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The FBI conducted 187,585 National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) checks on gun sales and transfers on Black Friday 2021 alone.The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reports the Black Friday 2021 NICS checks surpassed those of 2020, which came in at 186,645.Moreover, NSSF noted that the FBI performed a total of 687,788 NICS checks during the entire week, including those on Black Friday.NSSF president Joe Bartozzi commented on the tremendous number of background checks conducted last week:This figure of over 687,000 background checks is truly remarkable. This year has already been shaping up to be the second strongest year for...

San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officers shot dead an Afghan national in a hotel after he charged them while wielding a knife, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” surveillance footage reveals. Ajmal Amani, a 41-year-old Afghan national, was shot dead by officers in a hotel in San Francisco, California, on November 19 as surveillance footage shows him attempting to stab two officers by running towards them with a knife. In the process, Amani shouted, “Allahu Akbar.” Amani had arrived in the United States in 2014 after working for five years as an interpreter for Navy SEALS in the Afghanistan War, the San Francisco...

In the year 1920 in Russia, the totalitarian Communist government of Russia legalized infanticide, that is, the killing of a child in the mother’s womb (abortion). They guaranteed such a “service” to anyone, free for the asking. That was the first time in human history for a nation to legalize such murders. Much has changed since then, over the course of a century. Our nation is gradually cleansing itself from the dismal legacy of the godless era. The issue of abortion still remains unresolved, but some progress, if slow and uneven, is being achieved in recent years under the current...

UK recommends Booster Vaccines every 3 months for all adultsMinimum dose interval for booster jabs to be halved from 6 months to 3 months and all adults to be offered booster Covid vaccine, Health Secretary Sajid Javid confirms https://t.co/q4Clo5uc6k pic.twitter.com/jHwMeteRzU— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 29, 2021 It’s just one booster… Every 3 months. For the rest of your life.

The man who is creating the blueprints for Notre Dame’s makeover, Fr. Gilles Drouin, is a teacher of liturgy and an enthusiastic detractor of the traditional rite.(LifeSiteNews) — When the London Telegraph published an exclusive story last Friday about the “woke ‘Disney’ revamp” that is being planned for Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after the destruction of its roof and spire by fire on Monday of the Holy Week of 2019, it came as a complete surprise to most. Incredulity was probably the dominant reaction — however, a few days later, the Telegraph’s story, tragically, appears to be only too...

Hunter Biden is a drug-addled degenerate who probably is not competitively employable. Despite those handicaps, he and his uncle Jim Biden cut a wide swath, making or trying to make major deals with giant Chinese companies that presumably are arms of the Chinese Communist Party. What did Jim and Hunter Biden bring to the table in negotiating these deals? Obviously, it was the political influence of Joe Biden, at the time the outgoing Vice President and long-time Washington insider. As I have said many times, no one ever bribed Hunter Biden. The only point of the Biden family business was...

We trust Seth Mandel, but we had to check for ourselves to be sure. In answer to the question, “Why are Republicans so obsessed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” the editors of New York Magazine are compiling a book of essays on AOC that will be released February 1. As Mandel points out, there will be essays on subjects from AOC’s beauty to her social media greatest hits. Amazon’s description reads, in part:An engaging, all-encompassing biography of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the bestselling tradition of Notorious RBG and Pelosi that explores her explosive rise and impact on the future of American...

Chris Cuomo, host of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, used his media sources to dig up info on his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s, sexual harassment accusers, according to texts and interview transcripts recently revealed. Text messages released by New York Attorney General Letitia James show Chris Cuomo had frequent contact with Melissa DeRosa, Andrew Cuomo’s top aide at the time.

Defense attorney Nenye Uche said two brothers attacked Smollett in January 2019 because they didn’t like him and that a $3,500 check the actor paid the men was for training so he could prepare for an upcoming music video — not as payment for staging a hate crime, as prosecutors allege. Uche also suggested a third attacker was involved and told jurors there is not a “shred “ of physical and forensic evidence linking Smollett to the crime prosecutors allege. “Jussie Smollett is a real victim,” Uche said.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced he is to be replaced by current CTO, Parag Agrawal. Is Agrawal as woke as Dorsey? The answer is yes. In 2010, Agrawal wondered if he should distinguish between white people and terrorists if no one was willing to distinguish between Muslims and extremists. The new CEO of Twitter, ladies and gents: https://t.co/sgbaeFV5ER — Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 29, 2021 New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is not a fan of Free Speech and/or White People, based on his past statements. #RIPTwitter pic.twitter.com/xCIUmibvLc — Price of Reason (@priceoreason) November 29, 2021 This is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s...

For public awareness and in the interest of transparency, CDC is providing timely updates on the following serious adverse events of interest:Anaphylaxis after COVID-19 vaccination is rare and has occurred in approximately 2 to 5 people per million vaccinated in the United States. Anaphylaxis, a severe type of allergic reaction, can occur after any kind of vaccination. If it happens, healthcare providers can effectively and immediately treat the reaction. Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines and allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccination is rare. TTS is a serious, but rare, adverse...

Documents released Monday reveal the CNN host was using his media sources to get intel on his brother Andrew’s accusers, and then funneling information to the then-governor’s top aideChris Cuomo is the host of his own CNN show on which he discusses national political issues. He’s also the brother of Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced former governor of New York who resigned in August in the wake of a damning report detailing several allegations of sexual misconduct. It was a pretty big conflict of interest, especially considering Cuomo the younger was advising his brother on how to weather the scandal. Documents...

Senate Republicans on Monday blocked a mammoth defense policy bill, throwing the legislation into limbo as Congress heads into a packed year-end schedule. The Senate voted 45-51 to start winding down debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets spending levels and policy for the Pentagon. But that is short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the hurdle. Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) was the only Republican to vote with Democrats to advance the bill, while Democratic Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) voted...

We have seen plenty of fans get into physical altercations this year, but this one has a leg up on the others, literally. During Saturday night’s game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers, a fight broke out in the stands at T-Mobile Arena. There did not appear to be any blood, or fans getting knocked out or clothes ripped off, but it did have something we have yet to see: a prosthetic leg used as a weapon. It is tough to see exactly what is going on in the video, but it has a clear shot of a...

“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.” Trump hasn’t made his 2024 bid official. He’s expected to make a decision after the 2022 midterms. But he has been building a campaign-in-waiting that is already laying groundwork, and the question of...

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sobbed as she accused her ex Sunny Balwani of abusing her and forcing her into sex during her fraud trial. On Monday, in her fourth day testifying in her fraud trial, Holmes, 37, accused Balwani, 59, of being abusive and controlling, and forcing her to have sex against her will during their 12 year relationship, which ended in 2016. 'He would force me to have sex with him when I didn't want to because he would say that he wanted me to know he still loved me,' said Holmes, in tears.

The Salvation Army has withdrawn its controversial "Let's Talk About ... Racism" guide following criticism and donor backlash over the text that asked white supporters of the charity group to deliver "sincere" apologies for their race and the past sins of the Church. As a result of some of the guide's more extreme positions becoming public, donors and supporters across the country have been rescinding their support of the organization. In a statement titled "The Salvation Army's Response to False Claims on the Topic of Racism," the 156-year-old organization denies that the purpose of the guide or subsequent discussions revolving...

@RepThomasMassie A federal judge will hear oral arguments in Massie v Pelosi on Dec. 2nd. @RepMTG & @RepRalphNorman are co-litigants in this landmark case. Among other claims, we contend @SpeakerPelosi violated the Constitution when she reduced our salaries as punishment for us not wearing masks.

The Biden administration is sending 44 medical personnel from the U.S. military to support two hospital systems in the state of Michigan, state officials said Wednesday.The U.S. Department of Defense will send two medical teams, each comprising 22 doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists, who are expected to arrive next week, according to a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services news release.The teams will assist health care workers at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids in dealing with the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the state, as hospitals across Michigan suffer from a lack of...