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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=l8yJsPzj-TY&t=63s

Tsunami slams Indonesia, killing over 200

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 23, 2018 3 Comments

A deadly tsunami slammed Indonesia without warning last night, killing hundred and causing widespread damage.

At least 222 people were killed as waves smashed into houses, hotels and other beachside buildings Saturday night along Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, in a disaster that followed an eruption and possible landslide on Anak Krakatau, one of the world’s most infamous volcanic islands.

Mattis To Leave Defense On January 1: Deputy Defense Secretary Shanahan To Serve As Acting Secretary

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 23, 2018 11 Comments

Earlier this week, Kemberlee blogged that Mattis was resigning at the end of February. You can read his resignation letter here. The timeline has been changed by President Trump, however, and now Mattis will be leaving his position as Defense Secretary as of January 1, 2019. The current Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, will become Acting Secretary on January 1st.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncHAwux70u8#action=share

The Breunion Boys Really Want Britain to Come Back

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 23, 2018 9 Comments

This is not Saturday Night Live. This is not The Onion or Babylon Bee. A Dutch animation artist put together a boy band to encourage the United Kingdom to stay in the European Union. From NME:

“I cannot believe this is the end,” they pine on the song’s opening lines. “I still feel your love inside me. I still sing your words. I make a wish as your star falls.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyxeu6rpal4

Third Canadian detained in China as legal case of “Communist Princess” continues

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 23, 2018 7 Comments

We have been following the legal case of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China’s telecommunications giant Huawei, who has been accused of conspiracy to defraud banks after the company allegedly skirted sanctions on Iran. This week, a third Canadian has been arrested amid the continuing legal action against Meng.

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

Saudi Arabia and UAE sending troops to help Kurds in Syria

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 23, 2018 18 Comments

There have been some intriguing developments related to Syria that are now being reported in the wake of President Trump's announcement of the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

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

Social Justice Warrior Privilege? David Hogg accepted to Harvard

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 23, 2018 48 Comments

In April of this year, Parkland student-turned-activist David Hogg complained after not being accepted to some colleges in California. Now he has been accepted to Harvard. What a difference the TV spotlight can make.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtCfBR8ZZQ

Build the Wall Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 23, 2018 3 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2XO3DE5ks

Israel begins destroying Hezbollah attack tunnels

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2018 8 Comments

Hezbollah has constructed numerous attack tunnels from civilian villages in southern Lebanon across the border into Israel. The purpose of the tunnels was to provide a way to surprise Israel in the next war by quickly infiltrating large numbers of terrorists to capture Israeli towns near the border. This would serve both as a diversion and also a huge propaganda win, even if the towns were retaken quickly.

https://twitter.com/emmamurphyitv/status/1066772298068357121

Government Remains Partially Shutdown As Senate Adjourns Until Dec. 27th

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 22, 2018 20 Comments

Yesterday, Kemberlee blogged about the partial government shutdown, and today, the Senate adjourned until December 27, 2018. The partial government shutdown will not be resolved until they return. Meanwhile, recent polls show that 81% of Americans believe that border security is "an important issue," and Republican support for the wall, specifically, is on the increase.

Widows: Urban Blight and Hopeless Chicago

Posted by Tyler Hummel on December 22, 2018 9 Comments

Fans of British writer-director Steve McQueen's long overdue follow-up to 12 Years a Slave have had half a decade to muse over the now acclaimed director’s short career beginning with the brutal and unsettling Hunger, followed by his second team-up with actor Michael Fassbinder in Shame. Given the high regard his previous trilogy has garnered, Widows is a rather conventional career pivot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4gKoUNqVE

Otto Warmbier’s family seeks over $1 billion from North Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 22, 2018 8 Comments

The parents of Otto Warmbier, the college student who died after a year of North Korean imprisonment and torture over a stolen propaganda poster, are seeking more than $1 billion in damages from the rogue nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfhcw0XWoFk

‘CNN Journalist of the Year’ Fired for Faking News Stories

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 22, 2018 19 Comments

German weekly Der Spiegel has fired an award-winning journalist for faking news stories for years, the publication said Wednesday. "Claas Relotius, a reporter and editor, falsified his articles on a grand scale and even invented characters, deceiving both readers and his colleagues," Der Spiegel disclosed.