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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TideGlider who wrote (213883)	10/16/2018 4:29:25 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB isopatch TideGlider Respond to of 224879

Is rhis even legal ? Prof offers extra credit for attending Democrat campaign event Erin Cooke Georgia Campus Correspondent @cooke_erin on Oct 15, 2018 at 12:29 PM EDT campusreform.org A Georgia professor offered her students extra credit to attend a campaign event that a Democrat gubernatorial candidate hosted on campus with Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Clayton State University criminal justice professor Andrea Allen offered students extra credit to attend an event on Tuesday supporting Democrat Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “A student’s political preference should not determine his or her grades. Professors at Georgia universities should teach students how to think rather than what to think - end of story.” Tweet This “Although I never offer extra credit, I’m making a one-time exception,” Allen told students in the email. “I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the Abrams campaign along with Senator Warren are visiting campus tomorrow at 10 am in the UC commons. They would like a really big turnout. To help out I’m offering the following opportunity: If you attend, take a selfie of you at the events, and upload a pic to the folder I’m creating in D2L, I’ll add 2 bonus points to your final grade.” [RELATED: ‘White privilege checklist’ offered as extra credit assignment] Reportedly, Clayton State told Atlanta WSB -TV Channel 2 that its administrators contacted the professor and advised her that she should offer an equal amount of extra credit to students who participate in campaign events hosted by every political party. Allen did not respond to a Channel 2 request for comment, but the school said that she agreed to make available extra credit for every political event. “This is more than a simple mistake,” Clayton County, Georgia Republican Party Chairman Garrett Ashley told Campus Reform. “Dr. Allen meant for this to be what it is: a gross manipulation of her rights as a professor to award bonus points by bribery to further a political campaign. I find her email very disturbing, and this ‘fix’ is merely an afterthought.” [RELATED: Prof no longer offering extra credit to oppose GOP tax plan] “A student’s political preference should not determine his or her grades,” Georgia Association of College Republicans Chairwoman Kylie Harrod told Campus Reform. “Professors at Georgia universities should teach students how to think rather than what to think - end of story.” The Georgia gubernatorial race is close between Abrams and Brian Kemp, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate, who is polling two points higher than Abrams, on average. These percentages, though, are within the margin of error.

To: TideGlider who wrote (213883)	10/18/2018 4:34:03 AM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Recommended By Investor Clouseau TideGlider Respond to of 224879

Definitely Not A Mob: Multiple Reports Of Left-Wing Partisans Attacking GOP Candidates, Staffers - LIBTARDS PERPETRATING MUCH VIOLENCE THANKS TO COAXING FROM THEIR LEADERS. JOHN SEXTON Posted at 7:21 pm on October 17, 2018 hotair.com Whoever dubbed this the Jobs vs. Mobs election was on to something. Yesterday we had the threatening letter left at Sen. Collins’ home. Today, Fox News reports that a “tracker” with the left-wing group American Bridge 21st Century, Wilfred Stark, was arrested after manhandling the female campaign manager for Nevada GOP gubernatorial nominee Adam Laxalt. Kristin Davison and other officials for the Nevada attorney general’s campaign said the “battery” left her “terrified and traumatized” — and with bruises on her neck and arms. “Politics is a little bit aggressive these days, but this is just insane. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Davison, 31, told Fox News on Wednesday… “He grabbed my right arm, my leg was lodged between the door and the wall. He twisted my arm, and contorted it behind my back,” she explained. “I was scared. Every time I tried pulling away, he would grab tighter, and pull me closer into him.” Davison said Stark pulled her head into his chest, bruising her neck, and held her there for several minutes. She said it “felt like an hour.” “I was scared and screaming ‘stop—you’re hurting me,’” she explained. Davison said Stark warned Laxalt, saying, “Adam, there’s only one way you can make this stop.” There are photos at the link showing some bruises on Davison’s arm. It’s also worth pointing out that Stark is significantly larger than she is. You can get an idea from the comparison photo below: Wilfred M. Stark was arrested after allegedly grabbing "twisting" &"contorting" the arm of @AdamLaxalt camp.manager, @kristindavison.Stark,a reporter for @American_Bridge,was also arrested for "simple assault" of @RyanZinke female press sec in March #soros https://t.co/2mvCg4qxsE — Brooke Singman (@brookefoxnews) October 17, 2018 Stark was arrested Tuesday night and remains in the Las Vegas city jail. But that’s not the only story of assault circulating today. Minnesota House candidate Shane Mekeland says he was punched by a large man during an event at a local restaurant. From the Star Tribune: Shane Mekeland…said that last Friday night, he was “blindsided” by an assailant as he spoke to patrons at a bar and restaurant he wouldn’t identify… Mekeland said Monday that law enforcement told him the suspect admitted to attacking Mekeland unprovoked and said authorities were awaiting medical reports and surveillance footage. Mekeland said he decided to go public about the attack to try to urge a return to “civil discourse.” “Stay calm, be civil, it’s OK,” Mekeland said Monday. “My parents were on the opposite side for their entire marriage and it was 53 years. I grew up in it; they never fought over it.” On his Facebook page, however, Mekeland pointed to “the media and the likes of Maxine Waters, Hillary, and Eric Holder” as Democrats being responsible for “driving this behavior.” Meanwhile, Minnesota State Representative Sarah Anderson, also a Republican, was attacked over the weekend by a self-described anarchist after she asked him to stop kicking her campaign signs. From WCCO: She saw him kicking at her campaign sign — then others. Parking her car, Anderson confronted the man. “I said, ‘You can’t do this!’ And he said, ‘Yes, I can, I’m an anarchist! I can do whatever I want!’ And I said, ‘No, you can’t, that’s not your property,’” Anderson said. When the man backed her into the street and yelled that she should kill herself, Anderson got back into her car. She realized she hadn’t managed to get a picture of him and drove to a nearby gas station where she could see he was walking. When she took a photo, he attacked: He tried to stop her from leaving, punching her in the arm. “I said, ‘I’m leaving now. I’m leaving now.’ And he was still with his head in my vehicle, just yelling,” Anderson said. “He was irrational, just completely irrational.” Anderson says it is the only time in her life someone has punched her. Police say they have tentatively identified her attacker based on the photo she took of him in the gas station parking lot (see the clip below). The man in the photo appears to be wearing an anarchist t-shirt and charging at Anderson. Here’s the report from CCX News: