:41:41 PM  Jazz Shaw 30 Comments I realize that in the past we’ve had more than a little fun with the Washington Post fact checkers and the frequently odd results they produce. (The most recent and classic was their Four Pinocchio rating of Mike Huckabee for a series of things he More... Capitol Police reportedly suspend officer in 'retribution' for leaking details about misplaced firearms 7/9/2015 6:01:41 PM  Matt Vespa 16 Comments In May, Roll Call  reported on Capitol Police officers leaving their firearms in public places. In one instance, on January 29, a staffer for the Capitol Visitor Center found an officer's Glock in the restroom; it was left in the toilet seat cover More... Great news, Oregon. 15 year olds can now get govt funded sex change surgery without parental permission 7/9/2015 5:21:57 PM  Jazz Shaw 76 Comments Some days I really feel like I’d do better if I could switch jobs for a while and just go mow lawns or something. (I know… many of you have been suggesting the same thing for me for some time now.) If I made a move like that, maybe I More... Shock and awe: GOP establishment dumps $103 million into Jeb Bush's Super PAC 7/9/2015 4:41:16 PM  Allahpundit 158 Comments The plan back in January was to raise $100 million in just three months, terrifying would-be candidates like Rubio and Walker into sitting out the race and clearing the field for Jeb in the party’s center. It didn’t work out that way. They More... "I have heard enough about heritage!": SC Republican rep demands that Confederate flag be removed 7/9/2015 4:01:48 PM  Allahpundit 381 Comments A stemwinder from last night’s debate in the South Carolina house, in case you missed it elsewhere. Jenny Horne’s position prevailed, of course; Nikki Haley’s set to sign the bill removing the flag in a formal ceremony sometime this More... House committee subpoenas Kerry's Keystone documents 7/9/2015 3:21:49 PM  Jazz Shaw 29 Comments I wonder if anybody checks John Kerry’s messages for him while he’s negotiating deals with Iran? If they do, there’s one waiting from Jason Chaffetz and he’d like a word about some of the Secretary’s records regarding the More... Trump: Why, no, I won't commit to backing the Republican nominee in the general election 7/9/2015 2:41:42 PM  Allahpundit 205 Comments Let me toss this thought at you, and if you don’t like it, you can give it right back: Clinton 45, Walker 42, Trump 13. No, just kidding. That’s unrealistic. What I meant was Clinton 45, Bush 42, Trump 13. If we’re destined to have More... Religion: The new Don't Ask, Don't Tell? 7/9/2015 2:01:42 PM  Ed Morrissey 68 Comments I’ve been working on research this week and mostly away from the moment-to-moment of politics, but I’ve spent much of the time reflecting on the impact of the Obergefell decision on people of faith. We had already begun to see the beginnings More... YouGov poll: Trump now leads GOP field nationally with 15% 7/9/2015 1:21:09 PM  Allahpundit 245 Comments This is, I believe, his first lead in any national poll. One word, my friends: Yuge. The bad news: More than four in 10 Republicans say they don’t like him, so if he hangs around long enough to be part of a two- or three-man race, he’ll meet More... Contempt for the law: America's biggest threat? 7/9/2015 12:41:18 PM  Bruce McQuain 85 Comments We’ve recently seen how multiple jurisdictions openly ignoring the law resulted in circumstances that led in the death of Kathryn Steinle at Pier 14 in San Francisco last week. Why? Because, ideologically, they’re opposed to the law as it More... There are no "private conversations" with Donald Trump 7/9/2015 12:01:10 PM  Jazz Shaw 69 Comments For all the work that Reince Priebus has put in thus far in attempting to clean up the GOP primary process and maximize the party’s chances for success in 2016, much remains to be done. But his schedule seems to have been at least momentarily More... Jeb Bush: If we're going to grow the economy, people should work longer hours 7/9/2015 11:21:18 AM  Allahpundit 149 Comments It’s clear in context what he meant and ABC did a creditable job in the clip below backing him up with numbers, but a damaging soundbite is halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on. "My aspiration for the country and I believe More... TIME surprised gamers don't like Kate Upton's Game of War ads either 7/9/2015 10:41:13 AM  C.T. Rex 184 Comments Rosalind Wiseman over at TIME Magazine discovered that “kids are fed up with Kate Upton” or more specifically, fed up with having the Game of War ads in which she features heavily showing up on their mobile phones.  Case in point: When the More... The GOP can still turn gay marriage into a winning issue for them South Carolina removes Confederate flag from statehouse grounds Here's why Trump hit a nerve Tearful pleas are not a formula for legislative success Trump says he still doesn't know where Obama was born Jeb Bush is right: Americans need to work longer hours Professor's manifesto: Vegans must illegally overthrow society to save the world When Trump said the GOP was mean-spirited on immigration The revenge of the Lost Boys The troubling question in the French Jewish community: Is it time to leave?