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trump georgia
August 29, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Georgia Indictment Bounces Off Trump, Who Leads by 42 Points in Peach State.

Donald Trump’s indictment at the hands of District Attorney (DA) Fani Willis in Georgia has done less than nothing to aid the former president’s GOP rivals, with his lead over Ron DeSantis in the state now standing at 42 points.

A poll taken days after the Democrat official indicted Trump puts him at 57 percent, with the Florida Governor a distant second on just 15 percent.

The also-rans in the race for the Republican noimination barely register in the Peach State, with Mike Pence having the best showing on a mere four percent. The most vocally anti-Trump candidates, Chris Christie and WEF-linked Miami mayor Francis Suarez, sit at the bottom of the table – with only candidates who did not even manage to scrape together one percent, like the equally anti-Trump Asa Hutchinson, beneath them.

A plurality of Georgians also say the Jan 6 indictments brought against Trump by Willis and federal prosecutor Jack Smith are “not serious at all”.

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Donald Trump's indictment at the hands of District Attorney (DA) Fani Willis in Georgia has done less than nothing to aid the former president's GOP rivals, with his lead over Ron DeSantis in the state now standing at 42 points. show more
kfc
August 29, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
Media
News

Black Activists Are Mad at the EXCLUSION of White People from This KFC Ad.

Black activists on social media are apparently furious that the latest Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) billboard advertisements feature an all ethnic minority cast without any white people licking their fingers.

The campaign, known as “Sorry Utensils, It’s Finger Lickin’ Good,” was shared by KFC’s Canadian director of marketing, Azim Akhtar, and shows cutlery reflecting the image of three people eating KFC chicken with their hands

This was seemingly too much for one activist, who took to X (formerly Twitter) to vent her frustrations: “So yt [white] people don’t lick their fingers? 2. We still not eating this (in this country). 3. I just know it’s a Black person on the creative team like “I knew this wasn’t a good idea but they don’t listen to me so I just clock in…do my work…n go home.”

“This is why it’s important for marketers/advertisers to study art history and historic ad campaigns..the print ad vs the video came across as a caricature display of Black people..a picture is worth a thousand words….nahhhh this was a miss,” another stated.

Akhtar, in response to the backlash, begged those online for forgiveness with another ad featuring a video “more representative of Canada’s diversity.”

https://twitter.com/AzimAkhtar_/status/1695236090863493363

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Black activists on social media are apparently furious that the latest Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) billboard advertisements feature an all ethnic minority cast without any white people licking their fingers. show more
mark meadows
August 29, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Here’s Why Mark Meadows Wants His Case Moved.

Mark Meadows, who served as Chief of Staff in former President Donald Trump’s White House, took the witness stand during a pre-trial hearing in Fulton County, Georgia on Monday. Meadows asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones that his case be severed from the state-level RICO prosecution against Trump and 18 others brought by District Attorney Fani Willis and instead that it be moved to federal court.

After the hearing, Judge Jones did not rule right away but told Meadows he would try and issue a ruling “as fast as possible.”

The Fulton County District Attorney has charged Meadows with two felony counts – racketeering and solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer. It is Meadows’s contention that during former President Trump’s efforts to find evidence of election fraud in Georgia, he was acting in his capacity as a federal officer and is entitled to immunity from prosecution in a state-level court. Four other co-defendants in the sprawling RICO case have asked that Judge Jones move their case to federal court – former President Trump is expected to do the same.

Lisa Rubin, a legal analyst for MSNBC fretted that Meadows’s attempt to get his case moved to federal court could result in him getting “off the hook”:

“He is arguing that because he was a federal officer acting as the direction of the president or in cahoots with the president, it’d be improper or unconstitutional for [Fulton County district attorney] Fani Willis to prosecute him in state court… That’s a vehicle to get rid of the case entirely.”

Moving the venue from a Georgia state court to a federal court could be advantageous for Meadows, Trump, and their co-defendants. The jury pool would be expanded outside the immediate Atlanta area and the case would be overseen by a federal judge. Asking that their cases be severed and moved to federal court by the co-defendants has the added benefit for former President Trump as it slows down the prosecution and could potentially push the trail date in Georgia past the 2024 presidential election.

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Mark Meadows, who served as Chief of Staff in former President Donald Trump's White House, took the witness stand during a pre-trial hearing in Fulton County, Georgia on Monday. Meadows asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones that his case be severed from the state-level RICO prosecution against Trump and 18 others brought by District Attorney Fani Willis and instead that it be moved to federal court. show more
zelensky
August 29, 2023
News
World

Zelensky’s ‘Anti-Corruption’ Reforms Spark ‘Cover-Up’ Concerns.

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal to equate wartime corruption with treason is facing opposition from officials and watchdogs who argue that it could undermine anti-corruption efforts. Concerns have been raised within Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies that Zelensky’s plan would transfer top corruption cases from their oversight to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which is under the president’s command. Critics fear that the SBU may have the power to bury corruption cases involving high-ranking officials, jeopardizing Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure.

Vitaly Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (Antac), accused Zelensky’s office of using the public’s desire for justice to protect officials from corruption charges and gain tools to suppress opponents.

Current and former senior SBU officials have been closely linked to Zelensky’s office, according to Ukrainian reporters, although these claims have been dismissed as “conspiracy theories” by the president’s right-hand man, Andriy Yermak.

Zelensky’s push for the new legislation comes after another case of wartime corruption was uncovered involving the embezzlement of humanitarian aid, with such scandals undermining his efforts to secure European Union (EU) membership.

While Ukraine hopes to start EU accession talks in December, the country has only fulfilled two out of seven steps required for progress. Despite not being personally implicated in scandals, a poll conducted by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation found that 77.6 percent of Ukrainians believe Zelensky is responsible for ongoing corruption in the government and local military administrations.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal to equate wartime corruption with treason is facing opposition from officials and watchdogs who argue that it could undermine anti-corruption efforts. Concerns have been raised within Ukraine's anti-graft agencies that Zelensky's plan would transfer top corruption cases from their oversight to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which is under the president's command. Critics fear that the SBU may have the power to bury corruption cases involving high-ranking officials, jeopardizing Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure. show more
lyme disease
August 29, 2023
Jake Welch
Health
News

Suddenly Everyone Has Lyme Disease, And Here’s Why.

Private clinicians are frequently and intentionally misdiagnosing Lyme disease in an effort to prescribe long courses of expensive treatment and drugs to patients, a retired British doctor has warned.

Dr. Matthew Dryden, a prominent consultant microbiologist, argues a financially lucrative industry has grown around patients with “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” (ME) being told they are suffering from Lyme, the symptoms of which include headaches, joint and muscle pain, tiredness, and a high temperature.

He also explained that a number of U.S. medical insurers refused to cover the costs of treating ME but do cover the costs of chronic Lyme disease.

“The phenomenon of pseudo-Lyme and its treatments have spread across the Atlantic to mainly Anglo-Saxon countries and even to Australia, where Lyme disease has never been found,” Dryden states before adding: “These clinics and laboratories are taking advantage of vulnerable and desperate people with chronic symptoms.”

Dryden’s claims have been vindicated by a recent study from Johns Hopkins University that found over a 13-year period ending in 2013, a staggering 72 percent of all diagnosed Lyme cases were inaccurate.

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Private clinicians are frequently and intentionally misdiagnosing Lyme disease in an effort to prescribe long courses of expensive treatment and drugs to patients, a retired British doctor has warned. show more
August 29, 2023
Jake Welch
Health
News

Almost 99% of COVID Deaths Not Caused By COVID.

Almost 99 percent of all the weekly COVID deaths recorded in the United States do not list coronavirus as the principal cause of death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The CDC COVID-19 dashboard shows that only 1.7 percent of the 324 registered COVID deaths attributed the virus as the leading cause for the week ending August 19. Instead, the virus has been recorded as a secondary cause in the vast majority of cases.

Despite this, a number of institutions and organizations are rushing to reimpose the same COVID restrictions seen at the height of the pandemic, including mask mandates, social distancing, and limited social interactions. Rutgers University and Morris Brown College both announced the reimposition of restrictions last week, followed by Hollywood movie giant Lionsgate – though the latter quickly dropped the requirements.

President Joe Biden has also requested additional funding from the U.S. Congress to develop a new coronavirus vaccine, despite the CDC admitting that the jab does not stop transmission.

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Almost 99 percent of all the weekly COVID deaths recorded in the United States do not list coronavirus as the principal cause of death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show more
black voters
August 29, 2023
William Upton
News

Biden Panics Over Black Voter Support. And With Good Reason.

President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign is facing declining support amongst black voters, amidst growing indications that his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, is gaining momentum with the same demographic.

Two recent polls from Quinnipiac and Fox News show a significant increase in black support for former President Trump in a 2024 rematch with Biden – with the former President garnering 20 percent compared to just 8 percent in 2020. The Quinnipiac poll also indicates that over a third of the Black electorate – 35 percent – has an unfavorable opinion of President Joe Biden.

These recent polls are reinforcing a fear in the Biden campaign that the President is facing declining enthusiasm among one of his core voter demographics. Biden’s failure to deliver on his 2020 campaign promises has forced Democrats to abandon positive messaging and instead focus on trying to place blame for policy failures on Republicans as well as stoke fear about the future of ‘democracy’.

Appearing at a recent town hall hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus, Vice-President Kamala Harris told attendees, “We are looking at a full-on attack on our hard-fought, hard-won freedoms.” Regarding the 2024 election, Harris added, “So much is at stake, including our very democracy.”

The Biden campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, believes the campaign needs to pin much of the President’s policy failures on the U.S. Supreme Court, “It’s the court that just rolled back equity, and we’re going to point to it.” Richmond was referring to the  Court’s recent decisions striking down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and the landmark ruling against affirmative action.

As for Joe Biden himself, it would seem the President intends to continue to campaign on the state of the U.S. economy, embracing the term ‘Bidenomics.’

Writing in the Washington Post on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington, Biden stated, “Our plan — Bidenomics — is working…we’re advancing equity in everything we do making unprecedented investments in all of America, including for Black Americans.” According to the Quinnipiac poll, nearly 40 percent of Black voters disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy.

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President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election campaign is facing declining support amongst black voters, amidst growing indications that his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, is gaining momentum with the same demographic. show more
suarez
August 29, 2023
Breaking
News
Politics

Suarez Out! Miami Mayor Suspends 2024 Campaign.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced on Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, having failed to qualify for the first GOP nomination debate.

The World Economic Forum-linked Republican candidate is the first to drop out of the 2024 race, at least sticking to his own advice which he issued ahead of the debate, that those who do not qualify should exit.

“I have decided to suspend my campaign for President,” Suarez said in a statement, emphasizing his “commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains.”

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced on Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, having failed to qualify for the first GOP nomination debate. show more
August 29, 2023
William Upton
News

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise Diagnosed with Blood Cancer.

Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

“After a few days of not feeling like myself this past week, I had some blood work done. The results uncovered some irregularities and after undergoing additional tests, I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a very treatable blood cancer,” the Republican said in a statement. 

Scalise said he has already begun treatment for the cancer which should take several months – adding, “I expect to work through this period and intend to return to Washington, continuing my work as Majority Leader and serving the people of Louisiana’s First Congressional District.” 

In 2017, James Hodgkinson – a 66-year old political Leftist and Bernie Sanders supporter – opened fire on a Republican practice session for the yearly Congressional Baseball Game. Six people were shot by Hodgkinson, including Steve Scalise who was hit in the hip. Scalise was airlifted to a nearby Washington, D.C. hospital in critical condition. The bullet had shattered bone, damaged organs, and caused severe internal bleeding. Scalise underwent multiple surgeries and spent several weeks in the hospital – eventually making a full recovery.

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Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. show more
blackrock
August 29, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Rep. Gallagher: Corporate America is Funding the CCP.

Millions of Americans are unknowingly supporting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) through corporate giants, such as  Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and BlackRock, funneling U.S. taxpayer dollars to companies working on behalf of the Chinese government, according to Representative and Chair of the House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Mike Gallagher (R-Wi).

Corporates like BlackRock have moved U.S. dollars to Chinese companies that, among other things, produce the CCP’s military aircraft, aircraft carriers, aerospace technology, artillery shells, and advanced nuclear technology.

The Biden government recently issued an executive order entitled “Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern,” which sought to limit American investment in Chinese-owned companies. Rep. Gallagher argues, although a step in the right direction, it does not go far enough to resolve the challenge.

He suggests the U.S. should push to implement a number of other restrictions on companies investing in China, including banning investments that support and modernize the LPA or forced labor and Uyghur Genocide, addressing all public and private capital outflows that end up in China, delisting and de-indexing Chinese companies supporting the LPA, and guaranteeing the stability of the American financial system.

“We are quite literally funding our own potential destruction – and the executive order, while well-intentioned, won’t stop it. It is up to Congress to erect strong, enduring guardrails around outbound investment in China,” argues Gallagher.

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Millions of Americans are unknowingly supporting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) through corporate giants, such as  Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and BlackRock, funneling U.S. taxpayer dollars to companies working on behalf of the Chinese government, according to Representative and Chair of the House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Mike Gallagher (R-Wi). show more