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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

Infamous LulzSec Hackers Get Jail Time

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 16, 2013 4 Comments

A British court handed down jail time Thursday to four hackers that were part of a notorious splinter group of the Anonymous hacker collective known as LulzSec. Ryan Cleary, 21, aka “ViraL,” received 32 months. Cleary will also receive a separate sentence in connection with a...

#ObamacareInThreeWords

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2013 47 Comments

The hashtag of the day. #obamacareinthreewords It's. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords, twitter.com/whitehouse/sta…— The White House (@whitehouse) May 16, 2013 A. Bad. Law. @whitehouse It's. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) May 16, 2013 Arrogance of power --> RT @whitehouse: It's. The. Law. #ObamaCareInThreeWords, twitter.com/whitehouse/sta…— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) May 16,...

LIVE Joint Press Conference From the WH – Obama Responds to Questions on Recent Scandals (Post-event UPDATES)

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 16, 2013 25 Comments

2:30pm EST - UPDATED with additional news coverage and video of the press conference, added to the end of the original post. 1:45 EST - Updated below to reflect the reporter's question. In a joint press conference today at the White House with the Turkish Prime Minister...

Israeli counter-warning

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2013 12 Comments

The Assad regime has been warning that it will retaliate for Israel hitting missiles destined for Hezbollah, including by opening a terrorist front on the Golan Heights. Israel has a counter-warning. The New York Times reports: In a clear warning to Syria to stop the transfer of advanced...

“He’s continually saying something that’s demonstrably false”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2013 9 Comments

In reality, he dared not call it terrorism...

Women's Basketball Team at Howard U. to Remain in Locker Room Rather Than Stand for National Anthem

Chicago Teachers Union Wants to Close Schools on May 1st to Protest Trump

Yale Student Columnist Argues Campus Keeps Peers in ‘Ideological Bubble’

College Religious Exemptions Bill in Utah Sparks Academic Freedom Concerns on the Left

University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana, Declares Financial Exigency

Local Officials Crack Down on Annual 'St. Fratty’s Day' Party at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Benghazi emails show Obama admin knew talking points were misleading

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2013 19 Comments

Obama admin could have just said "No" to using a misleading narrative...

My Tea Party group’s futile attempt to get IRS tax-exempt status

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 16, 2013 12 Comments

We saw the handwriting on the wall, and gave up trying...

Greed still is good

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2013 7 Comments

From LukeHandCool: If I'd had a can of spray paint, I'd have added, "Milton Friedman and I are so happy to hear this! Thank you! Uncle Milton is smiling in his grave!" I took this picture of Occupied public property on Pacific Coast Highway outside the parking lot...

IRS Acting Commissioner Resigns Amidst Scandal

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 15, 2013 34 Comments

In a press conference just moments ago, President Obama announced: "Today, Treasury Secretary Lew took the first step by requesting and accepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS [Steven Miller]." Let's wait and see if other resignations will follow. WAJ adds 7 p.m.-- I'm on one...

Just Released: More than 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails (Update – Stephen Hayes and Jonathan Karl vindicated)

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 15, 2013 19 Comments

This just in from CNN's Jake Tapper: The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on Wednesday in a bid to quell critics who say President Barack Obama and his aides played politics with national security following the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic...

Live House Judiciary Committee Hearing: Tense Moments During AG Eric Holder Testimony

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 15, 2013 6 Comments

The House Judiciary Committee has been conducting a hearing this afternoon to receive testimony from Attorney General Eric Holder on a variety of topics. Given the recent developments with both the IRS and AP stories, the hearing was expected to experience a few tense moments. Surely...

News Roundup on IRS Scandal: Lawsuit Alleges IRS Improperly Seized 60 Million Personal Medical Records

Posted by Mandy Nagy on May 15, 2013 18 Comments

With so much news breaking on the IRS scandal in the wake of recent revelations that the agency unfairly targeted conservative groups, we’ve rounded up links to some of the most relevant coverage on the topic for Legal Insurrection readers. We start with big news this...

@SodaStreamUSA response to Limbaugh boycott: “We continue to advertise”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2013 17 Comments

SodaStream is an Israeli company which makes a really cool and really popular product, essentially a make your own soda at home device. I plan on getting one. Its U.S. division is SodaStreamUSA. This video shows the SodaStream story of building bridges between Jews and Arabs: Nonetheless,...

Emily Miller uncovers D.C. AG “dirty tricks” in withholding David Gregory docs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2013 14 Comments

I wrote on Monday about the lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Legal Insurrection seeking documents withheld by the District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) regarding David Gregory's clear violation of the D.C. gun laws, Legal Insurrection...

Hating Breitbart producers provide opportunity to “adopt a liberal member of the establishment”

Posted by Anne Segal on May 15, 2013 1 Comment

The producers of the Andrew Breitbart documentary "Hating Breitbart," have found a unique way to further ensconce the Happy Warrior into the minds of his detractors: send them a copy of their movie. The upcoming wider theater release this upcoming Friday (it will also be...

Capitalist Fox

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2013 4 Comments

From longtime reader and frequent photographer Ulises: Non-coexist bumper sticker ...

Complete copy of Treasury Report on IRS targeting of Tea Party and conservatives

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

The full Inspector General report was released tonight. I'd be interested in what you find that we don't already know. Treasury Report IRS Tea Party Targeting...