A public Tennessee university is offering professors financial incentives for “infusing” social justice into their classes. The University of Memphis told faculty they could collect a $3,000 stipend for redesigning their curricula to align with the university’s commitment to “diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.”
Publication: Washington Free Beacon
Michael Avenatti’s Prison Guards Are the Men of the Year
In almost every instance, kicking a man when he’s down is total bitch move. Unless the down man is Michael Avenatti. According to a Politico profile of the convicted felon, the guards patrolling the 10 South block of the Metropolitan Correctional Center did the honorable thing when the disgraced porn lawyer requested some reading material. They brought him The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump.
Jon Gruden Is 2021 Man of the Year
Raiders coach Jon Gruden was forced to resign for using offensive language in a series of old emails leaked to media outlets. In one exchange, Gruden referred to then-vice president Joe Biden as a “nervous clueless pussy,” which is only offensive to people who are offended by the truth…For his unabashed willingness to call out fellow men lacking testicular fortitude, Jon Gruden is a Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year.
Senator-Elect Ed Durr is 2021 Man of the Year
Fed up with sky-high property taxes and the New Jersey’s pandemic shutdown, Durr decided to run for local office. His opponent was Democrat Stephen Sweeney, the longest-serving president of the Senate, widely regarded as the state’s most powerful politician aside from the governor. Durr, by contrast, is a truck driver for a furniture company.
To Mainstream Media, John McCain Was a Maverick, Manchin Is an Obstacle
t wasn’t so long ago that a senator bucking his party was greeted by the press in a much different way. Former Senator McCain cast perhaps his most famous vote in 2017, torpedoing the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare. This was an effort the GOP had made the centerpiece of its 2016 election strategy, and McCain’s thumbs-down was a deliberate middle finger to his own party.
Princeton Took Millions from CCP-Linked School, Think Tank Head
Princeton University has taken millions of dollars in donations from a Chinese state-sponsored university and the founder of a think tank aligned with the Chinese Communist Party, according to federal records. The Ivy League school has received $4.6 million from CCP-controlled Peking University to fund research hubs for drug development and computer science.
Sen. Blumenthal Thought Commie Awards Ceremony Was “Labor Event”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) says he would not have taken part in an awards ceremony this month had he known the ceremony was hosted by the Communist Party USA, though video shows he took stage after organizers made clear that it was a comrade conclave.
Manchin Takes Dead Aim at Biden’s Agenda
Biden’s refusal to budge on the price tag of the bill means not only the demise of his domestic agenda, but the central appeal of his candidacy: that he’s a moderate deal-maker who, thanks to his nearly half-century in the Senate, knows how to get things done.
Review: Hillary’s Master Class on “The Power of Resilience
Scholars beware: Hillary Clinton’s new course on “the power of resilience” is not for the faint of heart. Completing the three-and-a-half hour Master Class requires an extraordinary amount of intellectual resilience. Your humble reviewer was forced to confront his own lack of resilience when his failure to overcome the tedium of Hillary’s lectures caused him to miss his deadline. (Disclaimer: Unless you’re getting paid to review it, do not attempt.)
Festival of Whites: CNN Sweater Contest Reveals Stunning Lack of Racial Diversity
CNN appears to suffer from an alarming lack of racial diversity among its employees, according to photos posted online by network anchor Jake Tapper.
Spouse of Commerce Secretary Is Top Executive at Tech Firm Funded by Chinese Government
A venture capital firm backed by the Chinese government is a major investor in an artificial intelligence company that counts Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s husband as a top executive, a potential conflict of interest as her agency works to counter China on the world stage.
Never Forget All the Libs Who Fell for Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax
Includes Reese Witherspoon, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Cory Booker, AOC, Al Sharpton and Bernie Sanders.
Deportations Plummet 90 Percent on Biden’s Watch
Deportations of illegal immigrants, including those convicted of serious crimes such as burglary and homicide, dropped to the lowest levels in decades during President Joe Biden’s first six months in office, according to new data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
CNN’s “Thorough Review” to Decide if Helping Brother Smear Harassment Victims Worse Than Public Masturbation
Jeffrey Toobin kept his job. Will Chris Cuomo? (Probably.)
Kamala Bought $375 Pot on Paris Trip
Spending spree at French boutique comes as US families fret over cost of Thanksgiving dinner.
Meet the Progressive DA Behind the Waukesha Bail Catastrophe
John Chisholm inspired progressive prosecutors like Chesa Boudin.
Soros Prosecutors Let Sex-Offender CVS Burglar Free
Karim Clayton has a criminal history ranging from menacing a CVS employee with a knife to leading police on a high-speed chase. But Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano and Arlington County prosecutor Parisa Dehghani-Tafti—who cruised to victory with six-figure donations from Soros—have brought charges against Clayton at least a dozen times, only to abandon their cases or plead him out on misdemeanors with almost no jail time.
The Vaporware Summit
Biden rewards a hostile China.
Biden Nominee Stole Hundreds of Dollars of Merchandise from Store
Saule Omarova, whom Biden tapped to serve as Comptroller of the Currency, was arrested after she was caught stuffing $214 worth of clothes, shoes, cologne, and belts in her purse at a T.J. Maxx in Madison, Wis., in May 1995. Omarova was 28 years old at the time and studying for her doctorate at the University of Wisconsin.
Top Biden Aide’s Lobbyist Brother Wins Presidential Visit for Client
Jeff Ricchetti, the brother of Biden’s political consigliere Steve Ricchetti, has disclosed $160,000 in payments from General Motors since Biden took office to lobby the White House and Congress on electric vehicle tax incentives, according to his firm’s lobbying disclosure forms. Today Biden will attend the opening of the company’s electric vehicle factory as part of his push for Congress to “approve big tax incentives for zero-emission vehicles.”
Thousands of Massachusetts Parents Pull Kids from “Woke” Sex Ed Classes
Worcester Public Schools this week announced that 13 percent of its students opted out of sex education, including 20 percent of K-4 students. The “Rights, Respect, Responsibility,” or “3Rs,” curriculum teaches elementary students about gender identity and instructs high school students to act out scenes in which gay and transgender couples decide to have sex.
Customs and Border Protection May Lose Thousands of Agents Due to Vaccine Mandate
As illegal immigration surges, the Biden administration threatens to toss unvaccinated law enforcement officials.
20% of Academic Jobs Require Diversity Statements
Nearly a fifth of university jobs require diversity, equity, and inclusion statements that press applicants to express and expound upon their commitment to diversity, according to a new study from the American Enterprise Institute. The study is the first to empirically estimate the prevalence of diversity statements in higher education, may narrow the research questions that academics feel comfortable addressing.
Media Ignore Historic Achievements of GOP Candidates of Color
The media’s refusal to acknowledge the achievements of black and brown Republicans on Election Day comes roughly six months after Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.), the first black politician since Reconstruction to represent a southern state in the Senate, was boorishly vilified for criticizing President Joe Biden.