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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’

Strike day two– Chicago teachers party in the streets (Update — Video added)

Posted by Anne Segal on September 11, 2012 24 Comments

The Chicago Teachers Union continued its second day of the strike by celebrating in a party-like atmosphere with kids, festive music, and a giant fuzzy elmo doll. They may be anticipating a long strike: according to CTU President Karen Lewis, the idea that a contract...

Mass Senate race tightens as Obama bounce helps Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 12 Comments

A poll by Kimball Political Consulting, apparently a Republican leaning entity, found that the Senate race has tightened. Whereas two weeks ago Brown was up by 6 (consistent with PPP finding Brown up by 5 with likely voters), now Brown is up by less than 1%. ...

Remain calm, all is well in Egypt, ALL IS WELL!!!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 88 Comments

Via Al Ahram English: Egyptian protesters on Tuesday took down the American flag from the walls of the US embassy in Cairo during a thousands-strong demonstration held to protest a short film produced by US based Coptic-Christians that critics say demeans Islam and the Prophet Mohammed. A...

Report – Obama declines request from Netanyahu for meeting in D.C., says too busy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 46 Comments

Not really surprising, but there still are stupid supporters of Israel who believe that removing Jerusalem from the DNC platform was just a technical error. Via Haaretz, White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama The White House declined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request on...

Operation Counterweight Upstate NY week – Ann-Marie Buerkle (NY-24)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 2 Comments

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...

Arizona School District Suffers Enrollment Loss as Many Parents Choose Charter Schools

CU Boulder Prof Calls U.S. a 'Fascist Authoritarian Regime' in Newsletter

U. Arkansas Rescinds Offer to Law School Dean Over Advocacy for Transgender Athletes

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

Universal symbol of lost hope and change for the worse

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 11 Comments

The empty chair staring at the empty teleprompter. Words are not necessary. Now recognizable in any language. Original image here....

OMG, Romney’s back, SURGE, Comeback Kid, clutching victory from jaws of defeat, nothing to fear but fear itself, it ain’t over ’till it’s over, I can see U.S. hockey victory over Obama from my poll, U.S.A.! U.S.A.! …

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 36 Comments

Defeatism is so last weekend. Via WaPo: Last week’s Democratic National Convention helped President Obama improve his standing against Republican Mitt Romney, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but did little to reduce voter concern about his handling of the economy. The survey shows that the...

9/11 + 11

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 18 Comments

For my thoughts, see my post last year, 9/11/01 and Memory This audio still is what I remember the most. We can add Melissa Harrington Hughes to our memory, along with Johnny “Mike” Spann, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, U.S. Army, Spc. Dennis Weichel and Lt. Roslyn Schulte....

Branco Cartoon – Remembering 9/11

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 11, 2012 13 Comments

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Bin Laden is dead, and GM is the walking dead

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 48 Comments

On GM, Dems have a simple lie, we have a complicated truth...

NYC, NYU and Chick-fil-A — fast food with a side order of unconstitutional bullying

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 5 Comments

I'm pleased to announce another fine addition to the College Insurrection team. Hans Bader of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an attorney with deep experience in constitutional and higher education issues, has become a contributer to CI. His first post is The New Liberal Orthodoxy: NYU Unconstitutionally Pressured to Expel...

Payback time: Occupy, Anarchist groups return favors to Chicago Teachers Union

Posted by Anne Segal on September 10, 2012 31 Comments

I've been documenting the presence of the Chicago Teachers Union at non-education-related, radical protests over the past year. From Occupy to Anarchist, gay pride, and anti-NATO protests, the union deploys its members not on the basis of "for the children" but rather for political solidarity. On...

Branco cartoon – Recovery Meets the Road

Posted by A.F. Branco on September 10, 2012 8 Comments

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Let this weekend motivate you even more

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 24 Comments

So is the panic over yet? It shoud be, because there never was a reason for panic to begin with. Operation Demoralize went viral at the urging of the mainstream media, some Republicans and conservatives caught the fever, and for a weekend people lost their minds. Remember...

Warren supporters harass Cherokee genealogist

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 35 Comments

Twila Barnes is a Cherokee genealogist who, along with her Cherokee genealogy team, has done more than anyone to document that Elizabeth Warren does not have Cherokee ancestry and that her family lore stories likely are false. Barnes has published her findings in great detail with documentary...

Operation Counterweight Upstate NY Week – Chris Gibson (NY-19)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 4 Comments

That’s an order

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 10, 2012 9 Comments

From reader Michele: My daughter (the passenger) took this picture while we sat in traffic on our way taking her back to college. The picture was taken as we were sitting in traffic going over the Tappan Zee Bridge in NY, on our way to Fairfield, CT. ...