January 2020

Mixed Reaction to Trump Middle East Peace Plan in Europe

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 29, 2020 14 Comments

President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan received a mixed response from the European leaders. While the European Union, France, and Germany reacted with caution to the U.S. initiative, it was received positively by the leaders of the United Kingdom and Austria.

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U. Florida Students Protest Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 13 Comments

"Parents should be afraid to send their 18-year-old freshman into a place where there is a one in three chance that they will become a victim of sexual violence."...

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CNN Panel Mocking Trump Supporters Now an RNC Ad

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 29, 2020 16 Comments

Tuesday, Professor Jacobson blogged about one of THE most tone-deaf cable news segments I've ever seen. A CNN panel hosted by Don Lemon, billing Rick Wilson, (a former Republican political consultant who sold his soul to the NeverTrump brigade and now poses as a token "Republican" on CNN and MSNBC to trash actual Republicans and right-leaning folk) were overcome with fits of laughter while mocking Trump and Trump supporters as bassackwards hillbillies, ignoramuses, and simpletons.

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Trump Impeachment Defender Doug Collins to Primary Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 31 Comments

As if 2020 isn't already exciting. Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins confirmed on Fox & Friends this morning he will challenge incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler for her seat. Loeffler took over the seat after Sen. Jonny Isakson retired. She was sworn in on January 6.

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Chair of Harvard Chemistry Department Charged With Lying About Work for China

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 3 Comments

"Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities"...

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Trump’s Middle East Peace Deal: What Does It Mean?

Posted by David Gerstman on January 29, 2020 15 Comments

Yesterday, standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians.

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Poll: Elizabeth Warren Sinks to Fourth Place Behind Amy Klobuchar in Iowa

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 28, 2020 18 Comments

With the Iowa Democratic caucuses now less than a week away, candidates for president and their campaign staffers are scrambling to win over undecideds and others who are not fully committed to their first candidate of choice.

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With several Republicans apparently succumbing on impeachment witnesses, Mitch McConnell may need to go ‘nuclear’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2020 102 Comments

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mitch McConnell has told Republican Senators that he does not have the votes to block witnesses:

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Avenatti Allegedly Googled “Insider Trading” Before Attempts to Extort Nike

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 28, 2020 17 Comments

Things keep getting worse for Michael Avenatti, the fame lusting porn lawyer who was once the Democrat party's greatest hope.

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Charles Murray Returning to Middlebury College at Invitation of College Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We believe that the way the administration and the protestors handled the 2017 event was a stain on Middlebury’s reputation"...

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Report: FBI Reviewing Claims Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 28, 2020 50 Comments

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a member of the AOC plus three "Squad" and has been embroiled in numerous controversies regarding her anti-Semitism and staunch support for the BDS movement.  Additionally, there have been questions about whether or not she has committed tax and/or immigration fraud.

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Feminist Prof Accused of Transphobia Needs Bodyguards Due to Threats

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 4 Comments

“You can’t help but worry. It’s had a huge impact on me."...

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Trump’s Defense Team Wrap Up Opening Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 8 Comments

President Donald Trump's defense team wrapped up their opening arguments in his impeachment trial in front of the Senate.

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Sen. Graham: ‘I’ll Make a Prediction: They’ll be 51 Republican Votes to Call Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, the Whistleblower, and the DNC Staffer’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 33 Comments

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threw some cold water on the Democrats just moments before day eight of the impeachment trial. The Democrats desperately want witnesses in the trial, but they seem to forget the Senate has two sides.

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Yale Art History Course Being Dropped Over Focus on Straight White Males

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 3 Comments

"putting European art on a pedestal is 'problematic,' he said"...

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LIVE: Trump Announces Middle East Peace Plan Alongside Netanyahu

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 13 Comments

President Donald Trump will announce his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It will take place at 12 p.m. ET in the White House East Room.

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Lawrence O’Donnell: Trump may have killed Soleimani “to influence Bolton not to testify to the Senate”

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2020 31 Comments

I'm laughing. Legit laughing because MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell thinks President Donald Trump killed Iranian terrorist Qasam Soleimani to influence former National Security Advisor John Bolton not to testify.

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CNN panel mocks Trump supporters as uneducated, ignorant hillbillies

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2020 59 Comments

Can we all just agree, Trump Derangement Syndrome has turned CNN into a total trash network? Like the proverbial broken clock, a couple of times a day they do actual journalism, but the rest of the time it is a broken network hemorrhaging viewers while devolving into self-parody.

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