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April 24, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Education
Election 2024

WATCH: Trump’s Plan to Retake Colleges From ‘Marxist Maniacs & Lunatics.’

Donald Trump has unveiled a series of policies aimed at driving “the radical left” out of America’s “once great educational institutions,” revealing that his “secret weapon will be the college accreditation system.”

Noting that the cost of tuition has been “absolutely exploding” while academics have wasted funds on “indoctrinating America’s youth,” Trump said higher education accreditors “are supposed to ensure that schools are not ripping off students and taxpayers, but they have failed totally.”

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“When I return to the White House, I will fire the radical left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist maniacs and lunatics,” he vowed.

New accreditors will “impose real standards,” including “defending the American tradition and Western civilization, protecting free speech, eliminating wasteful administrative positions… [and] removing all Marxist Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bureaucrats,” he said.

On Tuesday it was revealed that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s key surrogates are now jockeying for positions in the Trump administration, including Education Secretary.

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Donald Trump has unveiled a series of policies aimed at driving "the radical left" out of America's "once great educational institutions," revealing that his "secret weapon will be the college accreditation system." show more
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April 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

The New and Cringe ‘NeverTrump’ Ad May Actually Break Employment Law.

The NeverTrump group Republican Voters Against Trump is set to release a new ad that will air on Fox News in several swing states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. It features an unidentified man asking various employees at an unknown mall location about being hired. The man will then off-handedly mention that he’s either facing 88 felony charges, that he’s been found liable for sexual assault, or that he’s been charged with falsifying business records. Each one of the store employees demurs or outright tells him he won’t be hired.

Republican Voters Against Trump’s intended message is that the charges — with no convictions at this point — against former President Donald Trump are disqualifying. However, the ad’s premise is flawed, based on the use of charges brought by the Biden government’s lawfare campaign against the former President.

On the whole, the four separate prosecutions that comprise the charges have repeatedly been labeled by legal experts as dubious. The NeverTrump group appears to believe voters can be fooled by oversimplifying the legal persecution brought by Biden and his Democrat political allies.

In all likelihood, the whole ad is staged, and the reported mall store employees are simply actors — despite the ad using a black bar to hide their faces, giving the impression that it is an undercover video. Otherwise, Republican Voters Against Trump may have unintentionally exposed several businesses engaging in employment discrimination.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) states that while employers can consider criminal convictions in hiring, the denial of hiring based solely on an arrest and not a conviction is discrimination. If these are real people, each of whom responded negatively to the 88 charges line, they likely violated EEOC rules.

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The NeverTrump group Republican Voters Against Trump is set to release a new ad that will air on Fox News in several swing states, including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. It features an unidentified man asking various employees at an unknown mall location about being hired. The man will then off-handedly mention that he's either facing 88 felony charges, that he's been found liable for sexual assault, or that he's been charged with falsifying business records. Each one of the store employees demurs or outright tells him he won't be hired. show more
April 23, 2024
Ed Kozak
Election 2024
Politics

DeSantis Backers Clamor for Jobs in the Next Trump Admin.

Some of Ron DeSantis‘s strongest backers are now indicating they want jobs in the next Trump administration should Trump win the November election. Chief among them are Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and activist Christopher Rufo. A recent article in the Daily Caller on the importance of the role of Education Secretary reveals that both Reynolds and Rufo covet the position.

According to the Caller, an unnamed conservative education group lists Reynolds on its preferred shortlist for the role. “From her perspective, it’s something that she is interested in,” a spokesman for Reynolds said.

Rufo also appears keen on the role. “I think when the country calls you to service, you have to listen,” said Rufo. “And when the president is looking to assemble a team to advance these ideas, these principles and these policies, he’s going to need the best people he can get. And I think something like that would be an offer that would be very difficult, if not impossible to refuse,” he continued. “I think it’s very important that we need an education secretary who is youthful,” added Rufo, who is just 39 years old.

Reynolds enthusiastically endorsed Ron DeSantis for president, telling a crowd of DeSanits supporters in December 2023 that “(Trump) thought he was entitled to my endorsement. Nobody is entitled to anything. You have to step up, you have to earn it, you have to make your case.”

It is unlikely that Reynolds — or Rufo, whom POLITICO described as Desantis’s culture warrior — will be able to make their cases to Trump successfully. In March of last year, the Trump campaign warned DeSantis supporters that they would be ineligible for roles in either his campaign or a future administration.

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Some of Ron DeSantis's strongest backers are now indicating they want jobs in the next Trump administration should Trump win the November election. Chief among them are Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and activist Christopher Rufo. A recent article in the Daily Caller on the importance of the role of Education Secretary reveals that both Reynolds and Rufo covet the position. show more

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April 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump Understands the RFK Threat That The National Pulse Has Been Banging On About.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, “They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both,” before adding: “But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know.”

The National Pulse has raised the alarm about the impact Kennedy could have on the race ever since the scion of the storied political family announced he was leaving the Democrat presidential primary to pursue an independent run for president. In October last year, we reported on Kennedy’s independent run, noting his past political positions and statements undermined his claims of being a “moderate populist.”

Additionally, Kennedy appears to have announced policy positions aimed at undermining voter gains by former President Trump. The National Pulse reported that when the former Republican President had shown polling gains among Black voters, Kennedy suddenly announced his support for issuing reparations to American descendants of slaves.

During a November interview with Jeremy Ryan Slate, The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam detailed how Kennedy’s independent bid was likely a psyop to undermine Trump. “Obviously, if you look at RFK’s track record, he’s incredibly left-wing,” Kassam said, adding: “He’s not just left-wing, but he’s supported both far-left progressive philosophy while also backing globalist-left, establishment-left politicians.”

“Eighty percent of his platform is a complete psyop on conservatives,” Kassam continued. He noted that Kennedy appeals specifically to voters who are “pissed off at Biden enough that they may actually vote for Donald Trump.”

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, "They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both," before adding: "But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know." show more
April 23, 2024
Election 2024
Media

Facebook Has Interfered In U.S. Elections 39 Times Since 2008 – Report.

A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook’s actions seemingly belie this stance.

“Like Google, Facebook has an extensive history of interfering in U.S. elections. But it’s not completely fair to compare the two companies. I believe some part of Mark Zuckerberg believes in free speech. Google management clearly does not,” Brent Bozell, founder and president of the MRC, said in a recent interview. He continued: “But regardless of what Mr. Zuckerberg believes, his company’s policies and practices have resulted in a great deal of censorship that always seems to target the same side of the political spectrum, and it needs to stop.”

Researchers Dan Schneider and Gabriela Pariseau conducted the MRC’s study, demonstrating what they consider a complex interplay between Zuckerberg’s public support of free speech and the alleged censorship practices within Facebook. Examples offered include censorship of 2024 presidential candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and a reported shutdown of political advertising a week before the 2020 election. The researchers also cite instances wherein conservative perspectives were alleged to be blacklisted or suppressed in the platform’s Trending News section.

Schneider and Pariseau believe that Zuckerberg’s repeated public endorsements of free speech contrast with Facebook’s subsequent actions, particularly after so-called ‘civil rights’ audits, which they suggest led to more stringent censorship practices.

The National Pulse has previously reported on the Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and its activities to undermine U.S. elections by using private grants awarded to state election officials. In April of this year, Wisconsin voters barred groups like CTCL from funding election workers.

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A study by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed that Facebook has allegedly interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008, while Google has reportedly done so 41 times over the past 16 years. Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s professed commitment to free speech, Facebook's actions seemingly belie this stance. show more
April 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

Trump Joins Gaetz, Luna With Realist Position on Mike Johnson: ‘We Have a Majority of One, OK?’

Donald Trump has signaled his support for Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been under fire from some conservatives after untethering military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan from border security in a series of standalone bills. The former President said he believes the Speaker is “trying very hard” in an interview with radio host John Fredericks. He also reminded listeners of the arithmetic Johnson is facing in the House of Representatives.

“Look, we have a majority of one, OK? So, it’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do,” Trump said when asked how he squared the “divide between MAGA and Mike Johnson.”

Even nominal control of the House would be jeopardized by this small margin if Johnson were ousted. Democrats would only need the votes of a handful of Republicans-in-name-only to install Democrat minority leader Hakeem Jeffries.

The position echoes the reluctant position of Reps. Gaetz, Luna, and others on this issue. Realistic Members of Congress understand that handing the gavel to Democrats six months before an election would lead to an immediate avalanche of subpoenas for almost everyone on the political right, as well as efforts to stack the Supreme Court, and ban Donald Trump from the ballot before November.

“…it’s a tough situation when you have [a majority of] one,” Trump added. “I think he’s a very good man, I think he’s trying very hard, and, again, we’ve gotta have a big election, we’ve got to elect some people in Congress, much more than we have right now.”

Trump also said it was essential to get rid of certain bad actors among Republican lawmakers. “We have to elect some good senators. Get rid of some of the ones we have now, like [Mitt] Romney — and others,” he said. “We have to have a big day, and we have to win the presidency.”

“If we don’t win the presidency, our country, I’m telling you, I think our country could be finished,” he warned.

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Donald Trump has signaled his support for Speaker Mike Johnson, who has been under fire from some conservatives after untethering military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan from border security in a series of standalone bills. The former President said he believes the Speaker is "trying very hard" in an interview with radio host John Fredericks. He also reminded listeners of the arithmetic Johnson is facing in the House of Representatives. show more
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April 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: Biden’s Young Person Lead Over Trump Shrinks to Single Digits.

The Spring 2024 Harvard Youth Poll found Donald Trump’s support among voters aged 18-29 — the key to Joe Biden’s reelection prospects — now stands at 37 percent. The Democrat incumbent leads his predecessor by eight points, at 45 percent, but this is a drastic drop from his 23-point lead among younger voters at this stage in the 2020 election.

Biden’s lead over Trump is much smaller among young men — at six points — than among women, at 33 points. He is also less popular among the youngest Generation Z voters, aged 18-24, than among voters aged 25-9, by a margin of 12 points.

Trump-backing youngsters are also far more enthusiastic than Biden-backing youngsters. Seventy-six percent of young Trump supporters say they “enthusiastically support their candidate,” while just 44 percent of young Biden supporters say the same.

Regarding their priorities, younger voters put the economy and immigration at the top of the list. Trump generally outperforms his successor in polling on both issues.

Reuters/Ipsos polling on 18-29-year-old voters in March painted an even bleaker picture for the 81-year-old Democrat, with a 29 percent to 26 percent advantage — just three points.

The findings come as Biden is already struggling with black male voters, another demographic key to his official victory in the 2020 election.

Trump enjoys solid support among America’s hardest workers, with support at 80 percent among people working over 60 hours a week. Biden, meanwhile, only takes a decisive advantage among people working 29 hours or less.

Similarly, Biden enjoys majority support among people who believe they have an “above average” or “far above average” income. In contrast, Trump enjoys majority support among people who think their income is average, below average, or far below average.

These developments likely contribute to Trump’s current lead in six out of seven swing states.

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The Spring 2024 Harvard Youth Poll found Donald Trump's support among voters aged 18-29 — the key to Joe Biden's reelection prospects — now stands at 37 percent. The Democrat incumbent leads his predecessor by eight points, at 45 percent, but this is a drastic drop from his 23-point lead among younger voters at this stage in the 2020 election. show more
April 22, 2024
Data
Election 2024

DATA: RFK Takes More From Trump Than Biden in Latest NBC Poll.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured 13 percent of the vote in a new NBC poll, closing in on the 15 percent required in consecutive polls, one of the qualifications for the national debate stage. The National Pulse has previously detailed how this process works.

The uptick for RFK has resulted in a lead for Joe Biden over Donald Trump when the three are prompted for in the latest 3.1 percent margin-of-error data. The survey reveals that Trump leads by two points in Kennedy’s absence, but trails by two with Kennedy included – a four-point swing in Biden’s favor.

RFK took another step towards the national debate stage last week, securing a place on the Michigan ballot.

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, wrote last week on the danger to MAGA of RFK debating. In the widely-read analysis piece, he warned: “Currently, RFK takes a few more percentage points (margin of error stuff) from Biden than Trump. But I point people back to the 2010 General Election in the United Kingdom, where Nick Clegg (now of Meta fame) was leading the Liberal Democrat party and managed to negotiate his way onto the national televised debate stage.

“Originally, folks rightly assumed he would predominantly take votes from the Labour Party.

“Two days before the first debate, Labour polled at 32, Conservatives at 41, and the Liberal Democrats were at 18 percent. Two days after, in the same poll, Labour stood at 28 percent (down four), Conservatives at 33 (down eight) and the Liberals were now at 30 percent.”

Read the rest here.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has secured 13 percent of the vote in a new NBC poll, closing in on the 15 percent required in consecutive polls, one of the qualifications for the national debate stage. The National Pulse has previously detailed how this process works. show more
Trump Leads 3rd NBC Poll
April 22, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

NBC Sounds Alarm as Trump Trounces Biden on Inflation, Fitness, and Competence.

Donald Trump leads Joe Biden for a third straight NBC News national poll, 46 percent to 44 percent, and has a substantial lead over the incumbent in several key metrics. These include the public’s view of who has the stronger record, who is more mentally and physically fit for the presidency, and who would handle a crisis and issues such as inflation better. NBC journalists are sounding the alarm, calling the findings a “clear liability” for Biden.

Trump’s lead over Biden is strongest on dealing with inflation and the cost of living, at 22 points. This reflects separate polling that found 75 percent of Americans believe the cost of living is getting worse, with most people in this bloc favoring Trump over Biden. Similarly, Trump is favored by voters who believe their income is average, below average, or far below average. Biden is only favored by voters who believe their income is above average or far above average.

Trump also leads Biden by 19 points in terms of mental and physical fitness for office, by 11 points on general competence and effectiveness, by seven points on having a strong record of accomplishment, and by four points on crisis management.

‘A CLEAR LIABILITY.’

“Who has the strong record as president? … Trump [is] outpacing Biden on that front… Necessary mental and physical health. We asked this four years ago. It was a wash. It’s now a clear liability for Joe Biden. So these are all troubling numbers for Biden,” commented Steve Kornacki, a senior NBC and MSNBC correspondent.

Trump led Biden by five points in the NBC News national poll for January 2024 and by two points in November 2023. The America First leader was tied with Biden in September. The 81-year-old Democrat last polled ahead of Trump in July.

However, Biden takes a two-point lead over Trump when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is included in polling. This suggests the lifelong Democrat now takes more votes from Trump than the incumbent.

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Donald Trump leads Joe Biden for a third straight NBC News national poll, 46 percent to 44 percent, and has a substantial lead over the incumbent in several key metrics. These include the public's view of who has the stronger record, who is more mentally and physically fit for the presidency, and who would handle a crisis and issues such as inflation better. NBC journalists are sounding the alarm, calling the findings a "clear liability" for Biden. show more
April 19, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RFK Jr. Takes Another Step Towards The National Debate Stage.

On the same day as a dozen of his family members expressed their support for President Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured a spot on the official ballot in Michigan, a critical swing state in the November presidential election. The ballot qualification moves Kennedy one step closer to qualifying for the 2024 presidential debates.

Kennedy will need to make enough state presidential ballots to be able to win at least 270 electoral votes. Michigan currently awards 15 electors for the Electoral College, boosting the number Kennedy can win — given the current states in which he’s qualified for the ballot — to 52. The independent candidate has over a month until he’ll need to file finalized petitions to qualify for the Texas and New York ballots — with almost every other U.S. state coming thereafter.

The National Pulse previously reported that Kennedy could make the debate stage. In addition to being mathematically competitive in the Electrical College, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) requires candidates to achieve an average of 15 percent of the vote across five national presidential polls. The CPD stipulates which polls qualify.

Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, received the nomination from the Natural Law Party, approving their candidacy in Michigan for president and vice president, respectively. Natural Law Party Chairman Doug Dern, in a statement from the independent candidate’s campaign, described Kennedy as “the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America.”

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On the same day as a dozen of his family members expressed their support for President Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured a spot on the official ballot in Michigan, a critical swing state in the November presidential election. The ballot qualification moves Kennedy one step closer to qualifying for the 2024 presidential debates. show more

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Lessons from 2010: Why MAGA Shouldn’t Want RFK On The Debate Stage.

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