December 2020

Student Mob Takes Over Bryn Mawr College and Gets Appeased by Administration

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 3 Comments

"I kept expecting that, at some point, the administration would take decisive steps to restore order on campus"...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s Last Cellmate Died in November After Catching COVID-19

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2020 15 Comments

The New York Police Department confirmed that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's last cellmate passed away at his mother's home in November after he caught COVID-19.

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Illinois Restaurant Owner Refuses to Close His Business, Slams COVID Relief Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2020 35 Comments

Jeff Buckler, the owner of Lil Buford's Bar & Grill in Champaign County in Illinois, slammed the $600 COVID-19 relief checks and restrictions that have kept businesses closed in his state. Buckler has defied the lockdown to keep his employees working so they can pay their bills.

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China Sentences Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan to Four Years for Reporting on COVID-19

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2020 24 Comments

A Chinese court sentenced Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer turned citizen journalist, to four years for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" due to her reports on COVID-19 in Wuhan.

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Branco Cartoon – Your Privilege

Posted by A.F. Branco on December 28, 2020 13 Comments

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Trump Signs COVID Relief and Spending Package

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 27, 2020 28 Comments

President Donald Trump signed the massive $900 billion COVID relief bill and $1.4 trillion spending package, which Congress tied together for expediency, to keep the government funded through September.

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Authorities Identify Anthony Quinn Warner as Nashville Bombing Suspect

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 27, 2020 20 Comments

The police identified 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the man responsible for the bomb that went off in Nashville, TN, on Christmas Day. He died in the explosion.

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Book review: The Nesting Dolls, by Alina Adams – A Meaningful Dramatization Of Life Under Socialism

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on December 27, 2020 19 Comments

Out of all works of fiction published in the year 2020, The Nesting Dolls by Odessa-born Alina Adams is easily the most urgent. It dramatized what American readers, especially young American readers, need to understand about the life under socialism, but are rarely told.

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Third Day of Christmas: St. John the Apostle, Disciple and Friend of Jesus

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 27, 2020 2 Comments

On December 27 we recognize the feast of St. John the Apostle, a disciple and close friend of Jesus. Like St. Stephen, whose feast day is the day after Christ's birthday, there is a legit reason for St. John's feast day so close to the 25th.

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Trump’s EPA team locks in smog limits ahead of Biden transition

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 27, 2020 12 Comments

The Environmental Protection Agency is locking in the air pollution limits at their current levels ahead of the Biden administration's takeover, looking to preserve business- and climate-saving choices made during Donald Trump's presidency.

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Vanderbilt University Lists Stressful Incidents as a Form of ‘Workplace Violence’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 5 Comments

"behavior which create incidents that are stressful or traumatic that interfere with an individual’s or group of individuals’ ability to effectively function in his/her educational work environment"...

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Iran-Backed Hezbollah and Syria Likely Behind Billion Dollar Drugs Bust, Italian Police Say

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 27, 2020 5 Comments

Pro-Iranian terrorist group Hezbollah and the Iran-backed Syrian regime are behind a billion dollar drug bust made recently by the Italian police, news reports suggest. "The Italian police initially thought that Islamic State (ISIS) was behind the transaction. But after digging further, they pointed the finger at the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his close Lebanese ally Hezbollah," the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.

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Harvard Medical School Tweet Refers to Women as ‘Birthing People’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 5 Comments

"We understand the reactions to this terminology and in no way meant for it to erase or dehumanize women."...

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UT-Austin Dropping Bias Response Teams To Settle Free Speech Lawsuit

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 10 Comments

The University of Texas at Austin has changed its free speech policies in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the free speech advocacy group Speech First. The changes have the full support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and represent a big win for free expression.

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Northwestern Prof Says Unfounded #MeToo Accusations Destroyed His Life

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 4 Comments

"Cancel culture is a phrase but what happens to the real people who are canceled?"...

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Pork Stuffing Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 0 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Floodgates Opening? Student sues over Critical Race Training at Nevada public charter school

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2020 35 Comments

During the Legal Insurrection Foundation's online event How Critical Race Training Is Harming Higher Education, I mentioned that lawsuits challenging mandatory training that singled people out by race (e.g., "white privilege" training) would be the new frontier in college-related litigation.

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St. Fauci says Americans can’t handle the truth about the pandemic

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 26, 2020 48 Comments

I recently noted that the mayor of Washington D.C. recently proclaimed Christmas Eve ‘Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Day’, in honor of the questionable guidance he has given in his role on the Coronavirus Task Force.

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