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Student Activists Outraged as Williams College Tries to Adopt Pro-Free Speech Policy

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 25, 2019 26 Comments

Williams College in Massachusetts is trying to embrace the free speech policy put forth by the University of Chicago. It's a widely respected position on the issue which has even been endorsed by FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YElwm4qwqNQ&t=19s

Massachusetts Judge and Court Officer Indicted for Allegedly Helping Illegal Immigrant Evade ICE

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 25, 2019 44 Comments

Thursday, Massachusetts District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and now retired Court Officer Wesley MacGregor were indicted on one count of obstruction of justice in relation to allegations from 2018 in which the pair is accused of helping an illegal immigrant sneak out the back of the courthouse to avoid arrest by ICE officials who'd arrived to arrest the individual. MacGregor was also charged with perjury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW1r1PISJW8

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Under Federal Investigation for Property Tax Appeals

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 25, 2019 15 Comments

Welcome to my home state of Illinois where you don't have a real governor unless he (or she) has some kind of investigation under their belt. Looks like the current governor could face his own federal trouble. Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker, his wife, and his brother-in-law have fallen into a federal investigation over the removal of toilets in a mansion in order to receive a property tax break.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOU2fTg6cI#action=share

Joe Biden Faces Backlash From Both Sides After He Perpetuates Charlottesville Smear Against Trump

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 25, 2019 25 Comments

As Mary wrote earlier today, Joe Biden officially launched his 2020 presidential campaign with a video and tweet evoking the August 2017 Charlottesville riots. On Trump's remarks in the aftermath of Charlottesville, Biden said:

"He said there were, quote, 'Some very fine people on both sides.' Very fine people on both sides? With those words the president of the United States assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And in that moment I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any other I’d seen in my lifetime."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVplDz5yO-I

Dear Elizabeth Warren: No, I’m not paying other people’s student loans for them

Posted by on April 25, 2019 53 Comments

This troubles me. Elizabeth Warren releases sweeping student debt cancellation and free college plan:

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

Biden Launches Campaign with Attack on Trump, Focuses on Charlottesville

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 25, 2019 22 Comments

Former Vice President Joe Biden officially entered the 2020 presidential race on Thursday morning. He released a video this morning that lacks the substance most include when launching a campaign: "policy, biography, ideology." Instead it's a video over three minutes of someone with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Branco Cartoon – Glass Housewife

Posted by A.F. Branco on April 25, 2019 10 Comments

Stoned...

Don’t rule out Michelle Obama as Democrats’ Hail Mary Pass to prevent a Bernie apocalypse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2019 65 Comments

Michelle Obama has repeatedly said she doesn't want to run for president, and she will not run for president. I believe her. But her husband once made a declaration that he would not run for president, until he did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSW7Rkfjcw

Feminist, Vegan Restaurant That Charged an 18% ‘Man Tax’ Closes

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 24, 2019 25 Comments

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that an eatery which discriminated against half the population couldn't hack it.

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

Florida Supreme Court upholds suspension of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel by Gov. Ron DeSantis

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 24, 2019 26 Comments

In January, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over his response to the Parkland School shooting in 2018. Israel tried to get his job back through the courts, but Florida's Supreme Court ruled DeSantis has the constitutional right to suspend Israel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtxXUZJFjC8&t=21s

Cindy McCain Denies Reports She’ll Support Joe Biden

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 24, 2019 26 Comments

Former Vice President Joe Biden reportedly will announce his 2020 presidential candidacy sometime on Thursday after months of rumors and speculation. According to a Washington Examiner bombshell, he may have received a huge support system. It looks like the family of the late Sen. John McCain will support him "in hope of removing Trump from office in 2020." However, Cindy McCain tweeted that she has no plans to get "involved in presidential politics."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3pb_GwqYxI&t=2s

Germany: Asylum-Seekers Brutally Assault Passersby Out Of ‘Boredom’, Get Away With Light Sentences

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 24, 2019 15 Comments

A group of four Afghan and Iranian refugees were charged with assaulting 21 people in the Bavarian town of Amberg last December. These refugees received light sentences after a German prosecutor concluded that they assaulted passersby out of "boredom" and "alcohol consumption."

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/opioids/fentanyl.html

Homeland Security Weighs Labeling Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 24, 2019 17 Comments

I have reviewed the toxicity of the opioid fentanyl, which officials have determined as a key factor in the escalating number of drug overdose deaths sweeping the nation. Now, according to an internal memo, the Trump administration has thought about labeling fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

Rush: Hillary “Needs to be Investigated, She Needs to be Indicted, and She Needs to be in Jail”

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 24, 2019 28 Comments

Rush Limbaugh tore apart failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last night on The Story with Martha MacCallum last night over her remarks at the TIME 100 conference. Hillary claimed it's "clear" in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report that President Donald Trump obstructed justice, but Rush had some decent reminders for the failed candidate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMYUPFfK0QE

Cher Goes MAGA Over Bernie Saying Imprisoned Terrorists, Murderers and Rapists Should Get to Vote

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 24, 2019 37 Comments

Just last week, Cher made headlines by tweeting something that was surprisingly in line with Trump. She didn't like the idea of sending a flood of migrants to the sanctuary city of Los Angeles when they can't even take care of their own homeless people, many of whom are veterans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUnT8IFTScA

ConCensus: Supreme Court looks likely to uphold Census citizenship question

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2019 61 Comments

The Supreme Court heard oral argument on the issue of whether the Commerce Department can add a citizenship question to the Census. Various District Courts ruled against the Trump administration, and the administration sought the unusual remedy of direct review by the Supreme Court. We previously covered the issues in our post when the Supreme Court granted direct review, Supreme Court agrees to hear Census citizenship question case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=uDFsG4xzfDw&app=desktop

New Poll Shows Half of Americans Favoring Religion Playing Bigger Role in Society

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on April 23, 2019 20 Comments

A new poll conducted by Pew Global Views revealed that at least half of the Americans questioned support religion playing a larger role in society.