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When They Say 'Globalize The Intifada' They Mean Like The New Orleans Terrorist Mass Murder

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): RFK, Jr. "Wants To Kill Our Kids"

Meet the Deflection: Schumer Denies Democrats Misled on Biden’s Decline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPY3Sszv34

India: Pro-Iranian Terrorist Group Takes Responsibility for Friday’s Israel Embassy Blast

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 31, 2021 14 Comments

The pro-Iranian terrorist group Jaish-Ul-Hind has taken responsibility for Friday's blast outside the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, Indian newspapers report. No-one was injured when an IED exploded outside the Israeli mission in New Delhi's diplomatic quarter.

Court-Packing First Step – Joe Biden Forming Commission to Study Supreme Court Reform

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 66 Comments

One question that came up repeatedly during the 2020 election was whether or not Democrats would try to pack the U.S. Supreme Court. In October, Biden was still still not providing a definitive answer. Now he is forming a commission to study Supreme Court reform.

Let Them Make Solar Panels Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2021 5 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

U. Central Florida Fires Dissident Prof. Charles Negy After 8-Month Retaliatory Investigation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2021 41 Comments

Defenders of academic freedom and freedom of speech throughout academia should be rallying to the defense of University of Central Florida Professor Charles Negy after egregious retaliation against him for expressing constitutionally protected views on Twitter.

After Months of Rioting and Looting, Black Lives Matter Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 30, 2021 34 Comments

The revisionism of the violent history of the 2020 Black Lives Matter "protests" continues.

Population Decline is Going to Hurt Higher Education

Historically Black University's Marching Band Scolded by Leftists for Agreeing to Perform at Trump Inauguration

Ron DeSantis Appoints Conservatives to University of West Florida Board

Frat Members at San Diego State U. Charged After Pledge is 'Set on Fire' at Party

Couple That Threw Firebombs at U. Pittsburgh Michael Knowles Event Sentenced to Prison and Fined

U. Texas at Austin President Leaving School After Trying to Implement a More Conservative Vision

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMqDvU40Oc

Reuters: China gene firm providing global COVID test coverage worked with China’s military

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2021 9 Comments

A fascinating report from Reuters reveals that BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science.

Activists Seek To Purge Suspected Pro-Trump White House Sign-Language Interpreter

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 30, 2021 34 Comments

Here at LI, we've been covering the creep of cancel culture from our nation's universities into our society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oZIXOKeO6c&t=247s

Biden’s New Iran Envoy Robert Malley Has Tainted History Of Weakness Towards Mullah Regime

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 30, 2021 20 Comments

In an apparent effort to undo the legacy of his Republican predecessor, President Joe Biden's administration has named the former Obama aide who negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal as the next U.S. special envoy to Iran. Robert Malley, who also served as President Barack Obama's "ISIS czar," will now be President Biden's point man on Iran.

Joe Biden Pick for Deputy Secretary of Education is Leading Opponent of Reopening Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 16 Comments

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest hot-button issues has been the closure of schools. While some states such as Florida reopened schools months ago, others have remained shut, often at the behest of teacher unions. Biden's pick for deputy secretary of education is Cindy Marten, the superintendent of schools in San Diego. She is on the side of unions and closure.

No Vaccine for Stupidity Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNW9Dn0jDsQ

#NY22: Republican Challenger Now Leads by 122 Votes Over Dem Incumbent

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2021 23 Comments

Republican challenger Claudia Tenney leads Democrat incumbent Rep. Anthony Brindisi by 122 votes after a recent canvass of Oneida County ballots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wRbUbkWHw&t

Joe Biden’s Presidency is Already Worse Than Imagined

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2021 46 Comments

Joe Biden has been president for a little over two weeks, and it already feels like six months. I knew that when Democrats and the media kept claiming that Biden would return to normalcy, it was a lie, but I didn't realize how bad it would be. It's a disaster on multiple levels.

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Parents Object to Anti-Racist Curriculum ‘in Every Class’ at Exclusive Dalton School

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2021 29 Comments

In December, Professor Jacobson wrote about the exclusive Dalton School in New York, which has aggressively embraced the ideology of Critical Race Theory. The post featured a report from the Naked Dollar blog about the faculty at Dalton releasing an eight-page list of race-based demands.

Tweet Taunted NY Gov Cuomo Using Maxine Waters’ Anti-Republican Verbiage, NY Dems Furious

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2021 22 Comments

New York state legislators blew up at the Twitter account @CuomoWatch for supposedly urging violence against anyone in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration. Except the account repeated Maxine Waters' words in 2018 and replaced Trump with Cuomo.

Coca-Cola Imposes Racial Quotas On Outside Counsel Staffing

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2021 85 Comments

Coca-Cola Company is now mandating racial quotas for how its outside law firms staff Coca-Cola work. Not just aspirations to increase diversity, straight out minimums based on race. In the zero sum game of how a limited number of matters are staffed by a limited number of lawyers, that means Coca-Cola is mandating that law firms engage in racism.

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Pakistan’s Top Court Orders Release of Islamist Convicted of Beheading WSJ Journalist Daniel Pearl

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 29, 2021 17 Comments

Pakistan's highest court has ordered the release of an Islamist sentenced to death for the kidnapping and beheading of the American journalist Daniel Pearl. Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main suspect in the killing, and three other co-conspirators "are to be released immediately if they are not required in any other case," the Pakistan Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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