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Emergency Plan B: "I’m thinking about pagers"

Democrats Rush to Rashida Tlaib's Rescue Over Cartoon Depicting Her With Exploded Pager

"How Higher Ed Is Rebranding DEI Departments" - Our Study On How Schools Are Evading DEI Cutbacks

Daunte Wright Shooting Trial LIVE: Jury Selection, Day 1

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 30, 2021 22 Comments

Welcome to our coverage of the Kim Potter manslaughter trial over the April 11, 2021 shooting death of Duante Wright in a suburb of Minneapolis, when then-police officer Potter accidentally used her Glock 17 pistol in place of her intended Taser. Today we anticipate the start of jury selection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7G7GcOgB_o

CNN’s Chris Cuomo Reportedly Used His Media Resources to Get Info on His Brother’s Accusers

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2021 12 Comments

Chris Cuomo of CNN apparently used resources available to him as a member of the media to snoop for information on women who accused his brother, then governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. As awful as that sounds, Chris probably won't suffer any consequences. After all, Jeffrey Toobin still has his job.

Hong Kong: Disney+ Removes a Simpsons Episode Over Tiananmen Square Reference

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 30, 2021 9 Comments

Disney once again falls in line with China proving once again the Communist country has immense influence in Hollywood and Hong Kong....

Kim Potter Trial: Manslaughter Charged in “Taser! Taser! Taser!” Shooting Death of Duante Wright

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 29, 2021 38 Comments

Tomorrow morning begins the jury selection in the Minnesota trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter, on charges of 1^st and 2^nd degree manslaughter for April 11, 2021, shooting death of criminal suspect Duante Wright, whom Potter shot in the mistaken belief that she was wielding her less-than-lethal Taser electroshock weapon. The shooting and immediately surrounding events were captured on Potter’s body camera.

South African Medical Association Asserts Omicron Causes ‘Mild Disease’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 29, 2021 19 Comments

South Africa officials call travel bans over new Omicron variant "draconian, unjustified."...

Wesleyan U. Rejects Demands From Student Activists to Divest From Israel

Leaders in Frederick, Maryland, Approve Voting by Non-Citizens in Local Elections

Judge Dismisses Prof's Lawsuit Against Community College in California Over DEI Policies

Brandeis U. Faculty Votes No Confidence in President for Being Tough on Anti-Israel Protesters

Anti-Israel Student Protesters March at the University of Michigan

CAIR Demands U. Georgia Drop Charges Against Anti-Israel Protesters Who Were Arrested, Suspended

Canada’s Indigenous Health Expert Loses Job Over Fake Ancestry Claims

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2021 47 Comments

The bigger issue, it seems to me, is why white people consistently feel the need to pretend to be minorities in order for advancement in their fields....

Leftist Student Orgs at Arizona State Demand School ‘Withdraw’ Kyle Rittenhouse

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 29, 2021 70 Comments

These people want ONLINE STUDENT Rittenhouse off the campus. He's not even there!...

Flash Mob Thefts Spread through California and Hit Minnesota

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 29, 2021 42 Comments

Who could have guessed that reducing the penalties for theft and "defunding the police" would have resulted in putting a new twist on Black Friday savings?...

Salvation Army Issues Sorry, Not Sorry Statement, Withdraws Racist Guide “For Appropriate Review”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 29, 2021 73 Comments

This statement from the Salvation Army may have been intended to calm donors, but frankly, it is cause for even more alarm. ...

Branco Cartoon – Yes Sir!

Posted by A.F. Branco on November 29, 2021 11 Comments

At Your Command ...

VIDEO – Rittenhouse Post-Verdict Analysis

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2021 2 Comments

On Friday, November 19, the jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse case rendered a resounding NOT GUILTY ALL COUNTS!

Kyle’s Law: How To Stop Abusive Politically-Motivated Prosecutions In Self-Defense Cases

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 28, 2021 59 Comments

We've seen this happen in the George Zimmerman trial in Florida a decade ago, in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial just completed in Kenosha WI, and in plenty of cases in between. These are cases where there is little or no evidence inconsistent with self-defense, such that there can be no good-faith reason for a prosecutor to drag that defender to trial. The only motivation of the prosecutor is personal aggrandizement and political capital.

Sentencing Of Jan. 6 “Shaman” Jacob Chansley Was Excessive

Posted by Ameer Benno on November 28, 2021 45 Comments

At sentencing, Judge Lamberth reportedly said of Chansley, “He made himself the image of the riot, didn't he? For good or bad, he made himself the very image of this whole event.” But media coverage should have had nothing to do with the sentencing....

Lessons Learned On The Frontlines Against BDS

Posted by Johanna Markind on November 28, 2021 8 Comments

My Op-Ed at JNS on court challenges to anti-BDS legislation and ways to improve the laws consistent with First Amendment rights....

Germany’s Next Government Vows “Climate Revolution,” Creates “Super” Ministry

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 28, 2021 42 Comments

The AfD party chief: German "economy and prosperity will become completely subordinate" to "the green climate ideology."...

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