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Did Hostility To Policing Contribute To Brown U. Failures?

Ben Shapiro at TPUSA: Conservative movement in danger "from charlatans who ... traffic in conspiracism and dishonesty"

RI Whistleblower Ramona Bessinger Barred from Serving on Public Health Board, Sues for Discrimination

There Will Be No Unity Week at Legal Insurrection

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2020 10 Comments

All the news you may have missed....

Media Pivots From Steady Stream Of Anti-Trump #FakeNews To Biden Slobberfest

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 28, 2020 24 Comments

The media has been protecting Democrat presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden and treating him with kid gloves. Among other stories, they colluded to smother the New York Post bombshell report on Biden family influence peddling, and they acted like it was perfectly acceptable to ask a presidential candidate what flavor milkshake he ordered on the rare occasions he left his basement to campaign.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 28, 2020 126 Comments

As we covered yesterday, a state court judge in Pennsylvania upheld her prior halt to certification of the vote, finding a likelihood that the mail-in ballot procedure violated the state constitution.

More Bad News for Pelosi: Republican David Valadao Flips #CA21 House Seat

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 28, 2020 25 Comments

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been watching her majority shrink significantly as results from the 2020 election continue to come in. And now there is more bad news for her as Republicans flip yet another House seat, this time yet another one in California.

Suspected North Korean hackers target COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 28, 2020 8 Comments

There are some hints that North Korea is seeing a late-fall surge in coronavirus cases, as is much of the rest of the world.

Prof Claims Georgia College and State U. Fired Him for Voicing Concerns About Student Plagiarism

Law Professor Josh Blackman Resigns From Heritage Foundation Over Antisemitism Controversy

Professor Jonathan Turley Reacts to News About Lack of Republican Profs at Yale

Gender Studies Program at U. Minnesota Hands Out Whistles to Alert People of ICE Activity

Brown University Students and Staff Claim Security Worries Were Brushed Off for Years

Elementary School Principal in Pennsylvania Under Fire Over Antisemitic Voicemail Message

Communist China Escalates Trade War With Australia

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 28, 2020 13 Comments

A day after congratulating Democratic candidate Joe Biden on his supposed "victory" in the U.S. presidential election, Communist China has escalated its trade war with Australia, a key American ally in the Asia-Pacific.

Barack Obama Smears Trump’s Latino Voters

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 28, 2020 29 Comments

Confounding Democrats across America, President Trump made big gains in the Latino community on Election Day in states like Florida and Texas, vastly improving his 2016 performance with them.

Historical Statues Vandalized and Toppled in Multiple States on Thanksgiving

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2020 18 Comments

While millions of Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving this week, against the wishes of numerous Democrat leaders, other people were destroying historical monuments in multiple cities. Who would do such a thing? Do you think it was angry Trump supporters?

Orwell Studies Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2020 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Pennsylvania State Judge Upholds Halt To Certification, Finds Likelihood Mail-In Balloting Procedures Violate PA Constitution

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2020 87 Comments

UPDATE 11-28-2020 7 p.m.: Pennsylvania Supreme Court dismisses challenge to mail-in ballot procedures, vacates halt to certification

https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1332021330074595328?s=20

YouTube Celebrates “Unthanksgiving” Instead of Thanksgiving

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 27, 2020 16 Comments

Big tech has become trite and tiresome. Instead of honoring Thanksgiving (a holiday made national holiday by Abraham Lincoln, for crying out loud), the tech giant celebrated "Unthanksgiving" on social media. Because colonialism blah blah blah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JySALvmSI

#NY22: Democratic Incumbent Brindisi Reportedly Leads Challenger Tenney by Only 13 Votes

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 27, 2020 14 Comments

Incumbent Democrat Anthony Brindisi for New York's 22nd Congressional District leads his Republican challenger Claudia Tenney by only 13 votes. Sources told Newsmax the Democrats' "sudden claim of victory is very misleading."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mjZtWBge_M&t=3304s

Coronavirus: Merkel Tells Germans to Avoid Social Contacts As Christmas Approaches

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on November 27, 2020 17 Comments

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday told people to stay home and cut down on social contacts ahead of the Christmas, as the country registered record number of new cases of Wuhan coronavirus.

Sen. Tom Cotton: Biden’s DHS pick “disqualified” for “selling Green Cards to Chinese nationals on behalf of rich, democratic donors”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 27, 2020 15 Comments

Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security is Alejandro Mayorkas, who held a lower position at DHS under Obama. While the media is swooning over this choice, they're leaving out an important part of Mayorkas's record. In 2013, Mayorkas was embroiled in a scandal that involved the alleged sale of a U.S. visa to a Chinese executive for the sake of Hillary Clinton's brother.

Trump and CDC: Coronavirus vaccine deliveries will begin early December

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 27, 2020 20 Comments

During a special Thanksgiving message to U.S. troops, President Trump Donald Trump said that coronavirus vaccine deliveries will begin as early as next week.

Reports: Israel Assassinates “Father” Of Iranian Nuclear Bomb Program Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2020 25 Comments

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was not well known to the public in the West, but he was well known to Israel. Fakhrizadeh was considered "the father" of the Iranian military nuclear program.

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