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DSA Already Embedding Its Political Message in Classrooms

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Competition for the radical base: Warren eating Bernie’s lunch

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 16, 2019 25 Comments

For the past week or so we've been treated to a breathless media elated that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is "surging" in her bid for the 2020 Democrat nomination for president. The problem? Her "surge" seems to be directly related to the cratering campaign of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Yes, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump Paid Their Irish Pub Tab

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 16, 2019 9 Comments

Despite media headlines to the contrary, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump did pay their bar tab in Ireland and were lauded by locals as "so nice."

German Student Associations Unite to Fight Antisemitic BDS Movement

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 16, 2019 1 Comment

Germany's leading national student associations have joined forces to fight the anti-Israel boycott movement—Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)—on college campuses. Perhaps the first academic initiative of its kind in Europe, the alliance comprises student groups from across the political spectrum.

Who Will Replace Sarah Sanders as White House Press Secretary?

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 16, 2019 33 Comments

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced last week that she is retiring from the demanding position. The question on many minds now: Who will take her place?

Everyone is Running Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 16, 2019 4 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

TPUSA Members: UT Tyler Attack Reflects Growing Campus Hostility Toward Conservatives

UT Austin Funds Graduate Student Research on ‘Reproductive Justice’

Texas Tech Regents Eliminate Several Race, Gender Studies Courses

Ransomware Gang Claims Credit for Vanderbilt Cyberattack

Occidental College Hosts Transgender Event That Mocks Trump

Franklin & Marshall College Drops Plan to Adopt 'Gender Neutral' Mascot

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College coverage — One of our finest hours

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2019 95 Comments

The Gibson's Bakery massive verdict against Oberlin College has sparked incredible reader excitement, and brought many new readers to Legal Insurrection. I've spent the last week trying to absorb what is happening. The reactions to the compensatory and punitive damage verdicts remind me of only a few times in Legal Insurrection's almost 11-year history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7r0FBSkyDw

If Trump “Might” Accept Foreign Info on Opponents and Obama Actually Did, Who’s Guilty of What?

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 15, 2019 49 Comments

Trump-Deranged Democrats and their media cohorts, along with the remaining dregs of the #NeverTrump contingent, have their dander up over President Trump answering a hypothetical posed to him by Clinton stooge George Stephanopoulos.

Masterpiece Cakeshop Sued A Third Time, Ostensibly Over “Gender Transition” Cake

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 15, 2019 69 Comments

Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado is once again the target of a lawsuit. This time, the family-run bakeshop is being sued not by Colorado but by the complainant, Attorney Autumn Scardina, in the dropped suit filed by the state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju0c78KVNA4#action=share

Authorities evaluating if methanol poisoning is cause of seven American deaths in Dominican Republic

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 15, 2019 12 Comments

Over the past year, seven American tourists have mysteriously died while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, and federal authorities are now weighing the possibility that poisoned alcohol may be the cause.

https://youtu.be/9af0lNDZUNU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9IMs5VtyI

Led by Sens. Cruz and Kaine, Senate Passes Unanimous Resolution Expressly Condemning Anti-Semitism

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 15, 2019 10 Comments

On Thursday, the Senate did what the House was unwilling to do earlier this year: Pass a bipartisan, unanimous resolution that expressly condemned anti-Semitism.

Professor Under Fire for Speaking Out Against Political Correctness, Illegal Immigration

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2019 14 Comments

Fang Zhou is an associate professor at Georgia Gwinnett College. He is also a legal immigrant from China and frequent critic of illegal immigration in the United States. His views on that subject, as well as political correctness, have triggered some people on the left.

Victory Over an Angry Mob Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2019 4 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Oberlin College warfare on Gibson’s Bakery shows “this can happen to anybody, it’s not just a campus phenomenon”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2019 108 Comments

I appeared tonight on Tucker Carlson Tonight to talk about the massive jury verdict against Oberlin College in the Gibson's Bakery lawsuit. I had talked about the case previously on Tucker's show, on May 13, 2019, after the trial had started, but long before the verdict.

Small Texas Town Declares Itself a “Sanctuary City” for the Unborn

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 14, 2019 9 Comments

A small Texas town nestled up next to the Louisiana border became the first in the great state of Texas to declare itself a "sanctuary city" for the unborn. Waskom has a population of about 2,000 people.

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

Wolfenstein Developer Repeats Obnoxious “Nazi Occupation of America” Rhetoric at E3 Show

Posted by Tyler Hummel on June 14, 2019 13 Comments

This past week has come and gone with the year's largest video gaming show. Every June, E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is used as a trade show for the largest video game developers to show off their slate of upcoming games for the next two years. Bethesda Softworks brought back the development team of the newest series of Wolfenstein games to show off footage for their soon to be launched spin-off game Wolfenstein: Young Blood.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/448459-federal-employees-turn-their-backs-on-agriculture-secretary-over?jwsource=cl

Federal Employees Protest Cost-Cutting Agriculture Department Relocation Plans

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 14, 2019 54 Comments

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees staged a protest over the announcement of relocation plans of two Agriculture Department research agencies. The employees turned their backs on Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during his review of the relocation plans.

DNC Announces the TWENTY Candidates Who Will be on the Stage for First Debates

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2019 11 Comments

The Democratic National Committee has finally announced the twenty candidates will participate in the first primary debates at the end of this month. It's amazing that Bill de Blasio and Eric Swalwell made the cut. Real Clear Politics isn't even tracking Swalwell's campaign in its average of polls.