November 2020

Student Loan Debt Forgiveness A Giveaway To Democrat ‘Overproduced Elites’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 17, 2020 40 Comments

Like the proverbial broken clock, The Atlantic takes a break occasionally (not quite twice a day) from pushing fake anti-Trump narratives and derangement, and runs an opinion article that sheds meaningful light on the pathologies that drive leftist cancel culture and authoritarianism.

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Election Fallout: The Squad Adds Members To The Democrat Anti-Israel Caucus

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on November 17, 2020 24 Comments

As regular readers doubtlessly know, the 2018 midterm elections presented Americans with a new phenomenon in the form of the congressional "Squad": several avowedly anti-Israel (and often Islamist-allied) first-term U.S. Representatives. Now, as the smoke from #Election2020 begins to dissipate, it seems that (spoiler alert) The Squad's congressional anti-Zionist cabal is about to get a little bigger.

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Cracker Barrel Apologizes After Patron Snaps Photo of “Noose” Hanging From Ceiling

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 17, 2020 79 Comments

Can we just enjoy sweet tea and corn bread in peace without people looking for racism hidden in the bread basket, or is that too much to ask? Cracker Barrel recently apologized after a patron posted a photo of what appeared to be a noose-like knot hanging from the ceiling of a Connecticut location.

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Democrats Already Pressuring Joe Biden to Forgive Student Loan Debt

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 33 Comments

The election has not yet been certified, but Democrats are already making it clear what they intend to do if and when Biden is declared the winner. Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other Democrats are pressuring Biden to forgive student debt through executive order.

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California Lawmakers Defy Their Own COVID-19 Travel Warnings With Trip to Hawaii

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 17, 2020 27 Comments

I repeat: Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others.

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Former Harvard Fencing Coach Arrested for Allegedly Taking $1.5 Million in Bribes

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 10 Comments

"sold his home to cohort and Maryland businessman Jie “Jack’’ Zhao for about $450,000 more than it was worth as part of the scheme"...

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Joint CIA-Mossad Op Eliminates Al-Qaeda No. 2 Hiding in Iran

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 17, 2020 16 Comments

The world is a much safer place thanks to a recently revealed U.S.-Israel covert operation that killed Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, hiding in Iran. Abdullah, who went by his jihadi name Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was on the FBI's most-wanted list and was plotting further terrorist attacks at the time of the strike.

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Student Govt. at Brown U. Narrowly Rejects Effort to Remove Roman Statues From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 2 Comments

“Because the measure did not receive a majority either way, the Council does not officially endorse the initiative”...

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Stores Begin to Reimpose Purchase Limits on Toilet Paper in Wake of New Coronavirus Lockdowns

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 17, 2020 28 Comments

As Coronavirus Task Force member and general pandemic nuisance Dr. Anthony Fauci presses Americans to "do what they're told," there is a clear sign that people are preparing for stricter coronavirus lockdowns.

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Students at U. Pittsburgh Medical School Add Vow Against ‘Systemic Racism’ to Hippocratic Oath

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2020 6 Comments

"The oath included references to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, “systemic racism,” and LGBTQ+ identity."...

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Burgess Owens Flips Utah’s 4th Congressional District Back to Republicans

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 17, 2020 15 Comments

Incumbent Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT) called former football player Burgess Owens to concede their 4th Congressional District race. The Republicans have flipped 12 seats, narrowing the Democrats majority even more after this Owens' victory.

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Prepare for the Great Decoupling – Deplatforming moves downstream to WordPress.com and Mailchimp

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 16, 2020 70 Comments

In the past day there have been two very disturbing developments in internet deplatforming.

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Houston Announces Plan to Randomly Knock on Doors to Collect Blood Samples to Better Understand COVID

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 16, 2020 59 Comments

In the name of fighting COVID-19, Harris County (Texas's largest county) health officials announced a plan that includes randomly knocking on doors to collect blood samples. "Teams of health workers wearing yellow vests will make their rounds from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m." reports the Houston Chronicle.

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Legal Insurrection’s Vijeta Uniyal Honored as One of Top 40 Global Advocates for Israel Online

Posted by David Gerstman on November 16, 2020 22 Comments

Over the weekend, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) unveiled its list of the Top 40 Global Advocates for Israel Online and it included a name familiar to Legal Insurrection readers: LI author Vijeta Uniyal. How did an Indian man, a resident of Germany (though currently in South Africa for work-related reasons), with little to no exposure to Jews and Israel become one of the internet's foremost advocates for Israel?

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Confirmed: Media Collusion To Smother Biden Influence Peddling Scandal Worked

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 16, 2020 29 Comments

The New York Post's story on Hunter Biden took off on social media right before the election. It received more attention than failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's emails during the home stretch of the 2016 election. But Joe Biden's campaign team noticed that it did not persuade many people to vote against Biden. They discovered it's because the mainstream media didn't pick it up.

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California Republican Young Kim Finally Claims Victory in Congressional Race

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 16, 2020 15 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in 2018, Republican contender Young Kim for the congressional district 39th seat was ahead in election-night counting. She lost the election, but accused winner Democrat Gil Cisneros of "physically tampering" with those ballots. Now Young Kim is finally on her way to the US Congress.

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Arizona State U. Course Teaches Students to do ‘the Inner Work of Anti-Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 16, 2020 12 Comments

“This has gone too far. This isn't teaching. It's political propaganda.”...

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer Adds More Restrictions Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 16, 2020 38 Comments

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shut down Michigan earlier this year because of COVID-19. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in October that she lacks the authority to issue these shutdowns. Whitmer doesn't care because she is closing down Michigan again right before the holidays.

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