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September 4, 2024
Culture
Politics

WEIRD: Kamala Donors Are Turning Jamie Raskin’s Memoir Into a ‘Spiritual’ Musical.

Democrat backers of Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential bid are adapting Representative Jamie Raskin‘s (D-MD) memoir into an oratorio—a type of classical music composition similar to an opera and focused on a sacred subject. Raskin has achieved an almost saint-like status among Democrat activists for his constant attacks on former President Donald J. Trump. Earlier this year, the Maryland Democrat introduced legislation to disqualify Trump from November’s presidential ballot.

Written by poet Anne Becker and composer Noam Faingold, “The Jamie Raskin Oratorio” is adapted from the Democrat lawmaker’s memoir. Consequently, the book details his recollections of the January 6 Capitol riots, his spearheading of the second impeachment attempt against former President Trump, and his son’s suicide. Faingold describes Raskin’s memoir as having a “spiritual aspect,” justifying the oratorio style.

The musical composition will be performed on Saturday in Takoma Park, Maryland, located in Raskin’s congressional district. A local non-profit music group, the Washington Musica Viva, will perform the oratorio.

“He’s certainly a neighborhood hero, but I think a national hero as well,” said Washington Musica Viva’s co-founder Carl Banner, praising Raskin’s efforts to subvert Trump. Banner, who is a donor to the Harris campaign, added: “We’re thrilled to be doing something in his honor.”

Opposition to Trump and any institution seen as being partial to the former Republican President has become a pseudo-religion among some Democratic Party activists. Additionally, many of the activists closely follow anti-Trump groups like the Lincoln Project and the far-left MeidasTouch Network and promote even the most absurd attacks against the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. However, Raskin’s public attacks on Trump and the United States Supreme Court have earned the lawmaker a priestly status among the most fervent Democrats.

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Democrat backers of Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential bid are adapting Representative Jamie Raskin's (D-MD) memoir into an oratorio—a type of classical music composition similar to an opera and focused on a sacred subject. Raskin has achieved an almost saint-like status among Democrat activists for his constant attacks on former President Donald J. Trump. Earlier this year, the Maryland Democrat introduced legislation to disqualify Trump from November's presidential ballot. show more
September 4, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Culture
Religion
World

Church Arson Suspect was at Large Despite Previously Targeting 5 Churches.

A 19th-century church was partially destroyed in an arson attack on Sunday. Police say the main suspect in the case has not only been convicted of church burnings in the past, but was only just released from prison.

The 39-year-old suspect was arrested shortly after a fire consumed the Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception church in Saint-Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was revealed Tuesday, September 3, that he had been convicted of prior church attacks, attempting to set fire to at least five different churches.

The suspect had been in prison since 2021 but was recently released. While police say he has a history of attacking churches, the information they have released on him, beyond his sex and age, is limited, and they have not explained his motivation.

Social media reports have offered a name for the suspect and alleged he posted about Islam and Palestinian statehood, but such claims remain unverified as of the time of publication.

MANY INCIDENTS.

Over the last several years, attacks on French churches and other Christian sites have become so frequent that members of the Roman Catholic clergy and nonprofits are sounding alarm bells.

Several attacks on French churches have seen people killed, including the 2020 Nice attacks, which saw a jihadist migrant from Tunisia stab three churchgoers to death, and the killing of Father Jacques Hamel in 2016, also by Islamic extremists.

A Catholic group called the Observatory for Christianophobia has documented over a thousand cases of anti-Christian attacks since 2017, from thefts to desecrations and other incidents.

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A 19th-century church was partially destroyed in an arson attack on Sunday. Police say the main suspect in the case has not only been convicted of church burnings in the past, but was only just released from prison. show more
September 4, 2024
Culture
News

Trump, Bannon & More Star in Hard-Hitting New Documentary.

The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. ‘Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine’ investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden–Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack.

“The disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan did not happen in a vacuum. For years, our military has been gradually weakened by far-left cultural policies imposed by Democrats,” said APP’s president, Terry Schilling—who also served as an executive producer on the project along with the Logan Circle Group’s Harlan Hill. Schilling continued: “[U]nder the current Biden–Harris administration, this social experimentation has gone into overdrive, with predictably catastrophic results.”

“No more men and women in uniform should have their lives put at risk because of the failures of incompetent ideologues here in Washington. Our military, and our entire country, deserve better,” he added.

Released on YouTube and X (formerly Twitter), ‘Culture War’ features perspectives from top U.S. political leaders, including former President Donald J. Trump, former White House Chief Strategist and War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, former Trump White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, and Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN). Through interviews with policymakers closely connected to the events leading up to the deadly bombing and family members of four service members who perished, the film offers an in-depth look into the Biden–Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

For further information on the film, viewers are directed to visit CultureWarDoc.com.

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The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. 'Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine' investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden-Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack. show more
September 4, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
1A
Culture
World

Podcasters Face Over $276k Fine for Misgendering.

Two podcasters have been forced to remove an episode of their show from the Internet by court order after they used male pronouns to describe a balding transgender “woman.” They also face massive fines or even prison.

German podcasters ‘Hoss and Hopf’—said to be sympathetic to the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party—referred to Laura Holstein, formerly Nicholas, as a man following several stories about his attempts to access women’s spaces.

Kiarash “Hoss” Hossainpour described the pair’s legal troubles on X (formerly Twitter), writing that the Frankfurt am Main Regional court demanded the removal of the podcast episode in an “expedited procedure” without any oral arguments at all. The court claimed that the “misgendering” is a violation of Holstein’s rights.

“It is noteworthy that the court saw an ‘extraordinary urgency’ here—as if using biologically correct terms represented an immediate danger that could not be delayed. One inevitably wonders whether other, perhaps genuinely urgent cases had to take a back seat for this,” Hossainpour wrote.

The podcasters now face a possible €250,000 ($276,414) fine and up to six months in prison if they cannot pay it. They face two years in jail if they repeat the supposed offense.

Germany is not the only European country with laws against “misgendering.” Last year, Britain’s Labour Party, which is now in government, promised to make misgendering a crime carrying a prison term of up to two years.

In the United States, Michigan’s House of Representatives also passed “misgendering” laws last year, proposing sentences of up to five years for violators despite constitutional free speech protections.

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Two podcasters have been forced to remove an episode of their show from the Internet by court order after they used male pronouns to describe a balding transgender "woman." They also face massive fines or even prison. show more
September 3, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Culture

Five Shot at Afro-Caribbean West Indian Day Parade in NYC.

Five people were shot in Brooklyn, New York, during the West Indian American Day festival parade on Monday. A man opened fire into the crowd, leaving two in critical condition. New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Patrol John Chell says the shooting was an intentional attack, but the parade continued regardless.

“This was not random,” Chell said. “This was an intentional act by one person towards a group of people. We do not by no means have any active shooter or anything of that nature running around Eastern Parkway,” he insisted.

Chief Chell says the victims include four men and one woman. The suspect is described as a black man in his twenties with a slim build. He reportedly wore a black shirt with paint stains and a black bandanna. His motive is currently unknown.

The crowded parade route saw thousands of attendees celebrating West Indian (Caribbean) heritage and culture. It regularly sees outbreaks of violence, with several people shot or stabbed to death in recent years. For instance, a gunman shot and killed Carey Gabay, a staffer for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was serving as an honorary marshal for the event in 2015.

Police officers despise working the parade, with officers in a Facebook group titled ‘No More West Indian Day Detail’ caught describing it as a “bloodbath” and attendees as “savages” in 2011.

The Notting Hill Carnival celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture in London, England, is similarly controversial. This year’s carnival, in late, August saw eight stabbings. Two of the victims, including a 38-year-old woman stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter, died.

The carnival saw at least 13 sexual assaults and 61 assaults on police officers, and an initial 349 arrests.

Image via Flickr.

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Five people were shot in Brooklyn, New York, during the West Indian American Day festival parade on Monday. A man opened fire into the crowd, leaving two in critical condition. New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Patrol John Chell says the shooting was an intentional attack, but the parade continued regardless. show more
August 30, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Culture
Election 2024

NYT: Obama Being Black Didn’t Make Anything Better, Nor Will Kamala’s Color Improve America.

The New York Times has strongly criticized Democrat Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ “Joy” sloganeering, calling it fake and only being used because Harris is part black, adding that the color of her skin is unlikely to lead to any major social change.

In an opinion column published Thursday, August 29, NYT opinion writer John McWhorter–an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University–compared Harris’s “joy” slogans with former president Barack Obama’s campaign, saying people at the time thought Obama’s “blackness” would cause some sort of major change.

“Obama was a Black president; it’s hard to see how it ended up making anything better.” McWhorter writes and adds, “There is no reason to suppose that Harris’s color will be any more significant than Obama’s was if she becomes president.”

The column states that people should focus on Harris‘ character rather than her ethnicity or race.

“But just as it diminishes Harris to cherish her primarily because she is not Trump, it diminishes her to cherish her primarily because of her skin color and a vague sense of what it ‘signifies.'” McWhorter writes.

Many have highlighted Harris’ black ancestry during the campaign, with CNN saying her “joy” slogan is linked to “black joy.”

Harris, however, is not African-American as her parents are ethnically Indian and Jamaican and previously highlighted her Indian background far more I’m prior years.

A British historian has even traced Harris’s ancestors to the slave trade, claiming that she descends from Hamilton Brown, a notorious slaver and plantation manager in Jamaica.

Most of the recent presidents of the United States and other top American politicians have been linked to the slave trade in some form or another through their ancestors. A major exception is Harris’ opponent, former Donald J. Trump, who has no links to slave trading.

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The New York Times has strongly criticized Democrat Presidential candidate Kamala Harris' "Joy" sloganeering, calling it fake and only being used because Harris is part black, adding that the color of her skin is unlikely to lead to any major social change. show more
August 29, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Culture

Pro-Life Podcaster Lila Rose Tells POLITICO: I Won’t Vote for ‘Foolish’ Trump, Threatens ‘Write-In’ Candidate.

Lila Rose–whose pro-life advocacy group ‘Live Action’ hauls millions in donations but spends extremely little on actual pro-life campaigning–has granted an interview to the globalist POLITICO website in which she trashes President Trump as “foolish” and “unwise” and threatens to vote for a third party or write-in candidate in November.

“If the election were today, I would not vote for Harris or Trump based on their policies and their statements and their positions,” Rose told POLITICO this week, adding: “It is not the job of the pro-life movement to vote for President Trump.”

Her comments come on the back of a social media fight between pro-Trump activists and so-called “pro-life” campaigners who primarily seem concerned that Trump’s pro-life first term cut into their fundraising streams.

“There are other candidates running for office, and we have the ability, in many states, to do write-in candidates,” Rose told POLITICO’s Ian Ward. It is unclear why she is collaborating with a globalist-left news outlet to trash Trump and his campaign. She added: “This idea that you are morally responsible to vote against Kamala Harris by voting for someone like Donald Trump — I don’t buy that.”

In conclusion, Rose said: “I think it’s very foolish what he’s doing. It’s politically unwise, it may cost him the election, and it’s morally unprincipled as well.”

Rose, 36, compensates herself a quarter of a million dollars a year for running her own podcast, giving speeches, and throwing lavish galas in the name of the pro-life movement. Live Action raised over $13 million in 2021, with $3 million for salaries and $4 million for further fundraising.

Image by Gage Skidmore (cc)

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Lila Rose–whose pro-life advocacy group 'Live Action' hauls millions in donations but spends extremely little on actual pro-life campaigning–has granted an interview to the globalist POLITICO website in which she trashes President Trump as "foolish" and "unwise" and threatens to vote for a third party or write-in candidate in November. show more

Editor’s Notes

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
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August 27, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Immigration
UK

‘Multicultural’ Carnival Surpasses UK Riots for Serious Violence.

An Afro-Caribbean carnival notorious for drug dealing and violence produced more episodes of serious violence in two days than anti-immigration protests did in weeks. London’s Notting Hill Carnival, running from August 25 to August 26, saw 334 arrests, 50 police officers injured, and at least eight stabbings. Three of the victims, including a mother attending the carnival with her young child, are in critical condition.

Anti-immigration protests sparked by the deadly mass stabbing of multiple young girls at a dance class in Southport, England, at the end of July lasted for weeks, spreading from the seaside town across the United Kingdom. They resulted in more arrests and more alleged police injuries than the Notting Hill Carnival but few serious episodes of violence on par with the London event’s potentially deadly stabbings. Forty-nine people were arrested for weapons offenses at the carnival, with three firearms recovered.

Much of the violence during the immigration riots was not perpetrated by anti-immigration protesters but by Muslim and far-left counter-protesters. They were policed comparatively gently despite targeting journalists and white people seemingly at random.

Two-tier policing was once again on display following the Notting Hill Carnival, with London’s Metropolitan Police force putting out a damage control statement claiming that the “people of Carnival are part of the solution—providing community cohesion, a place for young people to gather, create and express themselves and for all generations and communities to come together,” and insisting the event “benefits London as a whole, generating £369m to the economy.”

No such conciliatory messages were extended to peaceful anti-immigration protesters, whom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has branded “far-right thugs” with no “legitimate” concerns.

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An Afro-Caribbean carnival notorious for drug dealing and violence produced more episodes of serious violence in two days than anti-immigration protests did in weeks. London's Notting Hill Carnival, running from August 25 to August 26, saw 334 arrests, 50 police officers injured, and at least eight stabbings. Three of the victims, including a mother attending the carnival with her young child, are in critical condition. show more
August 27, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Culture
Immigration
UK

Teachers Told to Challenge ‘Whiteness’ of Kids as Part of ‘Anti-Racist’ Training.

Teachers will challenge “whiteness” within their schools, according to new training that calls on them to “disrupt” the centrality of “whiteness” in Britain—where a large majority of the population is white. New teacher training frameworks in England and Scotland are set to transform educational approaches to race and identity. Both have been endorsed by the National Education Union and teacher training universities.

Scotland’s “anti-racism framework” aims to challenge the supposed dominance of “whiteness” in education. According to training materials, teachers will disrupt conventional perspectives by incorporating lessons on colonialism and racism.

The program’s stated goal is to counteract any “false notions of superiority” and foster a more inclusive and diverse educational setting.

Similarly, England’s 2023 “anti-racism” framework emphasizes the role of teachers across all age groups in combating racism.

According to the 2021 census, 81.7 percent of the population in England and Wales are white, while in Scotland, white people are 92.9 percent of the population.

AN ANTI-WHITE ESTABLISHMENT.

Despite the White British living in the country for many hundreds—or in some cases thousands—of years, media, educators, and politicians claim the nation is too white.

Former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf, who is of Pakistani heritage, once went on a tirade in the Scottish Parliament in 2020, complaining about the number of white officials in Scotland.

Britain’s national broadcaster, the BBC, has also complained that the British countryside is too white. Wildlife and Countryside Link, a collection of charities, also released a report this year claiming the countryside is a “racist, colonial” white space.

This anti-white ideology has real-world impacts on white Britons. For instance, the Royal Air Force (RAF) was found to be unlawfully discriminating against white men in recruitment processes, and Transport for London banned white people from internships.

Image via Wikimedia Commons.

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Teachers will challenge "whiteness" within their schools, according to new training that calls on them to "disrupt" the centrality of "whiteness" in Britain—where a large majority of the population is white. New teacher training frameworks in England and Scotland are set to transform educational approaches to race and identity. Both have been endorsed by the National Education Union and teacher training universities. show more
August 26, 2024
William Upton
Culture

New York Young Republican Club Announces Raheem Kassam As Master of Ceremonies For 112th Annual Gala.

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, is set to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for this year’s New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) gala. Consequently, Kassam has promised the storied New York City Republican group that he intends “to spend every moment on stage roasting the Club officers, speakers, and attendees.”

This year’s NYYRC gala will take place on December 15 at Cipriani Wall Street and will be headlined by America First patriot and one of the targets of the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) lawfare campaign, Stephen K. Bannon. Subsequently, the War Room host and former White House adviser to Trump is expected to be released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, after serving a four-month sentence that began on July 1.

Last year’s annual gala was the largest in decades, with former President Donald J. Trump headlining what was dubbed a “black tie rally” for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. The National Pulse was a sponsor of the event, which attracted almost 1,000 black tie-wearing attendees to the illustrious Cipriani Wall Street venue, where Trump waxed lyrical about aspects of his personal life, his policy ambitions and regaled the audience with stories from the 2016 campaign.

Guests of this year’s gala will have the opportunity to mingle with some of the top Republican and America First political leaders in the country. Last year, special guests included Congressman Matt Gaetz, Stephen K. Bannon, Senator Roger Marshall, Senator J.D. Vance, Congressman Lauren Boebert, and Congressman Cory Mills—among others.

Tickets for the 112th Annual NYYRC gala can be purchased here.

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The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, is set to serve as the Master of Ceremonies for this year's New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) gala. Consequently, Kassam has promised the storied New York City Republican group that he intends "to spend every moment on stage roasting the Club officers, speakers, and attendees." show more

Editor’s Notes

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Well, I would say this: You won’t want to miss this one, folks! Besides the plethora of jokes I’ve already started working on, this NYYRC gala may well herald the end of an era for the club
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Well, I would say this: You won’t want to miss this one, folks! Besides the plethora of jokes I’ve already started working on, this NYYRC gala may well herald the end of an era for the club show more
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