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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

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18 years later: Remembering CIA Officer Johnny “Mike” Spann, the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2019 21 Comments

For many years, on November 25 and also Memorial Day, we have remembered Johnny Micheal Spann, a CIA Operations Officer who was the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11. We have told Spann's story many times, but it never gets old. Our 15th Anniversary post summed up much of what we had learned, 15th Anniversary: Johnny “Mike” Spann, first American killed in Afghanistan.

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1199020793264394240

‘Tough Cookie’: Trump Honors Conan, the Military Dog in ISIS Raid

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 25, 2019 18 Comments

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and First Lady Melania Trump honored military dog Conan at the White House today. She is no ordinary military dog. Conan is the dog who cornered ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi when he killed himself.

Biden’s Senior Latina Advisor Jumps Ship ‘Over Her Lack of Input’ and His ‘Immigration Rhetoric’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 25, 2019 33 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign hit another snag as his senior Latina advisor Vanessa Cárdenas quit. She became "frustrated over her lack of input and with the presidential candidate’s immigration rhetoric."

Voters Know the Media Cares More About Impeachment Than They Do

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 25, 2019 22 Comments

If you have watched CNN or MSNBC over the last few weeks, you know that their coverage has been non-stop impeachment mania. Each new supposed "bombshell" brings giddy anticipation of the end for Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpR3zZ9b15k

Navy Secretary Fired by Defense Secretary For Secretly Securing Navy SEAL Deal With Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 25, 2019 66 Comments

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer due to the latter's attempts to strike a deal with the White House over Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, the man who posed next to a dead body of an ISIS terrorist. Esper discovered Spencer's actions after the fact, which made him lose faith and confidence in Spencer.

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.facebook.com/NSJP2019/photos/p.688029078286929/688029078286929/?type=1&theater

Investigation: ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ Locked Down Its Annual Conference, What Was It Hiding?

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on November 25, 2019 4 Comments

Last week, we reported on the disruption of Israeli Hen Mazzig's talk by Vassar College Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in Vassar President: It was anti-Semitic to shout at Israeli Jewish speaker “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”. In a breath of fresh air, Vassar president Elizabeth Bradley issued an admirably strong condemnation of SJP's behavior, stating that shouting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"—a call for the extermination of Israel and the subjugation of Israeli Jews—at an Israeli Jewish speaker was anti-Semitic:

Branco Cartoon – Empty Vessel

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 25, 2019 9 Comments

Money for Nothin' ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_York#By_congressional_district

Vulnerable Dems Taking Impeachment Heat Over Thanksgiving

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 24, 2019 32 Comments

I was in Ithaca for a school event recently, and it didn't take much time so see an anti-Impeachment ad on TV. This ad directed at Anthony Brindisi (D-NY22) was all over the airwaves (not sure if it was Binghamton or Syracuse stations):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-T6O8HE5KY

The poop in San Francisco keeps piling up

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 24, 2019 45 Comments

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) escalated its ongoing dispute with San Francisco, once again accusing the city’s water agency of improperly discharging wastewater into the ocean.

Biden, Warren Pander to Stacey Abrams, Repeat Debunked Claims About Her Election Loss

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 24, 2019 30 Comments

Though the Democratic candidates for president debated in Stacey Abrams' home state of Georgia last Wednesday, surprisingly enough her name was only mentioned twice during the debate itself - once by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (MN) and the other time by Sen. Cory Booker (NJ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvkxnFyl8PE

Sweden: Violence-Ridden Malmo Has “More In Common With Baghdad Than With Other European Cities,” German State Broadcaster Admits

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 24, 2019 34 Comments

Sweden's third-largest city Malmo is turning into a Third-World war zone, Germany's state-owned Deutsche Welle admitted. Malmo, Sweden's third-largest city, had "more in common with Baghdad than with other European cities," the broadcaster reported on Saturday.

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Enters Dem 2020 Race with a Thud

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 24, 2019 35 Comments

New York City's Big Gulp-banning, would-be gun-grabbing busybody former mayor has formally announced his bid for the Democrat nomination for president. The former Democrat, turned Republican, turned Democrat billionaire apparently sees weakness in the current clown car crop of Democrat hopefuls and has tossed his Nanny hat into the ring.

Elizabeth Warren is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Not only were her long-delayed Medicare for All plan and its subsequent revisions met with incredulity and ridicule from both the left and right, but her poll numbers are tanking in the very states she most needs right now: Iowa and New Hampshire.

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1194660405907464194

California Supreme Court strikes down law requiring release of tax returns for ballot placement

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 23, 2019 12 Comments

The California Supreme Court has just struck down a state law that required President Trump to release his tax returns in order to appear on the state’s primary ballot.

Justices in Sacramento said that the law – which required all candidates for president and governor to submit five years’ worth of personal income tax returns in order to be included on primary ballots – was unconstitutional.