HotAir Daily Express 09/22/2015

White House gender pay gap persists 9/22/2015 10:01:45 AM  Gabriel Malor 0 Comments The Washington Post has picked up on an AEI report from a few months ago that found a gender pay gap is still confounding the White House, despite the fact that so many women have been promoted to be department heads. Women White House staffers still More... Report: the Democrat civil war over debates is even worse than you thought 9/22/2015 9:21:47 AM  Jazz Shaw 20 Comments As we’ve broken out the popcorn and watched the meltdown among Democrats over the question of their primary debates I’ve been noticing one marked similarity between the 2012 cycle and this year: the Democrats are still treating this contest More... White House on Afghan child rape cases: We dunno 9/22/2015 8:41:15 AM  Jazz Shaw 54 Comments Yesterday we talked about the breaking (and heartbreaking) story of the pedophile child rapes which are common practice among Afghan military leaders and how American forces were allegedly forbidden to stop them. At that time I pointed out that the More... FBI accused of protecting Hillary Clinton over Clintonemail 9/22/2015 8:01:19 AM  Taylor Millard 45 Comments The FBI is being accused of forming a wall around Hillary Clinton over the Clintonemail server. The latest battle happened in court yesterday when the FBI flat-out said no to the State Department on what information could be found on the email server, More... Quotes of the day 9/21/2015 10:41:11 PM  Allahpundit 298 Comments The White House on Monday denounced Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for saying a Muslim should not be president of the United States. Press secretary Josh Earnest said Carson's comments are "entirely inconsistent with the More... "Fear the Walking Dead" grumble thread: Zombie horror show apparently no longer includes zombies, horror 9/21/2015 10:01:17 PM  Allahpundit 83 Comments Did I miss it or did we not catch so much as a glimpse of the undead during last night’s show, the fourth in a season of just six episodes? We did get a sweet scene of a junkie injecting morphine between his toes, which is what I always look for in More... Why aren't GOP candidates discussing spending cuts more? 9/21/2015 9:21:35 PM  Taylor Millard 59 Comments One of the most frustrating parts of the GOP debates is how little spending cuts and entitlement reforms are being discussed. It’s come up briefly in both debates, but not really in a substantive nature. It’s something which has National More... Democrats fear that self-identified democratic socialist isn't electable 9/21/2015 8:41:27 PM  Matt Vespa 30 Comments Progressives are feeling the Bern. They've helped self-identified democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders take the lead in Iowa and New Hampshire–and his lead in the polls in those respective states is quite significant. He's beating Clinton by 22 More... You did it: Jake Brewer memorial education fund reaches $200,000 goal 9/21/2015 8:01:25 PM  Allahpundit 1 Comments I will confess to you that I was skeptical when Guy Benson said yesterday that he was hoping to raise such a large amount of money for Mary Katharine and her children. Even for two people as beloved as her and Jake, even with readers as compassionate as More... There's no good argument against the 20-week abortion limit 9/21/2015 7:21:41 PM  Jazz Shaw 105 Comments This will prove to be an unusual article here at Hot Air since I so rarely weigh in on the abortion issue, but some of the arguments currently making the rounds regarding a new bill limiting abortions to 20 weeks have been pushing my buttons. One example More... Navajo Nation furious that Democrats have seemingly abandoned them over Animas River spill 9/21/2015 6:41:39 PM  Matt Vespa 83 Comments In August, the Environmental Protection Agency, in their infinite wisdom, decided to let three million gallons of toxic water from the abandoned Gold King Mine contaminate the Animas River. The EPA was sent there on a clean up mission, as the mine had More... Open thread: Scott Walker to announce he's leaving the presidential race; Update: Calls on other candidates to drop out, unite behind "positive conservative message" 9/21/2015 6:00:13 PM  Allahpundit 602 Comments The other thread’s filling up so let’s get a new one going for his press conference, which should be starting at any moment. Will he endorse? Will he take questions? Will he throw a rhetorical punch at Trump? The mood here should be roughly More... Pataki and Santorum are sure to surge with conservatives now that they support… ethanol 9/21/2015 5:21:26 PM  Jazz Shaw 37 Comments The last time I checked the polls – which was this morning – both New York Governor George Pataki and Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum were ringing up support in the range of less than 0.5%. In Iowa Santorum is averaging 1.7% and Pataki is More... Scott Walker reportedly quitting presidential race 9/21/2015 4:28:33 PM  Allahpundit 514 Comments True story: After this post was published this afternoon, I scolded myself for suggesting Walker might be out of the race by Halloween. “C’mon, man. It’s Scott Walker. He’ll make it to Iowa.” Two hours later, here we More... Clinton's "surge" in the polls 9/21/2015 4:01:41 PM  Bruce McQuain 72 Comments CNN is reporting that Hillary Clinton’s lead has grown in its recent polling: Hillary Clinton’s lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown — and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay out of the race, her numbers More... The revised Bowe Bergdahl story seems like a bit of a stretch 9/21/2015 3:21:55 PM  Jazz Shaw 40 Comments As we move through the preliminary court proceedings for Bowe Bergdahl we’re beginning to get his side of the story from the defense and it’s certainly standing in stark contrast to all of the reports we’ve seen since his initial More... Are we destined for a "Rubio versus Cruz" primary? 9/21/2015 2:41:35 PM  Allahpundit 171 Comments Erick Erickson makes the case. Theory: This match-up, more than any other, would bring the most happiness to all wings of the party. I think Trump will fade, Fiorina will fade, and Carson is already fading. They are doing so because their momentum is More... Video: Sure sounds like Hillary supports no legal limits whatsoever on abortion 9/21/2015 2:01:26 PM  Allahpundit 69 Comments This must be part of that new “humor ‘n heart” Hillary charm offensive we keep hearing about. Realistically, this is the one subject on which she can’t make any moderate noises whatsoever, right? It’s essential to her First! More... The politics of the Pope's visit 9/21/2015 1:21:50 PM  Bruce McQuain 112 Comments The newest Pope has found he has many detractors.  He’s been called a Peronist, Marxist and Communist. He’s also been accused of issuing statements on subjects he has no apparent knowledge.  But when all is said and done, he is the head of More... Another #BlackLivesMatter brilliant protest in Minnesota goes off the rails 9/21/2015 12:41:07 PM  Jazz Shaw 72 Comments In cities all across the country fans have rejoiced at the beginning of another season of football, but there are at least two places where the celebration has been a bit muted. One is New York if you happen to be a Giants fan. The other is Minneapolis More... Jerry Brown to fix all of California's problems with new "fair pay" law 9/21/2015 12:01:17 PM  Jazz Shaw 82 Comments Even thought it’s already illegal to discriminate in pay against anyone based on their gender, race, religion or whichever other pigeonhole you choose to shoot for, California is eager to show that they’re on top of the gender pay gap. With More... Carson doubles down: No apologies for saying he wouldn't back a Muslim for president 9/21/2015 11:21:56 AM  Allahpundit 211 Comments I think he just locked down Iowa. "I do not believe Sharia is consistent with the Constitution of this country," Carson said. "Muslims feel that their religion is very much a part of your public life and what you do as a public official, and that's More... Great news: Kerry and Clinton declare that we'll be taking tons of Syrian refugees 9/21/2015 10:41:34 AM  Jazz Shaw 85 Comments The writing was on the wall for this one for a while now it seems. Over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry – with the backing of the White House – stated that the number of Syrian (and other) refugees who will be heading to America More... Meet the last Jews of Cairo Scott Walker's own limitations did him in Newest immigrants assimilating as fast as previous ones, report says Scott Walker may have been a terrible candidate — or an unlucky one Ben Carson claims benefits from Muslim criticism Carly Fiorina's identity politics The great return of idealism in Western politics The myth of evolution's "missing link" Israel needs new friends The media's staggering hypocrisy on the Trump questioner