November 2020

Biden’s Education Transition Team Includes Employees from Nation’s Largest Teachers Unions

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 12, 2020 30 Comments

If the 'rona lockdowns showed us anything, it's how completely disinterested teachers unions are in education. Teachers unions nationwide used the shutdowns to demand ridiculous policy concessions having nothing to do with educating children, so of course Biden plans to add them to the Department of Education.

https://twitter.com/zGuz/status/1326591680699641856?s=20

Biden COVID-19 Advisor Suggests 4 to 6 Week Lockdown

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 12, 2020 74 Comments

You cannot say you weren't warned.

Georgia Dem Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock a Defender of Jeremiah “God D*** America” Wright

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 31 Comments

In the coming months, all eyes will be on Georgia for the run-off elections happening there in January which will impact party control of the U.S. Senate. One Democrat candidate is Reverend Raphael Warnock, a longtime defender of the controversial Pastor Jeremiah Wright, of "God d**m America" fame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t27sMM9X7m4

Report: Trump Wants to Form Digital Media Empire to Compete With Fox News

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 12, 2020 27 Comments

Axios reported that President Donald Trump wants to form a digital media empire to take on Fox News. The president has expressed frustration with Fox News since the election when the station called Arizona early for Joe Biden.

Undergraduate Enrollment Still Down for All Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 1 Comment

"Enrollments are still down over all for higher education -- by 3.3 percent. The decline was previously 3 percent."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae6pv1q2AE&t

China, Iran Gang Up On The U.S. At UN Human Rights Body

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 12, 2020 14 Comments

China, Iran, and a host of rogue regimes have once again used the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to gang up on the United States.

MIT Implementing Mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 14 Comments

"The training covered various topics, including the exploration of power, the definition of privilege, and different types of oppression."...

America’s Fiscal Landscape Might Change as Wall Street Weighs Move to Texas

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 12, 2020 45 Comments

Yesterday, in the wake of the November election, I noted I was making some significant changes in my digital landscape.

U. Notre Dame Covers Christopher Columbus Murals With Tapestries

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 1 Comment

"The tapestries show turtles, rabbits, foxes, rats, bears, eagles and fish, as well as a variety of plant life."...

Branco Cartoon – Almost Doesn’t Count

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 12, 2020 8 Comments

Audit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_v0yaPGyU

NY Times increasingly staffed with hires from “outlets that practiced advocacy journalism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2020 27 Comments

New York Magazine has performed what Rush might call a 'random act of journalism' by taking a deep dive on the transformation of the NY Times into both a paper whose growth was fueled by resistance to Trump, and fundamentally transformed internally by young "insurrectionist" staffers from outside the traditional journalism pipeline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshx1U9JgZM

Report: Sen. Kamala Harris’ Husband Quitting Job for Position in Possible Biden Administration

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 11, 2020 34 Comments

Sen. Kamala Harris' husband Douglas Emhoff is reportedly leaving his job at the law firm DLA Piper for a spot in the Biden administration (if to comes to pass).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDR4i4lo32U

Georgia Headed to Manual Recount

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 11, 2020 50 Comments

Wednesday, Georgia's Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, announced the state would conduct a hand recount. Currently, Joe Biden currently leads state-wide by around 14,000 votes.

‘Defund the Police’ Efforts Could Be Key to Defeating Democrats in Georgia Senate Runoffs

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 11, 2020 14 Comments

Though Democrats like presidential nominee Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have claimed that last week's elections gave their party a "mandate" for the country, the shellacking Democrats took in House races tells a far different story:

UPenn Installs 16-Foot Tall Bronze Statue of Black Woman on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2020 17 Comments

"It will be quite arresting for people. They'll stop and they'll look and it'll be something that you won't just be able to walk by your first time without taking notice"...

MSNBC’s Joy Reid Doesn’t Know What “538” Represents

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2020 48 Comments

There is fierce competition for the position of dumbest talking head over at MSNBC. Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Hayes, Mika Brzezinski, and Nicolle Wallace put up a great fight for the prize on a regular basis, but Joy Reid consistently outshines all of them in this coveted category. A recent tweet from Reid about the meaning behind "538" in the name of the polling outfit "FiveThirtyEight" should be framed and hung on a refrigerator somewhere.

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