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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=CLTszkLq5-g

Wisconsin Republicans Pass Bills to Limit Powers of Incoming Democrat Governor, Attorney General

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 05, 2018 37 Comments

Wisconsin Republicans passed legislation early Wednesday morning that will limit the powers of the incoming Democrat Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General. From The New York Times:

The package of bills, which now awaits Mr. Walker’s signature, would limit early voting and, for the coming months, give lawmakers, not the governor, the majority of appointments on an economic development board. They also prevent Mr. Evers from banning guns in the Wisconsin Capitol without permission from legislators.

Spending Talks at Stalemate Over Border Wall Funding

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 05, 2018 18 Comments

The government needs to come up with spending bills by Friday or the government will shut down. Border wall funding has halted the talks as disagreements between the Democrats and President Donald Trump continue. Trump wants $5 billion, but the Democrats will not budge from their demand of only $1.6 billion.

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

What’s behind France’s latest round of riots?

Posted by New Neo on December 05, 2018 28 Comments

Rioting has been taking place recently in France, but trying to get a clear idea of what's behind the demonstrations isn't easy. The first thing to say is that the riots certainly seem to be anti-Macron. But there are plenty of reasons to be anti-Macron, some emanating from the left and some from the right or from some other impulse or belief system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FjT6avpgiI

Deval Who? Not Running for President

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 05, 2018 16 Comments

Now that midterms have ended our eyes have strayed to the 2020 presidential election. The Democrats have shown eagerness to do all they can to unseat President Donald Trump. That eagerness means anyone with a D after their name will say anything to get their name out and most of us respond, "Who are you?" For example: Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced he will not run for president in 2020.

Columbia University Students Kick Saturday Night Live Comedian Off Stage for ‘Offensive’ Jokes

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2018 29 Comments

Last week at Columbia University, the school's Asian American Alliance held a fundraising event called "CultureSHOCK:Reclaim" and invited comedian and SNL alum Nimesh Patel to perform. Halfway through his performance, student organizers walked on stage, took his microphone and told him to wrap it up.

Study Claims SAT Reading Section is ‘Less Demanding’ Than in Past Decades

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

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/former-fbi-director-robert-mueller-named-special-counsel-in-the-russia-investigation-946481731669

Mueller Claims Flynn Gave “First-Hand” Details About Trump Transition Team’s Contact With Russian Officials — But What Part of That is Illegal?

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 05, 2018 51 Comments

According to a sentencing memo published Tuesday night, Michael Flynn gave Special Counselor Mueller "first hand" details of contacts between Trump's presidential transition team and Russian government officials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWQpD0abPL8

Israel launches Operation Northern Shield to destroy Hezbollah cross-border attack tunnels

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2018 20 Comments

We have covered many examples of Hamas attack tunnels from Gaza crossing into southern Israel being discovered and destroyed. While there have long been rumors that Hezbollah was constructing tunnels under the border with Lebanon in the North, such reports were based mostly on the logic of Hezbollah's tactics. Hezbollah has been threatening for years that in the next war it would capture part of northern Israel, even if only for a short time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db0b1RQtwr0

REPORT: The Weekly Standard Likely Closing Up Shop in the Coming Weeks

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 04, 2018 54 Comments

Tuesday night, CNN published a story based on a source inside The Weekly Standard suggesting the publication's future is uncertain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OzC6Z_Ywi8

Dozens of caravan migrants breach border, frustrated by asylum entry process

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 04, 2018 36 Comments

It appears the members of the caravan from Central America are growing increasingly frustrated by both the legal entry process and the immigration "organizers" who have herded them to the US-Mexico border. To begin with, dozens of migrants who are disheartened by the slow pace of the formal asylum-seeking process breached the U.S.-Mexico border Monday by scaling a 10-foot metal fence.

Top NRCC Aides Victims of Major Email Hack

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 04, 2018 8 Comments

Emails of four top National Republican Congressional Committee aides were hacked, according to a Politico report published Tuesday. For several months, the NRCC email accounts of these four top aides was surveilled. The data breach was discovered by an NRCC vendor in April who immediately alerted the cybersecurity team. The FBI was also informed of the hack, reports Politico.

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

Michael Avenatti, who proclaimed he “absolutely” could beat Trump, won’t run for President

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 04, 2018 15 Comments

Michael Avenatti, best known as the Creepy Porn Lawyer, repeatedly bragged that he could beat Trump. With his characteristic bravado, Avenatti portrayed himself as someone who "absolutely" could beat Trump and would be Trump's "worst nightmare".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeFYsOi0XA

Merkel Reportedly Lobbied EU Countries Not to Move Embassies to Jerusalem

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 04, 2018 19 Comments

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been working behind the scenes to prevent European Union member countries from recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the newspaper Jerusalem Post reported. The revelation was made by Tomas Sandell, the director of the European Coalition for Israel in Brussels. Chancellor Merkel made a series of calls to European leaders in April while "many of the nations were seriously considering moving their embassies." Sandell said. "This is not the Germany we once knew. This is not the even Angela Merkel we once knew when she was elected."

NJ AG Implements Policy Requiring Police To Stop Working With ICE

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 04, 2018 35 Comments

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal issued a new directive whereby he restricts police officers' cooperation with ICE. The move is intended to "build trust" between illegal aliens and the police. ICE has responded with an announcement that there will be a "likely increase" in immigration raids in New Jersey.

Beto skates past Elizabeth Warren in 2020 Dem polling

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 03, 2018 33 Comments

It's too early for this. NO, IT'S NOT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH4PEV0ZxYQ

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Environmental Challenge Blocking Construction of Border Wall

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 03, 2018 15 Comments

Monday, the Supreme Court said it would not hear a challenge brought by environmental groups against the Trump administration concerning the construction of the border wall. The complaint alleged construction of the border wall would violate environmental laws and threaten endangered species.

Bernie Sanders Supporters Already Working to “Draft Bernie” for Another Presidential Run

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 03, 2018 11 Comments

Democrats are looking at a crowded 2020 candidate field much like the Republican field in 2016. As the Betos and Kamalas and Spartacuses are weighing running, a group of former Bernie staffers have started a PAC to support a potential Bernie Sanders run.