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"Intersectionality" Ideology Is Driving People To Lose Their Minds

Democrats Apoplectic Over 'Sickening' Virginia Supreme Court Ruling

Cornell Anti-Israel Activists Use "Decision Dilemma" Tactic To Confront and Trap University President

Chauvin Pre-trial Day 6 Midday: Civil Settlement Becomes An Issue, As Ninth Juror Seated

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 15, 2021 16 Comments

Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the Minnesota murder trial of Derek Chauvin, over the in-custody death of George Floyd. I am Attorney Andrew Branca for Law of Self Defense, providing guest commentary and analysis of this trial for Legal Insurrection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xX0kgv24-E&feature=youtu.be

Iran-Backed Houthis Linked to Massacre of African Migrants After Biden Lifted Terrorist Designation

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 15, 2021 5 Comments

President Joe Biden lifted the terrorist organization label for the Iranian-backed Houthi militia Ansar Allah in Yemen a few weeks ago. Now the jihadi group has been blamed for horrendous crimes against African migrants in the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrk6B3LhE9g

Authorities Charge Two Men With Assault of Officer Brian Sicknick During Capitol Hill Riot

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 15, 2021 20 Comments

Federal authorities charged two men for assaulting Capitol Policer Officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the January 6th riot.

https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1298631075531554819

MSNBC, CNN Ratings Collapse Without Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 15, 2021 13 Comments

MSNBC and CNN have seen a drastic drop in ratings since President Donald Trump lost the election. Fox has lost viewers, too, but nothing like the left-leaning networks. CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is down 32% from November 30 to March 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A--qZ5t5ak0

Biden, Who Said We Should Believe Kavanaugh’s Accusers, Refuses to Call for Cuomo’s Resignation

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 15, 2021 9 Comments

Why is it so hard for politicians of any party or belief to remain consistent on anything, but especially sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape? President Joe Biden refused to call for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation despite seven accusations of sexual harassment when a reporter asked him about the situation.

U. Washington Student Found Stabbed to Death in Campus Housing Building

UNC Charlotte Drops ‘Gender-Affirming Housing,’ Citing Federal Guidance

PA Supreme Court Justice Changes Affiliation From Democrat to Independent

Jonathan Turley Dunks on Democrats Over VA Supreme Court Gerrymander Ruling

Texas Tech Activists Stage Funeral Over Cuts to Gender Ideology Program

UC-Law San Francisco Students Can Order ‘Graduation Keffiyehs’ This Year

Branco Cartoon – This Is Your Brain On Biden

Posted by A.F. Branco on March 15, 2021 3 Comments

Open Biden...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=revcXiCbPFw

Minneapolis Announces $27 Million George Floyd Settlement In Middle Of Jury Selection In Criminal Case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2021 44 Comments

There is a pattern of high profile wrongful death case settlements being announced in close proximity to a criminal trial involving the death. It happened in the death of Trayvon Martin just a couple of months before the George Zimmerman trial, and in the death of Freddie Gray as pre-trial proceedings against police officers were starting. Both criminal cases ended in not guilty verdicts (Zimmerman, Baltimore Police).

Portland’s Antifa Insurrection Continues: US Courthouse Under Siege, Media Nearly Silent

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 14, 2021 26 Comments

Portland, Oregon's antifa is still engaging in its years-long insurrection against local, state, and the federal government. Most recently, antifa anarchists set fire to a federal courthouse and smashed out its windows, all with people still inside the building.

Scotland’s Controversial Hate Crime Bill Criminalizes Statements Made In The Privacy Of One’s Home

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 14, 2021 36 Comments

On Thursday, Scotland passed a watered-down version of its Hate Crime Bill. The attack on free speech is still rather alarming even in its less overtly tyrannical state. For example, it includes criminalizing utterances made in the privacy of one's home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9Q6usFUeQ

Dr. Seuss Too Radical For Today’s Leftists Intent on Teaching Conformity and Submission to Authority

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on March 14, 2021 15 Comments

It’s a special kind of honor for a madcap kind of writer to get canceled on his own birthday. Over the last two decades school children have been marking March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday, with Read Across America Day.

https://www.facebook.com/joesilversteinusa/posts/3835897806500761

Cornell Review conservative student publication receives prestigious ‘New Media Award’ from Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Posted by Joe Silverstein on March 14, 2021 3 Comments

The Cornell Review is the main right-of-center publication at the Cornell University. On behalf of the entire Cornell Review staff, we are deeply honored to receive the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 2020-2021 New Media Award in recognition of our work to relaunch the Review on campus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwWcqW_5RsI

Czech Republic Opens “Full-Fledged Diplomatic Mission” in Jerusalem – Palestinians Enraged

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 14, 2021 13 Comments

The Palestinian leadership and the Arab League are enraged by the opening of the de facto Czech Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority called the opening of the Czech diplomatic mission "a blatant attack on the Palestinian people and their rights."