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Los Angeles officials plan to rip out City Hall carpets to combat typhus outbreak
We have been covering the spread of the flea-borne illness typhus through Pasadena and Los Angeles, which is the result of rat infestations that have followed in the wake of the homeless crisis.
Los Angeles city employees are now acting to combat the rodent problem in City Hall, after one of the...
Typhus Crisis In Los Angeles Worsens
Late last year, I reported that the Los Angeles area was battling a typhus epidemic.
San Francisco Has More Drug Addicts Than Public High School Students, Health Dept Survey finds
The Left Coast of this great nation is often held up as a blueprint for progressive policy successes by its politicians, such as Democratic Party presidential hopeful Kamala Harris.
Michael Avenatti Not Charged With Domestic Violence for Now
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced it will not file domestic violence charges against Michael Avenatti after Estonian actress Mareli Miniutti claimed he dragged her around her apartment.
However, the office left the door open to possibly file charges in the future.
Freshman Applications Drop at University of California for First Time in 15 Years
The University of California is certainly in no danger of closing, but this is another indication that the higher ed bubble is real.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Freshman applications dip at UC for...
Airbnb faces federal court discrimination suit over delisting Jewish homes in ‘West Bank’
In November, Airbnb announced that it would delist Jewish homes, and only Jewish homes, in Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”).
As I explained at the time, the delisting nominally referred to homes in Settlements, but in the West Bank that is the only place Jews can purchase or rent homes because...
Feminism Seminar at UCLA Discourages Use of Fragrances, Including Deodorant
Hopefully, the seminar will be held in a space with strong air conditioning.
Campus Reform reports:
Feminist seminar: ‘Please refrain’ from wearing fragrances…including DEODORANT!
Students hoping to attend a University of California, Los Angeles event focusing on America’s “gendered regimes of incarceration” may have to do so in a cloud of body odor.
UCLA’s event...
UCLA Student Paper Finds School’s Diversity Statement ‘Troublingly Bad’
Diversity is higher education’s unofficial new religion and those who don’t demonstrate enough faith will be punished.
The College Fix reports:
Student editorial: Faculty diversity statement is ‘troublingly bad’
The editors of a student newspaper have slammed one of their university’s attempts to address diversity on campus, calling it “troublingly bad” and insufficient to...
UC Berkeley Hosting Prof to Discuss How Search Engines Promote Racism
For the left, everything promotes racism. We’ve been hearing this non-stop for over a decade.
Campus Reform reports:
Berkeley hosts prof to discuss how search engines are racist
The University of California-Berkeley plans to host a lecture that targets oppression and alleged discrimination on Internet search engines, and how algorithms reinforce racist activity online.
Berkeley’s...
#SchoolShutdown: Los Angeles teachers go on strike
Over 30,000 teacher are now on strike in Los Angeles County.
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Former Communist Leader Angela Davis to Give University’s Keynote on MLK Jr. Day
Any time a conservative speaks on campus it’s somehow controversial, but no one says a word when Angela Davis is going to speak somewhere.
Campus Reform reports:
Former communist leader, FBI’s Most Wanted activist set to keynote MLK Day speech
The University of New England is set to host a former leader of the...
Nearly 100 Percent of College Faculty and Admin in Maxine Waters’ District Donated to Dems
The left owns academia. We have seen example after example like this one. It never goes in the other direction.
Campus Reform reports:
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: 100 percent of college admin, faculty in Maxine Waters’ district gave to Dems
A Campus Reform analysis has found that an overwhelm...
French Ministry broken into as “Yellow Vest” protests continue
The “Yellow Vest” citizen demonstrations are continuing in Paris, a French ministry building was broken into, and a government spokesman was evacuated from his office.
Democrat Representative Steve Cohen Proposes Amendment to End Electoral College
As the first week of the new Congressional session began, the new Democrat majority in the House of Representatives immediately got to work. As reported by Daily Wire, Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced a bill on Thursday to Congress to effectively eliminate the Electoral College.
It Begins: Leading House Dem to Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
The brand new 116th Congress convened today with the Democrats in control of the House of Representatives.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) will waste no time as he plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
“The cannabis industry is being choked by California’s penchant for over-regulation”
Legal Insurrection readers will be shocked . . . shocked . . . to learn that over-taxation and over-regulation have impacted the amount of tax generated from marijuana sales in California.
