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Anti-Israel groups lock down planning for disruption inside Christians United For Israel Summit

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on July 07, 2019 19 Comments

Last week, we covered the June 22 planning meeting and joint effort of four anti-Israel groups — Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), and U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) — to protest the massive annual summit of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) in D.C. on July 7-9. You can read about the background on these groups and their plans in Investigation: Anti-Israel groups plan disruption of Christians United for Israel Annual Summit.

Something’s happening here: Trump reaches all-time high approval in WaPo-ABC News polls

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2019 44 Comments

The Washington Post and ABC News just released a poll, and it's not good news for The Washington Post and ABC News. ABC News headlines the poll: Trump reaches career-high approval, yet faces a range of re-election risks: Poll:

Apocalypse Not: Cataclysmic Predictions Over Trump “Salute to America” Event

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 07, 2019 28 Comments

In the days leading up to President Trump's Independence Day "Salute to America," various anti-Trump pundits worked themselves into a ludicrous frenzy that tanks rolling in the streets of D.C. was a harbinger of doom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPDP2NTL-g

Mystery surrounds Russian submarine accident that killed 14

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 07, 2019 18 Comments

Details are slowly being revealed about the Russian submarine accident in waters north of the Arctic Circle that killed 14 of its personnel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=YQctLUab5Ks

UN Expert says San Francisco reminds her of Indian slums

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 07, 2019 13 Comments

I noted last week that California Governor Gavin Newsom recently said the state was the "envy of the world." A longtime United Nations envoy would disagree. She recently visited the Bay Area and was astonished by what she saw.

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=u_CTiBY0ZxU&t=68s

Second ‘Son Of Hamas’ Quits Islamist Group, Exposes Turkey-Based Terror Operation

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 07, 2019 9 Comments

The son of Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef has caused an uproar in Gaza after he turned his back on the Islamic terrorist organization and fled to an unnamed country in Far-East Asia. Suheib Yousef exposed the inner workings of the Gaza-based Islamist outfit and its terrorist activities abroad in an interview with an Israeli news channel.

Nancy Pelosi Smacks Down AOC and Company Over ‘No’ Votes on Border Funding

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 07, 2019 21 Comments

Nancy Pelosi downplayed the importance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her far left cohorts after they voted 'no' on humanitarian aid for the border, once again highlighting the struggle among old school Democrats and the new left.

Twilight Zone Primary Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 07, 2019 5 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWRDMxes9m8

Former Oberlin College President: “Pay the court’s judgment, don’t fight it; apologize to the Gibson family and to the community”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2019 85 Comments

Reviewing the intense public relations campaign launched by Oberlin College after the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps), I felt an "intervention" by someone who "truly cares" about Oberlin College was needed:

Former DNC public relations consultant furious he was told to leave restaurant after berating diner in MAGA hat

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 06, 2019 87 Comments

Can you imagine being so "triggered" by a hat that you literally shriek at another human being and call them a "racist" and a "Nazi"? In a (crowded) restaurant? I know I can't. But MAGA hats seem to have the ability to trigger just such a response from leftist bullies.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=KN8gXa7qL8yttQaT5pjwBQ&q=%22california%22+%22earthquake%22&oq=%22california%22+%22earthquake%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i131l10.28308.38038..38310...2.0..1.567.4207.1j24j0j1j1j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0j0i10.5NgUXMT-7JQ

Second major earthquake strikes Southern California in two days

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 06, 2019 28 Comments

A second major earthquake hit the Ridgecrest area of Southern California Friday night. This quake was approximately ten times larger than the shaker that hit on Independence Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiTZq6ADLqo

Warmbier family files claim for seized North Korean cargo ship

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 06, 2019 10 Comments

We have been following the news about the North Korean shipping vessel that violated American law and international sanctions and was subsequently seized by the U.S. The last report noted that the North Koreans were complaining to the United Nations about the action.

Joe Biden Wants to Bring Back the Individual Mandate in Obamacare

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 06, 2019 51 Comments

During a recent interview on CNN, Joe Biden revealed that he wants to reinstate the individual mandate in Obamacare, the least popular aspect of the law that eviscerated the Democratic party during Obama's presidency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxREsm8Ws8

Trump still wants to add citizenship question, but faces renewed opposition

Posted by Jared Samilow on July 06, 2019 43 Comments

The Trump administration is still exploring ways to add a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census, Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge in Maryland on Friday.

Revisionist History Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 06, 2019 10 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1146536991275855872

Cory Booker Helps Five Female Asylum Seekers Cross Into America

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 05, 2019 61 Comments

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (NJ) took a page out of rival Robert O'Rourke's book when he went to Mexico to speak with those sent back to Mexico after our government denied them asylum. Booker took it one step further by bringing five female asylum seekers with him back to America.

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1146988320548950016

Not Even Kamala Harris Knows Where She Stands on Busing Anymore

Posted by Stacey Matthews on July 05, 2019 31 Comments

After she was praised by left-wing pundits as the winner of the second Democratic presidential debate last week, Sen. Kamala Harris (CA) enjoyed a wave of positive polling numbers, increased fundraising numbers, and favorable publicity.