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June 15, 2023
Jack Montgomery
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Over Half of America Says Cheating Affects Their Elections, and That Officials Ignore It.

A majority of Americans think cheating affected the 2022 mid-terms and will affect the 2024 presidential election. A majority also believe state and federal officials are ignoring evidence of wrongdoing.

Rasmussen Reports found that 52 percent of likely voters believe cheating affected the outcome of some races in 2022, and an even higher 54 percent believe cheating will affect the outcome of the presidential race in 2024.

Skepticism about the integrity of America’s elections by party affiliation is strongest among Republicans, with 68 percent doubting the legitimacy of the mid-terms and 69 percent predicting cheating in 2024.

A significant minority of Democrats also have doubts, however, with 41 percent suspecting cheating in 2022 and 46 percent predicting cheating next year, against 47 percent and 48 percent who do not.

Perhaps most significantly, 56 percent of likely voters believe “state and federal officials are ignoring evidence of widespread election fraud”, against 40 percent who do not.

This includes 74 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of conservatives, 44 percent of Democrats, 43 percent of moderates, and 20 percent of liberals.

 

 

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World

European Union Alleges China is Training Russian Troops for Ukraine War.

China has denied allegations from the European Union that it trained Russian soldiers for the ongoing Ukraine war.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The European Union (EU) has accused China of training Russian military personnel currently involved in the Ukraine war.
📺 DETAIL: On Tuesday, China hit back at allegations from European Union (EU) that it trained Russian soldiers currently fighting in the Ukraine war. Specifically, Kaja Kallas, the EU’s head of foreign affairs, accused China of being a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which started in late February 2022. “We have also now verified reports that the Chinese military has been training Russian military personnel to fight in Ukraine… We are carefully assessing the implications,” said Kallas. She made the accusation during a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday. China has positioned itself as neutral since the conflict began, although it has previously blamed the eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the outbreak of the war.
🎯 IMPACT: The accusation follows similar claims put forward by backers of Ukraine that China has supported Russia’s invasion through dual-use exports. Dual-use goods are products, software, or technologies that are notionally intended for civilian use but can also be adapted for military use. China also remains a major buyer of Russian oil and gas despite Western sanctions, further compounding concerns that it is indirectly backing Russia. The EU has since imposed sanctions on Chinese tech companies, characterizing such companies as “enablers in third countries” of “Russia’s military-industrial complex.” The fresh accusations of direct, rather than merely indirect, support further strain the relationship between the EU and China.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The remarks have no factual basis and are purely slander and smears,” insisted Lin Jian, for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
📺 FLASHBACK: The accusation against China coincided with the start of negotiations between the EU and Ukraine to begin the latter’s accession to the 27-country bloc. The country opened policy chapters on the judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, public procurement, statistics, and financial control. The process has started despite the ongoing war with Russia. Negotiations are expected to take several years, with widespread corruption in Ukraine forecast to become a major stumbling block. Ukraine hopes to gain a security guarantee from the EU by becoming a member. This follows reports from May that EU officials were considering a proposal to make Ukraine an “Associate Member” of the EU, granting the country access to EU funds, while denying it voting rights in key institutions.

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Immigration
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Fifteen Antifa-Linked Agitators Charged With Obstructing ICE.

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people accused of obstructing ICE during “Operation Metro Surge,” a major crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis by the Trump administration.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Federal prosecutors have announced charges against 15 people accused of obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota.
📺 DETAIL: The suspects were charged on Tuesday for allegedly obstructing ICE during the Trump administration’s “Operation Metro Surge” in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota earlier this year. At present, 12 people have been arrested, while two remain at large and one was already in custody. Specifically, the charges concern people involved in two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups. According to Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen, members of the groups are trained in “surveillance, operational planning and rapid mobilization against law enforcement” and responsible for obstructing ICE. “Whether or not they actually, at the end of the day, cause bodily harm is not the measure of whether or not they committed a serious federal crime,” Rosen said in a press conference. Operation Metro Surge involved a push by thousands of ICE agents to enforce immigration law in Minneapolis, sparking violent protests from Antifa, a far-left terrorist group, and other left-wing activists. The accused allegedly tried to block ICE operations and stalked the agency throughout the city.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “They’ll be held accountable… Justice is coming.” – Border Czar Tom Homan in a press conference earlier this year.
🎯 IMPACT: The charges underscore the Trump administration’s commitment to investigating and dismantling far-left groups, particularly those involved in domestic unrest and violent obstruction of ICE and other law enforcement agencies. The charges represent an escalation since the administration withdrew ICE from Minneapolis in February following Operation Metro Surge.
📺 FLASHBACK: This is not the first time that anti-ICE activists have faced obstruction charges this month. In Logan, Utah, two court clerks were indicted for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade custody. Specifically, 26-year-old Lauren Morrow and 27-year-old Jennifer Joma, so-called “self-appointed ICE vigilantes,” allegedly prevented the agency from executing a warrant at Logan City Municipal Justice Court by facilitating an illegal alien’s escape in April.

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Crime
News

SPLC Official Accused of Channeling $1.2 Million to Neo-Nazi Lover.

A federal indictment accuses a former Southern Poverty Law Center official of misusing donor funds to support a neo-Nazi informant, raising questions about the nonprofit’s practices.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A federal indictment alleges that former Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official Heidi Beirich funneled $1.2 million in donor funds to an informant within a neo-Nazi group, with whom she allegedly had a romantic relationship. The indictment accuses “Employee-2,” identified as Beirich by the New York Post, of using SPLC resources to support the informant and even covering personal expenses through joint bank accounts.
📺 DETAIL: Beirich allegedly maintained a romantic relationship with the informant, shared bank accounts with him, and benefited from approximately $140,000 in SPLC funds that were deposited into their joint accounts between 2015 and 2021. Prosecutors claim the informant received roughly $1.2 million from the SPLC over two decades while simultaneously helping sustain and promote National Alliance activities. The indictment further alleges that documents stolen from National Alliance headquarters in 2014 were used in SPLC reporting and that another informant was paid to take responsibility for the burglary. Federal authorities have charged the SPLC with wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, alleging the organization secretly financed extremist groups while publicly fundraising on the basis of opposing them. The SPLC and Beirich have not publicly responded to the allegations, which will be subject to judicial review in court.
🎯 IMPACT: The indictment has sparked scrutiny of the SPLC’s practices, particularly its alleged financial mismanagement and collaboration with extremist groups it claims to oppose. The nonprofit, which has amassed significant donor funding, faces accusations of promoting the very groups it purports to combat for financial gain.

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WATCH: Farage Explains How Britain’s ‘Equality’ Act Puts Anti-White Discrimination at the Heart of Government.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has explained his plans to abolish the Equality Act, citing its divisive, anti-meritocratic impact on British society.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, explained his plans to abolish the Equality Act, sometimes referred to as the Equalities Act, arguing it has sown division and undermined meritocracy in Britain, particularly at the expense of white people.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Equalities Act has actually put anti-white discrimination onto the front foot of every public body in this country.” – Nigel Farage
📰 DETAIL: In a video statement uploaded to social media on Tuesday, Farage noted that the Equality Act was introduced in 2010 by a Labour government of Gordon Brown, shortly before the party was ousted for 14 years. “[W]e didn’t need it because we already had anti-discrimination laws… What it did was to create different grades of people,” Farage explained. “Under it, something called ‘positive action’ needed to be taken to make sure that ‘underrepresentation,’ as it was seen, of ethnic minorities or women… should change. They even introduced something called a ‘tiebreaker’ whereby if two candidates for a job in the civil service were seen to have equal talents, the one from the ethnic minority would get the job over the one that was White British.”
🎯 IMPACT: Farage said that the Equality Act undermines the principle that people should be “judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” observing that the anti-white ideology underpinning it “has run all the way through our system,” whether in the jobs market, the military, or policing. Notably, the Reform leader’s intervention follows widespread public anger over the police response to the murder of Henry Nowak, with officers refusing to believe the white teenager had been stabbed and putting him in handcuffs shortly before he died, because his Sikh murderer falsely accused him of racism. Farage pushed strongly for the release of the shocking police bodycam footage of Nowak’s final moment, stating, “Our institutions don’t care about Henry Nowak because he is white. I do, and he deserves justice.”

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Economy
News
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Gas Prices Drop Below $4 for First Time in Months as Iran Deal Nears.

Following a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran, U.S. retail gas prices fell below $4 per gallon for the first time in several months.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Retail gas prices in the United States have dropped below $4 per gallon, the lowest since April.
📺 DETAIL: On Sunday, according to GasBuddy, the national average fell to $3.997 per gallon. Prices dropped below $4 following a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran. The agreement is the first major step towards ending the conflict between the two countries, which started in late February following U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. Specifically, the agreement aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital passage and chokepoint that handles nearly 20 percent of global oil flows. Both retail and crude oil experienced significant drops in response to the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. A deal between the two countries is scheduled to be formally signed on Friday.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The real test now shifts to the Strait of Hormuz, where any reopening and resumption of normal oil flows would be the clearest signal that this relief is durable… For now, the national average could continue falling, provided there isn’t a drastic reversal and the U.S. and Iran continue moving in a positive direction,” said Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at GasBuddy, a Texas-based company tracking gas prices.
🎯 IMPACT: This represents the first time since mid-April that gas prices in the U.S. have been below $4 per gallon. While the price drop offers short-term relief to consumers, gas prices are vulnerable to global events and fluctuate rapidly, meaning that a supply crunch could cause prices to rise again. Gas remains approximately 91 cents higher compared to the same time last year. Moreover, while the dip in prices is likely a response to reports of the Strait of Hormuz reopening, experts have cautioned that it may take weeks to fully normalize shipping traffic through the strait. The drop in prices is likely to improve President Donald J. Trump’s national approval ratings, which have been shown to reflect the affordability of gas.
📺 FLASHBACK: Before the war in December last year, it was reported that gas prices dropped to their lowest levels in over four years, averaging $2.95 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.

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Lawfare
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Christian Nonprofit Seeks Restitution for SPLC-Linked Terror Attack.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is under increasing pressure to pay restitution to the Family Research Council, a Christian nonprofit targeted by an SPLC-inspired shooter.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A Christian nonprofit is seeking restitution after becoming the target of a shooting linked to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
📺 DETAIL: On August 15, 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins II carried out a shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters in Washington, D.C. The FRC is a conservative nonprofit dedicated to supporting Christian values. The shooting was motivated by the far-left SPLC’s designation of the FRC as a “hate group.” The then-28-year-old Corkins entered the FRC’s headquarters with a gun, two fully-loaded 15-round magazines, a supply of 9mm ammunition, and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches he intended to smear on the victims. After wounding the manager, he was subdued. During questioning, Corkins confirmed that he was inspired to carry out the shooting by the SPLC. “It was, uh—Southern Poverty Law lists, uh, anti-gay groups,” Corkins said. “I found them online. I did a little bit of research, went to the website, stuff like that,” said Corkins, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The FRC has since spent $8 million on security to ensure against similar attacks. However, the SPLC denies any link to the attack and refuses to stop listing the FRC as a “designated hate group.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “It was like they were fattening [extremist groups] up, keeping them alive so that they could use them for their bigger political purpose and that was to be able to help the left advance their agenda by marginalizing and silencing conservative groups.” – Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, on the SPLC.
🎯 IMPACT: Following the Department of Justice’s indictment of the SPLC earlier this year, the FRC is calling for restitution from the SPLC for the harm caused by the shooting. “They’re sitting on $750 million. Part of what I hope the government, the federal government, the courts get to is making them pay restitution to their victims,” said Perkins on Tuesday. Renewed attention towards the shooting is also likely to reignite criticism of the SPLC’s tactics, especially its so-called “hate map,” which has been criticized for slandering and misrepresenting conservative individuals and groups as hateful and extremist while pinpointing their approximate location in the country, jeopardizing their security. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut ties to the SPLC precisely due to its abandonment of civil rights protection and transformation into a “partisan smear machine,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
📺 FLASHBACK: In late April this year, the DOJ announced an 11-count indictment against the SPLC for alleged fraud and money laundering, including payments to neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members, and organizers of the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. The indictment alleges the SPLC funneled over $3 million to people associated with extremist groups over the past decade. The indictment has pushed the U.S. Treasury Department to revise Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reporting requirements for nonprofits. The SPLC has pleaded not guilty to all 11 charges.

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War

Trump: Ukraine War ‘Thousands of Miles Away’ is ‘Nothing to Do’ with America.

President Donald J. Trump stressed at the G7 summit in France that the Ukraine war is a distant conflict that has “nothing to do” with the U.S.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has announced that the United States should not be involved in the Russo-Ukraine War.
📰 DETAIL: On Tuesday, at the G7 Summit in France, President Trump stated that the United States has “nothing to do” with the war between Russia and Ukraine, which began after the former invaded the latter in late February 2022, following a previous incursion in 2014. While President Trump described his Sunday meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, as “very good,” and signaled his willingness to reimpose sanctions on Russian oil following a deal with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, he emphasized that the war with Russia is not a U.S. priority. The President said that his administration is primarily “focused on Iran.” The U.S. temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil earlier this year following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, resulting in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital passage for global oil and gas exports, causing a sharp increase in prices. The temporary pause in sanctions, among other measures, is one of several ways the administration has been trying to address inflation. Trump noted the large number of casualties of both sides of the Ukraine war as a reason why the conflict should end of its own accord, rather than requiring U.S. intervention.
🎯 IMPACT: President Trump’s comments reinforce the message from his administration that Europe cannot rely entirely on U.S. support and must build up its defense capabilities. The statement reflects a broader shift in U.S. foreign policy priorities away from Europe and towards the Middle East and the Pacific. The President’s comments coincide with requests from Zelensky for air defense missiles from allies. Trump’s position has been somewhat contradicted by Congress, with the House of Representatives voting to continue funding the war in Ukraine by advancing an $8 billion military support package in early June.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Look, we have nothing to do with it… It has no impact on us, other than we sell weapons… We’re thousands of miles away,” said Trump at the G7 Summit in France on Tuesday.

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5 hours ago
Crime
News

Black Parole Supervisor Fired for Racist Remarks on Austin Metcalf: ‘Let Them Start Burying Some of Theirs for a Change.’

A black parole supervisor in Texas was dismissed after posting racially charged comments on social media about the murder of white teenager Austin Metcalf by fellow student athlete Karmelo Anthony, who is black.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Donna Murray Robinson, a black parole supervisor with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), was fired after posting inflammatory remarks on Facebook about the trial of Karmelo Anthony, a black teenager convicted of stabbing Austin Metcalf, a white teenager, to death at a track meet.
📺 DETAIL: Robinson’s now-deleted posts celebrated the death of Metcalf, stating, “Let them start burying some of theirs for a change,” and expressed support for Anthony, claiming he would be “protected on the inside.” The TDCJ has confirmed her termination, stating, “These statements are incompatible with TDCJ policy and values. They demonstrate bias and a lack of the impartiality essential to the fair administration of justice in Texas. Discriminatory or inflammatory conduct that erodes public confidence in the criminal justice system will not be tolerated.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I for one don’t give fk [sic] about the family’s loss. It’s about time these fkng [sic] bigots feel the pain that they have inflicted on other groups of people since the beginning of time! I’m just glad we didn’t have to bury another black child. Let them start burying some of theirs for a change. FK’em [sic] I said what I said.” – Donna Murray Robinson
🎯 IMPACT: The incident highlights the tension in the U.S. with respect to race and criminal justice, with many black people rallying around Anthony despite the fact that he had fatally stabbed an unarmed victim in what proved to be a clear case of murder, with jurors taking just three hours to return a guilty verdict. Robinson’s anti-white remarks indicate that such feelings are present even among officials connected to the criminal justice system and charged with maintaining public trust and upholding impartiality. Notably, Metcalf’s family received death threats following the verdict.
📺 FLASHBACK: Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted earlier this month after a jury rejected his claim of self-defense in the fatal stabbing of Metcalf during a confrontation at a track meet in April 2025. Anthony had entered a tent he was not supposed to be in, refused to leave when asked, and engaged in a minor scuffle with Metcalf. He then retrieved a knife from his backpack and stabbed Metcalf in the chest.

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UK

UK PM Starmer Rejects Military Spending Boost Despite Defense Sec’s Resignation.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out additional defense funding despite the resignation of his Defence Secretary and Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, prompting warnings from military leaders about the country’s waning military capabilities.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that no additional funding will be allocated to Britain’s military despite security concerns, despite his Secretary of Defence and Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces resigning, citing dangerous underfunding.
📺 DETAIL: Starmer insisted on Tuesday at the G7 summit in France, “The position on investment in defense is firstly that we increased, last year, defense spending from 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent. That’s the biggest increase since the 1980s… I’ve been really clear that that’s required difficult decisions.” However, high-ranking British military officials, such as Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton of the Royal Air Force (RAF), have warned that without an increase in the current £13.5bn (~$18.10bn) funding, operational capabilities and training may need to be scaled back. “We would prioritize those activities around what the government cared about most, but it would be disingenuous of me to suggest that there is not going to be a consequence of this settlement,” the Air Chief Marshall said of the government’s spending plans.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We will have to dial back our activities and our exercise and operational activity if the level of resource funding that is available to us does not increase… The levers that we have to pull to reduce that expenditure are principally around our activities, which means exercises, training, operations.” – Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton to the International Relations and Defence Committee in the House of Lords on Tuesday.
🎯 IMPACT: The refusal of the Prime Minister to raise defense spending follows the resignation of John Healey, the now-former Defence Secretary, and Al Carns, the now-former Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, who was previously a colonel in the Royal Marines. Specifically, the two resigned because the extra money allocated to fund national defense fell short of what is required to meet defense spending targets by the next parliament. Healey accused the Treasury of being “unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats,” while Carns accused the government of “asking our Armed Forces to operate in a more dangerous world on a budget written for a calmer one.” Notably, President Donald J. Trump has long accused European NATO allies of not spending their fair share on defense.

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Election Integrity
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Soros-Funded Group Raided by FBI Has Links to Past Voter Fraud Schemes.

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative, recently raided by the FBI, has a history of suspect voter registration activities.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants at the Ohio Organizing Collaborative’s offices in Cleveland, Ohio, earlier this month, questioning several employees as part of an investigation into voter registration fraud. Reports now indicate that the group, funded by George Soros, has a history of suspect voter registration activities.
📰 DETAIL: FBI agents executed the search warrants on June 11 and reportedly questioned members across Ohio, with some receiving subpoenas or having electronic devices seized. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are yet to discuss details of the case publicly. The Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), which works closely with Democrats on voter registration and ballot campaigns, has received millions of dollars from organizations linked to George Soros, the Tides Foundation, labor unions, and other progressive donors. The group has condemned the federal action as politically motivated, accusing the Trump administration of using law enforcement to intimidate voting rights activists. However, the investigation follows past controversy involving former OOC canvasser Rebecca Hammonds pleading guilty in 2017 to participating in a fraudulent voter registration scheme. Republicans have long argued that voter fraud cases are under-enforced.
🎯 IMPACT: Democrats claim the raid was an attempt to suppress voting rights, despite the former canvasser’s documented history of fraudulent practices. The FBI investigation underscores ongoing concerns about election integrity.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Search warrants are authorized by a judge, and anything said by any organization or others in the media is unfounded speculation,” noted a Department of Justice official.

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