YOU CAN PROBABLY MEASURE THE FEAR FACTOR WITH THIS. March Gun Background Checks Set New NICS Record

“NCIS reports 3,740,688 checks were performed in March, which is the most recorded checks since the National Instant Check System began in 1998.”

SPEAKING OF DISCRIMINATION … Bill de Blasio to ‘Monitor’ Samaritan’s Purse Coronavirus Emergency Hospital for ‘Discrimination’

“I said immediately to my team that we had to find out exactly what was happening,” de Blasio told the Post. It seems he was concerned that Samaritan’s Purse would “discriminate” against those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). “Was there going to be an approach that was truly consistent with the values and the laws in New York City, that everyone would be served and served equally?”

NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE. NY Unions to Amazon: It Sure Would Be a Shame If Anything Happened to Your Company, Jeff Bezos.

“The unions are using this moment to put the squeeze on grocery delivery services throughout the country, encouraging work stoppages and strikes. This at a time when vulnerable people who can’t go to the store themselves are dependent on deliveries to get groceries.

THIS FROM THE PAPER PEDDLING THE RUSSIA HOAX FOR THREE YEARS AS FACT. New York Times Seizes on Coronavirus to Demonize ‘Anti-Science’ Evangelical Christians

“These op-eds highlight the growing animus against conservative Christians among American elites, a sociological phenomenon documented by professors George Yancey and David Williamson in their book So Many Christians, So Few Lions: Is There Christianophobia in the United States. The sociology professors focus on bias against conservative Christians, arguing that this “Christianophobia” is as real as the animus against Muslims and Jews.”

THERE HAS TO BE A RECKONING WITH CHINA WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER. Unemployment claims in Illinois top 178,000 as national applications hit 6.6 million, breaking record

“Nationally, the Labor Department reported a record-breaking almost 6.65 million people made their first applications for unemployment benefits during the week that ended March 28.

“Compared with a week earlier, applications for the financial assistance doubled, as a staggering 3.3 million more people filed initial claims, and the previous week’s level of 3.28 million claims was revised up by 24,000 applications.

“Only two weeks ago, in the week that ended March 21, only 282,000 initial claims for benefits were filed nationally.”