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Chinese graduates hold off career dreams, take temporary government jobsBiden ATF’s Valentine’s Day Snitch Message Backfires When Hunter Is Brought Up By Joe Saunders February 14, 2022 at 1:08pm This idea backfired pretty badly. A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms plan to turn use Valentine’s Day as a hook to get jilted lovers to snitch on ex-significant others took a turn for the worse on Monday after the agency posted a public plea for information about “illegal gun activity.” The response could not have been what the feds were looking for. Advertisement – story continues below Trending: Super Bowl MVP Shares ‘Vision That God Revealed to Me,’ Quotes Bible Verse “Valentine’s Day can still be fun even if you broke up. Do you have information about a former (or current) partner involved in illegal gun activity?” the post asked. “Let us know, and we will make sure it’s a Valentine’s Day to remember!” Advertisement – story continues below Someone at the ATF probably thought it was pretty clever, as did someone at the Biden Justice Department, who retweeted it. (It might also have been cribbed from a similar Facebook post published Friday by the Nash County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office that wasn’t geared specifically toward firearms.) Do you trust the Biden ATF? Yes No Enter your email Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. But a large part of the audience on social media used the opportunity to point out that the ATF hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in recent years — along with other federal law enforcement agencies that sometimes appear a good deal more interested in casting a cloud of suspicion over law-abiding Americans than making a case against the politically connected. Like, say, President Joe Biden’s notoriously wayward son, Hunter Biden. According to a report last March in Politico — not exactly a hotbed of conservative journalism — Biden lied on a 2018 form when he was buying a gun to hide his history of drug abuse. Advertisement – story continues below Related: Is Biden Spying on Gun Owners? Feds Admit to Firearm Database with Nearly a Billion Records Advertisement – story continues below And more than a few noted that the ATF and the Justice Department don’t exactly have clean hands when it comes to illegal weapons itself. The infamous “Fast and Furious” operation run during the Obama administration by then-Attorney General Eric Holder hasn’t been as forgotten as many liberals would like. (And the memory of the late Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.) Advertisement – story continues below And, political hypocrisy aside, it’s important to note that what the ATF is looking for here is supposed evidence of illegal activity deliberately solicited from a segment of the population that would have a reason to lie about it. Would any responsible government agency solicit — en masse — information to bring the might, and firepower, of the federal government down on any individual unfortunate enough to have a past paramour who wasn’t too picky about how to get revenge? The answer is obvious, and it’s “no.” Advertisement – story continues below Americans who care about the Second Amendment already have plenty of reasons not to trust the ATF. Bonehead moves like this Twitter post give them one more. As one Twitter user put it: Advertisement – story continues below “Bad idea, guys. I went through an acrimonious divorce many years ago,” the user wrote. “Had my now ex-wife thought about setting me up for an armed SWAT-like ATF raid with a bogus gun sale tip, I’m fairly sure she would’ve done it.” The geniuses at the ATF who came up with this idea better hope not too many take them up on it — and turn armed federal agents into tools of romantic revenge. Bad as it’s backfired now, it could get a lot worse. Truth and Accuracy Submit a Correction ? We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our editorial standards. Tags: Biden administration, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives ATF, Fast and Furious, guns, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Second Amendment Facebook Twitter Email More Joe Saunders Story Editor SummaryMoreRecentContact Joe has spent more than 30 years as a reporter, copy editor and metro desk editor in newsrooms in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. He’s been with Liftable Media since 2015. Facebook Advertisement Recommended Sponsored by Revcontent Washington: Stimulus Will Pay off Your Mortgage if You Have No Missed Payments Smart Lifestyle Trends Vintage Grocery Store Photos That Will Hit You with Nostalgia. UpbeatNews Thinning Hair? 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York traveled to San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday to attend a campaign rally for Democratic Congressional candidates Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar.Commentary Eric Gay / AP AOC’s Nightmarish Visit to Texas: Leftist Mocked for Blurting Out Delusional Prediction for Red State Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd that Texas would soon flip from red to blue. Was this prediction delusional or just dishonest? By Elizabeth Stauffer February 14, 2022 At left, most of the seats are empty during the men’s ice hockey preliminary round game between Germany and China in the Winter Olympics at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Saturday. NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua, right, cited “venues without spectators” as one of the reasons for the Beijing Games’ dismal television ratings.Commentary Gabriel Bouys – AFP / Getty Images; Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images NBC Exec Admits to Terrible Ratings as Americans Dump Genocide Games: ‘For Us, It’s Been Difficult’ NBC’s ratings for the game are down nearly 50 percent compared to the last Winter Games in South Korea in 2018. By C. Douglas Golden February 14, 2022 Former first lady and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends the premiere of the “Hillary” documentary for Hulu in New York on March 4, 2020. Evan Agostini – Invision / AP Poll: Majority of Democrats Now Want Hillary Clinton Investigated as Explosive Durham Report Is Released Before the latest revelation about Hillary Clinton, some Democrats wanted her to be investigated for her efforts to undermine Trump in 2016. By Jack Davis February 14, 2022 Assamad Nash, right, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of Christina Yuna Lee, left. @nypost / Twitter NYC Woman Brutally Murdered by Career Criminal Who Was Free on Bail: Police ‘This guy, his rap sheet is a mile long, he should have been behind bars. Assault? Menacing? How is he out? This is outrageous.’ By Jack Davis February 14, 2022 Entertainment stars Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg perform during halftime Sunday at the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium. Ronald Martinez / Getty Images Performer’s Halftime Show Tribute to Colin Kaepernick Had the NFL’s Blessing The kneeling controversy that has roiled the NFL for more than five years returned to center stage for Super Bowl LVI. 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