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Left Wing Group: Use 'Jury Nullification' to Resist Trump DOJ

Complaint: Suspect With IED at Gracie Mansion Swore Allegiance to ISIS

VIDEO - Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders One-Year Later

Survey: Internet users worry about privacy, personal info being exposed online

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 05, 2013 7 Comments

A new survey out today from the Pew Research Center shows that internet users are concerned about their privacy online, but many feel that anonymity online is just not all that possible anymore. In a representative survey of 792 internet users, 86% have tried in some...

Government to release more NSA surveillance documents in response to FOIA lawsuit

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 05, 2013 3 Comments

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced on its website today that the Justice Department will release hundreds of pages of documents related to the government's interpretation of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit it had filed. From...

Branco Cartoon – His Line Eyes

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 05, 2013 11 Comments

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

The Indian economy is shaking like a Bollywood dancer

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 05, 2013 5 Comments

Those who follow my exploits know I dance Bollywood, so it is not surprising that this news clip would catch my interest: Indian newspapers have been gushing about the incoming governor of the central bank, Raghuram Rajan, in terms usually reserved for Bollywood film stars: his...

Get well, Jim Hoft, really soon

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 11 Comments

Some of you may know that Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit has been quite ill. Here's the latest update from one of his guest bloggers: It would be quite impossible not to have noticed Jim’s absence this past week and a half. As has...

Northwestern U. Gets 'C' Grade on Campus Antisemitism Report Card

Duke University Employees Donated $1.6 Million to Democrats

Opposition to Epic Fury on Twitter/X Being Led by Non-American Accounts

Student Govt. at U. Maryland-College Park Pledges Solidarity With Islamic Republic of Iran

Research Finds College Student Loneliness Tied to Heavy Social Media Usage

Regents Order U. Iowa to Discipline Employee Who Bragged About Getting Around DEI Ban

Putin says Kerry lies, softens blow by adding “beautifully”

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 04, 2013 25 Comments

Meanwhile, Senate Foreign Relations Committee passes limited use of force resolution...

Obama passes the buck, this time to the world

Posted by New Neo on September 04, 2013 19 Comments

Obama passes the buck again, this time to the world: My credibility is not on the line -- the international community's credibility is on the line...

Anthony Weiner launches into angry screaming match with Jewish voter

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 04, 2013 33 Comments

Just in case we weren't sure yet that Anthony Weiner's bid for mayor of NYC was on life support, he goes and shows his true colors again. The man is truly his own walking reality show. And a really bad one, at that. Weiner decided to...

Now you can search for tweets as old as Twitter with Topsy

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 04, 2013 1 Comment

If you've ever tried to use Twitter search to find someone's old tweet, you've likely been disappointed to find that the results leave you digging through only the most recent tweets, and that's if they even match your search terms at all. I've mentioned previously in...

Axelrod’s Syrian Maneuver

Posted by Anne Segal on September 04, 2013 19 Comments

Have you noticed another skirmish brewing, not in the Middle East but among Republicans over support for Obama's Syrian debacle? David Axelrod must be twirling his mustache with delight over his latest manipulation of the leaderless Republican party as they provide cover for Obama's latest fail. Of course, Obama's Syrian problem isn't about Congress, it's about his own failures as a leader -- in this case the logical extension of his worldwide apology tour presidency. Enter Axelrod (if he ever was off stage). August 30 Axelrod puts New York Times, et al., on notice of what the talking point will be -- "this is up to Congress": https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/373320824473673729 A gleeful tweet on August 31: https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/373871738032910336 Sept. 2, a thank you to the New York Times for pitching in: https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/374719590124630016 I imagine a phone call from Axelrod to Obama, perhaps sometime Friday night, with Obama pouting about his off-teleprompter "red line" comment. Axelrod has an idea. Foment a little diversion by foisting Obama's Syrian debacle onto hapless Republicans.

House Hearings on Syria – LIVE

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 11 Comments

After testifying yesterday before the Senate, John Kerry, Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey are testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee: https://twitter.com/texasbryanp/status/375340994167730176 https://twitter.com/AuthorAnnBaker/status/375341049603821568 https://twitter.com/LegInsurrection/status/375333974337265665 https://twitter.com/mpoindc/status/375330440359317504

Twenty Years Ago, an Ounce of Foresight about Oslo

Posted by David Gerstman on September 04, 2013 4 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler - 09/04/2013 The New York Times kicks off its 20th Anniversary celebration of the Oslo Accords, by blaming Israel...

Two Red Lines

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 28 Comments

This is the big headline today: "I did not set a red line." (added) Transcript via Real Clear Politics:

STEVE HOLLAND, REUTERS: Have you made up your mind whether to take action against Syria whether or not you have a congressional resolution approved? Is a strike needed in order to preserve your credibility for when you set these sort of red lines? And were you able to enlist the support of the prime minister here for support in Syria? PRESIDENT OBAMA: Let me unpack the question. First of all, I didn't set a red line. The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98 percent of the world's population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and passed a treaty forbidding their use even when countries are engaged in war. Congress set a red line when it ratified that treaty. Congress set a red line when it indicated that in a piece of legislation titled the Syria Accountability Act that some of the horrendous thing that are happening on the ground there need to be answered for. And so, when I said, in a press conference, that my calculus about what's happening in Syria would be altered by the use of chemical weapons, which the overwhelming consensus of humanity says is wrong, that wasn't something I just kind of made up. I didn't pluck it out of thin air. There was a reason for it. That's point number one. Point number two, my credibility is not on the line. The international community's credibility is on the line. And America and Congress' credibility is on the line because we give lip service to the notion that these international norms are important.

People are contrasting it with this August 2012 statement: This is too important for gamesmanship:

Congress micromanaging its way out of accepting responsibility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 12 Comments

Rand Paul: Congress "getting too involved on how we execute war."...

So I guess we’ll count this as a “No” vote

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 6 Comments

From herm2416: Seen on a car in Fish Creek, Wi. Very pro-Obama in 2008, not nearly that in 2012--not even remotely close! You are my go-to website, Professor! Keep it up, you are appreciated! ...

Ariel Castro commits suicide in prison

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 04, 2013 16 Comments

Via AP: Ohio corrections officials say Ariel Castro who held three women captive in his home for nearly a decade has committed suicide at a state prison facility. Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith says 53-year-old Castro was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional...

Social media network to launch exclusively for law enforcement

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 03, 2013 12 Comments

Law enforcement personnel are soon to get their own social networking site. From FOX News: The final stages are near completion for the launch of a law enforcement social media network designed exclusively for the men and women in blue. Created by former high-profile New York City police...