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Iceland
November 10, 2023
News
Science
World

23,000 Earthquakes in Just Weeks Raise Fears of Volcanic Eruption.

Iceland has recorded thousands of earthquakes, localized in the Reykjanes Peninsula, in recent days, with the Nordic country evacuating its famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa amid fears of a possible volcanic eruption.

The effects of the recent earthquakes were felt as far as Borgarnes town, 51 kilometers (~32 miles) away from the peninsula. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) has documented more than 23,000 tremors since October, including an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 on November 2nd, the largest spike in activity since tremors began.

The Reykjanes Peninsula laid dormant for an estimated 800 years before an eruption in 2021. There are around 130 volcanoes across the island nation, most of which are active.

The country’s weather service says it is monitoring the situation, somewhat downplaying the activity by noting “the seismic activity… is an example of this episodic seismic activity that can be expected while magma accumulation is in progress,” and that larger earthquakes “[do] not necessarily mean an increased rate of magma accumulation.”

 

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Iceland has recorded thousands of earthquakes, localized in the Reykjanes Peninsula, in recent days, with the Nordic country evacuating its famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa amid fears of a possible volcanic eruption. show more
November 9, 2023
News

Trump Reacts to Manchin’s Refusal to Seek Re-Election.

Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat from West Virginia, made public on Thursday his decision not to pursue re-election to the U.S. Senate. In a video shared online, he stated, “After months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, I believe in my heart of hearts that I’ve accomplished what I set out to do for West Virginia.” Acknowledging the frequent contention his cross-aisle collaborations have invited, Sen. Manchin expressed his continued belief in the importance of unity and bipartisanship.

Further shedding light on future plans, Sen. Manchin announced his intention to travel across the nation to assess the potential for a “movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together.” This statement has sparked speculation about a possible independent or third-party bid for the presidency. He emphasized the need for overcoming the increasing divide between Democrats and Republicans, claiming that Americans are weary of persistent partisanship.

Recognized by a non-profit organization as the most bipartisan member of the Senate, Sen. Manchin has often had a strained relationship with his party, contributing to conjectures of him considering independent politics. This speculation was given further traction when he attended a “No Labels” event in New Hampshire this summer. Although Manchin quelled immediate concerning about third-party aspirations at the time, he stated he “never ruled out anything or [ruled] in anything.”

Former President Donald Trump reacted to the news on his Truth Social feed, stating: “Because I Endorsed Big Jim Justice of West Virginia for the U.S. Senate, and he has taken a commanding lead, Democrat Joe Manchin has decided not to seek re-election. Looking good for Big Jim!”

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Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat from West Virginia, made public on Thursday his decision not to pursue re-election to the U.S. Senate. In a video shared online, he stated, "After months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, I believe in my heart of hearts that I've accomplished what I set out to do for West Virginia." Acknowledging the frequent contention his cross-aisle collaborations have invited, Sen. Manchin expressed his continued belief in the importance of unity and bipartisanship. show more
November 9, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Bannon Appeals 4 Month Prison Term.

Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counsel to Donald Trump Steve Bannon‘s legal team are appearing in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday in an effort to overturn his four-month prison sentence after he refused to cooperate  with the House January 6 committee last year.

“The lower court erred by prohibiting Mr. Bannon from putting his defenses before the jury in this case, in violation of his rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments to the United States Constitution,” argued Bannon’s attorney, David Schoen, in a court brief earlier this year.

“Bannon was barred from putting on any evidence or argument that he believed he responded to the subpoena in the only way the law permitted once executive privilege was invoked, and that he acted in the manner his experienced lawyer directed him that he had to act as a matter of law,” Schoen further explained.

Bannon, the host of Bannon’s War Room, was handed a four-month prison sentence as well as a $6,500 fine in October 2022. Despite this, he continues to argue he should have been permitted executive privilege and other defenses before the trial’s jury. He further insists on his innocence because he relied on his attorney’s advice as well as legal opinions from within the Department of Justice.

His legal team will appear before a panel of three justices. Oral argument is scheduled for 2 p.m., with both Bannon and the prosecution allotted ten minutes.

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Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counsel to Donald Trump Steve Bannon's legal team are appearing in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday in an effort to overturn his four-month prison sentence after he refused to cooperate  with the House January 6 committee last year. show more
November 9, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Catholic Church Allows Trannies To Be Baptized.

The Vatican announced that transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church, witnesses at religious weddings, and become godparents on Wednesday, representing the continued liberalization of the Christian denomination under Pope Francis‘s premiership.

The decision, approved by the Pontiff on October 31, was announced in response to six questions sent to the Vatican by Brazilian Bishop Jose Negri of Santo Amaro, who sought clarification regarding LGBT involvement in the church.

“A transgender person, even if they have undergone hormone therapy and sex-reassignment surgery, can receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful, if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating a public scandal or disorientation among the faithful,” the Vatican stated.

However, priests may refuse to baptize a transgender person if “there is a danger of scandal, undue legitimisation or disorientation in the educational sphere of the church community.”

The church also now permits gay people to be witnesses at Catholic weddings but does not allow them to be godparents to baptized children.

The announcement comes soon after Pope Francis suggested he was open to blessing same-sex relationships on a case-by-case basis last month.

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The Vatican announced that transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church, witnesses at religious weddings, and become godparents on Wednesday, representing the continued liberalization of the Christian denomination under Pope Francis's premiership. show more
November 9, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Crime
News

DOJ Busts Sex-Ring Frequented by Politicians, Military, & Pharma Execs.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has arrested three men for running “sophisticated high-end brothels” servicing customers including “elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors that possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists and accountants, among others.”

Per the DOJ, “[i]nterested sex buyers were allegedly required to provide employer information and references before booking appointments,” raising the possibility that the network was being utilized to gain “kompromat” on U.S. officials.

Han ‘Hana’ Lee, 41, and Junmyung Lee, 30, both of Massachusetts, and James Lee, 68, of California, have been charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity for operating the brothels in greater Boston and eastern Virginia.

The network appears to have been highly lucrative, with rent for the locations it used running as high as $3,664 per month, and prostitutes being trafficked primarily from Asia.

The network’s so-called “verification process” for so-called “sex buyers,” required customers to “complete a form providing their full names, email address, phone number, employer and reference if they had one.”

None of the alleged “sex buyers” have had their identities disclosed as of the time of publication, however, despite many being high-status individuals with roles in government and access to sensitive information.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has arrested three men for running "sophisticated high-end brothels" servicing customers including "elected officials, high tech and pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers, government contractors that possess security clearances, professors, attorneys, scientists and accountants, among others." show more
yanise arab
November 9, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Education
World

WATCH: College Prof Screams at Jewish Student ‘Go Back to Poland!’

A college professor at the University of Montreal has allegedly been caught on camera telling a Jewish student to “go back to Poland,” as well as screaming expletives such as “your mother is a whore” and “son of a bitch” in Hebrew.

Social media sleuths were quick to identify lecturer Yanise Arab as the culprit at the incident that took place at Concordia University on Wednesday, November 8th 2023.

https://twitter.com/AntisemitismCA/status/1722589743622270985

Arab, whose university profile describes him as an expert on the State of Palestine, colonization and decolonization, emigration and immigration, and “modern times”, did not respond to a request for comment from The National Pulse.

The incident began when Jewish students were raising awareness about hostages held by Hamas, and an anti-Israel counter-protest ensued. Two security guards aged 54 and 19, as well as a student aged 23, are reported injured. A 22-year-old student arrested for the attack on the older security guard.

“These anti-Semitic and violent acts are completely unacceptable and must be condemned by all,” said Yair Szlak, who heads the Canadian Jewish organization Federation CJA.

The news comes as a day after college professor Loay Alnaji was identified as the killer of Jewish protestor Paul Kessler in California.

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A college professor at the University of Montreal has allegedly been caught on camera telling a Jewish student to "go back to Poland," as well as screaming expletives such as "your mother is a whore" and "son of a bitch" in Hebrew. show more
November 8, 2023
William Upton
Election Integrity

‘Coding Error’ Causes Voting Machines To Flip Votes On PA Ballot Question.

A so-called “coding error” caused voting machines in an eastern Pennsylvania county to malfunction and erroneously tabulate votes on a ballot question asking whether two Superior Court Judges should be retained. Northampton County, Pennsylvania executive Lamont McClure said if a voter marked ‘Yes’ on their ballot the machine tabulated it as a ‘No’, and vice-versa.

The malfunction impacted all 300 of Northampton County’s voting machines according to McClure. The Pennsylvania Department of State said the error was isolated to machines in Northampton and only impacted the retention question for the two judges. No other races on Tuesday’s election ballot were impacted.

Election Systems & Software, the company which manufactured and programed the voting machines, acknowledged they were responsible for tabulation issue. The company claimed the malfunction was the result of human error and was not caught during testing.

After the issue was discovered, the county obtained a court order to continue using the machines despite the malfunction. McClure said election officials would correct the election results for the two judges when the votes are tabulated. The Northampton County executive downplayed the situation calling the malfunction a “relatively minor glitch” and emphasized “everybody’s vote’s going to count.”

The National Pulse previously reported most voting machines will not meet new federal standards in time for the 2024 election, renewing concerns about legitimacy of the results. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has refused to address serious concerns about vulnerabilities in the state’s Dominion voting machines raised in the Halderman Report.

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A so-called "coding error" caused voting machines in an eastern Pennsylvania county to malfunction and erroneously tabulate votes on a ballot question asking whether two Superior Court Judges should be retained. Northampton County, Pennsylvania executive Lamont McClure said if a voter marked 'Yes' on their ballot the machine tabulated it as a 'No', and vice-versa. show more
November 8, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Mississippi’s MAGA Governor, Tate Reeves, Triumphs.

Republican Governor of Mississippi Tate Reeves secured a second gubernatorial term in the Magnolia State, winning a clear majority of the vote against Democratic challenger Brandon Presley and therefore avoiding a run-off election. The sitting governor took 52 percent of the vote (404,926 votes) compared to Presley’s 47 percent (362,601).

“Mississippi has momentum, and this is Mississippi’s time,” Governor Reeves announced after the results to cheering supports in the state capital of Jackson on Tuesday night.

“This victory … it’s really about the direction that our state will go over the next four years,” he added.

Republicans have held the Mississippi governorship for the last two decades. The last Democrat to win in the state was Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election. The race was unusually close between Reeves and Presley, though the state’s electorate preferred Reeves’ focus on job creation, low unemployment, and improvements to education.

Reeves was also endorsed by former President Donald Trump going into the race, with Don Jr, the son of the 45th President, posting on X (formerly Twitter), “Hey Mississippi don’t let some psychopath democrat take over and destroy your great state. It’s Election Day, get out and vote for Trump-endorsed [Tate Reeves] for Governor! MAGA!

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Republican Governor of Mississippi Tate Reeves secured a second gubernatorial term in the Magnolia State, winning a clear majority of the vote against Democratic challenger Brandon Presley and therefore avoiding a run-off election. The sitting governor took 52 percent of the vote (404,926 votes) compared to Presley's 47 percent (362,601). show more
November 8, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Trump’s Fortune Increases by Half a Billion as NY AG Whines Over Valuations. 

Donald Trump’s net worth has increased by approximately $500 million since he left the White House, despite a Democrat attorney general and judge trying to undermine his business empire in New York.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index – unlikely to be especially sympathetic to Trump, given his public humiliation of ‘Mini’ Michael Bloomberg – reports the former president’s fortune has risen from $2.6 billion to $3.1 billion.

“Trump’s businesses are proving resilient in the face of a gloomy real estate market,” Bloomberg concedes, noting the MAGA kingpin’s Mar-a-Lago Club is prospering and revenues from his golf course have “surged,” leaving him “sitting on more cash and less leverage than at any point in the past decade.”

In New York, Attorney General Letitia ‘Tish’ James is taking Trump and his business empire to court for civil fraud, claiming he overvalued his net worth. Judge Arthur Engoron, who has donated thousands of dollars to the Democrats, ruled Trump was liable before hearings even began, and had a red-faced courtroom meltdown when the former president testified in person yesterday and called out his bias.

Engoron’s valuation of Mar-a-Lago at less than $30 million has proven one of the most controversial aspects of the case, with Bloomberg not agreeing with Trump’s $612.1 million valuation but still going far beyond the New York valuation with an estimate of $240 million.

The outlet could offer little defense of the New York valuation, quoting a Palm Beach real estate expert who said it was “a shock to the real estate community and anybody with any understanding of the island and its values.”

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Donald Trump's net worth has increased by approximately $500 million since he left the White House, despite a Democrat attorney general and judge trying to undermine his business empire in New York. show more
ukraine
November 7, 2023
William Upton
War
World

Zelensky Says Those Calling for Ukrainian Elections Are ‘Irresponsible’.

In a Monday video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said calls for holding an election are irresponsible in the midst of the nation’s ongoing military conflict with Russia. “We all understand that now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is utterly irresponsible to engage in topics related to an election in such a frivolous manner,” Zelensky said, before adding: “I believe that it’s not the right time for elections.”

The prospects of Zelensky moving forward with the 2024 Ukrainian presidential election have been murky for some time. Over 100 NGOs, several of which are funded by George Soros, recently made a public appeal asking that the elections be delayed. The ostensibly pro-democracy groups reasoned that an election could risk a “loss of legitimacy” for Zelensky’s government and undermine the war effort if he underperforms expectations. ““Elections alone do not constitute democracy,” the groups argued.

Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska appeared uncertain whether her husband would even run for re-election should they be held. While in Washington, D.C. with her husband to lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill for billions more in U.S. taxpayer dollars to be sent to Ukraine as military aid, the Ukrainian first lady appeared to indicate she was encouraging her husband to bow out of politics.

“Even when he ran for the first time, I didn’t fully endorse it,” Olena Zelenska said on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’. “But if he runs again, if he runs for the second time, if he decided it is necessary — well, we have some experience, we’ve been there.” Zelenska went on to suggest next year’s election may not occur at all.

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In a Monday video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said calls for holding an election are irresponsible in the midst of the nation's ongoing military conflict with Russia. "We all understand that now, in wartime, when there are many challenges, it is utterly irresponsible to engage in topics related to an election in such a frivolous manner," Zelensky said, before adding: "I believe that it’s not the right time for elections." show more