HotAir Daily Express 06/01/2015

Video: Qatar extends travel ban on Taliban 5 for six months 6/1/2015 10:01:26 AM  Ed Morrissey 14 Comments The extension won’t likely last long, but at least the Taliban 5 won’t be able to board a flight back to Afghanistan today. Qatar extended their exile temporarily while negotiations over their status continue, but the five top Taliban More... Lindsey Graham prepares to launch presidential bid for reasons which escape many 6/1/2015 9:21:04 AM  Jazz Shaw 45 Comments And then there were nine. Unlike the Fellowship of the Ring, it’s taken a while for the GOP primary field to reach this number, but we’re scheduled to hit it today when South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham returns to his home town to More... Senate debate continues as Patriot Act expires 6/1/2015 8:41:15 AM  Ed Morrissey 33 Comments If at first you don’t succeed, try again at 1 am Tuesday? Eight days after blocking it, Senate Republicans have agreed to begin debate on a House bill that would overhaul the National Security Agency’s handling of American calling records More... A tale of two counties… and fracking 6/1/2015 8:01:18 AM  Jazz Shaw 55 Comments The Daily Signal recently paid a visit to my neck of the woods and conducted some interviews on both sides of the New York – Pennsylvania border in the rural, upstate region. It’s an area which sits atop the Marcellus shale formation and is More... Quotes of the day 5/31/2015 8:01:33 PM  Allahpundit 406 Comments If I understand the history correctly, in the late 1990s, the President was impeached for lying about a sexual affair by a House of Representatives led by a man who was also then hiding a sexual affair, who was supposed to be replaced by another More... NBC "thinking creatively" about a way to keep Brian Williams 5/31/2015 6:31:22 PM  Jazz Shaw 46 Comments Just in case you thought that the Brian Williams story was going to fade quietly into the pages of history, fear not. Things have quieted down for NBC News lately with their disgraced anchor off the air and the media-slamming spotlight fixed on ABC and More... Rand Paul vs. Washington DC on the USA Freedom Act 5/31/2015 5:01:44 PM  Taylor Millard 83 Comments Today is an important day for the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Senate is expected to start debating around 4 p.m. Eastern this afternoon on whether to pass the USA Freedom Act. It’s not a bad bill, but has major problems. It still allows for the More... Open thread: Funeral for the Patriot Act 5/31/2015 3:31:05 PM  Jazz Shaw 286 Comments Cue the Clint Eastwood western showdown music. The Senate is getting set to go back into session on a Sunday afternoon to either save the republic from terrorists or save the republic from its own government, depending who you ask. This particular bit of More... Meanwhile in the UK… be sure not to injure your rapist 5/31/2015 2:01:23 PM  Jazz Shaw 71 Comments It’s a well established fact that, despite our special relationship with our friends in Great Britain, the folks across the pond do not enjoy the same fundamental freedoms as their breakaway former subjects in the colonies. One of the more stark More... Oh, Canada: British Columbia may be removing gender from birth certificates 5/31/2015 12:31:04 PM  Jazz Shaw 110 Comments Sometimes there just aren’t any words… Fortunately this story is developing in Canada and not in the United States, at least for now. Katherine Timpf at National Review Online brings us a story of social justice or LGBT rights or… I More... Sunday reflection: Matthew 28:16-20 5/31/2015 11:31:35 AM  Ed Morrissey 25 Comments "Sunday Reflection" is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in today's Mass in Catholic parishes around the world. The reflection represents only my own point of view, intended to help prepare myself for the Lord's day and More... WaPo raises the alarm over "grossly under­reported" police shootings 5/31/2015 11:01:59 AM  Jazz Shaw 125 Comments The Washington Post decided to investigate and come up with a tally of all the police involved shootings for 2015, apparently to not only answer the burning demands of the public, but to pick apart the data and draw some conclusions. I was expecting a More...		Angry John McCain calls Rand Paul "the worst" Newsflash: It's going to be Hillary vs. Jeb GOP senators tear into Rand Paul NBC trying to keep Brian Williams — but maybe not as 'Nightly News' anchor Bernie Sanders on rape essay: It was "something like 50 Shades of Gray" Jeb Bush avoids saying he would overturn Obama's executive amnesty Rand Paul: Some of my critics secretly want a terror attack so that they can blame me Who's addicted to what? The first worldwide guide Why are young moms becoming rarer? "Wow, this is the face I grew up with"