The Post-Partisan Emporium

Did Columbia University Violate the First Amendment? It's commonly argued that private groups cannot break the First Amendment, but there's an exception: If there's "entanglement" between the private entity and the government. It looks like there was. SAM HUSSEINI Students at Columbia doing a traditional dabke folk dance. Defending Rights & Dissent in their recent  letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik  (which has lots of good information) stated: “Although Columbia University is a private institution not governed by the First Amendment, the role of state actors — in this case members of Congress — in instigating the action would raise serious First Amendment concerns.” This might seem odd to people. Many people think that private groups can disregard the First Amendment, which only limits government action. However, Defending Rights & Dissent is perfectly correct in noting this case may be different. The group adds that “Even if the First Amendment

  America's Super-Elite Disconnect SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER Last month came a fascinating  new report  from the institute of Scott Rasmussen, founder of the famed Rasmussen Reports polling center. Its aim was to, for the first time, quantitatively define the true ‘elite’ of society, which control most of our social narratives, politics, and general ‘orthodoxy’. https://www.rmgresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Elite-One-Percent.pdf The first-ever survey research defining the characteristics and beliefs of an Elite 1% who are the root cause of political dysfunction in America today. It has been picked up by a variety of publications, from NYPost: https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/opinion/shocking-survey-reveals-the-reason-elites-are-out-of-touch-and-it-isnt-why-you-think/ To Boston Globe, and others: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/24/opinion/real-one-percent-elites-rasmussen-poll/ The full report centered on a members-only webinar presentation by Rasmussen, but the provided PDF