Monday, October 13, 2025

More Editors Quit the LA Times Over Its Presidential Endorsement.

Several editors have left the Los Angeles Times newspaper after the newspaper refused to endorse any presidential candidate for the 2024 election. Robert Greene and Karin Klein left the paper along with editorial page editor Mariel Garza. Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong halted the editorial board’s endorsement process as it was preparing to back Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

Garza expressed dissatisfaction with the decision: “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up. This is how I’m standing up.” Garza, part of the editorial board, said they intended to support Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. She had begun drafting the endorsement editorial before the board’s efforts were stopped.

Robert Greene, who covered various topics including criminal justice and won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021, departed alongside Klein, a former board member who wrote on education and the environment.

Soon-Shiong, in a social media post, explained that he had suggested that the board analyze both the positive and negative aspects of each candidate’s policies and envision their potential impacts over four years. He claimed he aimed to provide readers with non-partisan information to make informed decisions.

Nika Soon-Shiong, the daughter of Patrick Soon-Shiong, has previously promoted far-left policies and pro-Palestinian politicians, posting and reposting content criticizing the Harris-Walz campaign and Biden-Harris government over their stance on Israel.

The paper is just the latest largely liberal outlet, including the Washington Post, to refuse to endorse Vice President Harris in recent weeks. Reports claim that tech billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who owns the Post, prevented an endorsement.

Several outlets have endorsed Harris, including The Atlantic magazine and the allegedly conservative Spectator magazine’s new editor, Michael Gove.

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Several editors have left the Los Angeles Times newspaper after the newspaper refused to endorse any presidential candidate for the 2024 election. Robert Greene and Karin Klein left the paper along with editorial page editor Mariel Garza. Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong halted the editorial board's endorsement process as it was preparing to back Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. show more

The McDonald’s Trump Visited Had to Hire Security After Violent, Left-Wing Threats.

Following former President Donald J. Trump‘s recent visit to a McDonald’s franchise in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, restaurant owner Derek Giacomantonio has reported receiving threatening messages via phone and social media. Trump’s appearance at the location, where he worked at the fry station and served customers at the drive-thru, drew significant public interest and subsequent threats.

Giacomantonio has employed private security to ensure the safety of his employees and patrons. The security measures were already in place during Trump’s visit, a decision made by Giacomantonio, who is reportedly shouldering the costs himself.

Trump’s visit was organized by Jim Worthington, a leader of Pennsylvania’s Republican National Convention delegation. Worthington acknowledged the fears of potential boycott actions but remarked that the community largely continues to support the franchise, with many visiting the restaurant since the event.

During his time at the restaurant, Trump commented on Vice President Kamala Harris’s dubious claims to have worked there in her youth. He believes Harris’s claim, unsupported by any employment records or other evidence, is a lie, similar to other false claims she has made about her background, such as her grandfather being an “independence fighter” against the British.

Harris supporters have already bombarded Giacomantonio’s franchise with fake, negative Yelp reviews, displaying their vindictiveness and forcing the website to pause them temporarily.

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Following former President Donald J. Trump's recent visit to a McDonald's franchise in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, restaurant owner Derek Giacomantonio has reported receiving threatening messages via phone and social media. Trump’s appearance at the location, where he worked at the fry station and served customers at the drive-thru, drew significant public interest and subsequent threats. show more

Kamala’s Favorability Dips Sharply.

Vice President Kamala Harris faces declining favorability among American voters just days ahead of the presidential election, as the Democratic nominee struggles to maintain any kind of campaign momentum. RealClearPolitics’ compilation of favorability ratings shows Harris has been under a net negative rating for more than a week, reaching the lowest point since the Democratic convention in August.

Upon entering the race, Harris maintained similar positive and negative perceptions as President Donald J. Trump. Recent surveys indicate a shift in voter sentiment against Harris, who has historically polled behind President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in their respective races against Trump.

In a RealClearPolitics aggregate on Friday, Harris and Trump were tied, marking the first time Trump matched her polling since early August. A Wall Street Journal national poll released Wednesday shows Trump leading Harris by 3 points.

The Journal notes Harris received her lowest job approval ratings as vice president, with 42 percent approval and 54 percent disapproval, while voter sentiment towards Trump has improved. In response to unfavorable polls, Harris adapted her campaign focus by portraying her political opponent as a threat to democracy. She alleged Trump sought generals similar to Adolf Hitler’s, referencing a recent Atlantic article featuring unsubstantiated claims by Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly. Contemporary officials, including Vice President Mike Pence’s former chief of staff, have rejected Kelly’s claims as totally false.

The attacks by Harris and her campaign came after they announced they would get more personal and negative in the campaign’s final days.

Bryan Lanza, senior adviser to the Donald Trump campaign, has further warned that many fake stories about President Trump will likely come out ahead of Election Day.

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Vice President Kamala Harris faces declining favorability among American voters just days ahead of the presidential election, as the Democratic nominee struggles to maintain any kind of campaign momentum. RealClearPolitics' compilation of favorability ratings shows Harris has been under a net negative rating for more than a week, reaching the lowest point since the Democratic convention in August. show more

Biden-Harris Judge Rules Noncitizens Can Vote.

A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris says the Commonwealth of Virginia cannot remove over 1,500 individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens from its voter roll. The lawsuit was brought by the Biden-Harris government.

U.S. election law bars those who are not American citizens from participating in federal elections. The issue of noncitizen voters has become a major concern during the 2024 election as several states have found significant numbers of illegal registrations on their voter rolls.

VIRGINIA LAW SINCE 2006.

“Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals—who self-identified themselves as noncitizens—back onto voters rolls,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) in a statement blasting the ruling. He continued: “Almost all of these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status a fact recently verified by federal authorities.”

Addressing the legal requirements for Virginia to remove these illegal voters from the state’s rolls, Youngkin emphasized that the law has been on the state books since 2006 and has been fulfilled under both Republican and Democrat governments.

“This is a Virginia law passed in 2006, signed by then-Governor Tim Kaine, that mandates certain procedures to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls, with safeguards in place to affirm citizenship before removal—and the ultimate failsafe of same-day registration for U.S. citizens to cast a provisional ballot,” Youngkin stated, adding: “This law has been applied in every Presidential election by Republicans and Democrats since enacted 18 years ago.”

Youngkin says the state will immediately ask the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of the decision.

Data shows that a statistically significant number of noncitizens have illegally participated in past elections. In Oregon, an alleged coding error resulted in over one thousand noncitizens being allowed on the voter rolls.

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A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris says the Commonwealth of Virginia cannot remove over 1,500 individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens from its voter roll. The lawsuit was brought by the Biden-Harris government. show more

Dems Face Backlash Over Pro-Porn Ad.

Two Democratic-aligned groups have released a controversial advertisement depicting a fictional Republican legislator interrupting a man masturbating to pornography. The ad, titled “Republicans Rubbing You the Wrong Way,” is a joint effort by Progress Action Fund and Defend the Vote.

The ad portrays the fictitious Republican lawmaker taking a young man’s cellphone, which he was using to watch pornography in bed, and declaring a nationwide pornography ban. It is part of a $2.5 million campaign targeting swing states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Mirroring a similar television campaign regarding abortion and other cultural issues in 2022, the ad has sparked mixed reactions on social media platforms.

The 30-second commercial is scheduled to run on television, online, and streaming services across seven key states: North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Many social media users have reacted negatively. A critic on YouTube pondered the intended audience, while a user on X (formerly Twitter) described it as a desperate move by Democrats.

Some have also questioned the ad’s factual accuracy, as there is no current federal effort to ban pornography. However, some states have passed legal measures to ensure that only those of legal age can view pornographic websites—and that the performers in the videos are consenting adults over the age of 18 years old.

During the 2022 mid-term election, a similar ad was run by Progress Action Fund—though the issue of focus was birth control. In that ad, a fictitious Republican lawmaker stops a couple from having sexual intercourse with the use of a condom. While abortion and contraception access appear to have played a significant role in the midterms, both appear to have been overshadowed by concerns over the economy and illegal immigration among voters in 2024.

 

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Two Democratic-aligned groups have released a controversial advertisement depicting a fictional Republican legislator interrupting a man masturbating to pornography. The ad, titled "Republicans Rubbing You the Wrong Way," is a joint effort by Progress Action Fund and Defend the Vote. show more

Muslim Leaders Endorse Trump AND His Immigration Policies.

An influential group of Muslim leaders from Michigan have announced their support for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, highlighting his stance on global conflicts and immigration policies. The endorsement was declared during a rally on Saturday, where the leaders emphasized Trump’s commitment to peace and ending worldwide conflicts. Imam Belal Alzuhairi, speaking at the event, stated, “The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think that this man can make it happen.”

The leaders also cited Trump’s immigration policies as a key factor in endorsing him. They underscored the importance of border security and the necessity of legal immigration pathways. Alzuhairi explained, “Anyone who wants to come to this country is welcome, but he has to do that through a legal pathway.”

The group conveyed optimism for Trump’s vision of America’s future, affirming that they aim to support “peace and justice for all.”

The endorsement was further highlighted by a spirited prediction from Alzuhairi: “Michiganders, I have two predictions for you for the next six months… number one, the Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl… the second prediction is Donald J. Trump will be the 47th president of the United States of America.”

The news follows an earlier endorsement from Amer Ghalib, the Mayor of Hamtramck, the only Muslim-majority city in the United States.

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An influential group of Muslim leaders from Michigan have announced their support for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, highlighting his stance on global conflicts and immigration policies. The endorsement was declared during a rally on Saturday, where the leaders emphasized Trump's commitment to peace and ending worldwide conflicts. Imam Belal Alzuhairi, speaking at the event, stated, "The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think that this man can make it happen." show more

WaPo Columnist Resigns After Paper Refuses to Endorse Kamala. Guess Who He’s Married To!

Arch-neoconservative and Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan has resigned from the newspaper after it declined to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Kagan, who writes a column for the Post, is married to the Biden-Harris government’s former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland—the globalist architect of the Ukraine war.

Kagan’s resignation follows The Washington Post’s announcement that it will not endorse Kamala Harris for president less than two weeks before Election Day. This is the first time the newspaper has declined to endorse a candidate since the 1988 presidential election. Publisher and CEO Will Lewis announced the decision to the newsroom on Friday.

The resignation of Kagan is not surprising, coming from a long line of neoconservative intelligentsia who are opposed to the more humble, noninterventionist foreign policy advocated by President Donald J. Trump. His late father, Donald Kagan, and brother, Fred Kagan, have both leveled their own criticisms of Trump over the years.

In addition to the familial ties to anti-Trump sentiments, Kagan’s wife—Victoria Nuland—is no fan of Trump either. A senior official in the Biden-Harris government, Nuland was the chief architect of the Biden-Harris policy on the Ukraine war. Infamously, Nuland has pushed for allowing Ukraine to expand the conflict by conducting military strikes deep inside Russia—a red line that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says could elicit a nuclear response.

Having failed to sufficiently escalate the conflict in Eastern Europe, Nuland announced her resignation this past March. Just months later, her former boss, President Joe Biden, was forced into a ‘sort of’ resignation of his own following a disastrous debate against Trump. Consequently, the 81-year-old Democrat was replaced in July by Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

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Arch-neoconservative and Washington Post editor-at-large Robert Kagan has resigned from the newspaper after it declined to endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Kagan, who writes a column for the Post, is married to the Biden-Harris government's former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland—the globalist architect of the Ukraine war. show more
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D.C. Residents Flee – ‘There Were Proud Boys Petting My Dog That Day.’

Election anxiety has hit a fever pitch among Washington, D.C. residents, and the German-owned corporate media outlet POLITICO wants its readers to know all about it. In an all-too-long column, senior editor Michael Schaffer details the planned flight of several residents from the nation’s capital for election night over fears of chaos and violence. Most of those interviewed apparently confuse Election Day with the riots that occurred on January 6 while Congress took up the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

One of the Washington, D.C. residents interviewed is Shreya Tulsiani, a researcher with Truth Initiative. “January 6th was a very scary time. I used to live right off of North Capitol Street, so I could see the Capitol. There were Proud Boys petting my dog that day. I don’t want to be a part of it,” she told POLITICO. How she knew the individuals petting her dog were Proud Boys and not another protest group or just random people walking by is unclear.

Tulsiani tells Schaffer that she believes November 5 could be just as dangerous as January 6 in Washington, D.C. She says, “I feel like election week might be crazy too. I don’t know what’s planned but I don’t want to be near it.” She goes on to insinuate the protective measures taken—including military checkpoints and the deployment of National Guard troops across the capitol ahead of Joe Biden’s 2021 presidential inauguration—were just as frightening as the Capitol riots.

“I know that the response here is, like, let’s bring out the tanks, let’s bring out the people with guns. That doesn’t make me feel safe either,” Tulsiani says.

D.C. Councilwoman Brooke Pinto claims she’s already getting questions from businesses in her ward—which includes the posh Georgetown neighborhood—as to whether they should board up in anticipation of unrest on election night. It should be noted that Georgetown is around five miles from the U.S. Capitol—and about two-and-a-half miles from the White House, where revelers usually gather for presidential elections—and the neighborhood lacks Metro subway access, making it difficult to reach for those without their own transportation.

Schaffer goes on to insinuate that any election night conflicts would have been unthinkable prior to January 6, 2021. However, the POLITICO editor is evidently and conveniently unaware of the actual violence and rampant property destruction that broke out across the country in the wake of President Donald J. Trump’s 2016 election victory.

However, at least one Washington, D.C. resident is skeptical of any political violence on election night—the city’s Democrat mayor, Muriel Bowser. “People have certain risk tolerances, and I don’t think they should be boarding up their businesses, but we’re not going to give them that advice,” she said earlier this week in response to the pear-clutching panic among capital residents.

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Election anxiety has hit a fever pitch among Washington, D.C. residents, and the German-owned corporate media outlet POLITICO wants its readers to know all about it. In an all-too-long column, senior editor Michael Schaffer details the planned flight of several residents from the nation's capital for election night over fears of chaos and violence. Most of those interviewed apparently confuse Election Day with the riots that occurred on January 6 while Congress took up the certification of the 2020 presidential election. show more

Trump’s Tax Free America Beckons.

President Donald J. Trump is floating the elimination of the federal income tax, with the revenue from it being replaced by income from import and export tariffs. The tax policy change, first floated by Trump during a recent campaign stop at a Bronx, New York barbershop, has caught fire on social media—even receiving the enthusiastic backing of former Congressman and libertarian firebrand Ron Paul (R-TX).

While the concept might sound farfetched on the modern political stage, it was not that long ago that the U.S. federal government was entirely—or almost entirely—funded through tariff revenue. Trump emphasized this fact during his Bronx stop. “It had all tariffs—it didn’t have an income tax,” Trump remarked at the Knockout Barbershop. He expressed concern about the financial burden income taxes impose on citizens, stating, “They’re paying tax, and they don’t have the money to pay the tax.”

TRUMP’S TARIFF PLAN.

On the campaign trail, Trump has strongly pushed for a more aggressive U.S. tariff policy. The 2024 Republican presidential nominee has proposed introducing a broad tariff regime on foreign imports ranging from 10 to 20 percent, with a significant 60 percent tariff on goods imported from China. The former Republican president has also said the U.S. should retaliate against any nation that tariffs American goods—even if those tariffs are 100 or 200 percent.

Several nations with strong diplomatic and economic ties to the United States still maintain high tariffs on American goods, especially automobiles. Both Germany and Japan have been able to tariff American car makers for almost 80 years because of the post-World War II Marshall Plan. Trump, however, proposes that this arrangement should change with either the countries dropping their high tariffs or the U.S. enacting their own on German and Japanese cars.

Today, tariffs only account for about two percent of federal revenue, while income taxes comprise about 94 percent of the government’s cash flow. While a ramp-up in tariff use could significantly change this dynamic, cuts to federal spending would still likely be needed. Currently, U.S. imports total approximately $3 trillion annually, while income and payroll taxes bring in $4.2 trillion.

THE TRUTH ABOUT TARIFFS.

Lastly, Democrats and some anti-Trump Republicans have tried to brand tariffs as inflationary. However, these attacks are highly misleading and, in some instances, outright falsehoods. Tariffs are, in simple terms, a form of consumption tax. Like most taxes, consumption taxes are deflationary in their economic effect. Properly understood inflation is either caused by increased demand driven by an expanding money supply or by the constriction of the supply of goods through policy or other means.

Tariffs neither increase the monetary supply nor prevent consumers from accessing goods; they are merely taxes importers pay on foreign goods. The most famous tariff legislation in U.S. history, the Smoot-Hawley Act, had a deflationary impact on the economy, not an inflationary one.

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President Donald J. Trump is floating the elimination of the federal income tax, with the revenue from it being replaced by income from import and export tariffs. The tax policy change, first floated by Trump during a recent campaign stop at a Bronx, New York barbershop, has caught fire on social media—even receiving the enthusiastic backing of former Congressman and libertarian firebrand Ron Paul (R-TX). show more

Washington Post Endorsement Shock Stuns Kamala Campaign.

For the first time in 36 years, The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate. Publisher and CEO Will Lewis announced the decision to the newsroom on Friday. “The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election,” Lewis wrote to staff. He claimed there would not be any endorsements in “any future presidential election,” either, adding: “We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates.”

In a longer editorial on the newspaper’s website, Lewis explained the return to a past editorial policy where endorsements were not made, a stance consistent with its approach prior to 1976. That year marked a shift when the paper supported Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter following its pivotal coverage of the Watergate scandal. Until now, 1988 stood as the last instance the Post withheld an endorsement in a general election.

Tensions reportedly emerged when editorial page editor David Shipley disclosed the decision in a recent meeting of the newspaper’s editorial board. The reaction within the organization is said to have been predominantly negative, mirroring a similar situation that continues to unfold with the Los Angeles Times‘s decision earlier this week to pass on making a 2024 endorsement.

The decision has drawn sharp criticism from former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron, who described it as a failure of nerve that undermines democratic values.

“This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty,” Baron wrote in a statement shared with NPR. “Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”

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For the first time in 36 years, The Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate. Publisher and CEO Will Lewis announced the decision to the newsroom on Friday. "The Washington Post will not be making an endorsement of a presidential candidate in this election," Lewis wrote to staff. He claimed there would not be any endorsements in "any future presidential election," either, adding: "We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates." show more