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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 6 Comments

We are covering Turkish police renew assault on Gezi Park protesters. This video stands out (warning, graphic): https://twitter.com/vassdan/status/345991520224149506 I wonder if it will be compared to this video: Probably not, as the whole world is not watching Gezi Park....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 3 Comments
As reported by the L.A. Times:
Hundreds of riot police surrounded a park in central Istanbul on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannons in a renewed push by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to restore order after two weeks of demonstrations that have exasperated his government and exposed the country's deepening political divide. Police forces surrounded Gezi Park shortly before nightfall. They moved beneath sycamore trees toward tents and crowds of hundreds of protesters. Some demonstrators reportedly threw rocks but the dissidents appeared to be overwhelmed by security forces, whose lines spread into adjoining Taksim Square. Ambulances arrived outside the park as tear gas enveloped the trees.
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https://twitter.com/OccupyGeziUK/status/346053511697559552 Another video stream here -- is autorun so didn't embed -- street level. https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker/status/345978793367855104 https://twitter.com/Aut_Omnia/status/345988473376866304 https://twitter.com/RedHack_EN/status/345988842127491072

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 21 Comments

Chris Christie all but hands Cory Booker a Senate seat on a silver platter, not giving Republicans a chance to mount what would have been a tough fight in 2014, and it's cool and he's a media star. From John Sexton at Breitbart.com, Chris Christie is running...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 0 Comments

Shut yo mouth: Texas high school cuts valedictorian’s mic for talking about the US Constitution Australian University Censors Speech Deemed Offensive to Islam Pro-Palestinian groups on campus aren’t big fans of free speech And dress the way we tell you: New Hampshire senior not allowed to wear Marine uniform at...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 21 Comments

In the wake of intense criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, former and current embattled IRS officials, Steven Miller and Lois Lerner, have reportedly received threats of physical violence. From Sky News: Ousted IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller has received threats, a source told Reuters...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 17 Comments

Where has all the IRS scandal news gone, long time passing...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 7 Comments

Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through seven candidates by the end of the day.  As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much exposure the prospective juror had to the case through the media and other channels,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 12 Comments

One of the hopes for the most excellent cartoonist A.F. Branco, when he joined us on August 6, 2012, was that he would gain the greater exposure and recognition he deserves. And slowly but surely, it's happening, through his cartoons at Legal Insurrection and other outlets. Branco...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 16 Comments

Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, who has been one of the few mainstream media reporters to push hard on the Benghazi cover up, for which she was attacked by Obama defenders along with Jonathan Karl and Stephen Hayes. Several weeks ago it was revealed that her...

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 2 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Jury Selection Day Five live, all day, along with a separate end-of-day wrap-up post. To catch up on the lastest events in State of Florida v. Zimmerman, click here and take a look at last night's wrap-up post. As...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 2 Comments

The government of Turkey has found the culprit for the Gezi Park protest movement. It's not government policies which suppress freedom and attempt to wipe out Turkey's secular history, while pushing the nation to creeping Islamization of previously secular institutions. It's The Twitter. https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/345451958779396096 The Turkish Hurriyet Daily News...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 1 Comment

From a reader in the Alabama part of South Central Pennsylvania: crowd source request Taken at a red light (you can see the red light as well as the Prius' brake lights) in the borough closest to Cheney's "undisclosed location" back when ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2013 21 Comments

We've focused on the language wars many times before. But this time it's different. Because it's not a dispute over how to characterize the same set of facts -- such as "illegal immigrant" versus "undocumented immigrant" -- but a complete denial of the fact which heretofore has...

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