December 2020

TX Gov. Abbott Receives Draft Language for Law for State to Take Over Austin Police

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 21, 2020 35 Comments

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed he received draft language for a law for the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS) to take over the Austin Police Department (APD). Abbott's decision comes a few months after the Austin City Council voted to strip APD's budget by almost one-third.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUWZA43UblM#action=share

Birx Broke Her Own Recommendation to Limit Thanksgiving to ‘Immediate Household’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 21, 2020 44 Comments

Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House COVID-19 team told Americans to limit Thanksgiving to "your immediate household." Yeah, Birx couldn't follow her own advice. She traveled to a vacation home with three generations of her family the day after Thanksgiving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RklrwQ448 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkcH3y8UCmM

Congress Will Vote on COVID-19 Relief Bill Almost Half of What Democrats Asked Before Election

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 21, 2020 34 Comments

Congress will vote Monday night on a COVID-19 relief bill worth $900 billion along with a $1.4 trillion spending bill to cover the remainder of the 2021 Fiscal Year. The Democrats wanted a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill before the election, but Republicans offered $900 billion. The left only agreed to that amount after their guy won the presidential election.

URI Students Plan to Create a ‘White List’ of Profs Who Fail to Push Diversity Hiring

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2020 9 Comments

"no university could possibly maintain an all-White senior leadership for 128 years without implicitly and deliberately colluding and conspiring to exclude African-Americans"...

Republicans See Encouraging Signs for Their Campaigns in Georgia Senate Run-off Races

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 21, 2020 30 Comments

As it stands now, Republicans hold a 50-48 advantage in the battle for who controls the Senate.

UVA Student Government Hides Access to Videos After Conservatives Criticize Legislation

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2020 3 Comments

"Recordings will be available internally to Council members on an as-needed basis, and are not to be duplicated, edited, or distributed"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf3RiS3su1Q

COVID-19 has Mutated, But Questions Arise Over Real Hazards of New Strain

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 21, 2020 48 Comments

My colleague Vijeta Uniyal reported that enhanced pandemic restrictions in the United Kingdom were being implemented to battle a new strain of the Wuhan virus, regarded as “much more infectious.”

Branco Cartoon – Helping Hand

Posted by A.F. Branco on December 21, 2020 4 Comments

Cover-Up...

Students and Alumni Push Boston College to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2020 6 Comments

"filed a complaint with the Massachusetts attorney general’s office"...

public domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dalton_109_E89_jeh.jpg

The Dalton School Faculty ‘Anti-Racism’ Manifesto Pushes Critical Race Theory Into Every Aspect of Education

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2020 77 Comments

Critical Race Theory, and mandatory racial training under the guise of "anti-racism," is damaging higher education, a topic we explored in our recent live event:

Romney Baffled That 2024 GOP Contenders “are trying to become as much like Donald Trump as they can be”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 20, 2020 89 Comments

Failed 2012 GOP presidential candidate, former Massachusetts governor, and current Senator from Utah, Mitt "Marches with Marxists" Romney is, arguably, the poster-child for much that ushered in President Trump's presidency.

Feds Bust Massive Drug Ring at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Appalachian State

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 15 Comments

Federal authorities have arrested over twenty people in a drug trafficking ring that spanned three college campuses in North Carolina. This was not a case of a few people selling small amounts of marijuana out of a dorm room. It was an operation worth over a million dollars.

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

Tables Turned: Restaurants Organize To Ban Gov. Cuomo From ‘all New York City establishments’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 20, 2020 38 Comments

It probably goes without saying at this point that Democrat governors have overreached in their response to the Wuhan coronavirus. Democrat leaders' draconian, illogical, unsupportable, contradictory, and just plain stupid lockdown decisions are coming home to roost.

American College Student Gets Jail Time in Cayman Islands for Violating COVID Rules

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 8 Comments

"broke a strict 14-day quarantine rule to attend her boyfriend's jet-skiing competition"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIYHw-0xxnM

Europe Braces for Grim Christmas as Germany, UK Tighten Coronavirus Lockdown

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 20, 2020 20 Comments

Europe is plunging into darkness ahead of this year's Christmas season as Germany and the United Kingdom tighten their already harsh coronavirus lockdowns.

Judson College Won’t Begin Spring Semester Unless It Can Raise $500K By Year’s End

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 5 Comments

School was founded in 1838....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UTBL2xCXEQ

“Expert” says essential workers should get COVID vaccine before elderly because ‘older people are whiter’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 20, 2020 49 Comments

Few events in the annals of medical history are more reviled the Tuskegee Experiment, in which race was the deciding factor in who was denied treatment. Yet, decades later, "experts" are advising that race-based COVID-vaccination priorities be established.

Columbia University Students Go on Strike, Issue List of Demands

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 11 Comments

“alleviate the economic burden on students”...

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