September 2018

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Cartoonist A.F. Branco hits it big

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2018 36 Comments

Tony Branco doesn't like to toot his own horn. So I'll do it for him. When Tony first joined Legal Insurrection on August 6, 2012, I wrote:

Education Department Places Financial Aid Restrictions on Howard University

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2018 3 Comments

"can receive federal funding only after it has disbursed financial aid to students"...

Axios Reveals Democrats Already Have 2019 Agenda

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 03, 2018 19 Comments

The Democrats continue to ooze confidence that the party will take control of the House of Representatives in November as Axios revealed the House Democrats already have an agenda for 2019 with health care taking center stage.

Dem Candidate for Maryland Governor Wants Free College for DACA Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2018 3 Comments

"said he would raise taxes for his plan"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HP3ScOEvhQ

Reuters Journalists Investigating Rohingya Abuses Sentenced to Seven Years by Myanmar Court

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 03, 2018 17 Comments

A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, for seven years after they exposed the human rights abuses by the Myanmar military on the Rohingya minority in the Rakhine state. The judge claimed the two men "collected and obtained confidential documents." Prosecutors insisted that the men had "intended to harm the state by obtaining secret documents for Reuters’ commercial benefit, which clashed with Myanmar’s national interest."

UCLA’s Obsession With Diversity Distracts from University’s Mission

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2018 0 Comments

"campuses are infatuated with group identity and difference"...

Panetta Tosses the “Impeach Trump” Crowd a Crumb, They Feast

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 03, 2018 18 Comments

I find it fascinating that almost two years into the Trump presidency, and #TheResistance is still dreaming of impeaching our duly-elected president and over-turning a free and fair election simply because they don't like the results. In the latest sad twist on this theme, the "Impeach Trump" media has latched onto what is ultimately a pretty innocuous statement by former Obama Secretary of Defense and former CIA chief, Leon Panetta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWhYHrN1vq4

Report: DOJ, FBI Tried to Flip Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Who has Links to Mueller

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 03, 2018 15 Comments

The New York Times released a report on September 1 about how the DOJ and FBI tried to flip Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to retrieve information regarding collusion between Russia and then-candidate Donald Trump's campaign. Deripaska's name has come up during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, but it looks like the ties between the two men run deep and may present a conflict of interest.

Branco Cartoon – Running Interference

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 03, 2018 6 Comments

It's all about the narrative....

Rep. Tom Reed has commanding lead according to his opponent’s internal polling (#NY23)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2018 8 Comments

Tracy Mitrano is the Democrat nominee challenging Republican Rep. Tom Reed in New York's 23rd District. While NY-23 includes liberal Ithaca, the district as a whole is R+6, and is considered safe Republican. The district spans a huge, mostly rural, and conservative geography along the Southern Tier of upstate New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0LIwIRFcg

Florida Governor Race: Is Progressive Democrat Gillum Ready For The Scrutiny He’ll Face?

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 02, 2018 34 Comments

The left's enthusiasm about Bernie-backed Andrew Gillum Winning the Florida Governor Democrat primary may be misplaced. Because his primary opponents were focused on President Trump, not on the Tallahassee mayor who seemed such a long-shot, Gillum sailed through the primary unscathed. This will not be the case in his race against Republican Ron DeSantis, and the DeSantis team will have a lot to work with.

Vassar Disorientation Guide urges students to “Slap a Zionist”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2018 28 Comments

Students at numerous schools have created a "Disorientation Guide" to be distributed to incoming first-year students to offset official Orientation Guides. A Disorientation Guide (full copy embedded at bottom of post)(pdf.) was just distributed at Vassar College, and it was loaded with anti-Israel, pro-BDS invective.

The coming Brazilian elections

Posted by New Neo on September 02, 2018 7 Comments

Brazil is scheduled to have a general election this October, and this article about the current frontrunner in the Brazilian presidential elections, a man named Jair Bolsonaro, describes him as "far-right" and given to racist and misogynistic utterances:

Obama to Give Speech at U. Illinois After Accepting Award

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 02, 2018 6 Comments

"he’ll also encourage people to vote"...

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/08/30/peta-wants-maine-officials-to-build-gravestone-in-memory-lobsters-who-died-in-truck-crash.html

After its Animal Cracker success, PETA demands get even wilder

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 02, 2018 25 Comments

We recently reported that in response to pressure from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), Mondelez International (the parent company of Nabisco), has redesigned the packaging of its Barnum’s Animals crackers to “free” them from cages.