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February 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Election 2024

1 in 5 Say Media’s Taylor Swift Obsession is 2024 Election PsyOp.

Almost a fifth of Americans believe singer Taylor Swift “is part of a covert government effort to help Joe Biden win the presidential election,” according to polling by Monmouth University.

Seventy-one percent of poll respondents who said Swift is involved in an election psyop (psychological operation) said they were Republican or Republican-leaning, and 83 percent said they would likely vote for Donald Trump — almost certain to be the Republican candidate — in November.

“The supposed Taylor Swift PsyOp conspiracy has legs among a decent number of Trump supporters. Even many who hadn’t heard about it before we polled them accept the idea as credible,” complained Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.

He was referring to the fact that, of those poll respondents who said they believed Swift was involved in a conspiracy to reelect Joe Biden, 42 percent had never heard of it before the idea was put to them by Monmouth.

In 2016, Swift presented herself as apolitical — giving rise to the infamous “Taylor Swift’s silence is deafening” meme — but she went all in for Biden in 2020, posting pictures of herself with Biden-branded cookies on social media.

Policies Biden has supported have not always benefited the singer, however, with bail reform policies allowing a stalker to return to her New York townhouse immediately after leaving court earlier this year.

Her already high profile was elevated further at this year’s Super Bowl due to her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce.

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Almost a fifth of Americans believe singer Taylor Swift "is part of a covert government effort to help Joe Biden win the presidential election," according to polling by Monmouth University. show more
February 14, 2024
Election 2024

Putin Endorses Joe Biden as ‘Better for Russia’.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that President Joe Biden would be “better” for Russia than a return of President Donald J. Trump. The comments came during an interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 TV.

In the conversation, Putin was asked who would be “better for [Russia]” to which he responded “Biden,” calling him “predictable” and “an old-school politician”, while adding that he would “work with any US leader who wins the trust of the American people”.

In a moment where it is unclear if Putin was mocking Biden, he commented about his mental health. “[T]hey were already saying Biden wasn’t competent [in 202 ]… but I saw nothing of the sort. Yes, he looked at his notes, and to be honest, I looked at mine. No big deal. So he banged his head on the helicopter when he was getting out of it — who of us hasn’t banged their head on something?”

The news comes as war continues to rage in Ukraine, both at the behest of Putin and the Western pro-war establishment. Putin’s endorsement of Biden will likely set of a flurry of claims and counter-claims over its seriousness, with Russia hawks likely to suggest Putin is double bluffing. In reality, Russia has exponentially gained under Biden, as have Iran and China.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that President Joe Biden would be “better” for Russia than a return of President Donald J. Trump. The comments came during an interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 TV. show more
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February 14, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

DATA: 53% Say DOJ Gave Biden ‘Special Treatment.’

New data shows over half of Americans, and nearly one in three Democrats, think President Joe Biden received special treatment from his Department of Justice (DOJ) during its probe into his handling of classified documents. Last week, DOJ special counsel Robert Hur released a lengthy report in which he declined to prosecute the Democrat president for unlawfully retaining classified documents during — and after — his tenure as vice president under Barack Obama.

The survey by Reuters/Ipsos found that 53 percent of Americans agreed with the statement, “Biden received special treatment because he is the U.S. president.” Among Democrats, 29 percent agreed that President Biden received “special treatment.”

NO PROSECUTION.

In his report, DOJ special counsel Hur concluded: “President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.” However, due to what Hur characterized as Biden’s declining cognitive capabilities and his coming across as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” the DOJ special counsel determined a federal prosecution would be unsuccessful.

When President Biden sat with Hur for an interview during the probe, the special counsel described deeply concerning behavior by the now 81-year-old Biden. “In his interview with our office, Mr. Biden’s memory was worse. He did not remember when he was vice president,” Hur wrote, adding: “He did not remember, even within several years, when his son Beau died.”

BIDEN TOO OLD.

With the 2024 presidential election now less than a year away, voter concerns over Biden’s age and health could significantly impact who they back on the ballot. In the same Reuters/Ipsos poll, 78 percent said Biden is too old to serve in office. Biden’s numbers don’t improve much among Democrats, with 71 percent of those in his political party agreeing he’s too old to serve. Americans are less concerned with former President Donald Trump‘s age, with only half saying he’s too old to run.

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New data shows over half of Americans, and nearly one in three Democrats, think President Joe Biden received special treatment from his Department of Justice (DOJ) during its probe into his handling of classified documents. Last week, DOJ special counsel Robert Hur released a lengthy report in which he declined to prosecute the Democrat president for unlawfully retaining classified documents during — and after — his tenure as vice president under Barack Obama. show more
February 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

Blowout: Trump Leads Haley 65-30 in Her Home State, 80-18 Nationally.

Donald Trump holds a dominant lead over Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley in her home state of South Carolina, leading his former United Nations ambassador by 35 points. His lead nationally is even more overwhelming.

Haley, a former Governor of South Carolina, is mustering only 30 points in the Palmetto State, while Trump has more than double her support level, with 65 points.

Eighty-seven percent of Trump voters in South Carolina say they are “firmly decided” on their choice, leaving Haley with little scope to improve her position. Her own supporters are actually less firm at 78 percent “firmly decided,” meaning Trump is more likely to win over more Haley voters than vice versa.

Haley’s efforts to smear the former president over his age appear to be falling on deaf ears, with 61 percent of voters describing the attacks as “unfair” and a further 18 percent saying they are not even aware of them.

The picture is even more bleak for Haley nationally, with Trump at 80 percent to her 18 percent.

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Donald Trump holds a dominant lead over Nimarata 'Nikki' Haley in her home state of South Carolina, leading his former United Nations ambassador by 35 points. His lead nationally is even more overwhelming. show more
February 14, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Nikki Haley is Peddling an Anti-Trump Hoax She Disavowed in 2020.

Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina who served as Ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, has revived a media hoax she denounced in 2020. The National Pulse previously reported that Haley repeated accusations by the globalist Atlantic that Trump once described dead American soldiers as “suckers” and “losers” while appearing on Fox News earlier on Monday. Haley has increasingly reversed previously held positions as she struggles to find traction for her long-shot primary challenge to Trump.

Haley’s latest line of attack — aside from being false — is noteworthy since she denounced the very same attack when Joe Biden deployed it during the 2020 presidential election. “Biden should take this down. All of us who worked with [President Donald Trump] witnessed the tremendous amount of love and respect he has for our military,” stated Haley in a post on X (formerly Twitter) at the time, adding: “He was determined to protect them. We had many conversations in NSC meetings about protecting them.”

According to the globalist Atlantic, then-President Trump is said to have referred to American war dead in France as “suckers” and “losers” during a 2018 visit to the European nation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers,” the Atlantic claims Trump said regarding the 1,800 marines killed fighting at Belleau Wood in 1918.

When the Atlantic published the allegations in 2020, they faced almost immediate backlash from those present during the France trip. At least fourteen individuals — including John Bolton — who were part of Trump’s entourage in France denied the remarks were ever made.

 

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Nimarata 'Nikki' Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina who served as Ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, has revived a media hoax she denounced in 2020. The National Pulse previously reported that Haley repeated accusations by the globalist Atlantic that Trump once described dead American soldiers as “suckers” and “losers" while appearing on Fox News earlier on Monday. Haley has increasingly reversed previously held positions as she struggles to find traction for her long-shot primary challenge to Trump. show more
February 13, 2024
Election 2024

Jared Kushner Says ‘No’ to White House Return.

Jared Kushner, former senior adviser to ex-President Donald Trump and Trump’s son-in-law, announced Tuesday he will not return to the White House’s administration if Trump is reelected. Speaking at an Axios event in Miami, Kushner expressed his intention to concentrate on his firm. His wife, Ivanka Trump, also a former White House aide, is said to be enjoying a quieter, family-focused lifestyle.

During the interview, Axios Business Editor Dan Primack sought explicit clarification on Kushner’s stance. When asked if he would reject an invitation back to Washington D.C., Kushner confirmed, “Yes.” Despite his refusal, he expressed admiration for Trump’s current campaign team, describing it as “maybe the best he’s had.” After serving in key roles in the White House with Ivanka, Kushner forecasted a “very, very long list of very qualified people to choose from” for positions in Trump’s administration, should he be elected.

Under Trump’s administration, Kushner played a key role in brokering the Abraham Accords, a significant step toward normalizing Israel’s relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Trump, with an established pattern of including family members in key roles, recently endorsed his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, for the position of co-chair at the Republican National Committee.

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Jared Kushner, former senior adviser to ex-President Donald Trump and Trump's son-in-law, announced Tuesday he will not return to the White House's administration if Trump is reelected. Speaking at an Axios event in Miami, Kushner expressed his intention to concentrate on his firm. His wife, Ivanka Trump, also a former White House aide, is said to be enjoying a quieter, family-focused lifestyle. show more

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February 12, 2024
Ed Kozak
Data
Election 2024
News
Politics

DATA: 9/10 Say Biden ‘Too Old’ for 2nd Term.

Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans — 86 percent — believe that Joe Biden is too old to serve another term as President, according to a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll. Although 59 percent of those polled believed that both Biden and former President Donald Trump are too old to serve as President, more than a quarter — 27 percent — believed that just Biden is too old compared to only 3 percent who felt the same way about Trump.

The poll comes amidst increasing concerns about Biden’s mental state and cognitive abilities following a series of gaffes and a damning report by special counsel Robert Hur regarding the current President’s mishandling of classified documents. Hur, who decided not to prosecute Biden, described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and revealed that he could not remember when his son Beau died or when his terms as Vice President began or ended.

Earlier this month, Biden also claimed to have met with French President François Mitterrand of France, who died in 1996, at the G7 Summit. Days later, he claimed to have spoken with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who died in 2017, at the same summit. Immediately following the release of Hur’s report, Biden confused the Mexican and Egyptian presidents.

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Nearly 9 out of 10 Americans — 86 percent — believe that Joe Biden is too old to serve another term as President, according to a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll. Although 59 percent of those polled believed that both Biden and former President Donald Trump are too old to serve as President, more than a quarter — 27 percent — believed that just Biden is too old compared to only 3 percent who felt the same way about Trump. show more
February 12, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media
News

WATCH: Trump-Hating Michael Rapaport Admits ‘I Was Wrong’ About Charlottesville ‘Fine People’ Hoax.

Actor and comedian Micahel Rapaport – a frequent, aggressive critic of former President Donald Trump – is now admitting he was wrong about Trump’s “fine people” remarks regarding the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 2017 demonstrations against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a city park turned violent as protestors clashed, resulting in the death of a counter-demonstrator.

During a recent appearance on the PBD Podcast, Rapaport was pressed on whether media exaggerations regarding Trump had misled him and distorted his views of the former President. The actor and comedian admitted this was the case.

“That one thing, about Charlottesville, that I ranted about… I was wrong,” said Rapaport, explaining the media’s lack of context regarding Trump’s quote had misled him: “You know, he said ‘There’s good people on both sides’ and when you see the full quote, that wasn’t what he said.” Given the misleading reports, Rapaport went on to lament his rant against Trump.

What Trump Actually Said.

In the aftermath of Charlottesville, former President Trump repeatedly condemned the “egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence” that occurred during the demonstration. After being continually pressed by the media to condemn only the pro-Robert E. Lee statue demonstrators in the days following the violent protests, Trump responded: “You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides… You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name.”

The media was quick to spin the President’s remarks as a defense of not the peaceful protestors defending the Lee statue but of the extremist groups that joined the demonstrations. Left out of media reports were Trump’s words calling these groups and individuals “very bad people” and his repeated condemnation of their actions over the days prior.

In recent weeks, Rapaport has suggested he is open to voting for President Trump in November, reiterating his stance on the PBD Podcast.

WATCH:

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Actor and comedian Micahel Rapaport – a frequent, aggressive critic of former President Donald Trump – is now admitting he was wrong about Trump's "fine people" remarks regarding the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The 2017 demonstrations against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a city park turned violent as protestors clashed, resulting in the death of a counter-demonstrator. show more
February 12, 2024
Wake Up Right
Election 2024
TECH

Zuckerberg’s Election Interference Campaign Begins.

Instagram and Threads, both social media platforms owned by Mark Zuckerberg, are rolling out new tools to limit the amount of political content you see ahead of the 2024 election.

The details: Instagram wrote in a press release Friday: “we won’t proactively recommend content about politics on recommendation surfaces across Instagram and Threads.”

  • The ‘recommendation surfaces’ are the areas of the app where it recommends content from people you don’t follow, like Explore, Reels, In-Feed Recommendations, and Suggested Users.
  • They claim this update will not affect accounts you already follow.

Why that matters: Content creators on Instagram [like me] rely on the recommendation surfaces to reach new people. This new roll-out will make it more difficult for breaking political news [think the Hunter Biden laptop in 2020] to reach new people as we approach the 2024 election cycle.

A small caveat: Instagram says it will allow users to opt in to get recommended political content. The problem is that very few people will know about this option. Since you know about it, Here’s how you can opt in:

  • Go to ‘Settings and privacy’ > ‘Content preferences’ > ‘Political content’ and select ‘Don’t limit.’
Big picture: Mark Zuckerberg spent hundreds of millions of dollars during the 2020 election to get out the vote in mostly Democrat-leaning areas. So, election interference is no new venture for the tech billionaire.
This article is adapted from the free ‘Wake Up Right’ newsletter, which you can subscribe to here.
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February 12, 2024
Election 2024
News
Politics

RFK’s SuperPAC Spent $7 MILLION on A Super Bowl Ad.

The SuperPAC backing Robert Kennedy Jr.’s (RFK, Jr.) independent presidential bid drew mixed reactions after running a 30-second television spot during the Super Bowl. The advertisement — which the American Values 2024 SuperPAC said cost $7 million — used elements of a 1960 campaign spot run Kennedy’s his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy.

Borrowing visual and musical motifs from the John F. Kennedy campaign’s television spot, the RFK, Jr. advertisement featured images of the independent candidate’s testimony before Congress and his engaging in outdoor activities. The ad ended with the tagline: “Vote independent.”

When the campaign spot initially aired last night, Kennedy embraced the message, promoting its message on  X (formerly Twitter). “Our momentum is growing,” he wrote, adding: “It’s time for an Independent President to heal the divide in our country.”

However, just hours later, RFK, Jr. moved to distance himself from the SuperPAC’s Super Bowl spot. “I’m so sorry if the Super Bowl advertisement caused anyone in my family pain. The ad was created and aired by the American Values Super PAC without any involvement or approval from my campaign,” Kennedy posted on X (formerly Twitter). He continued: “FEC rules prohibit Super PACs from consulting with me or my staff. I love you all. God bless you.”

The Kennedy family has repeatedly criticized RFK, Jr.’s independent presidential bid, with the SuperPAC’s ad drawing renewed consternation. In October, several members of the Kennedy clan signed an open letter condemning RFK, Jr.’s campaign.

“My cousin’s Super Bowl ad used our uncle’s faces- and my Mother’s,” said Bobby Shriver – RFK, Jr.’s cousin – on X (formerly Twitter). “She would be appalled by his deadly health care views. Respect for science, vaccines, & health care equity were in her DNA. She strongly supported my health care work at @ONECampaign & @RED which he opposes.”

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The SuperPAC backing Robert Kennedy Jr.’s (RFK, Jr.) independent presidential bid drew mixed reactions after running a 30-second television spot during the Super Bowl. The advertisement — which the American Values 2024 SuperPAC said cost $7 million — used elements of a 1960 campaign spot run Kennedy’s his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy. show more