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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

U. Miami Law Prof Daniel Ravicher says threatened with termination after pro-Trump tweets

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 13, 2020 37 Comments

Daniel Ravicher is a star on the University of Miami Law School faculty. A full time lecturer, he currently is appointed under a 3-year term ending in June 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMR3pE5hQPk

Trump Accountability Project Claims it’s Calling off the Purge… For Now

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 13, 2020 29 Comments

Our fascist-wannabe friends on the left have decided to call off their efforts to target Trump supporters. It seems the purge didn't poll well with members of the public, who have been told for four years by these same people that Trump is an authoritarian. Isn't it nice of them to allow half of the American public to exist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJ2cwZ8xtI

CA Judge Orders San Diego to Open Strip Clubs Based on First Amendment, But Churches Still Closed

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 13, 2020 27 Comments

San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil ordered the county to open strip clubs due to the First Amendment. Shouldn't that argument apply to places of worship as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enm_aAEm_dM https://youtu.be/WzuCd_JfExE?t=3295

Lightfoot, de Blasio Impose Heavy Restrictions Due to COVID-19 Ahead of Thanksgiving

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 13, 2020 26 Comments

Two of America's greatest mayors are doing everything they can to restrict joy and happiness during this wonderful season. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot basically canceled Thanksgiving.

https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1327042052975190016

Joy Reid, Adam Schiff Think Any Congressional Investigation Into a Biden Admin Would be ‘Obstruction’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 13, 2020 37 Comments

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the man who spent the last four years going after supposed collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump, is concerned that Republicans would spend too much time "investigating rather than legislating" during a Biden administration.

Turning Point USA Event at U. New Mexico Ends With Arrest of Two Students

UC Santa Barbara Offers Free Needles for Hormone Injections

U. Chicago Backtracks on Statement About Gender Identity Following Media Inquiry

Judge Sides With Cornell in DEI Hiring Lawsuit

Harvard Grad Student Workers Continue Strike

Indiana University Libraries Promote Feminist Guides Targeting ‘Cisheteropatriarchy’

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Study: COVID-19 Fatality Rate Drops by 30% Since April

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 13, 2020 39 Comments

The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) announced that COVID-19's fatality rate dropped 30% since April.

Appeals Court upholds Harvard’s discrimination against Asian-Americans

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 12, 2020 41 Comments

Harvard discriminates in admissions, that is beyond doubt. So do many other elite colleges and universities. That's illegal, right? Kinda, sorta, but not if you discriminate against certain groups to benefit other groups and couch it in Supreme-Court-approved verbiage about wanting to provide a diverse educational environment.

Biden’s Education Transition Team Includes Employees from Nation’s Largest Teachers Unions

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 12, 2020 30 Comments

If the 'rona lockdowns showed us anything, it's how completely disinterested teachers unions are in education. Teachers unions nationwide used the shutdowns to demand ridiculous policy concessions having nothing to do with educating children, so of course Biden plans to add them to the Department of Education.

https://twitter.com/zGuz/status/1326591680699641856?s=20

Biden COVID-19 Advisor Suggests 4 to 6 Week Lockdown

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 12, 2020 74 Comments

You cannot say you weren't warned.

Georgia Dem Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock a Defender of Jeremiah “God D*** America” Wright

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2020 31 Comments

In the coming months, all eyes will be on Georgia for the run-off elections happening there in January which will impact party control of the U.S. Senate. One Democrat candidate is Reverend Raphael Warnock, a longtime defender of the controversial Pastor Jeremiah Wright, of "God d**m America" fame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t27sMM9X7m4

Report: Trump Wants to Form Digital Media Empire to Compete With Fox News

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 12, 2020 27 Comments

Axios reported that President Donald Trump wants to form a digital media empire to take on Fox News. The president has expressed frustration with Fox News since the election when the station called Arizona early for Joe Biden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fae6pv1q2AE&t

China, Iran Gang Up On The U.S. At UN Human Rights Body

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 12, 2020 14 Comments

China, Iran, and a host of rogue regimes have once again used the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to gang up on the United States.

America’s Fiscal Landscape Might Change as Wall Street Weighs Move to Texas

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 12, 2020 45 Comments

Yesterday, in the wake of the November election, I noted I was making some significant changes in my digital landscape.

Branco Cartoon – Almost Doesn’t Count

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 12, 2020 8 Comments

Audit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl_v0yaPGyU

NY Times increasingly staffed with hires from “outlets that practiced advocacy journalism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 11, 2020 27 Comments

New York Magazine has performed what Rush might call a 'random act of journalism' by taking a deep dive on the transformation of the NY Times into both a paper whose growth was fueled by resistance to Trump, and fundamentally transformed internally by young "insurrectionist" staffers from outside the traditional journalism pipeline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rshx1U9JgZM

Report: Sen. Kamala Harris’ Husband Quitting Job for Position in Possible Biden Administration

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 11, 2020 34 Comments

Sen. Kamala Harris' husband Douglas Emhoff is reportedly leaving his job at the law firm DLA Piper for a spot in the Biden administration (if to comes to pass).