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gaetz chutkan
August 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Matt Gaetz Moves to Censure Trump’s D.C. Indictment Judge.

House Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has introduced a resolution to censure and condemn Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal prosecutor overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. criminal indictment, arguing her open bias and partisanship ought to exclude her from presiding over the case.

Gaetz’s resolution, entitled “Censuring and condemning United States District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan” was submitted to the House of Representatives last Friday, and demands the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee investigate Chutkan for conducting her court with “open bias.”

“Judge Tanya Chutkan’s extreme sentencing of January 6th defendants, while openly supporting the violent Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, showcases a complete disregard for her duty of impartiality and the rule of law,” Gaetz stated in a press release after announcing the resolution, before adding:

“Justice may be blind, but the American people are not – we see Judge Chutkan for her actions, and we rebuke them in the greatest possible sense.”

It has been revealed that the Jamaican-born federal prosecutor, appointed by former President Barack Obama, donated several thousand dollars to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. She is also a close relative of Frank and Kenneth Hill, with the latter described by the former Governor of Jamaica, Sir Arthur Richards, as “probably the most dangerous subversive agent in Jamaica.”

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House Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has introduced a resolution to censure and condemn Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, the federal prosecutor overseeing former President Donald Trump's Washington D.C. criminal indictment, arguing her open bias and partisanship ought to exclude her from presiding over the case. show more
woke
August 21, 2023
Culture
News
Politics

GOP Voters Are Over ‘Woke’.

Republican presidential candidates at the Iowa State Fair last week barely mentioned the term “woke,” signaling a possible shift in their messaging strategy since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis oversaturated his campaign with the word, early on.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and indeed DeSantis, who once heavily criticized wokeness, downplayed their use of the term in their speeches, with voters suggesting the phrase, alongside “mind virus” is both vague and a second tier concern in the upcoming election.

Polling suggests Republican voters are more responsive to bread-and-butter issues like tax cuts and crime reduction.

Iowa voters in attendance had mixed views on the matter, with some expressing concern over the infusion of left-wing ideology into public life, and wokeness described as anger, dishonesty, and an attempt to change the face of America. The definition of woke varies, however, from person to person. Polling showed only a quarter of respondents preferred a candidate focused on combating woke ideology, with a majority favoring a candidate who emphasizes law and order.

Candidates such as DeSantis and Ramaswamy have altered their messaging to address broader themes related to parental decision-making rather than using the buzzword “woke.” These candidates are still discussing anti-woke themes; they have just moved away from explicit usage of the term. The shift in messaging reflects a response to changing public perception and a desire to connect with Republican voters on a broader range of issues.

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Republican presidential candidates at the Iowa State Fair last week barely mentioned the term "woke," signaling a possible shift in their messaging strategy since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis oversaturated his campaign with the word, early on. show more
listless vessels
August 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

‘Listless Vessels’ Insult Sends DeSantis Camp into Tailspin.

Ron DeSantis insulted supporters of former President Donald J. Trump as “listless vessels,” in an interview aired this weekend, with MAGA-world comparing the jab to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” moment and seizing on the comments to highlight the Florida Governor’s marriage of convenience-only with America First politics.

DeSantis told interviewer Will Witt:

“The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people and that’s got to be based in principle, because if you’re not rooted in principle, if all we are is listless vessels that’s just supposed to follow… whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement.”

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Make American Great Again Inc., responded: “To Hillary Clinton, Trump supporters are ‘deplorables.’ To Ron DeSantis, they are ‘listless vessels’…The truth is, Trump supporters are patriots. DeSantis must immediately apologize for his disgraceful insult.”

DeSantis is not alone in expressing his disdain for Trump supporters, which represent up to 70 percent of the Republican base today. Matt Wells, chairman of the Florida Governor’s Never Back Down PAC, attacked the American South and Southerners as “degenerates” in comments made last week. The Governor distanced himself from his own online operation, directed by open borders enthusiast Christina Pushaw, which routinely seeks to attack Trump supporters on social media.

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Ron DeSantis insulted supporters of former President Donald J. Trump as "listless vessels," in an interview aired this weekend, with MAGA-world comparing the jab to Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" moment and seizing on the comments to highlight the Florida Governor's marriage of convenience-only with America First politics. show more

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the national pulse
August 20, 2023
Jake Welch
News

The National Pulse’s Top 10 Articles of the Week (Aug 14 – 20).

The National Pulse has published nearly 200 news articles in August. In case you missed them, here are 10 of the most important stories of this week. If you haven’t yet joined the Pulse+, come and support our work and enjoy a mountain of extras, here.

  1. REVEALED: Obama Confessed ‘I Make Love to Men Daily’ in College Love Letter.
    “Barack Obama confessed to having sex with men “daily,” but only “in the imagination,” according to a bizarre letter sent to a lover in 1982.”
  2. Germany Considers BANNING Right-Wing Populist AfD Party.
    “Germany is considering a ban on the country’s right-wing, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party, with a number of high-ranking politicians and NGOs ironically suggesting the measure could be used in an effort to ‘defend democracy.'”
  3. Trump J6 Judge Worked at Fusion GPs, Burisma Law Firm
    “U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan – currently presiding over the Trump January 6th trial prosecuted by the Biden Justice Department – previously worked at a law firm that represented Russia hoax dossier firm Fusion GPS.”
  4. EXC – Trump Hosts Townhall With 130+ GOP Lawmakers: Talks Vaccines, 2024 Plans, & Explains The Lindsay Graham Thing.
    “Former President Donald Trump held a private town hall with over 130 state Freedom Caucus lawmakers on Monday August 14th, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.” 
  5. DeSantis Sinks to 8% With Just 38% of His Backers ‘Certain’ of Their Choice.
    “Scott Rasmussen’s RMG Research has found Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sinking to just eight points in their latest poll, with former President Donald J. Trump now up to 60 percent of the vote in the 2024 Republican primary.” 
  6. EXC: DeSantis PAC Chair Blasts ‘Racist, Bigoted, Insufferable, Brainless’ South.
    “Matt Wells, a chairman in Ron DeSantis’s Never Back Down PAC, lambasted the U.S. South and Southerners, bemoaning the “climate of racism and bigotry” and the “hate and distrust emanating from the people,” in comments unearthed by The National Pulse.”
  7. Docs Warn Migrants Bring Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Measles, & Syphilis Over Border.
    “Diseases including syphilis and tuberculosis carried across the border by illegal immigrants threaten New York City and the wider United States, doctors warn, including deadly drug-resistant strains.”
  8. Jan 6 Trump Judge is Close Relative of ‘Dangerous’ Jamaican Marxists.
    “Democrat donor Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Donald Trump over Jan 6, is a close relative of “dangerous” Marxists who operated in her native Jamaica.”
  9. Woman Jailed for 22 Years After Mailing Ricin to Trump.
    “Pascale Ferrier, a dual citizen of Canada and France, has been imprisoned for almost 22 years for mailing homemade ricin to President Donald Trump and eight Texas law officers.”
  10. WATCH: CNN Admits ‘Trump War Right… Biden War Wrong’ on Major Topic.
    “CNN’s Jake Tapper shocked his panel guests and presumably his television audience by admitting “Trump was right… Biden was wrong” in reference to their 2020 presidential debate dust-up over Hunter Biden and his business dealings with China and Ukraine.”
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The National Pulse has published nearly 200 news articles in August. In case you missed them, here are 10 of the most important stories of this week. If you haven’t yet joined the Pulse+, come and support our work and enjoy a mountain of extras, here. show more
poland
August 20, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News

Poland is Planning a Referendum on EU’s Illegal Migrant Demands.

Poland’s national conservative government plans to hold a referendum on whether or not the European Union (EU) should be allowed to redistribute African and Middle Eastern migrants to the country. Poland’s opposition leader, the infamous globalist Donald Tusk, agreed to submit to EU migrant quotas shortly before his Civic Platform (PO) party was swept out of office by the current Law and Justice (PiS) party, which immediately repudiated them – setting the scene with years of legal battles with Brussels.

While Tusk abandoned his post as Polish Prime Minister for a better-paid position as President of the European Commission shortly before this electoral disaster, he is now attempting a comeback in his native country. Conservatives are attempting to preempt the possibility of Tusk reviving the quotas if he wins the election by asking the public their view directly:

Do you support the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, in accordance with the forced relocation mechanism imposed by the European bureaucracy?

Three other questions will also be put to the Polish people:

  • Do you support the sale of state-owned enterprises?
  • Do you support the removal of the barrier on Poland’s border with Belarus?
  • Are you in favor of raising the retirement age [that is] currently 60 for women and 65 for men?

When Law and Justice came to power, the retirement age was 67 for all Poles. The fact they have been able to lower it to 60 for women and 65 for men, despite having net emigration, has caused consternation in Western Europe, where governments that are increasing the state pension have long justified the record-breaking mass immigration they have overseen by claiming it is required to fund state pensions.

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Poland's national conservative government plans to hold a referendum on whether or not the European Union (EU) should be allowed to redistribute African and Middle Eastern migrants to the country. Poland's opposition leader, the infamous globalist Donald Tusk, agreed to submit to EU migrant quotas shortly before his Civic Platform (PO) party was swept out of office by the current Law and Justice (PiS) party, which immediately repudiated them – setting the scene with years of legal battles with Brussels. show more
August 20, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Science

Russia’s Space Probe Crashes into the Moon.

The Russian Luna-25 probe, the nation’s first mission to the moon in almost 50 years, lost control and crashed while preparing for a pre-landing orbit on Saturday, despite having successfully entered the moon’s orbit earlier this week.

“During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the manoeuvre to be performed with the specified parameters,” announced Roskosmos, Russia’s space corporation.

“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon,” the statement added.

A soft landing of the 800kg probe had been initially planned for Monday. It was due to be the first to ever land on the moon’s southern surface, beating the Indian Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft by a matter of days.

Both nations launched missions earlier this summer in an effort to explore whether the moon’s surface could hold frozen water and valuable elements. Scientists believe that the water could be transformed into air or rocket fuel by future explorers.

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The Russian Luna-25 probe, the nation's first mission to the moon in almost 50 years, lost control and crashed while preparing for a pre-landing orbit on Saturday, despite having successfully entered the moon's orbit earlier this week. show more
ecuador
August 20, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics
World

Political Assassinations Hang Over Ecuador as Country Goes to Polls.

Ecuadorian politician Pedro Briones, an organizer for the Citizen’s Revolution party, was shot and killed this week, bringing the total number of political murders in Ecuador up to three within less than a month.

“Ecuador is experiencing its bloodiest era… A heartfelt hug to the family of colleague Pedro Briones, fallen by the hands of violence,” said Luisa Gonzalez, leader of the Citizen’s Revolution party and front-runner in the ongoing presidential race prompted by a corruption scandal.

Briones was killed a week after the daylight assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, a presidential candidate and “fearless whistleblower.” Villavicencio was killed after holding a political rally in the Ecuadorian capital city, Quito, despite being surrounded by security guards and police officers. His campaign focused on tackling the country’s problems with corruption and organized crime.

Villavicencio’s murder was also proceeded by the death of Manta city mayor Agustin Intriago, shot and killed at the end of July, shortly after being reinstated.

Ecuador’s crime rate has skyrocketed over the past decade. The country’s murder rate has spiked from 5.8 percent per 100,000 in 2016 to 25.6 percent as of this year, according to the Ecuadorian national police.

“I want this country to be a place of peace, a productive country… I believe Ecuador is a paradise and they have turned it into hell,” argued Andrea Gonzalez Ander, Villavicencio’s running-mate in regards to the country’s growing gang violence and political corruption.

The “Citizen’s Revolution” party is described as “center right” though has previously sought alliances with left-wing groups.

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Ecuadorian politician Pedro Briones, an organizer for the Citizen's Revolution party, was shot and killed this week, bringing the total number of political murders in Ecuador up to three within less than a month. show more
August 20, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Podcast

EXC: DeSantis PAC Chair Claimed ‘Sizzler’ Certificate was Business Degree.

One of the chairmen of Ron DeSantis’s Super PAC ‘Never Back Down’ attempted to pass off a training certificate from the ‘Sizzler’ restaurant chain as a business degree when running for office in Iowa, The National Pulse can reveal.

Mark Chelgren, one of a number of controversial county chairmen for the DeSantis PAC in the Hawkeye State, is a former State Senator who was exposed as having burnished his resume by claiming to have a “degree” in business from Forbco Management – a now-defunct company that ran a Sizzler franchise.

“This was a management course he took when he worked for Sizzler, kind of like Hamburger University at McDonald’s,” admitted a spokesman for the Republican Party in Iowa at the time, confirming Chelgren got a “certificate” rather than a degree.

Image: Iowa Senator Mark Chelgren's biography on his Iowa Senate Republicans page

Chelgren, who approved the bogus biography, played dumb after the ruse came to light, suggesting he didn’t know “a degree and a certificate are different.”

His biography also claimed he “attended the University of California at Riverside majoring in astro-physics, geo-physics and mathematics,” and biographies elsewhere claimed he received a full degree from that institution. He later admitted he did not actually graduate from the University of California.

Chelgren exited the Iowa Senate in 2019, and failed to win reelection to the Iowa House in 2022. He is now the chairman of the Appanoose County, Iowa ‘Never Back Down’ operation.

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One of the chairmen of Ron DeSantis's Super PAC ‘Never Back Down’ attempted to pass off a training certificate from the ‘Sizzler’ restaurant chain as a business degree when running for office in Iowa, The National Pulse can reveal. show more
musk
August 19, 2023
News
TECH

X is Hiring Staff To ‘Combat Election Disinfo’.

X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, is actively seeking to hire a so-called disinformation specialist, releasing a call for applications in an effort to censor certain users ahead of the 2024 election. The move has sparked concern, especially in relation to similar actions taken during the 2020 election and the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, who pledged to uphold the values of free speech. Critics, including Mike Benz from the Foundation For Freedom Online, have raised the issue of possible covert censorship channels and an increased threat to online freedom if these positions are filled.

The job postings have been promoted through DisinfoDocket.com, a site affiliated with “anti-disinformation” groups with ties to federal cybersecurity agencies. These developments raise questions about the true intentions behind the creation of these positions and how they align with the concept of free speech.

The preference for candidates proficient in European languages suggests that the impact will extend beyond localized concerns.

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X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, is actively seeking to hire a so-called disinformation specialist, releasing a call for applications in an effort to censor certain users ahead of the 2024 election. The move has sparked concern, especially in relation to similar actions taken during the 2020 election and the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk, who pledged to uphold the values of free speech. Critics, including Mike Benz from the Foundation For Freedom Online, have raised the issue of possible covert censorship channels and an increased threat to online freedom if these positions are filled. show more
August 19, 2023
William Upton
Media
News
Politics

WATCH: CNN Admits ‘Trump Was Right… Biden Was Wrong’ on Major Topic.

CNN’s Jake Tapper shocked his panel guests and presumably his television audience by admitting “Trump was right… Biden was wrong” in reference to their 2020 presidential debate dust-up over Hunter Biden and his business dealings with China and Ukraine.

Tapper, who hosts CNN’s The Lead, drew his panelists’ attention to an early August fact check by the Washington Post‘s Glenn Kessler, awarding Joe Biden “Four Pinocchios” for his denial:

“… Biden, during the debate, denied his son had made money in China. In court last week, his son has said he earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from Chinese business deals.”

WATCH:

The exchange of words between Trump and Biden was sparked by moderator Kristen Welker, who pressed the elder Biden if he thought his son’s business dealings in China and Ukraine were, “…inappropriate or unethical.” The question obviously agitated Biden who responded in a raised voice that his son Hunter  Biden “…has not made money in terms of this thing about, what are you talking about, China.” Biden then quipped that, “…the only guy who made money from China is this guy [gesturing at Donald Trump]. He’s the only one. Nobody else has made money from China.”

Trump fired right back at Biden, saying that once Joe Biden had become Vice President, Hunter “…made a fortune in Ukraine, in China, in Moscow and various other places. Biden emphatically stated: “That is not true.” Recent court documents have revealed that Hunter Biden did in fact earn millions from these deals.

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CNN's Jake Tapper shocked his panel guests and presumably his television audience by admitting "Trump was right... Biden was wrong" in reference to their 2020 presidential debate dust-up over Hunter Biden and his business dealings with China and Ukraine. show more