HotAir Daily Express 08/12/2015

The CNN debate will be pretty much a rerun of the Fox format 8/12/2015 10:01:59 AM  Jazz Shaw 33 Comments It’s still over a month until the next GOP debate, hosted by CNN and the Reagan Library and moderated by Jake Tapper, but we are getting word that the format may be strangely familiar to viewers of the recent spectacle. The hosts have begun sending More... NH voters feeling the Bern — by seven points over Hillary 8/12/2015 9:21:18 AM  Ed Morrissey 35 Comments Just as Donald Trump has caught the imagination of a disaffected GOP base, Bernie Sanders has done the same in the Democratic Party. He’s filling arenas while the supposedly Inevitable II Hillary Clinton struggles in smaller venues. In the latest More... New Planned Parenthood video: Organs harvested without informed consent 8/12/2015 8:41:32 AM  Ed Morrissey 171 Comments The Center for Medical Progress has a new video out this morning, and this one focuses on issues of consent. Holly O’Donnell, a former StemExpress procurement technician, discusses the industrial process of abortions and the lack of care shown to More... Scrubbed server, held hostage for months, to be released 8/12/2015 8:01:39 AM  Jazz Shaw 60 Comments Allahpundit reported last night that the feds have the emails, but now they apparently have – or will shortly have – the server. Clinton’s team of lawyers wants everyone to know that this is all one big misunderstanding and this move of More... Quotes of the day 8/11/2015 10:41:26 PM  Allahpundit 635 Comments Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday warned that the Republican presidential candidates who are slamming Donald Trump do so at their political peril. Cruz's remarks, which came during an interview with POLITICO as he swings through the South on a bus tour, are More... Christie vetoes NJ bill that would allow transgenders to change their birth certificates 8/11/2015 9:21:15 PM  Jazz Shaw 60 Comments I’m just counting the days until this particular battle shows up at the federal level. (As you’ll see in a moment, I’m not sure if that’s even possible, but if it is, the Justice Department will figure out a way.) Legislators in More... Video: We're going to post the "Star Wars" thing you've already seen because it's "Star Wars" and that's just the way it is 8/11/2015 8:41:42 PM  Allahpundit 41 Comments To cleanse the palate, there are always a few stragglers among the readership who’ve somehow managed to miss the viral sensation that everyone else saw yesterday but which we haven’t had a chance to blog until now. This one’s for you, More... Walker: Why does Trump keep attacking me with debunked 'Democrat talking points'? 8/11/2015 8:01:37 PM  Guy Benson 164 Comments An interesting observation from Steve Hayes on Donald Trump’s “Fox News truce” interview this morning: Trump launches unprovoked attacks on Walker, Bush — and doesn’t respond to a tough Hillary Clinton attack on him More... Ted Cruz may be angling to snatch up Rand Paul's supporters 8/11/2015 7:21:04 PM  Jazz Shaw 97 Comments James Hohmann at the Washington Post is sketching out an intriguing, behind the scenes theory of what’s going on in the second and third tiers of the GOP primary field this month and it’s not what most of us would call a likely scenario. More... Oh my: Two "Top Secret" e-mails found on Hillary's private e-mail server; Update: FBI has Hillary's e-mail archives 8/11/2015 6:41:49 PM  Allahpundit 328 Comments Hillary’s perp walk will be the greatest moment of live TV since the moon landing. The only question: Are we rooting for it to happen before the Democratic convention, for maximum embarrassment, or after? No, no, I kid. Elite members of our More... Perry runs out of cash, but can his super-PAC ride to the rescue? 8/11/2015 6:01:53 PM  Ed Morrissey 71 Comments Welcome to Campaign Finance Reform Nirvana, where presidential bids never die — they just enter limbo while supporters run a PAC. Rick Perry’s official campaign has stopped meeting payroll, in the past a sign of doom for a presidential More... Canada firm prepares NAFTA lawsuit against US believing Obama is ready to ax Keystone XL 8/11/2015 5:21:23 PM  Jazz Shaw 45 Comments Who’s ready for a good old fashioned diplomatic breakdown with our international neighbors? No.. for once I’m not talking about Mexico. There may be a lawsuit coming our way shortly from our neighbors to the north. TransCanada Corporation More... "Little House" actress would like to go to Congress 8/11/2015 4:41:21 PM  Jazz Shaw 81 Comments Normally when you hear about a celebrity – or simply a buffoon – running for office you expect the story to have come from Minnesota. (Sorry about that, Ed…) But it seems that the infection is spreading across the Midwest and has landed More... Report: Roger Ailes offered Trump a special on Megyn Kelly's show to clear the air 8/11/2015 4:01:04 PM  Allahpundit 319 Comments True or not? On the one hand, this comes from Gabriel Sherman, one of Fox’s most relentless critics in the media, a guy who published an unflattering bio of Ailes last year and who offhandedly refers to Fox’s audience as More... Tuesday TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Kurt Schlichter, Col. Ty Seidule 8/11/2015 3:21:01 PM  Ed Morrissey 10 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! Andrew Malcolm joins us for Tuesdays with Andrew! The Prince of Twitter and I will discuss all of the hot political stories of the day. Townhall columnist More... Houston Housing Authority responds to Hot Air on church seizures 8/11/2015 2:41:50 PM  Taylor Millard 65 Comments The Houston Housing Authority is responding to Hot Air’s piece on the city’s attempt to seize two churches in Houston’s Fifth Ward. HHA Board Chair Lance Gilliam sent me an email over the weekend explaining HHA’s position and also More... Uh oh: Trump down nine points after debate in new Rasmussen national poll 8/11/2015 2:01:50 PM  Allahpundit 335 Comments I’m not telling you these polls are correct, just like I didn’t tell you yesterday that that bombshell Morning Consult survey showing Trump rising to 32 percent after the debate was correct. We’re tracking all of the polls this week to More... Rand Paul's new mission: Destroy Donald Trump 8/11/2015 1:21:07 PM  Allahpundit 163 Comments Given that this is also Rick Perry’s self-appointed mission and Perry’s allegedly on the verge of running out of cash to pay his staffers, it’s … not obvious to me why Rand wants to try it too. Maybe he thinks the problem with More... New Q-poll shows Big Apple voters to be warmongers, or something 8/11/2015 12:41:39 PM  Ed Morrissey 36 Comments So it’s not just Chuck Schumer who’s a New York City warmonger for daring to question the Most Peaceful Peace Deal Ever That Doesn’t Require Actual Peace. That’ll be bad news to the “aggressive progressives” at More... Ohio judges advised that they can't refuse to perform same sex weddings 8/11/2015 12:01:46 PM  Jazz Shaw 89 Comments I think we all knew there would be more than a few of these cases reverberating around the country following the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage, and this time it’s popping up in Ohio. Some municipal judges are either refusing to More... Megyn Kelly on her debate questions for Trump: No apologies 8/11/2015 11:21:17 AM  Allahpundit 424 Comments Here’s the opening segment from last night’s “Kelly File,” her first show since Trump’s “blood” comments and the Red State brouhaha this weekend. She could have played this two ways: Either go right at the More... Trump on a wealth tax: "I think that's a very conservative thing" Hurricane Trump is blowing away the speech police Meet the other Donald Trump Scott Walker is ready to blow $400M in tax dollars on an NBA arena No evidence of a boycott yet: Monday cable ratings have Megyn Kelly on top Trump: It was disgusting for Bernie Sanders to let Black Lives Matter protesters preempt his rally Chuck Schumer assures Senate Dems he won't whip against Iran deal Wow: Bernie Sanders 44, Hillary 37 in New Hampshire Confirmed: Social media addicts are more likely to feel bad about themselves Trigger warnings on campus: The coddling of the American mind