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KBJ Angry Dissent After Unable to Convert Any Other Justice To Her Side in Conversion Therapy Case

There is a "Popularized Conception of Birthright Citizenship, Which May Not be Accurate"

Ballroom Blitz: Judge Orders Halt to Construction, Trump Not Amused

Tom Cotton Says Dianne Feinstein Will be Investigated Over Leaked Ford Letter

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 02, 2018 43 Comments

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton appeared on Face the Nation this weekend and claimed, among other things, that Dianne Feinstein and her staff will be investigated for leaking Christine Blasey Ford's letter to the media.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/julie-swetnick-speaks-about-alleged-behavior-by-judge-kavanaugh-1334265923929?v=raila&

Julie Swetnick’s rape train claims against Kavanaugh crash and burn in NBC Interview

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2018 58 Comments

Julie Swetnick, Michael Avenatti's client, has the most incredible of all the accusations against Brett Kavanaugh -- that he participated in organizing and running rape train parties in which girls were given spiked drinks then gang raped.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1021765714498215936

#CounterResistance: Trump’s DOJ sues California over new “net neutrality” rules

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 01, 2018 12 Comments

This past June, my colleague Mary Chastain noted that the internet was still working after the Trump administration ended Obama-era "net neutrality" rules with the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order. However, tinkering with working systems until they no longer function is a feature of the California state legislature, so it created its own "net neutrality" rules that were recently signed into law. This action triggered the Trump administration to file a lawsuit to stop the implementation.

California slammed with slew of new gun control laws

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 01, 2018 11 Comments

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed into law several gun control bills proposed in the wake of several mass shootings that were used by the state legislature as the basis for the new restrictions.

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China Will Reduce Tariffs on Many Items, Including Steel

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 01, 2018 23 Comments

As the trade war escalates, China made a surprising announcement on Sunday that it will reduce tariffs on a long list of items, including steel. Reuters reported that the country will cut tariffs to 8.4% from 11.5% beginning on November 1.

Teacher Unions Sounding Alarm Over New AI-Driven Classroom Model

Students Claim Required English Course at Texas A&M San Antonio Ties Standard English to ‘Oppression’

AAUP Backs Anti-ICE Campaign on College Campuses

California High School Drops Punishment of Student for Pro-ICE Flyers After Inquiry From FIRE

CUNY LGBTQ Center to Host Podcast Discussion About the ‘Trans Politics of Looting’

Northeastern University Students Anxious After String of Crimes Near Campus

Trump calls Senate Democrats’ behavior in Kavanaugh hearings ‘a disgrace’ during press conference

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 01, 2018 3 Comments

Trump held a press conference Monday morning to discuss the newly minted NAFTA deal. Once the conversation was opened to the press, questions were directed toward Kavanaugh and the new FBI investigation. Trump was typical Trump.

Here Come The False Claims Kavanaugh Lied About Drinking

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 01, 2018 81 Comments

The drama surrounding Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will continue for at least another week due to an investigation into the sexual assault claims against him. But it also means that every aspect of his life will now fall under the microscope, even if it has nothing to do with the sexual misconduct claims. Now people have materialized out of the woodwork to claim that Kavanaugh lied about his heavy drinking, yet it's nothing he denied in front of the committee. Also, Paul Sperry, a Hoover Institution media fellow, tweeted on Sunday night that one of Kavanaugh's classmates from Yale sent a tip to the Senate Judiciary Committee that a fraternity brother may have exposed himself to Deborah Ramirez, the second woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

Canada, Mexico, U.S. Reach New NAFTA Deal

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 01, 2018 22 Comments

NAFTA is now called the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, after the three countries reached a new deal late Sunday night. From The Wall Street Journal:

The biggest impact is expected to be on the region’s largest industry, autos, requiring a greater portion of vehicles to be made in North America and with high-wage labor in the U.S. and Canada. The new deal for the first time sets rules for financial-services and digital businesses that have emerged since the bloc was created, aimed at pleasing sectors from drugmakers to Wall Street.

Conclusion: “The activities of congressional Democrats and Dr. Ford’s attorneys likely affected Dr. Ford’s account”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 01, 2018 66 Comments

The examination of Christine Blasey Ford by Arizona Sex Crimes Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell failed as a television event, but revealed many important details, casting serious doubt on Ford's claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in the summer of 1982. Mitchell has now produced a detailed analysis, and it devastates Ford's credibility and reliability.

Branco Cartoon – Blown Away

Posted by A.F. Branco on October 01, 2018 16 Comments

Guilty Even if Proven Innocent...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdq4le5hcRU

BDS Bully: U. Michigan Prof discriminates against student wanting to study in Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2018 34 Comments

One of the most important developments in the academic boycott of Israel took place a couple of weeks ago. A professor at the University of Michigan, John Cheney-Lippold, agreed to write a recommendation letter for a student, Abigail Engber, but later refused when he found out the letter would be used for the student to apply to a study abroad program in Israel.

The Littlest Member of the LI Family Turns 2

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on September 30, 2018 37 Comments

It's been two years since our littlest love, the first LI baby, joined us in this big, bad, beautiful world.

Elizabeth Warren finally admits she’s focused on 2020 presidential run

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 30, 2018 51 Comments

Okay, I have to admit that I am totally proud of the prof right now. Though I never really doubted his premise, his insistence, that Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was intent on running for president in 2020, I did have doubts about how she could possibly believe she could pull it off.

Maxine Waters Angrily Denies Allegation Someone in Her Office Doxxed GOP Senators

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 30, 2018 34 Comments

During the testimony by Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh this week, someone doxxed three Republican senators by adding their home addresses and private phone numbers to Wikipedia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l4kr36TzQ4

The science is settled: Pluto should be given back its “planet” status

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 30, 2018 42 Comments

Perhaps after "climate change," the biggest scientific controversy in recent times centered on the status of Pluto within our solar system. The astronomical body was demoted 12 years ago after a group of elite scientists decided to apply new rules to define "planets".

Report: Flake wasn’t pressured, he masterminded the Kavanaugh delay

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 30, 2018 94 Comments

According to a report published by Politico, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) chose to appear pressured when, in fact, he masterminded the latest Kavanaugh delay. His subsequent media statements about his motivations and his media appearances in light of this report suggest Flake's true motivations are far less pure than he would have us believe. Flake's focus on optics, on his raw ambition (for 2020?), and on the kind of "swamp creature" political maneuvering surrounding this planned reversal paints for the American people a hideous and disturbing portrait of the Arizona senator.

Marc Randazza: If the #MeToo pendulum swings too far, it may hit someone innocent

Posted by on September 30, 2018 52 Comments

I know women who have been sexually assaulted and who have not gotten justice. All I have is their side of the story, and that has been enough for me to believe them -- because I know them, and I know their character, and thus I believe them -- without any reservation at all.