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September 6, 2024
Election 2024
NatSec

Kamala’s VP Pick Tim Walz Linked to Wuhan Lab?

Kamala Harris’s running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), promoted a medical research center with a longstanding partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. As a Member of Congress, Walz secured millions of dollars in funding for the Minnesota-based Hormel Institute, which collaborates with the WIV on numerous research projects, including a 2020 study on COVID-19.

The revelation of Walz’s involvement with the Hormel Institute and the Wuhan lab is the latest in a concerning series of connections between the Minnesota Democrat and Communist China. While in Congress, Walz secured over $2 million in funding for the institute affiliated with the University of Minnesota.

“For 80 years, the Hormel Institute has helped pave the way for Minnesota to lead in biomedical innovation,” the 2024 Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee said in April, praising the research center. Walz added: “It was great to stop by their facilities yesterday in Austin to see that work in action.”

The National Pulse previously reported that Walz is facing a Congressional investigation over his ties to China. In a letter last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) pressed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray to provide his committee with any materials the agency has regarding Walz’s Chinese connections.

Walz, who has traveled to China 30 times, including for his honeymoon, stated in 2016 that he believes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does not necessarily need to be viewed as an adversarial entity. Additionally, the Minnesota Democrat praised the CCP and lauded the ideals of international communism to students at a Nebraska high school while teaching in the state during the 1990s.

Earlier this year, the U.S. government halted federal funding to a nonprofit collaborating with the Wuhan lab, which the FBI suggests as the likely source of the novel coronavirus.

Researchers from the Hormel Institute, the WIV, and other Chinese institutions have frequently co-authored studies. Bin Liu, a Hormel Institute professor involved in several studies with Wuhan-based researchers, attended Wuhan University.

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Kamala Harris's running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), promoted a medical research center with a longstanding partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. As a Member of Congress, Walz secured millions of dollars in funding for the Minnesota-based Hormel Institute, which collaborates with the WIV on numerous research projects, including a 2020 study on COVID-19. show more
September 6, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

BREAKING–Trump Sentencing Delayed Until AFTER Election, Here’s the New Date…

The sentencing of former President Donald J. Trump in the New York business fraud trial brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been delayed until after the 2024 presidential election in November. Judge Juan Merchan—who presided over the case—issued the decision Friday afternoon, setting the new date for the sentencing hearing for November 26.

“This is not a decision this Court makes lightly but it is the decision which in this Court’s view, best advances the interests of justice,” Merchan wrote in his decision. He adds that “…the imposition of sentence will be adjourned to avoid any appearance—however unwarranted—that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching Presidential election in which the Defendant is a candidate.”

Attorneys for former President Trump requested a delay in the sentencing hearing in mid-August. Subsequently, DA Bragg’s response indicated that his office had no objection to a delay. Trump’s original sentencing date was set for July 11 but was moved to September 18 in response to the United States Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling, which gave both legal teams and Judge Merchan time to review the high court decision.

Additionally, Merchan set November 12 as the date he’ll rule on a Trump motion to dismiss the conviction based on the Supreme Court’s immunity decision. Notably, the judge appeared to suggest that the sentencing hearing may not even be necessary, suggesting he may believe that Bragg’s prosecution of Trump is unconstitutional on immunity grounds.

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The sentencing of former President Donald J. Trump in the New York business fraud trial brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been delayed until after the 2024 presidential election in November. Judge Juan Merchan—who presided over the case—issued the decision Friday afternoon, setting the new date for the sentencing hearing for November 26. show more
September 6, 2024
Corruption
Election 2024

Powerful Senate Democrat Under Investigation for Taking Campaign Contributions from Dead Woman.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is facing scrutiny from state and federal officials over his re-election campaign accepting donations from an Ohio woman nearly six months after she died. Federal campaign finance records indicate Carol Ann Baker of Toledo, Ohio, contributed $350 to the Friends of Sherrod Brown campaign committee in May 2024. However, Baker died in December of last year.

Baker’s contributions to Brown—who is in a tight race against Republican challenger Bernie Moreno—came months after the woman’s funeral. A neighbor initially noticed the donations and notified the office of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R). Following a preliminary investigation by LaRose’s staff—which included a signed affidavit from Baker’s widower confirming her death—the Ohio Secretary of State handed the case over to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for further action.

“Ohioans deserve absolute confidence in their elections,” stated Huan Yi, head of investigations at the Ohio Secretary of State’s office, in a letter to the FEC. He continued: “The purpose of this letter is to refer to your office potential violations of federal law for your investigation, as appropriate.”

While the contributions could be the result of a clerical error, there is concern that they may also be part of a larger straw donor scheme. Several Democratic candidates, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams, have recently been embroiled in straw donor scandals. The scheme uses unwitting individuals—including the deceased—to illegally circumvent campaign contribution limits by submitting donations under someone else’s name rather than the actual donor.

Meanwhile, Moreno’s campaign seized on the issue, with press director Reagan McCarthy stating, “Brown’s scheme to fund his campaign with contributions from dead people isn’t just creepy, it’s illegal. This conspiracy deserves more scrutiny. How far does it go?”

Image via Wikimedia Commons.

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Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is facing scrutiny from state and federal officials over his re-election campaign accepting donations from an Ohio woman nearly six months after she died. Federal campaign finance records indicate Carol Ann Baker of Toledo, Ohio, contributed $350 to the Friends of Sherrod Brown campaign committee in May 2024. However, Baker died in December of last year. show more
September 6, 2024
Corruption
Election 2024

Biden-Harris Navy Sec Violated Hatch Act by Promoting Biden’s Reelection.

The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) determined on Thursday that Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro contravened the Hatch Act by endorsing Joe Biden’s reelection. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities during duty hours or in their official capacity. It also bars them from soliciting political contributions and attempting to influence election outcomes.

A report was sent to Biden by the OSC, concluding that Del Toro violated the Hatch Act during an interview with the BBC and public remarks made during an official trip abroad on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Del Toro, who recently said he had “no regrets” about firing thousands of unvaccinated sailors, made statements such as, “I’m confident that the American people will step up to the plate come November and support President Biden for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief, so that we can continue to work together as free democratic countries respect each other around the globe.”

Del Toro also told a BBC reporter that Biden has shown “strong and mature leadership” over the past four years and that the United States would benefit from maintaining this leadership.

Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger confirmed, “When speaking in his official capacity on a taxpayer-funded trip, Secretary Del Toro encouraged electoral support for one candidate over another in the upcoming presidential election. By doing so, he crossed a legal line and violated the Hatch Act.”

Dellinger also stressed the inconsistency between Del Toro’s actions and his past statements about keeping military functions apolitical. In July, Del Toro emphasized that the Department of the Navy should remain impartial, acknowledging, “Public trust and confidence depend on this.”

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The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) determined on Thursday that Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro contravened the Hatch Act by endorsing Joe Biden’s reelection. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in political activities during duty hours or in their official capacity. It also bars them from soliciting political contributions and attempting to influence election outcomes. show more
September 6, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Polling Expert with Near-Unbroken Track Record Predicts 2024 Presidential Winner.

History professor Allan Lichtman, best known for his 13 keys, a set of precepts used to predict nine out of the past ten U.S. elections, is forecasting a victory for Kamala Harris in November’s election. Lichtman, characterized as the “Nostradamus” of American politics, has effectively used his election-predicting model since 1981—including calling former President Donald J. Trump‘s victory in 2016.

According to Lichtman’s system—which is essentially a set of somewhat subjective ‘true or false’ questions regarding economic and political conditions before an election—Kamala Harris currently holds eight keys. This, the 77-year-old academic says, means the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee will win the White House.

The 13 keys system evaluates candidates based on various factors, including party gains in the prior midterm election, the incumbency factor, whether the nominees faced a primary contest, if there is a strong third party candidate present, the state of the short-term and long-term economy, and if there have been major national policy changes. Additional keys include whether there is recent social unrest, a major White House scandal, the charisma of the incumbent and challenger, and a major foreign policy failure or success.

CRITICISM OF THE KEYS.

Lichtman contends if five or fewer of the keys fall to “false,” the incumbent party retains the White House. However, his predictive system isn’t without its critics. Statistician and election modeler Nate Silver has frequently denounced the 13 keys, calling the system “p-hacked BS.” In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Silver challenged the history professor to a $250,000 bet over who could more accurately predict the 2024 election results.

While Lichtman insists Harris holds the short-term and long-term economic keys, recent data suggest a concerning weakening in the U.S. labor market. Additionally, major American stock indexes have seen significant losses over the past week as the Federal Reserve is likely set to cut interest rates in the hopes of reducing increasing economic volatility and a potential recession.

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History professor Allan Lichtman, best known for his 13 keys, a set of precepts used to predict nine out of the past ten U.S. elections, is forecasting a victory for Kamala Harris in November's election. Lichtman, characterized as the "Nostradamus" of American politics, has effectively used his election-predicting model since 1981—including calling former President Donald J. Trump's victory in 2016. show more
September 5, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
NatSec
Politics

Secret Service Offers LGBT Disney Trip as Part of DEI Scheme.

The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office of the United States Secret Service (USSS) has called for nominees to attend an all-expenses-paid trip to Disney World next month amid concerns the agency is already stretched thin during election season.

The event, entitled the “Out and Equal” Workplace Summit, is scheduled to take place at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, from October 7 to 10. It includes a “gala event” on the final evening and a night out at Disney Studios.

However, according to journalist Susan Crabtree, who made the DEI office’s request for USSS members to attend the event known on X on Wednesday, September 4, many within the USSS are unhappy with the idea as they are already low on manpower.

One source allegedly questioned if sending members of the USSS to the Orlando LGBT event was an appropriate use of manpower.

A lack of available agents was cited as a factor that led to the shooting of former President Donald J. Trump and the killing of firefighter Corey Comperatore in July during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as USSS agents were supplemented with Homeland Security (DHS) agents who were far less experienced.

Additionally, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) stated that a whistleblower had indicated that the USSS itself had told agents not to request additional manpower for the Butler rally and that any requests that were made would be denied.

The email requesting agents attend the LGBT event also comes as the Pentagon is giving members of the U.S. Military the green light to support the USSS during election campaigns.

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The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office of the United States Secret Service (USSS) has called for nominees to attend an all-expenses-paid trip to Disney World next month amid concerns the agency is already stretched thin during election season. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

IN BRIEF: The Russian Propaganda Indictment, and What it Means for Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin.

A sprawling federal investigation into an alleged Russian foreign influence operation in the United States has resulted in a lengthy indictment that names several prominent conservatives and right-leaning influencers as unwitting participants in the scheme. Released yesterday by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the 32-page indictment alleges two Russian nationals spearheaded an influence operation targeting an American audience to subtly push pro-Russia propaganda.

The DOJ claims that Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva—both employees of Russia Today—are at the center of a money laundering operation that spent nearly $10 million using a network of shell companies in the U.S. and Europe to influence and sow division among Americans. Russia Today—recently rebranded as RT—is a Russian state-controlled media outlet forced to register as a foreign agent in the United States in 2017 under former President Donald J. Trump.

RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.

According to the indictment, the Russian operatives approached a Tennesee-based media company—widely understood to be Tenet Media—offering to finance a social media operation primarily centered on YouTube videos addressing hot-button American political issues. However, as part of the financial agreement, Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva would have a high degree of control over the content published. The two would use false identities in their interactions with content creators, directing them to unwittingly push Russian interests among more standard social media political commentary.

Tenet Media is owned by Canadian national and right-wing social media personality Lauren Chen and her husband, Liam Donovan. The DOJ indictment does not mention either by name, nor does it level criminal charges—as of now—against the couple. However, the charging document does allege that both Chen and Donovan were aware that they were working with and taking money from Russian operatives and appear to be complicit in pushing Russian propaganda.

UNWITTING PARTICIPANTS.

The indictment notes that while Tenet Media’s leadership appeared willing to participate in the Russian influence scheme, the company’s clients were unaware of the foreign connections. Tenet Media had relationships with a roster of conservative and right-leaning influencers, including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, and Dave Rubin.

“A year ago, a media startup pitched my company to provide content as an independent contractor. Our lawyers negotiated a standard, arms length deal, which was later terminated,” Johnson wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) responding to the indictment. He adds: “We are disturbed by the allegations in today’s indictment, which make clear that myself and other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme.”

Also, responding to the indictment, Dave Rubin wrote on X: “These allegations clearly show that I and other commentators were the victims of this scheme. I knew absolutely nothing about any of this fraudulent activity. Period.”

Rubin stresses that the DOJ has never contacted him regarding its investigation and subsequent indictment.

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A sprawling federal investigation into an alleged Russian foreign influence operation in the United States has resulted in a lengthy indictment that names several prominent conservatives and right-leaning influencers as unwitting participants in the scheme. Released yesterday by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the 32-page indictment alleges two Russian nationals spearheaded an influence operation targeting an American audience to subtly push pro-Russia propaganda. show more
September 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

BREAKING–Hidden Camera Shows DOJ Spox Admitting Anti-Trump Lawfare Campaign Is Political ‘Perversion of Justice.’

A top public affairs official within Joe Biden‘s Department of Justice (DOJ) is admitting that the Democrat-led lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump is “a perversion of justice” and “a mockery of justice.” Nicholas Biase, who serves as the chief of public affairs for the DOJ’s U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), made the remarks on an undercover video released by Steven Crowder, in which he blasted the federal and state prosecutions of Trump as a “travesty.”

“The whole thing is disgusting,” Biase said in the undercover video, adding: “That’s why [Trump‘s] surging in the polls.” Biase states that even his colleagues in the Southern District of New York believe the prosecutions are politically motivated and a “perversion.”

ALVIN BRAGG’S NONSENSE CASE.

Addressing the business fraud case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Biase accuses the Democrat DA of essentially stitching together the flimsy case to further his political career and interfere in the 2024 presidential election. “[Alvin Bragg] was stacking charges and rearranging things just to make it fit a case,” the DOJ official states. Baise adds: “To be honest with you, I think the case is nonsense.”

“The state level is like the fucking wild west,” the SDNY spokesman says before continuing: “They’re like, idiots.”

“They don’t care. They’re all political,” Baise said, concluding: ” They’re going to try and lock [Trump] up. It’s going to be ugly.”

‘MOCKERY OF JUSTICE.’

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was not spared Biase’s criticism either. The SDNY chief public affairs office slammed the Georgia prosecutor and her case. “It’s a travesty of justice,” he says, continuing: “To put it mildly, its a mockery of justice. [Fani Willis] is a joke.”

“Like her and her boyfriend she was seeing, the whole thing is disgusting,” Baise argues, adding: “And they’re just out to get [Trump].”

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A top public affairs official within Joe Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ) is admitting that the Democrat-led lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump is "a perversion of justice" and "a mockery of justice." Nicholas Biase, who serves as the chief of public affairs for the DOJ's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), made the remarks on an undercover video released by Steven Crowder, in which he blasted the federal and state prosecutions of Trump as a "travesty." show more
September 5, 2024
Election 2024
World

Axis of Evil: Vladimir Putin & Liz Cheney Endorse Kamala Harris.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he would prefer Vice President Kamala Harris to win the U.S. Presidential Election in November. The news followed shortly after Harris’s endorsement from noted war-hawk Liz Cheney.

“Our ‘favorite,’ if you can call it that, was the current president, Mr. Biden. But he was removed from the race and recommended all his supporters to support Ms. Harris. Well, we will do so – we will support her,” Putin said Thursday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. During this remarks, Putin also lashed out at President Donald Trump, reminding the audience of “so many restrictions and sanctions against Russia like no other president has ever introduced before him.”

Former congresswoman Liz Cheney announced this week that she will cast her vote for Harris. Just four years ago, Cheney called Harris “a radical liberal who would raise taxes, take away guns & health insurance, and explode the size and power of the federal gov’t.”

“She wants to recreate America in the image of what’s happening on the streets of Portland & Seattle. We won’t give her the chance,” Cheney explained, on August 11 2020.

“Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris,” Cheney said, channeling Putin.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he would prefer Vice President Kamala Harris to win the U.S. Presidential Election in November. The news followed shortly after Harris's endorsement from noted war-hawk Liz Cheney. show more

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September 5, 2024
Corruption
Crime
Election 2024

House Panel Subpoenas Walz Over $250M COVID Fraud.

Kamala Harris‘s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, faces a congressional subpoena in an investigation into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds. The House Education and the Workforce Committee demands documents related to the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) management of federal child nutrition programs (FCNP).

The probe centers on Feeding Our Future (FOF), a Muslim-run Minnesota nonprofit accused of a $250 million fraud scheme targeting hunger relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has called the scheme an exploitation of programs intended to feed children in need.

“As the chief executive and the highest ranking official in the state of Minnesota, you are responsible for the MDE and its administration of FCNPs,” Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) wrote to Walz.

“Statements in the press by you and your representatives indicate that you and other executive officers were involved, or had knowledge of, MDE’s administration of the FCNP and responsibilities and actions regarding the massive fraud,” she added.

An Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) report has criticized MDE’s oversight of FOF, identifying it as “inadequate” and rife with opportunities for fraud.

Officials have issued subpoenas to MDE Commissioner Willie Jett, Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, and Agriculture Department Inspector General Phyllis Fong. They must all comply by September 18.

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Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Kamala Harris's running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, faces a congressional subpoena in an investigation into the misuse of COVID-19 relief funds. The House Education and the Workforce Committee demands documents related to the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) management of federal child nutrition programs (FCNP). show more