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Texas Judge to Lawyer: Your ‘White Mediocrity’ Can’t Handle ‘Black Excellence’

Rebranding - Medical Schools Playing Hide The DEI Ball (Our Report)

Midterms Manipulation — Legal Insurrection Podcast: Episode 39

Chauvin Pre-Trial Day 10: Thirteenth Juror Seated, 1 More Needed

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 19, 2021 7 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.

WaPo: Biden Admin Planning To Fly Migrants From Mexican Border To Northern States

Posted by Legal Insurrection Staff on March 19, 2021 28 Comments

Following reports that there are more than 13,000 unaccompanied minors in U.S. custody and that steady streams of people illegally crossing the border continue to add to an already massive processing backlog for ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has asked for air support to move people to states along the Canadian border, according to the Washington Post.

Critical Race-Based California Ethnic Studies Curriculum Passes State Board of Education Vote

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on March 19, 2021 7 Comments

Well, it happened. After five years, four versions, three revisions, two different advisory committees, and one massive controversy, the California Board of Education voted yesterday to pass the latest iteration of the ideologically leftist and error-heavy Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC).

China Taunts Biden Admin at Alaska Summit: U.S. Does Not “Speak to China From Position of Strength”

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 19, 2021 19 Comments

The Biden team called the car crash summit "substantive, serious and direct."...

Biden Stumbles And Falls Boarding Air Force One, Raising Troubling and Sad Questions

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 19, 2021 73 Comments

Video footage shows Biden repeatedly stumbling up the stairs to Air Force One. This is truly sad to watch.

U. Nevada Las Vegas Allows Poli-Sci Students Earn Degree Credit Through Planned Parenthood Internships

Vice President at U. Hong Kong Offers Thoughts About AI in Higher Ed

Academic Leaders and Nonprofits Are Working Behind the Scenes to Defend DEI

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

Chauvin Pre-Trial Day 10 Motion Rulings: Portion of 2019 Prior Floyd Arrest Video Can Be Played At Trial

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 19, 2021 10 Comments

Prosecution also cannot call expert on Floyd's state of mind or PTSD during 2020 incident, denies defense request for change of venue or trial delay....

House Dems Move to Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene as Twitter Locks Her Account

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 19, 2021 49 Comments

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) plans to introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House. The resolution has 72 co-sponsors.

After North Korea’s Taunt, Biden Defense Secretary Says U.S. Forces Ready to ‘Fight Tonight’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 19, 2021 31 Comments

For some reason, the relationship between the United States and North Korea has chilled over the past two months.

“Cornell may become an example of how a desire to address racism can go horribly wrong”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 19, 2021 21 Comments

I have a column today at Real Clear Politics, Higher Ed Approaches the Antiracism Training Abyss addressing how Critical Race training, misleadingly called "antiracist" training, is damaging higher education.

House Democrats Inch Closer to Overturning Iowa House Race and Unseating Republican Who Won

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2021 26 Comments

A handful of votes decided the race for Iowa's second district, and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks won. Her Democrat opponent Rita Hart appealed directly to the Democrat-controlled House to ignore the results. Pelosi seated Miller-Meeks provisionally, and Democrats are now actually considering unseating her.

Biden Calls Kamala ‘President Harris’ During Media Appearance

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2021 14 Comments

President Joe Biden once again referred to his vice president as "President Harris." From Fox News:

"When President Harris and I took ..." Biden said, before momentarily pausing, "a virtual tour of a vaccination site in Arizona not long ago, one of the nurses on that tour injecting people, giving vax each shot, was like administering a dose of hope."

Chauvin Pre-Trial Day 9: Judge Lashes Out At Prosecutors, “let’s just stop right there”

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 18, 2021 21 Comments

De Blasio Wants Police to Scold People For Saying Things That Are Legal But “Not Appropriate”

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2021 74 Comments

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has no problem with the NYPD acting like the speech police to help combat so-called hate crimes against Asian-Americans:

“Even if something is not a criminal case, a perpetrator being confronted by the city, whether it’s NYPD or another agency, and being told that what they’ve done was very hurtful to another person — and could, if ever repeated, lead to criminal charges — that’s another important piece of the puzzle,” de Blasio told reporters.

Boston University and Boston Globe to Create New Critical Race Theory Publication ‘The Emancipator’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2021 16 Comments

Boston University's 'Center for Anti-Racist Research' is now partnering with the far-left Massachusetts newspaper the Boston Globe to create a new publication called 'The Emancipator.' BU's center is headed by Ibram X. Kendi, who has become a leading figure in the left's promotion of Critical Race Theory.

Chauvin Pre-Trial Day 9: Argument On Admissibility of Floyd’s Prior Drug Ingestion, As 10th Juror Seated

Posted by Andrew Branca on March 18, 2021 19 Comments

The Left Blames Trump for Georgia Spa Murders, Asian-American Attacks Without Evidence

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 18, 2021 22 Comments

It is inevitable that anytime there is a mass shooting here in the U.S., Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media are on the edge of their seats, hoping to be able to blame Republicans for allegedly motivating the perpetrator to commit the heinous crime.

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Dr. Rand Paul to Fauci: ‘You’re Not Wearing a Mask Because of Any Science’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 18, 2021 34 Comments

Sen. Rand Paul, who is a physician, scorched Dr. Anthony Fauci because he wants Americans to wear a mask until 2022 even if they had the COVID-19 vaccine or the virus:

"You've been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show," Paul continued. "You're defying everything we know about immunity by telling people to wear a mask that have been vaccinated."’