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October 15, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Rasmussen Moves PA Into Trump Column.

Rasmussen Reports’ head pollster, Mark Mitchell, says former President Donald J. Trump has taken the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania. According to Mitchell, Trump has opened up a three-point lead in their latest survey of the critical swing state, after being tied with Harris in their September poll.

“When I polled Pennsylvania in September, I had a tie. But that really was—you know—some of these major events they get a lot of press coverage on, they do get a juice for about two or three weeks. I think it is more what pollsters call a response bias than anybody actually changing their mind,” Mitchell said in a recent interview with Benny Johnson.

Mitchell explained that Harris’s September polling boost was likely driven by response bias following the presidential debate, adding that their data shows Trump taking the lead in October. “And when we went into the field, we got Trump plus three in Pennsylvania,” he said.

DEMOCRAT OVERSAMPLING.

The pollster went on to explain that while some surveys included in polling aggregates, like the RealClearPolitics (RCP) average, still show Pennsylvania leaning slightly towards Harris, many of these polls overestimated support for Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Mitchell pointed specifically to the New York Times/Siena poll, noting: “They oversampled Biden 2020 supporters, like I said, by eight points.” He went on to note that when the oversample is taken into account, the poll suggests Pennsylvania is actually “Trump plus four.”

Last week, The National Pulse reported that the RCP—with less than 30 days before the November presidential election—suggests Trump could be headed towards an Electoral College landslide. According to the polling aggregate, Trump currently holds the edge in five of the seven critical battleground states.

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Rasmussen Reports' head pollster, Mark Mitchell, says former President Donald J. Trump has taken the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania. According to Mitchell, Trump has opened up a three-point lead in their latest survey of the critical swing state, after being tied with Harris in their September poll. show more
October 15, 2024
Election 2024
Politics

Michelle Obama is Taking Drag Queens Around Swing States.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is deploying drag queens and musician Cardi B. to drum up support for Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states. Mrs. Obama’s organization, When We All Vote, is launching an initiative called ‘Party at the Polls.’

In Arizona, where President Donald J. Trump currently holds a narrow lead, a drag show featuring performers from RuPaul’s Drag Race will take place on October 18 in Phoenix. Nevada, a state with polling indicating a close race, will host a similar event on October 29.

Georgia will see a collaboration between When We All Vote and Live Nation Urban at the ONE Musicfest in Atlanta on October 26 and 27. Cardi B., set to perform, previously expressed regret over supporting Joe Biden in 2020.

Kamala Harris has deployed high-profile musicians to motivate people to attend her rallies in the past, featuring free concerts with musicians like Megan Thee Stallion and others.

The Harris campaign is struggling in several key swing states less than a month ahead of the November presidential election. Polls put President Trump up as much as three points in Pennsylvania, and betting markets give Trump better odds of winning all of the swing states except Nevada.

The Harris campaign has stated that it expects to ramp up negative and nasty campaigning in the final weeks before the election, despite two attempts on rival Donald J. Trump’s life so far.

The Harris campaign has raised over a billion dollars, allowing Harris to buy a litany of ad time in swing states.

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Former first lady Michelle Obama is deploying drag queens and musician Cardi B. to drum up support for Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states. Mrs. Obama's organization, When We All Vote, is launching an initiative called 'Party at the Polls.' show more
October 15, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

Even the Washington Post is Debunking Democrat Lies on Social Security, And Look Who’s Behind Them…

Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is falsely claiming his Republican opponent, David McCormick, plans to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy by reducing social security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits—with the campaign citing a far-left Democrat dark money group as its source. The claim is made in an ad recently aired by Casey’s senatorial re-election campaign and has been roundly debunked by even Democrat-aligned corporate news outlets like The Washington Post.

“McCormick’s promised the richest people in America a massive tax break,” Sen. Casey says in the television ad spot. “To pay for it, he’s made clear he’ll slash your Medicare and Social Security and cut Medicaid for nursing home care.”

The Post slams Sen. Casey’s claim, stating: “It’s a bold move for a campaign to have the candidate practically put words in the mouth of his opponent. Usually, when a candidate speaks in an ad, the claims he or she makes are factually grounded… He earns Four Pinocchios.”

DARK MONEY.

Casey’s campaign sources its claim against McCormick in a March 2023 report issued by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). A relatively new political nonprofit organization, ATF has deep ties to the New Venture Fund. Additionally, the ATF affiliate—Americans for Tax Fairness Action—is funded through the New Venture subsidiary, the Sixteen Thirty Fund.

Both the New Venture and Sixteen Thirty funds are tied to a progressive consulting firm called Arabella Advisors. Meanwhile, the latter sits at the center of numerous nonprofits that act as clearing houses for billions in Democratic donor dark money, filtering the political cash to various left-wing organizations.

The National Pulse previously reported that Arabella had directed at least $10 million to pro-Hamas demonstration organizers across the U.S.

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Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is falsely claiming his Republican opponent, David McCormick, plans to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy by reducing social security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits—with the campaign citing a far-left Democrat dark money group as its source. The claim is made in an ad recently aired by Casey's senatorial re-election campaign and has been roundly debunked by even Democrat-aligned corporate news outlets like The Washington Post. show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Pssst, groups like the New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty are the same Democrat dark money operations that have funneled cash to both pro-Hamas protesters and groups like Matt Schlapp’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
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October 15, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Famous GOP Strategist Says His Identity Is Being Used for Fake Donations to Kamala Harris Campaign.

A famed Republican strategist is taking legal action against ActBlue, accusing the Democratic fundraising platform of facilitating identity theft to make hundreds of unauthorized donations. Mark Block, who served as chief of staff to Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in 2012 and was made internet famous after a “smoking man” advertisement, claims someone used his identity to make over $880 in donations between May and October without his approval.

Block directly accuses ActBlue of allowing a “smurfing” scheme. This involves keeping small contributions deliberately below a $200 threshold to bypass Federal Election Commission (FEC) reporting rules, violating federal election laws.

The lawsuit, filed in Waukesha County Court, alleges the donations constitute “racketeering activity” under Wisconsin law. Block has requested a temporary injunction to prevent further donations in his name. Block discovered the unauthorized contributions through receipts found in an email account associated with the Cain campaign. He notes numerous donations to Kamala Harris‘s campaign efforts and the LGBTQ-focused Equality PAC.

“Given [Block’s conservative] political leanings, he would never consent to monetary contributions to any of the ActBlue Campaigns,” the lawsuit notes, insisting he did not “make, authorize, or consent to these donations to the ActBlue Campaigns.”

The Republican-led House Committee on House Administration is already conducting a broader investigation into money laundering through ActBlue. Committee experts utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to scrutinize over 200 million FEC records and identified suspicious patterns. These include multiple small donations and contributions exceeding the financial capacity of purported donors.

The lawsuit cites an unidentified “John Doe” who allegedly used an American Express card linked to a Santa Monica address to make fraudulent donations with Block’s personal information. This case may be the first of several, as similar investigations commence in various states.

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A famed Republican strategist is taking legal action against ActBlue, accusing the Democratic fundraising platform of facilitating identity theft to make hundreds of unauthorized donations. Mark Block, who served as chief of staff to Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in 2012 and was made internet famous after a "smoking man" advertisement, claims someone used his identity to make over $880 in donations between May and October without his approval. show more

Editor’s Notes

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
I’m old enough to remember when the smoking man ad came out
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October 15, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Biden-Harris Govt Sues… Over Removal Noncitizens from Voter Rolls!?

The Biden-Harris government’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Virginia. It alleges that the state’s approach to removing noncitizens and other ineligible voters from its rolls violates federal law. Announced in a filing last Friday, their lawsuit seeks to block actions taken by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and the Virginia Department of Elections to maintain accurate voter registration lists.

Governor Youngkin, in an executive order released in August, disclosed the removal of 6,303 noncitizens from voter rolls from January 2022 to July 2024. This order was part of broader election security efforts ahead of the November elections. The Biden-Harris DOJ claims this action undermines the “Quiet Period Provision” of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). This statutory provision mandates that states must finish any systematic removal of ineligible voters at least 90 days before a federal election.

BIDEN-HARRIS LAWFARE.

“Section 8(c)(2) of the NVRA, also known as the Quiet Period Provision, requires states to complete systematic programs aimed at removing the names of ineligible voters from voter registration lists no later than 90 days before federal elections,” the DOJ contends. “The Quiet Period Provision applies to certain systematic programs carried out by states that are aimed at striking names from voter registration lists based on a perceived failure to meet initial eligibility requirements—including citizenship—at the time of registration.”

The suit argues that the state’s approach might lead to the mistaken removal of eligible voters, potentially hindering their ability to vote. Moreover, the lawsuit seeks to prevent Virginia from implementing these measures until after the upcoming elections, and to reinstate the removed registrations. Kristen Clarke, the DOJ’s far-left Civil Rights Division chief, is spearheading the lawfare effort.

YOUNGKIN RESPONDS.

Gov. Youngkin is defending the state’s actions. He cites adherence to a 2006 law requiring the removal of noncitizens from voter rolls. “Virginians—and Americans—will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy,” Youngkin said in response to the DOJ lawsuit.

“With the support of our Attorney General, we will defend these commonsense steps, that we are legally required to take, with every resource available to us. Virginia’s election will be secure and fair, and I will not stand idly by as this politically motivated action tries to interfere in our elections, period,” he added.

Research suggests noncitizens unlawfully vote in U.S. elections—primarily for Democrats—in numbers significant enough to change their results.

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The Biden-Harris government's Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing Virginia. It alleges that the state’s approach to removing noncitizens and other ineligible voters from its rolls violates federal law. Announced in a filing last Friday, their lawsuit seeks to block actions taken by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and the Virginia Department of Elections to maintain accurate voter registration lists. show more
October 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Immigration

WATCH: Bill Clinton Admits Kamala Has Blood on Her Hands.

Former President Bill Clinton handed a major setback to Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Fort Valley, Georgia, on Sunday. While stumping for the Democratic presidential candidate, he raised the murder of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, allegedly by an illegal alien, stating: “You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you? [The Donald Trump campaign] made an ad about a young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. Yeah, well, if they had all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened.”

The seemingly unprompted remarks highlight Harris’s failures as Joe Biden’s ‘Border Czar’—an unofficial title she and her corporate allies have tried to disown throughout the campaign. However, she was tasked with tackling the “root causes of illegal immigration” in 2021, and it was in that role that she claimed the U.S. southern border was “secure” in September 2022, just days after Riley’s alleged killer had crossed it.

While claiming to be strong on illegal immigration as a former border state prosecutor, Harris has a long record of pushing anti-border policies. These include defunding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—which she compares to the Ku Klux Klan—and decriminalizing illegal border crossings.

After attributing Riley’s murder to poor vetting under the Biden-Harris government, Clinton abruptly pivoted to the supposed need for mass migration because “America is not having enough babies to keep our population up.”

Former President Trump, on the other hand, has promised “baby bonuses” for American parents, fueling a “new baby boom” as an alternative to replacing dying Americans with foreigners.

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Former President Bill Clinton handed a major setback to Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Fort Valley, Georgia, on Sunday. While stumping for the Democratic presidential candidate, he raised the murder of 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, allegedly by an illegal alien, stating: "You got a case in Georgia not very long ago, didn’t you? [The Donald Trump campaign] made an ad about a young woman who had been killed by an immigrant. Yeah, well, if they had all been properly vetted, that probably wouldn’t have happened." show more
October 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

REPORT: Kamala’s Crime Book Is Filled with Plagiarism.

Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire for seemingly plagiarizing multiple sections of her 2009 criminal justice book, Smart on Crime. A new investigation by Dr. Stefan Weber, a renowned Austrian plagiarism expert, reveals at least a dozen instances where Harris copied material without proper attribution, including from unreliable sources such as Wikipedia.

According to Dr. Weber’s findings, Harris stole extensively from various reports and articles, presenting others’ work as her own. One striking example includes a passage on high school graduation rates, where she allegedly lifted language directly from an uncited AP/NBC News report. Such blatant copying raises serious questions about her integrity and credibility.

Harris’s book also includes paragraphs taken almost word-for-word from a press release by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Instead of providing a proper citation, Harris and her co-author passed off the content as original. This kind of intellectual dishonesty mirrors other high-profile plagiarism cases, such as that of former Harvard president Claudine Gay, whose doctoral thesis was found to contain similar violations.

The investigation also uncovered that Harris plagiarized sections from Wikipedia, a source widely criticized for its lack of reliability. In a chapter discussing a New York court program, Harris allegedly copied long sections from the website, trusting its accuracy without further verification.

Additionally, when describing a nonprofit group in her book, Harris lifted promotional material from an Urban Institute report without giving credit.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire for seemingly plagiarizing multiple sections of her 2009 criminal justice book, Smart on Crime. A new investigation by Dr. Stefan Weber, a renowned Austrian plagiarism expert, reveals at least a dozen instances where Harris copied material without proper attribution, including from unreliable sources such as Wikipedia. show more
October 14, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Harris’s Attempts to Lean Into Her Black Identity Are REALLY Not Working.

Support for Democrats among black voters is seeing a significant decline, according to new election survey data. An October New York Times/Siena national poll of black voters reveals a potentially catastrophic drop in support for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, compared to Joe Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Meanwhile, President Donald J. Trump is seeing his margins increase, inching up into the double digits.

During the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton won black voters by an estimated 85-point margin—capturing 92 percent of the demographic. Similarly, Joe Biden won black voters by an estimated 81-point margin. Conversely, Trump only won 7 percent of the black vote in 2016 and 9 percent in 2020. However, the NYT/Siena data suggests Trump is now on pace to win 15 percent of the black vote, with Kamala Harris only capturing 78 percent—a historically low margin of just 63 points.

Concerningly for Harris, her 63-point margin among black voters is down from even that of Biden before he dropped out of the presidential race in July. Before his ouster, 74 percent of black voters said they would cast their ballot for Biden in November.

In a close presidential race, margins among any voter demographic could potentially swing the election. The notable shift in the black vote could have a major impact on the outcome in states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Faced with eroding black support, Kamala Harris has tapped former President Barack Obama to hit the campaign trail in an effort to improve her margins. In one of Obama’s first events for Harris, the Democrat former president shamed black men who refuse to support Harris—accusing them of sexism.

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Support for Democrats among black voters is seeing a significant decline, according to new election survey data. An October New York Times/Siena national poll of black voters reveals a potentially catastrophic drop in support for the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, compared to Joe Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Meanwhile, President Donald J. Trump is seeing his margins increase, inching up into the double digits. show more
October 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

Trump Earns Coveted Newspaper Endorsement Which Could Flip Swing State.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is throwing its support behind former President Donald J. Trump, emphasizing his proven leadership, economic accomplishments, and ability to handle foreign policy challenges. The newspaper describes the current political landscape as unsettling, with “political norms strewn across the landscape.” In this chaotic atmosphere, the Review-Journal argues that Trump offers the chance for a more stable and prosperous future.

The newspaper describes the litany of criminal charges Trump is facing as “prosecutorial overreach” aimed at derailing his campaign. It highlights his strong record as president, noting that “the Earth didn’t stop spinning.”

“Instead, his presidency was marked by relative global stability and a strong American economy. Inflation was an afterthought,” the newspaper observes.

KAMALA.

The Review-Journal contrasts this with life under the Biden-Harris government:

“Two major wars rage. The debt has ballooned to $35 trillion. Inflation hit 9 percent, the highest rate in four decades, in large part because Democrats can’t temper their insatiable desire to spend other people’s money. Prices for staples remain stubbornly elevated. Housing costs have soared, including in Las Vegas. High interest rates make it more difficult for new homebuyers and burden families carrying credit card and other debt. If this weren’t destructive enough, Ms. Harris and Mr. Biden turned a blind eye to the border for three years, releasing millions of illegal crossers into the country and causing mayors in blue cities to cry uncle.”

The newspaper underscores Harris’s inconsistency on key issues, from immigration to fracking, and her lack of substantial leadership qualities. They argue that Harris “shape-shifts” her policies to fit the moment and “carefully avoids [ing] any unscripted interviews” so she is not exposed.

“Donald Trump is the better choice,” the Review-Journal asserts, citing his economic instincts, his ability to handle foreign policy challenges, and the fact that even on key Democratic issues like abortion, he is far less extreme than the Vice President: “His position on abortion—that he would veto a federal ban and that the matter should be left up to the states—is more mainstream than Ms. Harris’s belief that the procedure should be legal till the moment of birth,” the paper argues.

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The Las Vegas Review-Journal is throwing its support behind former President Donald J. Trump, emphasizing his proven leadership, economic accomplishments, and ability to handle foreign policy challenges. The newspaper describes the current political landscape as unsettling, with "political norms strewn across the landscape." In this chaotic atmosphere, the Review-Journal argues that Trump offers the chance for a more stable and prosperous future. show more
October 14, 2024
Election 2024
Health

Now NBC Wants to Check Trump’s Cholesterol Levels.

A host on NBC News demanded that President Donald J. Trump release all of his medical documentation, stating that she wanted to see his cholesterol levels. During a recent appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press, host Kristen Welker grilled House Speaker Mike Johnson regarding President Trump’s medical records.

“You don’t want to know things like his cholesterol level, whether he’s dealing with any issue that we may not know about, if he’s going to be commander-in-chief?” Welker demanded.

“Kristen, listen to your question,” Johnson replied, arguing that “the American people don’t care about the cholesterol level of Donald Trump; they care about the cost of living and the fact they cannot pay for groceries because Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s policies have put them in that situation.”

The Speaker said the former president’s “health is on display; everyone in America can see it,” adding: “The man works nonstop. He never quits.”

Last November, Trump’s doctor declared the president to be in “excellent health” and stated that his cognitive exams were “exceptional.”

Johnson stressed that the need to focus on issues that impact citizens’ daily lives is paramount, explaining, “That’s why Donald Trump is surging in the polls, because he’s doing this on stages, in interviews, nonstop, around the clock, and Kamala Harris has done nothing.”

The Harris campaign has made very few media appearances and interviews during the presidential race compared to Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH). In the first 59 days of the Harris campaign, both Harris and Walz conducted only five interviews, compared to the Trump campaign’s 73.

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A host on NBC News demanded that President Donald J. Trump release all of his medical documentation, stating that she wanted to see his cholesterol levels. During a recent appearance on NBC's Meet The Press, host Kristen Welker grilled House Speaker Mike Johnson regarding President Trump's medical records. show more