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'Intersectionality' - The Destructive Ideology Balkanizing the Country

Virginia Becomes Latest Blue State in Push to Bypass Electoral College

Iconic Leftist Hampshire College Permanently Closing at End of the Year

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 ...

Harvard Quietly Raising Money for New 'Viewpoint Diversity' Push in Hiring

Yale Report Blames Ivy League for Eroded Trust in Higher Education

Utah Valley U. Drops Graduation Speaker Who Smeared Charlie Kirk as ‘Bigoted’ After His Murder

Thousands of University of California Workers Threaten Statewide Strike

Progressive Rep. Ro Khanna to be Honored at Suffolk U. Commencement

American U. Law School Chooses Progressive Caucus Member Jamie Raskin as Commencement Speaker

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...

I said the same thing as Jon Stewart, but for different reasons

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

When Jon Stewart is good, he's really good. And he's really good in this clip about IRS targeting of the Tea Party and the AP phone records. I found myself shouting the same bleeped out words, but for very different reasons. ...

Was Jake Tapper played by White House through selective leak of just one email?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 28 Comments

ABC News source stands by reference to State Dept in leaked Benghazi talking points emails -- White House defenders get the controversy they want (Update - Stephen Hayes stands by his reporting as well)...

Gosnell gets life sentence, no death penalty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 33 Comments

Gives up appeals in plea deal...

Sweet Irony: Obama admin obsession with Tea Party comes back to bite it

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 14, 2013 22 Comments

Hollywood couldn't have scripted it better: A rebel group of engaged activists, derided and harassed by authorities, becomes the obsession of a powerful political machine, leading to the demise of ...

Eric Holder recused himself from AP phone subpoena issuance, and from investigation

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

Eric Holder just ended a press conference. As previously reported by Fox News: Attorney General Eric Holder is recusing himself from the investigation into leaks made to The Associated Press, Fox News has learned. Also, as CNN reported, Holder previously had recused himself from consideration of issuance of...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/14/2013 – The Syria Puzzle

Posted by David Gerstman on May 14, 2013 0 Comments

1) Syria considerations Last week former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller wrote Syria is not Iraq. The gist of his argument is that he trusts President Obama but shouldn't have trusted President Bush. It's a silly argument. However, as Dexter Filkins reports,...

Would all the reporters who savaged Bob Woodward now like to apologize?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 8 Comments

Woodward was prescient about the Obama administration's treatment of the press...

The ignored DOJ scandal — anti-free speech codes on campuses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2013 9 Comments

Amidst all the scandals exposed these past two weeks, one is being ignored by the mainstream media and most of the conservative media as well -- the actions of the Department of Justice and Department of Education to force colleges and universities to impose anti-free speech codes. We...