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Trump on Tucker: "Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist!"

DOJ to Review Mamdani's 'Racial Equity Plan' for New York City

Baltimore Reparations Fund Plagued by Infighting and Struggles for Control

Chris Christie slow cooks our goose

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 21 Comments

Chris Christie all but hands Cory Booker a Senate seat on a silver platter, not giving Republicans a chance to mount what would have been a tough fight in 2014, and it's cool and he's a media star. From John Sexton at Breitbart.com, Chris Christie is running...

“Stop, Shut Up and Snoop” Week at College Insurrection

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 0 Comments

Shut yo mouth: Texas high school cuts valedictorian’s mic for talking about the US Constitution Australian University Censors Speech Deemed Offensive to Islam Pro-Palestinian groups on campus aren’t big fans of free speech And dress the way we tell you: New Hampshire senior not allowed to wear Marine uniform at...

IRS Officials Lerner and Miller Receive Violent Threats

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 21 Comments

In the wake of intense criticism over the agency's targeting of conservative groups, former and current embattled IRS officials, Steven Miller and Lois Lerner, have reportedly received threats of physical violence. From Sky News: Ousted IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller has received threats, a source told Reuters...

Snowden Reveals Classified Records to Hong Kong Newspaper as Leak Investigation Heats Up

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 26 Comments

The public remains hotly engaged this week in a necessary debate over NSA domestic surveillance policies, coupled with the recent revelations of government abuses, like the IRS scandal and snooping on journalists. Meanwhile Edward Snowden, the man who leaked the details behind the NSA’s PRISM...

All we are saying, is give community peacebuilding a chance

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2013 8 Comments

Nothing wrong to me with community peacebuilding ...

Tennessee School Board Member Censured for Calling a Student 'Hot'

NYU Forced to Scrap Live Commencement Speeches Because of Pro-Palestine Activism

Indiana's Public Universities Cut or Merge Nearly 600 Degrees

Florida International U. Profs Claim School Agreeing to Work With ICE Makes Students Feel Unsafe

Communist Group on Campus at UC-Berkeley Displays Poster Depicting Trump as Hitler

Steven Crowder Event Canceled at UPenn Due to Security Issues

Wag The IRS Scandal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 17 Comments

Where has all the IRS scandal news gone, long time passing...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day Five Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 7 Comments

Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through seven candidates by the end of the day. As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much exposure the prospective juror had to the case through the media and other channels,...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/14/2013 – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Merit Badge of Terror

Posted by David Gerstman on June 14, 2013 4 Comments

1) Earning merit badges in terror Following recent revelations that Hamas plans to train thousands of children soldiers a number of media outlets are reporting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad is running summer camps training youngsters in the fine points of urban warfare. Ynet reports: An AFP...

Dismissed Zimmerman juror escorted from courthouse after trespassing

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 17 Comments

Potential juror previously had been caught posting on anti-Zimmerman Facebook page and was upset his name was reported in the media....

A.F. Branco on Fox News Watch

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 12 Comments

One of the hopes for the most excellent cartoonist A.F. Branco, when he joined us on August 6, 2012, was that he would gain the greater exposure and recognition he deserves. And slowly but surely, it's happening, through his cartoons at Legal Insurrection and other outlets. Branco...

While Obama ponders Syria post-red line moves, Hezbollah reiterates it will fight for Assad

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 14, 2013 9 Comments

After concluding that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against its own people in Syria, Obama administration officials indicated on Thursday that the president will authorize US assistance to the opposition rebels, although the extent of that assistance and when it will...

Attkisson hack

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 16 Comments

Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, who has been one of the few mainstream media reporters to push hard on the Benghazi cover up, for which she was attacked by Obama defenders along with Jonathan Karl and Stephen Hayes. Several weeks ago it was revealed that her...

Zimmerman Trial LIVE – Jury Selection Day 5 All-Day Coverage

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 14, 2013 2 Comments

Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Jury Selection Day Five live, all day, along with a separate end-of-day wrap-up post. To catch up on the lastest events in State of Florida v. Zimmerman, click here and take a look at last night's wrap-up post. As...

Imagine there’s no Twitter, it isn’t hard to do (in Turkey)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 2 Comments

The government of Turkey has found the culprit for the Gezi Park protest movement. It's not government policies which suppress freedom and attempt to wipe out Turkey's secular history, while pushing the nation to creeping Islamization of previously secular institutions. It's The Twitter. https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/345451958779396096 The Turkish Hurriyet Daily News...

No crowdsourcing needed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2013 1 Comment

From a reader in the Alabama part of South Central Pennsylvania: crowd source request Taken at a red light (you can see the red light as well as the Prius' brake lights) in the borough closest to Cheney's "undisclosed location" back when ...

Sometimes I feel like a Founding Fatherless child (Update: Fathered)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2013 21 Comments

We've focused on the language wars many times before. But this time it's different. Because it's not a dispute over how to characterize the same set of facts -- such as "illegal immigrant" versus "undocumented immigrant" -- but a complete denial of the fact which heretofore has...

Zimmerman Jury Selection — Day Four Wrap-Up

Posted by Andrew Branca on June 13, 2013 13 Comments

Today the Court continued its preliminary questioning of prospective jurors, moving through 10 candidates by the end of the day. As was the case yesterday, questions were limited to how much exposure the prospective juror had to the case through the media and other channels,...