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NPR celebrates the activist whose data center campaign had ties to a China-linked socialist group. Here's a look at urban environmental hero Taylor Frazier McCollum, billionaire Marxist Neville Roy Singham, and how voters rejected 40 American data center projects. Beijing does not need to win every technological contest outright if Americans can be persuaded to shelve their own opportunities. Read more via @Mutnodjmet legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The Equal Protection Project is seeking SCOTUS amicus brief counsel in the In School Discrimination Case. AFEF v. Montgomery County Public Schools involves an attempt at racial balancing, which reduces the enrollment of Asian and White students. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was behind last month’s cyberattack that struck supermarkets across France, the country’s foreign minister confirmed. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Desecration of relics from the man who inspired Santa Claus is the latest incident in the wave of anti-Catholic attacks in France. The basilica’s principal relic remains safe, but the reported destruction of this fragment is simply the latest incident in the continuing assault on the Christian heritage that helped shape France. Read more via @Mutnodjmet legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Treasury Secretary Bessent is “one of the administration officials that Iran most wants to harm.” Bessent was moved to a military base following Iranian threats against his life. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The House voted to send Massie’s impeachment articles against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing them. Eleven Democrats didn’t vote, but Democrats will probably try again next year with more luck. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) are withholding their support for Schumer, while a potential challenge from Sen. Chris Van Hollen could complicate his bid to remain leader. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Senate Republicans chose current Majority Leader John Thune as minority leader in January. Oof. No one even challenged him, even though the Democrats flipped seven seats and will likely flip two more. Some senators tried to delay the leadership vote, but that failed. Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The House Republicans blocked an effort to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Eleven Democrats were recorded as “Not Voting.” Seven Republicans also missed the vote. However, if the Democrats voted….the vote would have been 211-215, meaning it would have gone forward legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

How do universities approach privilege, oppression and identity?

Immigration will take the spotlight once Democrats control Congress. Rep. Henry Cuellar told Fox News Digital that ICE isn’t going anywhere, even though the socialists keep pushing for its elimination. Cuellar represents Texas’s 28th Congressional District, which falls on a large portion of the state’s border. “I don’t believe in defunding ICE and I think the majority of the Democrats do not believe defunding ICE, but there are serious rail guards we need put on ICE,” Cuellar explained. “We just can’t open up the border and just say anybody that wants to claim asylum can come to the borders,” Cuellar stressed. “That policy under Biden administration — I hope that every Democrat running for national office doesn’t do that anymore.” Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The military pulled aircraft from Royal Air Force Mildenhall air base due to another threat from Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal. The latest security concerns come amid growing fears of Iranian threats against U.S. military installations in the United Kingdom. Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who currently chairs the House Judiciary Committee, will become the Republican House minority leader when the new Congress begins in January. Jordan defeated current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise 106-73. Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The trial is set to begin in June of 2028, nearly three years after Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood. Read more via @MikeLaChance33 legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

The Legal Insurrection Foundation filed a complaint against Tulane University School of Medicine over a medical mentorship program aimed at students from “underrepresented backgrounds in medicine.” @ProtectionEqual @wajacobson dailywire.com/news/red-state…

The Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America cannot believe that people, business owners, and officials condemned the boycott of pro-Israel and Jewish businesses. Philly DSA accused “organized Zionist lobbying groups” of pressuring officials to speak out against the boycott and protest. Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

Ahmed Moor, a Gaza-born Democratic Socialists of America member and anti-Israel activist, will challenge Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) in 2028. Moor has praised the DSA’s position on Gaza, described Hezbollah as a legitimate political party, and defended Hamas’s claims to self-defense. Read more via @marychastain legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…

While Conservatives may be licking their wounds after Tuesday’s defeat, their saving grace was a slew of favorable ballot-measure outcomes across the country. Both Washington and Colorado voters approved ballot measures banning transgender athletes from competing on sports teams that contradict their biological sex. The states join Arizona and Nebraska as the four states to establish common-sense laws to protect women’s sports. legalinsurrection.com/2026/1…