July 2020

Homeless Encampment Growing on Campus of Seattle Central College

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 4 Comments

"Protesters that march through Broadway Avenue and and Pine Street say the homeless are taking advantage of the movement."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JknSNYTI90g

Arson suspected in blaze within French medieval cathedral at Nantes

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 19, 2020 25 Comments

Arson is suspected in a fire that has ravaged the famous 15th-century cathedral in the French city of Nantes, blowing out stained-glass windows and destroying a grand organ.

Georgetown Students Petition for School to be ‘Sanctuary Campus’ for Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 9 Comments

"to assert and protect the inherent rights of its members [students] and the community"...

Cisco Fires Employees for Criticizing Black Lives Matter During Online Diversity Forum

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 81 Comments

It becomes increasingly clear that criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement is simply not allowed. The tech company Cisco recently had an online meeting with employees to discuss diversity and related matters. When the conversation turned to Black Lives Matter, some employees offered negative comments and were fired.

Student Activists at Harvard Want the Board of Overseers to Change its Name

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 13 Comments

"cannot be separated from its historical context and connotations"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHIBL2wqyI

The Never Ending Protest Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 4 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

New Edition of ‘The Book of Matt’ – Questioning the Matthew Shepard anti-gay hate crime narrative

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2020 23 Comments

In 2013, we wrote a series of posts about the 1998 death of Matthew Shepard, a death widely described as an anti-gay hate crime, resulting in federal legislation, The The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249. The occasion of our series of posts was the publication of a book by author Stephen Jimenez, The Book of Matt, which called into question the narrative of the death as an anti-gay hate crime.

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1262814903867518978

Pelosi calls federal law enforcement in Portland “stormtroopers”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 18, 2020 70 Comments

Portland, Oregon has been under siege by antifa anarchists for well over a year, and the devastation they have caused has extended to federal property. To that end, the Department of Homeland Security, in keeping with President Trump's promise to protect federal property, has deployed law enforcement to the area.

https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1284297088176721921

“Black Lives Matter” Sign Painted On Street Outside Trump Tower “Defaced” Again

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 18, 2020 52 Comments

The city-sanctioned "Black Lives Matter" graffiti outside Trump Tower in New York City has been splashed with paint for the second time in a week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LwWRIKNsiY

San Francisco’s experiment housing the homeless in hotels during pandemic working out as expected

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 18, 2020 32 Comments

During the initial phase of California's Wuhan coronovirus closure, San Francisco and state officials decided it would be a great idea to use taxpayer dollars to rent hotel rooms for its homeless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqXL-WShT4&t

Beijing Enraged Over Proposed U.S. Visa Ban On All Chinese Communist Party Members

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 18, 2020 32 Comments

Beijing is angered over a proposed U.S. travel ban on all Chinese Communist Party members. Washington's decision to blacklist millions of card-carrying Communists will be an 'affront' to China, Chinese media reported citing country's Foreign Ministry.

College Calls Police on Student Who Sent Email Mocking Diversity Demands

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 18, 2020 4 Comments

"Last night, members of our community received an offensive and hateful email which violated the values and standards of the Juniata community"...

Black Portland Police Officer Says White Black Lives Matter Protesters Used Racist Slurs

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 18, 2020 34 Comments

Jakhary Jackson is a police officer in Portland, Oregon. During a recent interview, he noted that in his encounters with Black Lives Matter protesters, the police are more diverse than the mob. He also claims that he and other officers of color have been subjected to racial slurs by protesters.

VIDEO: Peter Schiff Explains How Government Loans Increase College Tuition

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 18, 2020 2 Comments

"college tuition used to be pretty stable, it didn't go up very much"...

https://www.kbtx.com/2020/07/08/texas-am-police-close-investigation-into-racist-notes-found-on-students-car/

Compulsory Racial Activism Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 18, 2020 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

Minneapolis Declares Racism a Public Health Emergency

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on July 17, 2020 47 Comments

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to declare racism a public health emergency and vowed"to allocate funding and other resources to “name, reverse, and repair the harm done” to people of color in the city."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KVqaIaeRpA

Some of Florida ex-felon vote in limbo after SCOTUS ruling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 17, 2020 32 Comments

Why do so many people, Democrat and Republican alike, assume that felons released from prison will vote Democrat, and that a Florida ballot initiative that passed in 2018, restoring voting to ex-felons, would help Democrats? It's not clear that's true, at least not to the extent people assume.

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