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September 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Election 2024

ANOTHER LIE: Kamala Claims Grandfather Was ‘Independence Fighter’ – Actually Worked for the British Imperial Govt.

Kamala Harris describes her Indian grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, as a progressive “independence fighter” against British rule, which ended shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War. Her claims are sparking angry recriminations in India, however, as he was actually a “diligent civil servant” who worked for the British Imperial Secretariat Service.

Harris has downplayed her Indian heritage in recent years, instead emphasizing the black identity she inherited from her father, a Jamaican Marxist of mixed African and European descent. Still, she shared a picture of herself in India for National Grandparents Day on Sunday, posing with her grandfather, whom she described as “a retired civil servant who had been part of the movement to win India’s independence.”

She has previously described Gopalan, a Tamil from the elite Brahmin caste, as “one of the original independence fighters in India.” The Indian press reports that the records suggest otherwise, with Harris’s grandfather working diligently for the British imperial regime. “Gopalan’s son, Kamala Harris’s uncle G. Balachandran, said that had his father openly advocated ending British rule, he could have been fired,” notes The Times of India. 

Indian social media users were blunter, describing Harris’s account of her grandfather as “unadulterated BS. ”

“Kamala Harris’ grandfather, P.V. Gopalan was in British Imperial Secretariat Service in the 1930s, a role off-limits to anyone tied to the struggle against British rule,” wrote one, adding: “If anything, he aided colonial exploitation by serving the imperial bureaucracy.”

Harris’s Jamaican heritage is similarly murky, including not only Africans but also Hamilton Brown, a notorious 19th-century slaveowner who campaigned against abolition.

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Kamala Harris describes her Indian grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, as a progressive "independence fighter" against British rule, which ended shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War. Her claims are sparking angry recriminations in India, however, as he was actually a "diligent civil servant" who worked for the British Imperial Secretariat Service. show more
September 12, 2024
Wake Up Right
Election 2024
Election Integrity

The Latest on the SAVE Act and the Spending Bill Showdown.

House Republicans are gearing up for a showdown over government funding, with the conservative-backed SAVE Act at the center of the storm.

What is the SAVE Act? It would require proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. The House passed the bill in June, but it was never brought to a vote by the Democrat-controlled Senate.

The conflict: Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump, want to tie the SAVE Act to the upcoming short-term funding package. The deadline to pass the package and avoid a government shutdown is September 30. The bill is overwhelmingly popular with Republicans, but some are concerned about the political fallout that could come from a shutdown just weeks before the election.

  • For it: Trump recently wrote on Truth Social: “DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO ‘STUFF’ VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!”
  • Against it: Republicans in vulnerable House seats like Rep. Nick LaLota in New York said: “Allowing a shutdown means we could lose the House majority.”
  • It’s worth noting that some Republicans are against it, not because of the SAVE Act, but because they don’t want to pass a “continuing resolution” spending bill that continues funding the government at current reckless levels.

Big picture: Last month, we reported that Texas found over 6,000 illegal aliens on its voter rolls. Similarly, Virginia also found over 6,000 illegals on their voter rolls. The margins of the upcoming presidential election will be slim. A few thousand illegals voting could be the deciding factor in key swing states.

What happens next? The combo spending bill + SAVE Act was supposed to go to a vote yesterday, but Speaker Johnson pulled it because he did not have enough Republicans’ support.

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House Republicans are gearing up for a showdown over government funding, with the conservative-backed SAVE Act at the center of the storm. show more
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September 12, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

MTG Defends Kamala? Hits Out at Trump’s ‘Race’ Comments? Vance’s ‘Cat Lady’ Quip? And Laura Loomer’s ‘Tone’!?

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has come to the defense of the 2024 Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, as well as the now infamous “cat lady” demographic, in comments made outside the U.S. Capitol to CNN reporter Manu Raju amongst others.

The Georgia congressman, who struck up a close personal relationship with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in recent years, posted the exchange on her X account shortly after. In it, she took several swipes at investigative reporter Laura Loomer and appeared to hit out at the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Senator J.D. Vance, as well as President Donald J. Trump.

“I think we need to be focused on policies… not attacking people for their race, not attacking them because they might not have children and they love their pets. And I don’t want to have anything to do with that,” she said.

Trump mocked Harris’s recent public image conversion from Indian to black in a recent appearance. Vance is understood to be the sarcastic progenitor of the “cat lady” comments that Taylor Swift channeled in her Instagram endorsement of Harris.

Greene was speaking as part of a long-standing feud she has with journalist Laura Loomer.

“Laura Loomer’s outright lies, instability, and manic toxicity have no place in MAGA,” Greene wrote, adding in her statement: “I have concerns about [Loomer’s] rhetoric and her hateful tone. To me, many of the comments she makes and how she attacks Republicans like me… I think they’re a huge problem.”

Ironically, Greene recently personally attacked her colleague, Jasmine Crockett, quizzing, “Are your feelings hurt?” when Alexandria Ocasio Cortes berated her on the matter.

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Stating the obvious, Greene argues that the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement should focus on inflation, the economy, and the border crisis. Former President Donald J. Trump spent a great deal of Tuesday’s presidential debate discussing the Biden-Harris government’s failures on these very issues—despite attempts by Kamala Harris and the ABC News moderators to focus the discussion on anything but.

A close ally of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)—who was ousted from power by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) last October—Greene recently suffered an embarrassing defeat after attempting to remove current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Greene’s motion to vacate was tabled by a 359 to 43 vote.

Despite the overwhelming vote against her, Greene claims the move was a “great victory.” However, just months prior, the Georgia Congresswoman warned against the very action she took, stating a motion to vacate against Johnson is “the dumbest thing that could happen.”

House Democrats gloated over baiting Greene into attempting to oust Johnson and pulling the rug out from under her. “Fresh bait always finds a fish,” one senior Democrat aide said at the time.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has come to the defense of the 2024 Democratic Party's presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, as well as the now infamous "cat lady" demographic, in comments made outside the U.S. Capitol to CNN reporter Manu Raju amongst others. show more
September 12, 2024
The National Pulse
Data
Election 2024

VOTE NOW: Should Trump Debate Kamala Harris a Second Time?

President Trump has signaled that he is unsure whether he should debate Vice President Kamala Harris again, citing his victory on Tuesday night.

“When you win the debate, I don’t know that I want to do another debate,” Trump told Fox on Wednesday morning.

“We’re looking at it, but, you know, when you win, you don’t really necessarily have to do it a second time. So we’ll see, but we had a, I thought we had a great debate last night,” Trump said. “I just don’t know. We’ll think about it.”
 

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President Trump has signaled that he is unsure whether he should debate Vice President Kamala Harris again, citing his victory on Tuesday night. show more
September 12, 2024
Culture
Election 2024

Taylor Swift’s Instagram Endorsement Pushed 338,000+ Visitors to Vote.gov Site.

Taylor Swift’s Instagram endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris following the debate on Tuesday night resulted in over 337,826 visitors to Vote.gov, according to a spokesman from the U.S. General Services Administration.

Swift told her followers to visit Vote.gov for registration and early voting information.

“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” she announced, emphasizing early voting.

By 2 PM on Wednesday, Swift’s custom URL drove a significant amount of traffic to the Vote.gov website, though it is unclear how many of those visitors registered.

This marks the second time Swift’s social media engagement has boosted visitor numbers on the voting information site. An NPR report in 2023 noted a 1,226 percent increase in website traffic following a similar call to action by Swift.

Meanwhile, grassroots activists such as Scott Pressler and his Early Vote Action group have been busily registering voters for years without celebrity endorsement or fanfare.

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Taylor Swift's Instagram endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris following the debate on Tuesday night resulted in over 337,826 visitors to Vote.gov, according to a spokesman from the U.S. General Services Administration. show more
September 12, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Election 2024
Immigration

ICYMI: Father of Boy Killed by Haitian Wishes Killer was ‘A 60-Year-Old White Man.’

The father of a boy who was killed in Springfield, Ohio, by a Haitian immigrant who was driving without a valid license has stated that he wishes the killer was a white man, so that conservatives would stop talking about the case.

Nathan Clark stated, “You know, I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man.”

“I bet you never thought anyone would ever say something so blunt. But if that guy killed my 11-year-old son, the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone,” he added.

Clark spoke at a press conference this week after Senator J.D. Vance commented on the case, saying, “Do you know what’s confirmed? That a child was murdered by a Haitian migrant who had no right to be here.”

Former President Donald J. Trump also mentioned the situation in Springfield, Ohio, during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris this week, highlighting reports that Haitian migrants have been eating people’s pets and other animals.

Corporate media outlets deny that Haitians have been eating wildlife in the town. However, audio released this week reveals that residents have contacted Springfield police regarding Haitian migrants being involved in the poaching of local geese.

Around 20,000 Haitians have moved into Springfield under the Biden-Harris regime, roughly a third of the town’s 58,000 population. Locals have expressed frustration with the influx, from complaints of Haitians eating pets and local wildlife to housing shortages, increased hospital wait times, and illegals being given taxpayer cash that prices locals out of the rental market.

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The father of a boy who was killed in Springfield, Ohio, by a Haitian immigrant who was driving without a valid license has stated that he wishes the killer was a white man, so that conservatives would stop talking about the case. show more
September 12, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Fact Check
Media

Time Magazine Forced Into HUMILIATING Climbdown Over Kamala Harris.

TIME magazine has had to issue a humiliating correction after asserting that Kamala Harris does not support taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for illegal alien prisoners. In its initial coverage of Harris’s debate with Donald Trump on ABC News, the magazine had asserted that Trump “falsely claimed that Harris “wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison.'”

Trump’s claim was not false. In 2019, Harris really did tell the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that she would use “executive authority to ensure that transgender and non-binary people who rely on the state for medical care—including those in prison and immigration detention—will have access to comprehensive treatment associated with gender transition, including all necessary surgical care.”

“It is important that transgender individuals who rely on the state for care receive the treatment they need, which includes access to treatment associated with gender transition,” Harris explained. “That’s why, as [California’s] Attorney General, I pushed the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide gender transition surgery to state inmates.”

Harris also told the ACLU she supports decriminalizing illegal drug abuse and huge cuts to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding and operations, including an “end” to all immigration detention.

“The original version of this story mischaracterized as false Donald Trump’s statement accusing Kamala Harris of supporting ‘transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison,'” TIME wrote in its correction.

“As a presidential candidate in 2019, Harris filled out a questionnaire saying she supported taxpayer-funded gender transition treatment for detained immigrants,” the magazine admitted.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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TIME magazine has had to issue a humiliating correction after asserting that Kamala Harris does not support taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for illegal alien prisoners. In its initial coverage of Harris's debate with Donald Trump on ABC News, the magazine had asserted that Trump "falsely claimed that Harris "wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens in prison.'" show more
September 11, 2024
Election 2024
News

Artist From Trump Shooting Town Creates Epic ‘Fight Fight Fight’ Statue.

A Butler, Pennslyvania area artist has created a life-sized statute to immortalize former President Donald J. Trump’s defiant pose immediately following the attempt on his life on July 13 this year. The former president was rallying supporters in Butler when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a nearby rooftop, striking Trump in the ear, wounding two other rallygoers, and killing supporter Corey Comperatore.

The artist, Bill Secunda, used 4,000 metal nails for the piece, capturing Trump moments after the July 13 incident. He pumped his fist in the air as he was surrounded by United States Secret Service (USSS) agents, shouting to the crowd of supporters: “Fight, fight, fight!” Just moments before, a bullet fired by Crooks had hit Trump’s ear, prompting his to drop the the floor amid ongoing gunfire.

“Whenever he first stood up and then shook his fist, I think that was defiance,” the statue’s sculptor said in a recent interview. “Some people don’t like what he says, but he seems to say the right things at the right time to me—especially in moments like that. That’s a terrible situation, to almost have their head blown off.”

Secunda hopes that his new sculpture will serve as a symbol of unity and resonate across political divides. “I have friends on the opposite side of the political spectrum, and we can laugh and poke fun at each other without issue,” he said. The statue is currently exhibited at Secunda’s studio, located approximately two miles from the shooting site.

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A Butler, Pennslyvania area artist has created a life-sized statute to immortalize former President Donald J. Trump's defiant pose immediately following the attempt on his life on July 13 this year. The former president was rallying supporters in Butler when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a nearby rooftop, striking Trump in the ear, wounding two other rallygoers, and killing supporter Corey Comperatore. show more
September 11, 2024
Data
Election 2024

One of the Best Polls Out There Shows Trump Winning Last Night’s Debate.

A snap poll following Tuesday evening’s 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris reveals that a near majority of respondents believe Trump was the victor. The survey, conducted by the Democracy Institute, found 45 percent of respondents believe Trump won the contest. Meanwhile, 34 percent say Harris was the better candidate. Just 21 percent say they felt the debate ended in a draw.

The telephone-based poll surveyed 600 likely American voters and was put in the field immediately following Tuesday’s debate hosted by ABC News. Despite respondents by and large believing Trump came out on top in the debate, it appears the contest did little to change the dynamics of the 2024 presidential race.

When those polled were asked whether Harris’s debate performance changed their opinion of the candidate, 53 percent said it made no difference in their likelihood to vote for the Democratic Party nominee. Additionally, only 24 percent said Harris’s performance made it more likely they would vote for her, while 23 percent said it made it less likely.

Conversely, 51 percent said the debate did not impact their likelihood of voting for former President Trump. Meanwhile, 27 percent reported being more likely to vote for the Republican nominee. Just 22 percent said they’re less inclined to support Trump.

For several weeks, polling has shown the 2024 presidential race in a statistical tie, with Trump or Harris having a slight edge in key swing states. Early data, like the Democracy Institute survey, suggests the Tuesday debate will have little impact on propelling one candidate ahead of the other just before early voting begins in several states.

Patrick Basham, the Director of the Democracy Institute, was one of the few to get it right in 2016 with Trump and Brexit in the UK.

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A snap poll following Tuesday evening's 2024 presidential debate between former President Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris reveals that a near majority of respondents believe Trump was the victor. The survey, conducted by the Democracy Institute, found 45 percent of respondents believe Trump won the contest. Meanwhile, 34 percent say Harris was the better candidate. Just 21 percent say they felt the debate ended in a draw. show more
September 11, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Congress Initiates Poll Watcher Program in Unprecedented Election Security Drive.

The House of Representatives is launching a new phase of the Election Observer Program designed to enhance transparency in the competitive fight for control of Congress. The initiative focuses on increasing accountability at the polls, particularly for races anticipated to have narrow margins in November.

Representative Bryan Steil (R-WI), Chair of the House Committee on Administration, expressed enthusiasm about the program’s expansion as the election approaches. “We’re excited to really ramp the program up, roll it out, as we come into the final eight weeks before the election,” Steil said. The program, which has been in use for several election cycles, allows congressional staffers to volunteer for poll watcher training. Upon request from congressional candidates, these trained observers can then be deployed to districts outside their own.

The Election Observer Program is part of a broader suite of efforts to maintain election security, which Steil prioritized during his tenure. “This is a program that’s been around for some time, and it’s been a successful program. My staff has participated in it, and I think it’s an important piece of the puzzle as we work to enhance the integrity and Americans’ confidence in our elections,” he stated.

Steil also highlighted the need to elevate the program’s visibility to ensure that candidates from both parties are aware of its availability. While the program has seen bipartisan participation in the past, Steil acknowledged that election integrity issues have become increasingly politicized.

In addition to the Election Observer Program, Steil has voiced concerns over a June executive order from Joe Biden to augment voter access with federal resources. He criticized the Biden-Harris government for what he perceives as a lack of transparency about its efforts, particularly in relation to noncitizen voting.

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The House of Representatives is launching a new phase of the Election Observer Program designed to enhance transparency in the competitive fight for control of Congress. The initiative focuses on increasing accountability at the polls, particularly for races anticipated to have narrow margins in November. show more