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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=CI7jk8eFvoQ

North Korea Spooked: Suspends Talks With South Korea, Threatens to Ditch U.S. Summit

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 15, 2018 34 Comments

According to South Korea's Yonhap News Service, North Korea abruptly ended discussions with South Korea and is threatening to cancel the upcoming summit with the United States. North Korea believes the U.S./South Korean joint military drills are "provocation" and preparation for an invasion.

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

Turkey recalls its ambassador to US over Jerusalem embassy move

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 15, 2018 23 Comments

Earlier this week, I pondered the lack of American ambassadors to 32 countries, including some critical regional or economic allies. Now, we are down a Turkish ambassador, albeit temporarily, as that nation has pulled its envoy in response to the opening of the American embassy to Israel in Jerusalem.

The Turkish Embassy in Washington says the Turkish ambassador to the United States is being called home over the Trump administration moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Poli Sci Prof: Backlash Against Liberal Smugness Will Get Trump Re-elected

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 15, 2018 74 Comments

Gerard Alexander, an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia, recently wrote an article for the New York Times suggesting that when it comes to Trump, liberals are their own worst enemies. It has become a common joke for conservatives on Twitter to respond to liberal lunacy by saying "Do you want more Trump? Because this is how you get more Trump." That idea forms the essence of Professor Alexander's column:

Liberals, You’re Not as Smart as You Think I know many liberals, and two of them really are my best friends. Liberals make good movies and television shows. Their idealism has been an inspiration for me and many others. Many liberals are very smart. But they are not as smart, or as persuasive, as they think.

https://twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/996362117547773952

Hamas, Other Terror Groups Mourn Their Dead From Yesterday’s Border Assault

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 15, 2018 28 Comments

On Monday, Kemberlee blogged about the "protests" by Palestinians on Israel's border as the U.S. opened its embassy in Jerusalem. We all know these weren't protests. Hamas organized this assault since March and called it the "Great Return March." Other groups participated with Hamas. The terror groups have mourned their dead and propped them up as martyrs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cRYaIJXbvI&t=336s

Germany: Students at Heidelberg University Reject ‘Antisemitic’ BDS Movement

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on May 15, 2018 3 Comments

The Student Council at Germany's prestigious Heidelberg University has passed a resolution rejecting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement for being antisemitic. Last Tuesday, the student body voted in favor of severing ties with groups engaged in anti-Israel boycott campaign, barring them for getting university funding and venues for staging events.

Gender Studies Institute at Stanford Hosting Far-Left Journalist to Discuss Conservative ‘Bigotry’

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

https://twitter.com/kcjohnson9/status/996086089109639175

Court: Expelled male student can proceed on key claims against Johnson & Wales U

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2018 29 Comments

In January 2018, I wrote about a lawsuit by an expelled male student that alleged an outrageous denial of fundamental fairness and failure to follow university rules, Kafkaesque campus sexual assault tribunal at Johnson & Wales alleged in lawsuit:

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Trump administration jettisons $10 million NASA program tracking greenhouse gases

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 14, 2018 58 Comments

In a move that has enraged green justice warriors across the globe, A $10 million per year National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) program to track key global warming contributors carbon and methane has been canceled.

The program called the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) was cut due to 'budget constraints and higher priorities within the science budget, a spokesperson for the space agency said Thursday.

California Democrats Push Communist Holiday Over U.S. President’s Birthdays

Posted by Katy Grimes on May 14, 2018 23 Comments

California’s elected Democrats are pushing for a communist holiday, at the expense of a U.S. President’s Day. Remember during the Cold War when “better dead than Red?” was the thinking?

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Media Blames Israel for Killing Gaza “Protesters” During U.S. Embassy’s Move to Jerusalem

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 14, 2018 31 Comments

The American media can't seem to pass up an opportunity to vilify Israel. Mass "protests" have left some 2,400 Gazans wounded and approximately 50 dead, though those numbers come from Gaza's Health Ministry, not other, better verifiable sources.

Requiem for the Nuclear Deal

Posted by David Gerstman on May 14, 2018 26 Comments

President Donald Trump's decision last week to withdraw the United States from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has occasioned a lot of hand-wringing by his critics (and by fans of his predecessor Barack Obama). After all, the storyline goes Iran was adhering to the deal, so the United States was damaging its credibility by trashing a deal that it had entered into. Of course, that doesn't tell the whole story. President Obama, knowing that he couldn't sell the deal to the American people and their representatives, made an executive agreement. But governing effectively means playing by the Constitution's rules even when it's inconvenient. (Funny how none of Obama's acolytes, who tell us that Trump is destroying our democracy, seem the least bit bothered by Obama's blatant disregard of the Constitution.)

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Law That Banned Sports Gambling

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 14, 2018 16 Comments

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA) that outlawed sports gambling in most states.

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

Hillary Transferred $150K in Campaign Money to LLC That Manages Some of Her Personal Income

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 14, 2018 22 Comments

The Washington Free Beacon has reported that failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton transferred $150,000 in campaign money to a limited liability company (LLC) in Delaware that manages her personal income from speaking engagements and book sales. Delaware is known as a tax haven.

Branco Cartoon – Million-to-One Shot, Doc

Posted by A.F. Branco on May 14, 2018 25 Comments

He stopped short with America...

May 14: U.S. Embassy Moves to Jerusalem

Posted by Miriam Elman on May 14, 2018 31 Comments

Today (May 14) the U.S. embassy will officially move from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital city. The move, widely regarded as historic and “momentous” for Israel and the Jewish people, will coincide with the anniversary of Israel’s declaration of independence 70 years ago on the Gregorian calendar. It also comes one day after Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim), which marks the reunification of the city during the 1967 Six Day War, and the return of Jewish heritage and holy sites to Jewish sovereignty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5fhDShPCvA

Is Elizabeth Warren Using Mashpee Wampanoag Casino Battle To Shed Her Fake Indian Brand?

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 13, 2018 41 Comments

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) denies a desire to run for president in 2020, while busily building up a campaign war chest. But she has a problem, a problem so big that even leftist Trevor Noah called her out on it. Warren's Native American deception has been dogging her for years, and it looks like she has a plan to help rid herself of the "Pocahontas" label. With President Trump branding her as "Pocahontas" and even Bill Maher casually referring to her by that name, Warren has been inundated with negative press and social media.

Why is there no American Ambassador to Singapore?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 13, 2018 22 Comments

Scott Adams, famed Dilbert cartoonist and political pundit, posed a great question on his most recent podcast: Why is there no American Ambassador to Singapore, the enormously wealth city state that is host the historic peace summit between the United States and North Korea?

Paris: Terrorist Kills One, Wounds At Least Four Before Being Killed By Police

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 13, 2018 27 Comments

A knife-wielding Islamic terrorist shouting "Allahu akbar" attacked several people in Paris, France, killing one and wounding at least four more people. He was shot dead by police at the scene. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.