November 2019

Vassar Students Tied up During Armed Robbery on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2019 3 Comments

"After the intruders left the home the students ran outside and flagged down a Safety and Security vehicle"...

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2020 Democratic Candidates Are Going Too Far Left, Says … Nancy Pelosi

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2019 19 Comments

Some of the Democrats running in 2020 are acting as if they believe left-wing Twitter users represent the American people. Nancy Pelosi, of all people, is concerned about how this is going to play in the general election.

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University Cutting Humanities Program While Employing Over a Dozen VPs in Administration

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2019 3 Comments

"28 of the school’s humanities degree programs were proposed to be condensed into 13."...

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Something Very Big Just Happened Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2019 3 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Pete Buttigieg v. Elizabeth Warren? Buttigieg Thinks So

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 02, 2019 40 Comments

As former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) start to fade in the 2020 Democrat primary, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has been enjoying a bit of a surge among Democrat primary voters.

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U. Washington Revokes Club Status for College Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2019 11 Comments

"over a series of controversies"...

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Elizabeth Warren Promises IRS Will Have “Super Duper Enforcement” Powers If She Wins

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 02, 2019 55 Comments

Okay, I'm not sure what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is thinking here.  How is it a good idea to imbue the already far too powerful and almost universally distrusted IRS with "super duper enforcement" powers to ensure her wealth tax is implemented?

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Californians’ anger at politicians and PG&E intensifies as wildfires and blackouts continue

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 02, 2019 63 Comments

Another wildfire has erupted near Los Angeles, forcing thousands to evacuate and more power blackouts.

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EU Official: Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic Broke EU law by Refusing to Take in Migrants

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 02, 2019 50 Comments

Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are in breach of the European Union law by refusing to take in migrants under the bloc's mandatory migrant quota scheme, the top EU legal adviser says. According to Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston, who advises the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the members countries of the bloc have "no legitimate security grounds to reject the quota scheme" that proposes to settle hundreds of thousands migrants arriving in Europe.

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Impeachment: “Thank God for the Deep State” Says Former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2019 35 Comments

John McLaughlin, the former acting director of the CIA, made an astonishing remark this week during an event also attended by John Brennan and Andrew McCabe. When asked about impeachment efforts against Trump, he praised the deep state.

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U. Arizona Hosts ‘Kid-Friendly’ Workshop on Dressing in Drag

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2019 2 Comments

"hosted by the University of Arizona Institute for LGBT Studies"...

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Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare-for-All tax plan is as credible as her claim to be Native American.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2019 20 Comments

I appeared on Friday night, November 1, on Fox News @Night with Shannon Bream, to discuss Elizabeth Warren's Medicare-for-All Tax Plan. When Warren first announced, a couple of weeks ago, that she would be releasing a tax plan to pay for her Medicare-for-All proposal, I predicted on the Shannon Bream show that it would be based on a set of unrealistic assumptions and projections to rig the calculation so she could falsely claim no middle class tax hike:

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University of Minnesota in Uproar Over Improper Usage of Pronouns

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2019 4 Comments

"sanctions are on the table for conscientious objectors"...

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Classical Mistakes Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2019 3 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Harris Closes Three of Four Offices in New Hampshire to Concentrate on Iowa

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 01, 2019 26 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) closed three of her four field offices in New Hampshire in order to fully concentrate on Iowa.

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Low-Polling Beto Ending His Presidential Campaign

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 01, 2019 47 Comments

Former Texas Representative Robert O'Rourke has decided to drop out of the 2020 presidential race. From The New York Times:

Mr. O’Rourke made the decision to quit the race in the middle of this week, on the eve of a gathering Friday of Democratic presidential candidates in Iowa, according to people familiar with his thinking. He is not expected to run for any other office in 2020, despite persistent efforts by party leaders and political donors to coax him into another bid for the Senate.

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As Talks With U.S. Stall, North Korean Official Warns of ‘Exchange of Fire at any Moment’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 01, 2019 13 Comments

A North Korean official indicates that the rogue nation is growing impatient with the U.S. over stalled nuclear talks, warning of "exchange of fire."

Kim Yong Chol said in a statement there has been no progress in U.S.-North Korea relations. He warned that the cordial relationship between dictator Kim Jong Un and President Trump wouldn't be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from failing, threatening that "there could be the exchange of fire at any moment."

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Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare-for-all tax plan may be her biggest fraud of all

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 01, 2019 21 Comments

Elizabeth Warren released her much-anticipated Medicare For All plan Friday. It's as awful and ridiculous as you might expect. Clocking in at around $52 trillion (yes that's 'trillion' with a T), Warren promises her plan is the salve that will cure all the nation's woes while simultaneously providing a tax cut, magically.

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