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Victor Davis Hanson: “It was a coup attempt to destroy the presidency…”

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 21, 2019 30 Comments

Last week as the Mueller Report was about to drop, Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution and the National Review Institute was interviewed by The Epoch Times as part of their American Thought Leaders series. He offered his thoughts on the Mueller investigation, the Trump presidency, and much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_el48RRrDgg

Catholic Churches being vandalized across the USA

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 21, 2019 25 Comments

As Mary Chastain noted in her report covering the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, Catholic Churches across France have been attacked over the past few months.

Sri Lanka: Easter Sunday terrorist attacks kill hundreds at churches, hotels

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 21, 2019 13 Comments

Around 290 people have been killed and 400 injured in a series of suicide bomb attacks in churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, government sources say. Three churches were targeted during the Easter mass, including the landmark St. Anthony's Shrine, an 18th century Catholic Church. This is the first terror attack of this magnitude on Christians in Sri Lanka, a war-torn island nation in the Indian Ocean. Christians form the smallest religious minority in the Buddhist-majority country. A large portion of Sri Lanka's seven percent Christians are Catholic.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118876219381026818

No Collusion Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 21, 2019 4 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

Warren Calls for Trump Impeachment in Latest Desperate Gambit to Salvage Stalled Campaign

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 20, 2019 25 Comments

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) just can't figure out how to get her stalled 2020 presidential campaign off the ground. She's struggling to raise money, is polling (a distant) third . . . in Massachusetts, and she's become increasingly desperate for any attention at all.

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

“God Bless America” singer Kate Smith target of new social justice crusade

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 20, 2019 43 Comments

It appears that social justice crusaders have moved on from targeting Civil War generals and are now aiming to Depression-Era ballad singers. The New York Yankees recently yanked Kate Smith’s 1939 recording of “God Bless America”, which has been regularly played during the seventh inning stretch for 18 years.

Law of Self Defense: Man Shoots Two Threatening Trespassers, Charged with Murder

Posted by Andrew Branca on April 20, 2019 22 Comments

Today’s Law of Self Defense post based on a shooting reported this past Monday evening in Alaska.

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1117841293428822016

Initial investigation shows Notre Dame ‘computer glitch’ caused cathedral fire

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 20, 2019 36 Comments

As investigators continue to study the fire of the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, preliminary findings indicate that a 'computer glitch' or something associated with the temporary elevator being used during renovation of the spire might have sparked the blaze.

https://twitter.com/DFAaction/status/1103761812179292160

Shutuppery Liberals Level ‘Incitement’ Allegations to Silence Conservatives

Posted by Stacey Matthews on April 20, 2019 43 Comments

Democrats desperately want people to believe that Republicans are criticizing them in order to deliberately put them in harm's way. If they can get enough people to believe this, they can simply silence all dissenting opinion as "incitement."

The Media’s New BFF Pete Buttigieg is Eating Beto O’Rourke’s Lunch

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 20, 2019 26 Comments

Just a few weeks ago, people on the left were swooning over Beto O'Rourke, but things have shifted. Ever since South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg entered the race, Beto has been left in the dust.

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1116648621292679168

Conservatives on Campus Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 20, 2019 3 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZDV1Gv8xk

Report: Biden Hires Obama Advisors, May Announce 2020 Presidential Bid Next Week

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 19, 2019 28 Comments

After months of speculation, it looks like former Vice President Joe Biden will join the crowded 2020 Democrat presidential field. CNBC reported that Biden hired advisors from President Barack Obama's administration while other outlets claimed Biden will make his announcement next Wednesday.

Measles Reported at Google’s Silicon Valley Headquarters

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 19, 2019 37 Comments

As the number of reported measles cases escalates across the US, it is interesting to note that a case of the highly contagious disease has hit a Big Tech headquarters.

Google employees may have been exposed to measles after a San Mateo resident diagnosed with the virus “spent some time” at the Mountain View headquarters within the last couple of weeks, health officials said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElUQGSJ5kc

North Carolina Democrat Governor Vetoes ‘Born Alive’ Abortion Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 19, 2019 29 Comments

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These are some of the unalienable rights bestowed on us by our Creator. Life is the most important right because without it, the other rights don't matter or exist. Someone needs to remind North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper of these unalienable rights. Cooper vetoed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which required doctors to save babies who survive abortion.

Kafkatrapping Trump: Using frustrated reaction to false Russia collusion investigation as proof of guilt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 19, 2019 53 Comments

We first wrote about Kafkatrapping in September 2013:

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

Mitch McConnell Wants to Raise Smoking, Vaping Age to 21

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 19, 2019 42 Comments

Oh this will help bring in the young voters! Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to introduce a bill to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21. We obviously need the government to look out for us because education alone hasn't taught us the harm that comes with smoking cigarettes.

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

Berlin: Sharp Rise in Violent Anti-Semitism

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on April 19, 2019 12 Comments

A new report by Germany's Research and Information Center for Anti-Semitism (RIAS) shows that violent anti-Semitism has risen in Germany's capital of Berlin. The Berlin-based organisation recorded 1,083 anti-Semitic incidents in 2018, compared to 951 the previous year.