The Biden-Harris ATF has reversed its unlawful “zero-tolerance” policy that allowed the agency to revoke federal firearms licenses (FFL) over minor paperwork errors, following AFL and @TPPF’s lawsuit.
/2 Historically, FFL holders were required to “willfully” violate the Gun Control Act (GCA) to lose their licenses.
This required intentional and reckless disregard for the GCA’s requirements in filling out the federal form.
/3 In 2021, ATF issued a punitive and unlawful policy redefining “willfulness” to allow the federal government to revoke FFLs for typographical or inadvertent errors and minor violations.
/4 Sold as “zero-tolerance for rogue gun dealers that willfully violate the law,” the Biden-Harris Administration used ATF’s policy as a hammer against gun stores.
/5 In just the first year, FFL revocations increased by more than 500 percent, and three times as many gun store licenses were revoked in 2022 than in 2021.
/6 AFL and TPPF took action and sued the Biden-Harris ATF to stop its illegal conduct.
/7 Now, with the case ready for decision, ATF has backed off, dropped its unlawful policy, and returned to the statutory definition of what “willful” means.
/8 Lawless federal executive action is tyranny, plain and simple.
AFL is proud to stand with TPPF and defend law-abiding Americans’ constitutional right to own, sell, and carry firearms.
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/1🚨NEW: AFL is urging Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to declassify and release the Biden Admin’s classified domestic surveillance and censorship strategy.
The Biden Admin’s weaponization of the intelligence apparatus against Americans must be fully exposed.
/2 In June 2021, the Biden Admin released an unprecedented 20-page “strategy” for a “whole-of-society approach” to “countering domestic terrorism.”
/3 AFL launched an investigation into the Biden Admin’s censorship plan — and the revelations are shocking.
AFL’s investigation exposed how “domestic terrorism” was used to justify the administration’s censorship agenda targeting its political and social opponents.
The President has absolute authority to remove enemy aliens — and has for over 200 years.
Arguments about due process, removal orders, and vetting are IRRELEVANT.
Here’s the truth the left doesn’t want you to know. 🧵👇
/2 Nearly 75 years ago, the Supreme Court clearly explained that the President acts at the height of his authority when acting under the express authorization of Congress or pursuant to his constitutional authority.
/3 The Supreme Court affirmed that when the President exercises a core Article II power, it “disables the Congress from acting upon the subject,” and the “Courts have no power to control the President's discretion.”
“Kristen Clarke, who headed up the Justice Department office that prosecuted pro-lifers for protesting abortion clinics, met with leaders at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which compares mainstream conservative and Christian groups to the Ku Klux Klan, documents suggest.”
“The meeting may shed light on the animus that Clarke—then the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for civil rights—harbored against conservatives.”
“According to emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by America First Legal and provided to The Daily Signal, Clarke planned to meet with SPLC leadership on Monday, March 6, 2023.”
/1🚨BREAKING — A federal court just DENIED IBM’s attempt to dismiss AFL’s lawsuit over the company’s illegal race and sex-based discrimination.
This is a huge victory in the fight to END unlawful DEI policies across corporate America.
/2 The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan rejected IBM’s motion to dismiss AFL’s lawsuit, which alleges IBM engaged in illegal race and sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
/3 AFL filed the lawsuit in August 2024, alleging IBM violated federal law by systematically discriminating against white male employees and firing AFL’s client — a model employee with stellar performance reviews — to further illegal DEI quotas based on race and sex.
/1🚨Did Attorney General Merrick Garland lie to Congress about DOJ’s involvement in the politically-motivated prosecution of President Trump?
Newly released records reveal troubling contradictions — and raise serious questions.
/2 On March 27, 2023, AFL launched an investigation to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) coordinated with New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office in the politically-motivated prosecution of President Trump.
/3 AFL requested all communications between specific custodians at the New York County District Attorney’s Office and DOJ mentioning President Trump.
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL and @RepBrandonGill just filed an amicus brief supporting President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to expel dangerous Tren de Aragua terrorists and defend Americans from the gang’s deadly invasion.
/2 The Alien Enemies Act (AEA) gives the President unilateral authority to determine when the United States is facing an invasion, to identify the foreign terrorists involved, and expel them.
/3 Courts have repeatedly upheld this presidential power, ruling that the President’s decision to invoke the AEA is not subject to judicial review.