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USA Men's Hockey Team Wins Olympic Gold in Absolute Thriller

Intersectionality is an "intellectual foundation for violence, terrorism, antisemitism, and anti-westernism"

Purges of Conservative and pro-Israel Faculty leave "very few to speak up for Jewish students"

How I stopped worrying and learned to love the sequester

Posted by David Gerstman on February 22, 2013 11 Comments

A recent Washington Post editorial, The blame game over sequestration concludes: Meanwhile, Mr. Obama seems content to warn of dire cutbacks in everything from naval operations to firefighters and to accuse the GOP of risking them to protect the wealthy. The Republicans denounce the sequester as Mr. Obama’s brainchild (though...

Quoting Rick Perry

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2013 5 Comments

From Ben: On the left coast this little cultural tit for tat has been developing for a couple years. First there was So Cal. Meaning Southern California. As in, that's So Cal. Then Nor Cal for Northern. And now we have No Cal with the the state of...

Republican Paul McKinley: “The Chicago Machine is panicking”

Posted by Anne Segal on February 21, 2013 13 Comments

Robin Kelly, one of the leading Democrats running in the congressional special election primary to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr., is under fire this week after it was revealed that an internal investigation by the State Treasurer's Inspector General recommended she be disciplined. In response to this...

Like I said

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 27 Comments

this morning, Sequester — already the biggest lie of 2013. Rush says it this way, For the First Time in My Life, I Am Ashamed of My Country: ...

Oh, Florida

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 24 Comments

It's stuff like this, Rick Scott’s Big Reversal: Governor Rick Scott expressed his support this afternoon for expansion of Florida’s Medicaid program, describing the decision as a choice between “having Floridians pay to fund this program in other states while denying health care to our citizens...

Villanova U. Prof Says Academia Should be Used as a 'Trojan Horse' for Socialism

Texas Tech Prof Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Fentanyl Ring

Kennesaw State U. Students Yell ‘F*** ICE’ During Walkout Protest

College Fires Prof for Calling Charlie Kirk, TPUSA ‘Racist Pieces of Sh*t’ in Class

Man Who Bought Campus of Green Mountain College Wants to Give it Away for Free

North Carolina Elementary Teacher Who Identifies as ‘Transgender Wolf’ Fired After Complaint

ElizabethWarrenWiki.org nominated for #BlogBash award

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 10 Comments

It's hard to believe it's only been about three weeks since we launched ElizabethWarrenWiki.org. The goal was, and remains, to bring together in one place the wealth of research conducted during the Senate campaign by numerous blogs and newspapers on Elizabeth Warren's background, and then to update and expand...

British MP George Galloway storms out of debate when finds out opponent is Israeli

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 26 Comments

Galloway's ugly anti-Israel face revealed once again...

Sequester — already the biggest lie of 2013

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 23 Comments

On the very short drive to work this morning, I heard an interview on local AM 870 radio with the Tompkins County town administrator. The radio host kept trying to scare everyone about the Sequester cuts, repeatedly asking how it would affect people in Tompkins County. The...

Branco Cartoon – Frankenquester

Posted by A.F. Branco on February 21, 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 Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

David Gerstman aka @Soccerdhg joins Legal Insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2013 8 Comments

If you were up at 5:44 a.m. Eastern this morning (I wasn't) you would have been there at the very moment when David Gerstman's first post at Legal Insurrection went live, I said, “Hi.” She said, “Yeah, I guess I am.” You may have known David...

I said, “Hi.” She said, “Yeah, I guess I am.”

Posted by David Gerstman on February 21, 2013 22 Comments

The "Hi" in the title should clue you in, this is my welcome post. I'm David, the newest blogger at Legal Insurrection. For those who don't know me, I used to blog as Soccer Dad. After I retired from blogging at the end of 2010, Prof Jacobson...

Across party lines

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2013 22 Comments

This infographic was forwarded to me by a reader. I thought it was pretty good. It picks up on a theme I have written about before, Finding common ground in limited government — I am the NRA and EFF. Source: Government Bullies: 5 Ways Americans are Bullied by...

Tea Party and Republican groups launch Hispanic outreach

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 20, 2013 15 Comments

Never let it be said that Tea Party people were not game for a challenge. The American Thinker contributor Tara Servatius reported on a poll that shows Hispanic Americans are fans of Big Government: What drives Hispanic voters is simple, and it was captured with shocking clarity...

NY Prosecutors to press case against retired special forces soldier in high capacity magazine case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2013 36 Comments

I previously reported on the case brought against retired and injured special forces soldier, Nathan Haddad, Injured special forces soldier arrested in upstate NY for possession of high capacity ammunition magazines Nathan is a decorated soldier who has been recognized for his community service in helping...

Copies of Jesse Jackson Jr. Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2013 15 Comments

As noted earlier, Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty this morning to criminal conspiracy for misusing campaign funds for personal purposes. We just received the official Plea Agreement and Statement of Offense. Here are the signature pages, the full documents are at the links above. ...

Jesse Jr. pleads guilty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2013 15 Comments

Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to a criminal conspiracy charge. The details are just coming out of what happened in court, via NBC News: Former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. on Wednesday pleaded guilty in federal court to misusing hundreds of thousands...

Media Matters’ boycott guy versus The Donald

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 20, 2013 19 Comments

It has been a long time since the name Angelo Carusone has graced these pages. Carusone is the go-to guy at Media Matters for organizing boycotts and secondary boycotts against people with whom Media Matters disagrees, with Rush Limbaugh as the prime example. Carusone's efforts were documented...