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Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project

Homan: DHS Investigating Ilhan Omar Marrying Alleged Brother for Visa Fraud

UVA Law Prof Describes Outrageous Behavior From Colleagues Over Case He Argued Before SCOTUS

Say Goodbye to Tea Party Network News

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 130 Comments

Tea Party Network News just launched yesterday. A reader alerted me to it, and while I wasn't thrilled with the layout or design, I was hopeful it would be a valuable resource. When it linked to one of my posts, well so much the better. I...

Get ready for National Dance For Obama Multi-City Flash Mobs tomorrow

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 25 Comments

Yes, after Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets and Romnesia, Obama supporters are proving the seriousness with which they intend to tackle the national debt, deficits, unemployment and Middle East in flames ...

Anti-Mourdock polling games in Indiana? (Update – Rasmussen has 3 pt spread, not 11 like Howey)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 11 Comments

A poll was released yesterday by the Howey Politics website in Indiana purporting to show Democrat Joe Donnelly up by 11 points over Richard Mourdock. That seemed improbable, even with the controversy over Mourdock's recent comments, as Indiana is a heavily Republican-voting state, will vote strongly...

David Cicilline runs for help to union bosses who run Rhode Island

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 2 Comments

Everything you need to know about Rhode Island in one photo...

Just say Nobama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 8 Comments

As part of the continuing effort to get as many reader photos as possible published before the election, here are some on a theme. From Paul: I'm a longtime reader and two time contributor. I'm sending a pic of something I spotted this morning. I actually discovered...

New Pro-Life Group at U. Southern Maine Faces Vicious Harassment

Antifa Aligned Prof to Teach Seminars at Rutgers This Spring

Florida Bill Would Limit Number of Foreign Students at State Universities

Orientation at Amherst College Allegedly Included Students Mimicking Sex Acts

Trump Education Dept. Announces They've Prevented More Than a Billion in Student Aid Fraud

Arizona State Board of Education Votes to Cut DEI Standards in Compliance With Trump Executive Order

Cook County President on mission to punish legal gun owners

Posted by Anne Segal on November 02, 2012 20 Comments

Cook County president Toni Preckwinkle has been on a mission to punish legal gunowners of late. Preckwinkle, a mentor to President Obama, made headlines earlier this year when she said that "Reagan deserves a special place in hell." After decreeing in a Wednesday press conference that a...

Our numbers guys can beat up your numbers guys

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 31 Comments

I have received a good reaction to my post, If Nate Silver cannot be wrong, how can he be right?, in which I call non-statistical BS to Nate Silvermania. Dan McLaughlin, On Polling Models, Skewed & Unskewed examines Nate Silvermania, and links to me for a non-numbers...

Unemployment rate at 7.9%, rate for Blacks increases to 14.3%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 32 Comments

Per October report by BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade. Both the unemployment...

Granny digs Mitt

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 5 Comments

From Pat at And So It Goes In Shreveport: Seen at The Glen Retirement Village in Shreveport. Those seniors love Romney! :) ...

Mia Love surges to double digit lead in Utah-04

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 11 Comments

I certainly don't want to get overly confident, but this is very good news, via The Salt Lake Tribune: For 12 years, Jim Matheson has been a political escape artist, managing to wiggle free from every trap the Utah Republicans have thrown his way. But after six...

Matt Doheny now tied in NY-21

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 2 Comments

I was hoping for but not quite expecting this race to tighten in one of our Upstate NY Operation Counterweight races. Republican Matt Doheny was behind double digits in an early September poll, the last public poll in the District. Now it is a virtual tie. This...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 5

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 01, 2012 4 Comments

Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012. The countdown continues with 5 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from T in Idaho who has entitled his...

SuperPAC joins fray for Akin in Missouri

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 9 Comments

A SuperPAC which backed Sarah Steeleman in the primary has entered the race the national Republicans have abandoned. This video (h/t Reboot Congress) strikes what may be a winning message -- you don't have to agree "with everything he says," but you can agree Claire McCaskill...

Romney showing up in unexpected places (Updates)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 15 Comments

Trying to get as many of the reader photos out as possible before the election, since they have expiration dates. This is from commenter LukeHandCool: My wife took this picture of a Romney banner on one of the fraternities at USC when she was dropping off clothes...

This is our moment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 8 Comments

A new video from the National Republican Congressional Committee. Features two of our Operation Counterweight candidates. ...

Branco Cartoon – Cloud Cover

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 01, 2012 1 Comment

Note: You may reprint this cartoon provided you link back to this source. To see more Legal Insurrection Branco cartoons, click here. Branco’s Facebook page is Cartoonist A.F.Branco ...

Push Operation Demoralize aside

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 26 Comments

Averaging turnout models over the last four 2-year cycles, gets different results in the polling than the doom being peddled by Operation Demoralize. I don't know if it's right or wrong, but given that Operation Demoralize is in full swing, anything that keeps spirits up for...