HotAir Daily Express 07/24/2015

Todd: Hillary lost any high ground when she refused to turn over the server 7/24/2015 10:01:58 AM  Ed Morrissey 13 Comments “Now they’ve just got to hope nothing is found,” NBC’s Chuck Todd concludes in this short clip from MSNBC’s Morning Joe earlier today. The panel discussed the New York Times’ report on a request for a criminal More... Video: Louisiana gunman staged getaway vehicle, committed suicide instead 7/24/2015 9:21:10 AM  Ed Morrissey 60 Comments Last night’s tragic mass-shooting spree in a Louisiana movie theater ended with the suicide of the gunman, 59-year-old drifter John Russell Houser, but that was not his original plan. Houser staged disguises in his hotel room and had switched More... Two IGs to DoJ: We need a criminal probe into Hillary e-mail 7/24/2015 8:41:26 AM  Ed Morrissey 67 Comments So much for “asked and not answered” as a campaign strategy. Two Inspectors General at the State Department have requested that the Department of Justice open a criminal probe into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server after More... Jefferson, Jackson jettisoned by Connecticut Democrats 7/24/2015 8:01:28 AM  Jazz Shaw 46 Comments Last month Matt Vespa covered the story of Democrats in Virginia who were talking about changing the name of their annual Jefferson Jackson dinner because of the Dylan Roof shooting or the Confederate Battle Flag or racism or something. That may have More... BREAKING: Multiple people injured, 2 dead when gunman opens fire in Louisiana theater 7/23/2015 11:01:52 PM  C.T. Rex 196 Comments In more terrible news tonight, ABC reports a lone gunman has attacked a theater in Lafayette, Louisiana resulting in multiple injured and at least two dead, according to police. The shooting took place at the Grand Theater on Johnston Street at a 7:30 PM More... Quotes of the day 7/23/2015 10:41:17 PM  Allahpundit 365 Comments Donald Trump toured the Texas-Mexico border on Thursday to condemn illegal immigration, declare his love for Latinos and to belittle rival White House candidate Hillary Clinton… “I employ thousands and thousands of Hispanics,” he said. More... Media thinks new study proves "sexist" gamers are "losers" 7/23/2015 9:21:00 PM  C.T. Rex 28 Comments Well the media is all in a tizzy about sexism in video games again thanks to a new study that tries to link male gamers who perform poorly in competitive multiplayer games with the level of negativity women receive online. Or as Time put it in a piece More... Hillary: Even open-minded white people feel a twinge of fear at the sight of a black man in a hoodie 7/23/2015 8:41:49 PM  Allahpundit 148 Comments Via the Weekly Standard, where were you the day Hillary’s campaign imploded? No, I kid. Drudge was pushing this earlier because the idea of lefty infighting over whether their nominee-in-waiting is a racist or not is simply delicious. Spoiler: She More... Obama: Let's face it, the real IRS scandal is that they need more money 7/23/2015 8:01:32 PM  Guy Benson 30 Comments President Obama swung by The Daily Show earlier this week and was challenged by outgoing host Jon Stewart over government incompetence on his watch. Pressed on prominent instances of malfeasance and ineptitude that have plagued the federal bureaucracy More... Cleveland makes "adjustments" to prepare for debate protests 7/23/2015 7:21:40 PM  Jazz Shaw 37 Comments While it may seem impossible to believe, the “real” 2016 election season officially kicks into gear in just a couple of weeks with the first GOP primary debate to be held in Cleveland. (Wait a minute… didn’t the midterm elections More... John Doe targets in Wisconsin can finally tell their stories 7/23/2015 6:41:14 PM  Ed Morrissey 51 Comments Now that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has forcefully terminated the John Doe investigations in Wisconsin, the targets of those probes can now speak openly of their experiences at the hands of politically motivated prosecutors. Some of those experiences More... A few things that have slipped under the radar on #PPSellsBabyParts 7/23/2015 6:01:04 PM  Dustin Siggins 46 Comments This week, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a second video purportedly showing a senior Planned Parenthood official talking about illegally selling fetal parts for profit. This has garnered the reactions you’d expect — those who More... Judicial Watch: IRS e-mails linked donor lists to audit targeting 7/23/2015 5:21:23 PM  Ed Morrissey 52 Comments And once again, a potential link between the IRS targeting scandal and Barack Obama himself comes to the fore. Judicial Watch recently forced the IRS to part with more of its internal communications related to the targeting of conservative groups seeking More... Video: Trump press conference at Mexican border features little news, awesome hat 7/23/2015 4:41:02 PM  Allahpundit 352 Comments I’m not kidding. That hat is dynamite no matter if you’re wearing it earnestly or ironically. It’s the only fashion accessory in American politics right now, I’d bet, that left-wing reporters and grassroots conservatives would More... Ted Cruz debates Code Pink: Why would you want to send $100 billion to people who murder Americans? 7/23/2015 4:01:35 PM  Allahpundit 111 Comments Via the Examiner, there’s an uncharitable answer to that question but I’ll stick with the more charitable one. Namely, these people have always been willing to take Iran’s professions of peaceful intent seriously. After all, why would More... TEMS Thursday: Duane Patterson, Jordan Lorence 7/23/2015 3:21:12 PM  Ed Morrissey 2 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Today’s show will be on the Ustream channel. Duane "Generalissimo" Patterson brings us up to date on the week's top stories and gives us a preview of More... Wait a sec: UN inspectors will be forced to rely on samples provided by … Iran? 7/23/2015 2:41:54 PM  Allahpundit 72 Comments This can’t be true, can it? Most interesting news of #Iran hearing: IAEA will have to rely on #Iran to take samples at Parchin and other sites for its PMD investigation — Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) July 23, 2015 “PMD” is More... Fiorina: Hillary has the "extreme" abortion position 7/23/2015 2:01:46 PM  Ed Morrissey 74 Comments Via Guy Benson, we have our second example of narrative-flipping in the GOP field in a week related to the Planned Parenthood videos. Jake Tapper asked Carly Fiorina about Scott Walker’s signing of a ban on late-term abortions (after 20 weeks, More... HBO tries to censor ammo company logo from champion boxer's trunks 7/23/2015 1:21:02 PM  Jazz Shaw 38 Comments Meet Sergey Kovalev, assuming you don’t follow professional boxing and didn’t already know who he was. The massive Russian is currently the undefeated, unified WBA, IBF, and WBO light heavyweight champion of the world. He’s known for More... GOP donors wanted Bush, Rubio, and Walker to boycott debates unless Trump was disqualified 7/23/2015 12:41:50 PM  Allahpundit 268 Comments So, so dumb, but that’s our donor class for you. Many national Republican officials are increasingly resigned to Mr. Trump's looming presence. At a meeting of the Republican Governors Association this week in Aspen, Colo., donors and operatives More... Corker to Kerry: Dude, you got fleeced by the mullahs 7/23/2015 12:01:28 PM  Ed Morrissey 89 Comments It all started off so well for Secretary of State John Kerry. At the beginning of his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the deal he crafted with Iran, Kerry got a hero’s welcome from a group of observers to the hearing. More... Video: Elderly vet protesting Obama at VFW speech gets manhandled for … holding up a sign 7/23/2015 11:21:13 AM  Allahpundit 84 Comments Not manhandled by security, I should note, but manhandled by two fellow vets. And I’m not exaggerating in using that word: They’re shockingly rough with a guy who looks to be in his mid-70s. A broken hip will learn the old-timer not to go More... Mediaite: MSNBC to boot three talking-head shows to focus on news 7/23/2015 10:41:41 AM  Ed Morrissey 54 Comments The media has extensively documented the disastrous plunge in prime-time ratings at MSNBC for at least a year, and it has only gone downhill since. Last month, Mediaite reported that MSNBC’s overall ratings in the key 25-54YO demo managed to come More... Obama laments guns: "The one area I have been stymied" Revenge of the radical middle: Why Trump isn't going away Poll: Most Americans think race relations are getting worse MoveOn plans 'mass mobilization' to save Iran deal Obama: I can't rap When populism masquerades as conservatism Oh yes: Two IGs recommend DOJ open criminal investigation into Hillary's private e-mails Will data science prevent deadly police shootings? Why we should drain blood from the dead Study: Supposed rise in autism may be due to semantics