Morning Jolt: Hurricane Irma Sets Her Sights on Florida

Jim's back from the cruise, and here's what's in the Jolt to make the click-through worthwhile: Didn't we leave on this note? A terrible hurricane bears down on America's shores, Trump practices the Art of the Complete Concession In Order to Get Good Press and enjoys it, and selected highlights from the just-completed Transatlantic National Review cruise.

Batten Down the Hatches, Florida Man!

If you're in Florida and reading this right now -- well, maybe you'll want to save that cell phone battery. The outlook is about as grim as it gets:

Hurricane Irma tightened her grip on South Florida early Friday, becoming overnight what everyone has long dreaded: a monster hurricane bearing down on Miami and a coast with 6 million people.

Reliable forecast models projecting the storm's path predictably began to agree on a final, fateful track, with a direct hit along the southeast coast Sunday. Irma is heading west and should continue moving in that direction over the next 24 to 36 hours, forecasters said ...

September 08 2017

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Hurricane Irma Sets Her Sights on Florida Jim Geraghty Jim's back from the cruise, and here's what's in the Jolt to make the click-through worthwhile: Didn't we leave on this note? A terrible hurricane bears down on America's shores, Trump practices the Art of the Complete Concession In Order to Get Good Press and enjoys it, and selected highlights from the just-completed Transatlantic National Review cruise. Batten Down the Hatches, Florida Man! If you're in Florida and reading this right now -- well, maybe you'll want to save that cell phone battery. The outlook is about as grim as it gets: Hurricane Irma tightened her grip on South Florida early Friday, becoming overnight what everyone has long dreaded: a monster hurricane bearing down on Miami and a coast with 6 million people. Reliable forecast models projecting the storm's path predictably began to agree on a final, fateful track, with a direct hit along the southeast coast Sunday. Irma is heading west and should continue moving in that direction over the next 24 to 36 hours, forecasters said ... READ MORE Parsing Trump's Pivot Ramesh Ponnuru President Trump's deal with congressional Democrats on the debt limit is not especially momentous in itself. Congressional Republicans are annoyed with it in part because they believe that they... America the White? Elliot Kaufman, Adam Rubenstein America the White? ADVERTISEMENT It's Fake Americana Is Formulaic and Degrading Armond White A favorite David Mamet line obliterates the "sure-fire" entertainment offered by the new film adaptation of Stephen King's It. In the 2000 movie State and Main, the always edgy-yet-conservative... Covert 'Arabization' Threatens Moderate Islam in Africa Joop Koopman The suspected Islamist terror attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on August 14 made headlines briefly, until the carnage in Barcelona took center stage three days later. The... Trump Just Doesn't Get It Jonah Goldberg The news that President Trump abandoned Republicans to strike a deal with congressional Democrats on a three-month extension of the debt limit yielded a predictable response from his predictable... Nicole Malliotakis's Battle Cry Should Be 'Clean Up New York!' Deroy Murdock Four words elected Donald J. Trump president: "Make America great again." Unlike Hillary Clinton's nebulous creed — "Stronger Together" —Trump's slogan was a call to action. MAGA suggested... ADVERTISEMENT God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades Rodney Stark 'God's Battalions launches a frontal assault on the comfortable myths that scholars have popularized about the crusades. The results are startling. His greatest achievement is to make us see the crusaders on their own terms.' - Philip Jenkins, author of The Lost History of Christianity LEARN MORE Defending America Venice Film Festival ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.