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Kulaks Beware: Mamdani Orders Public Hearings To Shame "Ripoff" NYC Landlords

Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor Race

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction

Bubba hasn’t had this much fun since … (Update: There he goes again)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2012 25 Comments

STOP, don't finish the sentence. But he is having the time of his (post-presidential) life, via Politico and Drudge headline, Bill Clinton out of control on 2012: Clinton is not on Barack Obama’s campaign staff, is not a trusted adviser, does not set Obama’s strategy. But Bill Clinton...

Next victim, please

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2012 40 Comments

Now they're going after Ali Akbar, who is one of the leaders of the National Bloggers Club helping to defend Aaron Walker and others. As reported by Stacy McCain: Monday afternoon I was off the grid when Ali Akbar called to tell me that “Breitbart Unmasked” had...

Be here tonight

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2012 15 Comments

The coverage of the Wisconsin recall results and live discussion will start at around 8:15 p.m. Eastern. The polls close at 9 p.m. Eastern. Bring protective eyewear....

Atychiphobia

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2012 7 Comments

Atychiphobia is the abnormal, unwarranted, and persistent fear of failure. From prior photographer Cathy who spotted this in Eustis, Florida, and sent it with the subject line "NIIIIICCCEEE!!": ...

This is just a test of the Legal Insurrection Emergency Broadcast System

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 23 Comments

I have been frustrated with the ability of various pressure groups to mobilize people on Twitter with great speed, while we play catch-up. So we have just added a new feature here, the Legal Insurrection Emergency Broadcast System. When there is a developing event, you will see...

Conservative Legal Group Urges DOJ Probe of Top Research University Over Alleged Illegal DEI Practices

Purdue U. Northwest Claims it Can't Find Any Americans to Teach Marketing Classes for $127,000

Brown University Killer Recorded Video Confessions After Shootings

Rider University Creates $2M ‘Hope’ Fund to Help Students Pay Tuition as it Faces Cuts, Layoffs

CU Boulder Prof Claims Trump’s Venezuela Action Shows U.S. is ‘Fascist Authoritarian Regime’

U. Houston Replacing Women and Gender Resource Center With Family Office

The vetting of Elizabeth Warren’s academic background begins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 45 Comments

I have alluded to issues certain writers have taken with Elizabeth Warren's academic writings. But never have I seen a more scathing critique of Warren than that published by highly regarded Rutgers Law Professor Philip Shuchman which was uncovered by Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com. The article is...

Preparing for victory or to start a war?

Posted by Anne Segal on June 04, 2012 30 Comments

Tuesday's recall election in Wisconsin won't be the end of the road for union organizers and radical leftists. No matter what the outcome is for Walker, Kleefisch, and the others, it appears that Wisconsin's role as host will continue. Worker's World reports that there are widespread...

Rhode Island needed this

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 13 Comments

We really needed this. No, we really needed this. We don't have a lot going for us right now. It's a small state. Everyone knows someone or at least knows someone who knows someone. Here was my reaction at the time: Rhode Island wins #MissUSA! Only 1 way...

Another good job

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 13 Comments

Yesterday I highlighted the good work being done by Robert Stacy McCain to follow up on the Kimberlin/Walker case and related issues. Kudos also go out to Patrick Frey at Patterico, who has gone through as much as anyone, for continuing to follow through, including these...

Will Elizabeth Warren be the straw that breaks affirmative action’s back? Black ministers upset.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 47 Comments

Put aside the pros and cons of affirmative action. Assume that at some level you support affirmative action. Those who support affirmative action should be the most upset with Elizabeth Warren's fake "woman of color" and "minority law teacher" status based on her own self-reporting of...

I want to get high

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 22 Comments

Manic high or low. That's how people are going to be feeling after the Wisconsin Recall results come in tomorrow night. I want to get high. Turnout in Wisconsin will be everything. The latest PPP poll shows a 3-point margin for Walker, based on a more enthusiastic...

Elizabeth Warren is full of firsts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 41 Comments

Elizabeth Warren already laid claim to being the first nursing mother to take the New Jersey Bar exam, an unverifiable and likely untrue claim: Now, despite all the facts the contrary, Warren is claiming that if elected she will be the first Native American Senator from Massachusetts: I...

Ontarian insurrection

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 5 Comments

Spotted in Ithaca on a car with Ontario plates: ...

White/Jewish

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2012 69 Comments

Not a JDate ad, a new "minority classification" at the City University of New York, and some who prefer to stick with preexisting minority classifications are not happy: Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate...

Desperation wearing a cheesehead hat

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2012 43 Comments

Desperate times give rise to desperate actions, and we just witnessed one of the most bumbled desperation passes since someone forgot the history of typewriter fonts. Why bother with the accustion, let's just get to the most enjoyable images of the bubble bursting, via Daily Kos: And...

Good job

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2012 5 Comments

When someone in the blogosphere does a good job on a story, and goes places no one else has gone with it, he or she deserves credit, and at least a shout out. Robert Stacy McCain is still on the Brett Kimberlin/Aaron Walker story while many others have moved...

Walker supporters reach out to union members, targeting bosses instead

Posted by Anne Segal on June 03, 2012 38 Comments

Wisconsin is abuzz with activity in anticipation of Tuesday's Recall election, and many Tea Party and conservative leaders are ensuring the message gets out that this is not a battle against the union members themselves. Nancy Milholland, who organized yesterday's Tea Party, opened the rally by...