Protesters are still on the Hill to accost Republican senators over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Regular protester Alethea Torrellas Shapiro regularly uses her children when she confronts senators and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) was no different.
Except for his response:
Protester demands that GOP Senator @BillCassidy "apologize to my children...
Thursday, New York authorities arrested a man accused of leaving threatening voice messages for Rep. Steve Scalise.
According to The Times-Picayune, the voice message said, “We are going to feed them lead. Make no mistake you will pay.”
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed into law a bill banning abortion after 15-weeks.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards—one of the South’s lone Democrats left in statewide office—is facing a backlash from state and...
During a math discussion, a student being helped by another student with a math problem was told the square root symbol he’d drawn looked like a sketch of a pistol. (NARRATOR: But it was not a pistol). It was a principal square root symbol.
One of the students then popped off...
We have seen this movie before, particularly on campuses.
Anti-Israel activists from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement have a Plan A – to get a student council, company, university, faculty group, artist or government entity to adopt the BDS economic, cultural and academic boycott of Israel. Sometimes that works, but...
The Obama era tradition of bureaucratic overreach is alive and well in the Fish and Wildlife Service. Using an endangered frog, the Fish and Wildlife Service is attempting to dictate how private landowners use their land.
A disabled Navy veteran has refused to receive an honor from the New Orleans Saints due to some players taking a knee during the national anthem. From NOLA.com:
Retired Navy Cmdr. John Wells, executive director of the national Military Veterans Advocacy, was named a Peoples Health Champion, an award given by the...
The right of the private citizenry to make a public record request has, at least until recently, required local and federal governments to maintain a certain level of transparency. But a disturbing new trend has private citizens and even journalists flummoxed.
In Louisiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and Oregon, individuals requesting public records...
If you hadn’t heard of them before Hurricane Harvey, you certainly have now — the Cajun Navy as they call themselves, is a band of rugged Louisiana outdoorsman (and women) who load up their boats and caravan into flooded areas, performing rescues.
They’ve been a tremendous asset in rescuing folks flooded...
Our friends in Louisiana alerted us to a nationwide blood drive being held for Rep. Steve Scalise who was shot Wednesday while practicing for the Congressional baseball game. Rep. Scalise remains in critical condition and has received several blood transfusions.
A New Orleans chapter of Knights of Columbus has organized a...
Republican John Kennedy has won the Louisiana runoff race for Senate, and the GOP now holds a 52-48 majority in the Senate. Louisiana also elected two GOP House members, giving Republicans a 241-194 majority in the House.
Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the...
First they came for the mudbugs and I said nothing…actually, yes I did. We all know I always have something to say.
In any case, the latest push for MOAR government comes from Louisiana where a non-profit organization is urging the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to add Louisiana crawfish to the...
Russian officials asked three states if they could attend polling stations during the Nov. 8 election while Kremlin propaganda sites like Russia Today reported that Russia’s Central Elections Commission even asked the State Department for permission to watch the polls.
The State denied a request even came through:
“Any suggestion that we rejected...
Legal Insurrection has chronicled the radical social upheaval pursued by Black Lives Matter, which seems to have enriched some of the participants more than accomplished anything worthwhile.
However, the lack of BLM response to the Louisiana floods now have some black Americans questioning the movement’s true motives. Jerry L. Washington, a former...
Though its certainly not getting the same or even similar coverage as Hurricane Katrina, massive swaths of Southeast Louisiana are under water.
To appreciate just how severe the flooding is, take a look at these before and after shots compiled by the BBC:
Last fall, Louisiana State University (LSU) reached out to University of South Carolina (USC) when their state had epic floods, offering them space and transferring their home stadium into USC’s home stadium. Now USC has decided to return the favor as Louisiana faces historical flooding that has killed 13
I reported that the rains that hit Louisiana last week produced a “500 year flood” of epic proportions.
This week, the southern part of the state is still reeling from the storm’s devastating impact.
Approximately 280,000 people live in the areas that flooded, according to an analysis released Friday by the Baton Rouge...
