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Predictions: Substantial Trump Win Likely With "Psychiatric Break on the Left, Particularly Among Younger Women"

NY Governor Hochul Calls Trump and Republican Voters 'Anti-American' and 'Anti-Women'

Scarborough Trashes Trump Voters: 'Who are These People...Who Raised Them?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US1Janaipyk

Study Finds Palestinian Textbooks Prepare Students for “Continuous and Long-Range Confrontation” with Israel

Posted by David Gerstman on June 26, 2020 12 Comments

Last week The Jerusalem Post reported that a recent study of Palestinian Authority textbooks found that the ones used in Palestinian schools are preparing students "for a continuous and long-range confrontation against the State of Israel in order to achieve the final goal, which is the establishment of the State of Palestine that will stretch on the entire territory of the Land of Israel."

The Ongoing Cultural Purge — Livestream, Sunday, June 28, 8 p.m. Eastern

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 25, 2020 54 Comments

On Sunday, June 28, at 8 p.m. Eastern, we will be holding our fourth online virtual event: The Ongoing Cultural Purge. I will speak for "a while" about many of the things we have been witnessing: the tearing down of civil society, the mindless trashing of history, the repulsive rhetoric and conduct, the purge of wrongthinkers in academia and the workplace. Then we will turn to Q&A.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViiPY5oY_6w

Minneapolis Neighborhood Promised to “Check its Privilege”, Then a 300-Strong Homeless Camp Moved In

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 25, 2020 76 Comments

This is so perfect. An uber-progressive neighborhood in Minneapolis has vowed not to call the cops on people in the community and instead to utilize the American Indian Movement to help solve local grievances.

https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1270226353334423557

Seattle Business Owners File Class Action Suit Against City Over Allowance of “Occupied” Zone

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 25, 2020 30 Comments

A handful of small business owners have filed suit against the city of Seattle for the allowance of the rioter occupied zone, which they claim has deprived them of their property rights, saying, "the City’s decision has subjected businesses, employees, and residents of that neighborhood to extensive property damage, public safety dangers, and an inability to use and access their properties."

Student Activists Demand Removal of Abraham Lincoln Statue at UW-Madison

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 25, 2020 55 Comments

Student activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are exploiting the current trend of statue toppling, to petition for the removal of a campus statue of President Abraham Lincoln. Hating historic statues is all the rage these days.

House Republicans Release Damning Report About Antisemitism on College Campuses

Yale Astronomy Department Website Features ‘BIPOC’ Support Statement

Law Students Sue George Mason U. for Disciplining Them for Objecting to Tampons in Men's Room

CUNY Student Council Approves Resolution to Boycott Israel and Calls on University to Kick Out NYPD

Republican Professors at U. Arizona Outnumbered by 28 to 1

Buildings at U. Colorado Boulder Vandalized With Antisemitic Messages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9sZ1YKxSYo

California Man Fired Over Alleged Racist Hand Sign Said He was Cracking His Knuckles

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 25, 2020 99 Comments

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) fired employee Emmanuel Cafferty after a stranger took his picture on the highway because he supposedly made a white power gesture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al_3B5t7p88&t=251s

UN Chief Tells Israel to ‘Abandon’ Sovereignty Plan for Judea and Samaria

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 25, 2020 31 Comments

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told Israel to "abandon" plans to apply sovereignty over parts of the Judea and Samaria region, news agency Reuters reported. The move "would constitute a most serious violation of international law," the UN chief warned.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bet-founder-mocks-crowds-statues

BET Founder on White People Tearing Down Statues: ‘Frankly, Black People Don’t Give a Damn’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 25, 2020 35 Comments

BET founder Robert Johnson rolled his eyes at people tearing down statues, even the Confederate ones, along with brands changing their marketing, canceling shows and movies, and firing professors (emphasis mine):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy9Qg_a2i-Q&t=79s

Unemployment Claims Drop Slightly: 1.48 Million Applied Last Week

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 25, 2020 6 Comments

Fox Business reported that 1.48 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week:

Another 1.48 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, signaling a slow economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and related lockdown as layoffs remain historically high, even as many businesses have reopened.

Branco Cartoon – We Didn’t Start the Fire

Posted by A.F. Branco on June 25, 2020 7 Comments

All is fair...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_Rhode_Island.svg

“Connotation” phase of the cultural purge: Rhode Island loses its “Providence Plantations”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2020 40 Comments

Rhode Island's official full name is State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The word "Plantations" in Rhode Island history giving rise to the name has nothing to do with slave ownership or slave plantations. Rather, at the time Rhode Island was founded, the term plantation simply signified an early settlement:

https://wkow.com/2020/06/23/protesters-pull-down-forward-statue-outside-state-capitol/

Mob Throws Statue of Hans Christian Heg, Abolitionist, Into Lake Monona

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 24, 2020 35 Comments

In Madison, Wisconsin, rioters threw a statue of Hans Christian Heg (an anti-slavery activist and abolitionist who actively fought slave catchers and died from battle wounds fighting for the Union in the Civil War), into a nearby lake.

https://twitter.com/CHSommers/status/1275646987514400768

Mob Vows to Tear Down DC Emancipation Memorial

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 24, 2020 57 Comments

The mob has a new statue target, the Emancipation Memorial in DC.

https://twitter.com/emilyjashinsky/status/1275534320237793282

Videos Emerge of White Leftist Agitators Attempting to Lecture Black Police Officers on Racism

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 24, 2020 39 Comments

Trying to agitate law enforcement officers into verbal and physical confrontations so they can yell "assault!" while cameras are rolling is one of the oldest tricks in the book for organized left-wing rage mobs. But in the protests that started in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, we're seeing a variation on that tactic that involves white leftist agitators attempting to lecture and/or shame black police officers on racism - and in some instances using the n-word to do so.

Gun Violence in New York and Other Cities Reaching Levels Not Seen in Decades

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 24, 2020 39 Comments

As multiple American cities debate "defunding" the police, violent crimes are already on the rise. This should have been as predictable as the rising sun, yet some media outlets seem surprised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i83wPkcB-k

Appeals Court Orders Judge Emmet Sullivan to Dismiss Michael Flynn Criminal Prosecution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 24, 2020 123 Comments

The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ordered Judge Emmet Sullivan to grand the government's motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Michael Flynn. The appeals court ruled after Sullivan appointed an "amicus" counsel to argue against the motion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adB8RW4I3o4

Oregon County Exempts Non-White People From Masks if They Have ‘Heightened Concerns About Racial Profiling’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 24, 2020 64 Comments

Lincoln County, OR, mandated people wear face masks in public places where they might come in contact with someone not in their household. Officials made an exception. People of color do not have to wear the mask "if they have 'heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment'"

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