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Retired Detectives Believe ‘Smiley Face’ Murders Being Committed by Serial Killer Gang

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 20, 2019 6 Comments

The story of the 'Smiley Face' murders goes all the way back to the late 1990's. It involves dozens of mysterious deaths which share common traits including bodies found in water and smiley face graffiti left nearby.

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

BuzzFail and Bombshells Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 20, 2019 1 Comment

All the news you may have missed....

Media in various Stages of Grief over collapse of Buzzfeed Trump/Cohen story

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2019 45 Comments

We're about to get hit by an ice storm, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Seriously, I did.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkKzkyPAqdGv?t=6697

Women’s March DC turnout flops after pro-Farrakhan leadership anti-Semitism problems split movement

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 19, 2019 14 Comments

Embroiled in controversy and losing big donors and backers, the Women's March has attempted to keep its head above water with this year's march. However, although Women's March organizers anticipated hundreds of thousands to show up for their third annual march in DC, this year's march garnered only "thousands," according to reports.

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China offers to go on $1Trillion “shopping spree” to reduce U.S. trade deficit

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 19, 2019 11 Comments

In the midst of the clash between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Buzzfeed rumors, trade talks between the U.S. and China have been chugging along, with an aim to reach an agreement to end the tariff dispute before the 90-day truce agreed to by President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping is set to expire.

Connecticut Teacher Escorted Out of School for Refusing to Remove Crucifix From Classroom

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

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

Trump Speech: Offers compromise on border wall and DACA, Dems reject

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 19, 2019 48 Comments

At 4 p.m. Eastern, Trump will deliver what the White House is calling a major speech on the border crisis and the partial government shutdown. Various news organizations are reporting that in the speech Trump will offer an extension of DACA in exchange for border wall funding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4glfwiMXgwQ&t=350s

Europe ‘Tiptoes’ Towards Trump’s Iran Policy, Reuters Reports

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 19, 2019 2 Comments

In what can only be described as another foreign policy win for President Donald Trump, the European countries are 'tiptoeing' towards Washington's position on Iran, Reuters reported Friday. Describing the recent shift in European diplomacy, the news agency noted that the "new approach moves Europe closer to U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy of isolating Iran with tough sanctions."

https://player.vimeo.com/video/311980115

Law of Self Defense: Man Knocks Out Woman in Self-Defense?

Posted by Andrew Branca on January 19, 2019 119 Comments

This week's Case of the Week involves a video that has been making the rounds on the internet showing a large white man apparently knocking out a smaller young black woman with a single punch. I've seen reports that the man has been arrested and presume that he will attempt to justify his punch as a lawful use of defensive force.

UNEXPECTEDLY — NYC Restaurants Cut Staff and Worker Hours Due to New $15 Minimum Wage

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 19, 2019 65 Comments

A new law in New York City which took effect at the start of the year, requires businesses with eleven or more employees to pay them a minimum of $15 an hour. It's not working out too well for restaurants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE

I Have a Nightmare Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 19, 2019 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Women’s March Leader Tamika Mallory Won’t Say if Israel Has a Right to Exist

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 18, 2019 12 Comments

I know some people want Women's March leader Tamika Mallory to stop talking, but I want her to keep talking because she is exposing her anti-Semitic views on her own. Remember on The View she refused to condemn the anti-Semitism spewed by Louis Farrakhan. Now she cannot say that Israel has a right to exist.

Mueller disputes Buzzfeed story on Trump directing Michael Cohen to lie to Congress

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 18, 2019 59 Comments

Earlier I wrote about Buzzfeed’s “if true” bombshell report that Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, and cautioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfr2mi1XP80

Journalist Who Exposed FIFA Corruption Murdered in Ghana

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 18, 2019 15 Comments

A man murdered Ahmed Hussein-Suale, a journalist who helped expose major FIFA corruption, as he drove home on a motorbike in Ghana. From USA Today:

Ahmed Hussein-Suale was killed late Wednesday, shot twice in the chest and once in the neck at close range while driving in the suburb of Accra where he lived. He died immediately, according to police.

Trump Grounds All Congressional Travel on Govt Planes During Shutdown Without WH Approval

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 18, 2019 15 Comments

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not the only lawmaker to be denied access to government aircraft during the shutdown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scH13YZRpIw

Fifth Circuit Delivers Huge Blow to Planned Parenthood in Texas

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 18, 2019 5 Comments

Back in 2015, undercover videos showed Planned Parenthood "violating medical and ethical standards codified in federal law and" Texas regulations. This caused Texas to strip the infanticide organization of Medicaid funding. Planned Parenthood asked the federal courts to restore the funding. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against them and blasted them "for its rhetoric and medical practices."

Pelosi Claims WH Leaked Commercial Travel Plans, WH Swats Back, Calls Accusation a “Flat Out Lie”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 18, 2019 41 Comments

Thursday gave us what might be one of the greatest news stories of the year, at the very least, of the month. As Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her entourage were on their way to the airport, they were informed that Trump had denied them access to a federal flight, citing the urgency of shutdown negotiations. More on that story here.

First Ad from ‘Draft Beto’ is as Empty as the Man Himself

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 18, 2019 38 Comments

Beto O'Rourke hasn't announced his candidacy for 2020 yet, but the folks at 'Draft Beto' have already released an ad, which I guess is supposed to get people excited for his inevitable run. The ad is just like Beto, all style and no substance. It's set to the classic song 'Baba O'Riley' by The Who, which will leave anyone under the age of 40 asking: Who?