{"id":15645,"date":"2019-06-02T12:19:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T19:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15645"},"modified":"2019-06-02T12:19:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T19:19:46","slug":"news20190602","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/06\/02\/news20190602\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (June 2nd, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">News of the Week for June <sup>nd<\/sup>, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/news-of-the-week\/image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" title=\"News of the Week\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg 229w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/switzerland-approves-gun-control-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Switzerland Welcomes Gun Control, Future Terrorism Wave<\/a><br \/>\nOn Sunday, Swiss voters approved a measure that clamps down on Switzerland&#8217;s gun laws. Now Switzerland can be just like the other European countries that have a population less able to defend themselves. Hooray!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/20\/prosecutors-shooter-attacked-tennessee-church-wanted-kill-least-10-white-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prosecutors: Shooter who attacked Tennessee church wanted to kill at least 10 white people<\/a><br \/>\nWhy did Emanuel K. Samson want to kill at least 10 white people when he went on a rampage at a Tennessee church in 2017? According to prosecutors, he wanted revenge for the 2015 church shooting in which white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine black people at Emanuel AME in Charleston, South Carolina. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/LksOi#selection-3527.15-3695.101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Controversial gun control measure could pass without a hearing<\/a><br \/>\nThe Legislature could pass a controversial gun control measure without ever holding a public hearing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/texas-legislature\/2019\/05\/15\/brass-knuckles-kitty-keychains-ban-lifted-texas-lawmakers-heads-gov-abbotts-desk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Gov. Abbott signs law lifting ban on brass knuckles, kitty keychains and clubs <\/a><br \/>\nTexas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill into law lifting the state&#8217;s ban on brass knuckles, kitty keychains and other self defense items.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/millions-died-thanks-to-the-mother-of-environmentalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Millions Died Thanks to the Mother of Environmentalism <\/a><br \/>\nCarson made a critical mistake and a lot of people died as a result.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/ca-bill-could-restrict-access-to-kidney-dialysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CA Bill Could Restrict Access to Kidney Dialysis<\/a><br \/>\nA California kidney patient writes to warn that AB 290 could make kidney dialysis more difficult to access for thousands of patients that obtain charitable assistance to help pay for their care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/pushing-suicide-as-merely-a-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pushing Suicide as Merely a &#8220;Choice&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nThe focus on suicide prevention continues to erode. In Ozy &#8211; which bills itself as being about &#8220;fresh stories and bold ideas&#8221;- self-described &#8220;reporter&#8221; Molly Fosco applauds that suicidal depression is increasingly being looked upon as a &#8220;terminal illness,&#8221; and hence, opines that we should view the suicides of the deeply depressed as a normal part of dealing with the disease process. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/why-the-uk-suddenly-is-suffering-from-a-physician-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why the UK Suddenly Is Suffering from a Physician Shortage<\/a><br \/>\nIf only someone had warned them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insureblog.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/price-control-ftw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Price Control FTW!<\/a><br \/>\nYou may have seen the news that the Centennial State has become the first in the union to impose price controls on insulin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/the-almost-unsinkable-aircraft-carrier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why the (Almost) Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier Is Not Obsolete<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Where are our carriers?&#8221; is, at least apocryphally, the first question any U.S. president asks when a crisis erupts almost anywhere in the world. As tensions mounted with Iran last week as the mullahs&#8217; regime upped its attacks around the Middle East, President Trump apparently asked that question and immediately ordered the massive USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and its escort ships to the region. And as the Associated Press correctly noted, the dispatch of the Lincoln is an accurate &#8220;barometer of tensions&#8221; between Washington and Tehran<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/white-students-accused-of-appropriating-black-culture-on-schools-thug-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White students accused of appropriating black culture on school&#8217;s &#8220;Thug Day&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nThe theme of the day for a Houston, Texas high school spirit week was &#8220;Jersey Day,&#8221; but many students refer to it as &#8220;Thug Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=12243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disturbing number of students say hate speech is not free speech, report says<\/a><br \/>\nA new report shows some shocking statistics about how college students feel about free speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-revoked-female-students-degree-because-she-wouldnt-accuse-disgraced-president-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University revoked female student&#8217;s degree because she wouldn&#8217;t accuse disgraced president: lawsuit <\/a><br \/>\nTold her to do another two years of coursework<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaselzippers.us\/421254-ocasio-cortez-growing-cauliflower-is-colonial-approach-to-vegetables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ocasio-Cortez: Growing Cauliflower Is &#8220;Colonial Approach&#8221; To Vegetables&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;But when you really think about it, when someone says that it\u2019s too hard to do a green space that grows yucca instead of, I don\u2019t know, cauliflower or something, what you\u2019re doing is that you\u2019re taking a colonial approach to environmentalism, and that is why a lot of communities of color get resistant to certain environmentalist movements, because they come with the colonial lens on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/05\/21\/rep-cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-shares-how-shes-reaching-out-to-high-schoolers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Congresswoman Has a Warning for High Schoolers About Socialism<\/a><br \/>\nRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., is taking a leading role Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment&#8217;s passage in the U.S. House on May 21, 1919. The Daily Signal recently spoke to her about a range of issues affecting her constituents, including the disconnect between the people in Washington state and Washington, D.C. Plus, she speaks about her efforts to reach out to the next generation, why she values every human life, and how the booming economy is helping small businesses in her state. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/22\/democratic-congresswoman-accuses-dhs-secretary-intentionally-killing-kids-crossing-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democratic congresswoman accuses DHS Secretary of intentionally killing kids crossing the border<\/a><br \/>\nFreshman congresswoman Lauren Underwood crossed a line today during a hearing at which acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan was testifying about the crisis on the southern border. Rep. Underwood noted that 5 children in Border Patrol custody have died since December. That&#8217;s true but Underwood then stated that it was her conclusion, based on evidence, that the deaths were part of an intentional policy. Rep. Mike Rogers the ranking Republican member on the committee said Rep. Underwood&#8217;s remarks were tantamount to accusing the Secretary of murder and asked that her remarks be stricken from the record. After a vote, the remarks were removed. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/22\/la-residents-not-quick-welcome-illegal-immigrants-brought-cbp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LA residents not so quick to welcome illegal immigrants brought by CBP<\/a><br \/>\nAs we&#8217;ve all learned by now, the courts and detention facilities at the southern border are packed to the brim and the White House has been working on ways to reduce the overcrowding by shipping some detained illegal aliens to other locations. That happened recently when CBP shipped roughly 100 &#8220;migrants&#8221; to the Customs and Border Protection station at Murrieta, California. (More correctly, the Theodore Newton and George Azrak Border Patrol Station.) Since this facility is located just south of Los Angeles and we&#8217;re talking about a welcoming sanctuary state, they were greeted with open arms by caring locals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/23\/joe-biden-still-leads-dems-but-new-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A new poll confirms Biden&#8217;s big lead, but even more interesting&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nA new national poll of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents confirms Joe Biden maintains a comfortable 19-point lead over Bernie Sanders and the rest of the polyglot posse seeking the party&#8217;s presidential nomination next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/politics-government\/article230671784.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California DMV gave incorrect Real ID to an immigrant with temporary legal status <\/a><br \/>\nAn immigrant with temporary legal status in California has received an incorrect Real ID from the state&#8217;s Department of Motor Vehicles, raising concerns about the department&#8217;s ability to process the enhanced identification cards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2guys1review.com\/2019\/05\/21\/weird-al-statue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weight Watchers Removes &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Statue After Controversy<\/a><br \/>\nWeight Watchers has officially removed the statue of &#8220;Weird&#8221; Al Yankovic from its corporate headquarters in Manhattan and will no longer play Yankovic&#8217;s &#8220;Now That&#8217;s What I Call Polka!&#8221; in their television commercials, the organization announced in a statement on Monday. This follows last week&#8217;s decision by Jenny Craig to suspend the use of Yankovic&#8217;s rendition of &#8220;Dare To Be Stupid&#8221; in their latest exercise video release &#8220;Let&#8217;s Lose It 2019!&#8221; while they investigate an allegation of sizeism against the singer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/girl-killed-by-ms-13-members-after-maryland-officials-ignore-ice-detainer.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Girl killed by MS-13 members after Maryland officials ignore ICE detainer<\/a><br \/>\nLast week, police arrested two teenagers, Josue Fuentes-Ponce and Joel Escobar, and charged them with  the murder of 14 year-old Ariana Funes-Diaz. She was killed in a tunnel, beaten with a baseball bat and slashed with a machete. She was found naked.  Reportedly, the killers, members of MS-13, ordered her to strip before they murdered her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/portland-state-rejects-conservative-political-thought-course-because-its-not-inclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland State rejects &#8220;Conservative Political Thought&#8221; course because it&#8217;s not inclusive <\/a><br \/>\nLatest snub toward &#8220;The Case for Colonialism&#8221; professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/faith\/san-diego-catholic-hs-girls-protest-sexist-ban-on-their-uniforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Diego Catholic High School Girls Protest &#8216;Sexist&#8217; Ban on Uniform Skirts<\/a><br \/>\nNot everyone wants to be made to care about intersectional social justice insanity<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/445388-alabama-votes-to-end-marriage-licenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alabama votes to end marriage licenses<\/a><br \/>\nAlabama&#8217;s House voted on Thursday to end the requirement for a marriage license in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/uncategorized\/the-homeless-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Homeless Industrial Complex<\/a><br \/>\nEvery major city in California is spending tens of millions or more on programs for the homeless<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-offers-problematizing-whiteness-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University offers &#8220;Problematizing Whiteness&#8221; course<\/a><br \/>\nCU Denver ethnic studies class: &#8220;educating for racial justice&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/drag-101-course-for-teens-to-be-taught-at-ohio-public-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Drag 101&#8221; course for teens to be taught at Ohio public library <\/a><br \/>\nAn Ohio public library will be treated to a first this summer: An hour-long course dubbed &#8220;Drag 101&#8221; taught by Kyle Gayle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/2019-legislature\/gov-sisolak-vetoes-bill-seeking-to-negate-electoral-college-1675636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gov. Sisolak vetoes bill seeking to negate Electoral College<\/a><br \/>\nGov. Steve Sisolak on Thursday issued his first veto, blocking a bill that would have added Nevada to a roster of states seeking to effectively negate the Electoral College and elect the president of the United States by a national popular vote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/30\/netflix-egypt-jordan-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix Continues Production In Egypt, Where Abortion Is Illegal, While Considering Georgia Boycott Over &#8220;Heartbeat&#8221; Bill<\/a><br \/>\nNetflix plans to step up production in the Middle East, notably Jordan and Egypt, where abortion is illegal, after mulling a company boycott in Georgia on account of the &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; abortion bill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/pro-life-alabama-senator-reveals-activists-threatened-to-rape-his-wife-over-his-support-of-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pro-life Alabama senator reveals activists threatened to rape his wife over his support of abortion ban <\/a><br \/>\nDespicable<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/house-to-hold-statehood-hearings-for-democratic-stranglehold-washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">House to Hold Statehood Hearings for Democratic Stranglehold Washington, D.C.<\/a><br \/>\nYou have to hand it to the Democrats, they are making the grandstanding most out of their new majority in the House<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/professor-accused-of-hostile-learning-environment-for-assigning-male-authors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor accused of &#8220;hostile learning environment&#8221; for assigning male authors <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Sexist&#8221; business scholar reported to bias response team<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/food\/article\/Rat-infested-pop-up-bar-to-open-in-San-Francisco-13907463.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rat-infested pop-up bar to open in San Francisco<\/a><br \/>\nIn what can only be construed as the &#8220;literally, no one&#8221; meme brought to life, next month San Francisco is getting a pop-up called the Rat Bar where &#8220;rats run free and the booze flows like water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/industrials\/first-rare-earth-processing-facility-outside-of-china-to-be-built-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First rare earth processing facility outside of China to be built in Texas<\/a><br \/>\nRare earth elements are used every day. They are metals that are used in everything from cell phones to cars, televisions, military jet engines and medical devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=13273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dozens of Confucius Institutes still operate across US<\/a><br \/>\nDespite a ban on Department of Defense funding going to colleges that host Confucius Institutes, dozens of colleges across the country still have the Chinese-government funded centers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=13277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Is the Constitution &#8216;exclusionary&#8217;? Students react <\/a><br \/>\nSyracuse University denied registered club status to a conservative group in part because of its strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wF4QeD_FrLM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2019\/05\/31\/swedish-startup-to-bring-pogo-sticks-to-s-f-as-e-scooter-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish Startup to Bring Pogo Sticks to S.F. as E-Scooter Alternative<\/a><br \/>\nSan Franciscans may soon be able to bounce their way around town, if a Swedish-based mobility company has its way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/47888\/bubonic-plague-likely-already-present-los-angeles-joseph-curl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bubonic Plague &#8220;Likely&#8221; Already Present In Los Angeles, Dr. Drew Says<\/a><br \/>\nLos Angeles is going down the drain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/texas-teacher-suspended-for-tweets-critical-of-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas teacher suspended for tweets critical of illegal immigration <\/a><br \/>\nA teacher in Fort Worth, Texas was suspended with pay after it was confirmed she made numerous anti-illegal immigration-themed tweets, and directed some to President Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-of-illinois-uses-bias-policies-to-silence-conservative-students-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Illinois uses bias policies to silence conservative students: lawsuit <\/a><br \/>\nStudent journalist slapped with no-contact order for accurate reporting<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/05\/31\/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions<\/a><br \/>\nWhere is the treasure? Where are the assets? Where&#8217;s the loot?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy &#038; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/california-sues-trump-administration-for-1-billion-in-high-speed-rail-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Sues Trump Administration for $1 Billion in High-Speed Rail Funds<\/a><br \/>\nThe state of California wants the rest of America to pay for their high-speed rail boondoggle and they&#8217;re willing to sue Washington to get it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/31\/senate-gop-trump-mexico-tariffs-derail-trade-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate GOP to Trump: Mexico tariffs could derail trade deal<\/a><br \/>\nWill Donald Trump&#8217;s retaliatory tariffs on Mexico snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on trade? Senate Republicans sent out warnings overnight about the president&#8217;s attempts to force Mexico to stem the tide of refugees flowing to the border with an escalating tariff regime. They&#8217;re close to replacing NAFTA with Trump&#8217;s own US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), but Republicans fear this could sap its momentum in Congress<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theceomagazine.com\/news\/maps-may-reveal-why-coalition-won-australias-election\/#.XOJSxCCPEJo.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These maps may reveal why the Coalition won Australia&#8217;s election<\/a><br \/>\nSet out in map form, the pattern of the Coalition&#8217;s victory in Australia&#8217;s election looks clearer: it won over many lower income voters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1129757\/brexit-news-latest-jacob-rees-mogg-theresa-may-today-party-twitter-live-delay-video-uk-eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Rees-Mogg CONDEMNS Theresa May in Brexit attack \u2013 &#8216;She KILLED democracy&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nJACOB REES-MOGG has furiously condemned Theresa May for failing to leave the European Union on March 29, criticising the Prime Minister for &#8220;killing democracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/panampost.com\/editor\/2019\/05\/20\/venezuela-options-on-the-table\/?cn-reloaded=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venezuela: Options on the table<\/a><br \/>\nNot all options are on the table. The latest events have made it clear that fraudulent elections or false dialogues are discarded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/9122170\/nigel-farage-acid-threat-milkshake-attack-brexit-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigel Farage should have had ACID thrown on him instead of milkshake, Labour supporter says in shocking outburst<\/a><br \/>\nThe Brexit Party boss was attacked on the campaign trail yesterday<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2019\/05\/20\/Ancient-lunar-collision-explains-the-moons-two-faces\/7341558369880\/?sl=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancient lunar collision explains the moon&#8217;s two faces<\/a><br \/>\nThe moon has two faces &#8212; the smoother, Earth-facing side and the rougher side, the dark side of the moon, which is marred by thousands of craters. Now, scientists know why the moon&#8217;s hemispheres are so different.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lidblog.com\/hit-conservatives-bricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beer Co. Advocates Hitting Conservatives Over The Head With Bricks<\/a><br \/>\nWho says it&#8217;s only American liberals who advocate for violence. On Monday, the Chorlton Brewing Company, a beer company based in Manchester in the UK, tweeted that his fellow crazy liberals should hit &#8220;fascists&#8221; (a term they reserve for anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders) over the head with bricks. And the response on Twitter was not friendly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/22\/end-game-juan-guaido-ready-negotiate-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">End game: Juan Guaido ready to negotiate with Maduro<\/a><br \/>\nWhile some may be taking the latest news out of Venezuela as a hopeful note, it may actually spell the beginning of the end of any hope that dictator Nicolas Maduro will be removed from power. We&#8217;re hearing from representatives of self-declared interim President Juan Guaido that he is now willing to enter into &#8220;negotiations&#8221; with Maduro, an option he had rejected as recently as last week. They already have representatives meeting in Norway where they&#8217;re trying to find a way out of the current quagmire. And with public support for Guaido&#8217;s calls to replace Maduro appearing to decline, it sounds like he&#8217;s running out of options. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/may\/21\/belgian-monks-grimbergen-abbey-old-beer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Belgian monks resurrect 220-year-old beer after finding recipe <\/a><br \/>\nGrimbergen Abbey brew incorporates methods found in 12th-century books<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samnytt.se\/regeringen-vill-forbjuda-runskrift-asatroende-och-kulturarvsintresserade-rasar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish government wants to ban runic script &#8211; asatroende and heritage enthusiasts rage<\/a><br \/>\nThe government is currently investigating the possibility of banning the use of Norse runes. It is reported that the Minister of Justice, Morgan Johansson (S), is behind the initiative. In the Asa community, which organizes asa troops and people with an interest in the Norse cultural heritage, the outrage is great about what one thinks is a restriction on, among other things, religious freedom. A collection of names has been started and on Friday a manifestation is arranged outside the Parliament House in protest against the proposal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/24\/trexit-may-announces-resignation-brexit-humiliations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trexit: May announces resignation after Brexit humiliations<\/a><br \/>\nEver since the first failure of Theresa May&#8217;s Withdrawal Agreement bill in March, the prime minister&#8217;s resignation has looked more inevitable than Brexit itself. Fresh off the last failure of the WAB &#8211; in which the prime minister couldn&#8217;t even secure a vote &#8211; May will leave office before the UK leaves the EU. May publicly gave her two-week notice this morning, with a departure date just after Donald Trump&#8217;s state visit in June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/vegan-couple-jailed-sweden-restrictive-diet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vegan couple jailed for giving 18-month-old child restrictive diet leaving her extremely malnourished<\/a><br \/>\nA vegan couple from Sweden was sentenced to three months in jail on Thursday for putting their 18-month-old child on a restrictive diet and leaving the girl malnourished and near death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7066015\/White-South-African-farm-activist-beaten-killed-murdered.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">White South African farm activist is stabbed and beaten to death at her home in horrifying hammer attack<\/a><br \/>\nAnnette Kennealy, 51, was beaten and stabbed to death on her farm in Limpopo <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/venezuela-crisis-so-bad-criminals-cannot-afford-bullets-2019-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venezuela&#8217;s economic crisis is now so bad that criminals can&#8217;t afford to buy bullets<\/a><br \/>\nVenezuela&#8217;s crippling economic spiral is having a negative impact on an unlikely group in society: criminals, who are struggling to afford bullets, and unable to find things to steal as the country&#8217;s wealth declines rapidly. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/27\/brexit-party-surges-tories-labour-take-pounding-eu-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brexit party surges, Tories and Labour take pounding in EU elections<\/a><br \/>\nElections have consequences. And failing to execute a mandate from an election has consequences too, as both Conservatives and Labour discovered in the UK&#8217;s EU elections. Despite only being weeks old and largely without a policy portfolio, the Brexit party won almost a third of the vote, outstripping the UK&#8217;s two main parties \u2014 combined.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/tories-trounced-farage-flying.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tories trounced, Farage flying<\/a><br \/>\nI haven\u2019t found exactly what I&#8217;ve been looking for in the way of analysis of the European Parliament election results in the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-real-winners-of-the-european-elections-the-greens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Real Winners of the European Elections: The Greens<\/a><br \/>\nNow that the dust has settled following last week&#8217;s European elections, it appears the real winners were the Western European Greens. Yes, populist firebrands Nigel Farage and Matteo Salvini redrew the political maps of the United Kingdom and Italy, respectively, and Eastern Europe stubbornly insists on going in its own direction, but in most of Western and Northern Europe, a political realignment now under way is shaking up the left as much as the right &#8211; and the Greens stand to benefit the most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/stay-on-your-side-of-the-border-eh-trudeau-whines-to-pence-about-new-pro-life-laws-in-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stay on Your Side of the Border, Eh?: Trudeau Lectures Pence about New Pro-Life Laws in U.S.<\/a><br \/>\nWhat is it with leftists? They&#8217;re not content to turn their own enclaves into progressive dumpster fires. No, they have to try and force their values on the rest of us and tell us all how we should live. And for the progressives neo-Puritans, that means trying to pressure us into observing their most revered sacrament: abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/un-staff-responsible-for-60-000-rapes-in-a-decade-c627rx239\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charity sex scandal: UN staff &#8220;responsible for 60,000 rapes in a decade&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nUN staff have carried out thousands of rapes around the world, a former senior official has claimed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/un-decides-alexa-cortana-and-siri-are-signs-of-evil-patriarchy-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Having Achieved World Peace, UN Turns Its Attention to Alexa and Siri\u2014Symbols of the Patriarchy<\/a><br \/>\nThe United Nations &#8212; an organization more useless and irritating than an inflamed, pus-filled human appendix &#8212; is once again busy dealing with the most pressing international issues<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/education\/2019\/05\/31\/cambridge-university-discriminates-against-white-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cambridge University discriminates against white, conservative men, academic claims<\/a><br \/>\nCambridge University is guilty of discrimination against white, conservative men, an academic has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-equality-act-is-a-time-bomb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Equality Act Is a Time Bomb<\/a><br \/>\nThe Equality Act (H.R. 5) passed the House on Friday. The sweeping legislation would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected characteristics. But it goes further than that. Under the guise of anti-discrimination protections, the bill redefines sex to include gender identity, undermines religious freedom, gives males who identify as females the right to women&#8217;s spaces, and sets a dangerous political precedent for the medicalization of gender-confused youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/05\/20\/the-similarities-between-declining-rome-and-the-modern-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Similarities Between Declining Rome and the Modern US<\/a><br \/>\nSometime around A.D. 60, in the age of Emperor Nero, a Roman court insider named Gaius Petronius wrote a satirical Latin novel, &#8220;The Satyricon,&#8221; about moral corruption in Imperial Rome. The novel&#8217;s general landscape was Rome&#8217;s transition from an agrarian republic to a globalized multicultural superpower.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/842051\/boris-johnsons-turn-fail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boris Johnson&#8217;s turn to fail<\/a><br \/>\nThere are plenty of things Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson can do that Theresa May probably can&#8217;t. Quote the Aeneid from memory in Latin. Tell an interviewer that if he were banished to a desert island he would spend the rest of his life translating Homer. Insist to another that his \u00a3250,000 a year salary for a weekly column was \u201cchicken feed.\u201d Express genuine awe at the sight of the gun from the opening scene in Kim. Have that hair. Oh, and win the support of enough of his fellow Tory MPs to be named party leader.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/kamala-harris-has-a-plan-to-close-the-gender-pay-gap-thats-entirely-unworkable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamala Harris Has a Plan to Close the &#8216;Gender Pay Gap&#8217;-and It&#8217;s Completely Unworkable<\/a><br \/>\nIs there really a significant gap between what men and women earn? Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris thinks so and she has a plan to fix it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/politichicks.com\/2019\/05\/open-letter-to-ca-gov-newson-from-a-parent-whose-kids-are-leaving-the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Letter to CA Gov. Newson from a Parent Whose Kids Are Leaving the State<\/a><br \/>\nThe following letter was sent to us from a friend who works in a field where he has to remain anonymous. But this letter could have been sent from countless other Californians who&#8217;ve experienced the same thing. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/05\/22\/the-trans-lobby-is-now-marketing-to-your-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Trans Lobby Is Now Marketing to Your Kids<\/a><br \/>\nAs the LGBT movement continues to grow in power and influence, it has started to market drag and transgender ideology to the most gullible group out there: children. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/05\/milkshaking-is-the-fun-new-progressive-protest-tactic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Milkshaking&#8221; is the fun, new progressive protest tactic<\/a><br \/>\nSugary attacks are occurring ahead of Nigel Farage\u2019s Brexit Party win in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/will-whiteshift-save-america-from-ethnic-strife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will &#8220;whiteshift&#8221; save America from ethnic strife?<\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve been paying any attention at all to journalism in recent years &#8211; maybe not a good idea, but if you have &#8211; you surely have noticed those stories predicting, often with a certain relish, that the United States is about to become a majority-minority country. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2019\/05\/22\/tales-from-crazyfornia-a-brawl-breaks-out-among-elected-officials-at-a-government-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tales from Crazyfornia: A brawl breaks out among elected officials at a government conference<\/a><br \/>\nPolitical violence in the United States goes all the way back to the founding of the country. The most notable kerfuffle took place when Aaron Burr met Alexander Hamilton on the field of honor with pistols. Burr fired, Hamilton returned fire, and then everybody started dancing and singing. At least that&#8217;s how it happened on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/what-is-white-supremacy.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Is White Supremacy?<\/a><br \/>\nWe hear an amazing amount about white supremacy these days. Seemingly, white supremacists are everywhere, although to my knowledge I&#8217;ve never met one. Nor am I sure what &#8220;white supremacy&#8221; is supposed to mean. Is it Joe Biden&#8217;s insane theory that Republicans &#8220;want to put y&#8217;all back in chains&#8221;? If not, then what is it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/05\/22\/the-apa-meeting-a-photo-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The APA Meeting: A Photo-Essay<\/a><br \/>\nIf you wanted to model the American Psychiatric Association &#8220;you could do worse than a giant firehose that takes in pharmaceutical company money at one end, and shoots lectures about social justice out the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/the-europe-of-nations-vs-the-europe-of-brussels.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Europe of Nations vs. the Europe of Brussels<\/a><br \/>\nJohn Fonte is probably the leading American critic of what he calls &#8220;the Europe of Brussels.&#8221; Thus, his is a voice worth listening to in connection with the European parliamentary elections now being held.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2019\/05\/27\/history-and-the-high-price-of-forgetting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History and the High Price of Forgetting<\/a><br \/>\nHave you ever read Thucydides&#8217; History of the Peloponnesian War? Probably no one should ever hold any important office, or even dare to comment on public affairs, who has not studied that great lesson. What Thucydides records is nothing less than the ruin of ancient Greece, the civilization which first developed democracy as a political system. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/california-cant-win-its-confession-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Can&#8217;t Win its Confession Fight<\/a><br \/>\nJohn of Nepomuk is a name not often heard these days; Wenceslaus IV, even more so. John was a Bohemian priest of the 14th century. As the story goes, he was the confessor to the queen, Wenceslaus&#8217;s wife. When John refused to reveal information divulged to him during the sacrament of confession, the king had him drowned in the river Vltava. John considered his religious obligation &#8211; the seal of the confessional, an absolute duty of confidentiality between priest and penitent \u2014 inviolable, no matter the objections of the secular authority or the punishments threatened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/twitters-gender-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter&#8217;s Gender Problem<\/a><br \/>\nShould people be banned from Twitter for stating that women don&#8217;t have penises or for calling males who identify as females men? In her latest video, National Review&#8217;s Madeleine Kearns asks what role Twitter is playing in the international gender debate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2019\/05\/28\/which-lunatics-are-running-the-asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Which Lunatics Are Running the Asylum?<\/a><br \/>\nMeet Cassidy Leigh &#8220;Cas&#8221; Barbour (pronouns &#8220;he\/him\/his&#8221;), a Peer Advisor at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where &#8220;he&#8221; is majoring in Communication Studies and Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies. &#8220;Cas&#8221; first came out as bisexual at age 11, identified as &#8220;gay&#8221; at age 12, and at age 18, decided she was actually &#8220;he.&#8221; Now calling herself\/&#8221;himself&#8221; Casper Landyn Barbour, she\/&#8221;has&#8221; has also been under treatment for mental illness since she\/&#8221;he&#8221; was in third grade<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/05\/the-consistent-mitch-mcconnell.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Consistent Mitch McConnell<\/a><br \/>\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ignited a firestorm yesterday at an event in Paducah, Kentucky. McConnell responded to a question from the audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/05\/30\/dangers-of-a-world-where-almost-anyone-can-be-arrested-for-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dangers of a World Where &#8220;Almost Anyone Can be Arrested for Something&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA recent dissenting opinion by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch highlights some of the dangers of the enormous scope of modern criminal law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/05\/31\/equality-act-devastate-parents-ability-get-trans-children-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How The Equality Act Would Devastate Parents&#8217; Ability To Get Trans Children Help<\/a><br \/>\nParents who just want to help their children learn to live in harmony with their bodies deserve better than to be demonized as racists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/joe-biden-and-hillary-clinton-generate-very-different-emotional-responses-from-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton Generate Very Different Emotional Responses from Republicans <\/a><br \/>\nBiden not only doesn\u2019t generate the emotional response Hillary did, his nomination would constitute the Democrats broadcasting to the world that they have not (yet) embraced socialism, and they have not (yet) fully-embraced the woke culture of the Online Left. So how would the Republicans generate the kind of Flight 93 urgency that helped Trump (very narrowly) beat Hillary?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/06\/01\/why-we-should-read-machiavelli\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why We Should Read Machiavelli<\/a><br \/>\nIn the mid-1990s, film critic David Denby wrote Great Books, in which he recounted a year spent at Columbia University taking two core courses in the humanities that focused on &#8220;Western classics&#8221; written by so-called &#8220;Dead White European Males.&#8221; It was &#8220;thirty years after [Denby entered] Columbia University for the first time,&#8221; when &#8220;[n]o one\u2026could possibly have imagined that in the following decades the courses would be alternatively reviled as an iniquitous oppression and adored as a bulwark of the West.&#8221; Indeed, a prevalent critique was (and still is) that the classics were written by white men relevant primarily in connection to a regime of power that exerted cultural and political hegemony over large parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/first-they-came-for-mark-twain-now-theyre-coming-for-mel-brooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First, They Came for Mark Twain. Now, They&#8217;re Coming for Mel Brooks<\/a><br \/>\nForty-five years ago, Mel Brooks made what many critics agree is the single, funniest film in Hollywood history. 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