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September 25, 2024
Election 2024
TECH

TikTok Banned Political Ads, But is Allowing This Infamous Left-Wing Group to Continue.

Despite explicitly banning political advertisements on their platform since 2019, the Chinese-owned media giant TikTok still shows alleged paid political ads, including several linked to Democrat activist groups. Recent findings indicate that this prohibition has not entirely prevented the circulation of paid political messages.

At least 52 videos labeled with “Paid Partnership,” #ad, or #sponsored, some receiving significant views, have appeared to contravene TikTok’s policy. Some videos appear to be sponsored by the Democratic activist groups ActBlue, TogetherSF Action, and NextGen America. These videos promote issues like climate change and voter registration.

TikTok has reiterated its stance against political ads, stating that it disallows political content through all monetization channels, including paid advertisements, branded political content, and other promotional avenues. TikTok claims it adheres to a stringent no-political-ads policy, unlike other tech giants such as Facebook, Instagram, X, and Google.

Owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), TikTok faces additional scrutiny over national security concerns. U.S. lawmakers have been particularly vigilant due to worries about potential foreign influence via the platform, which is currently contesting a possible ban in court unless sold to a U.S.-approved entity.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) noted the absence of specific regulations regarding social media influencer activities.

According to the Pew Research Center, TikTok has become a key news source for young American adults. The Center notes that 39 percent of adults aged 18 to 29 use the platform for news. While the Biden–Harris regime has sought to curry favor with influencers on ToikTok over the years, including inviting some to film short videos at the White House, the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has turned some against the regime.

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Despite explicitly banning political advertisements on their platform since 2019, the Chinese-owned media giant TikTok still shows alleged paid political ads, including several linked to Democrat activist groups. Recent findings indicate that this prohibition has not entirely prevented the circulation of paid political messages. show more
September 25, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

1200 Noncitizen Voters Found in Oregon.

Oregon’s Democrat Secretary of State, LaVonne Griffin-Valade, is dismissing concerns about noncitizen voters in her state despite evidence showing over 1,200 noncitizens were erroneously registered to vote. According to Sec. Griffin-Valade, instances of noncitizen voting are “exceedingly rare.” She also defended the state’s so-called “motor-voter” system—an automatic voter registration program—despite recent revelations that noncitizens were listed as eligible voters due to a data entry error.

The National Pulse reported last week that 300 noncitizens had initially been identified on Oregon’s state voter rolls. However, the number has risen to 1,259 upon further investigation by state officials. After the initial discovery, Sec. Griffin-Valade insisted that the registered noncitizens “will be notified by mail that they will not receive a ballot unless they demonstrate that they are eligible to vote.”

However, as nine of the noncitizen voters in Oregon have already cast ballots in the election, Griffin-Valade’s office deactivated all 1,259 registrations pending additional review. This means other than the nine who have cast ballots, these individuals will not receive mail-in ballots for the upcoming 2024 election but will have the opportunity to re-register if they provide proper documentation proving their eligibility.

Griffin-Valade attributed the erroneous registrations to manual errors at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), where staff mistakenly recorded foreign identification as U.S. identification, triggering the automatic voter registration system. The DMV has implemented a verification prompt on data entry screens and daily audits of all transactions before finalizing registrations in hopes this will prevent future errors.

Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, but academic research indicates poor vetting results in many doing so regardless, swaying election outcomes.

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Oregon's Democrat Secretary of State, LaVonne Griffin-Valade, is dismissing concerns about noncitizen voters in her state despite evidence showing over 1,200 noncitizens were erroneously registered to vote. According to Sec. Griffin-Valade, instances of noncitizen voting are "exceedingly rare." She also defended the state's so-called "motor-voter" system—an automatic voter registration program—despite recent revelations that noncitizens were listed as eligible voters due to a data entry error. show more
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September 25, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Union Members Flocked To Trump After Dems Ditched Biden.

State-level election data produced by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union suggests a significant working-class backlash against the 2024 Democratic Party’s presidential ticket after Joe Biden was forced to drop his re-election bid in July.

The Teamsters’ surveys show a decisive shift among their union members from supporting Biden to supporting former President Donald J. Trump after the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent was replaced by his vice president, Kamala Harris, as the party’s nominee. The Teamsters have declined to endorse either Harris or Trump.

Among eight battleground states, the Teamsters data suggests major double-digit swings among their membership in support of Trump. The swing from Biden to Trump in Wisconsin is a near-75 points. Biden led among Teamsters in the state with 73.5 percent to Trump’s 15.3. However, after Kamala Harris replaced the octogenarian Democrat, the vote drastically shifted. Trump now leads the current Democratic Party nominee with 57 percent to Harris’ 40.5 percent.

Among the eight states polled, Wisconsin saw the most significant swing in favor of Trump. However, the other battleground states show substantial movement among the union’s voters toward the Republican nominee as well. There has been a 43-point swing in Arizona, with Trump now leading at 57.3 percent to Harris’ 38.7 percent. Michigan has seen a 53-point swing, where Trump leads among Teamsters with 61.7 percent to Harris’ 35.2.

Meanwhile, states like Pennsylvania, Virginia, Nevada, and Minnesota all see between a 29-point and 44-point swing to Trump. In North Carolina, the former president leads Harris with 69.1 percent of Teamsters to the latter’s 29.2 percent.

The union member survey data implies Harris may suffer a similar weakness in support among working-class voters as Hillary Clinton, which largely contributed to the latter’s historic defeat in the 2016 election.

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State-level election data produced by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union suggests a significant working-class backlash against the 2024 Democratic Party's presidential ticket after Joe Biden was forced to drop his re-election bid in July. show more
September 25, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Did Kamala Ever Actually Prosecute a Case From Start to Finish? It’s Not Clear…

The Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, is facing increasing scrutiny over her record as a prosecutor, with legal critics raising questions as to whether Harris ever actually personally prosecuted a case in its entirety.

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeff Clark first raised the question several weeks ago, asking social media users if anyone could find “a transcript of a case that Kamala Harris has prosecuted.” After it appeared no one would take him up on the challenge, Clark posited in a post on X (formerly Twitter): “I’m starting to get doubtful that she EVER prosecuted a case through to trial.”

Harris’s presidential campaign has repeatedly tried framing the Democrat as a tough-on-crime prosecutor.

The question of Harris’ actual prosecutorial experience follows revelations that the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee frequently missed California Medical Assistance Commission (CMAC) meetings during her stint as an appointee on the state government board. Harris, named to the commission by her then-boyfriend Willie Brown—the powerful California Assembly Speaker—missed around 20 percent of the organization’s meetings.

Most instances of Harris’ courtroom experience pointed to by the corporate media are cases in which the California Democrat almost certainly never actually set foot in court. Clark notes that an NPR story from August, which details nine cases from Harris’s past, are all instances in which her role as district attorney or California Attorney General meant she was absent from the day-to-day work.

While Harris’s resume suggests she may have seen some trial time while working on the Alameda District Attorney’s sex offense team, there appear to be few other instances where she would have set foot in a courtroom—let alone prosecuted a case from start to finish.

Original image by Gage Skidmore.

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The Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, is facing increasing scrutiny over her record as a prosecutor, with legal critics raising questions as to whether Harris ever actually personally prosecuted a case in its entirety. show more
September 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Immigration

Trump Cancels Springfield Visit After RINOs Complain It Would Cause ‘Strain.’

Reports claim former President Donald J. Trump is no longer planning to visit Springfield, Ohio, despite having pledged to do so at a rally last week, after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) told local media a visit would “put a strain on the community.” Republican-in-name-only (RINO) state and local officials have been running covering for Haitian migrants in the city, denying reports by residents—repeated by Trump—that they have been harming animals and generally lowering the small city’s standard of living.

According to Newsweek, “two sources familiar with the matter have said Trump is not expected to visit the city in the near future.” At a rally in Long Island on September 18, the former president had announced his intention to visit Springfield within two weeks.

Governor DeWine previously said that Trump’s criticism of the influx of a reported 20,000 Haitians into Springfield was “very hurtful for these men and women who work very, very hard.” He also pressured state lawmakers to bend election rules to ensure that Biden would make the state’s ballots despite failing to follow the relevant laws.

Trump’s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), has also been critical of the situation in Springfield and reports his office has received reports of Haitians harming animals. Additionally, Vance has criticized the corporate media for taking official denials of such abuse at face value, asking at an Indiana rally recently, “Did you ever think about listening to people speak their truth instead of listening to some bureaucrat and assuming that everything they tell you is true?”

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Reports claim former President Donald J. Trump is no longer planning to visit Springfield, Ohio, despite having pledged to do so at a rally last week, after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) told local media a visit would "put a strain on the community." Republican-in-name-only (RINO) state and local officials have been running covering for Haitian migrants in the city, denying reports by residents—repeated by Trump—that they have been harming animals and generally lowering the small city's standard of living. show more
September 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Immigration

Other Towns Are Beginning to Complain About Their New, Haitian Migrants.

Haitians are arriving not only in Springfield, Ohio, where an influx of some 20,000 has caused considerable issues in the city but also in various small rural towns across the United States. For instance, Sylacauga, Alabama, saw a city meeting shut down by the City Council President, Tiffany Nix, earlier this month after several members of the public complained of busloads of Haitians arriving in the city, supposedly to work, and “sitting around outside… not working.”

“What’s wrong with that? I don’t see what the issue is,” Nix responded. “I want to welcome anyone that wants to come,” she said, implying residents are racist by saying, “We have no reason to… treat people differently because of how they look” and insisting, “There’s no reason for us to discuss this any further.”

In Charleroi, Pennsylvania, the migrant population is reportedly up 2,000 percent, driven in large part by a surge in Haitian immigration. Like Springfield, the Pennsylvania town has been referenced by former President Donald J. Trump, who notes that the demographic changes are resulting in “schools scrambling to hire translators for the influx of students who don’t speak English, costing local taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

THE NATIONAL PICTURE.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), over 485,000 Haitian illegal border crossers have been recorded since fiscal year 2021. Most of these crossings occurred this fiscal year, with nearly 216,000 Haitians reported.

From fiscal 2021 through August, nearly 262,000 of these Haitians were apprehended at the southwest border. Additionally, nearly 221,000 were apprehended across the wider country and close to 2,300 at the northern border.

Since July, 205,000 Haitians have been released through the Biden-Harris government’s Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) parole program. Haitians also constitute the top nationality among the over 765,000 illegal foreign nationals released into the country via the CBP One app.

State attorneys general have filed lawsuits arguing that these programs are illegal. They are acknowledged to be rife with fraud, with the Biden-Harris government briefly pausing migrant flights. Multiple migrants imported by them have turned out to be dangerous, including multiple Haitian pedophiles.

Under current U.S. law, most Haitians being released into the country are technically inadmissible. Still, the Biden-Harris government has them issued with “notice to appear” documents for future immigration court hearings.

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Haitians are arriving not only in Springfield, Ohio, where an influx of some 20,000 has caused considerable issues in the city but also in various small rural towns across the United States. For instance, Sylacauga, Alabama, saw a city meeting shut down by the City Council President, Tiffany Nix, earlier this month after several members of the public complained of busloads of Haitians arriving in the city, supposedly to work, and "sitting around outside... not working." show more
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September 24, 2024
Data
Election 2024
Politics

Dems Are in a Polling Panic, Fearful That Trump’s Numbers Are Actually Being UNDERCOUNTED.

Democratic senators fear polls are underestimating former President Donald J. Trump’s level of support. RealClearPolitics gave Vice President Kamala Harris a lead of 2.2 points nationally as of Monday, September 23—a narrower margin than Joe Biden’s seven-point lead and Hillary Clinton’s three-point lead over Trump at similar times in the 2020 and 2016 election campaigns. On election night, Biden’s lead over Trump nationally was significantly lower, at four points. Clinton‘s was also lower, at 2.1 points—and she lost the Electoral College.

One Democratic senator, speaking anonymously, called the numbers “ominous,” adding: “There’s no question that [they are] concerning… My sense is there’s not a lot more you can do than we’re already doing.”

Another anonymous senator lamented, “I don’t think any poll right now means much of anything,” complaining that voters are looking back on the Trump economy as “being so good” compared to the Biden-Harris economy.

Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told the media, “I, too, share the concern that there are going to be some surprises” on election day.

“What accentuates my concern is when you poll people who have not voted in ’20 but are planning to vote today, they are disproportionately Trump voters,” she added.

A poll earlier this month also shows Trump gaining major ground among independents and Latino voters, leading over Harris in both groups.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Democratic senators fear polls are underestimating former President Donald J. Trump's level of support. RealClearPolitics gave Vice President Kamala Harris a lead of 2.2 points nationally as of Monday, September 23—a narrower margin than Joe Biden's seven-point lead and Hillary Clinton's three-point lead over Trump at similar times in the 2020 and 2016 election campaigns. On election night, Biden's lead over Trump nationally was significantly lower, at four points. Clinton's was also lower, at 2.1 points—and she lost the Electoral College. show more
September 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Data
Election 2024

TikTok Is KEY News Source for Young American Adults.

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center indicates a significant increase in the number of American young adults getting their news from TikTok. The survey, conducted between July 15 and August 4, included responses from 10,658 U.S. adults on their regular news sources.

Seventeen percent of respondents identified TikTok as a regular source of news, compared to just 3 percent in 2020. This trend is more pronounced among young adults aged 18 to 29, with 39 percent stating they use TikTok for news. This marks a massive rise from the nine percent in this age group who said the same in 2020. Adults aged 30 to 49 are less inclined to turn to TikTok for their news, with 19 percent doing so in 2024.

Overall, 52 percent of TikTok users indicate they regularly consume news on the app. This is an increase from 43 percent last year and just 22 percent in 2020.

“No social media platform we’ve studied has seen faster growth in the share of Americans who regularly turn to it for news,” Pew stresses.

This development could be good news for former President Donald J. Trump, despite his opposition to TikTok over its Chinese Communist Party (CCP) links. The former president began using the platform in June rather than leave the field open to the Biden-Harris government and the Democrats, who invested in establishing a presence on the platform early on.

Trump content has gone on to vastly outperform posts supporting Biden and Harris, with Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, noting in June that the former president “is reaching young people in a way like never before.”

“Every piece of anecdotal evidence is showing us that young people are more and more interested in what the political right, the nationalist, populist right, has to say,” Kassam added.

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A recent survey by the Pew Research Center indicates a significant increase in the number of American young adults getting their news from TikTok. The survey, conducted between July 15 and August 4, included responses from 10,658 U.S. adults on their regular news sources. show more
September 24, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Data Shows Trump is Dominating on Key Election Indicators.

Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party hold a significant edge in nine of the ten election indicators measured by Gallup. The data from the nearly 100-year-old public opinion research firm suggests that, at this juncture, the election is Trump and the GOP’s to lose.

Republicans currently lead Democrats in party identification with 48 percent to the latter’s 45 percent. According to Gallup, this measure strongly indicates an election’s outcome. Additionally, 46 percent of Americans say the Republican Party is better equipped to handle the most pressing issues facing the country, while only 41 percent say the Democratic Party is—also considered a strong election indicator.

Meanwhile, among moderate election indicators, just 22 percent of Americans say they’re satisfied with current conditions in the United States—a measure favoring the Republicans. Gallup’s economic confidence score is negative 28, which the research firm also notes as a moderate indicator in favor of Trump and the GOP. When asked which party is more likely to keep America prosperous, 50 percent of respondents say the Republican Party, while just 44 percent say the Democratic Party.

Gallup’s tracking of presidential approval also favors Trump and the GOP. The 81-year-old incumbent, Joe Biden, is currently underwater with just 39 percent favorability.

On party favorability ratings, Republicans hold just a one-point edge, with 43 percent viewing the GOP as favorable to 42 percent for the Democrats. Trump and the Republicans also have the edge on government activity, with 55 percent of Americans wanting less government intervention.

The only area that leans somewhat in favor of the Democrats is Congressional approval, which sits at just 20 percent—though the split control of Congress suggests this is a wash for both political parties.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party hold a significant edge in nine of the ten election indicators measured by Gallup. The data from the nearly 100-year-old public opinion research firm suggests that, at this juncture, the election is Trump and the GOP's to lose. show more

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September 24, 2024
Election 2024
Religion

Harris Breaks 36-Year Tradition in Remarkable Snub to U.S. Catholics.

Kamala Harris has chosen not to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, which significantly deviates from political tradition. The dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, typically features lighthearted exchanges between presidential candidates. Former President Donald Trump has confirmed his attendance at the event scheduled for October 17, but Harris’s campaign stated she will focus on crucial battleground states as the election nears.

Some speculate that Harris’s move is due to the candidate’s fear of extemporaneous interactions, though the reality may be more that her campaign is worried that spending any time at all outside of critical swing states could see her lose on November 5th.

Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, expressed disappointment over Harris’s decision.

“We are disappointed that she will not be with us, as this is an evening of unity and putting aside political differences in support of a good cause of helping women and children in need regardless of race, creed, or background,” he said. The politically connected and powerful Timothy Cardinal Dolan—who serves as the Archbishop of the diocese—currently hosts the dinner.

Harris’s decision makes her the first presidential candidate to skip the event since Walter Mondale, who also started his campaign as a vice president, in 1984. This tradition began in 1960 with Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy and is held to raise funds for New York City’s needy.

Trump last appeared at the dinner in person in 2016 along with then-Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. The 2020 dinner, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw Trump and Joe Biden make pre-recorded remarks. The annual event is named after former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith, the first Roman Catholic nominated for the U.S. presidency by a major party in 1928.

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Kamala Harris has chosen not to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, which significantly deviates from political tradition. The dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, typically features lighthearted exchanges between presidential candidates. Former President Donald Trump has confirmed his attendance at the event scheduled for October 17, but Harris's campaign stated she will focus on crucial battleground states as the election nears. show more