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Kemberlee Kaye

Kemberlee Kaye is the Senior Contributing Editor of Legal Insurrection, where she has worked since 2014 and is the Director of Operations and Editorial Development for the Legal Insurrection Foundation. She also serves as the Managing Editor for CriticalRace.org, a research project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation.

She has a background working in immigration law, and as a grassroots organizer, digital media strategist, campaign lackey, and muckraker. Over the years Kemberlee has worked with FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, James O'Keefe's Project Veritas, and US Senate re-election campaigns, among others. 

Kemberlee, her daughter, and her son live a lovely taco-filled life in their native Texas.

You can reach her anytime via email at kk @ legalinsurrection.com.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 11, 2016 22 Comments
I would not want to be Hillary Clinton this week (or any week for that matter). First, she's trounced by more than 20 points in New Hampshire's primary, then it's revealed that at least a dozen email accounts tossed top secret classified intel around her home-brewed email server, and now the Washington Post dished out this little scoop in all its glory. Whether the intel leaker is part of Team Hillary or the State Department, the WaPo does not make clear. Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea all received subpoenas from State Department investigators last fall requesting Clinton Foundation documents, "that may have required approval from the federal government during Hillary Clinton’s term as secretary of state."

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 11, 2016 26 Comments
Comedian and actor Carlo Bellario was arrested while shooting a low-budget film in residential Woodbridge, New Jersey last November. Unaware a movie was being filmed, neighbors called the cops. When police arrived on the scene, they learned the film's producers did not have proper permits to film in the neighborhood, nor did they have a permit to film with a prop gun. Because Bellario was wielding a soft-pellet pistol (considered a firearm in New Jersey), he was arrested, charged with weapons possession, and spent four days in jail.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 09, 2016 123 Comments
Welcome to our New Hampshire primary liveblog. We'll be updating periodically, so be sure to refresh your browser for the latest news. If you're just joining us, check out our previous open thread for the shenanigans you may have missed today. Trump and Sanders quickly declared winners. WAJ very quick assessment:
Get ready for Team Hillary to play the race card on Bernie -- exploiting the tensions between white liberals and Black Lives Matter. She will pander like she's never pandered before. On the Republican side, too many survived for any one of them to mount an immediate challege to Trump. Chris Christie committed murder-suicide in taking down Rubio at the last debate without helping himself. Jeb will keep going because he's so emotionally invested in it - pride comes before a fall. Politico obtained Jeb's post-NH strategy memo - Bush plans scorched-earth attack on Kasich, Rubio. Kasich will be a one-hit wonder. Cruz is the most viable challenger to Trump.
As of just after midnight and 80% reporting, here is the count:

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 09, 2016 30 Comments
Welcome to our New Hampshire Primary open thread! Thanks for stopping by. We'll be updating with well, updates, headlines and other sundry news, but most importantly -- things that make me laugh. Be sure to refresh your browser tab frequently for the latest. I'll be manning the thread all evening. Have questions? Put them in the comment section and I'll do my best to answer. Polls close at 7:00 PM ET in most of the state. But in 20 some-odd communities, polls will close at 8:00 PM ET. We'll cover reaction and results as they trickle in, but in a separate post.

FLASH POLL: Which Republican is MOST LIKELY to DROP OUT after New Hampshire?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 09, 2016 17 Comments
This is probably my favorite thing on the internet right now. Two dudes wearing "Settle for Hillary" t-shirts sat right behind the embattled Democratic candidate at a town hall event in New Hampshire. Aaaaaannnd no one seemed to notice.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 08, 2016 9 Comments
During Saturday night's NH GOP debate, Marco Rubio was asked how he planned to tackle social issues with millennial voters, in particular issues of life and marriage. Rubio discussed abortion as a two-fold issue -- one dealing with women's rights and the other with the right to life. "I've chosen to err on the side of life," he said. Hillary Clinton's stance on abortion was pulled into his answer as Rubio called her views "extreme."

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 08, 2016 20 Comments
No one is happy. Not Bill. Not Hillary. Not the Democrats. No one. Apparently. This afternoon Politico that the Clinton campaign is considering a substantial staffing shakeup following what looks to be a loss in tomorrow's New Hampshire's primary.
Hillary and Bill Clinton are so dissatisfied with their campaign’s messaging and digital operations they are considering staffing and strategy changes after what’s expected to be a loss in Tuesday’s primary here, according to a half-dozen people with direct knowledge of the situation. The Clintons -- stung by her narrow victory in Iowa -- had been planning to reassess staffing at the campaign’s Brooklyn headquarters after the first four primaries, but the Clintons have become increasingly caustic in their criticism of aides and demanded the reassessment sooner, a source told POLITICO.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 08, 2016 24 Comments
When will Florida Man ever learn? Apparently, never. In Pensacola, Florida, suspect, Jarell Blackmon used a fake pistol to rob a food mart. He cleaned out the cash register and made off with ten cartons of cigarettes before the cashier used a real gun to shoot him. The Pensacola News Journal reported:
A Pensacola man robbed a Beacon food mart store early this morning using a fake pistol. According to a press release from the Pensacola Police Department, the suspect, Jarell Blackmon, 24, entered the store at 1101 W. Cervantes Street at 2:25 a.m., wearing camouflage, at hat and a bandana over his face. The clerk said he told the suspect to remove the bandana, but he refused. Blackmon then came behind the counter and pulled out a pistol which the cashier assumed to be real.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 08, 2016 14 Comments
Do you believe a wild-haired socialist is our only hope for a better America? Would you like a permanent reminder of the 2016 dumpster fire of an election cycle? Then this little ink shop in Vermont has got you covered. You too can be like dozens of others who have opted to feel the bern forever.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 06, 2016 82 Comments
Welcome to our live debate coverage. The debate begins at 8:00 PM ET on ABC from St. Anselm's College Institute of Politics, Manchester, New Hampshire. You can watch the live stream here. Who's participating in the debate? Everyone but Jim Gilmore and Carly Fiorina. Your comprehensive list here:
  • Jeb Bush
  • Ben Carson
  • Chris Christie
  • Ted Cruz
  • John Kasich
  • Marco Rubio
  • Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/FreeBeacon/status/696143040138842113

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 05, 2016 19 Comments
Am I being trolled? Because I feel like I'm being trolled. Favored intellectual journal of American feminists, Cosmo (the same rag that started the tampon tax nonsense) bemoaned increased birth rates in their latest exposé. They argue that restricted funding to Texas-based Planned Parenthoods "effectively defunded" the abortion mill. As a result, few claims for contraceptive measure have been filed and more babies have been born in locals where Planned Parenthood is no more. MORE BABIES?! THE HORROR!

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 05, 2016 16 Comments
Thursday, The Des Moines Register's Editorial Board called for an audit of Iowa's Democratic Caucus results.
...too many questions have been raised. Too many accounts have arisen of inconsistent counts, untrained and overwhelmed volunteers, confused voters, cramped precinct locations, a lack of voter registration forms and other problems. Too many of us, including members of the Register editorial board who were observing caucuses, saw opportunities for error amid Monday night’s chaos.
Hillary Clinton was declared the winner with a minuscule two-tenths of 1% victory over Bernie Sanders and some incredibly lucky coin tossing. Because Iowa's Democratic Party chair has refused to audit the caucus results. Bernie Sanders' campaign is doing their part to recount the ballots. Friday, Ben Jacobs of The Guardian reports that the Iowa Democratic Party changed the altered a precinct's caucus results, giving a Sanders delegate to Clinton.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 05, 2016 49 Comments
Thursday night, ABC announced the lineup for tomorrow's New Hampshire debate. Carly Fiorina was left off the roster. To put it politely -- Carly got royally screwed. For the first time this primary season there will be no undercard debate, leaving Fiorina and Gilmore the only candidates unable to participate in the network's pre-New Hampshire primary debate. Fiorina placed higher in the Iowa Caucus than two other approved debate contenders -- Governors Chris Christie and John Kasich. The debate also

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 04, 2016 16 Comments
Welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Democratic presidential debate. The debate begins at 9:00 PM ET on MSNBC and will be moderated by NBC's Chuck Todd and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. With Martin O'Malley out of the race, the Democratic presidential primary is officially a showdown. Just saying'...

How to watch the debate:

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 04, 2016 11 Comments
Something is rotten in Iowa and it's the results of Monday night's Democratic Caucus. Hillary won by the skin of her teeth and with the help of some incredible luck in a half-dozen coin tosses. Thursday, the editorial board of the Des Moines Register called for an audit of Monday night's Democratic Caucus results. It's worth noting the DMR's endorsed Hillary Clinton as their Democratic candidate of choice. "Something smells in the Democratic Party," they wrote.
Once again the world is laughing at Iowa. Late-night comedians and social media mavens are having a field day with jokes about missing caucusgoers and coin flips. That’s fine. We can take ribbing over our quirky process. But what we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 03, 2016 171 Comments
Watching the votes trickle in from Iowa's Caucus Monday night, I suggested a second-place finish for Trump would be an unenjoyable experience for us all:
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