Social Issues

Via Nicholas Eberstadt of CommentaryMagazine.com,

On the morning of November 9, 2016, America’s elite—its talking and deciding classes—woke up to a country they did not know. To most privileged and well-educated Americans, especially those living in its bicoastal bastions, the election of Donald Trump had been a thing almost impossible even to imagine. What sort of country would go and elect someone like Trump as president? Certainly not one they were familiar with, or understood anything about.

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In a bill aimed at encouraging asylum seekers to leave voluntarily, Austrian lawmakers are considering halting the provision of food and accommodation to migrants who are denied asylum and refuse to leave the country.

As the world eagerly awaits new details on Trump's future immigration policies, organizations around the country like the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) are being flooded with requests from illegal immigrants for legal assistance in drafting temporary guardianship papers just in case ICE officials raid their places of work.  According to CHIRLA officials, they've seen a 100x spike in requests for legal assistance compared to last year. Per Reuters:

In the latest literal assault on free speech at an allegedly tolerant educational institution, a Middlebury College professor was injured by protesters on Thursday evening as she was escorting a controversial speaker from campus. She was treated at Porter Hospital and released, the Addison County Independent reported.

The night's event unfolded in two parts.

Via Mike Shedlock of MishTalk.com,

The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), an entity created to “guarantee” pensions of private corporations, is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Teamsters and other unions are poised to take huge pension hits. Previously, airline employees have taken a hit.

Please consider PBGC Running Out of Cash to Cover Union Pension Funds.