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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

Exclusive – Elizabeth Warren relative researched ancestry, called Indian claim a rumor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2012 38 Comments

Elizabeth Warren has claimed that being Native American is part of who she is because her mother and Aunt Bee told stories about Native American heritage. Warren also asserts that her parents had to elope because of hostility from her father's family to her mother's Cherokee and Delaware...

“A well regulated militia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2012 6 Comments

being dangerous to the security of a totalitarian state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall be infringed." From reader Ryan: Saw the truck on an off-ramp on I-70 in Kansas City, MO. ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. mystery deepens

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 51 Comments

Anne has written about this before, Why is Cong. Jesse Jackson, Jr. still MIA? Now even Democratic pols are wondering out loud what is going on. Via The Hill: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s mysterious disappearance from public life led to new calls by Illinois Democrats on Tuesday...

Applying Title IX to science enrollment – what possibly could go wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 111 Comments

A lot, according to Hans Bader, who sees a coming quota system in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math enrollment: Quotas limiting the number of male students in science may be imposed by the Education Department in 2013. The White House has promised that “new guidelines will...

Harry Reid still is Harry Reid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 17 Comments

Up to his usual games, via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled a vote Tuesday to bring up legislation to extend tax relief to small businesses that increase their payrolls. Republicans question whether it is a sincere effort or just a messaging vote....

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

Seton Hall University Approves Democrat Club But Denies Turning Point USA

UC-Berkeley Suspends Lecturer for Bringing His Anti-Israel Politics Into the Classroom

“Someone tried to pull a Warren in AZ”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 19 Comments

"To pull a Warren" I think we have us a new -- what's the word -- descriptor for falsely claiming minority status. @LegInsurrection Someone tried to pull a Warren in AZ.dailycaller.com/2012/07/10/ari…— blank (@Eri_Barrister) July 10, 2012 Via The Daily Caller: A Democratic congressional candidate in Arizona is facing questions...

Obama is an outsourcer with our money

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 16 Comments

The whole outsourcing attack on Romney is stupid, because there's no evidence he actually outsourced jobs abroad, and being able to use global labor where there is no American equivalent makes American corporations more competitive. The question is whether there were any abusive means used,...

It’s still like a whole other country

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 10, 2012 20 Comments

Along with Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Missouri, and several other states. Rick Perry says Texas will not participate in Obamacare's Medicaid expansion: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com...

Great minds think alike

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

From reader Perry: Bumper sticker I saw today in the parking lot by a Barnes & Noble in New Hartford, NY (Utica area) -- on a car w/ Connecticut plates, no less !! I *had* to take a picture of it - will wonders never cease? I...

Don’t panic

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 31 Comments

I asked Why are people panicking? He feels good: I could not agree MORE with @JayCostTWS' assessment of how much trouble Obama is in: weeklystandard.com/blogs/morning-…— John Nolte(@NolteNC) July 9, 2012 The link to Jay Cost: Give the media enough time, and they will spin straw into gold – for...

Elizabeth Warren has raised $24 million, but still is not Cherokee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 29 Comments

Sympathetic reporters in the MSM are practically giddy that Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee problem has not hurt her fundraising. Warren's Second Quarter haul of $8.6 million brings her total fundraising to over $24 million. In June, as Warren's obfuscation on the Cherokee issue was in full throttle and as she...

Anti-pinkwashing conferences whitewash anti-gay terror in Palestinian areas

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 14 Comments

I've written before about the latest fad on the American left, accusations of Israeli "pinkwashing." Various anti-Israeli left-wing professors and professional activists, including those who hold themselves out as part of the gay rights movement, hold conferences to denounce pinkwashing, the positive publicity generated by Israel...

Krohn’s still a kid, doing what kids do

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on July 09, 2012 17 Comments

Changing their minds, about everything. Despite the splash that followed Jonathan Krohn’s departure from conservativsm, I should hope this comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone. Discussing his ideological shift, Krohn said, I mean, come on, I was between 13 and 14 when I was regurgitating...

Oh looky, Obama’s back to attacking the Top 5%

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 29 Comments

Obama is refocusing his campaign on attacking the Top 5%. As documented here in great detail, that's where Obama started during the 2008 campaign. Over time Obama narrowed the demonization to the Top 2%, then the Top 1%, then a few hundred people who might pay more...

Welcome back to work

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 13 Comments

Many of you took all or part of last week off from work, so you probably didn't get to spend as much time on the internet as you do during normal "working" hours. I noticed a distinct drop in traffic from government i.p. addresses. Was Washington...

Confirmed – Romney and RNC pulled in $106 million in June

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 23 Comments

The speculation is over, via L.A. Times: Mitt Romney pulled in a blockbuster fundraising haul in June, collecting $106.1 million for his campaign and the Republican Party, his campaign announced today. The total marks Romney's best fundraising month yet, as the former Massachusetts governor continues to capitalize...

CBS: Conservatives on Sup Ct feel betrayed (welcome to the club)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 09, 2012 35 Comments

Via Jan Crawford, who previously broke the story about Chief Justice Roberts' change of mind, comes additional details, Discord at Supreme Court is deep, and personal: Discord at the Supreme Court is deep and personal after Chief Justice John Roberts' surprise decision to side with the...