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May 1, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RIGGED! Presidential Commission Refuses to Host Earlier, More Frequent Trump-Biden Debates.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced it plans to move forward with its originally announced debate schedule, with candidates needing to qualify for the stage in early September. This comes in response to former President Donald J. Trump challenging Democrat incumbent Joe Biden to a series of additional debate contests that would start far earlier in the campaign than the plan released by the CPD.

“The Presidential Debate Commission’s schedule does not begin until after millions of Americans will have already cast their ballots,” Trump campaign advisers Chris LaCavita and Susie Wiles said in a statement. They added: “This is unacceptable, and by refusing to move up the debates, they are doing a grave disservice to the American public who deserve to hear from both candidates before voting begins.”

Last week, during an appearance on Howard Stern’s Serius XM Radio show, Biden conceded he would debate his Republican challenger. Responding quickly through a post on Truth Social, Trump said he’d debate the 81-year-old Biden “ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE.” The former Republican President even suggested the two square off that very day after his trial adjourned at the Manhattan courthouse. Biden did not respond to the challenge.

WHEN ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES?

The Trump campaign pushed the commission to hold debates earlier than planned, noting that early voting in some states will have already begun prior to the first CPD debate. Currently, Biden and Trump won’t debate until September 16 at Texas State University. A second debate is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1 (VA), and a third for October 9 (UT). A Vice Presidential debate is expected on September 25 (PA).

The National Pulse previously reported on the possibility of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joining Trump and Biden on the debate stage. Currently, he remains short of the requisite state ballots and polling requirements needed to participate in the CPD-run presidential debates this fall.

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The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced it plans to move forward with its originally announced debate schedule, with candidates needing to qualify for the stage in early September. This comes in response to former President Donald J. Trump challenging Democrat incumbent Joe Biden to a series of additional debate contests that would start far earlier in the campaign than the plan released by the CPD. show more
May 1, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

‘Citizens United’ Arming Dems with FAR MORE ‘Dark Money’ than GOP.

Citizens United v. FEC, a Supreme Court decision allowing corporations, nonprofits, and unions to pour money into political campaigns, benefits the Democratic Party far more than the GOP. An analysis of so-called “dark money” — effectively untraceable political donations filtered through corporations or 501(c)4 nonprofits that do not have to identify their donors — shows the Democrats have been significantly outpacing the Republicans for years.

In 2018, the Democrats pulled in $83 million in dark money, compared to $74 million for the Republicans. The gap widened substantially in 2020, with the Democrats pulling in $455 million in dark money compared to $185 million for the Republicans. It closed slightly in 2022, a less critical election year, but the Democrats still enjoyed a huge advantage: $316 million in dark money donations compared to $263 million for the GOP.

Organizations such as Arabella Advisors are raising even greater sums to advance far-left and progressive politics more broadly.

Speaking to The Arizona Sun-Times, political consultant Jim Dornan warned that much of this dark money comes from foreign states such as Saudi Arabia and Iran. While it is technically illegal for foreigners to contribute to political campaigns, the aforementioned disclosure rules make it extremely difficult to trace the source of donations, often filtered through shell companies, without litigation.

MEGADONORS.

Leftist plutocrats are also grossly distorting state races, with Wisconsin Democracy Campaign executive director Matt Rothschild noting that “[n]early 40 percent of the Wisconsin Democrats’ funding in 2024 has come from one man: Reid Hoffman” — while in-state funding for the Wisconsin Democrats accounts for just three percent of their war chest.

Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn and guest of Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, has been donating to all manner of causes to damage Donald Trump. These include E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Trump, the far-left MeidasTouch Network, and even Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley’s GOP primary campaign.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley has proposed legislation to rein in dark money by barring publicly traded companies, at least, from making certain political donations. Other groups, such as American Promise, are campaigning for a constitutional amendment allowing individual states the power to regulate untraceable donations.

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Citizens United v. FEC, a Supreme Court decision allowing corporations, nonprofits, and unions to pour money into political campaigns, benefits the Democratic Party far more than the GOP. An analysis of so-called "dark money" — effectively untraceable political donations filtered through corporations or 501(c)4 nonprofits that do not have to identify their donors — shows the Democrats have been significantly outpacing the Republicans for years. show more

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May 1, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Lawfare

Data Shows Americans MORE Likely to Vote Trump Due to NY Trial.

A majority of likely voters say Donald Trump’s prosecution by George Soros-backed Democrat District Attorney Alvin Bragg either makes no difference to their voting intentions or makes them more likely to vote for the former president, according to new polling by Rasmussen Reports.

The pollster sampled over a thousand likely voters in late April, asking, “In terms of this year’s presidential election, has the New York trial made you more likely or less likely to vote for Trump? Or has the trial not made much difference in how you will vote in the presidential election?” 

Thirty-two percent said the trial, which Trump has called a politically motivated witch hunt, makes them more likely to vote for the former president. Forty percent say it makes little difference to them. Just 26 percent say it makes them less likely to vote for him.

Among Republican voters and voters who identify as conservative, the prosecution appears to be having an energizing effect, with 51 percent and 53 percent saying it makes them more likely to vote for Trump, respectively.

The prosecution is much less of a motivator among Democrats and liberals, with 42 percent of the former and 45 percent of the latter saying it does not make much difference to them.

Separate polling by Emerson has found that even a ‘guilty’ verdict in Bragg’s election interference case could actually be a boon for Trump, boosting him among independent voters in Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Margins are less favorable but fairly small in the other swing states of Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin.

Recent polls have Trump leading Biden in either all seven or six of seven swing states.

A DUBIOUS CASE.

Bragg’s prosecution of Trump is dubious, to begin with. The National Pulse has detailed that it appears the entire case is now reliant on the credibility of disgraced attorney Michael Cohen. Recently, while attempting to terminate the conditions of his supervised release from federal prison, Cohen was called “perverse” by a federal judge. The request to end his sentence early was denied.

In addition, the Manhattan hush money prosecution is predicated on the idea that Bragg can charge former President Donald J. Trump with felony crimes that require an underlying federal crime to have been committed. It is important to note that the former Republican President has neither been charged nor convicted under the needed federal statute. In fact, both the Federal Election Commission and Biden’s Department of Justice declined to prosecute him for the campaign finance violations that Bragg alleges.

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A majority of likely voters say Donald Trump's prosecution by George Soros-backed Democrat District Attorney Alvin Bragg either makes no difference to their voting intentions or makes them more likely to vote for the former president, according to new polling by Rasmussen Reports. show more

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May 1, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump: ‘I Don’t Think You’ll Have Political Violence’ Around Election.

According to former President Donald J. Trump, the likelihood of political violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election is very low. “I don’t think you’ll have political violence,” he said during a recent interview with TIME Magazine‘s Eric Cortellessa. The former President explained that his victory in November would be convincing, minimizing the chance of voter anger.

“I think we’re gonna have a big victory,” Trump said before adding, “And I think there will be no violence.” While both Trump and Cortellessa appeared to be speaking specifically about the January 6 Capitol riots, it is unclear whether the former President thinks progressive and far-left activists could stoke violent protests.

When Trump won the 2016 presidential election, his inauguration in Washington, D.C., was marked by a series of violent riots by far-left agitators and members of Antifa. A for-hire limousine owned by an independent driver was burned and destroyed by the anti-Trump rioters.

National and battleground state polling has consistently shown former President Trump with a convincing lead over the Democrat incumbent, Joe Biden. The 81-year-old Biden has struggled among even core Democrat demographics like youth voters, Black voters, and Hispanics. It appears the latter has abandoned Biden en masse, with Trump pulling nearly even with the octogenarian Democrat among Hispanic voters.

A convincing Trump win in November will likely assuage voter concerns over election errors and instances of fraud that have plagued past contests. The National Pulse has reported on numerous instances where voter machines have either failed or counted votes in error — as well as cases of Democrat operatives and candidates committing flagrant voter fraud.

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According to former President Donald J. Trump, the likelihood of political violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election is very low. "I don't think you’ll have political violence," he said during a recent interview with TIME Magazine's Eric Cortellessa. The former President explained that his victory in November would be convincing, minimizing the chance of voter anger. show more
April 30, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
World

Trump Tells Putin to Release WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Former President Donald J. Trump says he will get The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich released from a Russian prison if he retakes the White House in the November presidential election. “And here’s a difference between me and Biden: I’ll get him released,” the former Republican President said in a recent interview. Trump continued: “He’ll be released. Putin is going to release him.”

Gershkovich, a 32-year-old American citizen, was arrested by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Yekaterinburg, Russia in March of 2023. Russian government officials allege that the WSJ reporter was in possession of sensitive information pertaining to a “Russian defense enterprise.” Shortly after the arrest, Dmitry Peskov — the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin — publicly claimed that Gershkovich was “caught red-handed” but refused to elaborate further. Eventually, the FSB announced that the American journalist was being charged with acts of espionage.

The Wall Street Journal has vehemently denied the espionage charges. Meanwhile, the Biden government condemned the arrest but has done little to secure Gershkovich’s release. In early April, the journalist appealed his arrest — but a Russian judge later denied the motion while also rejecting an offer from The Wall Street Journal‘s publisher, Dow Jones & Company, to post a $600,000 bond. Gershkovich is currently being held in Moscow’s infamous Lefortovo Prison while he awaits trial.

While the Biden government has experienced numerous foreign policy setbacks, former President Trump’s track record for securing peace even among foreign adversaries stands out. While in office, Trump managed to secure a period of relative calm across the world with a notable decline in activity by terrorist groups like Hamas and the Yemeni Houthis and even a de-escalation in tensions with North Korea.

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Former President Donald J. Trump says he will get The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich released from a Russian prison if he retakes the White House in the November presidential election. "And here's a difference between me and Biden: I'll get him released," the former Republican President said in a recent interview. Trump continued: "He'll be released. Putin is going to release him." show more
April 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Conservative Groups Report ‘Early Fruits’ of Mail-In & Legal Ballot Harvesting.

Turning Point Action, the Sentinel Action Fund, the Republican State Leadership Committee PAC, and the Keystone Renewal PAC have begun a multi-million dollar campaign encouraging Republicans to avail themselves of early voting and voting by mail.

Turning Point Action has raised around $100 million to implement its Chase the Vote program, which aims to beat the Democrats at their own game and maximize turnout. “It’s better to participate [in early voting] than not participate at all. That’s our argument,” explained Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

“The threading the needle for us, the game that we have to play, that we have to figure out: How do we get a bunch of people who are deeply concerned about these processes… to participate in those same processes?” added Tyler Bowyer, Turning Point Action’s chief operating officer.

Republicans have historically been reluctant to embrace early voting methods on grounds they encourage election fraud. In 2024, however, conservative organizers are working to use the system so long as it cannot be changed. Early efforts to turn out more low-propensity voters using the same methods as the Democrats appear to be yielding results: “It’s going very well. We are starting to see the early fruits of our labor,” said Sentinel Action Fund president Jessica Anderson, whose organization is working alongside the Republican State Leadership Committee PAC and the Keystone Renewal PAC.

Anderson’s group has pledged a “year-round ground game committed to turning out absentee, early vote, and ‘day of’ voters.”

Together, the three groups have sent out several rounds of mailers and aired digital ads in Pennsylvania, targeting about 1.2 million eligible voters who rarely participate in elections.

PLAYING CHESS.

Concurring with Anderson, Republican State Leadership Committee PAC president Dee Duncan said that “strategic investment into Pennsylvania is showing a lot of promise, and we’re excited to roll up our sleeves and do the hard work necessary between now and November to ensure that we elect Republicans up-and-down the ballot in the Commonwealth.”

Lara Trump, now co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), has said the GOP will utilize “legal ballot harvesting” and other turnout strategies where the Democrats have long held an advantage.

“We’ve been playing checkers, and the Democrats have been playing chess,” she explained.

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Turning Point Action, the Sentinel Action Fund, the Republican State Leadership Committee PAC, and the Keystone Renewal PAC have begun a multi-million dollar campaign encouraging Republicans to avail themselves of early voting and voting by mail. show more
April 30, 2024
Election 2024

WATCH: James Carville Has Meltdown at Young Voters for Refusing to Back Biden.

James Carville, famed Clinton-aligned Democrat strategist, scolded America’s young voters for not being more enthusiastic about the 81-year-old Joe Biden‘s re-election campaign. Carville engaged in a protracted, curse-laden rant during Sunday’s episode of “James Carville Explains” aimed at young voters who he thinks are too preoccupied with the Israel-Hamas war and Biden’s age.

“If Trump and Roberts and Alito and Gorsuch and Thomas and Leonard Leo and the Heritage Foundation, if they get a hold, there will be no government left, there will be no rights left, you will live under theocracy, you’ll end up with Christian nationalism,” Carville said, before continuing: “But that’s all right, you little f*cking 26-year-old, you don’t feel like ‘the election’s important to me. They’re not addressing the issues that I care about.’”

Biden’s re-election campaign has seen a steep decline in support among the youth vote since Israel‘s war against the Hamas terrorist group began late last year. In the expletive-filled diatribe, Carville argued that television news talking heads and Democrat operatives haven’t made the stakes of the 2024 election clear to young voters, allowing pet progressive issues to drive a wedge between them and the Biden campaign.

“So, my advice to tell these young people to get off your motherf*cking ass and go vote because you should vote like your entire future and the entire future of this United States depends on it,” the Clinton-era Democrat strategist said. He continued: “We have people saying, ‘I’m just not into this election, James.’ I think they’re both too old and they’re not speaking to the issues that address me.”

“Oh, really? You’re full of shit. Go look at what’s going on around you,” Carville added.

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James Carville, famed Clinton-aligned Democrat strategist, scolded America's young voters for not being more enthusiastic about the 81-year-old Joe Biden's re-election campaign. Carville engaged in a protracted, curse-laden rant during Sunday's episode of "James Carville Explains" aimed at young voters who he thinks are too preoccupied with the Israel-Hamas war and Biden's age. show more
April 30, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Data
Election 2024

A ‘Guilty’ Verdict May Actually HELP Trump in These 3 Swing States.

Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania independent voters are more likely to vote for President Donald Trump in the event of a “guilty” verdict against him in any of the partisan-political trials he is currently going through, according to data released early Tuesday by Emerson Polling and The Hill.

Republican and Democrat voters fall where you might expect them to, but the details concerning independents in a handful of swing states are likely to shock the Biden campaign and corporate media.

In Arizona, 32 percent of independents are more likely to support Trump if he is found guilty. Twenty-five percent say they are less likely, and 43 percent say it would have no impact on their vote.

In North Carolina, the numbers are similar: 32-25-43. The same happens in Pennsylvania: 31-24-45.

It’s not all rosy, however, with independent voters in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin all going the other way:

  • GA: 26% more likely, 32% less likely, 42% no impact
  • MI: 26% more likely, 30% less likely, 45% no impact
  • NV: 25% more likely, 32% less likely, 43% no impact
  • WI: 24% more likely, 30% less likely, 47% no impact

But the margins are not very big, and the news is likely to rankle the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) and his campaign, which has been quick to gloat over Trump’s legal woes of late, despite being advised to avoid the subject for fear of voter reprisal.

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Arizona, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania independent voters are more likely to vote for President Donald Trump in the event of a "guilty" verdict against him in any of the partisan-political trials he is currently going through, according to data released early Tuesday by Emerson Polling and The Hill. show more
bidenomics
April 29, 2024
Economy
Election 2024

1 in 4 Worry They’ll Lose Their Job In the Next Year.

One in four employed Americans say they fear losing their jobs within the next year according to a new survey. The data, collected by OnePoll on behalf of CSU Global, suggests that a significant percentage of American workers see their job security as unstable.

According to the survey, 32 percent of American workers say they are concerned they lack the necessary skills and training to be successful in their careers. The rising anxiety about current and future employment prospects among Americans appears to be playing a significant role in the 2024 election. Respondents in national polling have routinely listed jobs and the economy as two of their top issues when deciding which presidential candidate they will support.

Despite the Biden government persistently touting a strong U.S. jobs market, The National Pulse has extensively shed light on the dubious nature of their claims. The March jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cited by Joe Biden and numerous Democrat officials, actually revealed full-time jobs declined by 1.3 million while the labor market added 1.09 million part-time positions.

A February 2024 report by the Center for Immigration Studies shows the so-called Biden job recovery was almost entirely driven by illegal and legal immigrant labor. As of its publication, the study also revealed that native-born labor force participation had not yet recovered to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

The anxiety among American workers appears justified. Biden and his Democrat allies at the state and local level have made immigrant employment a top policy priority — a move that has suppressed the wages of American workers — in the name of combating inflation. With the Federal Reserve also signaling that interest rates will likely remain elevated for the foreseeable future, there appears to be little relief in sight for American workers under the Biden government.

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One in four employed Americans say they fear losing their jobs within the next year according to a new survey. The data, collected by OnePoll on behalf of CSU Global, suggests that a significant percentage of American workers see their job security as unstable. show more
April 29, 2024
Election 2024

Former Biden Staffers Demand New Rules to Assist Joe During Debate.

Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff for Joe Biden, confirmed the Democrat incumbent will debate his challenger, former President Donald Trump. However, Klain added the stipulation that the debates would only happen under certain “rules” to prevent a “shouting match.” Last Friday, Biden committed to participating in at least one presidential debate before the November election, stating: “I don’t know when, I’m happy to debate him.”

During Sunday’s edition of MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki, Klain told the host and former Biden press sectary that the Democrat’s presidential campaign would need guarantees that “rules are going to have to be enforced.” Paski pressed her former White House boss on what rule changes the Biden campaign wanted to see, with Klain mostly focusing on complaints about Trump‘s debate style in response.

“I think what we have to see is something different than we saw in 2016 and 2020, where the debate commission lost control of the debates, Trump didn’t follow the rules at all, he talked over his opponents, there wasn’t a fair division of time, it was more a spectacle than a debate,” Klain said. He added: “But we need to have debates where the candidates get equal time, where there is an orderly way of proceeding, where they can be heard, where it’s not a shouting match, where the American people can compare the two people who are the leading candidates for president.”

Former President Trump, responding to Biden committing to debate on Friday, posted on Truth Social an invitation to debate “anytime he wants.” The former President even suggested a nationally televised debate at the Manhattan courthouse where he’s currently fighting the Biden government’s lawfare campaign against him.

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Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff for Joe Biden, confirmed the Democrat incumbent will debate his challenger, former President Donald Trump. However, Klain added the stipulation that the debates would only happen under certain "rules" to prevent a "shouting match." Last Friday, Biden committed to participating in at least one presidential debate before the November election, stating: "I don’t know when, I’m happy to debate him." show more