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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

Richard Mourdock for Senate (still)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 16 Comments

Nothing has changed, in my view. Mourdock's comments are being portrayed as "pro-rape" by his political opponents, but that is a gross mischaracterization. Some thoughtful writers have pointed this out even as they disagree with Mourdock on substance, including this post at WaPo by Melinda Hennenberger: Last spring,...

There’s still hope and change

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2012 8 Comments

From long-time reader Mike in New York: Seen on northern boulevard, long island. Car with CT plates. ...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 12

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 25, 2012 9 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Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012.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 12 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Sam in California. There's something lovely about the...

Obama campaign — Young female voters should lose voting virginity with Barack (Update – Did Obama copy Putin ad?)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 77 Comments

Hey ladies, remember 2008 was not as good for anyone as it was for Obama...

Obama supporters rally around anti-Mormonism

Posted by Anne Segal on October 25, 2012 56 Comments

What would you think if you were told that the most bigoted, intolerant, hateful, and xenophobic political messages this election cycle are being spread by Obama supporters? From ridiculing and disrespecting the Mormon religion to spreading secretly taped videos recorded by an Obama supporter in a Mormon church,...

40 Percent of Undergrads at Stanford Now Receive Disability Accommodations

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

Boston Globe does “total hatchet job” on Scott Brown

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 40 Comments

Even two Democrats call out The Globe for "totally inappropriate" bias...

Elizabeth Warren still using Aunt Bea as campaign prop

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 17 Comments

You remember Aunt Bea. The Aunt on Elizabeth Warren's mother's side who supposedly a thousand times told Warren that Warren's maternal ancestors had "high cheekbones like all the Indian's do." Those ancestors, of course, were not Cherokee or Native American, and even Warren identified Aunt Bea as White...

Ann Marie Buerkle (R NY-24) running even in heavily Democratic district

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 2 Comments

With two weeks until Election Day, Operation Counterweight in Upstate New York is approaching its home stretch. Below is an update for the 24th District where Ann Marie Buerkle faces a rematch with the Democrat she defeated in 2010, Dan Maffei. Roll Call rates it lean...

Gloria Allred’s Worst Nightmare — Transcript released but her client’s still gagged

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 53 Comments

There will be a circus, but Allred will not be the ringmaster...

The Anger Versus Optimism Election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 15 Comments

This is not a Drudge photo juxtaposition. It's the Des Moines Register, intentionally or not summing up this entire election. Fear versus hope, anger versus optimism, Obama versus Romney: ...

A Close Encounter with Gloria Allred

Posted by Joel Engel on October 25, 2012 17 Comments

It’s a shame that Gloria Allred doesn’t represent herself in court. That way, she could work with both her favorite attorney and her favorite client. Actually, Allred does represent herself every time she calls a press conference with some aggrieved woman or another—whether it’s one of...

What’s the difference between Virginia and West Virginia?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2012 7 Comments

The way the polls are moving, apparently not much. Two photos from reader Phil: The Village Idiots for Obama was in Floyd, Virginia. The Coal sticker was on a truck near Beckley, W.Va. in the southern coal belt of the state. ...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 13

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 24, 2012 6 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 13 days to go. Today’s Empty Chair photo comes to us from Jim in Texas. I'm not sure that I'd...

Rep. Jim Moran’s son implicated in voter fraud scheme

Posted by Anne Segal on October 24, 2012 38 Comments

The son of Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) resigned this afternoon following the release of a video from James O'Keefe's Project Veritas showing him scheming to commit voter fraud with an undercover investigator. Pat Moran is the field director for his father's reelection campaign. Project Veritas has...

New study finds economic illiteracy correlates with political preferences

Posted by Anne Segal on October 24, 2012 20 Comments

It's time to move beyond just demographics. A new study commissioned by Independent Women's Voice reveals that it may be not surface-level stats that can predict voter behavior, but who they are. Their study found that voters' exposure to facts about the economy can dramatically influence their political...

Obama’s Changes music video is scary good

Posted by Anne Segal on October 24, 2012 8 Comments

Chris Loesch and comedian Steven Crowder have put together a scarily good rendition of David Bowie's Changes, with an Obama twist. Warning: 80s makeup and rockstar outfits: ...

Washington Post erases all Hating Breitbart reviews from site

Posted by Anne Segal on October 24, 2012 18 Comments

The Washington Post, whose Mark Jenkins (also of NPR) gave 1.5 stars to the Andrew Breitbart documentary Hating Breitbart, has now erased all user reviews from their website, according to the movie's producer Andrew Marcus. The documentary, which brought in the second-highest per-screen revenues in...