October 2020

Princeton Paying Nearly a Million in Back Pay to Female Professors in Discrimination Settlement

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 14, 2020 1 Comment

"With this agreement, Princeton has not admitted liability in the investigation"...

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Emails: Top Ukrainian Exec Asked Hunter How to ‘Use Your Influence’ on Burisma’s Behalf

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2020 17 Comments

Emails from Hunter Biden's laptop show that Vadym Pozharskyi, the supposed #2 executive at Burisma, asked Hunter for "advice on how you could use your influence" on behalf of Burisma only a month after Hunter joined the board. A year later, Hunter invited Pozharskyi to DC to meet his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden.

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Textbooks in Short Supply Due to Quarantining for Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 14, 2020 5 Comments

"the imbalance between supply and demand is far worse than usual"...

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Barrett Smacks Down Critical Race Theory Prof Who Claimed She’s A Colonizer For Adopting Black Children

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2020 38 Comments

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) asked Judge Amy Coney Barrett about the hateful attacks on her family and adopted children from Haiti. Barrett said: "They are my children who we love and who we brought home and made part of our family and accusations like that are cruel."

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LIVE Day Three: Barrett Faces More Questions (and Probably Conspiracy Theories) in the Senate

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 14, 2020 37 Comments

I cannot wait to see what Sen. Whitehouse has in store for Judge Amy Coney Barrett today! It all starts at 9 a.m. ET. We have Democrats grandstanding, throwing out conspiracy theories, mansplaining Barrett's cases to her, and asking about hypothetical cases knowing Barrett cannot answer them.

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Sorority Deletes Tweet Congratulating Amy Coney Barrett for Being Nominated to Supreme Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 14, 2020 7 Comments

“I am embarrassed she is in any way associated with our sisterhood”...

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In case you missed our live event: Due Process on Campus, What’s Next?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 14, 2020 2 Comments

If you missed our last live event, we've got you covered.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Is A Conspiracy Nutter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2020 25 Comments

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is nutter. A conspiracy nutter. It's his personality, and it preceded the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

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Pelosi Accuses CNN — Yes CNN — of “Defending The Administration” On Trumps Stimulus Offer

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 13, 2020 31 Comments

RUDE.

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Supreme Court hands Trump Census win, allows halt of counting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2020 21 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court, with only Justice Sotomayor dissenting, handed the Trump administration a win, staying a lower court order that had required the government to continue the Census count through the end of this month.

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Biden: People Who Think They’re Better Off Under Trump Shouldn’t Vote for Me

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 13, 2020 29 Comments

A recent poll from Gallup found that 56 percent of registered voters believe they are better off after four years under President Trump than they were four years ago under the Obama/Biden administration. Joe Biden was asked by a reporter why these voters should support him. Biden said they probably shouldn't.

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Sen. Hirono Asked Barrett if She ‘Ever Made Unwanted Requests for Sexual Favors,’ or Committed Sexual Harassment

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 66 Comments

You so know they want to treat her like they did Kavanaugh. Yes, Sen. Hirono basically asked Judge Amy Coney Barrett if she ever committed sexual crimes.

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Shorter Coons to Barrett: Calling a Chief Justice Ruling ‘Unsound’ is Chastising

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 9 Comments

I thought the left did not like mansplaining because I'm seeing quite a few men on the committee mansplain to Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Sen. Coons actually tried to explain to Barrett what she really meant when she called the ACA ruling from Chief Justice Roberts as "unsound" she was really chastising him.

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Barrett Reminds Klobuchar That ‘Scholars Across the Spectrum’ Also Don’t Consider Roe v. Wade as ‘Super Precedent’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 23 Comments

Hey, Democrats. You cannot "gotcha" Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Sen. Amy Klobuchar kept trying to push Barrett to explain why she doesn't consider Roe v. Wade as "super-precedent," which means it's untouchable or unshakable. Barret explained her position, but also reminded Klobuchar that even progressive scholars don't consider the abortion law as "super-precedent."

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88 Members of ‘Teacher-Scholar-Activist,’ Signed Letter Against Barrett, None of Notre Dame Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 16 Comments

MSNBC analyst and author of books on Democratic presidents Jonathan Alter tweeted that 88 colleagues of Judge Amy Coney Barrett at Notre Dame signed a letter against her nomination to SCOTUS. One thing: None belong to Notre Dame Law School. They are also members of a group called "Teacher-Scholar-Activist."

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California General Election Ballots Have Been Duplicated, Misprinted, Trashed, and Sent to the Dead

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 13, 2020 17 Comments

Using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse, California Governor Gavin Newsom mandated that all registered voters in the state receive a ballot via mail for the General Election. Now that the Nov. 3rd election is approaching rapidly, it's time to check how the approach is fairing.

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Durbin Shows He Didn’t Read Barrett’s Dissent on Felons Owning Guns

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 20 Comments

Hey, Sen. Dick Durbin. When you try to mansplain a judge's opinion to said judge, maybe you should read it. Durbin could not believe Barrett thinks felons should own guns! Except, you know, she didn't.

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Graham Kicks Off Barrett Hearing With Takedown of Obamacare

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 13, 2020 11 Comments

I guess Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and the Republicans felt they had to address Obamacare since every Democrat claimed on Monday that Judge Amy Coney Barrett would dismiss it. Graham began the hearing with a great takedown of the socialized medicine bill.

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