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Democrats Aren’t Trying to Hide Their “No Limits” Abortion Extremism Anymore, Virginia Edition

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 30, 2019 31 Comments

Democrats across the country are in panic mode over Roe v. Wade, believing it will eventually be overturned by the current makeup of the Supreme Court. So they're taking drastic measures to codify so-called "abortion rights" into state law. Unfortunately, their proposals go even further than the 1973 landmark decision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnChFTo8yRA

American press excited that Midwest is having a winter storm…in January

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2019 20 Comments

The news cycle has been overwhelmed with chilling stories of the Midwest being colder than the continent of Antarctica this week.

On Wednesday, Chicago will be colder than parts of Antarctica, Alaska and the North Pole. The Windy City's "high" temperature on Wednesday should be around 10 below zero, while the overnight low Wednesday night into Thursday morning is forecast to be in the 25-below range, according to the National Weather Service in Chicago.

2010 Video Shows Kamala Harris Bragging About Threatening Jail for Parents of Truants

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2019 17 Comments

Newly surfaced video of then San Francisco district attorney Kamala Harris features the 2020 Democratic hopeful chuckling her way through a story about using law enforcement to combat school truancy. She actually smiles as she describes threatening to jail parents if they don't get their children to school.

Trump has opportunity to flip the 9th Circuit, so why isn’t he? (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2019 51 Comments

Bringing the federal judiciary back to the center has been one of the great successes of Trump's first two years in office. As mentioned many times before, Trump was presented with an opportunity to realign the federal judiciary for a generation given the large number of Court of Appeals and District Court vacancies when he took office. Judicial nominations, particularly to the Supreme Court, were a core Trump campaign promise and a huge motivator for Republicans in 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4g_maCin-g

Top EU Court Prohibits Passport Checks on Cross-Border Buses Entering Germany

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 30, 2019 22 Comments

The top EU court has prohibited bus companies from checking passenger passports on cross-border buses, making it difficult for German police to identify illegal immigrants entering the country, say local media. The ruling by the European Court of Justice could prevent the German police from stopping thousands of illegal border crossings and embolden the migrant traffickers. Last year, the police caught around 14,000 illegal immigrants trying to enter the country by bus and train.

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

U.S. is Quickly Making Headway in Economic Freedom

Posted by Cameron Gray on January 29, 2019 11 Comments

On Friday at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, I attended the release event of their 2019 Index of Economic Freedom. Heritage, the nation's preeminent conservative think tank, has been publishing its Index for 25 years.

California may cut state’s pot taxes to help lagging legal sales

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2019 13 Comments

Late last year, I noted that over-taxation and over-regulation have impacted the amount of tax generated from marijuana sales in California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-FbdllVuPI

Sore loser Stacey Abrams to give official Democrat SOTU Response

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 29, 2019 31 Comments

Democrats will trot out failed Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams to deliver their official State of the Union rebuttal. Tuesday, Senator Schumer confirmed Abrams had agreed to give the official anti-Trump response.

Are Democrats Trying to Make Ocasio-Cortez a One Term Congresswoman?

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2019 37 Comments

The Hill reported this morning that Congressional Democrats have grown so angry with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) that they want to recruit someone to primary her:

At least one House Democrat has been privately urging members of the New York delegation to recruit a local politician from the Bronx or Queens to challenge Ocasio-Cortez.

Home Depot Co-Founder on Rise of Socialism: “It comes right out of the universities”

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2019 33 Comments

Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus recently commented on Neil Cavuto's FOX News show on the rise of socialism, especially the new Ocasio-Cortez wing of Congress, and the role higher education has played in the phenomenon. Marcus is right to recognize higher education as a key player. Left wing concepts of social justice have quickly moved from the halls of academia to Washington, DC. Democrats in Congress increasingly sound no different than campus activists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej5AQBfNKd0

Terry Crews Goes After Male Entertainers Who Joked About His Sexual Assault

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 29, 2019 15 Comments

Back in October 2017 when Harvey Weinstein was embroiled in numerous allegations of sexual harassment and rape, actor Terry Crews was one of the first male celebrities to tell his story of sexual assault victimization. He said at the time:

https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/cctv-archive-compilation

Obligatory “Bernie Sanders on honeymoon drunk, half-naked and singing in Soviet Union 1988” video

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2019 34 Comments

The surest sign that Beto is running is that a leader of "Draft Beto 2020" just shared a video of Bernie Sanders on his honeymoon in the Soviet Unino 1988:

"Recently discovered footage from 1988 reveals a shirtless Bernie Sanders with his wife, Jane, on their honeymoon in the USSR, drunkenly signing “This Land Is Your Land” with a group of presumed Soviets."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vktju0ksYE

NATO Members Will Increase Defense Spending After Trump Calls Them Out

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2019 5 Comments

Ever since he announced his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump has applied pressure on NATO members to increase their defense spending. It's now happening. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the organization heard Trump "loud and clear."

Final Battle for Alexander the Great’s Legacy concludes with Greece reaching deal with North Macedonia

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2019 17 Comments

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of the Balkans, one of the most hotly contested issues has been between Greece and the neighboring entity that had been calling itself the "Republic of Macedonia". The origin of this struggle has been the legacy of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian general who conquered Persia, Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Bactria, and Punjab and initiated the Hellenistic era. Each nation claims Alexander as its own, both for bragging rights and tourist dollars.

https://twitter.com/USAttyBash/status/1089928158315495424

Thousands Show Up to Properly Send Off Texas Air Force Veteran

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2019 12 Comments

On Saturday, Fuzzy blogged that a Texas cemetery asked the public to attend the funeral of Air Force veteran Joseph Walker out of concerns that no one will be there. This shows the power of social media. It caught the attention of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and CNN's Jake Tapper, who pleaded with people to attend the funeral. It worked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y8xdcZlp6I

Pelosi to Trump: ‘I Invite You to Deliver Your State of the Union’ on February 5

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2019 34 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union on February 5 from the House floor.

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

Airbnb faces federal court discrimination suit over delisting Jewish homes in ‘West Bank’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2019 10 Comments

In November, Airbnb announced that it would delist Jewish homes, and only Jewish homes, in Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank"). As I explained at the time, the delisting nominally referred to homes in Settlements, but in the West Bank that is the only place Jews can purchase or rent homes because of Palestinian laws and threats against any Palestinian who rents or sells land to Jews: