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Maduro Arrives In Big Apple as Mayor Mamdani Fumes (Update: Perp Walk Video)

Trump: U.S. Will Run Venezuela to Secure Order and Transition

China, Russia, Iran Condemn Capture of Venezuela's Maduro; Hezbollah Decries 'American Arrogance'

Chicago strike stalls over accountability and laid-off teachers

Posted by Anne Segal on September 13, 2012 14 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has announced their strike will continue into Friday--despite an offer from Jesse Jackson to mediate--after CTU President Karen Lewis said she's "optimistic, but we're still hammering things out." At the heart of the standstill is accountability: merit pay, the evaluation process,...

New Elizabeth Warren TV ad strategy — don’t let Elizabeth Warren talk

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2012 27 Comments

Warren finally takes the advice Scott Brown never actually gave her...

Operation Counterweight Upstate NY Week — Chris Collins (NY-27)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2012 1 Comment

Each day this week we will focus on one of the Upstate New York races included in Operation Counterweight. As mentioned before, Upstate NY is critical to holding the House, as several seats were gained by Republicans in an otherwise blue state in 2010. There...

Lack of Intelligence Community

Posted by Joel Engel on September 13, 2012 52 Comments

Four “senior Obama Administration officials” held a press briefing yesterday regarding the attacks in Libya and Egypt. For reasons we can only divine, they remain unnamed in the official transcript. Near the end, NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston asked “whether there was any specific recent intelligence indicating that...

Branco Cartoon – Kids Held Hostage

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 13, 2012 15 Comments

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Ferris State U. Prof Allegedly in the Country Illegally Arrested by ICE

U. Oklahoma Instructor Fired for Failing Christian Student Over Gender Essay Files Appeal

DePaul University Offers Students Training on How to Run a Pot Dispensary

New Ohio Law Banning DEI Goes Into Effect in June

Florida Legislation Would Expand Number of People Who Can Carry Guns on College Campuses

More Than Half of Disability Accommodations at UC-Berkeley Are ’Emotional’

How a Charlie Crist whisper could be reported

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2012 29 Comments

And who knows, maybe it was: "A former very senior Republican insider, who requested anonymity so that he could speak freely, told us that he has serious doubts as to Mitt Romney's precipitous decision to criticize the President, and that Romney's actions were his 'Lehman moment'...

Middle East and Journalism in flames

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2012 54 Comments

Islamists create pretexts while JournoLists masquerade as referees...

If this offends people

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 13, 2012 9 Comments

I don't think this truck driver will give a ...

Welcome Joel Engel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 17 Comments

I'm very pleased to welcome long-time reader and commenter (CassandraLite) Joel Engel as a contributor at Legal Insurrection. I've met Joel twice, and one thing led to another, and here we are. You may have noticed Joel's first post earlier today, 2016 May Bring Good Things. I...

Elizabeth Warren high school debate partner does not recall her mentioning Native American heritage

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 27 Comments

Karl Johnson was Elizabeth Warren's high school debate partner. According to a prior interview by Johnson, he and Warren were "joined at the hip" for three years: “We may as well have been joined at the hip for those three years, spending countless days, evenings and...

When they remake Elizabeth Warren, will she still be Cherokee?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 10 Comments

I just want to know how to plan out the next few weeks. Via Boston Globe: Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren — amid growing unrest from party activists and leaders — is facing pressure to make a major shift in her television advertising with a new series...

Strikewatch: False rumor of CPS CEO’s resignation leads to premature celebrations

Posted by Anne Segal on September 12, 2012 10 Comments

Union crowds erupted into chants of "Brizard just resigned!" and danced to "RESPECT" shortly after noon central time when a rumor swept through the crowds that the Chicago Public Schools CEO had stepped down. Only problem: it was completely made up. In response to the teachers'...

Branco Cartoon – Arab Spring Forward

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 12, 2012 37 Comments

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Operation Counterweight Upstate NY Week – Matt Doheny (NY-21)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 2 Comments

2016 May Bring Good Things

Posted by Joel Engel on September 12, 2012 33 Comments

This is the first post from new Legal Insurrection contributor Joel Engel -------------------------------- Early today, Professor Jacobson posted again about the movie 2016: Obama’s America, vis-à-vis producer Dinesh D’Souza’s response to reader criticisms, and concluded: There’s something to that film which has touched a nerve, and not in...

Dead Ambassador dragged through streets, MSM furious at Romney criticism of Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 126 Comments

Update: Peggy Noonan organizes circular firing squad...

Best post-script ever

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 13 Comments

Stanley Fish in The New York Times prints Dinesh D'Souza's responses to reader criticisms of the film 2016: Obama's America. (My review here.) It is an excellent read, as D'Souza eviscerates the criticisms in a very methodical and polite way. But what I loved the most was...