December 2020

Feel the Unity Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 3 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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Myth of Andrew Breitbart’s “deceptively edited” Shirley Sherrod tape resurfaces with Vilsack nomination

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 19, 2020 20 Comments

In 2015, I thought we had put to rest one of the most persistent and pernicious liberal media myths denigrating Andrew Breitbart.

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“STOP Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2020” Heads To Trump’s Desk

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 19, 2020 77 Comments

Congress has moved to amend the existing law against female genital mutilation, making it easier for law enforcement and for prosecutors to pursue charges and win convictions.

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Payback Time: Establishment Dems Ambush AOC, Denying Her Prized Energy Committee Position

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 19, 2020 32 Comments

Freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was snubbed Thursday during a private Democrat committee meeting held to decide a key House Energy and Commerce Committee seat, and it wasn't even a close vote.

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Pompeo: Russia Behind Widespread Hack Of U.S. Government

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 19, 2020 39 Comments

There was a massive cyberattack on a wide array of U.S. networks recently, including systems used by the National Nuclear Security Administration and Energy Department that safeguard the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons.

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EU, China to Ink Investment Pact as Trump Admin Blacklists Major State-Controlled Chinese Firms

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 19, 2020 14 Comments

While the Trump administration takes tough measures to limit Chinese state-run companies' access to U.S. technology and market, the European Union is in the final stages of signing a major investment pact with Beijing by the end of 2020.

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‘Common App’ for College Application Being Changed to Accommodate People in U.S. Illegally

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 3 Comments

"We don’t want people selecting themselves out of the process because we’re asking questions they feel are putting themselves and their family in jeopardy"...

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U.S. Space Force members will officially be known as “Guardians”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 19, 2020 14 Comments

About a year ago, we reported that President Donald Trump had officially launched the "U.S. Space Force," which would bring the nation's military space capabilities under one organization. We have covered the "non-troversy" over the logo and the uniform as well.

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BLM Co-Founder Who Advocates Defunding Police Speaks at Stanford

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 1 Comment

"Our communities don’t end up being the safest because we don’t have the resources because they were divested from us."...

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England Drops ‘Unconscious Bias Training’ for Civil Servants – ‘No Evidence’ It Works

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 21 Comments

The same social justice nonsense we deal with in the United States has been embraced by many other countries as well. While many American institutions are engaged in a struggle over 'critical race theory' training, England has decided to drop 'unconscious bias training' for civil servants. After trying it, people are realizing that it doesn't really change anything.

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U. Michigan ‘Words Matter Task Force’ Releases List of Potentially Offensive Terms

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 13 Comments

"A centerpiece of the memo is the first of four appendices, a table of terms deemed offensive and alternatives to replace them."...

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Political Heresy Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 3 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Neighbor Trying to Get Him Booted Out of Neighborhood Claim’s Trump’s Alarm System is Injuring Her Brain

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 18, 2020 29 Comments

Thursday I blogged about a demand letter (included beneath) sent to the city of Palm Beach and to the Secret Service, claiming Trump cannot legally claim Mar-a-Lago as his post-presidency residence. The story was widely reported by the Washington Post. I'm sure you'll be shocked to know that the WaPo just happened to leave out that the woman presumably behind the demand letter is also claiming that Mar-a-Lago's security system is injuring her brain.

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New York Times Admits Massive Failure With Its ‘Caliphate’ Podcast

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 18, 2020 20 Comments

The New York Times 2018 podcast Caliphate gained traction after it featured Shehroze Chaudhry, a Canadian who claimed to take part in Islamic State executions among other things. The 12-part podcast won a Pulitzer Prize. Now it has all fallen apart after Canadian and American intelligence officials determined Chaudhry, who used the name Abu Huzayfah, lied about everything. The Times admitted massive failure on their part from the top of the publication.

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Declassified Strzok Texts: FBI Began Trump Investigation Earlier, Spied on Calls Between Fox Exec and George Papadopoulos

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 18, 2020 30 Comments

The newly declassified texts from disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok show the agency began investigating President Donald Trump before they opened Crossfire Hurricane. Another set of texts show that the FBI spied on a call between an executive at Fox News and former Trump campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos.

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Supreme Court kicks can down the road on Trump Census plan to exclude illegal aliens from House apportionment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 18, 2020 58 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court (6-3) has dismissed a challenge to a Trump administration plan to exclude counting illegal aliens in the part of the Census count for congressional redistricting purposes. One of the grounds for dismissal was, wait for it, lack of standing.

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Duquesne University Cutting Faculty to Cut Costs Amid Pandemic

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 3 Comments

"the university will not renew a subset of contracts of full-time, non-tenure track faculty and a few others who do not have tenure"...

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Teacher Claims She Was Forced to Resign Over Facebook Post Critical of Black Lives Matter Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 36 Comments

A special education teacher from Pennsylvania named Ashley Bennett says she was forced to resign after merely sharing a comment that was critical of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Bennett's story is just getting some notice now and she appeared on the Tucker Carlson show with her lawyer last night.

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