January 2021

Lincoln Project Predator: What Did They Know, And When Did They Know It?

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 31, 2021 38 Comments

Back on January 11, 2021, Ryan Girdusky broke the story of Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver's alleged predatory behavior toward young men.  Among his revelations, Girdusky reported that in addition to sexually harassing young men online Weaver allegedly propositioned young men for sex as part of a job offer.

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Northeastern U ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Promotes Terrorist PFLP, Doubles Down After Backlash

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on January 31, 2021 17 Comments

The Northeastern University branch of Students for Justice In Palestine recently held an event glorifying the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist-Leninist organization designated by the U.S. goverment as a foreign terrorist group. The PFLP committed some of the most infamous and deadly attacks targeting Israel and Jews. As described below, after a backlash SJP doubled down..

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The Speech As Incitement Case Against Trump Continues to Crumble

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 31, 2021 112 Comments

Not long after the Capitol riots, the evidence was already starting to pile up that the Capitol breaching was likely a preplanned attack rather than a spontaneous one "incited" by President Trump during the speech he gave that day.

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Texas Gov. Abbott likely to sue over Biden administration’s climate regulations

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 31, 2021 38 Comments

I will start this post by agreeing with my esteemed and talented colleague, Mike LaChance, that Biden's presidency is worse than imagined . . . which is a remarkable achievement, as I anticipated that it would quickly descend into a morass of scum and villainy.

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Republicans Investigating Foreign Financial Ties to U. Pennsylvania Biden Center

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 2 Comments

"letter notes that in the 37 months of available reporting prior to the announcement of the Biden Center, the university received approximately $21 million from China"...

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India: Pro-Iranian Terrorist Group Takes Responsibility for Friday’s Israel Embassy Blast

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 31, 2021 14 Comments

The pro-Iranian terrorist group Jaish-Ul-Hind has taken responsibility for Friday's blast outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, Indian newspapers report. No-one was injured when an IED exploded outside the Israeli mission in New Delhi's diplomatic quarter.

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Off-Campus Party at Santa Clara University Violates State Orders

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 0 Comments

“Our dilemma as a small unchartered fraternity is that if we do not hold events we will not attract new rushees, and we will not be able to maintain the fraternity in the future”...

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Court-Packing First Step – Joe Biden Forming Commission to Study Supreme Court Reform

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 66 Comments

One question that came up repeatedly during the 2020 election was whether or not Democrats would try to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. In October, Biden was still still not providing a definitive answer. Now he is forming a commission to study Supreme Court reform.

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Black Student Union at DePaul U. Demands Safe Spaces On and Off Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 12 Comments

“healing & safe spaces for Black students on and off-campus”...

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Let Them Make Solar Panels Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 5 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

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U. Central Florida Fires Dissident Prof. Charles Negy After 8-Month Retaliatory Investigation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2021 41 Comments

Defenders of academic freedom and freedom of speech throughout academia should be rallying to the defense of University of Central Florida Professor Charles Negy after egregious retaliation against him for expressing constitutionally protected views on Twitter.

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After Months of Rioting and Looting, Black Lives Matter Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 30, 2021 34 Comments

The revisionism of the violent history of the 2020 Black Lives Matter "protests" continues.

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Reuters: China gene firm providing global COVID test coverage worked with China’s military

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2021 9 Comments

A fascinating report from Reuters reveals that BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science.

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Activists Seek To Purge Suspected Pro-Trump White House Sign-Language Interpreter

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 30, 2021 34 Comments

Here at LI, we've been covering the creep of cancel culture from our nation's universities into our society.

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Concordia College New York to Close in Summer of 2021

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 2 Comments

"closure announcement leaves only six institutions in the Concordia University system"...

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Biden’s New Iran Envoy Robert Malley Has Tainted History Of Weakness Towards Mullah Regime

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 30, 2021 20 Comments

In an apparent effort to undo the legacy of his Republican predecessor, President Joe Biden's administration has named the former Obama aide who negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal as the next U.S. special envoy to Iran. Robert Malley, who also served as President Barack Obama's "ISIS czar," will now be President Biden's point man on Iran.

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Drake University President Calls Out Prof Who Said Republicans Should ‘Suffer’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 9 Comments

“I was just pondering how much hatred I feel towards all the Republican a**holes. They need to suffer.”...

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Joe Biden Pick for Deputy Secretary of Education is Leading Opponent of Reopening Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 16 Comments

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest hot-button issues has been the closure of schools. While some states such as Florida reopened schools months ago, others have remained shut, often at the behest of teacher unions. Biden's pick for deputy secretary of education is Cindy Marten, the superintendent of schools in San Diego. She is on the side of unions and closure.

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