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Many federal agencies are bracing for the Trump era — but few are likely to face the powerful backlash that awaits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which pursued an aggressive gun control agenda under President Biden.The A.T.F., under its Biden-appointed director, Steven M. Dettelbach, has been more proactive on gun control than at any time in its recent history. It has pushed through rules to curb the proliferation of the untraceable homemade firearms known as ghost guns, clamped down on devices that make firearms deadlier and regulated unlicensed firearms sellers who operate at gun shows or online.That...

A couple who shelled out more than $1.1 million to send their three daughters to a posh Upper East Side private school that counts Jennifer Aniston among its alumni were aghast when administrators had the gall to hire public school teachers — and are demanding a refund. The Rudolf Steiner School made “multiple false promises” according to a suit filed by parents Deighn and Ying Eliason, who enrolled their kids in the East 79th Street school more than a decade ago — and then yanked them because the specialized education they paid for was allegedly not delivered. The $56,000-a-year school...

A distraught anti-Trump hard left and its media choir claim debilitating flaws in Trump’s nominee for director of the FBI Kash Patel. On closer examination, however, these claimed shortcomings reveal themselves to be rare virtues. His alleged deficiencies are a lack of management experience and his supposed goal of seeking retribution against Trump’s enemies. But the former is a non-factor, and the latter is a deliberately perverted description of a man shown to have sagacious insight into bureaucratic dirty tricks. He wants, in short, to return the FBI to the sterling, nonpartisan law enforcement organization that had been the envy...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) underwent hip replacement surgery Saturday after falling during a congressional delegation trip to Luxembourg. “Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend,” said the congresswoman’s spokesman, Ian Krager.

The clash over working from home is expected to be one of the major battles for the incoming Trump administration. The nation's biggest federal union is pushing back against claims by President-elect Donald Trump's supporters over teleworking for civil servants. The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000 federal and Washington city workers, said assertions that staffers are abusing work-from-home flexibility are serving as cover for Republican lawmakers to try to tear down the government. The clash over telework is expected to be one of the major battles for the incoming Trump administration as conservatives push for the civil...

NEW JERSEY SENATOR ON DRONE SIGHTINGS: “They can't tell us because they're so fearful of what the public is going to do when they hear what the drones are doing."

Kim Ogg, the outgoing Democrat district attorney for Harris County, announced that her office will pursue death sentences against the two illegal aliens charged with raping and killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray. “We’ll be filing notice by the state of Texas that we intend to seek the death penalty against Jocelyn’s murderers, Peña and Rangel. Both were Venezuelan nationals, they had been captured while committing a crime, coming into this country illegally, and then within days of murdering and raping Jocelyn Nungaray,” Ogg said on Fox News on Friday. “So we are seeking death because we want the message out there...

In this explosive RAW FEED segment, Gary Franchi exposes an ongoing aerial invasion over American skies. From New Jersey to Oregon, mysterious drones are infiltrating restricted military airspace with no resistance, while the Biden administration’s response borders on negligence. This isn’t just another UFO story—it’s potentially the greatest breach of U.S. airspace since 9/11. Frustrated residents are taking action, shooting at these unidentified craft, while DHS chief Mayorkas claims he "lacks authority" to respond. The same officials who left our borders unguarded now say they’re powerless to protect our skies. The evidence is clear. Police helicopters pursue these objects, only...

The mysterious drones that have been plaguing the skies over the Northeast shut down the runways of Stewart International Airport Friday night, prompting Gov. Hochul to demand the feds step in. “This has gone too far,” Hochul said in a terse statement Saturday, in which she noted the runway of the Orange County facility was shut down for an hour because of the unidentified aircraft. Stewart Airport services both commercial and military flights and is adjacent to a New York Air National Guard base, where the 105th Airlift Wing is stationed. ... The unidentified drones — which have been hovering...

LUXEMBOURG — According to eyewitnesses at the Grand Duke's palace, Nancy Pelosi was rushed to the hospital earlier today after her blood alcohol level plunged dangerously. Sources say that the Democrat representative is now in stable condition, having downed several vodka tonics and three glasses of wine since the incident. "We almost lost her," said Dr. Johann Warstein, who has been caring for Pelosi since she was hospitalized earlier today. "Ms. Pelosi skipped her usual four morning screwdrivers, then accidentally drank too much water over lunch. Her blood alcohol levels, normally around 50%, plunged to almost legal levels. If not...

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago on Friday, joining a growing list of tech executives that are seemingly courting President-elect Trump ahead of his return to the White House. The president-elect and Cook had dinner at Trump’s Florida resort in West Palm Beach, multiple outlets reported. The meeting marked their first interaction since their call two months ago. The president-elect said in mid-October during his appearance on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast that the Apple executive talked to him about fines the European Union imposed on the company. “Then two hours ago, three hours ago, he called me,” Trump said. “He said,...

The enormity of the forces brought against free speech cannot be understood simply by looking at any individual organization, like Facebook, because it’s a web of deceit incorporated by tax dollars to inhibit free speech on a global scale, but primarily against the Western nations who largely have free speech, rather than against truly authoritarian societies that don’t need it, they do that as a matter of practice. I recently watched this Joe Rogan interview of Mike Benz largely to delve into the encyclopedic knowledge of Benz, who has an understanding of the interlocking efforts of the CIA and numerous...

Let me begin with a phrase I never used to start a story in 45 years as a TV reporter: “I may be wrong.” This entire piece may be wrong, but those 45 years on the air and 2000+ hours as a pilot tell me I’m right. The MSM floods their newscasts with reports of drone-terrified citizens ready to head for the hills over the latest media-induced scare. The word “drones” is now synonymous with “doom.” This is simply a media-driven scam. The MSM media is searching for something, anything, to boost ratings since their failure to ensure the election...

By Dr. John BergsmaThis Sunday is “Gaudete” Sunday, from the Latin gaudete, “Rejoice!” which traditionally begins the introit for this Mass, taken from Philippians 4:4. Many parishes will mark this Sunday with rose-colored vestments (not “pink”—“pink” is not a liturgical color!), and the theme of joy runs through the readings and the liturgy. Gaudete Sunday marks the half-way point of Advent, and the Church rejoices because Jesus’ coming is near. Actually, in most years, as in this, it marks much more than half-way. In our case, Christmas is only ten days from this Sunday! 1. Our First Reading is Zephaniah...

President Joe Biden is set to allow California to ban the production of new gas-powered vehicles after 2035. California and 11 other states were awaiting permission for the ambitious measure, which Biden is set to give in one of his final acts during the lame-duck period, two people briefed on the matter told the New York Times. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled his opposition to the measure, setting up a legal battle for the second administration. One-quarter of vehicles bought in California are electric, the highest in any state, yet still far behind the aimed-for 100% in a decade....

VIDEONobody gives better Mourn than TDS J. Michael Luttig a former federal judge, the father of a crackpot theory that states could use the Fourteenth Amendment to keep the name of Donald Trump off their election ballots. That premise was so ABSURD that even liberals on the Supreme Court were unwilling to embarrass themselves by buying into that and voted it down UNANIMOUSLY along with the sane judges.So what happened to Luttig in the wake of the election? Well, his grief over the results must have been so bad that he has been in hiding for over a month until...

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Europe has millions of Syrians who claimed refugee status on the basis of the Assad family, now some are making the calculation it is cheaper in the long run to make a a single cash payment to go home than keep the guests on social welfare programmes indefinitely. Austria will offer Syrians a €1,000 ($1,000) cash payment “return bonus” to go home, Chancellor Karl Nehammer has said, stating the clearest reason they had for claiming asylum in the first place has now gone. Kronen Zeitung cites Nehammer as having said in a podcast this week: “We are now helping everyone...

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Belleville, NJ, Mayor Michael Melham denounced New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) for skipping out on a meeting on the drone sightings over the state and also stated that, while he believes the drones are federal government assets, it doesn’t make sense for Murphy to say, “I don’t know what it is, but I can tell you that it doesn’t seem like a credible threat. You can’t have it both ways.” Melham said, “[W]hen you have our Governor going out on social media, saying, we don’t know what it is, but we...

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