{"id":16037,"date":"2019-11-10T17:47:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16037"},"modified":"2019-11-10T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T00:47:13","slug":"news20191110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/11\/10\/news20191110\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (November 10th, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">News of the Week for Nov. 10<sup>th<\/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:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/11\/04\/pregnant-florida-mom-uses-ar-15-to-kill-home-intruder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pregnant Florida mom uses AR-15 to kill home intruder<\/a><br \/>\nA pregnant woman is credited with saving the lives of her husband and daughter after she used an AR-15 to fatally gun down a home intruder, a report said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/cam-e\/2019\/11\/04\/new-zealands-gun-confiscation-shaping-massive-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand&#8217;s Gun Confiscation Shaping Up To Be Massive Failure <\/a><br \/>\nNew Zealand&#8217;s gun grab, instituted in the wake of the Christchurch massacre, isn&#8217;t going so great. In fact, with less than two months to go before the government-imposed deadline, fewer than 20% of the estimated number of banned firearms have been handed over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/11\/unconstitutional-red-flag-laws-wont-make-us-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unconstitutional &#8220;Red Flag&#8221; Laws Won&#8217;t Make Us Safer<\/a><br \/>\nWhile the desire to do something to prevent mass shootings is admirable, these laws are certain to do more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2019\/11\/06\/scotus-consider-taking-sandy-hook-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCOTUS to consider taking on Sandy Hook lawsuit<\/a><br \/>\nThe breaking SCOTUS news isn&#8217;t related to any of the cases the court is currently hearing or preparing to rule on, but one where they&#8217;re simply considering taking the case. And it&#8217;s potentially a huge one for Second Amendment supporters. The court has agreed to consider hearing the appeal in Remington Arms Co. v. Soto, which deals with the lawsuit brought against the firearms manufacturer by relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of 2012. At issue here is the federally mandated protection of such manufacturers from nuisance lawsuits. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/11\/virginia-election-fallout-gov-northam-working-on-assault-weapon-confiscation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia Election Fallout: Gov. Northam &#8220;Working On&#8221; Assault Weapon Confiscation<\/a><br \/>\nNortham: &#8220;That&#8217;s something I&#8217;m working [on] with our secretary of public safety&#8221;<\/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:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/468591-trump-pulls-out-of-paris-climate-accords?userid=152715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump formally pulls out of landmark Paris climate agreement<\/a><br \/>\nPresident Trump on Monday began the yearlong process of withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/11\/05\/staying-in-paris-agreement-would-have-cost-families-20k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Staying in Paris Agreement Would Have Cost Families $20K<\/a><br \/>\nThe U.S. just took a new, major step to leaving the Paris Agreement, a climate change deal between several countries. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, &#8220;Today the United States began the process to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. Per the terms of the Agreement, the United States submitted formal notification of its withdrawal to the United Nations. The withdrawal will take effect one year from delivery of the notification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/coming-soon-to-a-kitchen-near-you-scowling-greta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Little Sister Is Watching: Scowling Greta Coming to a Kitchen Near You<\/a><br \/>\nImagine you&#8217;ve strolled into your office break room to enjoy some lunch, you open a cabinet to grab a paper napkin, reach in, and &#8212; egads! &#8212; see the visage of that 16-year-old emotionally troubled climate crusader, Greta Thunberg, scowling at you from behind the plastic spoons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Students call to OUTLAW fossil fuels&#8230;but would they give up their own cars?<\/a><br \/>\nStudents took to the streets of Downtown L.A. for a climate strike last Friday.<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGsncbvmPY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/11\/11000-scientists-just-kidding.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11,000 Scientists? Just Kidding<\/a><br \/>\nEarlier this week, the world&#8217;s news media reported breathlessly that 11,000 scientists had issued a report contending that the Earth faces a &#8220;climate emergency.&#8221; NBC News, to cite just one example, described a &#8220;study&#8221; produced by an &#8220;international consortium of more than 11,000 scientists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.cnn.com\/cnn\/2019\/11\/08\/us\/greta-thunberg-mural-san-francisco-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greta Thunberg, teen climate activist, is getting a huge mural in downtown San Francisco<\/a><br \/>\nThe Bay Area has many murals, with images of everyone from Robin Williams to Nipsey Hussle gracing its buildings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/11\/asthmatics-the-latest-climate-crisis-sinners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asthmatics: The latest &#8220;climate crisis&#8221; sinners<\/a><br \/>\nThe virtue signalling insanity continues!<\/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\/medicare-for-all-fiction-seems-to-be-hurting-warren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medicare-for-All Fiction Seems to Be Hurting Warren<\/a><br \/>\nAxios is reporting this morning that, according to NewsWhip data, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has faced scrutiny on social media after announcing her Medicare for All plan &#8211; in particular for falsely claiming that her policy won&#8217;t require raising taxes on the middle class to finance it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-rosenhan-study-was-bunk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Rosenhan Study Was Bunk<\/a><br \/>\nAs Hilaire Belloc stated in an essay buried deep in 1941&#8217;s The Silence of the Sea, &#8220;Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death.&#8221; One wonders just how many &#8220;deaths&#8221; have been caused by junk social science and bungled statistics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-7236985\/NHS-waiting-list-hits-record-high-4-4m-people-waiting-treatment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS waiting list hits another record high: 4.4million people are now waiting for routine operations as the figure is the worst ever for a third month in a row<\/a><br \/>\nRecord numbers of patients are waiting months for routine operations<\/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:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2019\/11\/04\/portland-antifa-member-sentenced-six-years-beating-man-baton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland Antifa member sentenced to six years for beating a man with a baton<\/a><br \/>\nGage Halupowski is a 24-year-old Antifa goon who joined a rally in Portland back in June. During the rally, Halupowski struck Adam Kelly over the back of the head with a metal baton. Kelly wound up in the hospital where he received 25 staples to close the wound to his scalp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SATN-KJDrlY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Did the US Navy Get So Powerful? &#8211; Evolution from the 13 Colonies to WWII<\/a><br \/>\nTrace the evolution of the US Navy to see how it got so powerful.<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SATN-KJDrlY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/will_war_return_to_the_solomons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will war return to the Solomons?<\/a><br \/>\nReports that China seeks a permanent lease of the island of Tulagi in the Solomons is enough to induce chills in any student of history, as much as it would puzzle most of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/11\/08\/aventura_china_charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surveillance kit slinger accused of slapping &#8216;Made in America&#8217; on Chinese gear, selling it to the US government<\/a><br \/>\nBut sure, it&#8217;s Huawei that&#8217;s the big security threat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/371841\/us-military-duped-into-buying-chinese-cameras-rife-with-flaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Military Duped Into Buying Chinese Cameras Rife With Flaws<\/a><br \/>\nAccording to the Justice Department, New York-based Aventura Technologies has been concealing that its network-connected camera products were made in China while raking in millions through lucrative contracts with the US military and government agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20191108-trend-in-gang-crime-bombings-rock-sweden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trend in gang crime bombings rock Sweden<\/a><br \/>\nSweden, often held up as a safe and peaceful utopia, has experienced an unprecedented wave of bombings this year as criminal gangs increasingly use explosives to settle scores.<\/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.mindingthecampus.org\/2019\/11\/04\/a-racially-woke-agenda-is-now-hardwired-in-public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Racially &#8220;Woke&#8221; Agenda Is Now Hardwired in Public Schools<\/a><br \/>\nMany college professors and administrators are eager to turn their students into ideological clones of themselves in hopes of ensuring that the U.S. will have the kind of governmentally controlled, collectivistic society they desire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/allahpundit\/2019\/11\/04\/major-nyt-poll-six-battleground-states-trump-leads-warren-within-just-points-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Major NYT poll of six battleground states: Trump leads Warren, within just a few points of Biden<\/a><br \/>\nA useful corrective to the national head-to-head polls that show him routinely trailing every member of the Democratic top tier, sometimes by garish margins. Fox News, of all outlets, dropped one on him this weekend showing him 12 points behind Biden(!) and five points behind Warren, a margin that&#8217;s still considerably wider than Hillary&#8217;s edge over Trump on Election Day 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/11\/04\/the-left-is-lying-about-a-hatred-and-violence-epidemic-against-transgender-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Crunched The Data. The Violence &#8220;Epidemic&#8221; Against Transgender People Is A Myth  <\/a><br \/>\nContinuing the narrative of fighting hatred and bigotry will do nothing more than needlessly scare trans people about the wrong things. It won&#8217;t save lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black conservative removed from meeting over Justin Trudeau blackface costume<\/a><br \/>\nA Colorado State University student government leader, who is black, was removed from a recent meeting over his blackface costume.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/kiradavis\/2019\/11\/01\/people-trying-cancel-comedian-hannibal-buress-opposing-rent-control...seriously?sfns=mo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Are Trying to &#8220;Cancel&#8221; Comedian Hannibal Buress For Opposing Rent Control\u2026Seriously<\/a><br \/>\nThe progressive Left continues to eat their own.  Hannibal Buress is a comedian and actor who has in recent years seen a sharp rise in his popularity (Spiderman:Homecoming; Bojack Horseman; Tag; Broad City). Like most celebrities (I guess we\u2019ll call him that even though he doesn\u2019t seem like the kind of guy who welcomes such a label) Buress leans politically left and isn\u2019t shy about expressing it. He\u2019s an admitted member of the Yang Gang and like most people these days keeps up with the progressing presidential campaign on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/11\/04\/microsoft-archived-superman-project-silica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft archived &#8220;Superman&#8221; on its Project Silica glass storage medium<\/a><br \/>\nThe 1978 film will last for centuries thanks to the resilient discs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/deep-space\/a29684597\/voyager-2-interstellar-space-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Finally Know What Happened When Voyager 2 Reached Interstellar Space<\/a><br \/>\nA few big takeaways from the craft&#8217;s incredible journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2019\/11\/abortion-law-california-settlement-nifla-becerra-daleiden-sekulow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How an abortion rights law ended up bankrolling anti-abortion forces in CA<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia lawmakers knew the reproductive FACT Act had constitutional issues, but passed it anyway. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned it, legal penalties have been a windfall for attorneys fighting abortion here and nationally. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/abc-anchor-amy-robach-on-hot-mic-claims-she-had-the-jeffrey-epstein-story-three-years-ago-but-the-network-killed-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC Anchor Amy Robach, on Hot Mic, Claims She Had Jeffrey Epstein Story Three Years Ago But Network Killed It<\/a><br \/>\nSay what you want about James O&#8217;Keefe, but he gets stories nobody else does. He exposes truths a lot of people would prefer to keep hidden. And this one is a doozy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student&#8217;s graded assignment littered with anti-conservative rhetoric, accusations of racism<\/a><br \/>\nA NCSU student provided Campus Reform with graded assignments in which a TA wrote that conservativism has &#8220;white supremacacist traits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/11\/video-hot-mic-catches-reporter-discussing-how-abc-news-allegedly-killed-epstein-story-three-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hot Mic Catches Reporter Discussing How ABC News Allegedly Killed Epstein Story Three Years Ago<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;first of all, I was told &#8220;Who&#8217;s Jeffrey Epstein. No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/why-are-democrats-using-the-word-latinx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Are Democrats Using the Word &#8220;Latinx&#8221;?<\/a><br \/>\nSome unpleasant news for progressives consumed by the ever-evolving demands of properly administering their identity-politics agenda: A new study conducted by the progressive firm ThinkNow Research has found that a whopping 98 percent of Latinos in the U.S. prefer to describe themselves with terms other than &#8220;Latinx.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2019\/11\/05\/james-okeefe-activates-deadman-switch-before-release-of-epstein-cover-up-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James O&#8217;Keefe Activates &#8220;Deadman Switch&#8221; Before Release of Epstein Cover-Up Footage<\/a><br \/>\nSuggests he has received threats from &#8220;very powerful people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/allahpundit\/2019\/11\/05\/never-trump-number-say-theres-nothing-trump-get-approve-performance-reaches-new-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Never Trump? Number who say there&#8217;s nothing Trump could do to get them to approve of his performance reaches new high<\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m surprised to find a Trump-friendly paper like the New York Post trumpeting a different bit of data from this new Monmouth poll, namely, the share of Americans who say there&#8217;s nothing Trump could do to get them to disapprove of him. Those are the hardcore Trumpers, the people who really would have his back if he shot someone on Fifth Avenue. Sixty-two percent of those who approve of the president\u2019s performance say they&#8217;re with him all the way, impervious to changing. That&#8217;s a number you&#8217;d expect to see highlighted in anti-Trump media, to emphasize the cultish devotion of his most loyal fans, not in the Murdoch-owned Post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/2019-election-results-governors-races-sanctuary-cities-mayor-petes-successor-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 Election Results: Governor&#8217;s Races, Sanctuary Cities, Mayor Pete&#8217;s Successor, and More<\/a><br \/>\nVoters across the country went to the polls on Tuesday, handing Democrats some key victories but also electing the first black Republican attorney general in Kentucky. Voters also addressed a broad swath of issues from Airbnb to sanctuary cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/even-on-my-worst-days-im-killing-it-prominent-abortionists-plaque-reads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Even on My Worst Days, I&#8217;M KILLING IT,&#8217; Prominent Abortionist&#8217;s Plaque Reads<\/a><br \/>\nA prominent abortionist who argued before the Supreme Court twice once kept on his desk a placard reading, &#8220;Even on my worst days, I&#8217;M KILLING IT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student gov DENIES conservative group recognition in secret, closed door meeting<\/a><br \/>\nAfter a student government vote to approve a conservative group was sent into a secretive executive session, an opposing group has had their rights as an official student organization suspended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/lgbt-leader-paid-sex-abuse-victim-not-to-testify-oregon-authorities-say-85059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LGBT leader paid sex abuse victim not to testify, Oregon authorities say<\/a><br \/>\nTerry Bean, a leading investor, LGBT advocate and political fundraiser, has been arrested in Oregon following allegations that he and his lawyer unlawfully paid $200,000 to prevent court testimony from a man who accused Bean and his ex-boyfriend of sexually abusing him at the age of 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/section-2\/los-angeles-adas-endorse-incumbent-jackie-lacey-over-san-francisco-da-gascon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles ADAs Endorse Incumbent Jackie Lacey over San Francisco DA Gasc\u00f3n<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Lacey has a proven 8-year track record&#8221;; Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s emphasis on aiding criminals over crime victims a deal breaker<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/the-trump-era-realignment-is-a-death-sentence-for-the-gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Trump-era realignment is a death sentence for the GOP<\/a><br \/>\nGov. Matt Bevin&#8217;s loss should send a message to embattled Republicans in Trump Country: President Trump is not going to save you if you&#8217;re drowning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/282658561bf748739a5dbab905b37da0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid<\/a><br \/>\nFormer Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans with direct knowledge of his plans said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/7-year-old-at-center-of-transgender-custody-battle-opts-to-attend-school-as-a-boy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7-year-old at center of transgender custody battle opts to attend school as a boy<\/a><br \/>\nJames Younger, the 7-year-old at the center of the transgender custody battle, has decided to attend school as a boy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/newly-elected-virginia-senator-had-been-jailed-for-having-sex-with-teenager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newly Elected Virginia Senator Had Been Jailed for Having Sex with Teenager<\/a><br \/>\nIn 2014, Joe Morrissey, then a 57-year-old delegate to the Virginia General Assembly, plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was sentenced to 12 months in jail (with six months suspended) because of a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old office assistant at his law firm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/popular-title-ix-training-techniques-are-at-odds-with-the-available-science-iowa-state-researchers-find\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Popular Title IX training techniques &#8220;are at odds with the available science,&#8221; Iowa State researchers find<\/a><br \/>\nWhy are they &#8220;accepted best practice&#8221;? Pressure from Obama administration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/columbia-professor-who-fled-communism-resigns-says-university-is-becoming-communist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbia professor who fled communism resigns, says university is becoming communist<\/a><br \/>\nPressured to admit transgender student<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/affirmative-action-in-education-is-losing-again-at-the-ballot-box-in-washington-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Affirmative action in education is losing &#8211; again &#8211; at the ballot box in Washington state<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Reject&#8221; campaign vastly outspent on advocacy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/all-you-americans-are-fired-blacks-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;All You Americans Are Fired&#8221; &#8211; Blacks First?<\/a><br \/>\nThe quote above is taken from an EEOC case cited in a study prepared by public-policy analyst (and NR contributor) Jason Richwine for the Center for Immigration Studies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therightscoop.com\/breaking-bloomberg-filing-to-run-for-president-in-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg filing to run for president in Alabama&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nWhy Alabama? The reason is simple. This Friday is Alabama\u2019s deadline file, so anyone who is seriously considering a run for president has to file by this Friday for the primary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/theres-big-money-in-democratic-socialist-pronoun-buttons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">There&#8217;s Big Money in Democratic Socialist Pronoun Buttons<\/a><br \/>\nGreat news, everyone. You can get your Karl Marx &#8220;Sharing Is Caring&#8221; sweatshirt for just $45, a Democratic Socialists for America dress for just under $50, a Democratic Socialists of America canvas print for $48, and Democratic Socialists of America leggings for just under $44. A Socialist party flag will cost you about $40 on Ebay, the Democratic Socialist premium T-shirts will set you back a bit more than $30.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/keep-bioethics-out-of-elementary-and-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keep Bioethics out of Elementary and High Schools<\/a><br \/>\nBioethicist Jacob M. Appel wants the bioethics movement to educate your children about the policy and personal conundrums that involve medical care and health public policy. He claims that &#8220;most of us give little thought&#8221; to issues that may arise, such as end-of-life care and prenatal screening. Then, when an issue arises, people are unprepared to make wise and informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/11\/07\/orangutan-granted-personhood-settles-into-new-florida-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orangutan granted &#8220;personhood&#8221; settles into new Florida home <\/a><br \/>\nA 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/christian-pastors-activists-mocked-in-drag-queen-fundraiser-for-planned-parenthood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian pastors, activists mocked in drag queen fundraiser for Planned Parenthood<\/a><br \/>\nPastors and Christian activists known for protesting Planned Parenthood and Drag Queen Story Hour events were ridiculed and mocked at a fundraiser for the abortion giant.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/gop-didnt-run-anyone-against-democrat-who-went-to-jail-for-sex-with-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP Didn&#8217;t Run Anyone Against Democrat Who Went to Jail for Sex with Teenager<\/a><br \/>\nThe Republican Party did not run a candidate against a Democrat in Virginia who served time in prison for having sex with his secretary when she was 17 years of age.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Berkeley &#8220;instructor&#8221;: &#8220;Rural Americans&#8221; are &#8220;bad people&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA graduate student at the University of California-Berkeley took to twitter on Wednesday to express his disdain for rural Americans and those who aren&#8217;t &#8220;pro-city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/iowa-state-professor-reported-to-administration-for-allowing-students-to-say-only-women-have-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa State professor reported to administration for allowing students to say only women have abortions<\/a><br \/>\nTransgender activists use Iowa State climate reporting system to remake university<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/harvard-hosts-anal-sex-101-oral-sex-101-and-fatphobia-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard hosts &#8220;Anal Sex 101,&#8221; &#8220;Oral Sex 101&#8221; and &#8220;fatphobia&#8221; workshops<\/a><br \/>\nAnnual, student-led Sex Week tradition returns to Ivy League institution<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/foreign-prime-minister-demands-slavery-reparations-from-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreign prime minister demands slavery reparations from Harvard<\/a><br \/>\nSays reparation is compensation, not a gift<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-11-incest-dawn-individualism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mapping the end of incest and dawn of individualism<\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re from a Western society, chances are you value individuality, independence, analytical thinking, and an openness to strangers and new ideas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/amazon-accused-of-promoting-pedophilia-by-selling-childrens-clothes-with-daddys-little-slt-on-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Accused of &#8216;Promoting Pedophilia&#8217; by Selling &#8216;Daddy&#8217;s Little Sl*t&#8217; T-Shirts<\/a><br \/>\nRetail giant Amazon has come under fire for selling children&#8217;s t-shirts with &#8220;Daddy&#8217;s Little Sl*t&#8221; printed on them, and other inappropriate products for babies and toddlers with similarly disturbing phrases. Yashir Ali, a contributor to New York Magazine and HuffPost, shared the listing on Twitter Friday, calling for its swift removal. &#8220;Posting here in hopes it&#8217;ll expedite removal from Amazon,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/11\/08\/socialism-all-about-inclusivity-and-kindness-these-students-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialism All About Inclusivity and Kindness, These Students Say<\/a><br \/>\nThe word &#8220;socialism&#8221; has left behind its past of breadlines and beatings and has come to mean something like &#8220;kindness&#8221; for some students at Georgetown University, The Daily Signal found in campus interviews. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/hugo_chavezs_trusted_advisor_gets_ready_to_run_the_san_francisco_district_attorneys_office.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hugo Chavez&#8217;s trusted advisor gets ready to run the San Francisco District Attorney&#8217;s office<\/a><br \/>\nThe above headline sounds like hyperbole, some crazed right-winger exaggerating things, right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=13973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ole Miss employees go rogue, &#8216;unilaterally&#8217; cancel conservative speaker event<\/a><br \/>\nTwo employees at the University of Mississippi on Thursday abruptly cancelled the venue a conservative lecture scheduled to take place on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/?ID=13974\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UAlaska CANCELS class for &#8216;Power and Privilege Symposium&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nThe University of Alaska Southeast announced &#8220;Classes Cancelled&#8221; for its &#8220;Power and Privilege Symposium&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/dns-over-https-will-eventually-roll-out-in-all-major-browsers-despite-isp-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DNS-over-HTTPS will eventually roll out in all major browsers, despite ISP opposition<\/a><br \/>\nDoH support is already present in all major browsers. Users just have to enable it and configure it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/11\/08\/short-circuit-a-roundup-of-recent-federal-court-decisions-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions<\/a><br \/>\nUnfit grandparents, hours at the DMV, a Cheerleading Constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/11\/08\/doj-finally-identifies-the-constitutional-defects-in-daca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOJ finally identifies the &#8220;constitutional defects&#8221; in DACA<\/a><br \/>\nThe Attorney General&#8217;s argument, along the lines of our Cato amicus brief, sounds in the non-delegation and major question doctrine.<\/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:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/a-couple-of-lefty-law-professors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Couple of Lefty Law Professors . . .<\/a><br \/>\n. . . offer a pretty good explanation of why Elizabeth Warren\u2019s proposed wealth tax is unconstitutional.<\/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:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7634443\/Nobel-prize-winner-calls-captured-jihadists-tried-like-Nazis-Nuremberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by ISIS calls for all of the captured jihadists to be tried like the Nazis were at Nuremberg<\/a><br \/>\nNobel Peace Prize winner says jihadists should be given Nuremberg-style trials <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/upheavals-in-lebanon-and-iraq-throw-a-monkey-wrench-into-irans-strategic-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upheavals in Lebanon and Iraq Throw a Monkey Wrench Into Iran&#8217;s Strategic Designs<\/a><br \/>\nIn Lebanon and Iraq, governments dominated by Iran-friendly Shiite Muslims have been forced to resign while in Syria and Yemen, Iranian power is ebbing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/china-uighur-monitor-home-shared-bed-report-2019-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China is reportedly sending men to sleep in the same beds as Uighur Muslim women while their husbands are in prison camps<\/a><br \/>\nChina&#8217;s Communist Party is waging a hardline campaign against the Uighur ethnic minority, which has seen more than 1 million people detained in prison camps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/came\/2019\/11\/02\/germany-readies-further-restrictions-guns-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany Readies Further Restrictions On Guns And Speech <\/a><br \/>\nIn an attempt to crack down on &#8220;far-right&#8221; and Neo-Nazi violence, including the assassination of a local politician a few weeks ago, German members of Parliament are expected to approve more restrictive gun control measures as well as legislation requiring social media networks to report content removed by the sites to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/china-stages-towns-for-visiting-journalists-and-diplomats-using-stand-ins-with-prepared-answers-to-questions-report-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China Stages Towns For Visiting Journalists And Diplomats, Using Stand-Ins With Prepared Answers To Questions, Report Says<\/a><br \/>\nInformation regarding China\u2019s internment camps has begun leaking out of the country in recent months. From rape and torture to imprisonment for criticism, stories of the horrors of the communist nation\u2019s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities has made international headlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/issues\/2019-11-2\/how-to-serve-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Serve Man<\/a><br \/>\nIn 1921, the Lenin-led Soviet Union faced one of the worst famines in history. A new book details its horrors and the American effort to combat cannibalism<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cannibal-ants-soviet-nuclear-bunker-1469573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One Million Cannibal Ants Trapped in Soviet Nuclear Bunker Have Escaped<\/a><br \/>\nA &#8220;colony&#8221; of up to one million cannibal ants trapped in a nuclear bunker for years have escaped, scientists in Poland have said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-ca\/news-polls\/Canadians-Across-Regions-Feel-Country-More-Divided-than-Ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canadians Across All Regions Feel Country More Divided than Ever<\/a><br \/>\nElection Outcome Increases Support for Separation in Alberta and Saskatchewan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/6127133\/alberta-saskatechewan-ipsos-poll-separatism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Separatist sentiment in Alberta, Saskatchewan at &#8220;historic&#8221; highs: Ipsos poll<\/a><br \/>\nThe uneasy feeling that the country is more divided now is simmering across Canada, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to a new Ipsos poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/ed-morrissey\/2019\/11\/06\/cnn-suspect-arrested-mexico-massacre-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suspect arrested in Mexico massacre of Americans<\/a><br \/>\nAt first, the massacre of nine Americans &#8211; six of them children &#8211; looked like a horrible case of mistaken targeting by drug cartels in Mexico. Now that one suspect has been arrested, CNN reports that this likely wasn\u2019t a case of mistaken identity after all. The attack may have been part of an ongoing feud between the families and the cartels<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/french-thesis-immigration-caq-1.5351155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quebec denies French citizen&#8217;s immigration application because chapter of thesis was in English<\/a><br \/>\nImmigration Ministry said she &#8216;couldn&#8217;t demonstrate&#8217; knowledge of French<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-11-thorium-superconductivity-scientists-high-temperature-superconductor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thorium superconductivity: Scientists discover new high-temperature superconductor<\/a><br \/>\nA group of scientists led by Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and Ivan Troyan of the Institute of Crystallography of RAS has succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), a new superconducting material with the very high critical temperature of 161 kelvins. The results of their study, supported by a Russian Science Foundation grant, were published in the journal Materials Today. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/11\/07\/cancel-culture-comes-for-hernan-cortes-in-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cancel Culture Comes For Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s in Mexico  <\/a><br \/>\nOn the 500th anniversary of Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s&#8217; meeting with Montezuma II, the conquistador deserves a reconsideration, not cancellation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepostmillennial.com\/too-much-weed-government-has-over-30-times-more-marijuana-than-its-able-to-sell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TOO MUCH WEED: Government has over 30 times more marijuana than it&#8217;s able to sell <\/a><br \/>\nCanada has a marijuana problem, but it&#8217;s not the one you might think.  It&#8217;s quite the opposite: Canada is sitting on massive stashes of uncompleted inventory that many analysts believe could cause massive price crashes in the industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/statue-of-ancient-god-of-child-sacrifice-put-on-display-in-rome-days-before-amazon-synod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statue of ancient god of child sacrifice put on display in Rome<\/a><br \/>\nA reconstruction of a pagan idol who demanded child sacrifice was stationed at the entrance of Rome&#8217;s Colosseum as part of a secular historical exhibition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/applause-please-british-newspaper-editor-wants-to-ban-clapping-to-protect-people-with-anxiety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Newspaper Editor Wants to Ban Clapping to Protect People With Anxiety<\/a><br \/>\nOh. My God. Does it get any more pathetic than this? Ellen C. Scott, editor of the British version of the Metro newspaper, appeared on &#8220;Good Morning Britain&#8221; yesterday&#8230; to tell her fellow Brits that they have to stop clapping in theaters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/bolivia-protests-cut-hair-mayor-patricia-arce-mas-party-red-paint-a9193816.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bolivia: Protesters cut off mayor&#8217;s hair, cover her in red paint and drag her through the streets<\/a><br \/>\nCrowds marched on town hall following rumours demonstrators had died, local media says <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/11\/italian-auschwitz-survivor-needs-police-protection-since-she-gets-over-200-threats-a-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Italian Auschwitz Survivor Needs Police Protection Since She Gets Over 200 Threats a Day<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Every time prominent Jews are at the center of media attention in Italy, they get subjected to online anti-Semitic abuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2019\/11\/08\/Early-Rome-featured-a-surprising-amount-of-genetic-diversity\/2231573236019\/?sl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Early Rome featured a surprising amount of genetic diversity<\/a><br \/>\nDuring its long history, Rome has been shaped by a tremendous amount of genetic diversity. It was, new research suggests, one of the earliest urban melting pots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysun.com\/foreign\/mr-machiavelli-is-headed-for-big-win-in-britain\/90898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr. Machiavelli Headed For Big Win in Britain<\/a><br \/>\nPrime Minister Johnson Emerges as a Clown, Schemer, and Bold Gambler<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/469821-bolivian-president-announces-resignation-amid-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bolivian president announces resignation amid protests<\/a><br \/>\nBolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation in a televised address on Sunday following weeks of protests in the country and demands from military leaders for him to step down.<\/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:\/\/pjmedia.com\/parenting\/no-ted-cruz-is-not-an-anti-science-bigot-for-opposing-trans-treatments-for-7-year-old-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No, Ted Cruz Is Not an Anti-Science Bigot for Opposing Trans &#8216;Treatments&#8217; For 7-Year-Old Boy<\/a><br \/>\nLast week, more than 2,000 people signed a petition condemning Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for daring to oppose the effective chemical castration of James Younger, a 7-year-old Texas boy whose mother says he is a girl. Cruz said no 7-year-old has the maturity to choose experimental treatments with lifelong consequences. The petitioners told Cruz that his statement on the issue &#8220;betrays your office, your responsibilities and all sense of decency.&#8221; They also insisted the senator was denying clear scientific evidence in favor of pumping the boy&#8217;s body with experimental hormone treatments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/helping-mother-starve-to-death-a-sacrament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helping Mother Starve to Death a &#8220;Sacrament&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nThe Washington Post published an irresponsible puff piece that effectively grants moral permission to elderly people to commit suicide by self-starvation &#8211; known in euthanasia parlance as VSED (&#8220;voluntary stop eating and drinking&#8221;) &#8211; and quasi-teaches them how to do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/not-necessarily-for-englishmen-but-by-englishmen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Not Necessarily for Englishmen but by Englishmen&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA piece on the home page on the importance of the American cultural nation, in the context of a discussion of civic nationalism<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/11\/06\/how-libertarianism-makes-people-susceptible-to-huge-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Libertarianism Makes People Susceptible To Huge Government  <\/a><br \/>\nIn the end, the freedom to abandon family, faith, and community is the freedom to be insecure, insignificant, and alone before the Leviathan of government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/without-free-speech-all-speech-becomes-government-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech<\/a><br \/>\nThere is no such thing as government regulated free speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/last-night-wasnt-great-for-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Night Wasn&#8217;t Great for Republicans<\/a><br \/>\nMaking the click-through worthwhile: Tallying the score from another election night that disappointed Republicans, how the GOP traded working-class whites for suburbanites in 2016 and continues to live with the consequences of that trade, an ABC News anchor blurts out the shocking truth about the network&#8217;s coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, and network news divisions once again are revealed as seas of sexually predatory sharks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/supreme-court-moves-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Court Moves Right<\/a><br \/>\nBut judges have a lot of unlearning to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/opinion\/opinion-columns\/victor-joecks\/a-village-cant-replace-two-parents-1572576\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A village can&#8217;t replace two parents<\/a><br \/>\nHillary Clinton said, &#8220;It takes a village&#8221; to raise a child. Look at children referred to Clark County Juvenile Justice Services, however, and it&#8217;s clear a village can&#8217;t replace two parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/jazz-shaw\/2019\/11\/07\/candidates-will-cost-dems-florida-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Which candidates will cost the Dems Florida in 2020?<\/a><br \/>\nI realize we get tired of hearing this warning every four years, but in the end, the 2020 presidential race may once again come down to who carries Florida. The state has one of the larger chunks of electoral college votes and the balance of power there between Republicans and Democrats always seem to teeter on a knife edge. One person who&#8217;s been in the game there long enough to know a thing or two is Democratic former Senator Bill Nelson. With three terms in the Senate representing the Sunshine State, he\u2019s been through plenty of elections and probably has a grasp of how his voters feel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/conscience-rights-are-the-bedrock-of-all-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conscience Rights Are the Bedrock of All Liberty<\/a><br \/>\nDavid writes about the way in which conscience rights are covered in the press \u2014 specifically, about the way in which they are forced into ignominious quotation marks or attached to disparaging qualifiers such as &#8220;so-called.&#8221; As he observes, the reflexive view within the media is that anyone talking about their &#8220;conscience&#8221; must be a &#8220;bigot&#8221; or a &#8220;misogynist&#8221; who is engaged in an &#8220;elaborate scheme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/wont-somebody-think-of-the-kittens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Won&#8217;t Somebody Think of the Kittens?<\/a><br \/>\nPresident Trump should veto the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which, having been passed unanimously by both the House and Senate, will land imminently on his desk. The bill is flagrantly unconstitutional, and the fact that it deals with a sensitive and emotive topic does not change that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-so-called-medias-war-on-religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The So-Called Media&#8217;s War on Religious Freedom<\/a><br \/>\nNot long after federal court in Manhattan blocked an HHS rule allowing doctors to refuse to perform abortions, assisted suicides, and other procedures for religious reasons, reporters began engaging in deft-defying acts of rhetorical deception.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashreport.org\/blog\/2019\/11\/07\/californians-cant-take-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Californians Can&#8217;t Take Responsibility<\/a><br \/>\nThere are two stories out of California that define why the state is in a slide and needs to refresh before more residents say Hasta La Vista.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/prison-sentences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sacramento&#8217;s latest reckless law will give lighter sentences to 10,000 repeat felons<\/a><br \/>\nJerry Dewayne Williams, if popular folklore is to be believed, should be coming up for parole soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/11\/05\/science-fiction-purges-its-problematic-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science Fiction Purges its Problematic Past<\/a><br \/>\nSince 1991, the James Tiptree Junior Award has been given annually to a work of &#8220;science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender.&#8221; The award was founded by two women science fiction writers, Pat Murphy and Karen Jay Fowler. From next year, it will be called the Otherwise Award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3482015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Title VII Disparate Impact Liability Makes Almost Everything Presumptively Illegal &#8230; It Gives the Federal Bureaucracy Extraordinary Discretionary Power. But What Does It Do to the Rule of Law? And Who Benefits?<\/a><br \/>\nIn Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971), the Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 went far beyond prohibiting intentional discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. According to the Court, it also presumptively outlawed job actions that have a &#8220;disparate impact,&#8221; regardless of whether the employer had an intent to discriminate.<\/p>\n<p style\"text-align: center;\">\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View Title VII Disparate Impact Liability Makes Almost Everything Presumptively Illegal \u2026 It Gives the Federal Bureaucracy Extraordinary Discretionary Power. But What Does It Do to the Rule of Law? 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And Who Benefits?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/434075375\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;show_recommendations=false&#038;access_key=key-bjE6ZeAYdDsELlyKVfCj\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/its-not-republicans-who-are-reluctant-to-accept-political-outcomes-they-dont-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It&#8217;s Not Republicans Who Are Reluctant to Accept Political Outcomes They Don&#8217;t Like<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Can Republicans relearn how to accept political outcomes they don&#8217;t like?&#8221; What in holy hell is the Washington Post&#8217;s Paul Waldman talking about? According to the piece, Matt Bevin&#8217;s (completely legal) request to re-canvass the Kentucky election portends an unwillingness by the GOP to accept the results the democratic process. Talk about projection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/only-kirk-could-go-to-qonos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Only Kirk Could Go to Qo&#8217;nos<\/a><br \/>\nSpeaking about the White House immigration proposal being crafted by Jared Kushner, an administration official said this week that President Trump &#8220;could be the Nixon going to China figure. He could be the one to deliver this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/columns\/how-states-like-virginia-go-blue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How States Like Virginia Go Blue<\/a><br \/>\nColumn: Education, immigration, and densification<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/11\/the-fall-of-the-wall-30-years-later.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Fall of the Wall, 30 Years Later<\/a><br \/>\nThe fall of the Berlin Wall on this day 30 years ago was the most spectacular moment of the end of the Cold War, but in fact only represented the mid-point in the &#8220;last sad chapter&#8221; of this bizarre story, as Ronald Reagan once put it.  The occasion of remembering the last day of the Wall is a fitting time to recall the broader sweep of events that surrounded it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/humanprogress.org\/article.php?p=407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Competition forces capitalists to come up with better and cheaper products.<\/a><br \/>\nA Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Central Planning<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/religious-freedom-voters-will-vote-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Religious-Freedom Voters Will Vote Trump<\/a><br \/>\nThe late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy wrote, &#8220;Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect &#8211; freedom of thought and freedom of action.&#8221; To which one should be able to add, freedom of inaction &#8211; meaning that absent a compelling state interest, people should not be forced to violate their own religious beliefs through compelled behavior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/11\/08\/no-us-not-need-european-style-hate-speech-laws-column\/4157833002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No, the U.S. does not need European-style hate speech laws<\/a><br \/>\nWhen tyrants seek to control a people, they make sure none can vocalize their opposition. In Europe, freedom of expression is eroding before our eyes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/11\/09\/reflections-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall<\/a><br \/>\nA happy occasion &#8211; but also one with lessons that remain urgent today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.org\/transgenderism-v-freedom-of-expression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transgenderism vs. Freedom of Expression<\/a><br \/>\nFeminists &#8211; and the rest of us &#8211; are realizing that trans activists don&#8217;t have women&#8217;s best interests in mind. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/11\/10\/we-hear-you-education-is-too-important-to-leave-to-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Hear You: &#8220;Education Is Too Important to Leave to Professionals&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nExcellent article by Fred Lucas about the education failures of the Great Society (&#8220;Why LBJ&#8217;s Great Society Gets a Failing Grade in Improving Education&#8221;). 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