HotAir Daily Express 08/21/2015

CNN poll: Obama approval back underwater, Iran deal opposition grows to 56% 8/21/2015 10:01:31 AM  Ed Morrissey 22 Comments The more people hear the details of the agreement with Iran, the more they want Congress to stop it. In the latest CNN poll, the majority desiring Congress to block the deal has grow by four points to 56%, while support has dropped from 44% to 41%. That More... Republicans recruiting more women candidates to hold the line in state-level races 8/21/2015 9:21:31 AM  Matt Vespa 18 Comments The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) has a daunting task ahead: funding a $125 million effort over the next several years to make sure Republicans maintain the dominance they have in their respective states' legislatures. Right now, More... Reuters: Dozens of Hillary emails were always classified 8/21/2015 8:41:41 AM  Taylor Millard 46 Comments Team Hillary and the State Department’s pinky-swear claim her server didn’t knowingly contain classified emails is looking less and less true as the days go by. A Reuters report suggests the emails should have been classified from the More... "Constitutional literacy adviser" seems to think we can't deport anyone 8/21/2015 8:01:42 AM  Jazz Shaw 79 Comments Say what you will about Donald Trump, but Mr. Bald Eagle has certainly gotten the nation talking in a very serious fashion about important nuances of constitutional law, particularly on the subject of immigration. This long overdue conversation will no More... Obligatory video: Trump's photo shoot with an actual bald eagle 8/20/2015 10:41:53 PM  Guy Benson 382 Comments Allahpundit asked if we had to talk about this episode. Answer: Hell yes, we do.  Say what you will about Trump, the man has mastered the art of attracting attention.  While other candidates in the field are seeking “political oxygen” with More... Gov't to creamery: Your milk is entirely too natural to not be labeled "imitation" 8/20/2015 10:01:25 PM  Mary Katharine Ham 61 Comments Sometimes government’s dishonesty, incompetence, wastefulness, and misguided nannyism combine to make a perfectly ridiculous story. Today’s comes to us from Florida, where the Ocheesee Creamery is being forced to dump gallons upon gallons of More... You know, Obama's Clean Power Plan sort of punishes states that voted for Romney 8/20/2015 9:21:38 PM  Matt Vespa 26 Comments So, another major policy battle is brewing. It pits the president against GOP governors once again, with some presidential candidates possibly weighing in as this regulatory nightmare draws nearer. Carly Fiorina was the only 2016 Republican candidate who More... Trump wonders: What if I demanded that CNN donate $10 million to charity to do their debate? 8/20/2015 8:41:28 PM  Allahpundit 89 Comments His participation in the Fox debate surely doubled and maybe even tripled the expected audience. If you’re CNN and he demands $10 million for charity to get him to show up, you say yes. If you’re CNN and he demands that Wolf Blitzer make fart More... An alternate take on immigration reform 8/20/2015 8:01:09 PM  Taylor Millard 115 Comments Donald Trump’s proposal on "fixing" America’s immigration system is getting mixed reviews. Jazz was happy a candidate released a proposal, while Ross Kaminsky at The American Spectator wrote it was economically ignorant over the demand to More... Kasich: We live with the fact that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land 8/20/2015 7:21:59 PM  Allahpundit 85 Comments Via the Weekly Standard and the Federalist, lots of buzz among social conservatives about this exchange yesterday afternoon. The soundbite in isolation isn’t dramatic — Roe is, tragically, the law of the land and we do live with it — More... Swing-state voters in Quinnipiac poll: Marco Rubio cares about the problems of people like us 8/20/2015 6:41:02 PM  Allahpundit 55 Comments A small but potentially important footnote to the Q-poll that Ed blogged this morning. This data point caught Phil Kerpen’s eye and mine as well, and if you remember the 2012 exit polls, you know why. Here’s what happened when voters in More... Judge to State: Hillary violated gov't policy, "wouldn't be here" otherwise 8/20/2015 6:01:09 PM  Ed Morrissey 61 Comments So much for the talking point offered by Team Hillary about private e-mail servers being allowed under law. A federal judge overseeing a FOIA lawsuit rebuked the State Department in court, demanding that they ask the FBI whether they have restored More... Report: Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane is now facing an FBI inquiry 8/20/2015 5:21:40 PM  Gabriel Malor 31 Comments The Federal Bureau of “Reaching Out” has launched an inquiry into Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Just two weeks ago, Kane was charged under state law for perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office. More... Bobby Jindal to counter pro-choice protest at governor's mansion — by screening videos from Planned Parenthood sting outside 8/20/2015 4:41:54 PM  Allahpundit 96 Comments A bit of political counterprogramming so masterful I dare call it “Breitbartesque.” I just hope he doesn’t expect these people to be shamed by the idea of cutting into a baby’s face to remove its brain while its heart is still More... Ted Cruz 2011: The Constitution protects birthright citizenship for illegals and it's a mistake for conservatives to spend time fighting it 8/20/2015 4:01:11 PM  Allahpundit 375 Comments David Freddoso’s right that this is, in fact, consistent with what Cruz has been telling reporters this week. Well, part of it is, at least. Cruz yesterday: “Absolutely,” Cruz replied. “We should end granting automatic birthright More... Is Donald Trump CNN's new MH370? 8/20/2015 3:21:50 PM  Jazz Shaw 91 Comments Yesterday, CNN spent a fair amount of their time trumpeting their exclusive, spectacular, luxurious one hour special interview with The Donald. It may have turned out to be a case of unfortunate timing, considering that the entire country was pretty well More... GOP health care plans should go bold, or go home 8/20/2015 2:41:12 PM  Ed Morrissey 41 Comments This week, an odd contretemps brewed briefly as Republican presidential candidates unveiled (or in Marco Rubio’s case, re-unveiled) their health-care plans. Bobby Jindal blasted Scott Walker’s plan as trading one entitlement for another, even More... Bad news from HuffPo contributor: Changing the Constitution to end birthright citizenship would be unconstitutional 8/20/2015 2:01:45 PM  Allahpundit 146 Comments I’m torn between thinking this is one of the most inane legal analyses ever to come out of a lefty blog and that it’s simply the logical conclusion of the “Living Constitution” ethos. If the Constitution is just a vehicle for More... IT company that housed Hillary's server shocked to find how ugly politics can be 8/20/2015 1:21:48 PM  Jazz Shaw 88 Comments More proof that apparently Hillary Clinton can’t do anything with anyone without it turning into a big ole’ mess. The company who hosted her now famous, private email server is claiming that they’ve received a rather rude introduction More... Los Angeles VA was caught shredding veterans benefits claims without processing 8/20/2015 12:41:34 PM  Gabriel Malor 44 Comments Responding to an anonymous tip, the Inspector General for Veterans Affairs sent a surprise inspection to the offices of the Los Angeles VA. The results of that inspection were made public this week and they are damning (PDF).  The IG’s team found More... The end of the comments section. (No… not this one) 8/20/2015 12:01:16 PM  Jazz Shaw 141 Comments The BBC is featuring a report this week which examines the trend of news and opinion sites doing away with their comments sections. This isn’t a new phenomenon, but it does seem to be picking up steam. The article features a couple of popular sites More... The GOP establishment's nightmare: What if the race comes down to Trump versus Ted Cruz? 8/20/2015 11:21:27 AM  Allahpundit 265 Comments Gooooood question by Scott McKay, and he’s not just blowing smoke. A Trump/Cruz death match, while still implausible, is more plausible than it might seem thanks to Cruz’s surprising fundraising strength. He’s got the dough to make a More... Trump is the strongman we don't need Who does, and doesn't, deserve to be shamed out of a job The Ashley Madison hack shows we're too dumb to cheat Trump joins Kasich as the anti–anti–gay-marriage candidate Hillary Clinton defends call to deport child immigrants Poll: Scott Walker losing support in Wisconsin? Inside the GOP field's new strategies to ride out the Trump tornado Exclusive: Dozens of Clinton emails were classified from the start, U.S. rules suggest Video: Americans struggle to name a candidate who isn't Trump Who's the first person in history whose name we know?