March 2021

St. John’s University Will Now Offer a Minor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2021 8 Comments

“If there was ever a moment to study these topics, the time is now.”...

Read More

Legislation Will Strip Cuomo of Pandemic Emergency Powers Due to Nursing Home Deaths, Harassment Allegations

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 03, 2021 10 Comments

New York legislators agreed on a bill that would strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the pandemic emergency powers he received last March. Cuomo has come under fire after a report revealed his COVID-19 nursing home order led to thousands of deaths and three sexual harassment allegations.

Read More

Neera Tanden Withdraws Nomination for Biden’s Office of Management and Budget

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 02, 2021 7 Comments

It's official. Tanden is out. Tanden's nomination was dead in the water without the support of Sen. Manchin. The person in Biden's ear said they "looked forward to having her serve in a role" in the administration, just not this one.

Read More

FBI Director Wray: Agency ‘Can’t Yet Disclose’ Sicknick’s Cause of Death

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 68 Comments

I am not a conspiracy theorist, but this is way too weird. FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate his agency cannot disclose Officer Brian Sicknick's death, even though his death led to intense coverage of the Capitol Hill riots.

Read More

Texas Gov. Abbott Drops Mask Mandate, Allows Businesses to Fully Open

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 48 Comments

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he ended the state's mask mandate with an executive order and opened businesses to 100% capacity. Leftists began their freakout even though private businesses can keep their mask requirements. I'm sure local governments will hold their own as well.

Read More

Report: Admin Lacks Resources for the Expected 117,000 Unaccompanied Children at Border This Year

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 24 Comments

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas reiterated that the U.S. doesn't have a border crisis. Press Secretary Jen Psaki doubled down on his claim. It looks the DHS will tell President Joe Biden the opposite. Officials expect 117,000 unaccompanied children at the border this year, but the administration will likely run out of resources by the end of March.

Read More

Netanyahu: Iran Behind Attack on Israeli Cargo Ship

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 02, 2021 17 Comments

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed the Iranian hand in Friday's explosion on an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.

Read More

Dalton School Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leaving for Other Opportunities

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 02, 2021 9 Comments

"joined Dalton in July 2019 from Harvard University, where he worked in the president’s office as a strategist and advisor on diversity"...

Read More

Former NY Times Reporter Donald McNeil Jr. Gives His Side of Story on What Led to Forced Resignation

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 02, 2021 17 Comments

We reported last month that veteran New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil Jr. "resigned" over resurfaced allegations he used racially offensive and sexist language during a 2019 NYT-sponsored student trip to Peru.

Read More

Prof From Romania Says Woke Ideology More Harmful to Education Than Communism

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 02, 2021 1 Comment

"I had naively thought that the STEM disciplines would be spared from this ideological takeover."...

Read More

Six Dr. Seuss Books Won’t be Published Again Due to ‘Racist and Insensitive Imagery’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 77 Comments

Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press that publishers will no longer produce six problematic books by the beloved author due to "racist and insensitive imagery."

Read More

FIRE Awards Syracuse University ‘Lifetime Censorship Award’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 02, 2021 3 Comments

"this school has shown neither brains nor heart as it continues to punish students and faculty for their protected expression"...

Read More

‘Can I Kiss You?’: Third Woman Accuses Cuomo of Sexual Harassment

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 02, 2021 38 Comments

Anna Ruch told The New York Times that Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked if he could kiss her at a wedding in 2019.

Read More

FBI is ‘Aware of’ American Airlines Possibly Seeing UFO

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 01, 2021 32 Comments

Last week, an American Airlines pilot reported an unexplained encounter with a strange object.

The cockpit audio from American Airlines flight 2292 from New Mexico to Phoenix sounded like something out of a Sci-Fi movie.

Read More

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: ‘Loving Parents’ Send Unaccompanied Children to the Border

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2021 33 Comments

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the administration would not turn away unaccompanied minors at the border sent by their "loving parents."

Read More

Victims-Rights Advocates Launch Recall Effort Against L.A. County DA Gascón

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 01, 2021 13 Comments

At the end of January, Legal Insurrection reported that ultra-progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s “reforms” were putting the region’s criminal justice system in “free fall.” For example, Gascón forced his prosecutors to read statements in court impugning the state’s “three strikes” law and ending specific penalties.

Read More

A California Teachers Union Head Under Fire After He Took Daughter to In-Person School

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2021 37 Comments

Matt Meyer, the president of Berkeley Federation of Teachers, has insisted for months the public schools have to remain closed until the district achieves the "gold standard." This includes vaccinating every educator against COVID-19. But parents in the Berkeley area have slammed Meyer after a video showed him dropping off his 2-year old daughter at preschool.

Read More

Report: Hezbollah Sets Up More Missile Launch Sites in Beirut Neighborhoods

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 01, 2021 23 Comments

A recent report published by the Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center revealed the Iran-backed Hezbollah is erecting more missile launch sites in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The missiles aimed at Israel are located in the city's crowded neighborhoods, a tactic to deter the Israeli military from targeting the sites in case of an armed conflict.

Read More