HotAir Daily Express 08/15/2019

Abortion group offers pre-paid gas cards to women traveling for abortions 8/15/2019 11:01:39 AM  Karen Townsend 0 Comments An abortion group has some big news for women who must travel to get an abortion – how about a pre-paid gas card to help pay for the woman’s expenses? I thought the ghoulish pursuit of abortion tourism was bold enough when I wrote about More... Hoo boy. The UK "gender stereotype" rules are up and running 8/15/2019 10:31:40 AM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Following complaints from the public over the past couple of years, the UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has implemented new rules for television and print advertising. The purpose of these regulations is to eliminate “harmful gender More... AP: Netanyahu mulling "ban" on Omar, Tlaib entering Israel; Update: Do it, says Trump; Update: Israel announces entry blocked 8/15/2019 10:01:47 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Will Benjamin Netanyahu cancel the Pallywood version of Vacation? After his government shrugged its shoulders at a planned visit by fierce Israel opponents Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar a month ago, the Associated Press reported this morning More... Epstein autopsy raises additional questions 8/15/2019 9:21:14 AM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments While officials still haven’t officially released the results of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s autopsy, details were leaked out last night by someone familiar with the coroner’s findings. Rather than putting the issue to More... Hickenlooper, we hardly knew ye 8/15/2019 8:41:52 AM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments And then there were … two hundred and thirty-one or so. Colorado governor John Hicklenlooper will drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination today, which might come as a surprise to the masses who didn’t realize he More... Philly cop shooter identified 8/15/2019 8:01:00 AM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments John was covering the standoff in Philadelphia last night, where an armed suspect had shot six police officers after authorities attempted to execute a warrant for suspected drug dealing. Thankfully, all of the officers survived and as of this More... Jewish protest group demonstrators arrested outside migrant center 8/14/2019 10:41:50 PM  Karen Townsend 0 Comments About 115 protesters showed up at the Casa Sunzal facility in Houston and five of them were charged with a misdemeanor. Members of Never Again Action, a Jewish protest group, held a rally outside the Casa Sunzal detention facility Monday and when More... Alyssa Milano announcement: Fundraising to flip Rust Belt states in 2020 8/14/2019 10:01:34 PM  Karen Townsend 0 Comments Never mind the huge protests in Hong Kong that I cannot look away from on my television screen, never mind the political stories in America from the campaign trail, never mind a potential economic recession lurking, actress/activist Alyssa Milano More... Six police officers shot in Philadelphia, standoff continues (Update) 8/14/2019 9:21:09 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments Six police officers have been shot during an extended shootout that took place this afternoon in Philadelphia, PA. Local residents claimed they had heard as many as 100 shots fired. Some reports claimed that the shooter (or shooters) had More... Stacey Abrams: Republicans could send off-duty law enforcement into polling places next year to intimidate minority voters 8/14/2019 8:41:24 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments Via the Free Beacon, there’s some agita online today about Abrams floating another hair-raising theory of corruption at the polls after insisting without evidence for months that she’s the rightfully elected governor of Georgia. More... Pelosi to Bolton: No chance on Brexit-related UK trade deal without resolving Ireland issue 8/14/2019 8:01:39 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments It didn’t take Nancy Pelosi long to shoot down John Bolton’s trial balloon. Monday evening, Donald Trump’s national security adviser tried to encourage the Brits on their Brexit adventure by promising tasty new bilateral trade More... The Complete Evergreen Story episodes 5 and 6 (Welcome to the Struggle Session) 8/14/2019 7:21:36 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments When the story of the meltdown at Evergreen first broke, the video that got the most attention was the couple dozen students confronting Professor Bret Weinstein at his classroom and his thwarted efforts to have a real conversation with the More... AOC vs the Stoolies' boss 8/14/2019 6:41:16 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments I almost started this article with a warning that it was going to get very weird very quickly, but it has AOC right in the title so I’m guessing you already assumed that. And for once, it’s not about any new crazy theories of how to pay More... CNN: Trump backing away on Blago commutation after Illinois Republicans object 8/14/2019 6:01:44 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Sometimes it’s all right to change your mind in politics, especially when you may have been out of your mind in the first instance. Last week, Donald Trump all but announced a commutation for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s More... Too dark to check: Did Epstein have a painting of … Bill Clinton in a blue dress and high heels? 8/14/2019 5:31:09 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments The photo obtained by the Daily Mail is blurry, but that does appear to be Slick Willie in a fetching knee-length blue gown with a plunging neckline and bold red heels. Either that or it’s Bea Arthur. Which would be even sicker. And so, once More... NY Times: Venezuela is torturing military officers to retain power 8/14/2019 5:01:30 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments If you’re a socialist dictator whose country is suffering from hyperinflation leading to starvation and mass suffering, what do you do? The answer for Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is that you maintain your grip on power by making sure the More... NJ Councilman just trying to get his work done before marijuana edibles kick in 8/14/2019 4:31:28 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Apologies in advance if this looks like a headline from the Babylon Bee, but it’s not. One Democratic member of the City Council for Atlantic City, New Jersey recently took community interaction to a new level on his Facebook page. I suppose More... It begins: Epstein victim hits Maxwell, other "adult enablers" with lawsuit 8/14/2019 4:01:49 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Today, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims filed the first post-suicide lawsuit targeting his sex-trafficking enablers, including the elusive Ghislaine Maxwell. Araoz filed the lawsuit in addition to the suit she began last month against Epstein More... Rasmussen: Plurality of Americans believe Epstein was murdered, 56% following case "very closely" think so 8/14/2019 3:31:23 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments I’m shocked. I mean, I thought the conspiracy faction would be 80 percent or better. Consider this a moral victory for America’s public institutions, then. Only a plurality has completely lost faith in you! The latest Rasmussen Reports More... Gun sales are up in El Paso and concealed carry classes are packed 8/14/2019 3:01:30 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments While Democrats and the media responded to the mass shooting in El Paso with renewed demands for gun control, many El Paso residents are responding in a different way. Yesterday Reuters reported that Hispanic residents of the city are buying guns More... More on the San Antonio ICE office shooting 8/14/2019 2:31:20 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments First thing this morning, Taylor looked at the shooting that took place at the ICE offices in San Antonio. While we can all be grateful that nobody was injured (though someone apparently missed taking a headshot by a matter of inches), I wanted to More... Team Biden: Sorry for the boss telling immigrants to "get in line" 8/14/2019 2:01:48 PM  Ed Morrissey 0 Comments Has Joe Biden decided to launch his own version of an apology tour? After a fairly straightforward observation in the last debate that immigration requires going through a process and patience for others who got there first, his campaign is More... Daily Mail: Ghislaine Maxwell is alive and lying low — in the U.S.? Update: "Boyfriend" denies 8/14/2019 1:31:35 PM  Allahpundit 0 Comments This is the sex-trafficking equivalent of learning that Ayman al-Zawahiri is hiding out in a duplex outside Chicago. All week I’ve been reading about how Epstein’s alleged chief procurer hasn’t been seen publicly in three years and More... Report: Carlos Maza is leaving Vox 8/14/2019 1:01:44 PM  John Sexton 0 Comments In case you don’t remember Carlos Maza, he’s the host of a YouTube show for Vox.  who attempted to get Steven Crowder removed from the platform. Last night the NY Post reported that Maza was on his way out at Vox. Initially, sources More... Apparently, Democrats are allowed to attack the media without penalty 8/14/2019 12:31:09 PM  Jazz Shaw 0 Comments Well, perhaps not entirely without penalty, but the descriptions we’re seeing in response to Bernie Sanders’ recent accusations against the Washington Post certainly represent a change in tone from when the Bad Orange Man says mean More... Eduardo Neret Ann Coulter says Trump "deserves to lose," will vote for him anyway RCP Scaramucci: Trump "will not" be the 2020 nominee Politico Susan Collins and the GOP court Trump on guns Rachael Larimore We need all the Trump defectors we can get. Even Mooch. Axios Allies worry Trump is "running out of tools" to boost the economy Politico "Corey is a political hack": Lewandowski Senate bid hits backlash in NH Jacob Heilbrunn Is it time for some 2020 Democrats to put party over country? Politico Trump resists aides' pressure to back Hong Kong protesters Politifact In the tank: Politifact refuses to call out Harris, Warren for lying about Ferguson Fox News Poll: Most back gun restrictions after shootings, Trump ratings down WaPo Netanyahu appears poised to block Omar, Tlaib from entering Israel WaPo Report: Epstein's injuries more common to homicidal strangulation than self-hanging David Harsanyi If it wants to survive, the NRA needs to change Windsor Mann Everyone will eventually turn on Trump. Even Steve Doocy. Casey Chalk If you're not grateful to the United States, why are you here? WaPo Trump is trying to turn Biden's gaffes into a major liability Saul Cornell Don't ban assault weapons — tax them WaPo After El Paso, the "send her back" chant echoes to some as a prelude to murder Alexandra DeSanctis Pete Buttigieg, moral tactician Axios Trump appears to invite China's Xi to meet with him on Hong Kong chaos Jonathan Tobin It's not racist to screen out migrants who'll be a burden Bonnie Kristian The world is too stupid for your conspiracy theories Zachary Wolf There's a new culture divide between Trump and corporate America Mairead McArdle Republicans condemn Steve King for "offensive" rape and incest comments NY Post Jeffrey Epstein's last words to lawyer before his jailhouse death