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Supreme Court Upholds Mail-In Ballots Postmarked By But Received After Election Day

The 'Moderate' Left's Campaign to Distance Themselves From Their Socialist Wing Isn't Going Well

EPP Seeking Amicus Brief Counsel in Olympus (WA) Female-Only Spa Case

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

More woman trouble for Michael Avenatti – Stormy Daniels turns on him

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 29, 2018 29 Comments

Michael Avenatti has a woman problem again. No, not Julie Swetnick. No, not the woman in L.A. who accuses Avenatti of domestic violence. Instead, it's the woman who made Avenatti a household name: Stormy Daniels aka Stephanie Clifford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvopPM-TBe8

Trump Cancels Putin Meeting at G20 Over Ukraine Tensions

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2018 7 Comments

President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the increased tensions in Ukraine after Russia attacked and seized Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea. From Fox News:

"Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best for all parties concerned to cancel my previously scheduled meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin,” he tweeted Thursday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWhIW_b0A8

Michael Cohen pleads to lying to Congress about Trump Moscow Deal – Trump says Cohen is lying about lying

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 29, 2018 28 Comments

Thursday, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress. Cohen was involved in a potential real estate deal to build a Trump Tower in Russia. The deal never happened. Cohen claims he lied to Congress by downplaying his role in the Trump Tower deal and contact with the Kremlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmGSmvgNn1U

Professors at Michigan’s Oakland University Trained to Fight Shooters With Hockey Pucks

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2018 45 Comments

No, this is not Babylon Bee or The Onion. Oakland University, located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has trained its professors and staff to fight off potential shooters with hockey pucks. Hockey pucks. The professors and staff will use hockey pucks to stop shooters.

Branco Cartoon – Yes They Can

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 29, 2018 14 Comments

Unless stopped ...

Colorado College Awards Academic Credit for Helping to 'Shut Down' Immigrant Detention Centers

Tennessee Prof Who Called Charlie Kirk a ‘Disgusting Psychopath’ May Get $1.9M Settlement

Concordia University Prof Who Murdered Four Colleagues in 1992 Dies in Prison

USC ‘Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor’ Includes Internship Opportunity With ‘Social Justice Organizations’

Anti-Israel Student Activists Use Bogus AI-Generated Cases in Lawsuit Against Columbia, Barnard

Complaint Filed Against All-Women's School Wellesley College for Allegedly Admitting Biological Males

News Networks Conveniently Forget to Report LA Anti-Semitic Hate Crime

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 28, 2018 27 Comments

Friday night, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Mohamed Mohamed Abdi who is suspected of "of trying to run down two men leaving a Los Angeles synagogue." According to the New York Post:

Activist Women Claim Trump’s Election is Destroying Their Marriages

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 28, 2018 71 Comments

Is there anything Trump can't do? An article recently published in New York Magazine is truly something else.

https://www.facebook.com/airbnb/videos/302972220430074/

Airbnb’s hope for a 2019 public offering could be endangered by its boycott of Jews in the ‘West Bank’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2018 6 Comments

Airbnb is flying high. It reportedly had $1 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2018, according to AP:

Trump Willing to Shut Down Government Over Wall Funding, But Open to Plan B

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 24 Comments

Will border wall funding determine if the government shuts down next week? President Donald Trump told Politico that "he would 'totally be willing' to shut down the government" if he doesn't receive $5 billion in border wall funding, but The Washington Post reported that Trump said "[T]here are other potential ways" he can get it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YAy3NhdEG8

Outgoing Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes Will Get $130K in Pensions

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 18 Comments

Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation a few weeks ago after she faced criticism over how the county handled the vote counting on November 6. This latest election is not the only controversy she had during her tenure. It looks like she won't suffer much without her job because reports have come out that Snipes will receive over $130,000 in pensions. From Fox News:

Snipes, 75, already receives a pension of more than $58,000 from her time as an educator and is poised to collect another $71,000 for 15 years as an elected official, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvshvSHPls

Hyde-Smith’s Win in Mississippi Will Help the Senate Easily Confirm Trump Judicial Nominees

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 30 Comments

The GOP kept another seat in the Senate as Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith easily defeated her Democrat challenger Michael Espy in the special election on Tuesday. The victory gives the GOP a three-seat advantage in the Senate, which will help them easily confirm President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa8nyraJQA4

Progressive Sole: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Shoes to be Displayed in Exhibit at Cornell

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2018 36 Comments

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is enjoying the sort of hero worship by Democrats and the media not seen since Obama. She can do no wrong in their eyes, and every aspect of her must be celebrated. Even the shoes she campaigned in are now going to get special treatment.

https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/afm-surveillance.html

Mysterious, paralyzing disease has now spread to 31 states and Canada

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 28, 2018 28 Comments

We have been following the spread of a mysterious, polio-like disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has named acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The illness, the cause of which remains undetermined, continues to expand its range and public health officials have recorded 286 cases.

The mysterious, rare 'polio-like' disease blighting the US has now spread to 31 states, sickening at least 116 children. And yet, officials still have no idea what causes acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), nor how to treat or prevent it. The poorly understood illness, which can cause paralysis and, in rare cases, prove deadly, has struck Colorado the hardest, followed by Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FQNgEbCFU

PG&E being zapped by lawsuits from California’s Camp Fire victims

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 27, 2018 20 Comments

As California recovers from a series of massive wildfires, initial investigations seem to indicate that the deadly Camp Fire may have begun as a result of faulty electrical equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).

MSNBC’s Own Reporter Kills Their Caravan Narrative

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 27, 2018 27 Comments

Can you get owned by your own reporter? Because MSNBC anchors just got owned by their reporter covering the migrant caravan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_QyRw5sFM

Jesse Kelly’s Twitter Account Reinstated, Conspiracies Abound

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 27, 2018 9 Comments

Conservative pundit Jesse Kelly's Twitter account was reportedly banned over the Thanksgiving weekend. Mary covered the story here. Now, the account has been reinstated. At present, there's confusion aURLo whether his account was suspended or banned. If Twitter suspends an account, users are still able to access the page URL where they'll find a suspension message. That was not the case with Kelly's account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQi_EPe9O0

NASA’s newest mission success: InSight lander is now exploring Mars