March 2019

Progressive Students at U. Michigan Protest Ben Shapiro Appearance by Holding Teach-In

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2019 3 Comments

"UM helps white supremacists — including Shapiro — by allowing them to speak"...

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Beto raised $6.1 Million in 1st 24 hours, slightly topping Bernie and leaving female candidates in the dust

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2019 22 Comments

Robert O'Rourke's campaign has announced that he raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours of his candidacy for president, which is the most out of the 2020 candidates. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had the top spot at $5.9 million until now.

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Sanders: I Will Do a Better Job ‘Explaining What We Mean by Socialism – Democratic Socialism’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2019 7 Comments

Sure, the problem with Socialism is that no one has properly explained it before....

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Storms Leave Nebraska With ‘Largest Widespread Amount of Flooding’ in the Last 50 Years

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 18, 2019 5 Comments

Springtime has roared in like a crazed lion this year as historic flooding is being reported throughout Nebraska.

Flooding has reached record levels at 17 locations across Nebraska. The state's emergency management agency says more record crests are expected in various rivers by Tuesday.

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Campus Carry Bill Defeated in West Virginia

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2019 0 Comments

“We appreciate that the leadership in Charleston listened to the concerns raised by our faculty, staff, students and institutions"...

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Branco Cartoon – Crazy Cool

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 18, 2019 16 Comments

Hands-ome candidate...

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Judicial confirmation update: Trump nominees “begin takeover of federal appeals courts”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2019 23 Comments

The last time we checked in on the status of Trump's judicial nominees on March 7, 2019, we noted that the confirmation steamroller kept on rolling, even as the news cycle shifted from drama to drama almost daily, Republicans continue reshaping federal judiciary, though you probably are focused on Democrat anti-Semitism:

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Reminder: Ahlam al-Tamimi, the Savage of Sbarro, is still free in Jordan

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

Ahlam al-Tamimi is back in the news again. Tamimi helped carry out the 2001 bombing of the Sbarro Pizzeria in Jerusalem. We have covered the bombing and Tamimi's role, many times.

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Reuters reporter agreed to hold story of Beto teenage hacking group until after 2018 election

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 17, 2019 20 Comments

Apparently, Robert "Beto" O'Rourke was a member of a teenage hacking group called Cult of the Dead Cow. An intrepid Reuters reporter, who was researching a book at the time, tracked down and confirmed this story prior to the 2018 midterms, but agreed to hold it until after Texas voters headed to the polls to vote for their choice for Senate.  In that race, O'Rourke lost to incumbent Senator Ted Cruz (R).

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Nancy Pelosi: “I myself have always been for lowering the voting age to 16”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 17, 2019 47 Comments

Last week, over 100 Democrats voted to lower the voting age to 16, and this week,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that she supports doing so because she thinks "it's really important to capture kids when they're in high school."

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What’s in a Maiden Name?

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on March 17, 2019 21 Comments

It probably all started as a rhetorical question, but came off as passive-aggressive.  A New York-based writer, Rebecca Serle, asked why women are still taking their husband's names.

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Grad Employee Union at U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Petitions to Remove Job Postings for ICE, DHS

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

“U of I should not allow a racist and abusive organization to recruit students”...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Returning to National Geographic Following Assault Investigation

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2019 16 Comments

The last time we reported on celebrity astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson, the National Geographic channel stopped airing episodes of his programs until a set of sexual assault charges were investigated.

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U. Tennessee Announces Free Tuition for Low Income Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

"This isn't a school just for the wealthy or the elite"...

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2018 GA Gov Loser Stacey Abrams Open to 2020 Presidential Run

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 31 Comments

Stacey Abrams came up short in her race for governor of Georgia last fall, but that's not stopping her from considering a run for president in 2020. Why not? Everyone else is doing it.

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College Council at SUNY New Paltz Votes to Rename Dorms Over Slavery Ties

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

"still must be approved by the SUNY Board of Trustees"...

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Tucker Strikes Back Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2019 4 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Some liberal women bitter that Beto is getting better media coverage than female candidates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 16, 2019 25 Comments

This is going to be fun. Gail Collins at the NY Times seems to sum up the bitterness many liberal women seeing the glowing coverage Beto received when he announced his presidential campaign:

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