HotAir Daily Express 09/14/2015

Video: Kentucky clerk returns to work, won't authorize licenses — or stop them 9/14/2015 10:01:35 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Can marriage licenses without the certification of the Rowan County clerk be considered valid in Kentucky? Kim Davis says, “I myself have grave doubts” about that very question, but until the state legislature amends the law on marriage More... Tim Kaine introduces bill to punish gun owners for failures in the background check system 9/14/2015 9:21:42 AM  Jazz Shaw 30 Comments In what is (hopefully) doomed to be an exercise in pointless, political posturing, Senator Tim Kaine (D – Virginia) has introduced yet another bill designed to discourage people from selling firearms to those legally entitled to purchase them. His More... Hot Air exclusive: Walker pledges to end federal public-employee unions 9/14/2015 8:30:47 AM  Ed Morrissey 65 Comments Hot Air is pleased to provide Governor Scott Walker with an opportunity to speak directly to voters in this guest column. Time to End Big-Labor's Corrosive Influence on the Federal Government By Gov. Scott Walker In 2012, American taxpayers shelled out More... New YouGov/CBS poll… what the heck happened to Ted Cruz? 9/14/2015 8:01:51 AM  Jazz Shaw 52 Comments Another week and yet another set of polls which, to be honest, don’t offer us any headlines we haven’t already read. I will qualify that first sentence with one caveat, though… YouGov, as a polling company, is creating some news. These More... Quotes of the day 9/13/2015 8:01:29 PM  Allahpundit 474 Comments Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington that among her many concerns about Trump is the fact that he’s “doubled-down” on “misogynistic comments” that she More... Why the GOP probably won't capitalize on FiveThirtyEight calling Bernie Sanders a "typical liberal Democrat" 9/13/2015 6:31:28 PM  Taylor Millard 44 Comments There’s a piece by FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver asking people to stop comparing Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump. Silver hits several points in the piece, but one of his key ones was saying Bernie Sanders is a "typical liberal Democrat." 6. More... Ben Carson sets forth a sort of amnestyish sounding immigration plan 9/13/2015 5:01:04 PM  Jazz Shaw 314 Comments Ben Carson has been getting a lot more love from the Sunday shows with his now solidified second place status heading into the debates and he was invited to sit down on Face the Nation this morning. Much of the interview was fairly nondescript, but when More... Video: Police Lives Matter march takes to the streets 9/13/2015 3:31:04 PM  Jazz Shaw 35 Comments Not so much newsy as just something nice to share on a Sunday afternoon. Yesterday a massive number of folks showed up to continue to honor the memory of Deputy Darren Goforth, and perhaps equally to celebrate the lives of his fellow officers who remain More... Seattle teachers strike because the economy is too good 9/13/2015 2:01:18 PM  Jazz Shaw 58 Comments Teachers going on strike is nothing new. In some years, depending on how strongly the unions are feeling their oats, it can seem more common for them to be on the picket line than in the classroom. But as excuses for strikes go, the teachers in the More... NFL Week 1 open thread 9/13/2015 12:31:46 PM  Jazz Shaw 77 Comments Jazz: Welcome back for another season of NFL predictions at Hot Air! Once again we will open up the forums for all of you to cheer on your favorites, trash the rest of the field and offer your own predictions for what will happen. Ed and I will More... California issuing free diplomas to high school students who flunked out 9/13/2015 11:01:15 AM  Jazz Shaw 130 Comments Plenty of state school systems are struggling with ways to not only keep up with national mandates and restrictions, but to boost their graduation rates so they can maintain their funding and reduce criticism from the public. California seems to have More... Denmark says no: Will not take any more Middle Eastern refugees Jeb Bush's debate prep includes rehearsing for Trump insults Kentucky clerk Kim Davis says she won't stop deputies from issuing marriage licenses Why Russians hate America. Again. Poll: Trump 33, Carson 20, Bush 8 Color-blindness is counterproductive A glass for enjoying a sip of whiskey — while floating in space Why Christianity is surging in the heart of Islam Why do rappers idolize Donald Trump? Labour now has a real leftist in Jeremy Corbyn. Can we have a real conservative?