HotAir Daily Express 12/01/2017

Shock: FBI files on Lynch-Clinton tarmac tête-a-tête filled with … Hot Air? 12/1/2017 10:41:34 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments And not much else, as it turns out. Seven weeks ago, the Department of Justice reversed itself on the FOIA action brought by Judicial Watch about the infamous meeting between Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the airport tarmac in More... CBS: Manhattan DA dropping another Weinstein rape case? 12/1/2017 10:04:36 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Is this strike two for Cyrus Vance and Manhattan prosecutors? New York police detectives blame Vance and his office for not pursuing a 2015 sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein after getting model-actress Ambra Battilana Gutierrez to wear a wire More... Measure your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution with this short quiz Hillsdale College SPONSORED Many Americans know the Constitution well -- they understand how it protects their freedoms and paved the way for a great nation to be built. But many more Americans don't know enough about it. How much do you know about the Constitution? [Take The Quiz Now] Breaking: Flynn plea hearing at 10:30 in Mueller probe; Update: Plea deal on single 1001 count 12/1/2017 9:31:59 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Robert Mueller’s probe has netted yet another conviction, according to a statement released to media sources a few minutes ago from the special counsel’s media relations office. Michael Flynn will appear at 10:30 this morning in a plea More... Lauer attorneys: Give him $30 million — or else 12/1/2017 8:41:31 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Did NBC have the right to fire Matt Lauer? In a normal at-will employment relationship, the answer would be obvious, but the Matt Lauers of this world do not work on an at-will basis. Page Six reports that Lauer’s attorneys want him paid through More... You can give Angela Lansbury a pass on the sexual assault thing 12/1/2017 8:01:07 AM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Just in case you made the same mistake I did upon reading the initial headline, allow me to put your mind at ease. Multiple award-winning actress Dame Angela Lansbury has not been accused of sexually harassing or assaulting anyone. She did, however, get More... It's happening: Trump to campaign for Roy Moore after all — kinda sorta 11/30/2017 10:41:09 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments He’s not going *to* Alabama, he’s going *near* Alabama. Which is a cuck move, no? If you’re going to endorse the guy, endorse him. There’s no running away from him at this point. Especially since, if he wins, Senate Republicans More... Your tax dollars at work: Congress paid $100,000 in secret sexual harassment settlement for former Rep 11/30/2017 9:29:46 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments That former Rep would be New York Democrat Eric Massa, whom you may remember for his famous defense to charges that he had groped a male staffer. Not only did I grope him, Massa told Glenn Beck a few days after he resigned in 2010, “I tickled him More... Kate Steinle's accused killer found not guilty on all but one count of possession of a firearm (Update: Trump reacts) 11/30/2017 9:21:54 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments The illegal immigrant who shot Kate Steinle has been found not guilty on all but one charge involving possession of a weapon. From CNN: Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 45, was acquitted of murder and involuntary manslaughter charges, as well as assault with a More... Report: "Today" staffers furious and disgusted with … Megyn Kelly? 11/30/2017 8:41:58 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments Megyn Kelly’s the problem with the sewer you and I know as the Nonconsensual Broadcasting Company, huh? Grok this: A day after the biggest star in the news division is exposed as a sexual predator of longstanding, with potentially dozens of More... Vox: Don't fear impeachment, normalize it 11/30/2017 8:01:19 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments Vox’s Ezra Klein published a lengthy piece Thursday arguing in favor of impeachment, at least in general. Klein opens with a series of questions like this one: “What if we elect someone who proves himself or herself unfit for office — More... British MPs react to Trump retweeting anti-Muslim videos: Can Theresa May get him to delete his Twitter account? 11/30/2017 7:21:01 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments Good luck with that, buddy. He’s more likely to give up the nuclear codes than his social-media crack. In fact, I wonder if he prizes the presidency because, above all else, it forces the entire world to pay close attention to his tweets. More... Did the NFL fumble a deal with players over anthem protests? 11/30/2017 6:41:59 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments For almost two years, the NFL has gotten hammered by fans and politicians over player protests during the national anthem, and commissioner Roger Goodell has been looking for a way to get players to end them for most of this season. The stakes could not More... Tampa serial killer caught thanks to McDonald's employee 11/30/2017 6:01:50 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments For 51 days a serial killer terrorized people in Seminole Heights, a downtown neighborhood in the city of Tampa, Florida. Over that time the a killer murdered four people, seemingly at random. The victims were doing ordinary things when they were shot More... You know who doesn't have a refugee problem? Japan 11/30/2017 5:21:22 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments The United Nations recently sent a pointed message to Japan, telling them that the U.N. expected them to pitch in and do more to take in refugees as many EU nations have done. Why would they be concerned about that? Because Japan’s total More... Joe Scarborough: It's time for the cabinet to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment 11/30/2017 4:41:15 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments A late-afternoon laugh via MSNBC, part of the ongoing media series this week about whether the president is merely “mercurial” or a full-blown wackaloon. Go figure that the subject of his latest conspiracy theory is in the second camp. So More... Jeff Zucker: 'I didn't know this Matt' 11/30/2017 4:01:26 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments Before he became the President of CNN, Jeff Zucker was the executive producer of the Today show from 1992 to 2000. He made Matt Lauer Katie Couric’s co-host on the show and has had a long-running friendship with him. Thursday, Zucker was asked More... Today's hot topics: Conyers fights, Franken passes, Simmons exits, tax-reform progresses, and more! 11/30/2017 3:21:13 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. (If it’s muted, More... Another entertainment mogul falls: Simmons out after second sexual assault allegation 11/30/2017 2:41:04 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Legendary music and entertainment producer Russell Simmons tried dodging an allegation of sexual assault last week, but he may have dug his own career grave with the denial. The LA Times published an account of a rape in which both Simmons and mega-movie More... And then there were six: Woman claims Franken gave her a "wet, open-mouthed kiss" onstage in 2006 11/30/2017 2:01:54 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments She was a minor elected official in New Hampshire at the time and was a guest for a live taping of his left-wing “Air America” radio show, which strongly suggests she’s a Democrat. (According to The Slot, “she's long admired More... McCain: 'I have decided to support the Senate Tax Reform bill' 11/30/2017 1:21:37 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments Tuesday there were some clear signs the tax bill was gaining some momentum in the Senate after President Trump met with GOP lawmakers and got at least two shaky members on board. Today, another step forward as John McCain announces he will vote for the More... Another top Democrat ready to shut down the government over amnesty 11/30/2017 12:41:55 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments In case any of the folks in Washington hadn’t noticed yet, their Christmas vacation (sorry… holiday vacation for some) is coming up fast and we still don’t have a budget agreement. But that shouldn’t be too tough to pull off in More... Pelosi: Time for the "icon" to hit the bricks; Update: Conyers' attorney: What's the difference between him and Franken? Update: Clyburn demands resignation 11/30/2017 12:01:55 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Better late than never? Just four days ago, Nancy Pelosi called John Conyers an “icon” who deserved “due process” rather than getting pushed out of a seat he’d held for 52 years. Four days later, Pelosi has completed the More... Whoa: Major cabinet shake-up likely "within weeks," claims NYT 11/30/2017 11:21:03 AM  Allahpundit 0 Comments There are three separate scoops here, only one of which is a real surprise. Scoop one: Rex Tillerson is on his way out soon. No surprise there, as he’s been pilloried in diplomatic circles for all sorts of reasons, most recently for destroying More... How Rex Tillerson wrecked the State Department Intelligence veterans blast Tom Cotton as pro-torture I am a Cherokee woman. Elizabeth Warren is not. Oops Conservatives should police their own Hispanic Caucus denied GOP congressman membership because they use the group to strategize against Trump Breaking: Mueller announces plea hearing for Mike Flynn Trump tells confidants that a government shutdown might be good for him Breaking: Ron Johnson to vote yes on Senate tax bill Poll: Romney leads Democrat in Utah Senate match-up by 51 points Trump pressed top Republicans to end Senate Russia inquiry Have we been lied to about the Kate Steinle case? Senate GOP tax plan hits deficit snag, leaving leaders scrambling Matt Lauer's lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing Are dogs smarter than cats? Yes, and science proves it The martyrdom of the Mooch doesn't help the left Dump Roy Moore Top conservative predictions for the rest of 2017 Trump video retweets could be playing with fire Sex assault claims don't prove male toxicity, but the absence of masculinity The other Conyers bombshell: His deteriorating mental health In defense of Sarah Huckabee Sanders Breaking: Defendant in Kate Steinle's death found not guilty Has Trump made approval polls meaningless? Why Matt Lauer's firing feels different