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September 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Media

Tucker Carlson is Dumping Zyn Over Its Kamala Harris Donations, Will Launch Own Nicotine Brand ‘Alp.’

Tucker Carlson is dropping Zyn nicotine pouches and launching his own brand, citing its manufacturer’s financial ties to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Staff at Zyn’s parent company, Philip Morris International, have donated at least $18,200 to Harris and $100,000 to the Democratic Lieutenant Governor’s Association in 2024, alongside thousands of smaller donations to individual Democratic candidates.

“I’m going through a period of transition in my life with nicotine patches. I’ve used a certain brand; I’m embarrassed to say it, it’s made by a huge company, huge donors to Kamala Harris,” Carlson said, distancing himself from a brand he has passively promoted for years.

“I’m not going to use that brand anymore. I mean, I think it’s fine… for your girlfriend or whatever, but I don’t think men should use that brand. It starts with a ‘Z,'” he joked.

Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, imposed a 95 percent tax on nicotine products, including Zyn, in May, making the support for the Democratic ticket at Philip Morris somewhat counterintuitive.

Carlson is launching his own brand of nicotine pouches, Alp. He says, “It’s a much better option, trust me.”

The former Fox News host is a strong nicotine advocate, insisting it is not a proven carcinogen and raises testosterone.

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Tucker Carlson is dropping Zyn nicotine pouches and launching his own brand, citing its manufacturer's financial ties to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Staff at Zyn's parent company, Philip Morris International, have donated at least $18,200 to Harris and $100,000 to the Democratic Lieutenant Governor’s Association in 2024, alongside thousands of smaller donations to individual Democratic candidates. show more

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September 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Election 2024

ANOTHER LIE: Kamala Claims Grandfather Was ‘Independence Fighter’ – Actually Worked for the British Imperial Govt.

Kamala Harris describes her Indian grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, as a progressive “independence fighter” against British rule, which ended shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War. Her claims are sparking angry recriminations in India, however, as he was actually a “diligent civil servant” who worked for the British Imperial Secretariat Service.

Harris has downplayed her Indian heritage in recent years, instead emphasizing the black identity she inherited from her father, a Jamaican Marxist of mixed African and European descent. Still, she shared a picture of herself in India for National Grandparents Day on Sunday, posing with her grandfather, whom she described as “a retired civil servant who had been part of the movement to win India’s independence.”

She has previously described Gopalan, a Tamil from the elite Brahmin caste, as “one of the original independence fighters in India.” The Indian press reports that the records suggest otherwise, with Harris’s grandfather working diligently for the British imperial regime. “Gopalan’s son, Kamala Harris’s uncle G. Balachandran, said that had his father openly advocated ending British rule, he could have been fired,” notes The Times of India. 

Indian social media users were blunter, describing Harris’s account of her grandfather as “unadulterated BS. ”

“Kamala Harris’ grandfather, P.V. Gopalan was in British Imperial Secretariat Service in the 1930s, a role off-limits to anyone tied to the struggle against British rule,” wrote one, adding: “If anything, he aided colonial exploitation by serving the imperial bureaucracy.”

Harris’s Jamaican heritage is similarly murky, including not only Africans but also Hamilton Brown, a notorious 19th-century slaveowner who campaigned against abolition.

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Kamala Harris describes her Indian grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, as a progressive "independence fighter" against British rule, which ended shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War. Her claims are sparking angry recriminations in India, however, as he was actually a "diligent civil servant" who worked for the British Imperial Secretariat Service. show more
September 12, 2024
Culture

Ben & Jerry’s Partners With Far-Left ‘MoveOn’ Org To Produce ‘Coconut Jubilee’ Kamala Harris Ice Cream.

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, have teamed up with the far-left advocacy group MoveOn.org to launch a new ice cream flavor called “Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee.”

The name comes from Harris’s bizarre story about how her mother needed to remind her, as a child, that she was not born by falling out of a coconut tree.

This “special edition” coconut-flavored ice cream with caramel swirls and red, white, and blue sprinkles is part of a voter engagement effort ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

The campaign will feature a “Scoop the Vote” ice cream truck tour targeting key battleground states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada, in an effort to boost voter registration and turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris.

MoveOn’s executive director Rahna Epting emphasized that engaging non-voters through unconventional methods like free ice cream is crucial to securing a Harris victory against Donald Trump.

Ben Cohen, who is releasing the ice cream under his “Ben’s Best” label, said the goal is to return “common decency” to the White House by supporting Harris. Harris had an affair with married Mayor Willie Brown to get her start in politics before moving on to date Montel Williams in a failed bid to become a celebrity socialite.

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Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, have teamed up with the far-left advocacy group MoveOn.org to launch a new ice cream flavor called "Kamala’s Coconut Jubilee." show more
September 12, 2024
Culture
Election 2024

Taylor Swift’s Instagram Endorsement Pushed 338,000+ Visitors to Vote.gov Site.

Taylor Swift’s Instagram endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris following the debate on Tuesday night resulted in over 337,826 visitors to Vote.gov, according to a spokesman from the U.S. General Services Administration.

Swift told her followers to visit Vote.gov for registration and early voting information.

“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” she announced, emphasizing early voting.

By 2 PM on Wednesday, Swift’s custom URL drove a significant amount of traffic to the Vote.gov website, though it is unclear how many of those visitors registered.

This marks the second time Swift’s social media engagement has boosted visitor numbers on the voting information site. An NPR report in 2023 noted a 1,226 percent increase in website traffic following a similar call to action by Swift.

Meanwhile, grassroots activists such as Scott Pressler and his Early Vote Action group have been busily registering voters for years without celebrity endorsement or fanfare.

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Taylor Swift's Instagram endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris following the debate on Tuesday night resulted in over 337,826 visitors to Vote.gov, according to a spokesman from the U.S. General Services Administration. show more
September 10, 2024
Culture
Election 2024

BREAKING: Self Declared ‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris, Locks Comments.

Singer Taylor Swift publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid on Tuesday night in a pre-written statement posted to her Instagram account and leaked early to the corporate media. The endorsement followed the debate with former President Donald Trump. Swift described Harris as a “steady-handed, gifted leader” in her post in which she referred to herself as a “childless cat lady” before locking the comments section down.

“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote, praising Harris for her leadership qualities and commending Walz’s advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights and mass abortion.

Swift continued, emphasizing the importance of voter registration and early voting, particularly addressing first-time voters.

At 34, Swift has become increasingly vocal about her political views, a shift that began with the release of her documentary “Miss Americana.” The film showcased her decision to speak out against Sen. Marsha Blackburn during the 2018 midterm elections. Blackburn won her Senate race in a humiliating failure for Swift.

Earlier on Tuesday, War Room host Stephen K. Bannon had issued a public warning about Swift’s impending endorsement of Harris, in a statement made from his jail cell at Danbury Prison in Connecticut. He remains a political prisoner of the Biden-Harris regime, and is due to be released on October 31 2024.

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Singer Taylor Swift publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential bid on Tuesday night in a pre-written statement posted to her Instagram account and leaked early to the corporate media. The endorsement followed the debate with former President Donald Trump. Swift described Harris as a "steady-handed, gifted leader" in her post in which she referred to herself as a "childless cat lady" before locking the comments section down. show more

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September 9, 2024
Culture
Election 2024
World

WATCH: Elton John Reacts Trump’s ‘Little Rocket Man’ Jab at Kim Jong-Un – ‘Brilliant.’

Singer Elton John recently praised former President Donald J. Trump’s ‘Little Rocket Man’ nickname for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, calling it “brilliant.” The 77-year-old, responsible for the hit song Rocket Man, told Variety: “I laughed, I thought it was brilliant. Good on you, Donald. The Rocket Man, yeah.” He said that Trump has attended several of his concerts, describing their relationship as friendly.

Trump coined the nickname in 2017 in reference to Kim’s ballistic missile tests and nuclear program. In 2018, Trump disclosed plans to gift Kim an Elton John album featuring the song Rocket Man. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo detailed in his 2022 memoir, Never Give an Inch, that Trump had to explain the nickname’s significance to Kim, who was unfamiliar with John’s music. Trump, who achieved a significant thawing in U.S.-North Korean relations following his initial tough stance, reportedly autographed an Elton John CD for Kim.

John has conducted shows at the late conservative firebrand Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, and Trump’s wedding to Melania Trump. “I’ve always been friendly towards [Trump], and I thank him for his support,” John said, adding: “I just thought it was hilarious.”

Image by Ernst Vikne.

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Singer Elton John recently praised former President Donald J. Trump’s 'Little Rocket Man' nickname for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, calling it “brilliant.” The 77-year-old, responsible for the hit song Rocket Man, told Variety: “I laughed, I thought it was brilliant. Good on you, Donald. The Rocket Man, yeah.” He said that Trump has attended several of his concerts, describing their relationship as friendly. show more
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