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November 5, 2024
News

Trump Ally, Home Depot Founder, and GOP Mega-Donor Bernie Marcus Has Passed Away.

Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot and Republican Party mega-donor, has passed away at the age of 95. During his life, Marcus amassed a net wealth of around $7.4 billion and, along with Arthur Blank—the owner of Atlanta’s professional football franchise, the Atlanta Falcons—launched The Home Depot in 1978. Today, the company boasts 2,300 locations with a total market capitalization of around $400 billion and is one of the United States’s leading home improvement retailers.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1929, Marcus was the youngest of four children of Russian Jewish immigrants. He pursued a degree in merchandising and marketing at Rutgers University, which led him into the retail sector. It was while working at Handy Dan Home Improvement in California that Marcus met Blank. After being dismissed from their jobs due to a management change, the two devised a plan to create a new type of home improvement store that would surpass existing options.

Marcus served as Home Depot’s CEO until 1997 and remained chairman until his retirement in 2002. The company’s roots are in Atlanta, where Marcus and his wife Billi were recognized for their philanthropic contributions. These include founding the Marcus Autism Center at Emory University and a substantial donation of $250 million towards the Georgia Aquarium in 2005.

A vocal Republican supporter, Marcus contributed financially to numerous political campaigns, including those of President Donald J. Trump and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL). He frequently appeared on networks like Fox News to discuss his political views, particularly his concern over what he perceived as the rise of socialism. He also expressed concerns about declining work ethic and free speech in the United States.

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Bernard "Bernie" Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot and Republican Party mega-donor, has passed away at the age of 95. During his life, Marcus amassed a net wealth of around $7.4 billion and, along with Arthur Blank—the owner of Atlanta's professional football franchise, the Atlanta Falcons—launched The Home Depot in 1978. Today, the company boasts 2,300 locations with a total market capitalization of around $400 billion and is one of the United States's leading home improvement retailers. show more
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November 5, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Election Integrity

PA County Switches To Paper Ballots After Machines Fail on Election Day.

Pennsylvania’s Cambria County has been forced to make an election day switch to paper ballots following widespread issues with voting machines in the heavily Republican locality.

The technology issue predominately impacts ballot scanners, meaning the printed electronic votes must be hand-counted for tabulation.

“The Cambria County Board of Election learned early this morning that a software malfunction in the County’s Electronic Voting System has prevented voters from scanning their ballots. This should not discourage voters from voting at their voting precincts,” Cambria County solicitor Ron Repak said in a statement early Tuesday morning. He added: “The Board has filed a Court Order extending the time to vote within Cambria County. No one should be turned away from the polls if they wish to cast their vote. Cambria County Board of Elections took measures to have IT specialists called to review the software issue. There is a process in place for issues of this nature.”

The Cambria County official claims that “[a]ll completed ballots will be accepted, secured, and counted by the Board of Elections.”

“The County Board of Elections has express voting machine at precinct locations to continue to allow voting electronically, while still allowing hand ballots to be cast,” Repak said, adding that all votes will be counted.

Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Department of State issued a statement saying it is aware of the situation in Cambria County and is working with local officials on a solution. “Voters are continuing to vote by paper ballot, in accordance with normal operations, while the county resolves the issue with in-precinct scanning,” it said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding: “We are working with the County to resolve this technical matter and remain committed to ensuring a free, fair, safe, and secure election.”

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Pennsylvania's Cambria County has been forced to make an election day switch to paper ballots following widespread issues with voting machines in the heavily Republican locality. show more
November 4, 2024
Culture
Economy
News

Boeing Abandons DEI Policies Amid Ongoing Safety Concerns.

Aerospace giant Boeing has decided to disband its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department, according to a report by anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo. Rufo announced the development last Thursday on X (formerly Twitter), suggesting that internal pressures might have influenced the new CEO’s decision to shut down the department. Rufo had previously criticized Boeing’s DEI strategy, arguing that it was diminishing competence within the company.

Bloomberg News confirmed the restructuring, noting that staff from the DEI office will merge with another human resources team focusing on talent and employee experience. Sara Liang Bowen, the Boeing vice president responsible for the former DEI department, left the company in conjunction with departmental changes.

Boeing has seen a slew of scandals in recent years relating to the safety of their aircraft. The Boeing 737 Max has seen several crashes, including two that occurred within months of each other in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing a total of 346 people.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  identified a serious fault in 292 Boeing 777 aircraft earlier this year, noting that the faults could lead the planes’s engines to explode in mid-air flight.

Sam Salehpour, a Boeing engineer, warned the United States Senate in April that it was only a matter of time before a major aviation disaster occurred as aircraft were not being constructed to proper requirements.

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Aerospace giant Boeing has decided to disband its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department, according to a report by anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo. Rufo announced the development last Thursday on X (formerly Twitter), suggesting that internal pressures might have influenced the new CEO’s decision to shut down the department. Rufo had previously criticized Boeing's DEI strategy, arguing that it was diminishing competence within the company. show more
November 4, 2024
News

Bodycam Footage Reveals Victim Had Pulse in Daniel Penny Case.

Bodycam footage showing police detecting a pulse on Jordan Neely after being placed in a chokehold was released as the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny commenced in Manhattan on Friday. Penny, a Marine veteran, is accused of killing Neely on May 1, 2023, with a chokehold that prosecutors claim was fatal.

The incident on the New York City subway has sparked significant controversy, with far-left Black Lives Matter activists labeling it a racially motivated killing of a mentally ill black man by a white veteran. In contrast, many Americans view Penny as a protector who intervened after Neely, who had a lengthy arrest record and an active warrant for assaulting an elderly woman, made aggressive threats to passengers and threw trash at them.

The footage reveals that New York Police Department (NYPD) officers arriving at Fulton Station at 2:33 PM confirmed Neely had a pulse upon their arrival. Although initially unconscious, Narcan was administered, and CPR was initiated at 2:38 PM. Paramedics arrived ten minutes later, but Neely was not pronounced dead until reaching Lenox Health Hospital.

POLICE CONCERNS.

During trial proceedings, an NYPD sergeant explained that officers refrained from performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation due to concerns about Neely’s potential drug use. The assistant district attorney argued that Penny maintained the chokehold for nearly six minutes after Neely had been restrained and posed no further threat.

Penny’s defense, led by Thomas Kenniff, contends that his actions were to protect others until police arrived—a response time he cited as longer than expected. His defense claims Penny attempted to relax his grip, arguing that any sustained chokehold would have rendered Neely unconscious in the first minute.

The jury, selected after a two-week process, will hear testimony from medical experts, first responders, and subway passengers. The trial is set to continue for up to six weeks.

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Bodycam footage showing police detecting a pulse on Jordan Neely after being placed in a chokehold was released as the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny commenced in Manhattan on Friday. Penny, a Marine veteran, is accused of killing Neely on May 1, 2023, with a chokehold that prosecutors claim was fatal. show more
November 4, 2024
News

Democrat Governor Labels Republican Voters ‘Anti-American.’

Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) says she believes voters who support Republican candidates oppose American values. The New York Democrat made the claim during an interview over the weekend on MSNBC‘s PoliticsNation, hosted by Al Sharpton.

Seizing on a joke a comedian made about Puerto Rico during President Donald J. Trump‘s recent rally at Madison Square Garden, Hochul explained that she’s used the incident to target vulnerable Republican lawmakers in her state. “You do not think in this great country that we should have leaders who either say this themselves or will tolerate it at one of their rallies,” the New York Governor said. “I think this rally backfired on him,” she added.

“It gave me a chance to tie the Republicans running in these seats, the incumbents, closer to Donald Trump,” Hochul told Sharpton, claiming the joke gave her the opportunity to “…remind everybody, if you’re voting for these Republicans in New York, you are voting for someone who supports Donald Trump and you’re anti-woman, you’re anti-abortion, and basically you’re anti-American.”

Vice President Kamala Harris and other leaders in the Democratic Party have smeared Trump and his supporters in the closing days of the 2024 election as “fascists” and “Nazis.” President Joe Biden, referencing the Puerto Rico joke, went so far as to call Americans who are voting for Trump “garbage” during a recent Harris campaign event.

Responding to Hochul, former Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY) slammed the governor’s comments in a post on X (formerly Twitter). “Quite the closing message from the so called campaign of joy: If you don’t vote Democrat, you are Nazi, Hitler loving, anti-American garbage,” he wrote.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) says she believes voters who support Republican candidates oppose American values. The New York Democrat made the claim during an interview over the weekend on MSNBC's PoliticsNation, hosted by Al Sharpton. show more
November 4, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

Soros-Funded Fake News Group Spent Millions Supporting Kamala on Facebook.

An alleged media organization funded by leftist billionaire George Soros spent $9 million on digital Facebook ads supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign. Courier Newsroom, a Democrat dark money group that purports to be a network of local news outlets, is behind the ad campaign launched in August.

The ads primarily promote Democratic candidates, including Harris—though some also attack President Donald J. Trump over issues such as abortion and access to contraception. While Democrat and Republican political action committees (PACs) can run their own digital ads on Facebook, the social media platform labels the content as coming from a political organization and requires a disclaimer identifying the group behind the message.

However, Courier Newsroom is able to skirt this requirement by submitting its ads through a separate portal for media news outlets despite their clear partisan content. Additionally, while election and candidate PACs must disclose their donors publicly through the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Courier Newsroom is not subject to the same rules.

The Democratic dark money ad campaign has spent a total of $9.2 million since August 3, 2024, focused predominantly on the key battleground states of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina. While the group’s spending may appear paltry compared to the hundreds of millions being spent on television advertising, digital ads are relatively cheap and can still reach large audiences online. In addition, Courier Newsroom appears to have used propriety data to micro-target its Facebook ads in an effort to influence young women.

In April, The National Pulse reported that Tara McGowan, founder of Courier Newsroom and its parent company Good Information Inc., had made almost 20 visits to the Biden-Harris White House. The meetings have raised concerns regarding potential election coordination.

Image by World Economic Forum/swiss-image.ch/Photo Michele Limina.

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An alleged media organization funded by leftist billionaire George Soros spent $9 million on digital Facebook ads supporting Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign. Courier Newsroom, a Democrat dark money group that purports to be a network of local news outlets, is behind the ad campaign launched in August. show more
November 4, 2024
Election 2024
News
Politics

Biden Campaign Calls Canceled After ‘Garbage’ Smear.

The White House reportedly canceled several campaign calls involving President Joe Biden following his comments labeling supporters of President Donald J. Trump as “garbage.” According to guidance released by the White House the Sunday before, Biden’s schedule for Thursday, October 31, initially included participation in campaign calls. However, Biden did not take part in these calls.

Last week, Biden made headlines after a call with Voto Latino last Tuesday, where he referred to Trump supporters as “garbage” following a GOP rally in Madison Square Garden. The 81-year-old Democrat later claimed he was referencing a joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which the insult comic poked fun at Puerto Rico. Subsequently, the White House stealth-edited the official transcript of the call to support Biden’s narrative.

Despite Hinchcliffe’s joke, Trump has been endorsed by major politicians in Puerto Rico, and polls reveal that in Pennsylvania, the joke had no impact on Hispanic voting preferences.

In response to Biden’s comments, Trump incorporated a garbage truck and vest into a rally in Wisconsin, calling his supporters the “heart and soul of America.” Trump wore the vest during the rally, joking that people told him it made him look thinner.

No scheduled campaign events involving Vice President Kamala Harris are listed on Biden’s agenda before Election Day, tomorrow.

Earlier this month, at an event in New Hampshire, Biden made another contentious remark, suggesting he wanted to lock up Trump. The Trump campaign included Biden’s words in a legal filing calling for the dismissal of federal charges related to the 2020 election.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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The White House reportedly canceled several campaign calls involving President Joe Biden following his comments labeling supporters of President Donald J. Trump as "garbage." According to guidance released by the White House the Sunday before, Biden's schedule for Thursday, October 31, initially included participation in campaign calls. However, Biden did not take part in these calls. show more
November 4, 2024
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Thousands of Overseas Ballots Contested in Pennsylvania Election.

Election integrity advocates are challenging thousands of overseas votes in Pennsylvania, arguing people who are not residents of the state or members of the military are ineligible to cast ballots there under state law. However, federal law allows Americans overseas to vote in the last state where they were resident if they are unsure of when they will return to the U.S.

More than 4,000 overseas votes face challenges across 14 Pennsylvania counties, many by the Election Research Institute. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argues that these challenges are baseless, asserting that U.S. federal law overseas voting trumps Pennsylvania law requiring voters to be residents. ACLU lawyers have issued a letter to all 67 counties urging a summary rejection of such challenges.

Recent legal decisions by Pennsylvania’s state supreme court and the U.S. Supreme Court have led to additional stipulations regarding mail-in ballots, including requirements for correct dating and protective sleeves.

In October, five Republican Congressmen launched a legal challenge against overseas voting oversight in Pennsylvania, complaining the swing state’s officials are facilitating fraud by having “issued directives and guidance to county officials to exempt [Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act] applicants entirely from any verification requirements.”

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Election integrity advocates are challenging thousands of overseas votes in Pennsylvania, arguing people who are not residents of the state or members of the military are ineligible to cast ballots there under state law. However, federal law allows Americans overseas to vote in the last state where they were resident if they are unsure of when they will return to the U.S. show more
Migrant Crime
November 4, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Immigration

Top State Election Official Has Referred HUNDREDS of Noncitizen Voters for Prosecution.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) says he has referred hundreds of noncitizen voters for prosecution after they illegally cast ballots during elections in the state. The announcement comes in response to claims made by David Becker, a former senior attorney with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, during an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes.

During the interview, Becker was pressed by reporter Scott Pelley regarding what CBS News says are claims that illegal immigrants are voting by the millions. “That is one hundred percent false. Every single voter has to give a driver’s license number or social security number, which is matched against files, databases that are held to make sure the voter is who they say they are, and they’re eligible to vote,” Becker said in response. He continued: “And we also know that states who have gone looking for noncitizen voters have found shockingly few even potential noncitizen registrants.”

The former DOJ attorney, who worked in the Voting Section of the department’s Civil Rights Division, added: “Ohio just recently announced that in a period of time of over a decade, it had found six possible cases of noncitizens voting.”

Responding to Becker’s claim in a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Ohio Secretary of State called the assertion regarding noncitizen voters in the state “100% false.”

“Six noncitizens were only the latest to be indicted for illegal voting in Ohio. My office has referred HUNDREDS more for potential prosecution,” LaRose wrote, adding: “There could be many others, but the Biden-Harris admin is intentionally blocking access to citizenship records to keep states from finding them before the election. That’s why we’re suing.”

The National Pulse has previously reported that data shows a statistically significant number of noncitizens have voted in prior elections.

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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) says he has referred hundreds of noncitizen voters for prosecution after they illegally cast ballots during elections in the state. The announcement comes in response to claims made by David Becker, a former senior attorney with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, during an interview with CBS News's 60 Minutes. show more
November 4, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Election Integrity

BREAKING: GA Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballots Received After Election Day Will NOT Be Counted.

The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision to extend the state’s absentee ballot deadline from November 5 to November 8 after Cobb County election officials failed to send the ballots to around 3,000 voters in a timely manner. Last week, a Cobb County judge unilaterally extended the election date for impacted voters in contravention of state and federal law.

“Upon consideration of the Emergency Motion for Supersedeas of Appellants The Republican National Committee and Georgia Republican Party, Inc., as well as the briefs filed by the parties and the amicus curiae, Appellants’ emergency motion for supersedeas is GRANTED,” Georgia’s high court wrote in their decision. The court adds: “Consistent with OCGA § 21-2-386, the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration (the “Board”) may count only those absentee ballots received by the statutory deadline of 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 5, 2024.”

The ruling directs Cobb County election officials to sequester any ballots received after the November 5 deadline, emphasizing that they are not to be included in the county. Pursuant to Georgia state election law, the ballots are to be preserved until the court orders them destroyed.

Republican National Committee co-chairman Michael Whatley hailed the decision as a win for election integrity. “HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia,” Whatley stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He continued: “Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court.”

“We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week after,” he added.

Image by Harrison Keely.

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The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision to extend the state's absentee ballot deadline from November 5 to November 8 after Cobb County election officials failed to send the ballots to around 3,000 voters in a timely manner. Last week, a Cobb County judge unilaterally extended the election date for impacted voters in contravention of state and federal law. show more