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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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88aXr3za02E

Rep. Will Hurd is Considering Running for President in 2024

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 27, 2019 11 Comments

Last we heard from Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), he announced he was not seeking re-election in 2020.

Tulsi Gabbard: Voters Should Decide President Trump’s Political Fate, Not Congress (Updated)

Posted by Stacey Matthews on September 27, 2019 37 Comments

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is back and she's got a lot to say. Though the Hawaii Congresswoman didn't qualify for the September Democratic presidential debate, she found out this week that her polling and campaign fundraising numbers for the month were good enough to put her back on the debate stage in October for the fourth round:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwPugDL9XY4

Trump’s EPA Threatens to Slash California Highway Funds Over ‘Air Quality’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2019 22 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers will recall that President Donald Trump's administration has become the target of at least 50 lawsuits initiated by California and its Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Additionally, Becerra recently threatened to sue the federal government for the recent roll-back of Obama-era coal-burning power plant restrictions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l-254XnpkA

Wall Street Democrats Warn They’ll Sit Out 2020 Presidential Election or Support Trump if Warren is Nominee

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2019 22 Comments

Some Democrats who work on Wall Street said they will sit out the 2020 election if the Democrats nominate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). They even threatened to help reelect Donald Trump if the person who "created much of the intellectual foundation" of Occupy Wall Street is the party's standard bearer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNDIOd4Dqa4

The “Whistleblower Complaint” isn’t a whistleblower complaint, it’s a closing argument

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2019 161 Comments

When the so-called Whistleblower Complaint was released this morning, my first impression was that this was a very professionally-done document, likely crafted by a lawyer.

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=xFdz3u7DIG4

The Trump Impeachment Conundrum Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About

Posted by New Neo on September 26, 2019 65 Comments

One thing we can safely conclude at this point is that the current impeachment push is not about the content of Trump's phone conversation with Ukraine's president Zelensky or the "whistleblower" report, although the Democrats and NeverTrumpers will probably continue to pretend it is, at least for a while.

Former Rep. Darrell Issa Running for Congress in California’s 50th District

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 26, 2019 16 Comments

Former Congressman Darrell Issa officially tossed his hat into the 2020 ring Thursday.

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

RNC, Trump Campaign Raise $5 Million Since Pelosi Announced Impeachment Inquiry

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2019 8 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) announced the launch of an official impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday. One day later, the Republican National Committee (RNC) and Trump's campaign reported they raised $5 million from small dollar donations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q9X5mi9fHw#action=share

DNI Director Maguire Denies WaPo Report That He Threatened to Resign

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2019 18 Comments

Drama. Drama everywhere! The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire threatened to resign if the White House tried to influence his testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee. Maguire denied the report to Congress this morning.

“Behind the Mask” — Israeli Report On How the BDS Movement “Desensitizing West to Antisemitism”

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on September 26, 2019 6 Comments

Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs has released a report exposing the antisemitic agenda being the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). The anti-Israel boycott campaign now direct "classic antisemitic tropes and motifs once directed at “the Jew” at “the Jew among the nations,” the State of Israel," the reported said. Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan released the report titled Behind The Mask: The Anti-Semitic Nature of BDS Exposed at the European Parliament building in Brussels. The minister urged the European Union and Western governments to stop funding organizations promoting the antisemitic BDS movement.

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1177211952344510465

Adam Schiff Started Hearing With Fake Quotes From Trump, Ukrainian Transcript

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2019 49 Comments

As if we did not need more proof that the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is insincere from the Democrats. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, the king of hyperbole, began the hearing with DNI Director Joseph Maguire with fake quotes from the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWVO0Trd1c

Joe Biden’s Lead Evaporating in Key Early States as Warren Advances

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 26, 2019 5 Comments

Joe Biden has maintained a strong lead among Democratic 2020 hopefuls for months, but he is now starting to slip. Elizabeth Warren is inching up, and as she does, Biden is losing ground in key early states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWcvvv3qNOI

Acting DNI Director Joseph Maguire: Trump, Ukrainian Whistleblower Complaint ‘Hearsay,’ Not ‘Corroborated’

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 26, 2019 26 Comments

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning. He answered questions to the best of his ability over the whistleblower report on the phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The House committee released the whistleblower's unclassified report this morning.

Branco Cartoon – Quicksand

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 26, 2019 9 Comments

That Sinking Feeling...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttcI9h4F7eU

San Francisco residents line sidewalk with boulders to block homeless camps

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 25, 2019 22 Comments

California has returned to its "Wild West" roots, as individuals strive to civilize the coast using their wits and initiative. Case-in-point: Residents of a San Francisco side street have trucked in boulders to discourage homeless camping near their homes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn48UP4hx3Q

OLC Memo Says Whistleblower Complaint Not an ‘Urgent Concern,’ Hands it Over to Congress

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 25, 2019 25 Comments

The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel determined that the whistleblower on the phone call with President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not present an "urgent concern" nor do officials have to hand over the account to Congress. The intelligence community inspector general also discovered the whistleblower "showed indications of 'political bias' and was 'in favor of a rival candidate'" of Trump's. Despite that conclusion, the House and Senate have the whistleblower's account.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/362362488

VIDEO: Knife Up, Don’t Shoot?

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 25, 2019 56 Comments

This past September 17, a white Saint Paul, MN, police officer shot and killed Ronald Davis, a black male. Within five days, organized protests took place against police brutality, complete with professionally printed signs and “Stop Killing People of Color” banners. This is how a “news” (actually propaganda) source, that self-identifies as focusing on “the People’s Struggle," described the shooting:

31-year-old Ronald Davis was a father, recently married, and had just graduated school. After allegedly bumping his vehicle into the back of a cop car, he stepped out of his vehicle and Mattson gunned him down.