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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=LmGSmvgNn1U

Professors at Michigan’s Oakland University Trained to Fight Shooters With Hockey Pucks

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2018 45 Comments

No, this is not Babylon Bee or The Onion. Oakland University, located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has trained its professors and staff to fight off potential shooters with hockey pucks. Hockey pucks. The professors and staff will use hockey pucks to stop shooters.

Branco Cartoon – Yes They Can

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 29, 2018 14 Comments

Unless stopped ...

News Networks Conveniently Forget to Report LA Anti-Semitic Hate Crime

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 28, 2018 27 Comments

Friday night, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested Mohamed Mohamed Abdi who is suspected of "of trying to run down two men leaving a Los Angeles synagogue." According to the New York Post:

Activist Women Claim Trump’s Election is Destroying Their Marriages

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 28, 2018 71 Comments

Is there anything Trump can't do? An article recently published in New York Magazine is truly something else.

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

Airbnb’s hope for a 2019 public offering could be endangered by its boycott of Jews in the ‘West Bank’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2018 6 Comments

Airbnb is flying high. It reportedly had $1 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2018, according to AP:

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

Trump Willing to Shut Down Government Over Wall Funding, But Open to Plan B

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 24 Comments

Will border wall funding determine if the government shuts down next week? President Donald Trump told Politico that "he would 'totally be willing' to shut down the government" if he doesn't receive $5 billion in border wall funding, but The Washington Post reported that Trump said "[T]here are other potential ways" he can get it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YAy3NhdEG8

Outgoing Broward Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes Will Get $130K in Pensions

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 18 Comments

Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes submitted her resignation a few weeks ago after she faced criticism over how the county handled the vote counting on November 6. This latest election is not the only controversy she had during her tenure. It looks like she won't suffer much without her job because reports have come out that Snipes will receive over $130,000 in pensions. From Fox News:

Snipes, 75, already receives a pension of more than $58,000 from her time as an educator and is poised to collect another $71,000 for 15 years as an elected official, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvshvSHPls

Hyde-Smith’s Win in Mississippi Will Help the Senate Easily Confirm Trump Judicial Nominees

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 30 Comments

The GOP kept another seat in the Senate as Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith easily defeated her Democrat challenger Michael Espy in the special election on Tuesday. The victory gives the GOP a three-seat advantage in the Senate, which will help them easily confirm President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa8nyraJQA4

Progressive Sole: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Shoes to be Displayed in Exhibit at Cornell

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2018 36 Comments

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is enjoying the sort of hero worship by Democrats and the media not seen since Obama. She can do no wrong in their eyes, and every aspect of her must be celebrated. Even the shoes she campaigned in are now going to get special treatment.

https://www.cdc.gov/acute-flaccid-myelitis/afm-surveillance.html

Mysterious, paralyzing disease has now spread to 31 states and Canada

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 28, 2018 28 Comments

We have been following the spread of a mysterious, polio-like disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has named acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The illness, the cause of which remains undetermined, continues to expand its range and public health officials have recorded 286 cases.

The mysterious, rare 'polio-like' disease blighting the US has now spread to 31 states, sickening at least 116 children. And yet, officials still have no idea what causes acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), nor how to treat or prevent it. The poorly understood illness, which can cause paralysis and, in rare cases, prove deadly, has struck Colorado the hardest, followed by Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7FQNgEbCFU

PG&E being zapped by lawsuits from California’s Camp Fire victims

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 27, 2018 20 Comments

As California recovers from a series of massive wildfires, initial investigations seem to indicate that the deadly Camp Fire may have begun as a result of faulty electrical equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).

MSNBC’s Own Reporter Kills Their Caravan Narrative

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 27, 2018 27 Comments

Can you get owned by your own reporter? Because MSNBC anchors just got owned by their reporter covering the migrant caravan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV_QyRw5sFM

Jesse Kelly’s Twitter Account Reinstated, Conspiracies Abound

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 27, 2018 9 Comments

Conservative pundit Jesse Kelly's Twitter account was reportedly banned over the Thanksgiving weekend. Mary covered the story here. Now, the account has been reinstated. At present, there's confusion aURLo whether his account was suspended or banned. If Twitter suspends an account, users are still able to access the page URL where they'll find a suspension message. That was not the case with Kelly's account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gQi_EPe9O0

NASA’s newest mission success: InSight lander is now exploring Mars

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 27, 2018 20 Comments

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's newest exploration vehicle InSight landed on Mars on Monday with much social media fanfare on earth.

Mission Control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory exploded into celebratory applause and cheers after the touchdown was confirmed. The landing was watched around the world and even broadcast live on the Nasdaq Stock Market tower in New York City's Times Square. During a post-landing NASA press conference, the astronauts on the International Space Station called down to congratulate the mission team and said they "got some goosebumps" watching the coverage.

Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Finally Ends Fundraising

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2018 22 Comments

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct over 30 years ago, emerged and released a statement to end the fundraising someone set up for her a few months ago. The GoFundMe account raised $647,610 in the past two months with the last donation coming in at $50 five days ago. Ford wrote on the page:

The funds you have sent through GoFundMe have been a godsend. Your donations have allowed us to take reasonable steps to protect ourselves against frightening threats, including physical protection and security for me and my family, and to enhance the security for our home. We used your generous contributions to pay for a security service, which began on September 19 and has recently begun to taper off; a home security system; housing and security costs incurred in Washington DC, and local housing for part of the time we have been displaced. Part of the time we have been able to stay with our security team in a residence generously loaned to us.

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

Mueller Claims Manafort Lied to the FBI, Investigators ‘On a Variety of Subject Matters’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2018 36 Comments

Special Counsel Robert Mueller claims that Paul Manafort, the former chairman for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, lied to the FBI and investigators "on a variety of subject matters," which means he broke his plea agreement. NBC News continued:

Manafort, 69, was convicted of eight counts of tax evasion and bank fraud in August. In September, he agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation when he pleaded guilty to two new counts and admitted his guilt to 10 counts outstanding from the earlier trial in Virginia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKPfv3Fvw88

Tonight We Find Out if Trump saved the Mississippi Republican Senate Seat (Update: Hyde-Smith wins)

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2018 28 Comments

Mississippi citizens hit the polls today to vote in the special election for the senate seat after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who took over in April after Thad Cochran retired, and Democrat Mike Espy tied on Election Day. President Donald Trump went to Mississippi on Monday night in one final attempt to keep the seat red after controversies swamped Hyde-Smith for the past few weeks. However, recent polls showed Hyde-Smith with a 10 point lead.