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June 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

Joe Rogan Says People Born Abroad Should Be Able to Be U.S. President.

Podcast host Joe Rogan has argued that banning foreign-born citizens from becoming U.S. President is “Viking s**t,” and that Nigerians and Saudi Arabians should be able to serve as Commander-in-Chief as long as they think “America’s the s**t.”

“I’m one of those people that I don’t give a f**k where you’re born, as long as you’re not actually an undercover terrorist, you know?” Rogan said on a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.

“If you’re, like, clearly a regular person that just happened to be born in Nigeria or happened to be born in Saudi Arabia, but now you’re here… You went to school here, you have friends here, you got family here, you love it here, [you think] America’s the s**t—you can be President,” he argued.

“Like, I don’t really think that you have to be born on a certain patch of dirt to run it. That seems like Viking shit. That seems like, that seems so old; that seems so dumb,” he concluded.

Article II Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution asserts: “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.”

‘A TRUMP CHARACTER DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.’

Rogan had been discussing the U.S. elections with Tony Hinchcliffe of the KillTony comedy podcast. The UFC commentator described the “30-second standing ovation” Trump received at a recent UFC event and joked about the former president being endorsed by “so many rappers” following his sham conviction in Manhattan.

Rogan said the Democrats and the Republicans often seem like “the same structure with a different face,” but that “a Trump character does make a difference… because he truly does not give a f**k, and especially now, after all they’ve done to him; all the things he’s survived.”

He arrived at the topic of presidential birthplace requirements after recalling Trump was “beloved, beloved, until he was about 70 years old” and ran for office, though he was “a little bit mocked” during the Barack Obama administration for questioning whether or not the Democrat was born in the United States.

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Podcast host Joe Rogan has argued that banning foreign-born citizens from becoming U.S. President is "Viking s**t," and that Nigerians and Saudi Arabians should be able to serve as Commander-in-Chief as long as they think "America's the s**t." show more
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June 7, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

FLASHBACK: Chelsea Handler Tells 50 Cent ‘Can’t Vote Trump Because He’s Black.’

Washed-up comedian Chelsea Handler made waves during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in 2020, with the clip below resurfacing in recent days. Handler, now nearly 50, expressed outrage regarding her ex-boyfriend and rapper 50 Cent’s endorsement of former President Donald J. Trump. Handler insisted that the rapper, real name Curtis James Jackson III, shouldn’t support Trump simply because he’s black.

“You heard about my ex-boyfriend, right, 50 Cent and his support of […] Donald Trump?” Handler asked Fallon. The late-night host injected: “Yeah, what’s going on between you two? I saw your tweets, and I go, ‘Wait, what’s happening?’ because you said he was your favorite ex-boyfriend, and what does he do? He’s supporting Trump?”

“He says he doesn’t want to pay 62 percent of taxes—which, by the way, isn’t a plan of Joe Biden‘s, that’s a lie—so he doesn’t want to pay 62 percent of taxes because he doesn’t want to go from being 50 Cent to 20 Cent,” Handler replied, rolling her eyes at the end. She continued: “And I had to remind him that he was a black person, so he can’t vote for Donald Trump and that he shouldn’t be influencing an entire swath of people who may listen to him because he’s worried about his own personal pocketbook.”

Handler acknowledged she hadn’t back from the rapper after reaching out to him but told Fallon she was willing to trade sexual favors if 50 Cent denounced Trump publicly.

In 2012, comedy legend Joan Rivers blasted Handler as a “drunk” and a “whore.” Meanwhile, Adult film actress Jenna Jameson slammed Handler in 2011, calling her a “dried-up old whore.”

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Washed-up comedian Chelsea Handler made waves during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in 2020, with the clip below resurfacing in recent days. Handler, now nearly 50, expressed outrage regarding her ex-boyfriend and rapper 50 Cent's endorsement of former President Donald J. Trump. Handler insisted that the rapper, real name Curtis James Jackson III, shouldn't support Trump simply because he's black. show more
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June 7, 2024
Election 2024

Trump Hauls $12M at David Sacks’s Silicon Valley Fundraiser.

An unprecedented fundraising event in Silicon Valley has bolstered Donald J. Trump‘s presidential campaign, raising $12 million on Thursday night. The high-profile event was co-hosted by tech entrepreneur David Sacks at his home, Broadcliff, in Pacific Heights. The fundraiser drew attention for its steep ticket prices, with per-couple tickets selling for $500,000 and per-person tickets priced at $300,000. Despite the costs, the event sold out, reflecting a massive show of support for former President Trump within the tech community.

Attorney and RNC Committeewoman for California, Harmeet Dhillon, shared news of the successful event on X (formerly Twitter), noting that Trump appeared “relaxed, happy, and cracking jokes about AI.” Trump was introduced by Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and then by Sacks himself.

The event attracted notable figures from the entrepreneurial and venture capital sectors, including the Winklevoss twins and various crypto industry leaders. Sacks, his wife Jacqueline, and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya co-hosted the fundraiser.

This event marks a significant shift in the political landscape of Silicon Valley, where support for Trump has been relatively muted in recent years. The event underscored a willingness among some in the tech sector to publicly support the presumptive GOP nominee as he makes another bid for the presidency.

Trump’s fundraising success comes in the wake of his conviction in New York on 34 felony counts of falsified business records relating to payments recorded as legal fees. Despite these legal challenges, Trump’s campaign is closing the cash gap with Joe Biden’s, which has traditionally benefited from star-studded Hollywood fundraisers. Campaign fundraising figures indicated Trump has pulled in at least $141 million in May.

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An unprecedented fundraising event in Silicon Valley has bolstered Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, raising $12 million on Thursday night. The high-profile event was co-hosted by tech entrepreneur David Sacks at his home, Broadcliff, in Pacific Heights. The fundraiser drew attention for its steep ticket prices, with per-couple tickets selling for $500,000 and per-person tickets priced at $300,000. Despite the costs, the event sold out, reflecting a massive show of support for former President Trump within the tech community. show more
June 7, 2024
Election 2024

RNC Launches ‘Swamp The Vote’ Site, Appears to Be Just Another Data Mining Op.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a “Swamp The Vote” website on Friday. Although it claims to be a voter registration site, it appears to be just another data mining operation by the Republican central apparatus. Multiple attempts at using the site yielded nothing but a call for personal contact details from users.

The site appears to have been rushed out – with the domain registered in late May – as a way for the RNC to claim it is taking “action” to ensure a victory for President Trump in November.

The domain was registered on May 16, 2024, and simply includes a web form for users to share personal details with the RNC.

In reality, most users of the website will already have given the RNC, NRSC, NRCC, or Trump campaign their contact details over the past nine years.

Despite its official rollout on Friday, the domain appears to have received little traction so far, with just a handful of X users sharing the hyperlink.

Sources at the RNC have told The National Pulse that since the organization’s takeover in March, very little has changed, with most staffers who were originally “fired” being brought back in under external consultancy contracts.

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) launched a "Swamp The Vote" website on Friday. Although it claims to be a voter registration site, it appears to be just another data mining operation by the Republican central apparatus. Multiple attempts at using the site yielded nothing but a call for personal contact details from users. show more

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June 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

Trump: ‘Revenge Takes Time, and Can Be Justified.’

Former President Donald J. Trump told celebrity psychologist Dr. Phil that “revenge can be justified,” while discussing retribution against his political opponents in a set piece interview this week.

Trump, 77, recalled his decision not to pursue Hillary Clinton after the 2016 election. “How would it be [if] I win and I lock Hillary Clinton up? The former president’s wife… I didn’t want to do that,” Trump said.

“I could’ve done that pretty easily. She busted up her phones and she busted up her laptops… She disobeyed a subpoena, and she broke up all this machinery, all this technology, after she got the subpoena,” he observed. However, he “hated” the idea of actually having her imprisoned because he “wanted to bring the country together… through success.”

“Now, the difference is, they’re trying to do it to me, and maybe you could feel different about it, but I don’t feel differently. Retribution is going to be through success,” he added.

However, when Dr. Phil put it to him that he would be too busy to “get even,” the former president warned: “Well, revenge does take time, I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil. I have to be honest.”

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. 

Trump’s comments come as he faces a prison sentence in Manhattan. The authorities are also ordering War Room host Stephen K. Bannon to report to prison in July—a move Trump describes as an “American Tragedy.”

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, wants conservatives to stop being so passive in the face of Democrat lawfare and fight fire with fire. Too many, he says, are rolling over with an attitude of, “Where does it say in this rulebook that we’re allowed to fight back?”

“The way you deal with a sickness is not to wag your finger at it… it needs eviscerating,” Kassam stressed.

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Former President Donald J. Trump told celebrity psychologist Dr. Phil that "revenge can be justified," while discussing retribution against his political opponents in a set piece interview this week. show more
June 6, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Tom Hanks Brands Himself ‘Historian’ While Waffling On Nonsensically About Trump from Normandy.

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks added a new title to his resume, branding himself a historian while speaking with CNN‘s Christine Amanpour during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy. The CNN host pressed Hanks as to whether he was worried about the state of American democracy and freedom if former President Donald J. Trump retakes the White House in November.

“I think there’s always a reason to be worried about the short term,” Hanks replied, adding: “But I look at the longer term of what happened. I think, look, our constitution says, ‘We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. That journey to a more perfect union has missteps in it. I can catalog them as much as you can, and you’re a professional journalist and I’m just a guy who makes movies and reads books.”

Amanpour interjected, calling Hanks a “historian” as well. “Okay, and a lay historian. I’ll take that too,” Hanks responded.

“Over the long term, however, we inevitably made progress towards, I think, that more perfect union,” the Hollywood actor continued before adding: “How does it come about? It comes about because, not because of somebody’s narrative of who is right or who is a victim or not. It comes out of the slow melding of the truth to the actual practical life that we end up living.”

Hank’s rambling response suggests that he is neither an apt historian nor someone who has thought very deeply about American democracy—especially in light of the Biden government’s unprecedented lawfare campaign against former President Trump. An incumbent President seeking to jail his top election opponent would appear to be a far greater threat to American democracy than anything elicited from Hank’s thoughts.

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Hollywood actor Tom Hanks added a new title to his resume, branding himself a historian while speaking with CNN's Christine Amanpour during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the World War II invasion of Normandy. The CNN host pressed Hanks as to whether he was worried about the state of American democracy and freedom if former President Donald J. Trump retakes the White House in November. show more
June 6, 2024
Election 2024
Immigration

Just 5% of Non-Citizens Voting are Registered as Republicans.

For the first time, non-citizen residents of Washington, D.C., went to the polls to help determine the city’s leadership. Over 500 noncitizens registered to vote, and almost none backed Republican candidates.

Just 5.35 percent of the new noncitizens registered in the nation’s capital as Republicans. Meanwhile, 59.27 percent of the noncitizen voters registered with the Democratic Party. However, the numbers for Democratic support are likely higher as another 32.31 percent of the voter demographic filed Independent registrations—which tend to break for Democrats in the city’s elections—and another 3.06 percent of noncitizen voters identified with the Statehood Green Party.

The National Pulse has reported extensively on the rise of noncitizen voting. While it is technically legal for city governments to allow noncitizens voting rights in municipal elections, the voting policy raises concerns about these voters being illicitly permitted to participate in state and federal races.

Noncitizens have been shown to have illegally voted in state and federal elections in several states, including Pennsylvania and North Carolina. In the latter, federal prosecutors uncovered evidence that local election officials were more likely to look the other way when a noncitizen registered to vote when said registration was as a member of the Democrat Party. The data produced by federal prosecutors suggests noncitizen voters are three times more likely to vote Democrat than Republican.

Meanwhile, in South Carolina, the state’s Medicaid administrator was found to be sending voter registration information to noncitizens who applied for government assistance. When asked why this was happening, state officials pointed to changes in federal law under the Biden government, which requires any state agency that manages federal funds to send election and voter registration documents to government assistance applicants.

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For the first time, non-citizen residents of Washington, D.C., went to the polls to help determine the city’s leadership. Over 500 noncitizens registered to vote, and almost none backed Republican candidates. show more
June 6, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Election 2024

Trump Reacts to Bannon Jail Order – ‘American Tragedy.’

President Donald J. Trump has blasted Joe Biden’s “Department of Injustice” after today’s court ruling against his former Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon, in a missive posted on Truth Social on Thursday afternoon.

“It is a Total and Complete American Tragedy that the Crooked Joe Biden Department of Injustice is so desperate to jail Steve Bannon, and every other Republican, for that matter, for not SUBMITTING to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, made up of all Democrats, and two CRAZED FORMER REPUBLICAN LUNATICS, Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger, and Liz “Out of Her Mind” Cheney,” Trump railed.

“It has been irrefutably proven that it was the Unselects who committed actual crimes when they deleted and destroyed all material evidence, in a pathetic attempt to protect Crazy Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats from the TRUTH – THAT I DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. The unAmerican Weaponization of our Law Enforcement has reached levels of Illegality never thought possible before. INDICT THE UNSELECT J6 COMMITTEE FOR ILLEGALLY DELETING AND DESTROYING ALL OF THEIR “FINDINGS!” MAGA2024.”

The Jan 6 Committee was put together by domestic extremist-backer Bennie Thompson and proceeded to throw the rulebook out of the window in how it persecuted Republicans scarcely even connected to the incident at the Capitol in 2021.

The Committee fabricated information, inadvertently revealed Capitol Police as liars, and even exposed undercover government agents by accident. They then proceeded to hide information, as well as delete encrypted files before Republicans took control of Congress in order to cover their tracks.

The J6 congressional crew even threatened a former Secretary of Defense while attempting to bury proof that adhering to Trump’s order could have actually stopped any violence near the Capitol that day.

Members of the committee included Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Elaine Luria, the latter of whom was caught making massive investments in Chinese Communist Party-linked companies. One “producer” hired by the committee even posted about his fantasies of mowing down Republicans.

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President Donald J. Trump has blasted Joe Biden's "Department of Injustice" after today's court ruling against his former Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon, in a missive posted on Truth Social on Thursday afternoon. show more
June 6, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

Trump Asserts ‘Every Right’ to Go After Democrats for Lawfare.

Donald Trump insists his detractors are “wrong” to claim he will use the criminal justice system to go after the Democrats if he is reelected—but warns he would have “every right” to do so after the way he has been treated.

“I have been under siege. Nobody’s ever seen anything like this in this country,” Trump said. “Now, in other countries, in Third World countries, or banana republics… We’ve become a banana republic,” he lamented.

“Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them, and it’s easy, because it’s Joe Biden, and you see all the criminality,” said the former president.

“All of the money that’s going into the family and him. All of this money from China, from Russia, from Ukraine,” he continued.

Trump suggested he will not “go after” the Democrats, however, insisting: “It has to stop because otherwise, we’re not going to have a country.”

He recalled his decision to spare Hillary Clinton from criminal proceedings after his 2016 election victory. He said he balked at putting a former First Lady and Secretary of State in prison and argued politicians should behave more like the fighters he saw hugging it out after fighting at a UFC event he attended recently.

Some of the former president’s supporters want a more robust approach. Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, argues the time for by-the-book politics is over.

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Donald Trump insists his detractors are "wrong" to claim he will use the criminal justice system to go after the Democrats if he is reelected—but warns he would have "every right" to do so after the way he has been treated. show more
June 6, 2024
Data
Election 2024

Biden Creeps Ahead of Trump in Key Battleground States Following ‘Hush Money’ Conviction.

Joe Biden has gained a lead over former President Donald Trump in three key battleground states, according to recent polls conducted five months ahead of the presidential election. Biden now shows signs of edging ahead in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, according to surveys by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Mainstreet Research. Biden’s poll bumps come on the heels of Trump’s conviction on felony charges in a politically motivated sham trial in Manhattan.

The polls, which were carried out between May 30 and May 31, show Biden leading Trump in Wisconsin with 38 percent of the potential vote to Trump’s 31 percent. Similarly, in Michigan, Biden garners the support of 41 percent of voters, while Trump is at 39 percent. In Pennsylvania, Biden also leads 41 percent compared to Trump’s 39 percent. Biden narrowly won these states in the 2020 election, with margins under three percent in Michigan and Pennsylvania and less than one percent in Wisconsin.

Earlier polls, including those accounting for third-party candidates, suggested Trump maintained an advantage in several of the most critical battleground states.

Political analyst Todd Landman, a professor at Nottingham University in the U.K., cautioned against drawing firm conclusions from the current data, asserting that the race remains volatile. He highlighted the potential impact of ongoing legal proceedings against Hunter Biden and the anticipated sentencing in Trump’s hush money case, both of which could influence voter preferences.

Although Trump’s conviction in the “hush money” case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg resulted in a surge of donations to the Trump campaign and various Republican Party committees, Biden’s recent poll bumps in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin suggest that the “convicted felon” narrative is hurting Trump with independent and undecided voters.

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Joe Biden has gained a lead over former President Donald Trump in three key battleground states, according to recent polls conducted five months ahead of the presidential election. Biden now shows signs of edging ahead in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, according to surveys by Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and Mainstreet Research. Biden's poll bumps come on the heels of Trump's conviction on felony charges in a politically motivated sham trial in Manhattan. show more