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Republicans Wake Up to an Electoral Bloodbath

'Lawyer Up': Democrats Declare War on Trump Administration

2026 Midterms Results: Democrats Win the House and Senate

Pennsylvania: Emergency Injunction Sought From SCOTUS To Halt Any Further Certification Actions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 01, 2020 59 Comments

On Saturday night, November 28, we noted that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification. The basis for the PA Supreme Court ruling was that the petitioners had waited too long, and should have challenged mail-in ballot procedures prior to the election:

AG Barr: No Criminal Fraud on a Scale That Would Change Outcome of Election, Trump’s Legal Team Responds

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 01, 2020 73 Comments

In an interview with the Associated Press, Attorney General William Barr indicated that their investigations found no evidence of widespread criminal fraud such that the outcome of the election would change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1cmEJ1HKJ4&t=112s

Iran Changes Story, Claims Nuclear Weapons Chief Killed by Israeli-Made ‘Remote-Controlled Device’

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 01, 2020 11 Comments

The Iranian regime has revised how the country's nuclear weapons chief was assassinated outside Tehran.

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

SoCal Restaurant Owner Mocks Gov. Newsom in Hot Take Over ‘French Laundry’ Dining

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 01, 2020 11 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers may recall that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was forced to apologize after a news report surfaced that he attended a fancy dinner party honoring a top political adviser, which occurred as the governor discouraged households gathering together for their own parties during the upcoming holiday season.

Seattle To Send First-Time Non-Violent Criminals To ‘Community Panel’ and Have Taxpayers Pay Their Restitution

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 01, 2020 93 Comments

Seattle is about to try a new form of community policing which would have criminals face a non-profit community panel and in some cases, put taxpayers on the hook for restitution. The left said they wanted to 'reimagine' law enforcement. Consider this a preview.

Judge Sides With Cornell in DEI Hiring Lawsuit

Harvard Grad Student Workers Continue Strike

Indiana University Libraries Promote Feminist Guides Targeting ‘Cisheteropatriarchy’

College-Aged Voters Help Democrats Sweep Key Races in Midterms

American Association of University Professors Backed Only Democrats in Midterms

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

Today is Giving Tuesday

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 01, 2020 3 Comments

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day set aside to raise money for non-profit organizations world-wide.

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1333554455766241283?s=20

Georgia Senate Candidate Warnock Laughs at Concealed Carrying Churchgoers

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 30, 2020 33 Comments

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is probably not a good look for Warnock, who's in a highly contested Senate runoff race in GEORGIA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JySALvmSI

#NY22: Republican Challenger Claudia Tenney Moves Back Into Lead By 13 Votes After Final Count

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2020 13 Comments

The lead for #NY22 changes every single day. Now Republican challenger Claudia Tenney leads Democrat incumbent Anthony Brindisi in the final vote. But the winner will likely come from the 2,200 affidavit ballots both parties rejected and 270 absentee ballots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSAoitd1BTQ

Candace Owens Takes On Facebook “Fact Checker” PolitiFact And Wins

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 30, 2020 21 Comments

I've long been an admirer of conservative firebrand Candace Owens. She's a smart as a whip and absolutely fearless champion of conservative principles—of limited government, of the Bill of Rights, and of American values that want to lift up every American of every race, religion, creed, etc. rather than dragging everyone, excepting the leftist political elite and their favored entities, down to an "equitable" level of abject poverty and blind reliance on government for their daily bread.

NYC Mayor de Blasio Allows In-Person Elementary School Starting on December 7

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2020 11 Comments

Science has shown us for a while that schools are pretty safe from COVID-19 spreads. That didn't stop New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio from shutting down the schools due to a spike in cases in the city. Parents got ticked and *now* de Blasio acknowledges the science the Democrats supposedly embrace so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw58yvvZMzo

Biden OMB Nominee Neera Tanden Deletes Tweets Blasting Republicans

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2020 16 Comments

Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center American Progress (CAP), has a tough road to confirmation as Joe Biden's budget director. Tanden deleted tweets between November 16 and today due to harsh criticism of Republican senators, which she will need for confirmation.

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

Trump Sends Biden Get Well Wishes After Hairline Fracture in Foot After Playing With Dog

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2020 50 Comments

Joe Biden has a small hairline fracture in his foot after he fell while playing with his dog Major. Even President Donald Trump wished him well.

Branco Cartoon – The New Abnormal

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 30, 2020 8 Comments

Master Class...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9WNmFVuv4I

Cancel Mob Attacks U Chicago Geophysicist Dorian Abbot For Questioning Diversity Hiring Dogma

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2020 56 Comments

"Cancel culture" is a plague that has infected academia and campuses for a long time, and has moved from campus to the general culture. But it has been particularly prominent in the news in 2020 over issues of racial politics, particularly the Black Lives Matter Movement and Critical Race Theory (sometimes called "antiracist") indoctrination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk5MecINoT0

#GASen: Jon Ossoff Embraces His Inner Bernie Bro, Praises Bernie’s Advocacy For Socialized Medicine As “Necessary”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2020 22 Comments

Back in 2017, Ossoff ran—and lost—the most expensive House campaign in history for Georgia's 6th district. At the time, anti-Trump MSNBC host Joe Scarborough decried Ossoff as a “Bernie Sanders socialist.” He was not wrong.

Smith College Alums Demand Whistleblower Jodi Shaw Undergo More White Privilege “Training” to “Safely Interact With Students”

Posted by Leah M. Baldacci, Esq. on November 29, 2020 35 Comments

On November 23, 2020, Jodi Shaw, the whistleblower alumna and Student Support Coordinator of Smith College, who has asked the college to stop reducing her "personhood to a racial category", shared on Facebook the following "snippet" of a then-forthcoming Open Letter against her:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J3vrJNGxQA

China now claims India is original source of Wuhan Coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 29, 2020 30 Comments

Last week, I reported that China was blaming Italy as the original source of the Wuhan Coronavirus.