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  Waving the Ukrainian Flag of Surrender Hitting another new low DONALD JEFFRIES The other day, to celebrate one more atrocious piece of legislation that slapped average Americans in their already battered faces, members of  your  Congress waved a flag in celebration. Well, that’s par for the course, you might say. After all, our “representatives” love to cloak themselves in false patriotism. But they didn’t wave the American flag. Old Glory. The Stars and Stripes. The one that once still waved over the land of the free and the home of the brave. By the way, the guy who wrote our National Anthem, Francis Scott Key, would probably have reconsidered his own patriotism if he’d lived to see his grandson imprisoned by the tyrant Abraham Lincoln. No, our “representatives” were waving the Ukrainian flag. It’s the most popular flag out there. Well, the LGBQT+ model is pretty chic as well. The last known Americans to be waving an  American  flag in the Capitol are now sitting in prison, victims

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