IT’S ILLEGAL TO CAMP OVERNIGHT (BETWEEN 10 PM AND 7 AM) ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN TENNESSEE: Police arrive to Tennessee College of Law lawn, protestors in support of Palestine disperse.

Demonstrators gathered in front of the Tennessee College of Law were told to disperse within 15 minutes or they would be arrested by the UT Police Department at 12:10 a.m. on Thursday morning. Shortly after at approximately 12:52 a.m, police donning riot gear showed up from both UTPD and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

Those who refused to leave were threatened with felony charges. A majority of the chancellor’s cabinet was on site for the announcement, which was given by an organizer to approximately 70 students and community members.

UT administration requested that the organizers of the event make a public call to disperse during a conversation. Administration was telling students they were violating laws and Tennessee code TCA 39-14-414.

TCA 39-14-414 provides: “It is an offense for a person to engage in camping on property owned by the state knowing that the area on which the camping occurs is not specifically designated for use as a camping area by the department or agency responsible for the land.” Full statute here.

I drove by the site the other day and took some pics but didn’t think they were interesting enough to post. Here they are:

Note the “Jewiciders,” as Pam Geller calls them, handing out food.

And yes, I think the Tennessee statute is a legitimate time, place, and manner restriction.

I WON’T EVEN BUY LAMBORGHINI-BRANDED CHAMPAGNE: Would You Live in Automotive-Branded Housing?

#RESIST: Texas Sues Biden Over New ATF Rule.

CAN YOU BLAME THEM? Half a dozen mainstream Jewish advocacy groups took early leave of a digital meeting with two senior Biden administration officials when they learned of the inclusion of anti-semitic Left-wing advocacy outfits, including one linked to anti-Israel activists, according to Jewish Insider.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Identifies As a Woman AND As a Thief.

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YES, BUT CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK MIGHT NOT BE TOO FAR BEHIND: The most dysfunctional state in America? Soaring unemployment, sky-rocketing debt and punishing taxes send residents fleeing.

THE TRUTH HURTS: NASA says Artemis II report by its inspector general is unhelpful and redundant.

MY DAYS OF NOT TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY ARE CERTAINLY COMING TO A MIDDLE: Mark Hamill’s Political Opinions Belong in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

WELL, GOOD: Small molecule shows early-stage promise for repairing myelin sheath damage.

10 PRINT “The BASIC programming language turns 60.“

NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME: Study: AI is unreliable in assessing heart risk in emergencies. Though after Helen’s heart attack, the ER EKG’s expert system flagged her as “likely recent MI” and the cardiologists looked at her, a fit, slender young woman, and said “naaah.” It was a couple of more months before she was diagnosed.

I DON’T KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE QUITE A BIT: It’s Hard to Imagine a Worse Day for Stormy and the NYC Prosecutors in the Hush Trump Case.

NO, SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT INCREASING: It’s not every day that a conservative think tank like Canada’s Fraser Institute and the National Geographic Society agree on a major issue in the climate change debate. Plus, have a look at my latest PJMedia column to learn more about what growing up in Tornado Alley in the 1950s and 1960s was like.

WELL, IT DOES: Myth that tan skin looks healthier persists for a third of young adults.

A TIKTOK RANDO NAMED ANNA KEEPING YOU BETTER INFORMED THAN NEW YORK TIMES NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING COLUMNIST PAUL KRUGMAN IS THE 21ST CENTURY IN A NUTSHELL:

You can watch Anna’s viral video here.

WHAT’S WRONG WITH COLLEGE TODAY: “Elite universities pander to a small minority of progressive students at the expense of the students who simply want to enjoy a normal college experience, which involves things like frat parties, university traditions, and joy.”

Ditch ’em and go to SEC schools.

FUN GIFT FOR KIDS: The Backyard Bug Book for Kids: Storybook, Insect Facts, and Activities. #CommissionEarned

KRUISER: Biden’s Handlers Finally Got Him Enough Adderall to Condemn Campus Brownshirts—Sort Of

UNFIT TO PRACTICE LAW:

NEW: The student editors of the Columbia Law Review have issued a statement urging the law school to cancel exams in the wake of the police operation that cleared the university's encampment, saying the "violence" has left them "irrevocably shaken" and "unable to focus."🧵 pic.twitter.com/BOD87x5mwM

— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) May 2, 2024

But: “Columbia Law School told the Free Beacon it had no plans to cancel exams.”

Good for them if they stick to it.

WARNING: THE PUBLIC-HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH: Medscape Gets Smoked. A once-reputable platform providing information to physicians caves to woke activists by censoring accurate information about nicotine vaping — the most promising tool yet developed for getting smokers to quit.

HMM: Stormy Daniels’ Lawyer Just Destroyed Bragg’s Case Against Trump.

GOODER AND HARDER: ‘Disturbing news’: San Francisco restaurants dread new state law banning service fees.

George Chen, chef and owner of China Live, levied a 20% service fee on customers upon reopening in 2020 after a temporary pandemic closure to sustain livable wages for his staff amid widespread industry layoffs.

Chen said the extra money has helped maintain salaries across the board at the sprawling Chinatown restaurant, and he’s seen 95% retention among his staff since he instituted it.

But a new state law slated to go into effect on July 1 would effectively outlaw such surcharges, doing away with what has become an increasingly common method of boosting restaurant wages amid rising costs and creating pay equity among front- and back-of-house staffers.

“It’s disturbing news,” Chen said. “They’re trying to change something that’s actually working.”

That’s why they changed it.

CORRECTION: I completely misread the law which, as Eugene Volock was kind enough to point out, is more like a truth-in-advertising regulation and is not an outright ban.

I HAD HOPED THAT ALABAMA HAD OVERCOME ITS LEGACY OF STATE-SPONSORED RACISM: University of Alabama offers at least $200K in scholarships that exclude on basis of race or sex.

DEEP STATE: O’Keefe Media Group Exposes Alleged CIA Plot Against Trump.