OnlyFans, the subscription service ‘content creator’ site used mainly by pornography-producing sex workers, is under investigation over concerns it is failing to prevent children from accessing explicit adult content. Fenix International Limited, OnlyFans’ parent company, is being investigated by the UK‘s Office of Communications (Ofcom) for its alleged failure to implement adequate age verification measures and failure to comply with government information requests.
“We are investigating whether OnlyFans has contravened its duties to implement appropriate measures (taken under Schedule 15A) to protect under-18s from encountering restricted material such as pornography,” Ofcom wrote. “We are also looking at whether OnlyFans failed to provide complete and accurate responses to statutory information requests.”
The porn site maintained in astatement that it has experienced “a coding configuration issue” affecting some “age thresholds” but insists it “works closely” with regulators to “implement and develop best-practices on online safety.” The company asserts that its age thresholds are always set above 18.
While OnlyFans faces scrutiny in the UK for inadequate age-verification measures, such protections are not even in place for children in much of the U.S. After Texas passed a law requiring age-verification on pornography websites, Texas AG Ken Paxton sued PornHub for refusing to implement such verification. The controversial website eventually decided to suspend service in Texas rather than take measures to protect children from its pornographic content.
show less
OnlyFans, the subscription service 'content creator' site used mainly by pornography-producing sex workers, is under investigation over concerns it is failing to prevent children from accessing explicit adult content. Fenix International Limited, OnlyFans' parent company, is being investigated by the UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) for its alleged failure to implement adequate age verification measures and failure to comply with government information requests.
show more
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.
show less
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
Editor’s Notes
Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.
Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Hamburg over the weekend to demand the creation of an Islamic caliphate in Germany. An extremist group known as Muslim Interaktiv organized the demonstration.
According to one speaker at the event, the caliphate is a “system that provides security.” He also claimed it is misunderstood and “demonized” by the media and politicians in Germany.
The group gathered to protest the alleged “Islamophobic” policies of the government and “disinformation” against Muslims in media reporting on the Israel-Hamas war.
TERRORIST TIES.
According to Germany’s Federal Criminal Intelligence Service, Muslim Interaktiv is part of Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international Salafi Islamist terrorist group that advocates for a global caliphate under Sharia law. Germany banned Hizb ut-Tahrir in 2003. The UK also banned it earlier this year.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser of the left-wing Social Democratic Party confirmed that security services are monitoring Muslim Interaktiv. “Other groups that raise emotions, radicalize and recruit new Islamists are also being watched by our security authorities. This included the group at the Hamburg demonstration,” Faeser said.
“The red line at which Germany’s protection of the right of assembly and freedom of speech ended had to be clear. No terrorism propaganda for Hamas, no hate speech directed at Jews. If crimes like this occur, there has to be immediate and forceful intervention at demonstrations,” she explained.
Significantly, the pro-Caliphate protest comes on the heels of a study by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, which found that nearly half of young Muslims in the German state — 45.8 percent — preferred an Islamic Caliphate to liberal democracy. Almost 70 percent said they believed the principles of the Quran should take precedence over German law, and over a third said they understood violence towards those who insult Allah or Muhammad.
Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Hamburg over the weekend to demand the creation of an Islamic caliphate in Germany. An extremist group known as Muslim Interaktiv organized the demonstration.
show more
The fifth day of testimony in former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan-based hush money trial has ended. Democrat-aligned Judge Juan Merchan kicked off the day by fining Trump $1,000 for each of his nine alleged violations of the court’s gag order. The gag order was ostensibly imposed to prevent the former President from communicating with the public about endemic corruption in the Alvin Bragg and Joe Biden-led case.
Prosecutors continued questioning Michael Cohen‘s banker, Gary Farro. The banker began his testimony before the court adjourned last Friday.
Following Farro, District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s prosecution team moved on to their next witness, Keith Davidson. A Beverly Hills lawyer and frequent Democrat donor, Davidson formerly represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal in their attempts to strong-arm Trump out of cash. The entertainment lawyer has faced numerous legal sanctions for his unsavory activities.
FARRO PART 2.
Prosecutor Rebecca Mangold kicked off the second day of banker Gary Farro’s testimony. The banker testified that he opened a home equity line of credit for disgraced attorney Michael Cohen for $130,000. It is this amount that Cohen then allegedly paid Stormy Daniels. The email communications between Cohen and Farro presented by the prosecution were from the former’s personal TrumpOrg.com account, and not one affiliated with Trump‘s presidential campaign.
Further undermining Bragg‘s accusations that Cohen‘s activities were in the service of aiding Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Farro testified that he saw no indication that the consulting business accounts he helped establish were connected to any political candidate. “There would be additional scrutiny,” he said, if the bank had any indication that the accounts were for political activities.
To set up entertainment lawyer Keith Davidson’s testimony, Mongold showed the jury a wire transfer for $130,000 from Cohen to a trust controlled by Davidson. The transfer occurred just after Cohen had secured the line of credit from Farro. She then asked the banker why an attorney might pay a fellow lawyer a retainer in a real estate transaction. Farro replied, “There could be a number of things.”
FARRO SINKS COHEN.
During Farro’s cross-examination by Trump‘s defense team, the banker acknowledged that Cohen‘s rushed requests were not at all unusual. “90 percent of the time, it was an urgent matter,” Farro said of his dealings with the disgraced attorney. The banker confirmed that he’d never done business with former President Trump.
In one of the most damning moments for Bragg’s case in the trial so far, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanche drew the jurors‘ attention to Michael Cohen’s bank filings in which Cohen had asserted he was NOT acting as an agent on behalf of anyone else. This acknowledgment directly contradicts the prosecution’s claim that Cohen was directed to make the payments to Daniels and McDougal by Trump.
Addressing the matter, Farro told Blanche: “If the client told me it was a shell corporation, it would not have been opened. It would give me pause, very frankly.”
JUDGE DENIES BIDEN DOJ COLANGELO’S MOTION.
In a surprise moment, Democrat-alignedJudgeJuanMerchan denied a request by former Biden Department of Justice attorney Matthew Colangelo — now a member of District Attorney Bragg’s office — to introduce statements by Trump regarding Cohen and Daniels. Colangelo argued that the statement would demonstrate consciousness of guilt. He also ruled against the prosecution‘s request to introduce texts from Stormy Daniels’s publicist as evidence.
However, Merchan did decide to allow the prosecution to introduce statements that refute claims that Cohen and Daniels have benefited financially from attacking Trump.
BETTER CALL KEITH?
The day in court concluded with the start of testimony by the ethically dubious Hollywood entertainment lawyer Keith Davidson. It is from Davidson that the term “catch and kill” may have first originated, though it appears it was popularized in the American press by Australian journalist Lachlan Cartwright. The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief, Raheem Kassam, has a deep dive into Davidson’s sordid history that can be read here.
“At that time, my practice was heavily involved with media cases,” Davidson told prosecutors regarding his legal work between 2015 and 2017. He went on to acknowledge he was granted immunity for his testimony before the grand jury but was in court today under subpoena.
Davidson acknowledged that he was a friend of Dylan Howard — the former chief content officer at the National Enquirer‘s parent company, American Media, Inc. (AMI). However, the entertainment lawyer claimed that it was not his standard practice to sell stories to tabloid media outlets.
This appears to contradict a 2018 story that describes Davidson as “the attorney to hire if you are seeking to monetize a celebritysex tape or compromising information about public figures like Trump, Charlie Sheen, Tiger Woods, and Kanye West. Davidson specializes in extracting payments in exchange for the quashing of incriminating videos and/or details about sexual indiscretions, STDs, and all manner of regrettable behavior.”
BEST DEAL FOR HIS CLIENT.
Regarding the Karen McDougal story about Donald Trump, Davidson admitted that he had played the National Enquirer and ABC News off of each other. “At the time, as is often the case with negotiations, I was trying to play two entities off of each other,” he said, adding his intent was to “create a sense of urgency, if you will.”
Davidson stated that McDougal “did not want to tell her story” but instead wanted to “rejuvenate her career, to make money.” This comment by Davidson seemingly adds credence to the defense team’s claims that McDougal and Daniels were simply engaging in a shakedown. The entertainment attorney also acknowledged receiving 45 percent of the money paid to McDougal by AMI as payment.
DAVIDSON NAMES TRUMP WITHOUT PROOF.
In another damaging moment for Bragg‘s case, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass attempted to get Davidson to confirm that Trump was Cohen‘s client. The entertainment lawyer obliged, saying that is what he believed. However, Davidson added — unfortunately for Bragg — that at no point was Trump actually named as a party to the deal he made with Cohen.
The remainder of Davidson’s testimony relied on the same degree of innuendo. While he could point to existing texts between himself and Cohen, the attorney could not provide the prosecution with any definitive proof tying former President DonaldTrump or his 2016 presidential campaign to the payment negotiations.
Overall, the day in court continued along the path that The National Puluse suggested the prosecution was taking last Friday. It appears that despite the District Attorney’s office’s witnesses at times undermining its case, each is meant to bolster Cohen‘s credibility as having been the middleman between Donald Trump and AMI. Whether the prosecution can demonstrate this beyond a reasonable doubt remains yet to be seen — and honestly, it is unlikely.
show less
The fifth day of testimony in former President Donald Trump's Manhattan-based hush money trial has ended. Democrat-aligned Judge Juan Merchan kicked off the day by fining Trump $1,000 for each of his nine alleged violations of the court's gag order. The gag order was ostensibly imposed to prevent the former President from communicating with the public about endemic corruption in the Alvin Bragg and Joe Biden-led case.
show more
The Biden government’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning to reduce federal restrictions on cannabis, marking a shift in the drug’s classification for the first time since the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act over 50 years ago. The reclassification, moving marijuana from Schedule I to the less stringent Schedule III, signifies acknowledgment of the drug’s potential medical benefits and a commitment to in-depth research.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an opinion, expected to be approved by the DEA, favoring the reclassification. Such a decision by the Department of Justice could significantly reduce the black market, stimulate legal markets, and ease tax burdens for cannabis businesses in states where the drug is legal.
The move comes after Joe Biden called for the review of marijuana’s classification in October 2022 and pardoned thousands of Americans with federal convictions for possession of the drug. Federal scientists found credible evidence that cannabis provides medical benefits with lower health risks than other controlled substances.
A Schedule III classification would place marijuana in the same category as substances such as ketamine and some anabolic steroids. The DEA’s initiative comes at a time of growing acceptance of marijuana, with 38 states already legalizing medical marijuana and 24 endorsing its recreational use. Others may soon follow suit. The Florida Supreme Court recently approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
While still under strict regulation, the move is expected to reduce the industry’s tax burden, potentially fostering growth in the $34 billion industry. However, there are potential challenges ahead. A public review period could lead to challenges or alterations to the reclassification proposal. Upon completion of the review period and the Office of Management and Budget’s evaluation, Congress will have the power to overturn the rule under the Congressional Review Act.
show less
The Biden government's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is planning to reduce federal restrictions on cannabis, marking a shift in the drug's classification for the first time since the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act over 50 years ago. The reclassification, moving marijuana from Schedule I to the less stringent Schedule III, signifies acknowledgment of the drug's potential medical benefits and a commitment to in-depth research.
show more
TIME Magazine writer Eric Cortellessa acknowledged that the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent JoeBiden rejected the same interview request accepted by former President DonaldTrump. As the lengthy interview came to a close, Cortellessa suggested a series of rapid-fire questions to which Trump agreed — but not before he asked if the TIME writer thought that Biden would be able to do the same.
“All right. Do you think you could do this interview with Biden?” the former Republican President asked. Cortellessa responded, “You know, he didn’t say yes. So I’m grateful that you’re giving me the opportunity.” Trump expressed his doubts that Biden would ever accept the interview offer, telling Cortellessa: “He will never say yes, cause he’s off. He’s off, way off.”
The admission by Cortellessa that Biden had declined an interview with the magazine comes as the corporatemedia wavers in running cover for the Democrat leader’s declining mental faculties. The Biden White House has taken great pains to ensure the 81-year-old only engages in carefully scripted interviews, often requiring reporters to submit questions beforehand. Most recently, the White House heavily promoted Biden’s interview with radio host Howard Stern, in which the one-time shock jock gushed over the Democrat President for a little over an hour and offered only softball questions.
Unlike Biden, whose communications team will abruptly end interviews when the 81-year-old Democrat begins to stray off message, Trump offered to extend the interview with TIME — eventually doing a follow-up interview over the phone.
show less
TIME Magazine writer Eric Cortellessa acknowledged that the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent JoeBiden rejected the same interview request accepted by former President DonaldTrump. As the lengthy interview came to a close, Cortellessa suggested a series of rapid-fire questions to which Trump agreed — but not before he asked if the TIME writer thought that Biden would be able to do the same.
show more
Former President Donald J. Trump says he would consider a pardon for each of the January 6 defendants either currently imprisoned or being prosecuted by the Bidengovernment. The former President made the commitment during a recent interview, lamenting what he sees as a ‘two-tier justice system.’
“[W]hen I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings, when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them,” Trump said during an interview with TIME Magazine. He continued: “Nothing happened to them. I think it’s a two-tier system of justice. I think it’s a very, very sad thing.”
The former Republican President went on to note that the only individual who died as a direct result of the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol building was protestor Ashli Babbitt. Last November, the Black Lives Matter activist — John Sullivan, a.k.a Jayden X— who filmed Babbitt’s death inside the Capitol, was convicted for his role in inciting protestors to riot. The National Pulse previously reported in January that Babbitt’s family has filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against Capitol Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd.
Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) recently claimed that his investigation into the events leading up to the January 6 riots suggests federal law enforcement may have played a more significant role in instigating the violence than previously stated. The Louisiana Republican said he’d uncovered evidence that federal agents were active in online chat groups with U.S. military veterans prior to their involvement in the protest that day.
Currently, the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether Biden’s Department of Justice has abused a financial crimes statute to enhance the felony ‘obstruction‘ charges against the rioters.
show less
Former President Donald J. Trump says he would consider a pardon for each of the January 6 defendants either currently imprisoned or being prosecuted by the Bidengovernment. The former President made the commitment during a recent interview, lamenting what he sees as a 'two-tier justice system.'
show more
Matthew Colangelo, assisting the George Soros-backed District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Donald Trump, oversaw the Voting Section of the Justice Department, which reportedly coordinated with a former affiliate of the disgraced Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) during the Barack Obama administration.
Documents uncovered by Judicial Watch in 2011 suggest the Project Vote organization had high-level access to the Voting Section of the Justice Department under Obama. A contemporary report on the findings characterizes the documents as revealing “how left-wing civil rights groups work against Republican or conservative candidates by attempting to leverage law enforcement against them.” Colangelo is listed among the high-level Justice Department officials to whom the groups had access.
The Project Vote group appears to have recommended hires to the Voting Section and to have directed Voting Section resources against conservatives trying to combat voter fraud.
Colangelo is reported to have used the Voting Section to block state election integrity laws on multiple occasions during the Obama administration. Voter ID in South Carolina was among the measures he blocked. Future Donald Trump Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh later ruled he acted unlawfully.
‘PRESSING CONCERNS.’
Multiple employees of ACORN, with which Project Vote was formerly affiliated, were convicted of crimes related to voter registration fraud during the George W. Bush and Obama administrations.
Matthew Colangelo’s resignation from the Department of Justice to join DA Bragg’s team had already seen Republican lawmakers warn the Joe Biden regime may be directly involved in his notionally state-level prosecution of Trump.
“The fact that Colangelo stepped down from a senior DOJ role to join a prosecution team in a city DA office raises some pressing concerns,” commented Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) earlier this month. He has requested “immediate access to all records and communication in relation to the Department of Justice and the Manhattan District Attorney General’s Office process of hiring Matthew Colangelo.”
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's "all-star" prosecutor, Matthew Colangelo has a history of coordinating with radical Far Left groups to interfere in presidential elections.
In 2011 ahead of the 2012 presidential election, emails obtained by @JudicialWatch show how Colangelo and…
Matthew Colangelo, assisting the George Soros-backed District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Donald Trump, oversaw the Voting Section of the Justice Department, which reportedly coordinated with a former affiliate of the disgraced Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) during the Barack Obama administration.
show more
The Kerch Strait Bridge linking Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, to the Russian mainland closed temporarily on Tuesday following a reported Ukrainian attack. The peninsula was reportedly struck by missiles from a U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). The reported strike comes days after the U.S. authorized a $61 billion military aidpackage for Ukraine.
The bridge, constructed following Crimea’s annexation, was previously damaged by a truck bomb in October 2022. It was damaged again in July 2023. Once critical supply infrastructure for Russian forces, the bridge has become less important as a result of Russian territorial gains linking Crimea to the Russian-occupied Donbass and Russia proper by land.
The bridge’s closure was announced in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local time, but it is now said to be open again.
“Tonight, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on the Republic of Crimea,” claimed Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together With Russia organization in the Zaporozhye (Zaporizhzhia) region, officially annexed to Russia but only partly under Russian control.
“Russian air defense worked over Dzhankoy and Simferopol. According to latest information, our defenders did an excellent job,” he added.
CRIMEA.
Destroying the Kerch Strait bridge is a key goal of President Volodymyr Zelensky. He has lobbied the Joe Biden regime to supply him with long-range ATACMS capable of striking it for years. However, the Pentagon has hitherto supplied only shorter-range ATACMS, fearing missile strikes deep inside Russian territory could escalate the conflict.
Zelensky has rejected a rumored peace plan proposed by Donald Trump in part because it would involve Ukraine acknowledging Russian sovereignty in Crimea. Most of the peninsula’s population are ethnic Russians and Russian speakers, and it was historically considered part of Russia until Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev transferred it to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1954.
Zelensky still insists on reclaiming Crimea as a key war objective despite his 2023 counter-offensive having failed disastrously.
show less
The Kerch Strait Bridge linking Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, to the Russian mainland closed temporarily on Tuesday following a reported Ukrainian attack. The peninsula was reportedly struck by missiles from a U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). The reported strike comes days after the U.S. authorized a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
show more
Former President DonaldTrump says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi‘ Netanyahu has been “rightfully criticized” for his country’s intelligence failures in the lead-up to the Hamas terrorist groups’ barbaric attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. In a lengthy interview with Time magazine, Trump spoke in depth on the nuances of America’s relationship with Israel but didn’t demur on what he thinks are failures on Netanyahu’s part.
“Bibi Netanyahu rightfully has been criticized for what took place on October 7,” the former President said. Earlier, Trump expressed dismay that the Israeli Prime Minister appears to have ignored mounting evidence that Hamas had been planning a large-scale attack. He said: “I would say that what happened on—October 7 should have never happened… They have the most sophisticated equipment. They had—everything was there to stop that.”
FATE OF THE HOSTAGES.
Addressing the grim reality of the fate of the hostages taken by the Hamas terrorists on October 7, Trump explained that the terror group’s disregard for human life has likely resulted in the death of many of those taken. “And I happen to think that on the hostages, knowing something about the enemy, and knowing something about people, I think you have very few hostages left,” Trump said.
ON BENNY GANTZ.
While the former President offered sharp criticism of Netanyahu‘s inaction and the barbaric actions of Hamas, Trump did signal an openness to working with other Israeli leaders. When asked if he’d rather work with a Benny Gantz-led Israeli government, Trump said: ” I think Benny Gantz is good, but I’m not prepared to say that.”
Gantz is a retired Israeli Defense Forces general who served as the country’s defense minister from 2021 to 2022, as well as eventually deputy prime minister. Despite his tenure in the Bennett-Lapid government, Gantz currently serves as a minister without portfolio in the Netanyahu government as part of the War Cabinet formed after the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.
Considered the most prominent opponent of Netanyahu, Gantz has said he will move to topple the unity government unless the Prime Minister secures the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas.
show less
Former President DonaldTrump says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu has been "rightfully criticized" for his country's intelligence failures in the lead-up to the Hamas terrorist groups' barbaric attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. In a lengthy interview with Time magazine, Trump spoke in depth on the nuances of America's relationship with Israel but didn't demur on what he thinks are failures on Netanyahu's part.
show more
Share Story
FacebookTwitterWhatsappTruthTelegramGettrCopy Link
Real News Fan? Show It!
Many people are shocked to learn that because of active censorship, we currently have to spend more time making sure you can even see The National Pulse, than on producing the news itself. Which sucks. Because we do this for the truth, and for you.
But the regime doesn’t want you being informed. That’s why they want us to go away. And that will happen if more people don’t sign up to support our work. It’s basic supply and demand. So demand you get to read The National Pulse, unrestricted. Sign up, today.
We don’t sell ads, and refuse corporate or political cash. It all comes down to you, the reader. I hope you can help.
