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VIDEO: A.F. Branco’s 2017 Legal Insurrection Cartoons

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2017 8 Comments

This has been another year of great cartoons from A.F. Branco. We celebrated Tony's 5th Anniversary at Legal Insurrection back in August. That post has lots of details on the mystery man behind the legend, including a video in which you can hear him talk! Each year Tony produces a video compilation of his cartoons for that year. You can see prior years here:

Judicial Watch: Classified emails on Weiner laptop show need to reopen Hillary server investigation

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 30, 2017 30 Comments

Judicial Watch has received via FOIA emails that the FBI found on the computer of disgraced former congressman and estranged husband of Hilary aide Huma Abedin. That Huma forwarded classified emails to the laptop was previously reported, but now Judicial Watch obtained redacted copies of some of the emails, clearly marked classified. This could add to the pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to order the FBI to reopen its investigation of Hillary's server and handling of classified information in light of recent revelations that the FBI investigation may have been predetermined and perfunctory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gAK6h-kB7A

DOJ will not seek emergency Supreme Court stay of injunctions allowing enlistment of transgender troops

Posted by Jared Samilow on December 30, 2017 37 Comments

It's official: as of 12:00 a.m. January 1, 2018, the U.S. military will be open to transgender recruits—a change in policy that had been set in motion by Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in 2016. Last night, the Department of Justice announced that it would not ask the Supreme Court to stay several injunctions requiring the military to go forward with Carter's plan—at least until a "study" that President Trump ordered is completed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F7MVGtT9VA

This is Germany: “Safe zones” for women during New Year’s Eve celebrations after past mass sexual attacks

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2017 17 Comments

In both 2016 and 2017, there were mass sexual assaults on women in German cities during New Year's Eve celebrations. The police initially tried to conceal that most of the perpetrators were either migrants or Middle Eastern immigrants. But the truth eventually came out and it was a major scandal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqIWd10ccY

Police want to remind you not to fire your guns into the air on New Year’s Eve

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 30, 2017 13 Comments

I fully recognize that every year, someone dies a senseless death from a bullet falling back to the ground. That said, every time I hear a warning about firing guns into the air, I think first of ¡Three Amigos! and Chevy Chase's character, Dusty Bottoms, accidentally shooting the Invisible Swordsman in an attempt to fire into the air.

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

Dershowitz Deserted by Liberal Friends Over Trump-Friendly Mueller Analysis

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 26 Comments

Professor Alan Dershowitz is a liberal Democrat who voted for Hillary. He also believes in the law and has a rational view of the Mueller investigation. Unfortunately for him, not having Trump Derangement Syndrome is ruining his social life.

Mike LaChance’s 10 Craziest Higher Education Stories of 2017

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 3 Comments

2017 was a wild year for news and politics in higher education. Let's all take a look back and have some fun. I already did a top 10 list about Trump Derangement Syndrome on campus, so this list will exclude that topic. Here are the top 10 craziest stories from colleges and universities across the country that I covered in 2017 in chronological order.

CA Gov. Jerry Brown pardons immigrants slated for deportation due to criminal convictions

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2017 16 Comments

File this story under "Elections Have Consequences." California Governor Jerry Brown Brown used a Christmas holiday tradition and granted pardons to two immigrants who were on the verge of being deported for committing crimes while in this country.

https://twitter.com/NoahGrayCNN/status/946086382870712323

Can someone check on CNN? They’ve been fixated on a white truck for 2 days now

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 29, 2017 26 Comments

It all started Wednesday when CNN reporters hid in the bushes of a Florida golf course to film President Trump golfing.

Trump to Dems: You Want 800k DACA Dreamers to Stay? Then Fund The Wall

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 29, 2017 69 Comments

The Democrats hope to push through legislation to protect those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but President Donald Trump made it known today that will not happen unless there is funding for a wall and changes to our immigration system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1roTEg4Mdk&t=5s

Anti-Regime Protests Break Out Across Iran

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 29, 2017 33 Comments

Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Iran. Demonstrations began Thursday when hundreds protested against high prices and shouted anti-government slogans Iran's second-largest city, Mashhad. The crowds drilled to chant 'death to America' went off the script and demanded the end of the Islamic regime instead. Videos show Iranians chanting 'Death to the dictator' and 'Death to Rouhani'.

Ahed Tamimi case is about child exploitation by anti-Israel activists

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 29, 2017 2 Comments

The Tamimi Clan of Nabi Saleh and their Western supporters exploit children in order to obtain viral video and photographs. The children are used to try to provoke Israeli Border Police and soldiers. If the provocation is successful, which it almost never is, they get a photo of an Israeli being brutal towards a child. In almost every case, though, there is no reaction from the soldiers, so the video and photos are spun as reflecting "brave" Palestinian children and the "weak" Israeli soldiers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw_gZq0MpmE

2018 will start with a deep freeze

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 29, 2017 73 Comments

2017 is ending with a series of Arctic blasts impacting holiday travelers across the American heartland. One storm that has dumped more than 65 inches of snow in Pennsylvania, creating travel chaos and forcing one of the state's counties to declare an emergency.

New Conservative Christian College to Open in Boston Next Fall

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2017 12 Comments

This is a fascinating story. It's not every day that you see the founding of a new college. A Boston area business man named Finny Kuruvilla is putting up millions of his own to found Sattler College as a conservative Christian school in Boston.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aosT6Kecj24

Bad, terrible, no good news for Democrat identity politics destiny

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 28, 2017 29 Comments

Demographics is everything to Democrat political strategy. It is taken as an article of faith that the growth of the Hispanic population as a distinct identity group will mean a coming inalterable Democrat advantage. Currently, Hispanics are more aligned with Democrats:

My new coffee mug was once targeted by 22 State Attorneys General

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on December 28, 2017 33 Comments

I love coffee so very much. Not just for its caffeine benefits, which are a necessity as a work from home mom with a baby and a puppy, but because it's a staple of my morning routine.

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/700492241089880064

Vanity Fair Apologizes for Hillary Video, Trump Lashes Out

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 28, 2017 10 Comments

Yesterday I blogged about the joyless and humorless fans of failed Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after they went off the rails because Vanity Fair had the audacity to suggest their saint give up politics and maybe pick up knitting. Unfortunately, Vanity Fair has caved and apologized for the video. Of course President Donald Trump didn't miss the opportunity to attack the publication on Twitter.