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Mamdani Signs Law Giving Nonprofits First Dibs on Distressed NYC Buildings

DSA Already Embedding Its Political Message in Classrooms

We Are One-Year "Display Ad Free" - First Anniversary Fundraiser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9X3yC5fa8

US DOT cancels $929 million in grants for California’s aborted high-speed rail project

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 22, 2019 27 Comments

California's top officials spear-headed a lawsuit to end the implementation of President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration. Now, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has cancelled millions in grants for the high speed rail project that has been substantially scaled back by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1098598716993400835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Prosecutors: Jussie Smollett Ordered Brothers to Yell, ‘This is MAGA Country’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 22, 2019 71 Comments

The prosecutors in the case against Empire actor Jussie Smollett released their bond proffer, which provides evidence that he filed a false police report. The prosecutors wrote that Smollett instructed brothers Abimbola "Abel" and Olabinjo "Ola" Osundairo to attack him, place a noose around his head, pour bleach on him, and also yell, "This is MAGA country!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndm1rxeBzsA&t=6s

Germany: Students at Cologne University Reject ‘Anti-Semitic’ BDS Movement

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 22, 2019 4 Comments

The student parliament at Germany's Cologne University passed a resolution banning activities by the anti-Israel Boycott movement, or BDS, from the campus. The organizations and activists linked to BDS "should not be offered a platform at the University of Cologne," the student representative body said in declaration passed in October 2018.

In Memory of Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner, murdered 50 years ago in a Jerusalem supermarket bombing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2019 8 Comments

On February 21, 1969, a bomb planted by Rasmea Odeh and her co-conspirators from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine exploded in the SuperSol supermarket in Jerusalem, killing Hebrew University students Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner. A second explosive, timed to explode when first-responders arrived, was defused before it exploded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJBjjP8WSbc

With Bread Line Bernie rising, expect Michelle-mentum

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2019 33 Comments

We've been arguing for almost a year and a half that the Democratic field, with its angry, socialist and unlikable candidates, will end with Democrats begging and pleading for Michelle Obama to run to save the nation from four more years of Trump. Most recently I wrote how Michelle Obama’s Grammys Buzz – A reminder of the mediocrity of Democrat presidential candidates:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LFSR1EFsR4

Democrat Privilege: Virginia Gov and AG likely to survive Blackface Scandals

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 21, 2019 23 Comments

What a difference going on ~~groveling~~ apology tours can make for Democrats. Results from two recent Virginia polls show that Gov. Ralph Northam and AG Mark Herring have managed to survive the blackface scandals that rocked the state earlier this month. The sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, however, have divided the state on his fate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSgf-OAdApo

Coast Guard Lt. Charged with Planning Terror Attack Targeting Dems, Journalists, Others

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2019 50 Comments

Authorities arrested US Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson "last week on weapons and drugs charges." The motion for pretrial detention revealed horrific details like how intended "to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country." The federal prosecutors described him as a "domestic terrorist" and "white nationalist" who kept a hit list of journalists and Democratic lawmakers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOL2KcRPtg

Raw Diehl: WaPo Editor Excuses Omar’s Anti-Semitism; Blames Bibi

Posted by David Gerstman on February 21, 2019 17 Comments

Once upon a time, not too long ago, The Washington Post was a somewhat reasonable voice on matters of foreign policy, especially regarding the Middle East. Since it supported the nuclear deal with Iran in 2015, and fought Donald Trump's election the following year, its views have become increasingly marginal.

Lara Logan Now Under Fire for Calling Out Liberal Bias in Media

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 21, 2019 12 Comments

Former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan recently made an appearance on the Mike Ritland podcast, where she called out American media for its overwhelmingly liberal bias. Now she is under fire for speaking the truth. She appeared on the Sean Hannity show last night to talk about what's happening.

Jussie Smollett Under Arrest on Felony Charge for Filing False Police Report

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2019 64 Comments

Empire actor Jussie Smollett turned himself into the Chicago Police Department early Thursday morning after the Cook County States Attorney charged him with a class 4 felony on Wednesday for filing a false police report. CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson said "Smollett paid $3,500 to stage the attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary." Smollett will appear in court at 1:30PM CT.

Branco Cartoon – Red Scare

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 21, 2019 9 Comments

Some Socialists are more equal than others...

Anti-Israel BDS boycott campaign returns to Cornell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2019 11 Comments

A coalition of student groups led by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is renewing a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) effort at Cornell University, where I teach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWKG9l4bKs

Delta removes Diet Coke napkins inviting passengers to pass their phone number to “plane crush”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 20, 2019 21 Comments

Last year at this time, Delta joined the anti-second amendment mob and announced it was ending discounts for NRA members. The Georgia Senate promptly ended the corporation's generous tax breaks.

Chicago Police: Felony charges approved “against Jussie Smollett for Disorderly Conduct / Filing a False Police Report”

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 20, 2019 36 Comments

Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with filing a false police report. He is expected in court on Thursday at 1:30PM CT.

Snopes Fact Checks Babylon Bee’s Story About CNN Offering Jussie Smollett a Job

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on February 20, 2019 28 Comments

I'm so old, I remember when Snopes was a reliable fact-checker. I suppose their latest is not technically unreliable, even it if it is hilariously unnecessary. The Babylon Bee is a well-known satire site and yet, Snopes fact-checked one of their recent posts. They may as well fact check The Onion.

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Report: Ocasio-Cortez is a Swamp Socialist, Boyfriend Paid by Friendly PAC

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 20, 2019 22 Comments

Last week, Twitter locked Luke Thompson's account after he divulged public information of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's boyfriend Riley Roberts. her chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti joined in and next thing you know...trolls galore. Thompson had a legitimate question: Why does Riley have a house.gov email address? Since he had time on his hands with his suspension, Thompson did some digging and found the story goes deeper than he thought.

CNN Staffers Angry at Network’s Decision to Hire GOP Operative as Political Editor

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 20, 2019 20 Comments

CNN has hired Sarah Isgur Flores as a political editor to cover the 2020 campaign. CNN staffers and media fans of the network are upset because Isgur Flores has a long history of working for Republicans.