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Film Review – Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

Posted by Mark Pulliam on December 16, 2020 9 Comments

Early on in Michael Pack’s gripping new documentary on Justice Clarence Thomas, Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words—a first-person profile of the controversial justice, featuring frank interviews with Justice Thomas and his wife, Virginia—Thomas refers to a poem he studied in high school, Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qma8LHQlrA

Spending Went Down in November Despite Beginning of Holiday Shopping

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 16, 2020 16 Comments

Yikes. This is not good. November usually kicks off the period when businesses get back in the black (hence Black Friday). But new COVID-19 lockdowns put a damper on those hopes since spending fell by 1.1% in November.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWWyCx_Zv-k

Biden’s Deputy Chief on Republicans: ‘I’m Not Saying They’re Not a Bunch of F*ckers. Mitch McConnell is Terrible’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 16, 2020 63 Comments

Oh, look. Glamour interviewed two Democrat women over the hardship of juggling campaigns and motherhood. Magazines never do this with Republican or conservative women. Jen O'Malley Dillon, Joe Biden's campaign manager and his pick for deputy chief of staff, told Glamour that while she wants unity, she admitted Republicans are "a bunch of f*ckers."

Student Journalist Faced Investigation for Reattaching Note to Staff Member’s Door

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2020 23 Comments

A student journalist at Frostburg State University in Maryland has written some stories which are critical of the school's COVID-19 policies. Then something bizarre happened. She reattached a note to a staff member's door after finding it on the floor and was subsequently told she was being investigated for harassment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z52RPs56c4

Oracle flees California for Texas, Founder Larry Ellison Heads To Hawaii

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 16, 2020 36 Comments

Last year, I reported that the tech giant Oracle moved its important annual conference from San Francisco to Las Vegas, citing dirty streets and high hotel costs. The streets have certainly not gotten cleaner, nor the costs less. Add the state's pandemic business shutdowns into the equation, and it is little wonder that the California cash cows are seeking greener pastures.

American Association of University Professors Backed Only Democrats in Midterms

U. Michigan Student Faces Assault, Battery Charges After Attacking Jewish Activist

Washington State U. Bans Fall Rush for Fraternities, Sororities Starting in 2027

Illinois Teacher Union Boss Gets Substantial Pay Raise Despite Low State Reading Scores

Faculty Senate at Northwestern Calls for Restrictions on ICE Access to Campus

Oregon State Instructor Reports Student for Arguing There are Only Two Sexes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqe1uwx7Akw

San Francisco Renaming Abraham Lincoln School Because Black and Native Lives Didn’t Matter to Him

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 16, 2020 19 Comments

The San Francisco Unified School District targeted 44 schools for possible name changes back in October. The list included Abraham Lincoln. Dianne Feinstein, Herbert Hoover, and others. The school district voted this week to rename Abraham Lincoln school due to his comments about black people and "the majority of his policies proved to be detrimental to [Native Americans]."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWt7rnDNDE

While You Were Focused On The Electoral College Vote, The Senate Filled The 7th Circuit Coney Barrett Seat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 15, 2020 61 Comments

It's full steam ahead for Mitch McConnell filling the few remaining federal judicial vacancies.

Chicago Schools Hiring People to Supervise Kids in Class While Teachers Work Remotely

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 15, 2020 33 Comments

I tried hard to word a decent headline but the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) makes it impossible. The teachers will not return to the classroom with the students in January. So the cash-strapped city will hire supervisors to be in classes and at the school with the students. This is because the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) refuses to get back to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1FGVgz6Os

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for the ‘Kidnapping of Hundreds of Schoolboys’ in Nigeria

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 15, 2020 11 Comments

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015: Boko Haram technically defeated. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on December 1, 2020: War against Boko Haram far from over. Boko Haram, the radical Islamic group that has been terrorizing Nigeria for years, claimed their militants kidnapped hundreds of schoolboys in the northwestern state of Katsina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5RVgFM1Q-c

COVID Theater: Disney World Will Stop Photoshopping Masks Onto Park Visitors

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 15, 2020 14 Comments

There are more signs that the American public is tired of the endless COVID theater, especially as the mask mandates and lockdowns have failed to stop the new surge. After being called-out by park visitors, Disney World will stop editing on-ride photos to make maskless guests appear masked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNYza4li-Q

Border Official Warns of ‘Full-Blown Crisis’ as Illegal Crossings Into U.S. Rise Dramatically

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 15, 2020 28 Comments

Illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States rose dramatically in November and one border official is already using the word "crisis" to describe the problem. Does anyone expect that this situation will improve under a Biden administration?

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1338867152586096645

McConnell Congratulates President-Elect Biden

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 15, 2020 57 Comments

Tuesday morning, Senate Majority Leader McConnell congratulated President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris from the Senate floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls4DZKE47M

Trump Admin Names Iranian Officials Responsible for Abduction, Death of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 15, 2020 5 Comments

The United States has formally named two Iranian regime officials responsible for the abduction and death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dz_If9FYU

Where things stand at this hour

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 14, 2020 186 Comments

I've been extremely fatigued the last few days. I don't think I have coronavirus because I don't have other symptoms, but it's been hard for me to sustain the energy to follow the legal proceedings that have brought to a conclusion the judicial option for fighting the election result.

Attorney General Bill Barr Resigns

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 14, 2020 63 Comments

Monday night Trump announced that Attorney General Bill Barr has resigned and will leave his post before Christmas. Barr will be replaced by acting Deputy AG Jeff Rosen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JakZnQFvQs

Debra Messing Hopes Donald Trump is Gang Raped in Prison

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 14, 2020 40 Comments

It's a day that ends in -y so you know what that means! A leftist Hollywood actor said something horrible about President Donald Trump or conservatives. None other than good old Debra Messing blessing our timelines with a wish that Trump becomes "the most popular boyfriend to all the inmates" in prison.