February 2023

Texas Tech Drops Diversity Statement Requirement for Prospective Faculty Members

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 09, 2023 15 Comments

"These statements clearly encourage a narrow focus on race and gender and open the door for search committees to screen candidates by political association."...

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PA Sen. John Fetterman Taken to Hospital After ‘Feeling Lightheaded’ at Senate Democratic Retreat

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2023 43 Comments

Fetterman's health was always in question during the 2022 campaign....

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DEI Policies are a Threat to Academic Freedom

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 09, 2023 2 Comments

"what happened at Hamline is the natural consequence of creating and empowering DEI Inc within a university campus"...

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Fires Destroy New Zealand Egg Farm and Canadian Seafood Plant

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 09, 2023 25 Comments

Meanwhile, "experts" assure us the massive egg farm fire in Connecticut last week will have no impact on prices....

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After Retaliation for Objecting To BLM Flag Flying Over War Memorial, Veterans Group Restored to Organizing Memorial Day Parade

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 08, 2023 21 Comments

Follow up to prior story: After almost 70 years, the Barrington (RI) United Veterans Council was stripped of its parade duties after objecting to the Town Council flying the BLM flag over the War Memorial. Now their rightful and historical duties have been restored. A...

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Assembles Reparations Task Force

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2023 70 Comments

"this task force is the next step in our commitment as a city to advance racial justice and build a Boston for everyone"...

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Does Federal Right to Abortion Survive Overturning Of Roe v. Wade? Federal Judge Raises Possibility

Posted by James Nault on February 08, 2023 106 Comments

Supreme Court in Dobbs case considered only the Fourteenth Amendment in finding no federal right to an abortion, but the Thirteenth Amendment may also confer such a right, Judge says...

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Texas Sues Biden Admin Over Forcing Pharmacies to Provide Abortion Pills

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2023 16 Comments

TX AG Ken Paxton: “The Biden Administration knows that it has no legal authority to institute this radical abortion agenda, so now it’s trying to intimidate every pharmacy in America by threatening to withhold federal funds."...

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DeSantis Fires Back at Trump’s Implication He’s a Groomer: ‘I Spend My Time Delivering Results for the People of Florida’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2023 73 Comments

"I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans.”...

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Chinese Spy Balloon Program Started Years Ago, Targeting Several Countries

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2023 15 Comments

"And because balloons float along high-altitude winds, their paths are less predictable and thus more difficult to track. The balloons are also much cheaper to produce and launch than space-based satellites."...

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Rep. Nancy Mace Brings the Fire When Questioning Ex-Twitter Chief Legal Officer Over COVID Censorship

Posted by Legal Insurrection Staff on February 08, 2023 25 Comments

"What makes you think you or anyone else at Twitter have the medical expertise to censor actual, accurate CDC data?"...

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University of Idaho Students Claim They Saw Murder Suspect Bryan Kohberger on Campus Multiple Times

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2023 8 Comments

"He didn’t smile, didn’t nod, didn’t say anything. Just stared"...

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The Baby Formula Shortage Crisis Continues

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 08, 2023 14 Comments

Meanwhile, the FDA will undergo an overhaul in the wake of the shortage and the DOJ is launching a criminal investigation into the Michigan plant at center of crisis....

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DEI Administrators Reportedly Cost Virginia Public Universities $15 Million in 2020

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2023 5 Comments

"One thread running through CRT and CSJ is that oppression and discrimination are pervasive, and that this oppression explains all measured differences in group outcomes"...

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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders: ‘We Are Under Attack in a Left-Wing Cultural War We Didn’t Start’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2023 9 Comments

"Every day we are told we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags and worship their false idols, all while big government colludes with Big Tech to strip away the most American thing there is, your freedom of speech." ...

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Congress Looking to Create New Regulations, Taxes for Marijuana

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 08, 2023 43 Comments

Meanwhile, in a victory for 2nd Amendment, a judge has ruled that banning guns for marijuana users unconstitutional....

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American Bar Association’s Policy-Making Body Rejects Proposal to Make LSAT Optional

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2023 1 Comment

"The LSAT, or the Law School Admission Test, tests analytical reasoning, logic and reading comprehension."...

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Democrats and Media Suddenly Care About Decorum and Respect After Biden SOTU Address

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2023 65 Comments

"The behavior of a sizeable group of Republican legislators tonight was outrageous and disgusting."...

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