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May 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
SCOTUS

Like Many Americans, Justice Alito Divested from Bud Light. Now Big Trans Is Big Mad.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is being pestered by the Big Trans lobby for appearing to exercise his rights to sell between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of Anheuser-Busch stock in the wake of the conservative boycott of Bud Light. The move followed Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender activist fêted by Joe Biden, fronting an advertising campaign for the beer brand. At the same time, Alito is also said to have purchased stock from rival brewers Molson Coors.

Chris Geidner, former editor-in-chief of the Ohio State Law Journal, has demanded Justice Alito provide “an explanation for why he made those transactions on that date, specifically whether it was part of a heavily publicized anti-trans boycott” on his ‘Law Dork’ blog.

Geidner argues Alito “regularly shows signs of how enmeshed he is within the far-right political fights of the day” and strives “to make himself a part of the far-right political grievance factory.” He suggests Alito should recuse himself from any Supreme Court cases related to transgenderism, particularly those pertaining to bans on children being subjected to gender-bending genital mutilation surgeries and drug and hormone treatments.

Gabe Roth of the dark money-fueled and scandal–ridden Fix the Court group concurred, arguing it is “possible the sale was innocuous,” but Alito has “lost the benefit of the doubt in my view.”

DOUBLE STANDARDS. 

Liberal law commentators like Geidner and Roth have appeared less concerned about apparent conflicts of interest involving judges overseeing court cases against Donald Trump.

Arthur Engoron, overseeing New York Attorney General Letitia James’s civil lawsuit against Trump and his business empire, refused to recuse himself despite his “co-judge” law clerk’s ties to James and the Democrats more broadly.

Juan Merchan, overseeing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s election interference prosecution of Trump, has refused to recuse himself despite his daughter Loren calling for the former president’s imprisonment and being financially entangled with Democratic prosecutors and politicians.

Both judges used gag orders to stop Trump from talking about these conflicts.

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is being pestered by the Big Trans lobby for appearing to exercise his rights to sell between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of Anheuser-Busch stock in the wake of the conservative boycott of Bud Light. The move followed Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender activist fêted by Joe Biden, fronting an advertising campaign for the beer brand. At the same time, Alito is also said to have purchased stock from rival brewers Molson Coors. show more

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The increasingly hysterical targeting of conservative judges in America comes at precisely the same time as liberal activists bemoan fair scrutiny applied to aforementioned judges like Engoron and Merchan
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May 18, 2024
News

WATCH: Kassam Guest Hosts War Room w/ Bannon in Wide-Ranging Episode on 2024, Ukraine, and Corporate Poison.

National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam guest hosted Saturday morning’s War Room episodes with Stephen K. Bannon, discussing a broad range of topics from last night’s Rudy Giuliani raid by the feds, ongoing predictions for Ukraine, the 2024 election, and the importance of getting away from corporate America’s poisoned food and drug supply.

Watch the first hour below, and the second hour below that: 

Hour 2:

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National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam guest hosted Saturday morning's War Room episodes with Stephen K. Bannon, discussing a broad range of topics from last night's Rudy Giuliani raid by the feds, ongoing predictions for Ukraine, the 2024 election, and the importance of getting away from corporate America's poisoned food and drug supply. show more
May 18, 2024
News

Biden’s Brownshirts Raid Giuliani’s 80th Birthday Bash to Serve Indictment.

PALM BEACH, Florida — Prominent conservative and former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, has been served indictment papers over his alleged involvement in the Arizona “fake electors” case. The event took place in the midst of Giuliani’s 80th birthday celebration in Palm Beach, Florida, attended by MAGA figures such as Stephen K. Bannon, Dr. Gina Loudon, and National Pulse Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam.

According to official accounts, representatives from the Arizona Attorney General’s office arrived during the festivities, attended by hundreds of Giuliani’s friends and associates. At approximately 11 pm, they stormed into the party and handed Giuliani the paperwork.

Giuliani’s spokesperson raised concerns regarding the propriety of the timing and the manner in which the process was executed. Taking issue with the intrusion during the commemoration of Giuliani’s major milestone, the spokesperson highlighted Giuliani’s significant contributions post-September 11th and his advocacy for law enforcement and first responders.

Arizona prosecutors have reportedly been trying to reach Giuliani for several weeks. Eventually, they accomplished this task by serving him the indictment during his birthday celebration.

The Arizona case falsely alleges Giuliani and others of fraudulent actions during the 2020 elections, when GOP leadership in the state forwarded official documentation for President Trump’s election status in Arizona to Congress.

As stated in the indictment papers, “Defendants and unindicted coconspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters.” But there is no such thing as a “fake electors” scheme, with competing electors a relatively common occurrence in U.S. election processes.

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PALM BEACH, Florida — Prominent conservative and former New York City Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, has been served indictment papers over his alleged involvement in the Arizona "fake electors" case. The event took place in the midst of Giuliani's 80th birthday celebration in Palm Beach, Florida, attended by MAGA figures such as Stephen K. Bannon, Dr. Gina Loudon, and National Pulse Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam. show more
May 18, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Lawfare

EXC: Trump’s 2016 Campaign Staff Say Michael Cohen Was NOT a Surrogate, Suggesting He Perjured Himself AGAIN This Week.

During a fiery cross-examination of Trump trial prosecution witness Michael Cohen, the former Trump-world lawyer, and turncoat told defense attorney Todd Blanche that while he was not part of the official 2016 Trump campaign, he was a “surrogate.” The word is a technical, political industry term for people who represent campaigns in the media.

But Cohen’s assertion of being a campaign “surrogate” has been blown apart by new details obtained by The National Pulse, leading to concern that the New York lawyer once again perjured himself on the stand, this past week.

Asked about his 2016 role, Cohen opined, under oath, “I wasn’t going to be part of it. I was just going to be a surrogate… someone who speaks on behalf of the candidate and defends him in the press. Speaks to the press, provides color, but not as a member of the campaign , but, rather, as an outside person. So, again, as to give the appearance that it’s unbiased.”

The idea that anyone would believe Cohen would be “unbiased” towards his own client in 2016 is ludicrous enough on its face. Throughout the trial, Cohen repeated this claim that he was a campaign surrogate, but the suggestion has now been dismissed by the 2016 campaign staffer who managed all surrogate activity.

“I never booked him and never referred to him as a surrogate,” 2016 Trump communications director Bryan Lanza told The National Pulse. “Trump never asked me to book him or the campaign never asked me,” he further explained, raising questions as to whose authority Cohen claims to have been acting on as a surrogate.

While media articles listing Cohen as a surrogate can be found online, the title is likely to have been misrepresented from Cohen’s end, given Lanza’s assertion that the campaign never sent him out as a surrogate. The details suggest Cohen may have perjured himself again, this week, and repeatedly throughout the New York trial.

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During a fiery cross-examination of Trump trial prosecution witness Michael Cohen, the former Trump-world lawyer, and turncoat told defense attorney Todd Blanche that while he was not part of the official 2016 Trump campaign, he was a "surrogate." The word is a technical, political industry term for people who represent campaigns in the media. show more
Biden Border
May 17, 2024
Immigration

Just 54 House Dems Vote Against Biden’s Border Madness.

The House of Representatives passed the Police Our Borders Act on Thursday, with a surprising 54 House Democrats joining the Republican majority in taking action against Joe Biden and his disastrous border crisis. The legislation demands that the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) “report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment on the experiences of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers working on issues related to immigration at the southern border of the United States.”

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) sponsored the legislation, which passed with a total of 254 in favor and just 157 against. According to the New York Republican, if signed into law, the bill would “mandate the Attorney General compile a report on the border crisis’s impacts on law enforcement agencies across the United States – quantifying the impacts of an ever-expanding crisis and allowing Congress the ability to know where best to direct future resources.”

“It is vital that Congress has a clear picture of the burden placed on law enforcement agencies across the United States as a result of President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty, and the Police Our Border Act is a crucial step in compiling that data,” D’Esposito said in a statement following the House’s adoption of his legislation.

The National Pulse has previously reported that well over 13 million illegal immigrants have entered the country since Joe Biden entered the White House in January of 2021. Even more concerning is the increasing number of Chinese and other illegals from countries hostile to the United States who’ve entered the country as the Biden government continues to allow the southern border to remain open.

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The House of Representatives passed the Police Our Borders Act on Thursday, with a surprising 54 House Democrats joining the Republican majority in taking action against Joe Biden and his disastrous border crisis. The legislation demands that the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) "report to the Congress within 180 days of enactment on the experiences of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers working on issues related to immigration at the southern border of the United States." show more
May 17, 2024
News

Biden State Dept. Issues ‘Worldwide Caution’ Alert for Americans Overseas At ‘Pride’ Celebrations.

The Biden State Department issued a “worldwide caution” alert for Americans overseas on Friday. Specifically, it noted that “LGBTQI+” individuals and “Pride” celebrations are potential targets for terrorist attacks.

“Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution,” the alert states. “The Department of State is aware of the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQI+ persons and events and advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution,” it continues. “U.S. citizens should: Stay alert in locations frequented by tourists, including Pride celebrations and venues frequented by LGBTQI+ persons.”

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reinforced the State Department’s communication. In a public statement, Blinken, echoing the department’s concerns, said that “LGBTQI+” individuals “continue to face insidious forms of stigma and discrimination.”

However, the State Department’s alert appears to be a tacit admission that mass Muslim migration into the West has brought with it a heightened risk of terrorism and Islamic extremism.

Countries that are hostile to LGBTQ individuals do not hold ‘Pride’ celebrations, but many Western nations that are friendly to such individuals and do hold “Pride” celebrations are also host to significant numbers of Muslim migrants with extremist views. Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump said that Europe had “opened its doors to jihad” by permitting mass Muslim migration.

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The Biden State Department issued a "worldwide caution" alert for Americans overseas on Friday. Specifically, it noted that "LGBTQI+" individuals and "Pride" celebrations are potential targets for terrorist attacks. show more
May 17, 2024
Lawfare

Matt Gaetz On The Trump Trial: “Anyone Who Relies on Cohen, They Lose.”

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says disgraced serial perjurer Michael Cohen has likely sunk Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump. Cohen imploded on the witness stand yesterday under cross-examination by Trump’s lead defense counsel, Todd Blanche.

“Michael Cohen in this circumstance was dog-walked through a jungle of lies, but the biggest lie he told — he was caught lying on the stand,” Gaetz said during an interview on Fox News. He continued: “Because he never spoke to Trump about the closure of this deal he supposedly orchestrated, and the jury was aghast.”

“And even the jurors who I think want to convict Trump walked out of that courtroom with their shoulders slumped because they knew Michael Cohen blew this case up. Anyone who relies on Cohen, they lose,” he added. Gaetz traveled with Trump to New York City on Thursday and was present in the courtroom for Michael Cohen‘s day-long cross-examination.

Cohen testified that he had spoken with former President Trump, confirming a nondisclosure payment to Stormy Daniels had been made. The conversation, according to Cohen, occurred over a phone call that was originally between Trump’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, and himself. However, during Thursday’s cross-examination of Cohen, Trump’s lead defense counsel, Todd Blanche, effectively dismantled the story. Blanche presented the jury with text and phone records indicating Cohen had called Schiller to discuss a 14-year-old prank caller who had been harassing Cohen — not to speak with Donald Trump.

On the witness stand, Cohen was unable to explain the discrepancy — meaning it is likely that, once again, the disgraced and disbarred attorney has perjured himself.

WATCH:

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Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says disgraced serial perjurer Michael Cohen has likely sunk Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of former President Donald J. Trump. Cohen imploded on the witness stand yesterday under cross-examination by Trump's lead defense counsel, Todd Blanche. show more
trump new york judge
May 17, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Anti-Trump Impeachment Counsel, Congressman, Sent Money DIRECTLY To Judge Merchan’s Family.

Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY) appears to have sent over $160,000 in checks to the home address of Loren Merchan — the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who presides over former President Donald J. Trump‘s Manhattan hush money trial. The National Pulse reported Tuesday that Goldman acknowledged preparing disgraced serial perjurer Michael Cohen for his cross-examination by Trump’s defense attorneys, which occurred during the trial this week.

Judge Merchan placed a gag order on former President Trump, preventing him from discussing the judge’s daughter and her company, which raises money for numerous Democrat politicians and campaign organizations. The close personal relationship between Goldman and Loren Merchan suggests a clear conflict of interest for Judge Juan Merchan. Former President Trump’s legal team has already pushed the judge several times to recuse himself.

Investigative reporter Laura Loomer first uncovered that Goldman’s Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings showed that his campaign sent its payments to Loren Merchan’s personal home address in Richmond, Virginia. Meanwhile, not a single check from the Goldman campaign was sent to the Authentic Campaign office’s address in Chicago. Goldman’s last public payment to Authentic Campaigns was made just days before the start of the hush money trial.

MERCHAN REFUSED TO RECUSE.

At the start of the hush money trial in April, attorneys for former President Trump filed a motion demanding Judge Merchan recuse himself from the proceedings. Trump’s lead counsel, Todd Blanche, argued: “In August 2023, the Court reasoned that recusal was not warranted because President Trump had presented only ‘speculative and hypothetical scenarios.’ The scenarios identified by the defense have come to pass.”

Blanche continued: “The trial in this case will benefit Authentic financially by providing its clients more fodder for fundraising, Authentic will make more money by assisting with those communications, and Your Honor’s daughter will continue to earn money from these developments by virtue of her senior role at Authentic.” The Democrat-aligned judge rejected the motion.

LOREN’S DEMOCRAT TIES.

The National Pulse has reported extensively on Judge Merchan and his daughter’s ties to powerful national Democrats and anti-Trump lawfare groups, including the Brennan Center, which sought to keep Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot. In early March, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that former President Trump would remain on the ballot for the 2024 election, where he leads the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, Joe Biden, in almost every major poll.

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Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY) appears to have sent over $160,000 in checks to the home address of Loren Merchan — the daughter of Judge Juan Merchan, who presides over former President Donald J. Trump's Manhattan hush money trial. The National Pulse reported Tuesday that Goldman acknowledged preparing disgraced serial perjurer Michael Cohen for his cross-examination by Trump's defense attorneys, which occurred during the trial this week. show more
May 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War

Russia Has Now Captured More Territory Than Ukraine Took During Its 2023 Counter-Offensive.

Russia has captured more Ukrainian territory since April, at 294 square miles, than Ukraine managed to capture across its entire 2023 counter-offensive, at 199 square miles. Russia’s gains across the past year are even greater, at 553 square miles.

Ukraine embarked on an ambitious counter-offensive in 2023 at Western urging, with forces trained in the West and armed with Western tanks and other equipment. However, only marginal gains were made in exchange for heavy losses, while the Russians were able to win a bruising battle for the fortress town of Bakhmut.

Since the beginning of 2024, the Ukrainians have been firmly on the defensive, with the Russians building up a substantial advantage in manpower and artillery and capturing another fortress town, Avdiivka, contested since hostilities between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists commenced in 2014.

Now, Russian forces have opened another front in the north-eastern Kharkov (Kharkiv) region, named for Ukraine’s second-largest city. Russian troops made quick, substantial gains despite Ukrainian forces having had well over a year to prepare defenses, with reports suggesting much of the money for fortifications may have been diverted to fake companies.

‘FANTASTICAL’ WESTERN GOALS. 

The Kharkov offensive has seemingly involved only a relatively small number of troops, but has forced Zelensky to divert forces to the region despite his forces already being spread thin in the eastern Donbass (Donbas) region, which has been the epicenter of the war for months now.

Russian forces have also begun pressing Ukrainian lines in the south, where the Ukrainians made some of their modest gains last year.

Even with a multi-billion dollar aid package for Ukraine having been passed, it seems doubtful Zelensky can organize another counter-offensive any time soon. U.S. officials have lamented a “mountain of steel” was built up for the 2023 counter-offensive, and the equipment to build up another mountain “doesn’t exist.”

America First lawmaker J.D. Vance has further warned that however much aid Congress approves for Zelensky, the U.S. lacks the military-industrial capacity to meet Ukraine’s needs, particularly with respect to artillery production.

“Russia could soon have a 10-to-1 artillery advantage over Ukraine… Russia’s current advantage is at least 5 to 1, even after all the money we have poured into the conflict. Neither of these ratios plausibly lead to Ukrainian victory,” Vance stressed in April, urging Zelensky and the Biden regime to give up their “fantastical” war goals of a total Russian rout, including from Crimea, and come to a negotiated peace.

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Russia has captured more Ukrainian territory since April, at 294 square miles, than Ukraine managed to capture across its entire 2023 counter-offensive, at 199 square miles. Russia's gains across the past year are even greater, at 553 square miles. show more
lgbt policy
May 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Education

OBEY THE GAY: Parents Can’t Opt Children Out of LGBTQ Lessons, Federal Judges Rule.

A federal court is upholding a Maryland district policy barring parents of young K-5 children from opting them out of lessons on gender identity and sexuality. The mandate, implemented by the Montgomery County Public Schools board in March 2023, was upheld by a 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Christian, Jewish, and Muslim parents argued through their representatives from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty that the new policy infringed upon their rights to direct their children’s education and freely practice their faith. They highlighted books involved in the LGBTQ curriculum such as The Pride Puppy, Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, and Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope, which were argued to be unsuitable for young children.

The parents also took issue with how staff were directed to handle questions or concerns about the LGBTQ content in the curriculum. Teachers’ guidance suggests that, for example, if a student says “a girl… can only like boys because she’s a girl,” a teacher can “[d]isrupt the either/or thinking by saying something like: actually, people of any gender can like whoever they like.”

Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., dissenting against the two judges who upheld the opt-out ban, said the school board was forcing parents to compromise their religious beliefs or forego a public education for their children, infringing their constitutional rights.

“I also find that the board’s actions, at least under this record, were neither neutral nor generally applicable,” he said.

The parents’ representatives say they intend to appeal to the Supreme Court, which is mainly comprised of conservative justices thanks to Donald Trump.

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A federal court is upholding a Maryland district policy barring parents of young K-5 children from opting them out of lessons on gender identity and sexuality. The mandate, implemented by the Montgomery County Public Schools board in March 2023, was upheld by a 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. show more