Hillary Is Not Launching Her Campaign, She is Re-Launching It After a Disastrous Start
Hillary Clinton has finally found a reset button that works. Two months after launching her campaign for President she is launching it once again this Saturday.
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College Student to Jerry Seinfeld: Yes, We’re PC, So Fix Your Material
A gay student from San Diego State University wrote an open letter to Jerry Seinfeld, complaining that modern college audiences want humor that has a “context that spurs social dialogue” and which isn’t based on “archaic ideals.”
Progressive Professor: My Progressive Students Don’t Mind When I Criticize Capitalism, Religion and White Privilege
Vox is once again focusing negative attention on its own widely shared piece about terrifying progressive college students. Once again it tries and fails to undercut that piece’s premise.
Author Joyce Carol Oates Falls for Fake ‘Hunting Photo’ from ‘Jurassic Park’ Set
Author Joyce Carol Oates is upset by a picture she saw on Twitter of a man posing before a large, downed animal. She sent the following tweet out to her 122,000 followers Tuesday morning.
New York Times Encourages Students to Default on College Loans
Over the weekend, the NY Times published an opinion piece by writer Lee Siegel titled “Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans.” The piece goes beyond the descriptive promised in the headline to the prescriptive when Siegel suggests people “groaning under the weight of student loans” should follow his example.
Obama Admits His ISIS Strategy Needs Work (But a Fix Isn’t Ready)
Monday morning, President Obama stated, “We don’t yet have a complete strategy,” with regard to training and equipping Iraqi soldiers. This is not the same as saying we don’t have a strategy at all, as he claimed last year, but
Venezuela Comes in Dead Last on 2015 Rule of Law Index
An international survey that compares ordinary people’s experience of the rule of law in 102 countries placed Venezuela in last place.
Vox Rebuts Its Own Piece on Terrifying Progressive College Students
Vox’s Amanda Taub says a piece the site published earlier this week about progressive identity politics on campus is “truthy” and doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Strangely, Taub’s rebuttal overlooks nearly all of the evidence which might suggest otherwise.
Charles Blow Denounces ‘Wild Speculation’ Connecting Spike in Crime to Protest Movement
New York Times columnist Charles Blow is outraged that some observers are connecting a recent spike in violent crime to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protest movement.
Progressive Professor: My Progressive Students Terrify Me
A progressive professor says his students have become enamored of a simplistic social justice politics that makes every discussion personal and therefore a potential “threat” to their identity.
Covered California Has a One-Star Rating on Yelp
Covered California, the Obamacare insurance marketplace in the Golden State, has a one-star review on Yelp, the ratings site which allows individuals to post reviews of local businesses.
New Black Panther Party Members Who Met in Ferguson Admit Planning to Kill Prosecutor, Blow Up Police Station
Two members of the New Black Panther Party who met in Ferguson during protests over Michael Brown’s death admitted in court Tuesday they planned to blow up a police station and kill the prosecutor involved in the case.
Professor Cleared of Wrongdoing in Title IX Investigation Prompted Criticism of Title IX
Laura Kipnis, the Northwestern University professor who had two Title IX complaints filed against her, has been cleared of wrongdoing by the law firm hired to investigate the claims.
Iranian Official: Military Sites Off Limits Because ‘IAEA Inspectors Really CIA Agents’
A top adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei said Sunday that military sites will be off limits to inspections because the IAEA has been infiltrated by the CIA.
Northwestern Professor: Faculty Now Fear Students Demanding ‘Safe Spaces’
A Northwestern University professor was accused of retaliation and investigated after students claimed an article she had written had a “chilling effect” on students’s ability to report sexual misconduct.
Rev. Al Sharpton Blames Texas Flooding on God, HVAC
Reverend Al Sharpton has some deep thoughts about the natural disaster that has killed at least 17 people in Texas and Oklahoma in the past week. In a tweet sent out Wednesday, Sharpton wondered whether the disaster was “God’s rebuke” or the result of “climate control.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Warns Against ‘Excessive Demands’ After France Demands Inspections
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said today his negotiating partners in the P5+1 should avoid “making excessive demands” on Iran. Zarif was speaking of an unresolved issue in the ongoing nuclear negotiations: giving inspectors access to Iran’s military sites.
France Will Not Sign Nuclear Deal Unless Iran Allows Inspections of Military Sites
France, one the parties to the multi-lateral nuclear deal with Iran, said Wednesday that it will not sign a deal which does not give the IAEA access to inspect Iranian military sites.
Venezuela’s Currency Collapsing as U.S. Companies Announce They Will Only Accept U.S. Dollars
The value of Venezuela’s bolivar currency collapsed this month, as air carriers and U.S. automakers announce they will only do business in U.S. dollars.
NY Times Article on Genesis of Obamacare Subsidies Omits Key Detail
A NY Times story published Monday focuses on the genesis of “four words” in the Affordable Care Act which are at the center of the Supreme Court case King v. Burwell. However, the story leaves out important details which undercut the claim that drafters of the bill never considered withholding subsidies from the states.
Interview–Kirsten Powers on ‘The Silencing’: Obama ‘Normalized’ Left’s Anti-Speech Mobs with Attacks on Fox News
Kirsten Powers’ new book The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech surveys the political landscape of the past couple years and finds something new to worry about. A self-described liberal, Powers writes that the “illiberal left” is trying to dominate the discussion on campus, online and in the media through intimidation. In our discussion, Powers suggests there is an authoritarian impulse at play, one that has been gaining steam in the broader culture.
Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton Had Change of Heart on ‘Spontaneous’ Benghazi Attack
Newly released emails suggest Hillary Clinton’s view of the Benghazi attack shifted over time.
Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff Had ‘Come to [Jesus]’ with Colleagues Prior to Benghazi Testimony
One of the emails released by the State Department on Friday shows Hillary Clinton’s Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills describing a confrontation with unnamed “colleagues” as State Department officials were giving classified congressional testimony about Benghazi. On November 13, 2012, Hillary
Majority of Democrats Support Criminalizing Free Speech
A new poll shows that a majority of Democrats want to limit free speech with laws that would prohibit so-called “hate speech.”
Flashback 2008: Hillary Responds to Questions About Uranium Deal in Kazakhstan
Hillary may be avoiding questions from the media now, but back in 2008 she responded to questions about a uranium mining deal and its connection to her husband and the Clinton Foundation.
