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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

Delusions of Oppression Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2019 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdR-I35Ladk#action=share

Did Beijing spend $200 million trying to influence elections in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Australia?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 29, 2019 13 Comments

Last week, a man proclaiming to be a Chinese spy defected to Australia and offered a trove of unprecedented inside intelligence on how China conducts its interference operations abroad.

https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1199734241891934210/photo/1

Wrong Whole Foods: Boycott Calls After WholeFoods Magazine Names Mitch McConnell ‘Person of the Year’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2019 13 Comments

Outrage culture leads to many misunderstandings because people react before they think or even educate themselves. The latest incident involves Whole Foods. A magazine called WholeFoods, which is not associated with the grocery store, named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell its Person of the Year.

In 9-0 Ruling, Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Confederate Monument Law

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2019 58 Comments

Confederate monuments came under attack from the radical left several years ago. In 2017, the SPLC joined the fray and published a list of places and monuments with "Confederate names" that they claimed had the potential to act as “catalysts” to “unleash more turmoil and bloodshed.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOW9gLHLyKI&t=33s

Extinction Rebellion: The Green Justice Warriors Accused of Being Too White

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 29, 2019 18 Comments

The environmental activist cult known as Extinction Rebellion, which has been disrupting traffic in major cities with “climate strikes” and engaging in hunger strike theatrics, has been deemed too white by CNN reporter Aimee Lewis.

Iranian Refugee Warns America That Universities are Becoming Radicalized

Africana Studies Department at Oberlin College Offers Courses on Marxism

Northwestern Food Fest Cancels Event After Pro-Israel Group Registers

Member of Largest Teachers Union Says They Abandoned Education in Pursuit of Political Power

Columbia to Host Discussion of American Genocide, Colonialism, and Racial Oppression

LGBT Student Group at Florida State U. Requests $58K for Drag Shows

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

UK Authorities Declare London Bridge Stabbing Attack a ‘Terrorist Incident’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2019 21 Comments

Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu announced outside of Scotland Yard that authorities have declared the stabbing attack on London bridge a "terrorist incident." The Guardian published his press conference:

I can confirm that at approximately 2pm today Friday the 29th of November. Police were call to a stabbing at a premises near to London Bridge EC1. Emergency services attended including officers from the City of London police and the Metropolitan Police.

Mollie Hemingway: “How Republicans Won Phase One Of Impeachment”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2019 30 Comments

The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway penned a phenomenal piece last week in which she analyzed the first phase of the Democrat's partisan clown show impeachment circus.

Holy Cross Student Protesters Try to Shout Down Speech by Heather Mac Donald

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 20 Comments

Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Mac Donald gave a speech at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts recently, but the event was marred by students who tried to shout her down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJeAy2JZvEY

Hong Kong protesters wave American flags, thank Trump for signing Human Rights & Democracy Act

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 28, 2019 6 Comments

President Donald Trump has signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which is aimed at ensuring that Hong Kong has sufficient autonomy from China by tying the city's liberty to trading terms with the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5VJNJNfSQ

These Thanksgiving Desserts Bring a Lot to the Table

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2019 11 Comments

We celebrate Thanksgiving today, which means FOOD! If you follow me on Twitter (warning! I swear a lot), you'll notice I have a passion for cooking and baking. I decided to share with you great Thanksgiving desserts you can bring to your table this year along with links to the recipes.

President Trump Makes Stealth Thanksgiving Trip to Troops in Afghanistan

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 28, 2019 7 Comments

President Donald Trump took a stealth trip to Afghanistan this Thanksgiving, to visit U.S. military troops stationed at Bagram Air Field.

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

Hundreds of Banks Torched in “Vast” Anti-Regime Protests, Iran’s Ayatollah Admits

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 28, 2019 10 Comments

Anti-regime protesters torched around 731 banks in nationwide unrest that began two weeks ago, Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei admitted. The demonstrations against the Shi'a Islamic regime started on November 15 after Tehran announced the rationing of gasoline and a sharp hike in fuel prices. Protesters also turned their anger at symbols of the regime, setting fire to banners and billboards depicting Ayatollah Khamenei and Islamic propaganda.

Impeachment: “Democrats are like the dog chasing the car and they found it and they don’t know what to do with it”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2019 33 Comments

I appeared on Fox News @Night with Shannon Bream on November 27. We started with the upcoming Horowitz report on surveillance of the Trump campaign and then moved on to the current status of impeachment.

A Very Happy Thanksgiving From Us at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2019 9 Comments

Thanksgiving 2019 is upon us. It's a day for us to all get along, put aside our differences. It's a day to remember how lucky we are to live in this country. We decided to put together what we're thankful for in 2019. Please share your thoughts in the comments!

Giving Tuesday – Smile

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2019 1 Comment

December 3, 2019, is Giving Tuesday, the first one for the Legal Insurrection Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3). All donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Reader donations have been critical to our success and survival. More than you know.

Trump Breaks the Internet, Media (Again) With Picture of Himself as Rocky

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2019 15 Comments

It does not take much for President Donald Trump to break the internet, the left, and the media. Trump did it once again on Wednesday when he tweeted a picture of himself as Rocky.

Court: Expelled Johnson & Wales male student gets trial on claim of unfair disciplinary process

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2019 12 Comments

In January 2018, I wrote about the Kafkaesque campus sexual assault tribunal at Johnson & Wales alleged in lawsuit. The case involved all-too-common really troubling procedural twists: