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gsagi/iStock/Getty Images Plus In a Wednesday press release, Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas introduced S. 4344 — the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act — which, if passed, would remove the $200 registration fee imposed under the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA).The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) receives more that 70,000 requests a month...

Zebra848, Do Good Advertising/Wikimedia Commons Scotland’s Green Party has expelled 13 of its members because they signed a declaration standing up for women’s rights in the face of rampant transgenderism in the nation. The dismissals were first reported by the website Holyrood.Green Party leaders claim that the signatories are in breach of the party’s code of conduct, and members claim...

AP Images Ayanna Pressley One wouldn’t think it possible, but a leftist black congresswoman found a way to attack whites even during a committee hearing on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, the Democrat who represents the 7th District of Massachusetts, unloaded on “white men” who “fail up” after not performing to her high standards.Then she posted the...

baona/iStock/Getty Images Plus Criminal “migrants” and “refugees” in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere in Europe specialize in rape, and they usually rape European girls and women, a form of sexual jihad. What led to the latest terrible rape is unclear, but the crime is all too familiar. Yet in this case, the victim wasn’t a European. A German court has convicted...

Dilok Klaisataporn/iStock/Getty Images Plus According to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department, the People’s Republic of China sold off a record amount of U.S. Treasuries in the first quarter of this year. The latest offloading of U.S. government debt, totaling  $53.3 billion, continues a years-long trend of reducing Chinese exposure to U.S. dollar-denominated assets — even as the...

AP Images Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing earlier today, and announced strengthening of defense and trade relations, stating: Moscow and Beijing will further deepen trust and cooperation in the military field, expand the scope of joint exercises and combat training, and conduct joint sea and air patrols on...

John Whitehead We are caught in a vicious cycle of too many laws, too many cops, and too little freedom.It’s hard to say whether we’re dealing with a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves), a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for...

Ramberg/iStock/Getty Images Plus It’s ironic. Missionaries from Britain and other Western nations once struck out into the largely unknown, uncivilized world to spread Christianity.Now, says a Scottish-born writer, Christians are “the most despised minority in Britain.”Moreover, this Christophobia permeates the entire Western world — including the United States.It’s also attended, though, by a very interesting double standard (more on that...

The Hill/X Merrick Garland Fearing that the American people might find out just how far President Joe Biden’s dementia has advanced, the White House and Department of Justice have asserted executive privilege to withhold the audio recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s damning interview with him.The committee subpoenaed the recordings on February 27, but the White House refused to comply.Faced...

AP Images Ron DeSantis On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed CS/CS/HB 1645, legislation to prioritize the state’s energy independence and resiliency ahead of unreasonable climate demands. Among the things the bill is intended to do are remove multiple instances of the term “climate change” from state statutes, and prohibit wind farms from operating offshore or near Florida coastlines.The bill...

Veronique de Rugy Prices are threads stitching together the fabric of our economy. They guide countless producers, here and abroad, to meet the most urgent demands of countless consumers. Prices enable the economic coordination of millions of individuals — each with his or her own unique preferences, skills and resources — with no need for a central planner. They direct...

AP Images President Joe Biden offered to debate former President Donald Trump earlier today, posting on X: Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.Well, make my day, pal. pic.twitter.com/AkPmvs2q4u— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 15, 2024 Trump accepted the debate in...

Vertigo3d/iStock/Getty Images Plus If creations do often reflect their creators, at least in some way, perhaps it’s not surprising that artificial intelligence has reportedly developed a troubling new skill: lying.In fact, writes the AFP, forget about fears of AI potentially “going rogue” — because it already has.Science Alert reports on the story: You probably know to take everything an artificial...

AP Images Police arresting Juraj Cintula After attempting to assassinate Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula was taken into custody. A video shows Cintula in responding to questioning of his motive for the attack, responding, “The mass media is destroyed. Why is RTVS attacked? Why is mass media removed from function?”Last month on April 24, 2024, the Associated...

The dominoes are falling faster on Marxist “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” programs in higher education, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently becoming the first “elite” U.S. university to eliminate DEI considerations in its hiring. Analysts are referring to the decision as a turning point in the battle against “wokeness” in academia. In true Soviet style, MIT applicants were required to...

AP Images A foreign national driving a truck attempted to enter a Marine Corps installation but was caught and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the second such recent attempt. This time, the culprit was a Jordanian national, accompanied by another unknown individual, who had jumped the border illegally and pretended he was a delivery driver to enter the...

Jacob Sullum Porn star Stormy Daniels says she had sex with former President Donald Trump at a Lake Tahoe hotel in July 2006. To keep her from telling that story, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen says, “the boss” instructed him to pay Daniels $130,000 shortly before the 2016 presidential election.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says that nondisclosure agreement was a...

AP Images Mike Johnson House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) attended former President Donald Trump’s trial in New York City today. Johnson stated outside the courthouse: I called President Trump and told him I wanted to be here myself to call out what is a travesty of justice and I think everybody around the country can see that, President Trump is...

AP Images Migrant caravan in Mexico headed for the United States President Joe Biden’s plan to wreck the nation with a mass invasion of largely illiterate Third World illegal aliens who become Democrat-voting welfare recipients is working.A new report from the Center For Immigration Studies showed that more than 50 percent of the “migrants” he imported from 2022 to date...

AP Images Antony Blinken U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a visit to Ukraine today, less than three weeks after President Biden signed a bill sending $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine. Blinken posted a video to X, stating:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky requested Patriot missile defense systems during his discussion with Blinken, stating on X: Today, I hosted...