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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=nxi4HQq9w50

California Throws a Wrench in the Democrat’s 2020 Primary

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 17, 2018 11 Comments

California has jumped ahead in the primary line. Usually holding their primary in June, months after Iowa's kickoff in February, California's Democrat primary will be held on March 3, 2020, allowing the state to have a greater influence in the primary game, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Texas Governor Abbott: “People Moving to Texas are Voting Republican”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 17, 2018 22 Comments

The influx of blue state refugees fleeing to Texas has many concerned that the reliably red Lone Star State might be purpling. Apple's announcement of an upcoming Austin campus only added fuel to the worry fire. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas grew by 1,000 people per day this last year. Massive growth, even if half were babies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXrL2wp7DUo

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander Will Not Seek a Fourth Term in 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2018 10 Comments

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced today that he will not seek re-election for a fourth term in 2020. From Politico:

"The people of Tennessee have been very generous, electing me to serve more combined years as governor and senator than anyone else from our state. I am deeply grateful, but now it is time for someone else to have that privilege," the 78-year old Alexander said in a closely-held statement on Monday. "I have gotten up every day thinking that I could help make our state and country a little better, and gone to bed most nights thinking that I have. I will continue to serve with that same spirit during the remaining two years of my term.”

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

UPDATE: Airbnb affirms it will boycott Jews in West Bank, after earlier suspension statement “released in error.”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2018 6 Comments

UPDATE: After sending out a statement in Hebrew that it was suspending the boycott of Jews in the West Bank, Airbnb has announced that that statement was issued in error. It plans to go forward with the boycott after figuring out how best to implement it. The Free Beacon reports:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tteLMfFDCb4

Hillary Consoles 8-Year-Old Girl After She Lost Class President to a Boy

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2018 26 Comments

Failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent an 8-year-old a consolation letter after the girl lost class president to a boy by one vote. From The Washington Post:

Eight-year-old Martha Kennedy Morales got a huge surprise when she opened a personal letter sent to her home. It was from Hillary Clinton, who was consoling Martha for losing an election for class president to a boy — by a single vote.

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

Des Moines Register Downplays Trump Polling Strength

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2018 5 Comments

The Des Moines Register reported that a poll done by them, CNN, and Mediacom showed President Donald Trump has an 81% approval rating in Iowa, but some Republicans wouldn't oppose challengers. The article mentions in passing the most important result: 67% of the respondents said they would choose Trump again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ler1cSuJgU

Washington State Women’s March Closing Due to Anti-Semitism at National Organization

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 17, 2018 11 Comments

Washington state's Women's March chapter has decided to close due to leaders at the national level expressing anti-Semitic views and associating with anti-Semites like Louis Farrakhan. From The Spokesman-Review:

Angie Beem, a Spokane Valley resident who served as board president of Women’s March Washington, announced the dissolution of the state group on Facebook on Thursday, citing the national organization’s ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Beem, who helped organize the march in Spokane in 2017 and made an unsuccessful bid for Spokane Valley City Council that fall, said in an interview Friday the decision to disband wasn’t easy.

Branco Cartoon – Murder, He Wrote

Posted by A.F. Branco on December 17, 2018 9 Comments

Legal Execution...

IG Report: Strzok, Page iPhones Wiped Clean, Thousands of Texts Destroyed Before IG Could Review Them

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 16, 2018 59 Comments

On Thursday the IG published a bombshell report regarding the now-infamous anti-Trump sentiment shared between two key members of the FBI and of the Mueller investigation team, Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page. The IG report reveals not only that both Strzok's and Page's iPhones were wiped clean and restored to factory settings by a member of Mueller's team but that Strzok's iPhone was then reissued to another agent for use.

Trial date set for one of suspects in 2007 Christian/Newsom Torture Murders

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 16, 2018 40 Comments

The heart-wrenching, tragic final hours of Channon Christian (21) and Christopher Newsom (23) haunt me even today, almost twelve years after they endured an almost incomprehensible level of abuse, rape, and torture before finally dying at the hands of their brutal killers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vrSCvjxRo

Israel uncovers 4th Hezbollah attack tunnel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 16, 2018 6 Comments

The Israel Defense Forces has uncovered at 4th attack tunnel built by Hezbollah across the Lebanese border into Israel. Israel is using the discovery and demolition of the tunnels to put political and diplomatic pressure on Hezbollah and Iran. International diplomats and political visitors are taken to the area where Israel is digging.

https://twitter.com/phillymag/status/1073323799284731905

Two Marines Testify On Harrowing Attack By Angry Antifa Mob

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 16, 2018 25 Comments

[Edit, FS: Pictured: two Antifa suspects, Thomas Massey and Tom Keenan, via their Philly PD mugshots] United States Marines Alejandro Godinez and Luis Torres were viciously attacked by an angry mob of Antifa fascists in Philadelphia on November 17, 2018. They appeared in court on Thursday and revealed the details of their harrowing ordeal.

https://twitter.com/wajacobson/status/1636720179148095488

Leftist Feminists vow to create Angry Girls, and that’s a mistake

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on December 16, 2018 31 Comments

I'm old enough to remember when Brett Kavanaugh was not qualified to serve on the Supreme Court because he was visibly angry about being accused of sexual assault. Now I read feminist author Kate Rope advising parents to encourage their daughters to get angry and show it:

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

Russian “robot” is actually a man in a costume

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 16, 2018 6 Comments

Despite the news reports that the Russians are suppose to be so technologically savvy that than can alter American elections, it seems that the reality is less than the media would have us believe. A robot featured on Russian state television was actually a man in a suit.