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Progressive Podcaster Targets Vance With Violent Rhetoric: ‘Keep Firing, Pistols Firing'

Dems Hit Panic Button As El-Sayed's Black Voter Problems Remain Problematic

We Are One-Year "Display Ad Free" - First Anniversary Fundraiser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQiWn9Sn7Nc

Golf, Civil Disobedience, and Coronavirus: One Year Later

Posted by Randy Steinberg on April 18, 2021 4 Comments

About a year ago, Legal Insurrection published an essay I wrote titled Golf Can Be An Act of Civil Disobedience During the Coronavirus Crisis.

Alan Dershowitz: Packing Supreme Court Would be a ‘Disaster’ for the Court, Due Process, Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2021 21 Comments

Democrats are actively looking for a way to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with four additional, presumably liberal, justices. Biden has even launched a committee to study the issue. Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz says this would be a disaster in many ways.

CNN is Propaganda Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2021 1 Comment

All the news you may have missed....

Chauvin Trial Going to Jury – Legal Insurrection Will Hold Post-Verdict Online Event (Date TBA)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2021 74 Comments

On Monday, April 19, 2021, closing arguments will be held in the prosecution of Derek Chauvin for the in-custody death of George Floyd, and the case then will go to the jury. This is a heads up that after the verdict, Legal Insurrection will hold a post-verdict webinar assessing the outcome and how the case was handled. Andrew Branca and I will be panelists, it's not clear yet if we will add others. There will be an opportunity for Q&A.

Rep. Devin Nunes Lambastes Democrats, Intel Community For Declaring War On Republicans/Conservatives As ‘Domestic Terrorists’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 17, 2021 18 Comments

Everyone in America is being programmed–in K-12 classrooms, universities, their workplace, on social media, and in our cultural output–to accept inherently racist initiatives like Critical Race Training as not just normal but as positive steps "forward"; everyone is required to not just tolerate but to vocally support Black Lives Matter, open borders, blanket amnesty, the Green New Deal, biological men competing against women in women's sports, and defunding the police; and everyone is required to police their own thoughts lest they utter something that runs afoul of the cultural revolutionary guard.

Some College Students in New Hampshire Finding it Difficult to Vote Under New Rules

CUNY Hosts Anti-Israel, Former CNN Host Marc Lamont Hill

DOJ Arrests Five 'Ghost Students' Who Allegedly Stole Millions in Financial Aid

Two College Students Found Dead After Dayslong Search in Colorado Mountains

Florida College Pays Former Employee $250K After Firing Her Over Charlie Kirk Posts

Son Charged With Murder of Oberlin College Professor Father and Stepmother

China Mulls Deploying Troops to Afghanistan After U.S. Pullout

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 17, 2021 30 Comments

China is considering sending troops to Afghanistan after the planned U.S. military withdrawal in coming month. "China may send peacekeeping force to Afghanistan after US troops leave," the Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post reported Friday, citing senior Chinese national security experts.

Joint U.S.-China Scientist Team Creates Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryo

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 17, 2021 36 Comments

A team consisting of Chinese and American scientists has developed embryos from a mixture of human and monkey cells for the first time in history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXQ_RME5cPk

New Study Links Blood Clots to Coronavirus Infection

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 17, 2021 32 Comments

Scientists have been gathering data on the effects of the Wuhan Coronavirus for over a year. One new study has been following patients post-infection and has come to a disturbing a conclusion about the development of blood clots.

Iran Names Suspect in Natanz Nuclear Site Attack, Issues “International'” Warrant

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 17, 2021 14 Comments

Iran has named a suspect in the last week's attack on Natanz facility connected regime's nuclear weapons program. The heavily-guarded underground site in Natanz was being used to produce enriched uranium, the key component in making a nuclear bomb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ix9IkwjbUg

Virginia Teacher Says ‘Marxist’ Critical Race Training is Damaging the Community

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 17, 2021 14 Comments

Loudoun County in Virginia has been engaged in a months-long battle between parents and officials over the direction of their public schools. Last year, the school system spent almost half a million dollars on race-based education materials. Parents and even some teachers are objecting to the introduction of Critical Race Training.

Refunds for Everyone Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 17, 2021 11 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Parent At Exclusive NYC Brearley School: “demand an end to the destructive and anti-intellectual claptrap known as antiracism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2021 31 Comments

"Brearley’s obsession with race must stop. It should be abundantly clear to any thinking parent that Brearley has completely lost its way. The administration and the Board of Trustees have displayed a cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and...

NY Dem Flips Out When Joe Scarborough Questions How Dem Focus On Racial Politics Plays Out In 2022

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2021 22 Comments

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who is also the chair of the of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, appeared on Morning Joe today and showed exactly why Democrats are in danger of losing the House in 2022. Joe Scarborough was trying to help him but Maloney reacted by becoming angry and defensive.

CNN’s Brian Stelter Tells Project Veritas ‘I Report Whatever I Want’

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 16, 2021 12 Comments

A Project Veritas reporter asked CNN's Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter about the #ExposeCNN videos released this week.

Pskai: Biden ‘Proud to Have’ UN Ambassador Who Called U.S. Founding Principles Racist

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 16, 2021 46 Comments

UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield insisted that America has to acknowledge its own human rights failure before it rejoins the UN Human Rights Council. She claimed she has seen "how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles."

Grand Jury Indicts Texas School Board Members for Alleged Critical Race Theory Secret Meetings

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 16, 2021 30 Comments

Two days ago, we ran a story about teachers in California who were told to hide Critical Race Theory materials from parents. Now we are learning of a similar situation in Texas, involving school board members.

Iran’s State TV Censors UK Soccer Match Over Female Referee in Shorts

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 16, 2021 4 Comments

Iran's state-run TV network censored a British soccer Premier League match to comply with the regime's Islamic sharia law. The live telecast was interrupted more than 100 times during the 90 minutes game to prevent showing a female referee dressed in customary black soccer shorts, newspaper reports say.