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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

Chronicle of Higher Ed gives in to social media mob

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 43 Comments

I have warned you about the total war, in which petitions and boycotts and other pressure tactics are used to silence conservative voices. There is no better example than a case reported in the NY Post via National Review (h/t Jonah Goldberg) about a blogger at The...

Is there an endorsement in there someplace?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 20 Comments

Rick Santorum has endorsed Mitt Romney via an overnight e-mail sent to supporters. Here's the link to the e-mail (h/t Politico). Is there an endorsement in there someplace? Yeah, I guess there is, but it's buried in paragraph 13 and half-hearted: Above all else, we both agree that President...

Dear Indiana: It’s time

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 10 Comments

"It's time" has been Richard Mourdock's campaign theme. "It's time" captured beautifully why it's time to retire Dick Lugar: Too long in office, too long in Washington, D.C., too long considering himself to be the office he holds, too willing to go along to get along,...

Hopelessly helping

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 2 Comments

to unwrite a historical wrong through patriotic dissent. From Jeff in Green Bay, a photo of the bumper sticker on his car: ...

Tuesday: one of the busiest election days of 2012

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 10 Comments

Ballotpedia, the "interactive almanac of state politics," has an excellent run-down of Tuesday's elections across the country. While we've already reported to you on what's at stake in Wisconsin and Mourdock's challenge to Lugar, there are other key elections in Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia to...

Temple U. Student Who 'Assisted Don Lemon' Charged in Church Storming Case

Erika Kirk Urges Judge to Keep Tyler Robinson Murder Trial Open to Public

Supreme Court has Changed the Racial Mix in College Enrollment

Student Government at U. Nebraska to Consider Anti-Israel BDS Resolution

TPUSA Students at Ohio U. Face Gun Threat and Harassment

Story About Black Student Terrorized by White Classmates in Texas is a Hoax

French foreign policy under Hollande a toss-up

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on May 07, 2012 23 Comments

Following Francois Hollande’s handling of Nicolas Sarkozy in last week’s Presidential election, a number of pressing uncertainties are making their way into the minds of people around the world. The issue attracting the most global media attention is the significance of France electing it’s first...

Republicans need to vote for Walker tomorrow to avoid nasty surprise

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 12 Comments

While the Democrats battle extremes within their party in tomorrow's recall primary in Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker faces his own challenge in the Republican primary. Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a 23-year-old self-described "progressive Republican" who dresses like Abraham Lincoln and frequently appears at rallies around the state, is...

Brought back bad memories

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 12 Comments

As you know, since some of you sought a coup d'insurrection, I was traveling all weekend and this morning without access to a computer. Fortunately, Anne guarded the wall all weekend (thanks!) and the State of the Insurrection is sound. Being computerless, but not internetless, brought...

Dick Lugar jumps the social security scare tactic shark

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 17 Comments

Dick Lugar has jumped the shark with this ad he just released, via The Weekly Standard: With this ad, Dick Lugar deserves to be remembered as a dishonorable politician who would stoop to anything to get reelected. I hope Indiana voters tell him not to let the door hit...

Wisconsin Primary Tuesday to decide Scott Walker opponent

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 9 Comments

This Tuesday, democrats in Wisconsin will cast their votes to determine who will be the democratic challenger to Republican Governor Scott Walker in the upcoming June recall election. The democratic candidates, Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett, display two ends of the Democratic party. Falk, the far-left...

Weekend Roundup

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 3 Comments

In case you missed the weekend I locked out the Professor from his own blog, here are some highlights: Yet another Obama campaign hashtag attempt: #Readytogo No longer feeling sorry for Dick Lugar Heartland Institute unveils marketing campaign on global warming Berkshire Hathway's Munger: civilized people don't buy gold France...

The illusion of choice

Posted by Anne Segal on May 07, 2012 31 Comments

A graphic entitled "The Illusion of Choice" has been circulating among those keen to expose the interconnectedness of many of the brands available to consumers: "Interconnectedness" might be a nice way of putting it, for some. That's because this graphic plays into the misplaced alarm that has...

Hey brother, can you spare a bumper sticker?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2012 3 Comments

We have seen this phenomenon before in Obamaville. From Linda in Tennessee, who writes: Obamanomics =hard times. Note the "hardware store" "12" pasted over the '08. ...

James O’Keefe subpoenaed by NH Attorney General

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 50 Comments

Twitchy.com reports that James O'Keefe has been subpoenaed by the New Hampshire Attorney General in connection with his New Hampshire voter-fraud investigation. James O'Keefe tweeted early Sunday evening that New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney "attempted to serve a criminal grand jury subpoena on me at event...

No longer feeling sorry for Dick Lugar

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2012 24 Comments

I've been traveling without a computer this weekend but this story at IndyStar is worth a PDA post, so excuse some formatting issues like no embedded links. The inclination I've had to feel sorry for Dick Lugar that his career may reach an inglorious end is...

France chooses socialism over Sarkozy

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 27 Comments

Today challenger Francois Hollande unseated incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy with 52 percent of the vote, in doing so becoming the second Socialist president in France's history. Sarkozy, who conceded defeat late Sunday, thanked the French people for his five years as leader of the country, adding: From...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Munger: “Civilized people don’t buy gold”

Posted by Anne Segal on May 06, 2012 28 Comments

This Friday Charles Munger of Berkshire Hathaway addressed the growing interest by Americans in investing in gold. Munger, Warren Buffett's "right-hand man," and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway made his comments on CNBC: Gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you’re...