Friday Fuss

On a cool cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the paradox of the increase in gun sales in 2020.

From FrontpageMag, the number 1 target of hate crimes is Christianity.

From Townhall, who fell for Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Supreme Court clears that way for a challenge to Texas's abortion law.

From the Washington Examiner, now that he's been convicted, throw the book at Smollett.

From The Federalist, under President Biden, inflation in November was the highest in almost 40 years.

From American Thinker, hate crime hoaxes should be crimes unto themselves.

From CNS News, more on the highest inflation in almost 40 years.

From LifeZette, Democrats want the U.S. to become socialist.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers lessons on how to be a loser.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a teammate talks about a trans-woman smashing records in swimming.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian generosity hits a 20-year low.

From TeleSUR, Uruguayans reject house arrest for people who committed crimes against humanity during the dictatorship of 1973-1985.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC's fake hurricane report.

From Free West Media, the high mortality rate in Spain "puzzles" medical experts.

From EuroNews, the U.K.'s High Court rules that Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S.

From Euractiv, E.U. countries agree to allow Croatia to join the Schengen area.

From The New Arab, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi pledges to speed up the process of supplying Lebanon with gas.

From Gatestone Institute, like it or not, SCOTUS has been political for a long time.

From The Stream, heroes without flaws make for lame stories, except in one place.

From The American Conservative, a new deal with India is needed in order to deal with China.

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter Ilhan Omar's (D-Min) unmitigated gall.

From The Western Journal, why isn't Mr. Bill a witness in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial?

From BizPac Review, the U.S. should impose carbon tariffs on China.

From The Daily Wire, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), President Biden's economy is "crushing working-class Americans".

From the Daily Caller, The View host Ana Navarro deflects attention from leftists who were wrong about Smollett.

From the New York Post, the CBO finds that 'Build Back Better" spending bill would cost about $3 billion.

From Breitbart, Bidenflation hits your breakfast foods.

From Newsmax, at least 53 migrants are killed when the truck carrying them crashes in southern Mexico.

And from the Rolling Stone, singer-guitarist Mike Nesmith of the Monkees dies of natural causes at age 78.  (via Newsmax)