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Mamdani Signs Law Giving Nonprofits First Dibs on Distressed NYC Buildings

DSA Already Embedding Its Political Message in Classrooms

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/world/middleeast/gaza-medic-israel-shooting.html

NY Times concludes Israel did not intentionally shoot medic Rouzan al-Najjar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2018 28 Comments

Rouzan al-Najjar was a female Palestinian medic who died of a bullet wound during violent protests near the Gaza-Israel border. As we have documented dozens of times, those protests are organized and manipulated by Hamas and other terror groups, who plant their military members in the crowds under cover of burning tires. Dozens of Hamas and other terror members have been killed in the attempts to breach the border with the intent to attack Israeli soldiers and civilians.

The Ten Most Outrageous Higher Ed Stories From 2018

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2018 4 Comments

2018 was another year full of crazy happenings on campus. So many in fact, that it was difficult to narrow the list down to just ten. Some of these stories are beyond parody.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-mcclatchy-report-cohen-cell-phone-pinged-in-prague-in-2016-1411357763862

McClatchy reporter on publishing flimsy Cohen cell phone ping story: “It is a competitive business”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2018 23 Comments

Since the 2016 primaries, the mainstream media has been in a "scoop fever" to be the first to break news damaging to Donald Trump. That obsession with scoops is evident on Twitter, where Journalist Twitter makes sure to let other Journalists know when they have a SCOOP.

Report: Father of Guatemalan Child Who Died in U. S. Custody Refused Medical Treatment

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 29, 2018 3 Comments

Back in 2014, then-president Obama and his administration were alarmed by the huge number of unaccompanied minors flooding into the U. S. From October 2013 to September 2014, a whopping 52,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended by border control. The problem was so severe, that Obama officially warned parents in South American countries to stop sending their unaccompanied children to the U. S. He assured them that the children would be deported back to their country of origin.

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

Transformer explosion gives NYC a spectacular light show ahead of New Year’s Eve

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2018 3 Comments

An explosion at a Con Edison facility in New York City's borough of Queens set-off a spectacular streak of blue light, caused power outages, and had some locals afraid of an extraterrestrial invasion.

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=9lNYZq-uKl0

Leslie’s Top 5 Posts of 2018

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2018 6 Comments

The news cycle in 2018 has been a Fujita Scale 5 cyclone. So I thought the most appropriate posts to feature would be those covering instances when the political winds blew back onto green justice warriors this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzHy0XERLAU

“The cannabis industry is being choked by California’s penchant for over-regulation”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2018 9 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers will be shocked . . . shocked . . . to learn that over-taxation and over-regulation have impacted the amount of tax generated from marijuana sales in California.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF0A-1B70nw

Bernie Bros See Beto as Another Obama and That’s a Big Problem

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2018 6 Comments

The war between Bernie Sanders supporters and fans of Beto O'Rourke is real. Despite their similarities, people on the left are engaging in a battle over purity, and only the most "real" progressive will do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hAlKlQ2g1Q&t=40s

German ISIS Bride Charged with Murder of 5-year-old ‘Slave’

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 29, 2018 25 Comments

German prosecutors have charged a 27-year-old ISIS bride with the murder of a 5-year-old 'slave' girl. The German national, named in the media as Jennifer W., traveled to Syria in 2014, where she and her husband bought the little girl as a slave.

Double Standards Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2018 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

Legal Insurrection’s 10 most-viewed posts of 2018

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2018 32 Comments

It's that time of year when we do "Best of" and "Top 10" style posts. Here are some from recent years that I have done:

Leaked Info Exposes How Facebook Polices Global Political Speech

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 28, 2018 5 Comments

According to the New York Times, some 7,500 moderators spread across the globe are responsible for policing Facebook's content.

Apple to Move Production of Top-End Apple Phones to India, Out of China

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 28, 2018 12 Comments

According to Reuters, Apple will move production of their higher end phones out of China and over to FoxConn in India. The change could happen as early as 2019, say Reuters' sources.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon Bomber Argue He Shouldn’t Have Been Tried in Boston

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2018 30 Comments

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are appealing and trying to reverse his death sentence. They claim that he shouldn't have been tried in Boston because the crime was too traumatic for everyone in the city to be objective.

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

VIDEO: Hezbollah terrorists sent scrambling when Israel floods attack tunnels with concrete slurry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2018 22 Comments

As part of the continuing battle to neutralize Hezbollah attack tunnels dug from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces has release a lot of interesting graphics, images and video. Perhaps my favorite was That moment a Hezbollah terrorist comes face-to-face with an IDF camera in an attack tunnel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enUkIV0eaD8

UPDATE: Authorities Arrest Illegal Immigrant Wanted for Killing Cop

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2018 22 Comments

UPDATE: Authorities have arrested the illegal immigrant they suspect murdered California cop Ronil Singh. From Fox News:

The illegal immigrant fugitive wanted in the murder of a California police officer is in custody Friday after being on the run for more than two days, Fox News confirms. Police arrested the man near Bakersfield, about 280 miles southeast of Newman, where Police Cpl. Ronil Singh was gunned down early Wednesday. The arrest was confirmed by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office and Kern County Sheriff's Office.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgffv_6Bw0k

Air Force shoots down CNN claim troops violated regs by having Trump sign MAGA hats

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2018 29 Comments

On Thursday, CNN analysts lost their minds because troops in Iraq and Germany asked President Donald Trump to sign MAGA hats. They claimed the troops broke Department of Defense rules. The Air Force stated that the airmen at Ramstein Air Base in Germany did nothing wrong and broke no rules.