Senior Democrats are increasingly skeptical of Joe Biden’s fearmongering election strategy. Biden’s approach, focusing on January 6 and Donald Trump’s sham conviction in Manhattan, has the support of Biden’s inner circle, led by longtime aide Mike Donilon. They believe emphasizing the supposed threat to democracy will resonate with voters despite other critical issues like the economy and immigration dominating public concern.
Polls consistently show Biden either trailing or tied with Trump, with only a slight uptick, at most, following his lawfare conviction. Still, Biden’s core team remains steadfast in its commitment to the January 6 narrative. In March, Donilon predicted that as polling day draws near, the election’s “focus will become overwhelming on democracy,” and “the biggest images in people’s minds are going to be of January 6.”
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Donilon thinks the 2017 protest, in which the only fatality was an unarmed woman shot by Capitol police, is comparable to 9/11, with close to 3,000 fatalities. He suggests that, as 2004 was “a 9/11 election,” 2024 will be a Jan 6 election.
“It is unclear to many of us watching from the outside whether the president and his core team realize how dire the situation is right now, and whether they even have a plan to fix it. That is scary,” a Democrat strategist told Axios.
The left-leaning news outlet notes, “Even with a once-in-a-century pandemic, Biden barely beat Trump by less than 45,000 votes across three states.”
Polling data indicates significant slippage in Biden’s support among crucial Democratic constituencies. Latinos, black voters, young voters, and union members are all turning away from him.
Democratic strategists increasingly fear the 81-year-old’s team is out of touch with the electorate’s priorities.
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❓What Happened: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the removal of COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization schedule.
👥 Who’s Involved: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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📍 Where & When: Announcement made on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, via X (formerly Twitter).
💬 Key Quote: “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule,” said Kennedy.
⚠️ Impact: The move comes after Kennedy and the Trump White House began consideration of the removal of the COVID vaccine from its immunization schedule this past April.
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will remove the COVID-19 vaccine from its immunization schedule recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women. The National Pulse reported in April that Kennedy and Trump White House public health officials were considering the move, though at the time, HHS stated that no final decision had been made.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kennedy states, “Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from [the CDC’s] recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing [President Trump’s] promise to Make America Healthy Again.”
The decision comes amid ongoing discussions about the safety and necessity of administering the vaccine to low-risk groups. Physicians such as Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have supported the move, with Bhattacharya calling it “common sense and good science.” Makary noted that several other nations have already stopped recommending the COVID-19 vaccine for children.
Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again. pic.twitter.com/Ytch2afCLP
Under the Biden government, the vaccine was widely promoted, including for children. Despite initial assurances that it would prevent infection, guidance was later revised to emphasize symptom reduction only. Additionally, the COVID-19 vaccines face ongoing scrutiny over their links to the occurrence of myocarditis, particularly in young males, following vaccination.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, it is time to move forward. HHS and the CDC remain committed to gold standard science and to ensuring the health and well-being of all Americans—especially our nation’s children—using common sense,” HHS spokeswoman Vianca N. Rodriguez Feliciano said in a statement.
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❓What happened: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Nathan Simington warned that Chinese telecom giant Huawei embedded potentially dangerous hardware in rural U.S. Internet infrastructure near military sites, exploiting a funding delay in Congress’s mandated removal plan.
👤Who’s Involved: Nathan Simington, the FCC, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Huawei, Congress, and rural American telecom providers.
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🧾Key Quote: “Huawei had a great business… because the first hit is free,” Simington said.
⚠️Fallout: The $4.98 billion “rip and replace” effort remains incomplete, leaving U.S. national security vulnerable to Chinese surveillance via telecom and even solar infrastructure.
📌Significance: Simington’s revelations expose the extent to which CCP-linked companies penetrated America’s digital backbone and how regulatory inaction and cost-cutting left critical systems exposed to foreign adversaries.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Nathan Simington warns that Huawei’s infiltration of rural American Internet networks has turned them into potential “pain points” for national security. In an interview, Simington outlined how the Chinese telecom giant embedded its low-cost equipment in rural broadband infrastructure, particularly in regions surrounding sensitive U.S. military installations.
Though Congress passed a 2019 mandate requiring the removal of Huawei hardware from U.S. networks, lawmakers failed to fund the effort for years. The required $4.98 billion wasn’t approved until December—leaving a dangerous gap in which Chinese components remained active in vital communication systems across the country.
“You probably saw last week that we found undisclosed communications equipment in some Chinese-made solar panels,” Simington said. “The solar panels have the ability to phone home just like E.T.… At a certain point, you have to ask yourself, what isn’t phoning home?”
The FCC’s “rip and replace” initiative was originally projected to cost $1.9 billion. Simington now places the estimate at $5.6 billion, a staggering overrun he sees as the inevitable cost of relying on “cheap” solutions offered by the Chinese Communist Party’s tech arms. “There’s nothing as expensive as a cheap product,” he said.
Huawei’s predatory pricing strategy—offering razor-thin financing terms like zero percent interest for up to 60 years—effectively locked in small rural telecom companies operating on the margins. “Huawei had a great business… because the first hit is free,” Simington explained. “Huawei doesn’t need to make profits in order to compete in the capital markets for investor capital the way that a normal company in the United States or elsewhere in the free world would.”
Perhaps most alarming was Simington’s allegation that Huawei specifically targeted rural providers near U.S. military installations, raising red flags about foreign surveillance. “If an American company had pulled the same stunt in China,” he said, “the executives would have found themselves in shallow graves.”
While Simington made clear he’s not advocating for similar measures, he emphasized the situation is “really intolerable.”
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❓What Happened: A cabal of close and influential aides worked to hide Joe Biden’s cognitive and physical decline from the press and others in the Democratic government, including senior cabinet officials.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, longtime aides Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Ron Klain, Anthony Bernal, and Annie Tomasini.
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📍 Where & When: The allegations that aides covered up Biden’s cognitive and physical decline surfaced in July 2024 but have drawn increasing media attention with the publication of Original Sin on May 20, 2025.
💬 Key Quote: “When you’re voting for president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” a Biden staffer reportedly told Original Sin author Alex Thompson.
⚠️ Impact: Claims raise questions about transparency, Biden’s fitness for office, and the Biden government’s handling of national security and policy issues.
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Evidence continues to mount that a covert operation within the Biden government, comprised of a tight-knit group of aides, worked to obscure President Joe Biden’s mental decline while effectively running the White House. Author and journalist Alex Thompson describes the group as a “politburo” of longtime aides Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Ron Klain, Anthony Bernal, and Annie Tomasini. Last summer, The National Pulse reported that Bernal, Tomasini, and aide Ashley Williams served as intermediaries between Joe and Jill Biden and senior White House officials, effectively shielding the octogenarian Democrat from his own cabinet.
Thompson, the co-author of Original Sin, states concerns about Biden’s capacity to endure a reelection campaign or another term were raised by administration insiders as early as April 2023. Notably, even Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, who repeatedly told the American public that Biden’s health was fine, privately told White House aides that if the president suffered a fall in 2023 or 2024, he would likely need to be confined to a wheelchair and face an arduous recovery.
The protective environment around Biden became so fervent that at least one aide remarked that Biden “just had to win, and then he could disappear for four years,” with aides taking over day-to-day responsibilities. “When you’re voting for president, you’re voting for the aides around him,” the staffer allegedly stated. Even more concerning, at least two cabinet members are alleged to have expressed doubts regarding Biden’s cognitive state and ability to handle critical national security situations, such as a potential “2:00 AM crisis call.”
In January, The National Pulse reported that presidential historian Douglas Brinkley acknowledged that Biden was effectively unable to function as Commander-in-Chief during his final years in office. Like Thompson and reports last summer, Brinkley states that a cadre of key White House aides both hid Biden’s infirmities and effectively ran the country in his stead. Brinkley likened the situation to former President Woodrow Wilson, who suffered a stroke largely hidden from the American public. Following the stroke, his wife, Edith Wilson, essentially ran the country.
As allegations mounted in recent weeks regarding the cover-up of Biden’s mental and physical decline, the Biden family announced last week that Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Typically slow-developing, prostate cancer is often caught in its early stages through PSA tests and routine prostate exams, though Biden’s medical records are unclear if he received either while serving as president.
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❓What Happened: Consumer confidence in the U.S. saw a sharp rebound in May.
👥 Who’s Involved: U.S. consumers; President Donald J. Trump; The Conference Board.
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📍 Where & When: United States; May 2025.
💬 Key Quote: “The rebound was already visible before the May 12 US-China trade deal but gained momentum afterwards,” said Conference Board senior economist Stephanie Guichard.
⚠️ Impact: Economic optimism has increased following President Trump’s recent trade deals.
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Consumer confidence in the United States experienced a notable recovery in May 2025, breaking a five-month streak of declining sentiment. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index surged by 12.3 points, rising to 98 from April’s 85.7. This marks a significant improvement from the prior month and is well above forecasted expectations of 86.
The improvement in consumer sentiment coincides with recent trade deals and policy adjustments by President Donald J. Trump. A series of tariff pauses and negotiated reductions appear to have alleviated some of the economic uncertainty stirred up by anti-tariff commentators. President Trump has also struck trade deals with Britain and China, and secured investments worth trillions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in recent days.
The rebound in confidence suggests that Americans are beginning to feel more optimistic about the economic outlook. The data reflects a shift in public sentiment as trade tensions ease, and the tariff policy’s goal of reshoring manufacturing to the U.S. begins to bear fruit, with major businesses such as Nvidia announcing major investments in domestic production.
The Conference Board #ConsumerConfidence Index® increased by 12.3 points in May to 98.0 (1985=100), up from 85.7 in April.
❓What Happened: President Donald J. Trump is withdrawing federal funding from Harvard University due to racial discrimination against white and Asian applicants, as well as anti-Semitism.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Trump, Harvard University, the General Services Administration (GSA), and federal agencies.
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📍 Where & When: A draftletter from the GSA to federal agencies, with contract terminations requested by June 6.
💬 Key Quote: “Harvard continues to engage in race discrimination, including in its admissions process and in other areas of student life… These are the direct results of employing discriminatory factors, instead of merit, in admission decisions.” — General Services Administration letter to federal agencies.
⚠️ Impact: Federal grants worth approximately $100 million will be cut, with contracts for essential services being reassigned to other vendors.
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President Donald J. Trump has instructed the withdrawal of all remaining federal funding from Harvard University, citing concerns over anti-Semitism and racial discrimination against white people and Asians. The move, outlined in a draft letter issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to federal agencies, impacts approximately $100 million in federal grants.
The letter references the Supreme Court caseStudents for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which revealed significant disparities in acceptance rates among racial groups within the top academic decile. “In this decile, admissions rates were: 56 percent for African Americans, 31 percent for Hispanics: 15 percent for Whites: 13 percent for Asians,” the letter states.
“The Supreme Court, in its decision on the case, rebuked Harvard’s long-standing policy and practice of discriminating on the basis of race,” it continues. “Harvard has shown no indication of reforming their admissions process—to the contrary. Harvard now has to offer a remedial math course, which has been described as ‘middle school math’ for incoming freshmen. These are the direct results of employing discriminatory factors, instead of merit, in admission decisions.”
The letter also accuses the institution of “anti-Semitic action” and a lack of concern for the safety and well-being of Jewish students.
The GSA has instructed federal agencies to provide a list of contracts with Harvard by June 6 for termination. While contracts for essential services will not be canceled immediately, they will be transferred to other vendors.
This decision marks the latest in a series of actions against the Ivy League institution, including efforts to end its right to import foreign students, emphasizing the Trump administration’s stance on compliance with federal civil rights laws in academia.
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❓What Happened: In an effort to keep President Donald J. Trump out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary in Texas, a SuperPAC backing incumbent Senator John Cornyn has hired former Trump campaign chief and Republican National Committee (RNC) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chris LaCivita as a senior advisor.
👥 Who’s Involved: Chris LaCivita, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and President Trump.
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📍 Where & When: LaCivita’s hiring was quietly announced late last week, though The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, first scooped the move on March 5, 2025.
⚠️ Impact: The Cornyn campaign appears to hope that LaCivita will keep President Trump from backing Paxton’s primary challenge and potentially turn the incumbent U.S. Senator’s prospects for re-election around. However, polling has consistently shown Cornyn to be running behind Paxton by double-digits, suggesting that the Texas Attorney General is on course to defeat the Republican-in-name-only incumbent even without an endorsement from the White House.
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Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is bringing on board Chris LaCivita, a controversial campaign aide to President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 campaign, hoping to keep the President out of what is shaping up to be a contentious and expensive U.S. Senate primary. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), an America First conservative and Trump ally, is challenging Cornyn for the U.S. Senate seat. He has been hammering the Senator for his voting record, failure to support Trump, and resistance to the America First agenda.
The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassas reported in early March that LaCivita was poised to join the Cornyn campaign, despite Axios erroneously claiming the scoop just last week.
D.C. scuttlebutt: One-time Trump campaign chief Chris LaCivita is going (back) to work for routine Trump-basher John Cornyn?
You can't have it both ways, Chris.
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LaCivita is being tapped as a senior advisor for Texans for a Conservative Majority, a SuperPAC backing Cornyn’s re-election efforts. However, the long-time Republican political establishment operative continues to be viewed with skepticism—if not outright hostility—by many Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters over his efforts to sideline some of President Trump’s most loyal and ardent allies. The National Pulse has extensively covered LaCivita’s efforts to undermine MAGA and MAGA-adjacent efforts during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Notably, LaCivita was one of the primary instigators in attacking Project 2025, a move that led to a slow hiring process for the incoming Trump administration. The ramifications are still playing out across key departmental roles.
As co-campaign manager during the 2024 race, LaCivita pushed the Trump campaign to cave to a Democrat campaign to demonize Project 2025. At the time, it was reported that LaCivita had also led efforts to force out Project 2025 director Paul Dans at the Heritage Foundation in what was little more than a turf war over management of the second Trump administration.
In another disturbing instance during the 2024 campaign, LaCivita backed the takeover of America PAC by former DeSantis campaign operatives, who had been accused of running the Florida governor’s primary bid into the ground. This came after LaCivita attempted to install attorney Charlie Spies—a man with ties to Jeb Bush—as chief counsel at the Republican National Committee (RNC). Spies was fired from the RNC after just two months on the orders of President Trump.
Additionally, LaCivita has been accused of being behind numerous campaign leaks. The National Pulse reported in November 2024 that the co-campaign manager was behind leaks to The Atlantic‘s Tim Alberta, attempting to blame young staffer Alex Breusewitz for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s late-campaign Puerto Rico garbage joke at Madison Square Garden.
There are also allegations that LaCivita diverted millions of campaign dollars to vendors that were overcharging for their services. Even more troubling, when campaign staff began to blow the whistle on the overcharges, at least one came forward and alleged that a campaign conference room had been bugged to allow senior staff to spy on their colleagues.
Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, LaCivita began working with Albania’s Sali Berisha, an opposition leader against Prime Minister Edi Rama. Under U.S. sanctions, Berisha launched a failed bid for Prime Minister and lost the May 11, 2025, election to Rama. Five days before the election, the Trump administration lifted the sanctions.
Polling data consistently shows Paxton has a significant lead over Cornyn in the Texas Republican primary.
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❓What Happened: Anti-grooming gangs activist Tommy Robinson has been released from prison after his sentence for contempt of court was reduced by England’s High Court.
👥 Who’s Involved: Robinson, High Court judges, British police and prosecutors.
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📍 Where & When: Released from HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes; sentence reduced last week.
💬 Key Quote: “Unfortunately, in a country that doesn’t believe in free speech, being a citizen journalist, [prison] is an occupational hazard,” Robinson said outside His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Woodhill.
⚠️ Impact: Robinson plans to organise a free speech event in London. He faces at least two future trials, one resulting from charges filed against him a day after his release was announced.
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Anti-grooming gangs activist and independent journalist Tommy Robinson has been released from prison following a High Court decision to reduce his draconian 18-month sentence for contempt of court. The 42-year-old left His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Woodhill in Milton Keynes, England, on Tuesday morning. His imprisonment followed his release of a film defending allegations he made against a Syrian migrant, ruled defamatory in a civil case, with the Attorney General’s Office going out of its way to prosecute him for contempt.
Notably, criminals convicted of far more serious crimes, including molesting children, often receive no prison time at all, prompting widespread accusations that Robinson was singled out because of his political views.
A video posted to Robinson’s social media account on X showed him addressing his supporters for approximately 20 minutes. Sporting longer hair, a beard, and a Catholic rosary, he announced plans to host a free speech festival in London later this year.
Robinson said he knew he would likely end up in prison for his film, saying he has been targeted ever since he began pointing out that grooming gangs raping and pimping white working-class girls across England are comprised largely of Muslim, Pakistani-heritage men. “Unfortunately, in a country that doesn’t believe in free speech, being a citizen journalist, [prison] is an occupational hazard,” he said.
Despite his release, Robinson is set to face further trials. He is due at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 5, charged with two counts of harassment related to alleged incidents involving two journalists in August 2024. These charges were filed just one day after a judge authorized his early release, prompting accusations of malicious prosecution.
Separately, he faces an October 2026 trial under anti-terrorism legislation, over an accusation that he failed to provide the PIN for his mobile phone when approached by Kent Police in Folkestone in July 2024.
❓What Happened: President Donald J. Trump announced a delay in implementing a 50 percent tariff on European Union (EU) goods from June 1 to July 9 to allow time for trade negotiations.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and market analysts.
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📍 Where & When: The announcement followed a Sunday phone call between Trump and von der Leyen, with Trump speaking to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey.
💬 Key Quote: “I agreed to the extension—July 9, 2025—It was my privilege to do so,” President Trump stated on Truth Social.
⚠️ Impact: The tariff threats caused market instability, with analysts warning of potential harm to global economic growth and market confidence.
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President Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that the United States will postpone imposing a 50 percent tariff on goods from the European Union (EU), originally set to take effect on June 1, until July 9. Trump told reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, that the decision was made after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, during which she expressed a desire to engage in “serious negotiations. ”
“I told anybody that, they have to do that,” Trump said, referring to the need for negotiations. He added that von der Leyen committed to “rapidly get together and see if we can work something out.” The America First leader later took to Truth Social, stating, “I agreed to the extension—July 9, 2025—It was my privilege to do so.”
The delay follows a social media post by Trump on Friday in which he criticized the EU for being “very difficult to deal with” on trade and claimed negotiations were “going nowhere.” The announcement of the EU tariffs came alongside a potential 25 percent tariff on iPhones produced abroad.
Von der Leyen, for her part, emphasized the importance of the U.S.-EU trade relationship, calling it “the world’s most consequential and close.” She stated that Europe is “ready to advance talks swiftly and decisively” and highlighted the necessity of using the time until July 9 to reach a beneficial agreement.
Britain, which unlike EU member states manages its own trade policy, thanks to Brexit, has already secured a trade deal with the U.S.
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❓What Happened: Hillary Clinton is demanding Democrats start arguments—and potentially fights—with friends, family, and neighbors at Memorial Day cookouts over President Donald J. Trump’s budget plan.
👥 Who’s Involved: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, President Donald J. Trump, and Americans attending cookouts this Memorial Day weekend.
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📍 Where & When: Clinton made the demand in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, May 23, 2025.
💬 Key Quote: “I’m giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend,” Clinton wrote, explaining: “I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.”
⚠️ Impact: The move highlights the Democratic Party’s continued tone deafness towards American voters who are increasingly tired of liberals politicizing their relationships with friends and family, and using their personal ties as leverage for political ends.
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Former Secretary of State and failed 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton demanded Democrats spoil family cookouts this Memorial Day, pushing the anti-Trump activists to start arguments with their “friends, neighbors, [and] cookout attendees” over President Donald J. Trump’s budget plan working its way through Congress. The former First Lady and wife of former President Bill Clinton described her desire to cause familial and neighborhood strife as a “mission” for her supporters.
“I’m giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend,” Clinton wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). She continued: “I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids. We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn’t it.”
Attached to Hillary’s post is an image of Democratic Party talking points that make dubious claims about Trump’s budget and its impact, especially on healthcare programs like Medicaid. Notably, President Trump has been insistent that Medicaid will not be subject to cuts, nor should Americans in need of the healthcare program be barred from accessing it.
I’m giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend.
I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids.
Earlier this week, the budget plan—taking the form of a budget reconciliation bill and referred to by Trump as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”—passed the House of Representatives by a single vote. Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) were the only two House Republicans to vote against the measure. Every single House Democrat opposed the budget plan.
One of the more outrageous claims pushed by Clinton in her post on X is that four million children will be thrown off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In reality, the provision being referenced by Hillary Clinton is language that would bar immigrants from accessing the program. However, the manager’s amendment used to implement several 11th-hour compromises altered even that language, creating several broad carve-outs for Cubans and others who receive certain special government-issued immigration statuses. This means that Clinton’s data point is likely far from correct.
❓What Happened: Gas prices this Memorial Day weekend are set to be the lowest since 2021, with inflation-adjusted costs hitting their lowest since 2003 (excluding COVID years), according to GasBuddy.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Donald J. Trump’s administration, GasBuddy, and millions of American travelers.
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📍 Where & When: Nationwide, Memorial Day weekend 2024.
💬 Key Quote: “If you adjust for inflation and rising wages, Americans are actually going to spend the least amount filling up this Memorial Day since 2003, excluding COVID,” GasBuddy reports.
⚠️ Impact: Americans will save on fuel costs during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, with lower gas prices celebrated across the country.
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Gas prices for Memorial Day weekend are set to hit their lowest levels since 2021, with inflation-adjusted costs marking the cheapest Memorial Day fill-ups since 2003, excluding the pandemic years, according to data from GasBuddy. Millions of Americans are expected to benefit from the reduced costs as they take to the roads for the holiday weekend.
The drop in fuel prices comes after President Donald J. Trump declared a National Energy Emergency on his first day in office, initiating measures to restore American energy independence and reverse the policies of the Biden government. Trump’s actions have been credited with revitalizing the nation’s energy sector and easing the burden on American consumers.
GasBuddy highlighted the significance of the price reductions, stating, “If you adjust for inflation and rising wages, Americans are actually going to spend the least amount filling up this Memorial Day since 2003, excluding COVID.”
The energy policy shift under the Trump administration has been credited with reversing what many saw as a restrictive approach to domestic energy production under the previous administration.
President Trump has already made several moves to lower energy prices and make America more energy independent. Since taking office in January, Trump has ended Biden-era anti-coal policies and scrapped other energy regulations, saving U.S. consumers upwards of $11 billion overall.
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Many people are shocked to learn that because of active censorship, we currently have to spend more time making sure you can even see The National Pulse, than on producing the news itself. Which sucks. Because we do this for the truth, and for you.
But the regime doesn’t want you being informed. That’s why they want us to go away. And that will happen if more people don’t sign up to support our work. It’s basic supply and demand. So demand you get to read The National Pulse, unrestricted. Sign up, today.
We don’t sell ads, and refuse corporate or political cash. It all comes down to you, the reader. I hope you can help.
