January 2020

Palestinian terror groups mourn loss of key supporter Qassem Soleimani

Posted by Joe Truzman on January 05, 2020 10 Comments

The killing of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps' Qods Force chief, Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad, Iraq Friday morning was a severe blow to many of the Iranian-backed proxy groups in the region including Gaza’s militant groups. What has their reaction been to losing one of chief supporters? Does all of Gaza’s people support the militant groups’ position regarding the death of Soleimani?

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University of Colorado Boulder Hosting ‘Imagined Borders’ Conference

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2020 3 Comments

"a linear compulsion of epistemic assumptions that sees the world through the logic of hierarchy, classification, difference, and ontological supremacy"...

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Liberals Root for the Bad Guy Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2020 5 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Illinois Lost More Residents in the 2010s Than Any Other State

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 04, 2020 18 Comments

Illinois, a state dominated by big-spending Democrats, lost residents for the sixth straight year. The state also lost more residents in the 2010s than any other state. Thing is, the decline really only began in 2014.

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Trump: If Iran attacks, we will hit 52 Iranian sites “representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2020 76 Comments

Iran has threatened serious retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian terror mastermind Qassem Soleimani. Trump just tweeted an interesting message, referencing the U.S. diplomats taken hostage by Iran in 1979:

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If 2019 was ‘the Best Year Ever,’ 2020 Looks Like it is Going to be Even Better

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 04, 2020 8 Comments

As we begin a new decade, I thought it might be fun to open it with a little optimism.

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Liberal media finds its new Che Guevara in dead Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 04, 2020 59 Comments

Things required to be a liberal media revolutionary icon:

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Trump Killed Soleimani To Distract From Impeachment

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 04, 2020 42 Comments

The left's Trump Derangement Syndrome is on full display following the killing of Qassem Soleimani.  It's actually mind-boggling to see the left leap to the defense of such an evil man who was personally responsible for the deaths of so many Americans and our allies.

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Harvard Prof Developing Lab-Grown Meat for Human Consumption

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2020 5 Comments

"fat is where the flavor is"...

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Dem Rep. Joe Kennedy III: Biden Family Members Shouldn’t Profit From Political Relatives

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2020 21 Comments

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) is currently challenging Senator Ed Markey to replace him as United States senator for Massachusetts. During a recent appearance on CNN, he expressed some concern about the appearance of Hunter Biden profiting from his father's political connections.

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Poll Finds Alarmingly High Number of Young People View Communism Favorably

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2020 2 Comments

“society would be better if all private property was abolished”...

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Warren’s Q4 Haul Dwarfed By Bernie’s, Also Lags Behind Biden, Buttigieg

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 04, 2020 12 Comments

Before the New Year, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent out a fundraising email begging its recipients to help her meet her reduced fundraising goal of $20 million for the fourth quarter of 2019.

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Joe Biden Suggests English Legal Traditions to Blame for Campus Sexual Assaults

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2020 6 Comments

"It is our English jurisprudential culture, our European culture that says it is all right."...

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Forbidden Speech Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2020 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Bernie v. Trump is the battle we need, just as Britain needed Corbyn v. Johnson

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2020 43 Comments

Bernie is staging a major comeback in fundraising and media perception as Democrats head into the Iowa caucuses in just over a month. How quickly talk turned from Warren being inevitable, to Bernie being "ascendant" as WaPo says, and now going on attack against Biden:

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Talk on Antifa Violence at U. British Columbia Cancelled Over Threat of Antifa Violence

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2020 21 Comments

Andy Ngo, the Portland based journalist widely considered an authority on the far left faction known as Antifa, was invited to speak on the topic by a free speech group at the University of British Columbia. The event has since been cancelled.

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McConnell: Pelosi Having Input on Senate Impeachment Trial a ‘Fantasy,’ ‘Non-Starter’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 03, 2020 27 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time on the first day back from the holiday break to attack Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democrats over the impeachment of President Donald Trump:

"We've heard it claimed that the same House Democrats who botched their own process should get to reach over here into the Senate and dictate our process," McConnell said from the Senate floor.

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CNN Scoop: Trump ate ice cream as news of airstrike on Iranian General broke

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2020 56 Comments

Jason Howerton to CNN: "I know you think you're dunking on @realDonaldTrump, but this makes him look like a f***ing boss."...

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