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Video Released of ICE Agent's Perspective of Minneapolis Shooting

Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on 'Free' Childcare Program

Mamdani and the “Woke Jihad”

House to vote today on Speaker for 113th Congress

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on January 03, 2013 7 Comments

Despite the large scale and outspoken dissatisfaction by many Republican lawmakers of Speaker Boehner following the fiscal cliff vote, most are in agreement that his speakership is not going to be legitimately threatened today. That being said, today's vote may not necessarily be the smooth sailing...

Rubio v. Ryan (Reader Poll)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2013 55 Comments

It's the fight the media is waiting and hoping for. What better sport than to start an intra-party Republican presidential nomination fight almost 4 years before the next presidential election and 3 years before the primaries. But it's inevitable, so if not now, when to start the...

Socialism, apparently

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2013 2 Comments

Not just economically, but in academia as well. From a reader send after the fiscal cliff vote: Seen at the Toco Hills shopping center in Atlanta, Georgia - The only bright spot in my day after the disappointment last night. If you use this, please publish this anonymously...

Blogonomics and independence

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2013 16 Comments

Andrew Sullivan: And so, as we contemplated the end of our contract with the Beast at the end of 2012, we faced a decision. As usual, we sought your input and the blogosphere's - hence the not-terribly subtle thread that explored whether online readers will ever...

Senator Mark Kirk returns, plans to climb Capitol steps Thursday

Posted by Anne Segal on January 02, 2013 12 Comments

Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) returned to the Capitol today almost one year after he suffered a stroke. In a series of interviews with selected press, the Senator said that he would have voted against the fiscal cliff legislation, saying it was "overweighted with spending," but...

Texas Launches Website to Field Complaints About State Colleges and Universities

Trump State Department has Revoked 8,000 Student Visas

U. Washington Researcher Appears to Wish Death on Conservatives: ‘May There be Tyler Robinsons for You All’

Jewish Students Locked in Cooper Union Library During Anti-Israel Protest Settle With College

Georgetown U. Hires Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow

Astoria, NY, is Becoming the American Center of Democratic Socialism

The insurrection continues as black activist calls Jackson family traitors

Posted by Anne Segal on January 02, 2013 21 Comments

Bringing you another tale of citizen insurrection on the streets of Chicago, after our city, the most gun-controlled in the nation, ended the year with 532 murders. This time, at a meeting to discuss housing foreclosures and the corrupt system of redevelopment contracts, local grassroots...

Branco Cartoon – Winning

Posted by A.F. Branco on January 02, 2013 3 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 ...

Sandy Disaster Relief Disaster

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2013 19 Comments

The Senate passed a pork-laden Sandy Relief bill: Hurricane Sandy relief bill “pork” complaints is reportedly a sticking point fiscally conservative lawmakers. The $27 billion relief legislation crafted to offer Super Storm Sandy disaster aid will reportedly be stalled until after the Congressional session, which ends...

Egypt’s new rulers not hip on comedy making fun of Morsi

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on January 02, 2013 6 Comments

Comedian Bassem Youssef has been called Egypt's Jon Stewart. While Stewart doesn't always endear himself to those he aims his political satire at, there aren't many who would seek to put him in jail for his jokes. Yet as the world embarks on the first days of...

To say that Republicans in Congress folded like a cheap suit is an insult to cheap suits

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 02, 2013 63 Comments

What an embarrassment. To say that Republicans in Congress folded like a cheap suit is an insult to cheap suits. The "fiscal cliff" was mishandled from day one. There was a lack of strategy and the tactics could not make up for that. To borrow Kurt Schlichter's phrase: a...

House Vote (Update – Passes 257-167)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 35 Comments

Coming up very soon. Doesn't seem like much doubt will pass. The bill passed 257-167. Boehner and Ryan voted for it. Cantor and McCarthy against. John Boehner is a yes vote for the deal.— Jim Antle (@jimantle) January 2, 2013 The Bush tax cuts lapsed at...

Group claims hacked subscriber database of NY newspaper which published gun permit map

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 57 Comments

The Lower Hudson Journal News, a Gannett newspaper, caused controversy when it published a map of names and addresses of gun permit holders, and announced that it planned to do so again. The plan for further publication may be in doubt as a neighboring county just...

House “fiscal cliff” updates

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 29 Comments

No one can type as fast as Twitter, so I'm embedding my Twitter "fiscal cliff" feed below. The big news this afternoon is that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor apparently is opposing the Senate bill in its current form. Senate Democrats are saying they will not take up...

A Catholic, Randian Objectivist, and vegan Libertarian walk into a Tea Party

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 01, 2013 15 Comments

One of the best aspects about the SoCal Tax Revolt Coalition is that we are a true mixture of Republicans, Libertarians, Independent Conservatives...

Time for House to call a Time Out — pass Plan C

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 42 Comments

We have seen this movie before. A contrived crisis causes a rush to a vote before any legislator or the public has time to read and understand a bill which will have a profound effect on the nation for years if not decades. That's what happened...

Senate passes massive tax cut which raised taxes over $600 billion in middle of night without reading the bill

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 56 Comments

There are too many metaphors here applicable to the Senate's 89-8 passage of a "fiscal cliff" bill in the middle of the night (around 2 a.m. this morning). The bill raised taxes by over $600 billion, in addition to Obamacare taxes already coming on line, yet...

Depends on what the meaning of “thank” is

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 01, 2013 2 Comments

From reader 9thDistrictNeighbor: Dear Professor, The attached billboard from WCPT-AM (“Chicago’s Progressive Talk”) popped up shortly after the election. The billboard is actually a fantastic buy, as on an hourly basis and by virtue of its location way off the Kennedy Expressway (I-94) it reaches far more...