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Argument of Girls Sports "Trans" Cases at SCOTUS was "Otherworldly"

Hawley Stumps Doctor With Simple Question: 'Can Men Get Pregnant?'

Mamdani Housing Czar: ‘White, Middle-Class Homeowners are a Huge Problem’

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Each day until Election Day we will feature a previously unpublished photo sent in by a Legal Insurrection reader on National Empty Chair Day, September 3, 2012.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...

Indiana Lawmakers Cutting Funds From Some Public Colleges, Redirecting to Trade Schools

Report Claims ‘Feminist Collective’ Took Over Political Science Journal and Prioritized DEI

Colorado Sees Big Drop in Public School Enrollment as More Parents Choose Homeschooling

Northwestern U. LGBT Community Freaks Out Over Obscure Flag Painted on a Rock

Radical Leftist NYC Teachers’ Group Planning ‘Teach-In for Palestine’ on MLK Day

Amherst College Laying Off Administrators Behind Sexually Explicit Programming

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...

Direct citizen action

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

I previously posted about the pro-Republican television ad being run by Thomas Peterffy with his own money. I also posted about the Mini-PAC running ads on cable television in black areas of Ohio. I've noticed a number of people taking direct action, putting their own money...

I refuse to get completely sidetracked

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 62 Comments

by Chris Christie. We need to focus on getting out the vote big time. Sandy has been the perfect political storm for Obama. It's like calling three consecutive time outs before we were about to kick the winning field goal. We care about New Jersey and the...

I’m paying attention

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2012 12 Comments

and I am outraged. Spotted this bumper sticker in the Wegmans parking lot in Ithaca. I think you can guess what the other bumper sticker on the car was. ...

The alternative to AWOL Jesse Jackson Jr. is Brian Woodworth

Posted by Anne Segal on October 31, 2012 25 Comments

Once again, we hear via Cong. Jesse Jackson Jr's wife Sandi that the AWOL representative from Illinois under investigation by the House Ethics Committee will remain in treatment even as the election approaches. According to his wife, Jackson will continue to stay at the Mayo Clinic,...

Election Day Empty Chair Countdown – Day 6

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 31, 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 6 days to go. Today’s first Empty Chair photo comes to us from Joy in Michigan who writes, "I...

The death of polling industry credibility

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2012 39 Comments

The polling this year is insane. Same state, same time period, wildly different results from poll to poll. Rasmussen has Romney up 2 in Wisconsin; Marquette has Obama up 8. The Boston Globe (UNH Polling) has Scott Brown up 2; Suffolk has Elizabeth Warren up...

Civil Rights Movement Ends with a Whimper (and a Whine)

Posted by Joel Engel on October 31, 2012 36 Comments

The United States is 13 percent black. The NBA is 75 percent black. But this year, the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves are “only” 30 percent black. Obviously, this is a civil-rights issue. Tyrone Terrell, chairman of St. Paul's African American leadership council, told the Star-Tribune that he thinks...

More signs of the times

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2012 7 Comments

More signage of the times. From Chris in Wisconsin: From Linda in Tennessee: Our neighbor a mile down the road posted this yard sign. I would caption it: "It's your Choice!". When I stopped, introduced myself and asked for permission to photo it, the owner told me he needed...

Piling on Chris Christie is not productive right now

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2012 34 Comments

What is Chris Christie up to? It's one thing to acknowledge federal help, or that Obama was attentive (it is the week before the election, after all), but Christie is acting like a love-struck teenager, in other words, like America circa 2008. As tempting as it is...