HotAir Daily Express 01/01/2015

Happy New Year from Hot Air 1/1/2015 8:01:07 AM  Jazz Shaw 65 Comments Welcome to 2015! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable, but safe evening, and that those of you who enjoy imbibing a few adult beverages aren’t too far down in the dumps this morning. (The Mrs. and I had a couple of glasses of champagne at home and More... Longtime Romney friend: He's standing by to rescue the party from nominating Ted Cruz 12/31/2014 9:31:53 PM  Allahpundit 555 Comments I told you last night, there was only one way for this year to end on Hot Air. May one word ring in your ears as the ball drops, my friends: Romneymentum. Hopefully you’re all already liquored up sufficiently to dull the pain. “I know exactly More... New Year's resolutions for Republicans 12/31/2014 8:01:30 PM  Jazz Shaw 119 Comments I’m generally not one for New Years resolutions. They don’t tend to stick as well as things I decide to do over a period of time and launch into when it makes sense rather than on some magical, preordained date on the calendar. But given how More... Hot Air's top 50 posts in 2014: The Top Ten 12/31/2014 6:31:40 PM  Ed Morrissey 63 Comments As Allahpundit says, it comes to this … or more accurately, these. The top ten most-read posts of 2014 at Hot Air will no doubt bring back memories, as well as a couple of laughs, and the top post delivers tons of schadenfreude exactly where one More... ISIS's capture of Jordanian pilot proving a major setback 12/31/2014 5:01:22 PM  Noah Rothman 21 Comments According to U.S. Central Command, ISIS was not responsible for taking down a Jordanian warplane over Syria. Though CENTCOM did not offer an alternative explanation for the plane's failure, they did concede that Islamic State forces had captured the More... Obama accelerates the emptying out of Guantanamo Bay 12/31/2014 3:31:00 PM  Noah Rothman 103 Comments Overnight, five more Guantanamo Bay detainees were released from American custody as the process of emptying out the prison facility accelerates. That brings the total of Guantanamo detainees released just this month to nine. "The two men from Tunisia More... Media description of "another unarmed black man" under scrutiny 12/31/2014 2:01:39 PM  Jazz Shaw 155 Comments Back in August, shortly after the shooting of Michael Brown, there was another, similar incident which took place in Los Angeles. 25 year old Ezell Ford, a man reported to have a history of mental problems as well as a police record including drugs and More... So, turns out maybe Steve Scalise didn't speak at a white supremacist event after all 12/31/2014 12:31:16 PM  Allahpundit 165 Comments Monday’s read on the Scalise story: Is Steve Scalise a racist or did his headlong eagerness to get face time with locals as an ambitious state rep land him in front of an audience of David Duke-rs? Tuesday’s read: Maybe Scalise isn’t a More... NYT laments that Cuban oppression will give GOP "ammunition" to retain embargo 12/31/2014 11:01:22 AM  Ed Morrissey 103 Comments The opening of diplomatic relations hasn’t changed Cuba much, the New York Times’ editorial board notices today in some detail. After Barack Obama announced a new era in Cuban-American relations, one Cuban-American artist decided to test the More...		With eye on 2016, Jeb Bush resigns from all boards Inside Obama's secret outreach to Russia If he runs, Marco Rubio won't let friendship get in his way Democratic congressman: Scalise should not step down 2014: A reminder of the lasting power of racial politics in America Ralph Peters: Obama tried to romance Putin and got date-raped Jeb Bush declines invitation from border hawk Steve King to speak at event in Iowa The hidden student-debt bomb Designing the best board game on the planet Poll: How many Americans are going to a party on New Year's Eve?