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October 11, 2024
Election 2024

Tim Walz is Going Gay.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will join the Human Rights Campaign, Out for Harris-Walz, and Pennsylvania Democrats for a ten-day initiative in critical battleground states to boost turnout among LGBTQ voters. Walz and his wife Gwen will participate in a series of events beginning Thursday evening with a rally in Philadelphia. The campaign has organized over 160 events across several key swing states, including canvassing and digital outreach.

The move comes as the Harris-Walz campaign appears to be stalling out with less than 30 days until Election Day. Polling data shows that the 2024 presidential race remains a toss-up between President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Harris, with the latter continuing to struggle among several key election demographics, including working-class and young voters.

According to a report by the Human Rights Campaign, in the 2020 election, so-called equality voters—supporters of pro-LGBTQ+ policies—constituted 37 percent of the electorate, heavily favoring Joe Biden. This year, their participation could be decisive in swing states such as Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

The National Pulse previously reported that Walz was pushing LGBTQ gender ideology over 25 years ago as a Minnesota high school teacher in 1999. Kamala Harris‘s running mate served as the faculty advisor to a “gay-straight alliance” group described as a “safe space” for students to discuss their sexual orientation.

Events conclude Thursday with a virtual Out for Harris-Walz National Organizing Call, featuring Governor Walz, Human Rights Campaign president Kelley Robinson, and several guests, including U.S. Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride.

McBride, a Democrat candidate for the U.S. House in Delaware, will likely become the first transgender person to serve in Congress.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will join the Human Rights Campaign, Out for Harris-Walz, and Pennsylvania Democrats for a ten-day initiative in critical battleground states to boost turnout among LGBTQ voters. Walz and his wife Gwen will participate in a series of events beginning Thursday evening with a rally in Philadelphia. The campaign has organized over 160 events across several key swing states, including canvassing and digital outreach. show more
chutkan marxist
October 11, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Judge Says Jack Smith’s Election Interference Can Continue.

U.S. District Court Judge Tayna Chutkan has rejected a motion filed by President Donald J. Trump’s legal team asking that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice’s (DOJ) special counsel, Jack Smith, refrain from publicizing additional documents outlining his lawfare case against the Republican nominee public before the election. The ruling follows the unsealing of Smith’s 165-page legal brief against Trump’s presidential immunity claim last week.

Specifically, Smith is seeking to file an appendix to the immunity brief, which includes grand jury transcripts. “Defendant has now filed an opposition objecting to unsealing any part of the Appendix. ECF No. 259. As in his previous filing, he identifies no specific substantive objections to particular proposed redactions,” Chutkan wrote in her order on Thursday.

The foreign-born, far-left judge added: “For the same reasons set forth in its decision with respect to the Motion, ECF No. 251, the court determines that the Government’s proposed redactions to the Appendix are appropriate, and that Defendant’s blanket objections to further unsealing are without merit. As the court has stated previously, ‘Defendant’s concern with the political consequences of these proceedings’ is not a cognizable legal prejudice.”

However, any public filings by Smith will be delayed for at least a week, as Chutkan did grant a seven-day stay on the decision, allowing Trump’s lawyers time to appeal her ruling if they choose.

The National Pulse previously reported that CNN’s senior legal analyst, Elie Honig, called Smith’s decision to file the 165-page immunity brief just a month before the November presidential election an “unprincipled, norm-breaking” attempt to “chip away at Trump’s electoral prospects.”

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U.S. District Court Judge Tayna Chutkan has rejected a motion filed by President Donald J. Trump's legal team asking that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice's (DOJ) special counsel, Jack Smith, refrain from publicizing additional documents outlining his lawfare case against the Republican nominee public before the election. The ruling follows the unsealing of Smith's 165-page legal brief against Trump’s presidential immunity claim last week. show more
October 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
1A
Election 2024
Lawfare

Kamala Harris Threatened to Weaponize DOJ Against Platforms That Don’t Censor Her Opponents.

Footage of Vice President Kamala Harris threatening to weaponize the Department of Justice (DOJ) against social media platforms failing to censor supposed “hate” and “misinformation” to her liking in 2019 is going viral. In a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Detroit, Michigan, while she was running for the Democrats’ 2020 presidential nomination, then-Senator Harris said she would “put the Department of Justice of the United States back in the business of justice.”

“We will double the Civil Rights Division, and direct law enforcement to counter this extremism,” Harris declared, vowing: “We will hold social media platforms accountable for the hate infiltrating their platforms, because they have a responsibility to help fight against this threat to our democracy. And if you profit off of hate, if you act as a megaphone for misinformation or cyber warfare, if you don’t police your platforms, we are going to hold you accountable as a community.”

Weaponizing the DOJ in this way would likely lead to a significant abridgment of Americans’ First Amendment rights, with “hate” being subjective and the authorities’ definition of “misinformation” previously including accurate information on Hunter Biden’s laptop and vaccine side effects.

Harris, presenting herself as a moderate for her snap 2024 presidential run, campaigned much further to the left during her run at the 2020 nomination, endorsing the decriminalization of unlawful border crossings and taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for criminals and illegal aliens, for instance.

She pushed far-left policies as a state-level politician in California, sponsoring a handgun ban later overturned by the courts and arguing for the authorities to be able to enter lawful gun owners’ homes, among other authoritarian policies.

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Footage of Vice President Kamala Harris threatening to weaponize the Department of Justice (DOJ) against social media platforms failing to censor supposed "hate" and "misinformation" to her liking in 2019 is going viral. In a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Detroit, Michigan, while she was running for the Democrats' 2020 presidential nomination, then-Senator Harris said she would "put the Department of Justice of the United States back in the business of justice." show more
October 11, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Voters Like JD Vance More Than Tim Walz.

Republican vice presidential hopeful Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) is viewed more favorably by likely voters than Democratic rival Governor Tim Walz (D-MN). Polling by Rasmussen Reports finds 33 percent view Vance very favorably and 17 percent view him somewhat favorably, while Walz is viewed very favorably or somewhat favorably by 28 percent and 14 percent, respectively. This puts the Ohio Republican’s overall favorability at 50 percent, eight points clear of the Minnesota Democrat.

Walz is also viewed unfavorably by slightly more likely voters than Vance, at 44 versus 42 percent. Introduced to the national electorate as a Midwestern dad and longtime National Guard veteran, details of the fraud and mismanagement in Walz’s state, his lies about his military service, and his LGBT activism in schools, among other revelations, have tarnished a once relatively inoffensive image.

Corporate media at home and abroad conceded following the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz that the Republican won handily, with the Nebraska-born Democrat appearing nervous, stumbling over his words, and failing to fend off pointed questions about the lies he has told about, for instance, his many trips to China and when they took place.

Vance’s standing among women voters, in particular, quickly rose following a “polished” debate performance that punctured the narrative—initially created by Walz—that he is “weird.”

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Republican vice presidential hopeful Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) is viewed more favorably by likely voters than Democratic rival Governor Tim Walz (D-MN). Polling by Rasmussen Reports finds 33 percent view Vance very favorably and 17 percent view him somewhat favorably, while Walz is viewed very favorably or somewhat favorably by 28 percent and 14 percent, respectively. This puts the Ohio Republican's overall favorability at 50 percent, eight points clear of the Minnesota Democrat. show more
October 11, 2024
Election 2024

A Top Harris-Walz Advisor Was Booted from An Atlanta Restaurant.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, an advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign, claims she was refused service at an Atlanta restaurant. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Bottoms—considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden in 2020—alleges a hostess at the unnamed establishment declined to seat her because she was wearing yoga pants. Bottoms declined to name the restaurant where the incident occurred.

“I was AGAIN told by a hostess that I could not be seated in an Atlanta area restaurant (not the same one as last time) because I had on ‘yoga’ pants, which was supposedly against their ‘strictly enforced’ business casual policy,” the Harris-Walz campaign advisor wrote. “After I pointed out that there were patrons, none of whom looked like me, who had on shorts, baseball caps, and flip flops in the restaurant, the manager offered to seat us, in the not so full restaurant, in an hour.”

Bottoms expressed her belief that she was not alone in facing this issue and indicated her intent to address it with the restaurant owner. She clarified she would not disclose the name of the location due to a previous incident in 2022, where she was denied service for wearing leggings, and her public disclosure led to threats against the staff. Bottoms added that she was interested to hear if others had similar experiences.

While the incident ostensibly stems from Bottoms’s choice of clothing, the Harris-Walz advisor appears to subtly insinuate she was denied service because of racism. Responding to her post, other X users detailed similar incidents, most claiming they were discriminated against because of their race or ethnicity.

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Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, an advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign, claims she was refused service at an Atlanta restaurant. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Bottoms—considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden in 2020—alleges a hostess at the unnamed establishment declined to seat her because she was wearing yoga pants. Bottoms declined to name the restaurant where the incident occurred. show more
October 11, 2024
Election 2024
News
Politics

Kamala’s Campaign Hits $1 Billion Raised.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has surpassed $1 billion in fundraising since its inception despite seemingly losing ground to President Donald J. Trump in several key swing states.

Fundraising began with a surge of donations following President Joe Biden’s announcement on July 21 that he was exiting the race. Harris’s campaign collected $81 million within a day, climbing to over $100 million by July 22.

In August, the campaign reported raising $361 million, escalating its fundraising total to over $615 million. September’s figures are yet to be disclosed. Official records of recent fundraising efforts are expected in mid-October.

In Pennsylvania, a pivotal state for both parties, Republican factions have invested approximately $222.5 million in presidential race advertisements.

Meanwhile, Democratic factions have spent slightly more, at $275.1 million. The Harris campaign intends to allocate further resources toward advertising and operational efforts, particularly in battleground states, over the approaching weeks.

The rapid pace of fundraising has given Harris’s campaign a financial edge over the Trump campaign, particularly evident in August, when Harris’s campaign raised $230 million more. As of now, the campaign holds over a $100 million advantage. The Trump campaign reported a September fundraising total of $160 million.

Despite the large amount of cash, the Harris campaign has been unable to move poll numbers substantially and meaningfully, and in recent days, Trump has been improving in many polls.

Betting markets, such as Betfair, Polymarket, and Bwin, now all put Trump ahead of Harris, with the betting average giving Trump a 52 percent chance of winning next month to 46.4 percent for Harris.

Swing state polling suggests that Trump could win at least 280 electoral college votes, more than enough to meet the 270 required to win the presidency.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign has surpassed $1 billion in fundraising since its inception despite seemingly losing ground to President Donald J. Trump in several key swing states. show more
October 10, 2024
Election 2024
TECH

Trump Media Shares Bounce Back.

Shares of Trump Media experienced a sharp increase of up to 19 percent on Thursday morning, continuing a rally that has helped recoup some of the losses from a recent extended downturn. Following the market’s opening, DJT stock was trading approximately at $24 per share, more than doubling from an intra-day low of $11.75, recorded just over two weeks prior.

The rise in share price aligned with recent presidential election polls and indicators perceived favorably by supporters of former President Donald J. Trump, who holds the majority stake in the company. The uptick occurred during an active trading session, with volume already surpassing Trump Media’s 30-day average of about 15.1 million shares in under an hour, per FactSet. By 11:30 AM ET, over 27 million shares had been exchanged.

This boost sets Trump Media on track for its fifth gain in six sessions, and its strongest week since late March. The company went public via a merger with a blank-check firm, and this momentum has somewhat reversed a prolonged decline that diminished over 80 percent of its value from its peak post-merger.

Analysts have often labeled Trump Media as a “meme stock” influenced by investors who support Trump politically and see investing in the company as a means of backing his presidential bid.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Shares of Trump Media experienced a sharp increase of up to 19 percent on Thursday morning, continuing a rally that has helped recoup some of the losses from a recent extended downturn. Following the market's opening, DJT stock was trading approximately at $24 per share, more than doubling from an intra-day low of $11.75, recorded just over two weeks prior. show more
October 10, 2024
William Upton
Crime
Election 2024

REPORT: AZ Senate Candidate’s Drug Trafficking Father Arrested for Punching Landlady.

Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona, is facing increasing scrutiny over his Mexican father’s criminal behavior, both past and present. Jose Angel Marinelarena was arrested on March 3, 2024, for battery after assaulting his landlady in Chicago, Illinois. Additionally, Gallego admitted last week that his father is a “convicted drug dealer.”

According to an arrest report obtained by investigative journalist Laura Loomer, Jose Angel Marinelarena punched Edyta Jagas twice in the face this past Spring after the woman confronted him over unpaid rent. Additionally, the 69-year-old Marinelarena, a Mexican immigrant, has a prior conviction for drug trafficking with alleged ties to the violent Juarez cartel in Mexico. Gallego claims that he has no relationship with his father.

Gallego’s Republican opponent, Kari Lake, has repeatedly blasted the Democratic Congressman for his support for the Biden-Harris government’s open borders policies. In addition, Lake has raised Marinelarena’s ties to the Mexican drug cartels, suggesting Gallego and his father’s relationship might not be as distant as the Congressman suggests.

“We need to be calling out what [Gallego] is about. I want to confront the cartels… I want to end the cartels,” Lake said at a news conference last Saturday. “He will never confront the cartels; he is controlled by them. He has close family members who are drug traffickers.”

Polling in the Arizona Senate election shows a tight race. The latest survey has Gallego narrowly leading with 50 percent of the vote to Lake’s 46 percent. Meanwhile, President Donald J. Trump has consistently led Vice President Kamala Harris in the state—raising concerns among Democrats that Trump’s coattails could be enough to secure a win for Lake as well.

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Representative Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Arizona, is facing increasing scrutiny over his Mexican father's criminal behavior, both past and present. Jose Angel Marinelarena was arrested on March 3, 2024, for battery after assaulting his landlady in Chicago, Illinois. Additionally, Gallego admitted last week that his father is a "convicted drug dealer." show more
October 10, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

The RCP Polling Average Gives Trump a Landslide Win.

With less than 30 days until the 2024 presidential election, one major polling average suggests former President Donald J. Trump is on pace for an Electoral College landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. According to the polling aggregates compiled by RealClearPolitics (RCP), Trump holds the edge in five of the seven critical battleground states.

The data, comprised of an average of publically available presidential race polling in each state, shows Trump leading Harris in Georgia by 1.5 percent, Arizona by 1.4 percent, North Carolina by 0.6 percent, Michigan by 0.5 percent, and Pennsylvania by 0.2 percent. Harris, meanwhile, leads Trump in Nevada and Wisconsin by 1.1 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.

While the RCP average suggests Trump is on pace to win just shy of 300 electoral votes, the razor-thin margins in all seven states indicate the race remains statistically a toss-up between the two candidates. Despite an early surge in support following her entry into the 2024 race after President Biden was pressured out of seeking re-election, Harris’s polling numbers have plateaued in recent weeks.

The Vice President has struggled to consolidate support among both young and working-class voters. According to recent data released by the Teamsters Union, its members are breaking for Trump over Harris by a two-to-one ratio. In Pennsylvania, almost 50 percent of the state’s male population has just a high school diploma or less—often indicative of a working-class background.

Another deciding factor in the 2024 presidential election is likely to be the Hispanic vote. Trump is making significant gains among this critical demographic, especially among Hispanic men. The 2020 census indicates that Hispanics make up about 30 percent of the population in both Arizona and Nevada.

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With less than 30 days until the 2024 presidential election, one major polling average suggests former President Donald J. Trump is on pace for an Electoral College landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. According to the polling aggregates compiled by RealClearPolitics (RCP), Trump holds the edge in five of the seven critical battleground states. show more
October 10, 2024
Election 2024

Top Dem Strategist Says He’s ‘Scared to Death’ Over Kamala’s Failing Campaign.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville is raising serious concerns regarding Vice President Kamala Harris‘s election prospects. During a recent appearance on MSNBC, Carville, known for his role in Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, stated he is “scared to death” as the November 5 election date approaches.

Carville highlighted that the Harris campaign should not be complacent, pointing out that they have less time than they may believe. “She doesn’t have a month left,” he said, emphasizing the urgency by noting that time is limited. He calculated that the campaign effectively has under 20 days to make a significant impact. The Democratic Party strategist added: “I think she and the whole campaign need to be much more aggressive and much less passive than they are.”


Carville’s concerns are not unwarranted. Recent polling data suggests the Harris campaign is struggling to win over young men, especially minorities, in the critical battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, and Michigan. In Arizona and Nevada, specifically, Harris is facing surging support for her opponent, President Donald J. Trump, among Latino men under the age of 50. Trump’s margin among young Latinos is in the double digits in both states.

Also concerning for Harris are mounting worries over turnout among young black men in Michigan. Low turnout in Detroit could doom Harris. When turnout in the city is above 50 percent, Democrats are—historically—a lock to win the state.

“I am worried about turnout in Detroit. I think it’s real,” said Jamal Simmons in a recent interview with POLITICO. The Detroit native and former communications director for Harris asked: “Do they have the machine to turn people out? There are concerns and they’re not insignificant.”

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Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville is raising serious concerns regarding Vice President Kamala Harris's election prospects. During a recent appearance on MSNBC, Carville, known for his role in Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, stated he is "scared to death" as the November 5 election date approaches. show more