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Iran Nuclear Program Should Be Israel's Target After Missile Attack

Walz Lied About Being in Hong Kong During Tiananmen Square Massacre

U. Virginia BIPOC Alumni-Student Mentoring Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1221979929082056704

LIVE: Senate Finishes Question-and-Answer Session in Trump Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 22 Comments

The Senate will conclude its Q&A session today. I encourage everyone to pay attention to it. I found it interesting, except when Adam Schiff speaks. It begins at 1 p.m. ET.

Gabbard on CNN Town Hall Snub: “Excluding the First Female Combat Veteran Ever to Run for President”

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 42 Comments

CNN is holding a series of town hall events with Democratic candidates ahead of the New Hampshire primary. For some unknown reason, the network excluded Tulsi Gabbard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_ZlkBe8Kw

Ex-Trump Aide Carter Page Files Lawsuit Against DNC, Law Firm Perkins Coie Over Dossier

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 23 Comments

Fox News reported that for President Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page filed a lawsuit against the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the law firm Perkins Coie, and those connected to the funding of the Christopher Steele dossier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeWR4icFI5w

Iran Accuses Europe of ‘Racism’ Over Faltering Nuclear Deal

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 30, 2020 25 Comments

Angered by Europe's waning support for the nuclear deal, Iran has accused Britain, France, and Germany of "racism," the French news agency AFP reported.

Branco Cartoon – The Three Amigos

Posted by A.F. Branco on January 30, 2020 8 Comments

No Mas!...

Profs at Elite Colleges Shocked to Learn Students 'Don't Know How' to Read Books

Vanderbilt U. Dermatology Residents Receive Anti-Racism Training

Anti-Israel Students Object to Yale's 'Institutional Neutrality' Proposal

U. Michigan Study Suggests Counting Staff by Race at Meetings to 'Decenter Whiteness'

School in Washington State Gets Tagged With Swastika, Principal Calls it a 'Symbol of Peace'

Crowd in Dearborn, MI, Participates in Threatening Antisemitic Chant

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

The Schiff impeachment circus run should end this week

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2020 60 Comments

We are approaching the witching hour in the Senate impeachment trial. It could all but end this week, or go on for weeks or months, depending on which way the media wind blows a handful of wobbly Republican Senators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stlFd_Z4FMM

As nations scramble to contain Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, CDC expands screening to 20 US airports

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2020 7 Comments

I had an opportunity to have lunch with the biosafety specialist and colleague this week, to do a preliminary risk assessment related to the Wuhan Coronavirus and its potential for the outbreak in China to blossom into a full-blown pandemic. One of the biggest challenges in this exercise is the reliability of any of the data coming from China. Presently, we will assume that the death toll stands now at 169, with 7169 cases officially reported (including the five in the US).

Pete Buttigieg Campaign Reportedly Worried About Staff Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 23 Comments

We have repeatedly covered the topic of microaggressions as part of our ongoing examination of the culture of higher education. We did not however, expect the subject to come up in our coverage of the 2020 Democratic primary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV-UoqBxAMw

Trump Crushes Bolton: ‘If I Listened to Him, We Would be in World War Six by Now’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 16 Comments

President Donald Trump unloaded on former National Security Adviser John Bolton over his book's manuscript, which appeared in The New York Times. Bolton claimed Trump wanted to withhold millions to Ukraine unless its government opened an investigation into the Biden family.

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1222561156633632768

Bolton’s Manuscript Lands in NYT Three Days After NSC Warns Bolton Book has ‘Significant Amount of Classified Information’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 36 Comments

Questions have surfaced over who leaked the manuscript of John Bolton's book. How did it get out? Gee, why would it come out now? The Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York found something interesting in the timeline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_J8sfZVEE

LIVE: Question-and-Answer Session Begins in Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 18 Comments

Today begins the question-and-answer session. The Senate has 16 hours total to ask questions, which will be split into eight hours today and eight hours tomorrow. It will start at 1 p.m. ET. These next 16 hours could influence the witness vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzDuj1ZB8XM

Mixed Reaction to Trump Middle East Peace Plan in Europe

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 29, 2020 14 Comments

President Donald Trump's Israeli-Palestinian peace plan received a mixed response from the European leaders. While the European Union, France, and Germany reacted with caution to the U.S. initiative, it was received positively by the leaders of the United Kingdom and Austria.

https://twitter.com/SteveKrak/status/1221988232528826369

CNN Panel Mocking Trump Supporters Now an RNC Ad

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 29, 2020 16 Comments

Tuesday, Professor Jacobson blogged about one of THE most tone-deaf cable news segments I've ever seen. A CNN panel hosted by Don Lemon, billing Rick Wilson, (a former Republican political consultant who sold his soul to the NeverTrump brigade and now poses as a token "Republican" on CNN and MSNBC to trash actual Republicans and right-leaning folk) were overcome with fits of laughter while mocking Trump and Trump supporters as bassackwards hillbillies, ignoramuses, and simpletons.

Trump Impeachment Defender Doug Collins to Primary Georgia Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 31 Comments

As if 2020 isn't already exciting. Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins confirmed on Fox & Friends this morning he will challenge incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler for her seat. Loeffler took over the seat after Sen. Jonny Isakson retired. She was sworn in on January 6.

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

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