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November 8, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Crime
Sports
World

Injuries and 62 Arrested After Antisemitic ‘Pogrom’ in Amsterdam.

Israel was forced to send aircraft to the Netherlands this week to rescue Israeli soccer fans who were attacked in the streets of Amsterdam, leading to five injuries and at least 62 arrests.

Videos have emerged on X and other social media platforms showing antisemitic mobs attacking supporters of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer club and chanting anti-Israeli slurs on Thursday, November 7.

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema stated that police had to escort the Israeli soccer fans to their hotels. She added that they were targeted for violent attacks, including having fireworks launched at them.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his office sent five airplanes to Amsterdam to help the soccer fans get home.

Dick Schoof, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, who is part of a right-wing coalition with anti-Islamist Geert Wilders‘s party, said he was “horrified” by the scenes.

“This is completely unacceptable. I am in close contact with all parties involved and have just spoken to
[Prime Minister] Netanyahu by phone to stress that the perpetrators will be identified and prosecuted,” he wrote on X.

Wilders, meanwhile, called the attacks a “pogrom,” saying, “We have become the Gaza of Europe. Muslims with Palestinian flags hunting down Jews. I will NOT accept that. NEVER.”

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Israel was forced to send aircraft to the Netherlands this week to rescue Israeli soccer fans who were attacked in the streets of Amsterdam, leading to five injuries and at least 62 arrests. show more
November 8, 2024
News

Shoe Giant Says It’ll Slash Imports From China After Trump Victory.

Steve Madden, a large footwear company, has announced it will significantly reduce its imports from China by up to 45 percent over the next year. This decision follows the re-election of Donald Trump, who has proposed imposing tariffs on Chinese imports as high as 60 percent. Rather than onshoring in the United States, however, Steve Madden CEO Edward Rosenfeld said alternatives such as Brazil, Cambodia, Mexico, and Vietnam are under consideration as sources for the company’s products.

“We have been exploring these alternatives for some time,” Rosenfeld stated, according to CNBC. “As of yesterday morning, we are implementing our plan. You can expect a quicker reduction in the percentage of goods we source from China moving forward.”

He noted that while two-thirds of the company’s business currently relies on imports, 70 percent originates from China.

“Achieving this target would mean that just over a quarter of our business would be affected by potential tariffs on Chinese goods,” Rosenfeld added.

The potential tariff increase is part of Trump’s continued tough stance on China. He recently told The Wall Street Journal that a severe tariff hike would be considered if China invades Taiwan.

Zhu Baoliang, an economist, suggested that a 60 percent tariff could decrease China’s exports by $200 billion.

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Steve Madden, a large footwear company, has announced it will significantly reduce its imports from China by up to 45 percent over the next year. This decision follows the re-election of Donald Trump, who has proposed imposing tariffs on Chinese imports as high as 60 percent. Rather than onshoring in the United States, however, Steve Madden CEO Edward Rosenfeld said alternatives such as Brazil, Cambodia, Mexico, and Vietnam are under consideration as sources for the company's products. show more
November 7, 2024
Health
News

Monkey News: Dozens of Simians Escape Research Facility, Residents Urged to Secure Homes.

Dozens of monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina. Authorities claim there is no health risk to the public, but they have warned locals to keep their doors and windows locked.

State officials warned residents in Beaufort County following the escape of over 40 monkeys from a research facility on Wednesday, November 6. The Yemassee Police Department confirmed that 43 rhesus macaque monkeys managed to flee the Alpha Genesis facility. Efforts to capture the animals include the use of traps and thermal imaging cameras.

Police have advised residents to keep doors and windows locked to prevent the primates from entering homes. They urged anyone who spots the animals to contact emergency services and refrain from approaching them. As of Thursday morning, no monkeys had been recaptured.

Alpha Genesis, the facility in question, breeds monkeys and offers nonhuman primate products and research services internationally. According to its website, the company conducts clinical trials related to progressive brain disorders and houses various species.

The company, which also oversees a large colony of rhesus monkeys on nearby Morgan Island, also known as “Monkey Island,” has had previous incidents of escapes.

Prior lab leaks have led to the spread of disease, including the alleged lab leak in Wuhan, China, that is believed to have caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

Initially, both government and media sources claimed the COVID-19 lab leak theory, popularized by Donald Trump, was false. However, earlier this year, even the New York Times published pieces admitting the disease likely originated as a lab leak.

Image by Timothy Gonsalves.

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Dozens of monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina. Authorities claim there is no health risk to the public, but they have warned locals to keep their doors and windows locked. show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Mike Pompeo Wants You to Forget He Legitimized the Democrat Lawfare Campaign Against Trump.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served in the first Trump administration, appears to be campaigning for a return to his old job. A former Republican Congressman from Kansas—who also served a stint as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under President Donald J. Trump—faces a steep hurdle in seeking out a job in the new administration. Pompeo, along with several other former Trump allies, legitimized the Biden government’s lawfare campaign against Trump in an effort to put distance between themselves and the former and future president of the United States.

“It’s good that the weaponized Jack Smith cases are being dropped, but they never should have been brought in the first place,” Pompeo wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, adding: “This was a gross abuse of power and politicization of the Justice Department.”

However, the former Secretary of State sang a very different tune in 2023 when Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ)—and its special counsel Jack Smith—moved to indict Trump over allegations he mishandled classified documents.

“If the allegations are true, and there’s lots of indications that they are, President Trump had classified documents where he shouldn’t have had them, and then when given the opportunity to return them, he chose not to do that for whatever reason,” Pompeo said during an appearance on Fox News in June 2023. He continued: “I suppose we can all make mistakes and get them to the wrong place, but when somebody identifies that, you gotta turn them in. So that’s just inconsistent with protecting America’s soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, and if the allegations are true, some of these were pretty serious, important documents. So that’s wrong.”

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served in the first Trump administration, appears to be campaigning for a return to his old job. A former Republican Congressman from Kansas—who also served a stint as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under President Donald J. Trump—faces a steep hurdle in seeking out a job in the new administration. Pompeo, along with several other former Trump allies, legitimized the Biden government's lawfare campaign against Trump in an effort to put distance between themselves and the former and future president of the United States. show more
November 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

Far-Left Guardian Offers Staff Counseling After Trump’s ‘Very Upsetting’ Election Triumph.

Following President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory on Tuesday, Britain’s far-left Guardian is rolling out a range of mental health and support services for its devastated employees. “I know the result has been very upsetting for many colleagues,” editor Katharine Viner wrote in an email to staff. Viner noted that U.S. staff would be “most directly affected by the result” and urged international staffers to “contact your American colleagues to offer your support.”

Viner struck a dramatic tone in her email, warning that Trump’s triumph “could reverberate for a million years.” To help staff get through what she described as an “alarming” situation, Viner laid out a range of services for staff to access: British staff are to receive mental health support, 24/7 access to online doctors, and “virtual wellbeing tools,” American staff can access two Employee Assistance Programs, and Australian staff can even access “professional counselling.”

The Guardian is also moving to grift off the President-elect, with Viner writing to readers saying “it will take brave, well-funded independent journalism” to “stand up” to a restored Trump administration and asking for money to do it.

Previously, the British newspaper capitalized on The Wall Street Journal and other high-profile U.S. newspapers declining to endorse Kamala Harris, offering her full-throated support and raising around $2 million by doing so.

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Following President-elect Donald J. Trump's victory on Tuesday, Britain's far-left Guardian is rolling out a range of mental health and support services for its devastated employees. "I know the result has been very upsetting for many colleagues," editor Katharine Viner wrote in an email to staff. Viner noted that U.S. staff would be "most directly affected by the result" and urged international staffers to "contact your American colleagues to offer your support." show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media
Politics

Kamala’s Failed Campaign Is $20 Million in Debt After Blowing $1 BILLION.

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign will end its failed effort to hold the White House for the Democratic Party over $20 million in debt. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data shows the Harris campaign blew through over $1 billion in just 107 days after replacing the 81-year-old incumbent President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

All in all, the 2024 presidential race was the most expensive in American history, surpassing both the 2020 and the 2012 elections. In the latter contest, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney raised over $1 billion.

While on paper the Harris campaign’s spending looks comparable to what Democrats have raised in recent presidential contests, the very short time frame in which it was raised and spent is telling. The high burn rate of campaign dollars only to face a resounding electoral defeat in both the popular vote and the Electoral College suggests voters were, by and large, turned off by both the party’s candidate and its message.

This notion is underscored by a study from the Media Research Center (MRC), which shows that Harris enjoyed overwhelmingly positive corporate media coverage compared to her opponent, President-Elect Donald J. Trump. According to MRC’s analysis, 78 percent of corporate media coverage regarding Harris was positive. Meanwhile, Trump received just 15 percent positive coverage—a 63-point Democratic advantage.

Positive media coverage is generally valued at three times or more the cost of an ad spot. When taken into consideration, the positive media coverage of Harris would suggest the Democratic presidential nominee could not win over voters even with a billion-dollar campaign and upwards of $3 billion in earned media coverage.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign will end its failed effort to hold the White House for the Democratic Party over $20 million in debt. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data shows the Harris campaign blew through over $1 billion in just 107 days after replacing the 81-year-old incumbent President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket. show more
jack smith
November 6, 2024
Election 2024
Lawfare

Biden-Harris DOJ Prepares to Close Down Jack Smith’s Lawfare Prosecutions.

Multiple sources report that special counsel Jack Smith is in discussions with senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials about ending his cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump. This follows the Department’s longstanding policy of prohibiting prosecuting a sitting president.

Smith’s team is evaluating how to halt proceedings in both the federal election subversion case in Washington, D.C., and the ongoing appeal concerning the classified documents case, which was dismissed by Judge Aileen Cannon.

In June 2023, Trump faced charges of unlawfully keeping classified documents post-presidency and obstructing their retrieval, to which he pleaded not guilty in Florida’s federal court. By August 2023, additional charges were filed against him for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. Again, Trump pleaded not guilty.

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling granting partial immunity to presidents has significantly impacted these cases. As a result, the January 6 case has been returned to a lower court, while Judge Cannon dismissed the classified documents case, reasoning that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. His appointment did not receive presidential or congressional approval.

Trump has publicly stated his intention to swiftly dismiss Smith once inaugurated.

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Multiple sources report that special counsel Jack Smith is in discussions with senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials about ending his cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump. This follows the Department's longstanding policy of prohibiting prosecuting a sitting president. show more
November 6, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Former AG Bill Barr: Prosecutors Must Drop Lawfare Cases Against President-Elect Trump.

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in the first administration of President Donald J. Trump, is calling on his successor Merrick Garland—as well as Democrat District Attorneys Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis—to dismiss all criminal charges against the Republican president-elect. Barr contends that the verdict issued by the American people, based on Trump’s landslide electoral victory, should supersede their lawfare prosecutions.

“The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years. They chose him to lead us with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country,” Barr said Wednesday in a statement. He continued: “I think Attorney General Merrick Garland and the State prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now.”

Trump’s former Attorney General argues that the indictments against the president-elect are largely based on “novel legal theories” that “have already been gravely weakened by a series of court decisions.” Barr states that both the federal and state prosecutions against Trump have been “aired and rejected in the court of public opinion.” He adds that once Trump takes the Oath of Office, the U.S. Consitution renders the cases moot.

While at least three of the cases against Trump could be dropped now that he has won the 2024 presidential election, the former and future Republican president was found guilty of 34 counts of business record fraud in New York City. Trump is set to be sentenced by Judge Juan Merchan on November 26, though the judge may rule that presidential immunity effectively ends the legal action against him.

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Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in the first administration of President Donald J. Trump, is calling on his successor Merrick Garland—as well as Democrat District Attorneys Alvin Bragg and Fani Willis—to dismiss all criminal charges against the Republican president-elect. Barr contends that the verdict issued by the American people, based on Trump's landslide electoral victory, should supersede their lawfare prosecutions. show more
November 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
News

Michigan Man Arrested for Threat to Murder Christians If Trump Wins.

Federal law enforcement has arrested a 25-year-old Michigan man for allegedly threatening to carry out a terrorist attack against Christians should President Donald J. Trump reclaim the White House. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Isaac Sissel is being charged with sending threatening communications.

“I shall carry out an attack against conservative Christian, [sic] filth in the event trump [sic] wins the election. I have a stolen [AR-15] and a target I refuse to name so I can continue to get away with my plans,” Sissel allegedly wrote, according to an anonymous online threatening submission filed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia on November 2.

Sissel continued: “Without a specific victim or ability to find the place I hid the gun, there’s not a thing the FBI can do until I complete the attack.”

President Trump’s supporters have been targeted by political violence in recent days, with a shopper wearing a ‘Trump 2024’ hat having his teeth broken by a stranger in Bath, New York, for instance.

Trump himself has been subjected to two assassination attempts. The first, in Butler, Pennsylvania, saw the America First leader and three supporters shot during a rally, one fatally.

Will Upton contributed to this report. 

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Federal law enforcement has arrested a 25-year-old Michigan man for allegedly threatening to carry out a terrorist attack against Christians should President Donald J. Trump reclaim the White House. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Isaac Sissel is being charged with sending threatening communications. show more
November 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Democrat Allegedly Circulates Fraudulent Ballots in Rhode Island.

A Rhode Island state lawmaker is being accused of producing and distributing a sample ballot that is made to look like an official state election ballot—causing confusion among voters. Only Democrat candidates are visible on the ballot, with the lines for candidates representing other political parties being blanked out entirely.

State Representative Michelle McGaw allegedly distributed a Democratic Party sample ballot with markings that closely resemble the state printed ballots—including the state seal and the wording “State of Rhode Island Official Ballot.” Anthony D’Ellena, Vice Chairman of the Narragansett Republican Town Committee and McGaw’s election opponent, says he’s contacted the Rhode Island Secretary of State regarding the matter but has not received a response.

Patricia Morgan, the former Republican minority leader in the Rhode Island State House and current candidate for Congress, supports D’Ellena’s assertion of potential ballot fraud.

“My campaign has received disturbing reports of official ballots being used to mislead voters in Portsmouth. Current State Representative Michelle McGaw and the wife of former RI Senator Seveney have been stationed outside polling locations, distributing official Rhode Island ballots that are purposely defaced,” Morgan wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). She added: “These ballots have Democrats pre-selected, while Republican candidates’ names are whited out, making it impossible for voters to make an informed choice.”

According to Rhode Island General Law § 17-19-43, it is a crime to tamper with or deface a ballot. “Every person who willfully and without lawful authority destroys, secretes, removes, defaces, alters, tampers, or meddles with a sample ballot, shall be guilty of a felony,” the law reads.

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A Rhode Island state lawmaker is being accused of producing and distributing a sample ballot that is made to look like an official state election ballot—causing confusion among voters. Only Democrat candidates are visible on the ballot, with the lines for candidates representing other political parties being blanked out entirely. show more