Did That Really Just Happen Week at Legal Insurrection

FUZZY SLIPPERS AUG 25, 2019 8:00 AM

Reading headlines can be overwhelming in this era of hyper-partisanship, rampant media bias, and unhinged #Resistance hordes pushing their crazy agenda.  This week was no exception.

Did this really just happen? Seriously?

• Minnesota Star Tribune Editorial Paints Mt. Rushmore as Monument to White Supremacy
• Young Turks Host Hasan Piker Mocks Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s War Injuries, Declares America Deserved 9/11
• Federal Energy Program Suggests Keeping Thermostat at 78, Clearly Never Having Experienced a Summer in the South
• Illinois Democratic State Senator Apologizes for Mock Trump Assassination at Fundraiser

Rolling back harmful Obama regulations:

• Court declares Obama’s EPA “Waters of the United States Rule” unlawful

2020 Election:

• Is Joe Okay? Biden Adds Two More Iowa Flubs to the Growing List
• John ‘I’m Not Cut Out to be a Senator’ Hickenlooper Launches Senate Campaign
• Parkland Students Roll Out Gun Control Proposal in the Hopes of Energizing the Youth Vote Ahead of 2020
• RNC Sets New Fundraising Records, Almost Tripling DNC Donations in July
• New CNN Poll: 12-Point Decline for Harris, Biden Regains Double Digit Lead
• The purpose of Elizabeth Warren’s Native American Plan is to help Warren’s presidential campaign

Trade:

• Trade war with China intensifies: Trump hikes tariffs and demands businesses relocate

Media/Big Tech bias:

• Another NYT Editor Busted for Crazy, Offensive Tweets
• Pro-Hillary Academic Claims Google Manipulated Millions of Votes for Hillary in 2016

Legal:

• “Handicap Spot” Trial Triggers #FakeNews Tsunami
• VERDICT: Michael Drejka Guilty of Manslaughter
• Former Kavanaugh Classmate Sues HuffPo for Defamation
• Does Reversal of Siwatu-Salama Brandishing Conviction Expand Self-Defense?
• Oberlin College Seeks New Trial in Gibson’s Bakery Case

Important:

• 90th Anniversary of Arab Massacre of Jews in Hebron and Safed
• Rashida Tlaib *forgot* to mention Palestinian Suicide Bombers in teary statement about checkpoints

International news:

• Hong Kong’s 12th weekend of protests include tear gas and 28-mile human chain
• China Admits to Holding Employee From UK’s Hong Kong Consulate
• Palestinian Authority Bans LGBT Activities, Urges People to Spy on Gay Rights Activists

RIP:

• David Koch Passes Away at 79

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