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Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Suing Netflix and Filmmaker Over Central Park Five Documentary

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2020 25 Comments

Linda Fairstein was the Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor in the 1980's when a woman was attacked in Central Park. She claims that a documentary about the case released last year is full of falsehoods, and now she is suing Netflix.

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

Wuhan Virus Watch: France and Italy approve use of chloroquine for patients with extreme coronavirus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 29, 2020 28 Comments

While the American press pushes smears regarding President Donald Trump's discussions of the malarial drug chloroquine as a potential treatment for the Wuhan coronavirus, the French and Italian governments have approved its use.

Trump’s Fox News Wuhan Coronavirus Town Hall Broke Cable News Records

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 29, 2020 10 Comments

Though the mainstream media wants everyone to stop listening to President Trump's Wuhan coronavirus outbreak updates, the American people are still tuning in.

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1238628007897706498

ABC/WaPo Poll: 15% of Bernie supporters will vote for Trump as Biden faces “massive enthusiasm gap” in general election

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2020 34 Comments

The public perception problems for Joe Biden are growing. He's not all there, as is obvious from his disastrous livestreams and TV interviews, and has all but disappeared during the Wuhan coronavirus crisis. A just-released ABC News / Washington Post poll (pdf.) reveals another problem, one that comes as no surprise: Democrats are not enthsiastic about Biden, even as he racks up delegates and appears headed to the nomination.

https://twitter.com/haydentank/status/1242598627328937984

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Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2020 2 Comments

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U. Michigan Faculty Looks to Censure Board of Regents Over Rule Changes on Protests

Weber State in Utah Replaces DEI Offices With Center 'Open to All Students'

UCSF Prof Suspended for Post Asking if Israeli Student ‘Participated in Genocide’

Harvard Students Campaign for Kamala Harris in Michigan in Final Push

University of Oregon Offering 'Election Week Therapy' Events Featuring Cute Animals

George Washington U. Locking Down Campus on Election Night in Anticipation of Violence

Hillary uses nation’s coronavirus misfortune to dunk on Trump: “He did promise ‘America First'”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2020 53 Comments

Hillary Clinton is a bitter woman, to put it mildly. Put aside her relationship problems. Politically, Hillary saw herself as destined for the presidency.

Trump: No quarantine for NY-NJ-CT

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2020 17 Comments

There had been a suggestion by Trump that he might order some sort of quarantine for the greater New York City area because it has become a hotspot of Wuhan coronavirus infections and deaths. Trump just announced that he has decided against it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls4DZKE47M

Family of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson Announces He Died in Iranian Custody, Iran Claims He Left Long Ago

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 28, 2020 6 Comments

Days after the family of Robert Alan Levinson concluded that the former FBI agent may have died in Iranian captivity, Tehran has come out with a bizarre statement claiming that he left the country "long ago."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6UaCBkb0_4

Justice Dept. Memo: Americans who purposefully infect others with coronavirus could be charged as terrorists

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 28, 2020 24 Comments

Recently, a 26-year-old Missouri man was seen in a social media video licking items at a Walmart to mock fears of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tt5USmtU8

Gallup: American Media Ranks Lowest On Handling Of Coronavirus, Trump Beats Media By 16 Points

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 28, 2020 11 Comments

Gallup released a poll earlier this week that showed that President Trump's handling of the coronavirus was supported by 60% and that his overall approval had surged to 49%.

Wuhan Virus Watch: Trump considers quarantine on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (UPDATE)

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 28, 2020 32 Comments

President Donald Trump indicated that he is now considering imposing an enforceable quarantine on New York, parts of New Jersey and parts of Connecticut to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Students Request Refunds, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dean Responds With Dance Video

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 45 Comments

Like students at many other schools, some students at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts are asking the school for refunds now that the campus has closed over Coronavirus. One student who made such a request got a rather unique response.

Crisis Management Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 27, 2020 5 Comments

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Wuhan coronavirus a possible “media extinction event”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 27, 2020 88 Comments

Given the pervasive distrust of media, particularly national mainstream media, news that the Wuhan coronavirus crisis is hitting news media hard may not garner a lot of sympanthy. But the hardest hit is at the local level, not the names you know and love/hate. Buzzfeed says The Coronavirus Is A Media Extinction Event:

AOC Throws Fit Over Rescue Bill: “One of the largest corporate bailouts… in American history. Shameful!”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 27, 2020 34 Comments

Friday afternoon, the House passed the CARES Act, the coronavirus relief bill. But not without protest from Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez.

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