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Intersectionality is all the Rage - Just Ask "Turtle Island Liberation Front"

Feds Open Investigation Into Brown Univ Over Security Failures, as Campus Police Chief Placed on Leave

Systematic Scholarship Discrimination In Illinois Public Universities Challenged By Equal Protection Project

Elizabeth Warren’s Google problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 37 Comments

Rick Santorum had a Google problem. And so does Elizabeth Warren, although of a different nature. Elizabeth Warren wants her message to be about evil factory owners who live off of others, and the middle class which is being"hammered" (her new favorite word). Whatever her messaging intends to...

Obama enacts the Dream Act — on his own, evading Congress

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 105 Comments

So much for the rule of law. This guy wants reelection, so to hell with the Congress. Via Associated Press: The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding...

Elizabeth Warren failed the test for “truthfulness and credibility and honesty”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 25 Comments

Scott Brown hasn't said much himself about Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee fraud. But now he's going there, and good for him. With each passing day that Warren clings to her claim to be Native American, Cherokee, a minority and a "woman of color," she reveals a deep and...

Take this stimulus and shovel it

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2012 7 Comments

From reader Peggy: For Your Collection. Spotted in the parking lot of a veterinary specialists' office building in North Dallas. ...

In Rhode Island, the sidewalks are belong to the homeless and their lawyers

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 32 Comments

Rhode Island is being crushed by pension debt, our cities are suffocating, we're driving businesses away with regulatory minutiae, and we're hemorrhaging young people. Oh, and we just threw away up to $75 million on a video game company run by a former baseball player. So...

Credit Rating Agencies Issue Unfavorable Outlook for Higher Education in 2026

Instructor at British School 'Likened to a Terrorist' for Showing Videos of Trump in Class

Man Connected to Harvard Human Remains Scandal Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

Vanguard University Bans TPUSA Chapter While Maintaining Other Identity Based Clubs

Some Colleges and Universities Have a 'Holiday Tree' for Christmas

Foreign Policy Analyst Suggests Shutting Down College Middle Eastern Studies Departments

Sheldon Whitehouse, no will, no way

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 5 Comments

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) earned a special place in the annals of odious Senatorial speeches when, on the eve of the Obamacare vote in the Senate in December 2009, he invoked Kristallnacht and lynchings when speaking of opponents of Obamacare: History cautions us of the excesses to which these malignant,...

#StopRush turns on itself, devolves into name calling, accusations

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 22 Comments

There are times it's good just to be a spectator. I'm not going to try to sort this out, I'll just note that the "Stop Rush" movement has turned on one of its most prized Twitter activists, or that activist has turned on it, depending who...

Breaking now! — Sandra Fluke endorses Obama

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 42 Comments

No one could have seen this coming. This could be the moment when Obama's campaign stopped receding. Sandra Fluke endorses Obama in an op-ed at CNN.com (because MSNBC.com was not available): Obama is committed to rebuilding our economy upon the values of fairness and opportunity and the...

Elizabeth Warren: “I’m not backing off from my family” on Cherokee claim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 53 Comments

Elizabeth Warren is standing by her claim of Cherokee heritage even though there is no evidence to back up that claim, and plenty of evidence that it is not true. On Morning Joe this morning she refused to back down even an inch. She also mocked the...

Our father who art in the White House

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 13 Comments

A number of readers have sent me links or images of a Father's Day promotion Obama is running to scoop up e-mail addresses for fundraising. Here's an image sent by reader Bronwyn as it appeared at Real Clear Politics: Reader John saw a simlar ad at The NY...

If not bloggers, who?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 45 Comments

Yesterday I posted about Joe Scarborough bad-mouthing bloggers sitting in the basement eating Cheetos. Last night Michelle Malkin encountered the same attitude from Juan Williams (jump ahead to 6:45 if you don't have much time)(via HotAir): I'll tell you what Michelle, I'm a real reporter, not a blogger out in the...

We have nothing to fear, but

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 5 Comments

um, um. From Linda, taken at the Providence Mall, Nashville, TN: ...

@SGLawrence is free at last!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 5 Comments

@SGLawrence has escaped the #TwitterGulag! Thanks to everyone who sent tweets. Special thanks to Michelle Malkin and her Twitchy team for their help. I've posted a new Broadcast Tweet letting people know to follow @SGLawrence -- send it out and follow her....

Pass the Cheetos

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 46 Comments

Morning Joe (h/t Dan Riehl): >>let's see, if i'm going on intrade and trying to figure out whether the future of the republican party belongs to grover norquist who i know and like or the jeb bushes of the world, i'm pretty confident jeb wins. i...

Dunes Sagebrush Lizards fly – Feds deny endangered species status

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 39 Comments

No one saw this coming. We have followed the saga of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard for over a year. The decision on whether to grant endagered species status to the lizard was not expected until tomorrow. Granting protected status to the lizard would have threatened oil production and...

Perjury charge against Shellie Zimmerman raises more questions of prosecutorial overreaching (Update: Prosecution misleadingly edited transcript)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 13, 2012 137 Comments

Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has come under withering criticism from Alan Dershowitz for overcharging and leaving out important details in the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed in connection with the charge of Second Degree Murder lodged against George Zimmerman. Corey allegedly responded by threatening to sue...

My radio interview with Boston’s WRKO about Elizabeth Warren

Posted by Anne Segal on June 13, 2012 9 Comments

I was guest on Todd Feinburg of Boston's WRKO radio show this morning. I spoke about my experience covering Elizabeth Warren at the Netroots conference this past weekend. Listen to my segment below, or click here to access it on their website. &#a0; ...