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January 4, 2024
William Upton
News

CNN Analyst Wants to Put Trump in Alcatraz, Charge Tourists $20 for Selfies.

Playboy magazine White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem took his political bias against Donald Trump to a whole new level while appearing on a podcast hosted by the former Republican President’s niece, Mary Trump. The exchange started off relatively normal, with Karem explaining why he didn’t think Trump would actually be the Republican nominee or on the ballot. However, Karem’s prediction quickly escalated into the realm of creepy fantasy.

“I’m also convinced that at some point next year, since the federal government already controls Alcatraz, they’ll just reclaim it as a prison and there will be only one prisoner held there and he’ll have a two-hole golf course if he wants his Secret service entourage,” Karem said during the interview, adding: “And the only condition is that twice a day for two hours, he has to stand in a cage in an orange suit while tourists pay 20 bucks to have their picture taken with him. I’m holding onto that.”

Despite being a critic of her uncle herself, Mary Trump questioned Karem’s judgement, responding: “Pretty sure that last part is unethical and probably illegal.”

Karem, an outspoken critic of Trump, notably instigated a verbal altercation with former Trump White House aide Sebastian Gorka after a Rose Garden press conference in 2019. Following the incident, the White House stripped the Playboy reporter and CNN analyst of his press credentials. Karem sued the Trump administration in federal court, ultimately prevailing and having his White House access restored.

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Playboy magazine White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem took his political bias against Donald Trump to a whole new level while appearing on a podcast hosted by the former Republican President's niece, Mary Trump. The exchange started off relatively normal, with Karem explaining why he didn't think Trump would actually be the Republican nominee or on the ballot. However, Karem's prediction quickly escalated into the realm of creepy fantasy. show more

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January 4, 2024
Crime
Culture

A Hunter Biden Documentary is Being Produced by His So-Called ‘Sugar Brother’.

Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, also known as Hunter Biden’s ‘sugar brother’, is reportedly working on a documentary about the president’s son. Morris got the bizarre nickname after donating millions to Biden, including a reported $2.8 million payment to cover his tax bill in an attempt to placate prosecutors. According to an IRS whistleblower, Biden received around $4.9 million from Morris in 2020, which was reportedly spent on housing, legal fees, car payments, and advisory fees. The loan reportedly carries interest and is to be repaid in 2025.

The documentary aims to present President Biden’s son as much more than the corrupt, drug- and prostitute-using mess portrayed in tabloid headlines. The narrative will reportedly focus on his artistic work, family life, and his struggle to maintain sobriety amidst serious criminal investigations.

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Morris insists the infamous Hunter Biden laptop, the discovery of which precipitated Hunter’s current legal woes, was a ploy by a legally blind computer repairman to damage Biden and bolster former President Donald Trump’s campaign. Morris’s dealings with Hunter Biden were highlighted after IRS Agent Joseph Ziegler’s documentation revealing Morris’s monetary gifts to Biden was presented to the House Ways & Means Committee amidst Hunter’s tax evasion charges.

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Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris, also known as Hunter Biden's 'sugar brother', is reportedly working on a documentary about the president's son. Morris got the bizarre nickname after donating millions to Biden, including a reported $2.8 million payment to cover his tax bill in an attempt to placate prosecutors. According to an IRS whistleblower, Biden received around $4.9 million from Morris in 2020, which was reportedly spent on housing, legal fees, car payments, and advisory fees. The loan reportedly carries interest and is to be repaid in 2025. show more
January 4, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

Trump Says He’ll Testify in New E Jean Carroll Case.

Donald Trump has said he intends to testify at a second defamation hearing concerning E. Jean Carroll, currently set to commence on January 16th. The 80-year-old advice columnist alleges the former president raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in either 1995 or 1996.

Trump says he regrets not having testified during the first hearing, with jurors in the civil case reaching a contradictory decision that he had not raped Carroll, as she alleged, but that he had sexually abused her. She was awarded $5 million in damages, despite the fact she could not even remember the year of the alleged incident and could provide no physical evidence that it actually took place.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Bill Clinton appointee, bizarrely ruled that Trump had raped the writer, despite the jury finding he had not.

“I’m going to testify,” Trump told The New York Times, explaining he had been talked out of doing so at the first hearing.

A spokeswoman for Carroll said she “looks forward to presenting her case to a jury whose only job will be to determine how much in additional damages she will be entitled to receive.”

Carroll has made many accusations of rape and sexual assault over the years, also claiming to have been attacked by a boy aged seven or eight when she was also a child, a babysitter’s boyfriend, a camp counselor, a dentist, a college date whose name she could not remember, an unnamed former boss, and CBS chief executive Les Moonves.

She never reported any of her alleged attackers to the police, instead taking to CNN to describe how rape is “sexy”. 

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Donald Trump has said he intends to testify at a second defamation hearing concerning E. Jean Carroll, currently set to commence on January 16th. The 80-year-old advice columnist alleges the former president raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in either 1995 or 1996. show more
January 4, 2024
William Upton
Crime
News

Gun Ownership Up, Homicides Down.

The number of homicides across the United States fell by nearly 13-percent in 2023, fueling a corporate media news cycle about how crime overall is down despite public perception. What is being ignored, however, regarding the shift in crime levels since the pandemic is the fact gun ownership has drastically increased.

A recent poll showed 52-percent of registered votes acknowledged they or someone in their household owned at least one firearm – an all time record high. A similar poll in 2023 found only 42-percent of Americans said they or a household member owned a gun. Pew Research produced a survey showing over 40-percent of Americans at-large live in a home where someone owns a firearm – with nearly half-of self-described Republicans saying they owned a gun.

Between 2020 and 2022, Americans an estimated 60 million firearms. Compared to two decades ago, gun sales in the United States have nearly doubled. The recent spike in sales appears to be fueled by concerns President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats would work to put new restrictions on gun purchases and ownership through gun-control legislation. Additionally, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement’s demand local governments abolish police departments have lead some Americans to to invest in personal protection and firearm self-defense training.

While cities like Detroit are on track to see the lowest homicide rate since 1966; the nation’s capital, ‘gun free’ Washington, D.C., has seen a 40-percent spike in violent crime – with murders up 35-percent since last year. The city has also seen a nearly 70-percent increase in robberies, an 83-percent increase in motor-vehicle thefts, and a 25-percent increase in theft.

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The number of homicides across the United States fell by nearly 13-percent in 2023, fueling a corporate media news cycle about how crime overall is down despite public perception. What is being ignored, however, regarding the shift in crime levels since the pandemic is the fact gun ownership has drastically increased. show more
January 4, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump Meets With Teamsters Boss Sean O’Brien Ahead of Rank-and-File Member Event.

Former President Donald Trump will meet with rank-and-file members of the Teamsters Union along with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman later this January. The move marks a historic shift in relations between the Republican Party and organized labor.

While the Teamsters have endorsed Republican presidential candidates in the past – notably Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush – relations between the union and Republicans have cooled since the mid-1990s. During the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, union leaders overwhelmingly backed Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, respectively. Rank-and-file union members however, shifted to the political right in both election cycles – drawn to Donald Trump’s opposition to free trade and mass immigration, as well as his support for re-shoring American jobs and restoring the country’s manufacturing sector.

“Had a great dinner tonight with Sean O’Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Looking forward to more discussions about important issues in the near future!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The political shift amongst rank-and-file Teamsters resulted in labor leaders launching a concerted campaign against Trump in 2020 in the hopes they could win back their membership for the Democrats. Despite their efforts, a majority of union households still voted for Trump in Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2020.

In light of their rank-and-file members gravitating towards Trump again in 2024, the Teamsters leadership appears at least open to Trump’s candidacy. On Wednesday, Teamsters President O’Brien met privately with former President Trump in what the union said was “an in-depth and productive discussion on worker issues.”

“There are serious issues that need to addressed to improve the lives of working people across the country, and the Teamsters Union is making sure our members’ voices are heard as we head into a critical election year,” O’Brien said in a statement, adding: “We thank the former President for taking time during this private meeting to listen to the Teamsters’ top priorities. And we are eager to bring together the rank-and-file for an important and necessary roundtable with President Trump this month.”

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Former President Donald Trump will meet with rank-and-file members of the Teamsters Union along with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman later this January. The move marks a historic shift in relations between the Republican Party and organized labor. show more
January 4, 2024
William Upton
Culture

Fox Co-Founder Says He Wishes Trump Died in 2023.

Fox News co-founder Barry Diller revealed the 2023 prediction he got wrong was “[t]hat Trump would be figuratively or more hopefully dead.” Diller served as chairman and CEO of Fox from October of 1984 to April of 1992. He now serves as the chairman of the IAC holding company and the Expedia Group.

The Democrat media and business mogul has been a long critic of former President Donald Trump. Throughout the years, Diller has referred to Trump as a “joke” and “evil.” In a 2018 interview with fellow liberal Maureen Dowd, Diller said, “I would so love it if he were being blackmailed by Putin.” He added: “That would make me very happy. This was a man of bad character from the moment he entered adulthood, if not before. Pure, bad character. Ugh, Trump.”

One of Diller’s key points of contention with Trump’s presidency was immigration policy. In 2017, Diller claimed Trump’s efforts to end the globalist mass immigration agenda was causing American workers to leave the country for places like Germany – though this was not born out by emigration data.

Diller isn’t the only former Fox News executive to have a penchant for attacking former President Trump. Rupert Murdoch has made it clear he is no fan of the real-estate mogul turned populist politician. Murdoch went so far as to back – for a time – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s bid against Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Along with Diller’s incorrect 2023 prediction, the Guardian’s U.S. editor-in-chief Betsy Reed laments American voters aren’t as fearful of Trump as she is. “I didn’t anticipate that Trump would be winning, no one would seem to have any answers, while many of those most endangered by a Trump victory don’t seem to particularly care,” Reed said of her 2023 political prediction. Reed has been a long-time figure among left-wing media outlets, having worked at The Intercept and The Nation – a pro-Stalin political magazine.

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Fox News co-founder Barry Diller revealed the 2023 prediction he got wrong was "[t]hat Trump would be figuratively or more hopefully dead." Diller served as chairman and CEO of Fox from October of 1984 to April of 1992. He now serves as the chairman of the IAC holding company and the Expedia Group. show more
January 4, 2024
Ed Kozak
Crime
Immigration

A Machete-Wielding Man Arrested at the U.S. Capitol on December 26th Is An Illegal Venezuelan Migrant.

Jose Leonardo Marquez, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested for brandishing a machete, butcher’s knife, and a brick at the U.S. Capitol Building.

Marquez was arrested by Capitol Police on Dec. 26 and charged with both carrying a dangerous weapon and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Marquez “unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being admitted, inspected, or paroled by an immigration official,” according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) Washington, D.C.

The illegal immigrant “posed a significant threat to people in and around the U.S. Capitol,” said Patrick Divver, acting field office director of ICE ERO – Washington, D.C., said in a statement.  “Thanks to our law enforcement partners at the U.S. Capitol Police, this threat was mitigated quickly. Fortunately, Marquez is currently in ERO custody and will face removal proceedings,” his statement continued.

News of the Boxing Day arrest comes as ongoing border crisis increasingly becomes a central focus of the 2024 elections.

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Jose Leonardo Marquez, a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was arrested for brandishing a machete, butcher's knife, and a brick at the U.S. Capitol Building. show more
January 4, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
Politics

VIDEO: ‘We’re Not in a Classroom!’ – RINO Triggered by Border Security Question from Reporter.

U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) snapped at a reporter who asked lawmakers to raise their hand if they supported shutting down the government unless President Joe Biden shuts down the border. The incident took place at a press conference held by House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican lawmakers at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier today.

“We’re not going to do a show of hands,” Fallon can be heard saying – interrupting House Speaker Mike Johnson as he fielded the question from Real America Voice’s Ben Bergquam. The Texas Republican continued: “We’re not in a classroom. We’re not doing a show of hands.”

The moment was additionally bizarre given that Bergquam and other reporters are routinely asked to raise their hands to aks questions of politicians, despite not being “in a classroom,” and that the question should be relatively easy to answer for a so-called conservative concerned with U.S. border security.

Instead, Speaker Johnson indicated the House would push forward with passing individual appropriations bills. He added that House Republicans were able to head off a Christmas omnibus bill out of the Senate. The House passed a laddered continuing resolution, meaning Congress has until January 19th to fund part of the federal government – and February 2nd to fund the remaining departments.

More than 60 House Republican lawmakers traveled to the U.S. southern border on Wednesday to see first-hand the results of President Biden’s open border policies. Several illegal immigrants were caught on video crossing into the United States just feet away from Speaker Johnson and his Congressional delegation as they prepared for a press conference yesterday.

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U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) snapped at a reporter who asked lawmakers to raise their hand if they supported shutting down the government unless President Joe Biden shuts down the border. The incident took place at a press conference held by House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican lawmakers at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier today. show more
January 4, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Corruption
Politics

Dems Drop 156-Page Report Bemoaning Foreign Dignitaries Ordering Room Service at Trump Hotels.

House Democrats have released a report attacking Donald Trump over the fact foreign states and state-owned businesses have occasionally purchased services from his hotel and real estate empire, comparing this to the shady business dealings of Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

The White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump report lacks anything resembling a smoking gun, with the Trump Organization’s income from foreign sources consisting largely of foreign dignitaries and government-linked businesses renting office space or hotel rooms, and spending small amounts of money on conveniences like room service.

The Democrat report flagged “spending by foreign governments and entities” of as little as $590 dollars – attributed to European Union member-state Cyprus, at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. – indicating some desperation in their hunt for illicit funding sources.

The Democrats even flagged spending at Trump hotels by NATO allies Latvia and Hungary, worth $2,739 and $ 1,011, respectively.

“Former President Trump has legitimate businesses, but the Bidens do not,” commented Representative James Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee which has been investigating the President and his family.

Eric Trump said the idea his father had somehow benefited from financial links to China, in particular, was “insane”.

“There is no President in United States history who was tougher on China than Donald Trump,” he pointed out.

Eric also noted that The Trump Organization made a voluntary annual payment to the Treasury, gifting profits from certain hotel stays to the American people, and explained that some of the business arrangements the Democrat report took issue with long predate Trump’s presidency.

A Chinese bank renting space at Trump Tower, for example, was noted to have first signed its 20-year lease in 2008.

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House Democrats have released a report attacking Donald Trump over the fact foreign states and state-owned businesses have occasionally purchased services from his hotel and real estate empire, comparing this to the shady business dealings of Joe Biden and his son Hunter. show more
January 4, 2024
UK
World

UK Globalists Call for ‘Secret Plan’ Crisis Talks to Thwart Trump’s 2nd Term.

Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

The trio “said preparations to help the UK cope if Mr Trump were to end US support for Ukraine and withdraw from Nato must be drawn up in secret to avoid giving him a campaign boost.”

Despite the current legal challenges Trump is facing, the three diplomats believe his reelection is likely.

“There’s not much point in saying, ‘We know he’s a monster, he’s unprincipled, he’s a misogynistic fraud and liar and destroyer of constitutions.’ The reality is: he will be there. We have to find ways of engaging with the US if Trump is elected,” said Westmacott, who served as British ambassador to the U.S. from 2012 to 2016.

McDonald, former head of Britain’s Foreign Office and the current Senior Member of the House of Lords, emphasized the need for readiness, stating the implications of a second Trump tenure would be ‘massive’ for the UK. John Kerr, a crossbench peer who served as Britain’s ambassador to Washington from 1995 to 1997, said Britain and other allies should “get together discreetly” to plan for an impending Trump presidency.

The comments of the former diplomats come as President Joe Biden’s popularity continues to plummet, with a recent poll finding that Black, Hispanic, and young voters are abandoning support for the Democratic president in droves.

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Former UK diplomats Simon McDonald, John Kerr, and Sir Peter Westmacott are calling for the British government to draw up secret plans to thwart Donald Trump's foreign policy in the event he is once again elected to the U.S. presidency. The three diplomats are concerned that Trump, a vocal critic of NATO and needless foreign entanglements, is likely to significant diminish U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. show more