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Law-Abiding Americans Had “Strong Appetite” For Guns On Black Friday

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported the latest National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) checks on gun sales during Black Friday was one of the “Top 10” busiest days in history. NSSF said NICS processed 711,372 background checks during the days leading up to and including Black Friday. FBI’s NICS recorded 192,749 background checks on Black Friday alone, … Read more

Reporter implores White House to crack down on Twitter , asks What tolls WH has to stop Musk and free speech

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Political Twitter was once a hellscape where it felt like the Right was fighting with one hand tied behind its back. Now, with Elon Musk in charge of the company, it feels like a level playing field. (And still a hellscape.) Why? Well, Musk has committed himself and his company to free speech. Unfortunately, that’s … Read more

New York City Will Hospitalize More Mentally Ill People Involuntarily

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Mayor Eric Adams announced a major effort on Tuesday to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the city’s streets and subways, saying New York had “a moral obligation” to address “a crisis we see all around us.” The effort will involve hospitalizing people involuntarily, even if they do not pose an immediate risk of … Read more

Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation on the US Capitol attack!

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The investigation included the largest number of phones in the history of controversial geofencing orders, court records show. A filing in the case of one of the January 6 suspects, David Rhine, shows that Google initially identified 5,723 devices that were in or near the US Capitol during the riots. Only about 900 people have … Read more

White House announces international ‘Summit for Democracy’ in March

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White House announces international ‘Summit for Democracy’ in March The White House on Tuesday announced an international “Summit for Democracy” to be held next March, co-hosted with Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia. The summit, which follows on from a first one held in 2021, will showcase the ability of democracies to handle … Read more

Now that the election has passed, the truth can be told. Indeed, the truth was lacking only in one vital attribute: an angle.

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NOW THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD: In focusing on America’s rising rates of violent crime leading up to the midterm elections, Republicans were routinely accused of playing a dirty trick on voters. “We don’t really have a common definition of what crime means,” crime-statistics analyst Jeff Asher asserted in an October interview with NPR. Apparently, the … Read more

IN FACT, IT SUPPORTS IT: The Biden Administration Is Unwilling to Oppose Discrimination Against Men.

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via newsweek: Men are, on average, disadvantaged relative to women in several key respects in developed countries such as the United States. Men are the majority of prisoners and the majority of the homeless. Men live shorter lives in part due to higher rates of suicide and workplace deaths. Bias against male defendants may contribute to … Read more

Michael Burry says the US economy will suffer a multiyear recession. He sees no way for authorities to end the downturn early and warns consumers will virtually exhaust their savings soon, tanking the economy.

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  via businessinsider: Michael Burry has predicted the US economy will suffer a multiyear recession. The ‘Big Short’ investor sees no way for authorities to end the downturn early. Burry has warned consumers will virtually exhaust their savings soon, tanking the economy. Michael Burry has sounded the recession alarm, warning the US economic downturn will probably … Read more