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Elizabeth Warren: “I’m not backing off from my family” on Cherokee claim

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2012 53 Comments

Elizabeth Warren is standing by her claim of Cherokee heritage even though there is no evidence to back up that claim, and plenty of evidence that it is not true. On Morning Joe this morning she refused to back down even an inch. She also mocked...

My radio interview with Boston’s WRKO about Elizabeth Warren

Posted by Anne Segal on June 13, 2012 9 Comments

I was guest on Todd Feinburg of Boston’s WRKO radio show this morning. I spoke about my experience covering Elizabeth Warren at the Netroots conference this past weekend. Listen to my segment below, or click here to access it on their website. Watch this at WRKO

Should Elizabeth Warren be in “cultural appropriation” exhibit at Brown Univ. museum?

Posted by Anne Segal on June 12, 2012 25 Comments

I stopped by Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum on my way out of town after the Netroots Nation conference. They currently have an exhibit focused on American Indian representation in America entitled “Thawing the Frozen Indian.” The stated purpose of this exhibit “is confronting the complex, and...

Were charges of “scientific misconduct” against Elizabeth Warren ever fully vetted?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2012 27 Comments

On June 4, I wrote that The vetting of Elizabeth Warren’s academic background begins. That post featured a scathing law review article by a well-regarded Rutgers law professor in 1990-1991 who accused Elizabeth Warren and her co-authors of a book on bankruptcy of a wide range of academic...

Native American Harvard alumna and lifelong Dem accuses Elizabeth Warren of “ethnic fraud”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2012 54 Comments

There have been protests by Cherokees and other Native American groups over Elizabeth Warren’s continued insistence that she is Native American despite the complete lack of evidence to sustantiate that claim and substantial evidence that the claim is not true. Now a Harvard graduate, Margo...

Warren v. Brown is the new Wisconsin Recall

Posted by Anne Segal on June 10, 2012 61 Comments

If you love Daily Kos, Van Jones and Keith Ellison, you’ll love Elizabeth Warren. If you love public employee unions running the state, you’ll love Elizabeth Warren. If you loved the Wisconsin Recall, you’ll love Elizabeth Warren. The big union and Hollywood money and progressive media machine...

Elizabeth Warren dodges questions at Netroots Nation – security guards block me

Posted by Anne Segal on June 08, 2012 41 Comments

I returned to Netroots Nation today. At lunch, I went to listen to Elizabeth Warren’s speech and panel discussion. I wanted to ask her a few questions after her panel, which was entitled “2012 and the War on (and for) Women.” Specifically, I wanted to ask...

Breitbart lives in the heads of Netroots Nation protectors of Elizabeth Warren

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2012 76 Comments

Anne Sorock attended the Netroots Nation convention yesterday morning, and asked a thoroughly legitimate question of the members of a panel on Native American identity: “I thought it was really interesting in particular that you wondered to yourself, ‘what is a real Indian,’ and you...

Netroots Indian speakers defend Elizabeth Warren even if not really Cherokee

Posted by Anne Segal on June 07, 2012 86 Comments

I attended the Netroots Nation progressive convention this morning in Providence, Rhode Island. The session was titled “American Indian Caucus.” When I asked the panel about Elizabeth Warren’s false claims to be Cherokee, they became defensive and accusatory, refused to condemn Warren or seek an...

Boston Globe columnist and Cherokee blogger face off on whether proof of Elizabeth Warren’s heritage matters

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2012 44 Comments

There is much dispute when it comes to Elizabeth Warren’s claim to be Cherokee. What is not in dispute, however, is that there is no known documentary evidence that Warren is Cherokee, and much evidence she is not. The family line which supposedly has Cherokee...

Elizabeth Warren’s “weird choices”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2012 27 Comments

It’s a pattern laid out by Meghan McArdle in July 2010, Considering Elizabeth Warren, the Scholar. Read the whole thing, but here’s an excerpt: But while I found the thesis compelling, there were some problems with the book. The first is that Warren simply fails to...

Elizabeth Warren’s anti-gaffes matter

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2012 14 Comments

Don’t believe the spin that Elizabeth Warren’s claims about being Native American don’t matter. Or that she simply made a mistake in how she handled it. This headline from U.S. News demonstrates how it is being played: Warren Gaffes on Native American Roots Enflame Senate...

The vetting of Elizabeth Warren’s academic background begins

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 45 Comments

I have alluded to issues certain writers have taken with Elizabeth Warren’s academic writings. But never have I seen a more scathing critique of Warren than that published by highly regarded Rutgers Law Professor Philip Shuchman which was uncovered by Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbart.com. The...

Will Elizabeth Warren be the straw that breaks affirmative action’s back? Black ministers upset.

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 47 Comments

Put aside the pros and cons of affirmative action. Assume that at some level you support affirmative action. Those who support affirmative action should be the most upset with Elizabeth Warren’s fake “woman of color” and “minority law teacher” status based on her own self-reporting...

Elizabeth Warren is full of firsts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 04, 2012 41 Comments

Elizabeth Warren already laid claim to being the first nursing mother to take the New Jersey Bar exam, an unverifiable and likely untrue claim: Now, despite all the facts the contrary, Warren is claiming that if elected she will be the first Native American Senator from...

Elizabeth Warren: Exposing me for who I am means you’re nasty

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2012 40 Comments

Elizabeth Warren is the Democratic Party nominee for Senate, after party leaders twisted arms to make sure Marisa DeFranco did not make the primary ballot. Warren may have become the nominee, but she’s still not Native American. Whereas prior to May 2012 one might have said Warren simply...

Results of Massachusetts Democratic Convention (Update: Dem Delegates knock DeFranco off ballot, hand nomination to Warren)

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on June 02, 2012 36 Comments

Results are trickling in. I’m having trouble finding any webpages with official results as of this moment, but the Twittersphere has reported that Elizabeth Warren received 95.77% of the vote. If this is confirmed, Warren will have successfully secured the Democratic nomination and won’t be...

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