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July 4, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

WATCH: Megadonor Brother of U.S. Japan Ambassador Torches Biden — ‘We’re In F**k City.’

The brother of Joe Biden‘s Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, hammered the 81-year-old Democrat for rejecting calls to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election after his disastrous debate performance last week. Ari Emanuel, a Hollywood Democrat megadonor and CEO of the entertainment company Endeavor, told attendees at the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival that donors are abandoning Biden, and removing him as the party’s nominee is now likely a legal matter.

“Everyone says, ‘Well, get rid of [Biden]’ and broker convention. Nope,” Emanuel said bluntly, suggesting that there is a slim chance the Democratic National Convention delegates can maneuver to replace Biden. He added: “I promised myself I wasn’t going to swear, so we’re in a… this is a pickle.”

“The lifeblood to a campaign in politics, the lifeblood is money,” Ari Emanuel explained—noting his brother has had a long career in government, including a stint as Barack Obama‘s White House chief of staff and as Mayor of Chicago. He continued: “[M]aybe the only way this gets [resolved]—with smart lawyers looking at it—is if the money starts drying up.”

When pressed as to what happens next, Emanuel responded: “If this is, as Biden says, the fight for our democracy… man, he gave us a bunch of malarky, and I’m really pissed… I talked to a bunch of big donors and they’re moving all their money to Congress and the Senate.”

“I cannot believe we’re in this situation… we’re in f**k city,” he declared, appearing angry and exasperated by Biden‘s refusal to step aside despite his shockingly diminished mental faculties.

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The brother of Joe Biden's Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, hammered the 81-year-old Democrat for rejecting calls to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election after his disastrous debate performance last week. Ari Emanuel, a Hollywood Democrat megadonor and CEO of the entertainment company Endeavor, told attendees at the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival that donors are abandoning Biden, and removing him as the party's nominee is now likely a legal matter. show more
July 4, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024

Americans Identifying as Democrats Sinks to Lowest Level on Record.

The number of Americans identifying as Democrats has hit the lowest level on record, according to new data from Gallup. In June, just 23 percent of individuals surveyed identified as Democrats. Gallup began continuously recording party identification in 2004.

Identification with the Republican Party stands at 25 percent. The number of Americans identifying as political independents hit the highest number on record in the survey, with 51 percent saying they do not identify with any political party.

Democrats have generally maintained an edge in party identification compared to Republicans in past election cycles. In June 2016, the year Donald J. Trump was elected to the White House, Democratic Party affiliation sat at 47 percent, compared to 42 percent identifying as Republicans. Democrats held an even greater advantage in 2008, with 52 percent of respondents identifying with the party against 40 percent identifying as Republicans.

Historical data from Gallup shows that Republican identification dipped to its lowest, at 20 percent, in October 2013. Before June’s record low, Democratic identification hit its previous lows of 24 percent in September of both 2022 and 2023, during Biden‘s presidency.

As of June, Biden‘s approval rating stood at just 38 percent. The 81-year-old has faced substantial criticism, including from within his own party, over his cognitively impaired performance in the recent presidential debate. Democrat leaders increasingly fear Biden’s mental weakness could result in a landslide victory for Trump.

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The number of Americans identifying as Democrats has hit the lowest level on record, according to new data from Gallup. In June, just 23 percent of individuals surveyed identified as Democrats. Gallup began continuously recording party identification in 2004. show more
July 4, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024

ICYMI: Karine Jean-Pierre Implies Any Videos Exposing Biden’s Infirmities Are ‘Cheap Fakes.’

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied during the press briefing on Tuesday that any video exposing Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline or physical infirmities is a “cheap fake.” Jean-Pierre first used the term “cheap fake” last month, attacking videos exposing Biden’s declining mental state on social media as “disinformation.”

When pressed if she regretted using the term “cheap fakes” to delegitimize criticism of Biden‘s declining cognitive state, the White House Press Secretary doubled down. She accused a “certain part of the media”—meaning independent and conservative-leaning press—of pushing “cheap fakes.”

“Independent, mainstream fact-checkers in the press and misinformation experts have been calling out cheap fakes,” Jean-Pierre claimed, insisting: “at the end of the day, they’re fakes—that’s what they were.”

“Targeting the President, they have said—the reporters and these misinformation experts—said that this President was being targeted, and what we did was echo them. That’s what we did,” Jean-Pierre argued, implying that any video exposing Biden’s cognitive decline is disinformation.

The Caribbean French official has been highly defensive regarding Biden’s mental condition, hanging up on a reporter in March when she was asked about the President’s mental faculties and whether he shows symptoms of dementia.

During last week’s presidential debate, the 81-year-old appeared cognitively impaired. He often contradicted himself and at times offered nonsensical responses to moderator questions. In the aftermath, many Democrats admitted the debate performance was a disaster.

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied during the press briefing on Tuesday that any video exposing Joe Biden's cognitive decline or physical infirmities is a "cheap fake." Jean-Pierre first used the term "cheap fake" last month, attacking videos exposing Biden's declining mental state on social media as "disinformation." show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Democrat Rep. Jared Golden: ‘Trump Is Going to Win, And I’m OK With That.’

Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) says he believes former President Donald J. Trump will win re-election to the White House this November. In an opinion editorial for the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Democrat said, “While I don’t plan to vote for him, Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that.”

Golden, who represents a district that voted for Trump by a seven-point margin in 2020, accused Joe Biden and national Democrats of trying to scare voters with their rhetoric about Trump being an existential threat to democracy. “Democrats’ post-debate hand-wringing is based on the idea that a Trump victory is not just a political loss, but a unique threat to our democracy,” the Maine Congressman states, adding: “I reject the premise.”

“Unlike Biden and many others, I refuse to participate in a campaign to scare voters with the idea that Trump will end our democratic system,” Golden continues.

The Maine Democrat strikes a strong anti-Biden tone, signaling—at least in his district—that any association with the 81-year-old incumbent is a political liability. “This election is about the economy, not democracy,” Goldman writes, arguing: “When it comes to our economy, our Congress matters far more than who occupies the White House.”

Golden believes Biden deserves little or no credit for several of his supposed signature pieces of legislation. According to the Democrat Congressman, Biden had little to do with the drafting and passage of the CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which he contends were purely congressional undertakings.

Golden’s opinion editorial, while sure to rankle almost the entirety of the Democratic Party, is a calculated move. The Democrat faces tough re-election prospects, and moving closer to Trump could sway just enough voters for him to retain his seat.

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Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) says he believes former President Donald J. Trump will win re-election to the White House this November. In an opinion editorial for the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Democrat said, "While I don’t plan to vote for him, Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that." show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Dems Begin to Break With Biden White House as Fear Over Cognitive Decline Mounts.

National and state-level Democrats are beginning to break ranks with Joe Biden’s White House as voter concern mounts over the 81-year-old incumbents’ declining cognitive state. Fueling frustration within the Democratic Party is the continued insistence by campaign and White House staff that Biden is healthy and mentally fit despite his shockingly impaired debate performance last Thursday.

Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) became the first sitting Member of Congress to call for Joe Biden to end his re-election bid. “I represent the heart of a congressional district once represented by Lyndon Johnson. Under very different circumstances, he made the painful decision to withdraw,” Rep. Doggett said in a statement on Tuesday, concluding: “President Biden should do the same.”

DEMS BEGIN HEDGING.

Meanwhile, other Congressional Democrats inched closer to joining Doggett’s call for the 81-year-old Biden to step aside. In an interview earlier on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stopped short of saying Biden needs to drop his presidential re-election bid. “We have to be honest with ourselves that it wasn’t just a horrible night, but I won’t go beyond that out of my respect and understanding of President Joe Biden, a very proud person who has served us extraordinarily well for 50 years,” the influential Illinois Democrat said.

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)—whose 2020 primary endorsement of Biden arguably secured him the Democratic nomination—also backed off his support of the White House. Instead, Clyburn, in an interview, threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, stating: “This party should not, in any way, do anything to work around Ms. Harris. We should do everything we can to bolster her whether she’s in second place or at the top of the ticket.”

Even former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who has stood steadfast by Biden and his decision to seek re-election, is now opening the door to discussions about his health. “I think it’s a legitimate question to say, ‘Is this an episode or is this a condition?'” the 84-year-old told MSNBC, acknowledging that voters are justified in their concerns.

GOVERNORS REVOLT.

On Monday, Democratic governors huddled on a call led by Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). In an effort to prevent leaks regarding the extent of their concerns, only the governors themselves were allowed to participate, and staff were banned from joining. Following their airing of grievances and fears regarding the debate performance, Biden agreed to meet with the state-level Democratic leaders on Wednesday.

The shift away from defending Biden in lock-step with the re-election campaign may be partly driven by post-debate survey data produced by the progressive pollster OpenLabs. According to a memo circulated by OpenLabs among Democrat insiders on Sunday, their post-debate data shows that 40 percent of 2020 Biden voters now think the incumbent should end his re-election campaign.

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National and state-level Democrats are beginning to break ranks with Joe Biden's White House as voter concern mounts over the 81-year-old incumbents' declining cognitive state. Fueling frustration within the Democratic Party is the continued insistence by campaign and White House staff that Biden is healthy and mentally fit despite his shockingly impaired debate performance last Thursday. show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RFK Jr. May Have Contracted Brain Worm After Eating a Dog.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have contracted a parasitic worm that ate part of his brain after consuming a barbequed dog in 2010 during a trip to South Korea. The worm was discovered by doctors the same year after Kennedy had complained of memory loss and cognitive struggles—initially attributed to a possible brain tumor.

According to Kennedy, the parasite ate a portion of his brain before before dying. The worm’s death may have resulted from mercury poisoning, which Kennedy was also diagnosed with around the same time. When the brain worm story became public in May of this year, the independent presidential candidate claimed that he did not know for certain where he contracted the parasite. However, he acknowledged it may have been during a 2010 trip to South Asia.

Last year, Kennedy sent a photo from his 2010 trip to a friend traveling to Asia. In the photo, the independent presidential candidate can be seen with an unidentified woman holding a barbequed animal, alleged to be a dog. Kennedy reportedly accompanied the image with his recommendation of a South Korean restaurant serving dog meat, suggesting he had partaken.

The photo’s recipient says they were horrified by the image. They added, however, that the 2024 independent presidential candidate was prone to texting tasteless and offensive images to friends—including voyeuristic nude photos of women.

Parasitic worms can be passed from canines to humans through means other than dog meat consumption—such as contact with feces. However, a 2001 study from Henan Medical University in China found that several large-scale outbreaks of parasitic worm infections in the country could be directly attributed to dog meat consumption.

Kennedy insists the image actually shows a barbequed goat, and that it was taken in Latin America.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have contracted a parasitic worm that ate part of his brain after consuming a barbequed dog in 2010 during a trip to South Korea. The worm was discovered by doctors the same year after Kennedy had complained of memory loss and cognitive struggles—initially attributed to a possible brain tumor. show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Report: Biden Considering Ending Re-Election Bid If Candidacy Proves Unsalvageable.

Joe Biden is weighing whether to end his 2024 presidential re-election bid if his campaign is unable to recover from last Thursday’s disastrous debate performance. The 81-year-old Democrat told a close ally that his candidacy is likely unsalvageable unless he can quickly convince voters that he is healthy enough to serve as President.

“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place,” the individual told The New York Times, referring to Biden’s shocking cognitive impairment during his debate with former President Donald J. Trump. While the ally said that—as of now—Biden intends to continue with the presidential race, they contend that if the octogenarian Democrat has any more concerning cognitive moments in the next few days, that decision will likely change.

The Biden ally argues that the next few days are critical for the Democratic incumbent. Biden is scheduled to sit with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday and make campaign stops in several key swing states over the weekend. They contend that if these appearances do not go well, Biden will have no choice but to end his re-election campaign.

Biden White House spokesman Andrew Bates called the reporting by The New York Times “absolutely false.”

The fallout from Biden‘s debate failure has caused panic in Democrat ranks, with some party leaders openly calling for the 81-year-old to drop out of the presidential race.

Meanwhile, other senior Democratic Party officials appear to be trying to encourage their colleagues to consolidate around Vice President Kamala Harris as a replacement candidate—signaling at least some believe the end of Biden’s re-election campaign is inevitable.

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Joe Biden is weighing whether to end his 2024 presidential re-election bid if his campaign is unable to recover from last Thursday's disastrous debate performance. The 81-year-old Democrat told a close ally that his candidacy is likely unsalvageable unless he can quickly convince voters that he is healthy enough to serve as President. show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Democrat Post-Debate Internal Poll Shows Trump Winning Election In a Landslide.

A leaked internal campaign memo from the progressive pollster OpenLabs suggests Joe Biden’s cognitively impaired debate performance has critically damaged his re-election prospects. OpenLabs surveyed voters for 72 hours after Thursday’s presidential debate and found that Biden, who was already running behind former President Donald J. Trump, now only holds slim leads in three of 14 states considered key to the 81-year-old incumbent’s re-election. Prior to the debate, Biden led in five key states and was competitive in three others.

The group’s pre-debate data had Biden leading in Colorado, Minnesota, Maine, New Mexico, and Virginia. Additionally, the OpenLabs data showed the Democrat within striking distance in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and the Nebraska 2nd Congressional District. In total, these states put Biden within the range of an Electoral College victory, with states like Michigan and Pennsylvania being competitive.

However, in the three days following the debate, voter opinion of Biden shifted dramatically—fueled in part by concerns that the octogenarian is cognitively incapable of serving as President. Trump now leads in all but three of the 14 target states. Even more concerning for Democrats is that Trump is well within the margin of error in Colorado, Minnesota, and Maine.

Should the Biden campaign’s free fall continue, with Trump sweeping all 14 target states, the America First leader could secure a stunning 358 electoral votes in November. Biden, meanwhile, would only muster 180 electoral votes—with Democrats likely suffering extensive losses in down-ballot races as well.

The OpenLabs memo notes that even prior to the debate, Biden was running four points below his 2020 numbers.

Source: OpenLabs via Puck News.
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A leaked internal campaign memo from the progressive pollster OpenLabs suggests Joe Biden's cognitively impaired debate performance has critically damaged his re-election prospects. OpenLabs surveyed voters for 72 hours after Thursday's presidential debate and found that Biden, who was already running behind former President Donald J. Trump, now only holds slim leads in three of 14 states considered key to the 81-year-old incumbent's re-election. Prior to the debate, Biden led in five key states and was competitive in three others. show more
July 3, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

CNN Admits White House Press Corps Didn’t Cover Biden’s Health Because It Helps Trump.

The corporate media—and the White House press corps in particular—ignored signs of Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline because they feared negative stories on the matter would help former President Donald J. Trump‘s 2024 election effort. Additionally, members of the press had worries their reports on the 81-year-old incumbent’s health would give legitimacy to independent and right-wing media outlets.

“Like all past presidents, Biden has good days and bad days,” CNN media correspondent Hadas Gold wrote late yesterday, tacitly defending the lack of media coverage. She added: “It can be tricky to report on something as difficult to define as a person aging, when his opponent is a convicted felon, who regularly lies and has threatened to use the government to go after his political opponents.”

Gold—and several unnamed reporters she spoke with—tepidly acknowledged that the media failed to press Biden and White House officials regarding his health, especially following concerns raised by Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur in February. However, the CNN correspondent also blames corporate media’s reluctance to cover Biden’s health on the ample reporting by the independent and right-wing press.

“Biden’s age was also a right-wing talking point for years, something the White House was quick to point out to reporters, which may have inadvertently turned off any serious investigation,” Gold admitted.

The National Pulse reported in May that CNN‘s viewership has plummeted to an all-time low, driven in part by their anti-Trump bias.

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The corporate media—and the White House press corps in particular—ignored signs of Joe Biden's cognitive decline because they feared negative stories on the matter would help former President Donald J. Trump's 2024 election effort. Additionally, members of the press had worries their reports on the 81-year-old incumbent's health would give legitimacy to independent and right-wing media outlets. show more
July 3, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
Politics

Biden Didn’t JUST Need a Teleprompter for Private Remarks. These Other Details Are WILD.

Joe Biden reportedly required a teleprompter to deliver a few brief remarks at an East Hampton fundraiser over the weekend, raising further questions about his fitness. Supporters at the event were alarmed Biden needed a teleprompter to deliver his remarks, with one attendee saying, “If you believe the stakes of the race are what they are… you can’t be like, ‘No, you all didn’t see what you just saw.'”

Following Biden’s disastrous debate performance last Thursday, some Democrat lawmakers—along with the corporate media—have been openly critical of the White House’s handling of the 81-year-old incumbent. The lack of access granted to Biden by his inner circle has especially been a point of contention.

“He doesn’t take advice from anyone other than those few top aides, and it becomes a perfect storm because he just gets more and more isolated from their efforts to control it,” a senior official said. They added that many staffers are “scared shitless” of setting Biden off during briefings.

The shocking revelation as to the extent of Biden’s cognitive decline has thrown his re-election campaign into chaos. Some donors are even asking the Biden campaign to refund their contributions. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Biden’s campaign manager, emphasized on a call with major donors on Sunday that if Biden stepped down as the Democratic nominee, only Vice President Kamala Harris could access the current campaign funds.

Despite the overwhelming criticism, Biden’s son Hunter and wife Jill are pushing for him to remain in the race.

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Joe Biden reportedly required a teleprompter to deliver a few brief remarks at an East Hampton fundraiser over the weekend, raising further questions about his fitness. Supporters at the event were alarmed Biden needed a teleprompter to deliver his remarks, with one attendee saying, "If you believe the stakes of the race are what they are... you can’t be like, ‘No, you all didn’t see what you just saw.'" show more