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U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On April 27th, 2021, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found, in a split decision, that Judge Lasnik of Washington State did not have the authority to issue a preliminary injunction preventing a final rule change in the Department of State and Department of Commerce from taking effect. From the decision:R. NELSON, Circuit Judge:The U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) and Department of Commerce appeal the district court’s order granting the motion of 22 states and the District of Columbia to enjoin DOS’s final rule removing 3D-printed guns and their associated files from the U.S....

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Joe Biden is governing like self-identified Democratic Socialists Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), which he called “way out socialist liberal.” Christie said, “When you look at what’s going on here, what’s going on is that Joe Biden ran as a moderate uniter, and he is now governing as a Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, way out socialist liberal. And so, I’m willing to let that take some time for Americans to have to sink in.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 53Psalm 53[a] For the director of music. According to mahalath.[b] A maskil[c] of David. 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. 2 God looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. 3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. 4 Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though...

The Victory Girls skewer the VP - Kamala Gets Another Job She Won’t Do – describing yet another “top level responsibility” relegated to this very self-important woman-of-powerful-means.Space, the final frontier. Kamala Harris has been granted another job in addition to her handling of the border crisis. Even though she won’t venture to the border, Kamala is going to get us to Mars, apparently. Over the weekend, it was announced she will chair the National Space Council.In the world of pseudo-responsibilities this is a big deal. In reality it means nothing as Sarah Hoyt noted, Kamala just doesn’t do work: “Her...

Back on April 16 a group of protesters in downtown Portland lit fires, smashed the windows of businesses, a church, and the Oregon Historical Society, and caused other various damage during a destructive demonstration Friday night and early Saturday. Someone also fired several gunshots from a car traveling a block away from the protest crowd early Saturday. No one was hurt. Police declared the demonstration a riot late Friday, marking the third time in five days the bureau had made such an announcement. Officers arrested at least four people amid the melee that had drawn several hundred people, the Portland...

Biden's American Family Plan would dole out free college, free child care, free meals, and more. But does the math add up? Nope.President Biden released the provisions of his American Family Plan last week, and just like with his American Jobs Plan, the details are scant and the price tag is high.Even given the limited details, the plans ought to give everyone pause — and by “everyone” I don’t just mean conservatives who oppose massive welfare state expansions, but also those who agree with the objective of an increase in the social insurance system in America. There are some serious...

The best-case scenario is that someone is engaging in domestic surveillance. But there's a much darker scenario that could be in motion. There are a handful of protections for the American people that the Deep State wishes didn’t exist. The Freedom of Information Act is the most famous and powerful as it has been used over the decades to uncover some of the most nefarious actions by government while acting as a deterrent to prevent them from being even more dastardly. One of the least ballyhooed and utilized protections is the public transponder data available to track aircrafts and ships....

Some people have questioned my concern over both the CDC and John Hopkins University is a PRIVATE organization where the CDC accepts private funding – NOT ONLY GOVERNMENT! The CDC is quasi-government under the Department of Health and Human Services which strangely has sources of funding that are predicated on the fact that it also has a private 501(c)(3) public charity, like the Clinton Foundation. The CDC Foundation receives charitable contributions and philanthropic grants from individuals, foundations, corporations, universities, NGOs and other organizations to advance the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is NOT a government-funded...

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, May 1, 1861. A train of cars left at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Annapolis, with passengers to connect by passenger steamer with railroad for Philadelphia at Perryville. Fare to Philadelphia $6. Tickets are headed "United States military route." This arrangement is designed to be continued regularly. Time will be about fourteen hours to New-York if there is no delay at Philadelphia. No arrangements are made for checking baggage. The route is under supervision of the War Department, but not of the Army officers. Gov. HICKS writes here that the conservative reaction at Baltimore has obtained complete possession...

May 3, 2021 Saints Philip and James, ApostlesSaints Philip & James Catholic Church, BaltimoreReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.First reading1 Corinthians 15:1-8 ©The Lord appeared to James, and then to all the apostlesBrothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, the gospel that you received and in which you are firmly established; because the gospel will save you only if you keep believing exactly what I preached to you – believing anything else will not lead to anything. Well then, in the first place, I taught you what I had been taught myself, namely that Christ...

Iran's foreign minister might be lying, but Kerry’s record of appeasement, closeness to Zarif, and disdain for Israel give reason to think otherwise.Maybe we should be giving John Kerry the benefit of the doubt. After all, why wouldn’t Americans take the word of a former secretary of state over that of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, an official of a country that is an open adversary of the United States? Since the history of American negotiations with Iran largely consists of lies told by the mouthpieces of the Islamist regime, there’s good reason to be skeptical of anything that comes...

By almost any measure, Joe Biden’s first 100 days have been hugely successful. Getting millions of Americans inoculated against Covid-19 and beginning to revive the economy are central to that success. In his first 100 days, how has Biden handled the four crises he outlined? Read more Two-thirds of Americans support Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus plan, already enacted. His infrastructure and family plans, which he outlined on Wednesday night at a joint session of Congress, also have broad backing. The $6tn price tag for all this would make it the largest expansion of the federal government since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society....

A Pennsylvania native was stabbed to death near his Seattle-suburb home on Sunday, according to police in Washington. John Huynh, 29, formerly of Ephrata, was stabbed in the heart following a disagreement with a neighbor -- over wearing a face mask -- according to charging documents filed in King County Superior Court.

White House officials on Sunday denied Iranian state media reports that the US has reached an agreement with Iran to lift economic sanctions against the country, saying that there is still much to be negotiated over the coming weeks. US and Iranian officials held talks in Vienna last month aimed at bringing the United States back to the 2015 nuclear deal and Iran back into compliance with it. "There is no deal now," national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week," adding that "there's still fair distance to travel to close the remaining gaps." "Those gaps...

Secretary of State Antonin Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday that China represents the only country in the world that can challenge the U.S. militarily, economically and diplomatically. "I think over that over time, China believes that it—it—it can be and should be and will be the dominant country in the world," Blinken told CBS News’ "60 Minutes." The Biden administration has made it clear that it sees China as a serious challenge to the U.S. In February, President Biden announced the formation of a Defense Department China Task Force to assess the future challenge from China. And...

Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and other agencies probing the matter have reached no clear conclusions on what happened, the fact that such an attack might have taken place so close to the White House is particularly alarming. Defense officials briefed lawmakers on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on...

VIDEOThere was great jubilation among the media and the Democrats back in February when President Donald Trump was ordered to turn over his tax returns to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance. Finally, FINALLY they had the evidence that without doubt would absolutely sink him. So what happened? In a word, "nothing." That is why the entire case against Trump now hinges on "boxes and boxes of files" that belong to the former daughter-in-law of the Trump Organization CFO. Yup! It all depends on those "boxes and boxes of files" that might now be stored somewhere near the Lost Ark in...

With his latest pronouncement about Critical Race Theory, DeSantis shows the kind of political courage every Republican politician should have. It’s currently unclear whether Donald Trump wants to run for President again in 2024 or whether he’ll content himself with playing kingmaker. In the latter case, lots of people are looking at Florida’s Ron DeSantis, whose refusal to bow down to leftist shibboleths is catching conservatives’ attention. His latest pronouncement that Critical Race Theory is “a bunch of horse manure” will only raise his profile with all sensible Americans. Most people living outside of Florida weren’t paying attention to Florida...

Republicans and conservatives often rely on political "experts" who are expensive and ineffective. One example is the prominent Republican consultant who was hired to win the two Georgia U.S. Senate races in January. It is rumored that he had a $100 million budget at his disposal. Well, we all know how that turned out.The Georgia experience should teach Republicans an important lesson: money is not everything. It is important, sure, but it does not guarantee victory. Conversely, if you spend your funds with surgical precision sometimes you only need a little. In essence, how you direct your efforts can be...