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February 14, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
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THE MAGANOMICS SPEECH: Trump Takes Economy Fight to Biden in Charleston.

President Donald Trump is expected to take the economic fight to Joe Biden in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina, this evening. The 45th President is expected to firmly rebuke the “Bidenomics” agenda, contrasting it to his “MAGANOMICS” of 2016-19 and pitting the two modern political-economy theories against one another.

“Let’s compare the smoldering wreckage of Bidenomics with the incredible success we had three years ago under President Trump and MAGANOMICS,” the former President is expected to say.

“Inflation was higher than expected AGAIN in January. Sixty percent of Americans are now struggling to pay for groceries. And as Crooked Joe himself foolishly pointed out on Sunday, it’s not just that prices are getting higher; it’s that packages are getting smaller. Under my leadership, you had virtually no inflation, and there was no such thing as Joe Biden’s “shrinkflation.”

Labeling the current situation as an “affordability crisis,” this “MAGANOMICS” address marks a tone shift for the campaign, with the Biden regime having previously attempted to use the term with a negative connotation. Recent polling has repeatedly suggested that Americans now trust Trump far more on the economy than Biden, leading the White House and the Biden campaign to abandon that talking point.

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Health
News

Trump Admin Withholds Another $91 Million in Medicaid from Fraud-Ridden Minnesota.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, led by Dr. Mehmet Oz, has withheld millions in additional Medicaid payments to Minnesota, citing systemic vulnerabilities to fraud.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), under the leadership of Dr. Mehmet Oz, has delayed $91 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota due to fraud concerns. This includes $76 million tied to highly vulnerable service categories and $14 million potentially linked to illegal immigrant coverage.
📺 DETAIL: Federal officials said the action follows investigations and searches tied to suspected misuse of funds in programs such as childcare and related services, with a significant portion of the withheld money linked to high-risk spending categories and payments to ineligible recipients. This latest action adds to roughly $243 million already withheld earlier in the year, escalating tensions between federal authorities and Minnesota’s state government. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) criticized the decision as politically motivated. It is estimated that fraud in Minnesota, much of it linked to the Somali community, has cost American taxpayers billions of dollars in recent years.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “This is about protecting patients and respecting taxpayers.” – Dr. Mehmet Oz
🎯 IMPACT: The funding freeze adds pressure on Minnesota to address systemic vulnerabilities in its Medicaid program, with state officials now required to provide additional documentation to justify payment requests. The move could also influence broader anti-fraud efforts nationwide, as CMS and other federal agencies continue to scrutinize public program expenditures.
📺 FLASHBACK: Minnesota’s fraud scandals gained renewed national attention in late 2025, prompting President Donald J. Trump to appoint Vice President J.D. Vance to lead a federal anti-fraud task force. The Justice Department also established a National Fraud Enforcement Division.

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2 hours ago
News
World

Trump Slaps New Tariffs on European Union.

President Donald J. Trump has raised tariffs on vehicles made in the European Union (EU), saying the bloc has failed to comply with the terms of its trade agreement with the U.S.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has announced a 25 percent tariff on cars and trucks manufactured in the European Union (EU). The tariffs are set to take effect next week.
📺 DETAIL: On Friday, President Donald J. Trump announced that cars and trucks made in the EU would be hit with a 25 percent tariff starting next week. The President said the tariff was a response to the EU’s failure to comply with the terms of its trade deal with the U.S. Trump emphasized that vehicles made in U.S.-based facilities would not be subject to the new tariffs. The move is part of a broader economic strategy to encourage car manufacturers to relocate to the U.S. and boost the country’s domestic market.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I am pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal, next week I will be increasing Tariffs charged to the European Union for Cars and Trucks coming into the United States. The Tariff will be increased to 25%. It is fully understood and agreed that, if they produce Cars and Trucks in U.S.A. Plants, there will be NO TARIFF… There has never been anything like what is happening in America today!” – President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social.
🎯 IMPACT: The tariff comes as relations between the U.S. and the EU are heavily strained. Trade, along with defense spending and Iran, is among several points of contention between the United States and the EU. The tariff on EU-made vehicles comes a day after the President announced the suspension of all tariffs and restrictions on Scotch imports from Britain, a decision characterized by President Trump as a gesture of goodwill towards King Charles III and Queen Camilla, both of whom visited the United States for a four-day state visit this week.

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3 hours ago
News

Trump ‘Not Satisfied’ with Iranian Proposal for New Peace Talks.

Iran has offered a new proposal for a second round of peace talks with the U.S. as tensions over the ongoing war continue to escalate.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Iran has offered a second round of peace talks with the United States, according to a state news agency. However, President Donald J. Trump told the media on Friday, “[T]hey want to make a deal, but I don’t,” adding, “I’m not satisfied with [the Iranian proposal]. We’ll see what happens. Iran wants to make a deal because they have no military left, essentially. And, they want to make a deal, but I’m not satisfied.”
📺 DETAIL: On Thursday evening, according to Iranian state media, Iran proposed a second round of peace talks with the United States, to be mediated by Pakistan. The new offer reportedly includes revisions to earlier conditions and aims to address U.S. concerns over Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Iran has previously sought to avoid discussions regarding the country’s nuclear program, while President Trump has repeatedly stated that explicit terms are necessary. “We have to have guarantees they will never have a nuclear weapon,” the President said. Pakistani officials confirmed the proposal, and expressed optimism that a resolution was close.
🎯 IMPACT: The Iranian push for new talks comes as the cost of the war continues to increase. According to the Pentagon, the United States has spent approximately $25 billion thus far. The push also coincides with the end of a 60-day limit on U.S. military action. Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, military operations longer than 60 days require approval from Congress, although Secretary of War Pete Hegseth argues that the countdown is paused due to current ceasefire, and President Trump argues the limit is unconstitutional in the first place.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Islamic Republic of Iran delivered the text of its latest negotiating proposal to Pakistan, as the mediator in talks with the United States, on Thursday evening.” — the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the official news agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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3 hours ago
Crime
Immigration
UK

Leader of Far-Left Greens Attacks Police for Arresting Knife-Wielding Somali Terrorist Too ‘Violently.’

Zack Polanski, leader of England’s far-left Green Party, is facing backlash after sharing a social media post attacking police officers for their use of force while arresting a knife-wielding alleged terrorist.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Zack Polanski, leader of England’s far-left Green Party, is facing backlash after sharing a social media post criticizing police officers who arrested a knife-wielding alleged terrorist in Golders Green, London. Video footage of the arrest shows officers kicking the suspect, who had been downed by a taser but was still clutching the knife he allegedly used in three attempted murders, in order to incapacitate him.
📺 DETAIL: On Thursday, Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, defended the actions of his officers during the arrest of Essa Suleiman, a naturalized Somali immigrant accused of stabbing a Muslim acquaintance and two Jewish men in a suspected terrorist attack. Polanski’s repost accused the officers of “repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated,” but Rowley said the officers’ actions were “completely reasonable” under the given circumstances. Bodycam footage shows the officers repeatedly ordering the suspect to “drop the knife” during the arrest. Rowley further warned that Polanski was undermining public confidence in law enforcement during high-risk scenarios such as terror attacks.
🎯 IMPACT: Rowley’s intervention comes a week before Britain heads to the polls for local and regional elections. The Green Party, along with Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, is expected to make significant gains. While the Green Party has long had a fringe presence in British politics, initially focusing on environmentalism and climate change, it has in recent years begun to displace Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on the British left by courting ethnic minorities on issues like Gaza and open borders, and courting radicalized university students on issues like transgenderism.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Those officers are nothing short of extraordinary… Their actions undoubtedly prevented further injury and saved lives.” – Sir Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police Commissioner
📺 FLASHBACK: On Wednesday, stabbings were carried out in Golders Green, North London, known for its large Jewish community. They have since been declared a suspected anti-Semitic terror attack by the police. Two Jewish men, Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine, aged 34 and 76, were stabbed. The suspect was known to the British government’s counter-terrorism program and reportedly has a history of violent behavior and mental problems.

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4 hours ago
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Missing GOP Candidate Found Dead Near State Border.

The body of a missing Oklahoma Republican state Senate candidate was discovered near the Oklahoma-Texas border.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Republican candidate for the Oklahoma state Senate, was found dead inside his truck near a rural highway close to the Oklahoma-Texas border. Christian has been reported as missing for two days.
📍 WHEN & WHERE: Christian’s body was discovered on Thursday near the Oklahoma-Texas panhandle border.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We are still not sure of everything that happened, so please act with grace and treat my dad’s legacy with dignity.” — Brooklyn, Christian’s daughter.
📺 DETAIL: On Thursday, the body of Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Republican candidate for the Oklahoma state Senate, was found dead in his truck near the Oklahoma-Texas border. Christian was reported as missing on Tuesday after he failed to show up for an appointment. After a two-day search, Christian’s body was found in his truck parked by a ravine near Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area, a 25,000-acre preserve in southwest Oklahoma. An aerial image of the scene showed a sign from Christian’s campaign. Christian’s body has since been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where the manner and cause of Christian’s death are set to be determined.
🎯 IMPACT: An investigation into the death of Christian is underway. Christian’s family issued a statement in response to his death. In the statement, Christian’s family said their world had been turned “upside down” at the news of his death and requested his legacy be treated with dignity and grace. Oklahoma‘s state Senate election takes place in early November.

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5 hours ago
News
War
World

US Commits $100 Million for Chernobyl Repairs.

The U.S. Department of State has announced a large funding package to repair Chernobyl’s protective structure, damaged during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, to prevent potential radioactive leaks.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The United States Department of State has pledged $100 million to repair the Chernobyl nuclear plant after it was damaged by a suspected drone strike. The State Department’s pledge constitutes 20 percent of the G7’s approximately $500 million cost to repair the site’s protective structure.
📺 DETAIL: On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State announced a $100 million commitment towards repairing the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) power plant, the site of the infamous 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine. The plant remains a critical concern due to its high levels of radioactive material. To contain the radiation, a protective structure called the New Safe Confinement (NSC) was built around the site to secure the reactor’s remains and manage contamination. However, in February 2025, the NSC was damaged in a suspected drone strike. Emergency repairs were made at the time, but have proven insufficient, raising concerns about radioactive leaks and similar problems, sparking a response from the State Department.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “It is urgent that all measures are taken to find a way to restore as much of the critical functions of the facility as possible.” – Eric Schmieman, engineer involved in NSC design and construction
🎯 IMPACT: Without sufficient repairs, the damaged NSC structure could fail to contain radioactive materials and contamination. This jeopardizes not only Ukraine but the entirety of Europe and beyond. The kind of repairs required to restore the NSC to its fundamental capabilities are complex, dangerous, and challenging under normal conditions. Conducting such large-scale engineering work during a war complicates things further.
📺 FLASHBACK: Following the drone strike in early 2025, Chernobyl’s protective shield was confirmed as damaged by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA stressed that while radiation levels have not increased, the site’s ability to contain radioactive material was compromised.

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6 hours ago
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Scott Presler is Teaching GOP Donors How to Get REFUNDS if They Donated to RINOs.

Scott Presler is instructing Republican donors on how to obtain refunds from GOP figures failing to support America First initiatives like the SAVE America Act.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Scott Presler, a prominent political organizer noted for his efforts to encourage early voting and other successful Democrat tactics among Republicans, is teaching Republican donors how to request refunds from the GOP if they are unhappy that their money is being used to support lawmakers who are not supporting America First priorities, such as Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). “Since the NRSC (National Republican Senate Committee) & SLF (Senate Leadership Fund) are spending tens of millions of dollars on Cornyn, he doesn’t need your $,” Presler wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, linking to a WinRed form where donors can request their money back.
📰 DETAIL: Presler’s campaign comes amid growing frustration among America First conservatives over the GOP establishment’s failure to support action on priorities like election integrity, particularly the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to vote. Reporting that he was “receiving messages from voters across the country” who had successfully requested refunds after he shared his refund advice, Presler said of the RINOs whose inaction prompted the initiative, “All they had to do was pass the SAVE America Act.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Did you know that you can request a 👉REFUND👈 if you donated to Senator Cornyn?” – Scott Presler
🎯 IMPACT: In addition to its failure to advance election integrity measures like the SAVE Act, establishment GOP institutions like the NRSL and SLF have been heavily criticized for prioritizing the protection of anti-Trump incumbents like Sen. Cornyn over maintaining a congressional majority. For instance, a Democrat-initiated redistricting referendum in Virginia, likely to cost the GOP multiple House seats in the November midterms, was won by its Democrat proponents only narrowly, despite massively outspending its opposition. The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam noted following the Democrats’ tight victory that the GOP establishment had spent far more attempting to protect Sen. Cornyn from a primary challenge by pro-election integrity Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton than it did on the Virginia referendum, suggesting serious mismanagement of party resources.

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6 hours ago
Bonkers Britain
Immigration

London Police Chief Calls for Special Force to Protect Jews After Stabbings.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is urging the government to fund a dedicated police force to protect Jewish people in London, following anti-Semitic stabbings in the Golders Green area.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has proposed the creation of a government-funded specialist police unit to protect Jewish communities in London from a surge in anti-Semitic attacks. Rowley confirmed on Friday that extra resources have been assigned to areas with large Jewish communities, but that he is requesting funding from the government to “sustain this long term rather than it being temporary resources pulled from across London from other duties, [so] we can build a long-term, sustained capability to wrap extra protection around Jewish communities, because that’s what they need and deserve.”
📰 DETAIL: The proposal follows a recent attack in Golders Green, allegedly carried out by a naturalized Somali immigrant, in which two Jewish men were stabbed, and arson attacks on synagogues and Jewish ambulances. Rowley has requested funding for 300 additional officers to guard Jewish neighborhoods and accelerate hate crime investigations. This dcomes as the Metropolitan Police force is facing significant budget cuts, losing 1,700 officers and staff due to a £260 million (~$354.4m) funding shortfall.
🎯 IMPACT: The establishment of a dedicated unit could enhance the safety of Jewish communities and address what Rowley characterizes as a “pandemic of anti-Semitism.” However, it requires substantial government funding and support to be sustainable, and may engender resentment among people outside the Jewish community who are also suffering the effects of migrant crime without additional support. Britain’s terrorism threat level has been raised to “severe,” indicating a high likelihood of attacks in the coming months.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We’re facing a building pandemic of anti-Semitism in society,” said Sir Mark Rowley. “We need work done to tackle those attitudes in society which are far too prevalent.”

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8 hours ago
Economy
News

Trump Axes Scotch Tariffs Following King’s Visit.

President Donald J. Trump is lifting all tariffs on Scotch in a gesture of goodwill towards King Charles III and Queen Camilla following their state visit to the United States.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump announced the removal of all tariffs and restrictions on Scotch, following King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit to the United States.
📺 DETAIL: On Thursday, President Trump announced the removal of all tariffs on Scotch following the state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States. The President credited the King’s influence for his decision to lift the tariffs: “I just took all the restrictions off, so Scotland and Kentucky can start dealing again. And I did it in honor of the King and Queen who just left.” The removal of the restrictions has been hailed by distillers on both sides of the Atlantic. The President’s decision comes as American tariffs on single malts, which were suspended four years ago, were set to return with an additional charge. President Trump further specified that the decision related to “Scotland’s ability to work with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on Whiskey and Bourbon.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The King and Queen got me to do something that nobody else was able to do, without hardly even asking.” – President Donald J. Trump.
📺 FLASHBACK: President Trump’s decision to lift all tariffs and restrictions on Scotch comes towards the end of the four-day state visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States. The visit included a private meeting between the President and the King, as well as an address by the King to the U.S. Congress. During his address on Tuesday, King Charles emphasized the historical ties between the United States and the United Kingdom, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. The King also condemned the recent assassination attempt against President Trump, saying, “We meet… in the aftermath of the incident not far from this great building that sought to harm the leadership of your nation… Let me say with unshakeable resolve that such acts of violence will never succeed.”

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9 hours ago
Immigration
World

Mass Amnesty for Migrants is Collapsing Social Services.

Social services across the Spanish capital of Madrid are reportedly collapsing under the strain of Spain’s mass migrant amnesty program, as local governments struggle to meet the needs of both residents and migrants.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Social services in the Spanish capital of Madrid have been overwhelmed after Spain’s government, led by Socialist Party politician Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, launched a mass amnesty program granting legal status and work permits to an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants.
📺 DETAIL: In mid-April, the Spanish government announced an amnesty plan an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants the right to live and work in the country. While the program requires migrants to meet minimum criteria, the sheer volume of applications has reportedly caused a breakdown in local government operations. Local mayors, such as David Conde of Valdemoro and Salomón Aguado of Pinto, two municipalities in the Madrid area, have criticized the lack of coordination, warning that local governments are struggling to provide for both long-time residents and the new arrivals. In some cases, people are waiting for up to 15 days for essential services. In particular, Correos, Spain’s national postal service, has been placed under immense pressure due to the number of applications. Still, the Spanish government’s mass amnesty program is set to run through to June.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The government views migrants as objects to be distributed, but they are people, and we simply cannot keep up with the demand to assist them properly.” — David Conde, Mayor of Valdemoro.
🎯 IMPACT: The mass amnesty program has significantly disrupted municipal operations. If pressures are not alleviated, the government’s decision to grant amnesty could drive support for anti-mass migration party Vox, led by Santiago Abascal. The collapse of local services across Spain reflects warnings from labor unions and civil servants that the amnesty program could overwhelm municipal governments.

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