About: Mike LaChance

Mike LaChance is also known as “Aleister.” He is a Generation X libertarian originally known for his blog American Glob. He has also written for the Center for Security Policy, the Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and others.

He covers higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection and is also the editor of American Lookout.

Follow him on Twitter @MikeLaChance33




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Appeals Court Sides With UC San Diego Student Publication in Lawsuit Over Alleged Defunding by School

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 12:00pm 7/26/2019 at 12:00pm

The Koala is a satirical student run publication at the school. They sued the school over alleged funding bias and their lawsuit was thrown out, but now an appeals court has reinstated it.

Inside Higher Ed reports:

Even ‘Offensive’ Publications Have Free Press Rights

“The worst in collegiate journalism since 1982!” The Koala, a...

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U. Mississippi Prof Doubles Down After Calling Young Trump Supporters ‘Hitler Youth’

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 10:00am 7/26/2019 at 10:00am

It’s fun to think about what would happen to a professor if they said this about young Obama supporters.

Campus Reform reports:

Prof: ‘When I said MAGA teens are modern day Hitlerjugend, I meant it’

UPDATE: Newly tenured University of Mississippi professor James Thomas had previously said on Twitter that “MAGA teens are modern...

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Bernie Sanders Campaign Accused of Retaliating Against Staffers for Union Activities

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 9:00am 7/26/2019 at 9:00am
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Bernie Sanders is having a rough month. Last week it was revealed that he was cutting staff hours in order to provide the $15 dollars an hour he is demanding from American employers.

Now someone has lodged an anonymous complaint against the campaign, alleging retaliation for union activities.

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Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy to Hold Annual Conference in Mexico

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Posted by    Friday, July 26, 2019 at 8:00am 7/26/2019 at 8:00am

How ironic. There’s probably a ‘Build the Wall’ joke to be made here but I’m too lazy to think it up.

The College Fix reports:

The end of ‘Americ...

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Stanford Offers Support Services to Students and Staff Upset About Noose Found on Campus

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Posted by    Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 12:00pm 7/25/2019 at 12:00pm

This is an update to a story we’ve been following. It looks like the school is taking this very seriously.

Palo Alto Online

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University of Pennsylvania Study Finds Racism has Decreased Under Trump

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Posted by    Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 10:00am 7/25/2019 at 10:00am
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This flies in the face of the narrative we’ve heard from the media every single day for over two years.

Campus Reform reports:

UPenn study on racism in Trump era SMASHES the Left’s narrative

A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania finds that racism in America has significantly decreased since President Donald Trump’s...

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Ilhan Omar: “our country should be more fearful of white men”

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Posted by    Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 9:00am 7/25/2019 at 9:00am
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In 2018, Al Jazeera asked then-Congressional candidate Ilhan Omar about American fears of jihadist terrorism. She told the network that people should fear white men more than jihadist terrorism. Of course, she’s not only racially profiling, she’s adding the concept of race as a comparison to jihadist terrorism, which is not...

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Portland State Bans ‘Grievance Studies’ Prof from Doing Research

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Posted by    Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 8:00am 7/25/2019 at 8:00am
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If you have followed this story, you know that Professor Peter Boghossian is being punished for the crime of exposing the insanity of left-wing academia. Back story here.

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Yale Psychiatrist Bandy Lee Returns to Diagnose Trump as a Racist

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 6:00pm 7/24/2019 at 6:00pm
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Yale psychiatry professor Bandy Lee has been trotted out by Democrats repeatedly to declare President Donald Trump mentally unfit for office. She has never even met the president, which makes her diagnosis ethically and professionally unsound, and now she is being consulted once again.

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New Gossip Social Media App “Pop” Targets College Students

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 12:00pm 7/24/2019 at 12:00pm

A few years back, there was another application similar to this called Yik Yak. It caused a lot of problems.

Inside Higher Ed reports:

New Gossip App Hits College Campuses

Despite their relatively short shelf life, the development of campus-based social media platforms isn’t slowing down. Pop, the latest social media app to target...

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U. Michigan to Award Profs $100K for Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 10:00am 7/24/2019 at 10:00am

These are large cash awards which have nothing to do with scholarship. The professors are being recognized for their devotion to a progressive talking point.

Campus Reform reports:

UMich to award $1.5M to profs with ‘commitment to diversity,...

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U. Nevada, Las Vegas Now Offering Segregated Housing for Women, Blacks, LGBT

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 8:00am 7/24/2019 at 8:00am

Higher education is actually setting back the Civil Rights Movement by doing things like this but it rarely gets called out.

The College Fix reports:

Public university provides exclusive housing for women, black, LGBT...

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Board of Regents at U. Alaska Vote to Declare Financial Exigency

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 12:00pm 7/23/2019 at 12:00pm

Massive cuts to the school system’s budget are making shock waves in the state.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports:

University of Alaska Regents Vote to Declare Fin...

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Transgender Woman Files Complaints When Women’s Salons Won’t Wax Her Male Genitalia

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 11:00am 7/23/2019 at 11:00am

A transgender woman in British Columbia, Canada, has filed complaints with a human rights tribunal because a woman who owns a home-based salon refused to wax her male genitals. Other salons also are being targeted. Is anyone else getting tired of this madness?

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U. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Student to Receive $325K Settlement After Alleging Sex Abuse by Prof

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 10:00am 7/23/2019 at 10:00am

This case is a good argument for why students and professors shouldn’t be allowed to become intimately involved.

The Daily Beast reports:

College Will Pay $325K to Student Who Claimed Art Prof Ejaculated Into Her Sculpture

A former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student who alleged that the school acted with “deliberate indifference” to sexual harassment...

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Young Democratic Socialists Advised Not to Say ‘Socialism’ When Recruiting

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 8:00am 7/23/2019 at 8:00am

Young Democratic Socialists are so confident in their philosophy that they have to trick people into adopting it.

The College Fix reports:

Young Democratic Socialists trained to recruit without using word ‘socialism’

How does one convince a young person to become a socialist? Well, for one, don’t use the word “socialism.”

That was among the...

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College Student Considers Organizing ‘Area 51 Festival’ After Joke Goes Viral on Social Media

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Posted by    Monday, July 22, 2019 at 12:00pm 7/22/2019 at 12:00pm

He posted something on Facebook as a joke and people are so into it, he might try to make it happen.

ABC News reports:

College student floats idea of ‘Area 51’ festival after joke invitation catches fire on Facebook

When a California college student created an event to meet aliens at Area 51, he...

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