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November 15, 2024
News

Vax Stocks DOWN Amidst RFK HHS Fears.

Shares of major vaccine manufacturers fell in premarket trading following the announcement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the prospective Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President-elect Donald Trump. Kennedy, known for his commitment to ending America’s chronic disease epidemic and skepticism of mass vaccinations, is causing panic among Big Pharma executives.

Prominent pharmaceutical corporations such as Moderna, Novavax, and BioNTech showed declines exceeding two percent in early trading in New York. Across the Atlantic, European companies like Sanofi and GSK experienced similar downward trends. Analysts attributed these declines to concerns over Kennedy’s potential to disrupt established ties between Big Pharma and government agencies. Kennedy has led initiatives questioning the integrity and effectiveness of federal agencies in vaccine oversight.

While there is now a Republican-majority Senate, speculation remains about Kennedy’s confirmation prospects. Some, like Rick Weissenstein of the TD Cowen investment banking corporation, believe he might not be confirmed, though a recess appointment could be possible.

Despite media hysteria over Kennedy’s vaccine skepticism, outlets such as POLITICO once touted the former Democrat possibly joining Barack Obama’s administration. In 2008, it was reported that his appointment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would please then-Senator Hillary Clinton, given his background as an environmental lawyer fighting for clean rivers and other improvements.

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Shares of major vaccine manufacturers fell in premarket trading following the announcement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the prospective Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President-elect Donald Trump. Kennedy, known for his commitment to ending America's chronic disease epidemic and skepticism of mass vaccinations, is causing panic among Big Pharma executives. show more
November 15, 2024
William Upton
News

Only ‘Queer, Trans, & Latiné’ Need Apply According to Staffer in D.C. Mayor’s Office.

A Washington, D.C. city government employee in Mayor Muriel Bowser‘s office is pushing specifically for “queer, trans, and Latiné folks” to apply for government jobs—seemingly excluding heterosexuals and others. Alexis Vida Rangel, the Director of Operations for the D.C. Mayor, made the potentially discriminatory remarks in a post on the professional networking website LinkedIn.

“Queer folks, trans folks, and Latiné folks in DC: If you or someone you know is looking for work, please consider District government,” Vida Rangel wrote, adding: “With a workforce of more than 37,000 people, there are all kinds of positions available and new postings all the time. Whether on the political appointments side or the career service side, I’m happy to share resources, help navigate what’s available, and sharpen your resume & interview skills.”

While not explicitly discriminatory, as Vida Rangel’s post does not appear to be limiting applicants overtly, it is still concerning that a government employee is seemingly attempting to circumvent equal opportunity employment provisions. Additionally, overt political posts by Vida Rangel on LinkedIn—co-founded by anti-Trump billionaire and Epstein Island guest Reid Hoffman—are fairly common and raise concerns about impartiality.

Following last week’s 2024 presidential election, the D.C. government employee wrote: “The next few years are going to be devastating for people me, with WH and Senate leadership focused on demonizing my communities. My eyes and my hopes are on the remaining House races. The House majority will tell us exactly how bad this is going to be.”

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A Washington, D.C. city government employee in Mayor Muriel Bowser's office is pushing specifically for "queer, trans, and Latiné folks" to apply for government jobs—seemingly excluding heterosexuals and others. Alexis Vida Rangel, the Director of Operations for the D.C. Mayor, made the potentially discriminatory remarks in a post on the professional networking website LinkedIn. show more
November 15, 2024
News

Boat Supplier to Migrant Smugglers Arrested.

A Turkish man suspected of supplying equipment to people smugglers has been apprehended at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The 44-year-old suspect is accused of being a major provider of small boats and engines to smugglers operating in northern France and Belgium, who have ferried tens of thousands of boat migrants to England.

According to Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA), the man transported supplies from Turkey, stored them in Germany, and then moved them to northern France. Authorities managed to detain him upon learning of his travel from Turkey to the Netherlands. Following his arrest, he faces extradition to Belgium for human smuggling charges.

Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claims the arrest is a crucial “piece of the jigsaw” in tackling illegal Channel crossings. However, deportations remain low, and English Channel crossings have actually accelerated since Labour took power in July. Despite Starmer’s claims he will “smash the gangs,” his refusal to turn away or remove boat migrants at scale means the smugglers’ business model will remain profitable.

The ongoing Channel crisis is taking a dire toll, with over 50 lives lost this year and more than 32,000 individuals making the hazardous journey across the English Channel in 2024, surpassing last year’s total of 29,437 crossings.

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A Turkish man suspected of supplying equipment to people smugglers has been apprehended at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The 44-year-old suspect is accused of being a major provider of small boats and engines to smugglers operating in northern France and Belgium, who have ferried tens of thousands of boat migrants to England. show more
November 15, 2024
Election 2024
Media

Anti-Trump Editor of Historic Magazine Faces Reckoning.

Laura Helmuth has stepped down from her role as editor-in-chief of Scientific American. The magazine, recognized as the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States since its inception in 1845, announced her departure on Thursday. Helmuth’s exit follows a series of foul-mouthed posts she made online attacking supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump.

The remarks on X alternative Bluesky, which were later deleted, included attacks on notable Trump allies, such as Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. “As a stepparent, stepchild, half-sib and half-aunt I just cannot WAIT for whoever Kamala Harris’s VP pick is,” she said following Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate, adding: “Kick J.D. Vance’s bigoted, misogynistic, white supremacist carcass to the f***ing MOON.”

As Trump’s election win was unfolding, she posted, “I apologize to younger voters that my Gen X is so full of f***ing fascists,” adding: “Solidarity to everybody whose meanest, dumbest, most bigoted high-school classmates are celebrating early results because f**k them to the moon and back.”

She also described the State of Indiana as “racist and sexist” and branded vaccine skeptics “f***ing ghouls.”

Helmuth apologized for her posts and described them as an inappropriate reaction to the election results, asserting that her comments did not represent the views of Scientific American or its staff. She claimed to be committed to impartiality and respectful dialogue in media.

Previously, Scientific American stirred controversy with its first presidential endorsement in 2020, supporting Joe Biden, and continued endorsement of Democratic candidates, including Kamala Harris, in September. In addition to this political activism, readers have questioned the magazine’s increasing focus on social issues like race and gender.

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Laura Helmuth has stepped down from her role as editor-in-chief of Scientific American. The magazine, recognized as the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States since its inception in 1845, announced her departure on Thursday. Helmuth's exit follows a series of foul-mouthed posts she made online attacking supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump. show more
November 14, 2024
William Upton
Data
Immigration

American Voters Overwhelming Support President-Elect Trump’s Plan to Deport Illegal Immigrants.

A new survey of likely voters suggests an unprecedented level of support for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s plan to deport the over 20 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States. Trump has stated that the initial phase will begin with the deportation of individuals identified as dangerous and violent criminals—including members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).

The poll, conducted by Rassmussen Reports following the 2024 presidential election, indicates 76 percent of respondents believe it is important that the government stop illegal immigration. Additionally, 64 percent of likely voters responding to the survey say they approve of President-elect Trump’s plan to enact “the largest deportation program in American history.”

Voters also indicated they overwhelmingly believe that Trump will make good on his deportation pledge, with 72 percent saying it is likely “that Trump will keep his promise.”

Some of the strongest support for a government crackdown on illegal immigration comes from Hispanic voters, with 70 percent saying stopping individuals from unlawfully entering the United States is important to them. Hispanic voters, by the same percentage, also say they approve of Trump’s deportation plans.

Even among Democrats, border security is an important issue. According to the Rassmussen Reports data, 61 percent of Democrat likely voters say stopping illegal immigration is important to them. Nearly 40 percent of Democrats say they approve of Trump’s plan to deport the over 20 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States.

The data suggests that President-elect Trump has strong national and bipartisan support to act swiftly and aggressively to end the nation’s illegal immigration crisis at the southern border and remove those who have unlawfully entered the country. Earlier this week, Trump announced the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Tom Homan, will oversee the deportation program as his border and immigration czar.

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A new survey of likely voters suggests an unprecedented level of support for President-elect Donald J. Trump's plan to deport the over 20 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States. Trump has stated that the initial phase will begin with the deportation of individuals identified as dangerous and violent criminals—including members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). show more
November 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Fact Check
Immigration

Pelosi’s Claim Illegal Immigration was Higher Under Trump Debunked: Four Pinocchios.

The Washington Post has assigned “four Pinocchios” to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she claimed “fewer [migrants] came in under President Joe Biden than came under Donald Trump.” According to the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper, “It’s a documented fact that at least four times as many migrants entered the United States under Biden than under Trump.”

Aides to Pelosi, 84, subsequently claimed she intended to say that Biden is on course to deport more migrants than President-elect Trump did in his first term, citing a Reuters article. However, the WaPo notes that, even if this were truly what Pelosi intended to say, it is still wrong, and “Biden almost certainly will have fewer deportations than Trump” overall by the end of his term.

“When we dig deeper in the numbers, her statement veers even more off course,” the newspaper continued, noting that most Biden-era deportations are relatively straightforward affairs conducted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Meanwhile, deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have collapsed.

Under Trump, ICE deportations were 72,500 in 2017, 81,860 in 2018, 72,710 in 2019, and 52,870 in 2020. Biden managed only 28,250 ICE deportations in 2021, 25,470 in 2022, 39,170 in 2023, and 35,850 through July 2024.

The Washington Post fact-check gave Pelosi’s border claims four Pinocchios out of a possible four, reserved for untruths considered “Whoppers.”

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The Washington Post has assigned "four Pinocchios" to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she claimed "fewer [migrants] came in under President Joe Biden than came under Donald Trump." According to the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper, "It’s a documented fact that at least four times as many migrants entered the United States under Biden than under Trump." show more
November 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
TECH

‘GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET!’ – Seinfeld Actor Rage Quits X.

Jason Alexander, the 65-year-old actor best known for portraying the hapless George Costanza in Seinfeld, has rage quit X, formerly Twitter, following President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on November 5. Alexander joins several left-liberal public figures and organizations to have exited the platform, whose owner, Elon Musk, campaigned for Trump, in a fit of pique following the election.

“Well, everyone that cares… I am leaving this platform permanently. I will post this and then delete my account. For those who enjoy me, Im on Insta, Threads, and BlueSky [sic],” he wrote, referring to the X alternative set up by Jack Dorsey.

“I wish you all well. Take care and be good to each other. Best wishes always,” he added.

While some exiles from X have left their accounts dormant, leaving the option of returning open, Alexander deleted his entirely shortly after announcing his departure—perhaps irked by the flood of George Costanza memes and messages thanking him for “self-deporting” that the announcement prompted.

He had been heavily invested in the Democratic election campaign, fundraising for the party through the ActBlue platform, only to see it lose the White House, House of Representatives, and Senate to Trump.

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Jason Alexander, the 65-year-old actor best known for portraying the hapless George Costanza in Seinfeld, has rage quit X, formerly Twitter, following President-elect Donald J. Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on November 5. Alexander joins several left-liberal public figures and organizations to have exited the platform, whose owner, Elon Musk, campaigned for Trump, in a fit of pique following the election. show more
November 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

MSNBC Faces Backlash Over Al Sharpton’s Pre-Interview Payment from Kamala Harris.

MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton is facing criticism following reports that his non-profit received $500,000 from Kamala Harris’s campaign ahead of a softball interview with the Vice President. Financial records indicated that the Harris-Walz campaign made two payments, each amounting to $250,000, to Sharpton’s National Action Network on September 5 and October 1.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is among those voicing concerns over the payments, suggesting there were attempts to  “manipulate the audience” when Sharpton interviewed Harris on MSNBC.

The then-Democratic candidate effusively praised Sharpton during the appearance, calling him ‘Rev’ and saying, “You have been such an extraordinary leader over all of your years. You have been a voice of truth, a voice of conscience.”

Sharpton has been described as a “genuine bigot” even in The New York Times, with Brown University professor Glenn Loury calling him “an ambulance-chasing, anti-Semitic, anti-white race hustler.”

Former Congressman John Linder says the Harris-Sharpton MSNBC interview was effectively a “campaign commercial,” with the host echoing the Democratic nominee’s campaign talking points and criticizing rival candidate Donald J. Trump.

The Harris campaign’s financial management generally has been questioned, with reports indicating it spent over $1 billion and still ended up $20 million in debt. Expenditures reportedly included paying around a million dollars to a company owned by billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Harris on the campaign trail.

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MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton is facing criticism following reports that his non-profit received $500,000 from Kamala Harris's campaign ahead of a softball interview with the Vice President. Financial records indicated that the Harris-Walz campaign made two payments, each amounting to $250,000, to Sharpton's National Action Network on September 5 and October 1. show more
November 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

Sydney Sweeney Slams Hollywood’s ‘Women Empowering Women’ Narrative as Fake.

Sydney Sweeney says the narrative of  “women empowering other women” in Hollywood is a sham. “It’s very disheartening to see women tear other women down, especially when women who are successful in other avenues of their industry see younger talent working really hard—hoping to achieve whatever dreams that they may have—and then trying to bash and discredit any work that they’ve done,” she told Vanity Fair.

Sweeney was personally targeted by octogenarian Hollywood producer Carol Baum, who said of her, “Explain this girl to me. She’s not pretty, she can’t act. Why is she so hot?”

“This entire industry, all people say is ‘Women empowering other women.’ None of it’s happening,” Sweeney said of the controversy. “All of it is fake and a front for all the other shit that they say behind everyone’s back.”

The 27-year-old suggested there is an issue with women feeling only one of them can be “at the top,” and so “all the others feel like they have to fight each other or take that one woman down instead of being like, ‘let’s all lift each other up.'”

“I’m still trying to figure it out. I’m just trying my best over here. Why am I getting attacked?” she asked.

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Sydney Sweeney says the narrative of  "women empowering other women" in Hollywood is a sham. "It’s very disheartening to see women tear other women down, especially when women who are successful in other avenues of their industry see younger talent working really hard—hoping to achieve whatever dreams that they may have—and then trying to bash and discredit any work that they’ve done," she told Vanity Fair. show more
Border Invasion
November 14, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Immigration

Clinton & Obama Economist Admits Illegal Immigrants Suppress Wages.

Former Bill Clinton administration Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who also served as Director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama, is tacitly admitting that the federal government and state governments tolerate illegal immigration because it suppresses the wages of American workers. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Democrat economist and former President of Harvard University argued that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s plans to deport illegal immigrants en masse would tighten the labor market. Summers contends the subsequent rising wages would be inflationary.

“I think every sensible American thinks we need to do more to secure our border. But if you’re talking about deporting millions of people, that is an invitation to labor shortage and bottlenecks,” Summers wrote on Thursday. He added: “I hope Trump will get the message from this election and adjust his program so that it is not inflationary. I certainly hope that if his program is inflationary, it will not be accommodated by the Federal Reserve.”

Summers’s post exemplifies the likely line of attack corporate lobbyists and  Democrats on Capitol Hill will take against Trump’s immigration crackdown. However, his argument belies the fact that rising wages would cause the inflationary pressures he is referring to—an acknowledgment that mass immigration, and especially illegal immigration, is used to artificially keep the cost of labor lower than its actual market value.

The National Pulse previously reported that the unchecked flow of cheap illegal immigrant labor likely had a deflationary effect in late 2023. Even more concerning, government data suggests a large swath of the native-born American workforce has been replaced by foreign-born labor under Joe Biden, potentially increasing the downward pressure on wages further.

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Former Bill Clinton administration Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who also served as Director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama, is tacitly admitting that the federal government and state governments tolerate illegal immigration because it suppresses the wages of American workers. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Democrat economist and former President of Harvard University argued that President-elect Donald J. Trump's plans to deport illegal immigrants en masse would tighten the labor market. Summers contends the subsequent rising wages would be inflationary. show more