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Feds should bring "a good, strong case against a mayor or a governor interfering with ICE operations"

Kamala Harris Rebrands Headquarters as a 'Gen-Z Progressive Content Hub'

Tongva Tribe Reminds Billie Eilish That Her Mansion Sits on Its Land

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

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 ...

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

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 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....

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...

San Francisco Schools Anticipate Closure Due to Possible Teachers Strike

Under the Big Beautiful Bill, Colleges With Low-Earning Grads Could Lose Access to Student Loans

Professor Likely to Become Harvard's New History Chair Has History of Hating Trump, Israel

Staffers Cut Ties With Notre Dame Over Hiring of Abortion Advocate

Prof Warns Blowing Whistles to Alert Others to ICE Could ‘Retraumatize’ Hispanics

U. Minnesota Arrests 67 at Hotel Protest of ICE

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...

U.S. Ambassador to Libya killed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 84 Comments

Multiple news agencies are reporting that the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three others were killed in a rocket attack on their vehicle (although reports as to where he was at the time conflict). The State Department has not confirmed as of this writing. (Update...

Oh, he will remember this

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 12, 2012 4 Comments

So you better defeat him, or he'll keep that promise from 2008 to bankrupt you. From Patrick: Saw this one at a Home Depot in Marion, (Southern) Illinois. No, we are nothing like Chicago. Enjoy! ...

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

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....