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durbin
July 24, 2023
Jake Welch
Health
News
Science

Vaxxed & 2X Boosted Sen. Durbin is COVID Positive For 3rd Time in a Year.

Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin – one of the most vociferous advocates of the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequent booster shots – has tested positive for coronavirus for the third time in a year and is self-isolating once again.

Durbin, who tested positive at the end of July last year and once again in March this year, announced on his Twitter account Monday morning, “[u]nfortunately, I tested positive for COVID-19 today… Consistent with CDC guidelines, I’ll quarantine at home and follow the advice of my doctor while I work remotely.”

Durbin was quick to mention that he was fully vaccinated and boosted on the previous two occasions that he tested positive for coronavirus. Durbin was a strong advocate of vaccine mandates during the pandemic, admitting that he would vote in favor of forcing the jab if President Biden pushed for mandates. He has also regularly attacked the unvaccinated as “risking the lives of their fellow Americans.”

COVID vaccines were found to make the virus “more severe” after vaccination, according to a peer-reviewed study published earlier this year, as well as increasing the risks of autoimmune diseases, myocarditis, and cancer-cell growth.

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Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin – one of the most vociferous advocates of the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequent booster shots – has tested positive for coronavirus for the third time in a year and is self-isolating once again. show more
spain
July 24, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

Spain’s Complex Elections: Neo-Cons Largest Party But Far-Left Claims Win.

There has been no clear winner in the Spanish general election, with the neo-conservative People’s Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) – currently in office – both failing to achieve an outright majority.

The PP won 136 seats, 14 more than the PSOE, which won 122, but a party or coalition must attain a majority of 176 in the 350-seat Spanish parliament in order to govern. If a coalition cannot be formed, the previous government can actually continue for the next four years, even without a mandate. The parties will now endure months of negotiations with smaller partners.

The right-wing populist VOX Party obtained just 33 seats, which still makes it the third-largest party in the country. A coalition between PP and VOX would fail to obtain an outright majority, despite initially being considered likely. Leader of Vox, Santiago Abascsal, argued after the results were announced:

“I’d like to point out something that’s bad news for many Spaniards: despite losing the election, Pedro Sánchez [leader of PSOE and the current Prime Minister of Spain] can block the formation of a new government. Worse still, Pedro Sánchez could even be invested as prime minister with the help of communists, [Catalan] independence supporters and terrorists.”

The extreme left-wing party Sumar – led by the lifelong communist Yolanda Diaz – came fourth with 31 seats but, once again, would be unable to offer PSOE a majority in the parliament. Two regional Catalan and Basque separatist parties collected 13 seats between them and have already supported the current government, giving rise to a potential alliance.

Communist Diaz suggested the left won after the results were publicized on Sunday night: “We’ve won. Today we have a better country. From tomorrow, we have to keep winning rights and we are committed to doing that – more rights for women, for LGBTI people and for workers.”

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There has been no clear winner in the Spanish general election, with the neo-conservative People's Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) – currently in office – both failing to achieve an outright majority. show more
desantis
July 24, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

DeSantis Chief Admits They’ve Spent Too Much on ‘Ineffective’ Campaign.

Ron DeSantis’s campaign manager, Generra Peck, admitted this weekend that the Florida Governor’s anemic bid for the Republican nomination has been “ineffective” and wasted too much money. The comments, ironically, came during yet another billionaire donor summit at the lavish Stein Erisken Lodge in Utah, setting the campaign back a further $87,000. A single night at the cheapest room in the hotel is listed at $666.

Price on hotel website.

Peck told a roughly 70-stong reception of high dollar donors that the team would be slimming down and adopting an “insurgent” posture, as the group quaffed cocktails on the terrace adjacent to Utah’s famous Twin Peaks.

Image via hotel website.

Team DeSantis has already started firing staff, as their once well-financed operation suffers a cash crunch and continues to slide in the polls. Their latest gimmick, once again, comes right out of the Trump campaign playbook.

“Let Ron be Ron,” said Nick Iarossi, a lobbyist-fundraiser present at the meeting, aping the 2017 Trump campaign staff book title “Let Trump be Trump.”

“That’s what got him here. That’s what made him the leader that he is in Florida. We’re going back to our basics on all of this,” he added.

The DeSantis team has already attempted multiple reboots, without success. Prominent boosters of the Florida Governor, including Fox bosses Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, already look set to drop him in favor of another Donald Trump alternative, such as Glenn Youngkin, with sources saying they can “smell a loser”.

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Ron DeSantis’s campaign manager, Generra Peck, admitted this weekend that the Florida Governor's anemic bid for the Republican nomination has been "ineffective" and wasted too much money. The comments, ironically, came during yet another billionaire donor summit at the lavish Stein Erisken Lodge in Utah, setting the campaign back a further $87,000. A single night at the cheapest room in the hotel is listed at $666. show more
fbi
July 24, 2023
Jake Welch
News

FBI Spied on Senators & Judges With Backdoor Surveillance Tool.

The FBI‘s incorrect use of surveillance powers on an unnamed U.S. Senator; state lawmaker; and even a judge has been documented by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which found the bureau conducted four “Section 702” information queries into the figures who alleged civil rights violations.

FBI officials argue that Section 702 allows them to spy on their “highest priority work,” including China, Russia, and terrorism and cybersecurity threats, without needing to seek a warrant. But there is deep concern about its use as a “backdoor tool” for collecting information on Americans.

President Biden hopes Congress will renew Section 702 after it is set to expire at the end of 2023, with Democrats and Republicans alike announcing they will not go ahead with any renewals without “significant reforms.”

“The FBI continues to break the rules put in place to protect Americans, running illegal searches on public officials including a U.S. senator, and it’s long past time for Congress to step in,” argued the deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)’s National Security Project, Patrick Toomey.

“As Congress debates reauthorizing Section 702, these opinions make clear why fundamental reforms are urgently needed,” Toomey added.

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The FBI's incorrect use of surveillance powers on an unnamed U.S. Senator; state lawmaker; and even a judge has been documented by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which found the bureau conducted four "Section 702" information queries into the figures who alleged civil rights violations. show more
china
July 24, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

China Pushes IVF to Combat ‘Baby Bust’.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing its citizens to start using in vitro fertilization (IVF) in an effort to boost the number of births and reverse the ramifications of its decades-long one-child policy.

Chinese state agencies and private companies have been donating millions to develop the national assisted reproductive technology (ART) sector, ensuring IVF and other reproductive treatments are more widely available. Beijing’s local council even announced last month that it is funding reproductive treatment costs, which tend to range from £2,500 to £4,000, from July ongoing. The CCP is also considering whether to allow single women access to IVF and child support.

China, as a result, has built 540 fertility clinics and 27 sperm banks, providing over one million “cycles of assisted reproduction” per year, compared to the United States’ 370,000. The United Kingdom is lower still with just 70,000. Yet, China aims to build up to 600 clinics by the end of the decade and encourage a mass baby boom.

Head of the CCP’s Population Monitoring and Family Development department, Yang Wenzhuang, argues that the Chinese are firmly grasp[ing] the important window period of population development.”

“Local governments should be encouraged to actively explore and make bold innovations in reducing the cost of childbirth, childcare and education” to promote the long-term balanced development of the population,” he adds.

China experienced its first population drop in six decades last year, with the number of newborns expected to fall further in 2023. The current number of births per 1,000 people in China is just 6.77, whereas the death rate is 7.37 per 1,000. The current birth rate in the United States is 12.023 per 1,000 people.

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pushing its citizens to start using in vitro fertilization (IVF) in an effort to boost the number of births and reverse the ramifications of its decades-long one-child policy. show more
the national pulse
July 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

The National Pulse’s Top 10 Articles of the Week (July 17 – 23).

The National Pulse published 545 news articles so far in July. In case you missed them, here are 10 of the most important stories of this week:

  1. WATCH: Bannon Declares Crusade Against Deep State.
    “Former Trump Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon has declared a “holy war” against the “deep state” apparatus in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election…”
  2. NEW LOW: DeSantis to Sinks to 14 Points
    “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to have hit a new polling low, coming in at just 14 points in a TIPP Insights likely voter poll from early July.”
  3. EXC: DeSantis Wouldn’t Fire Florida’s Own Fauci During COVID – Dr. Alonso.
    “Ron DeSantis refused to fire Dr. Alina Alonso, Palm Beach County’s hard-line, COVID-obsessed health director, who venerated Anthony Fauci as her “patron saint…”
  4. Wall Street DUMPING Cash Into Trump’s Rival Campaigns.
    “Dozens of Wall Street executives have lined up to funnel as much money as legally allowed to Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination…”
  5. Farage ‘Debanked’ For Friendships With Trump…and Novak Djokovic!?
    “Brexit leader Nigel Farage had his personal bank account closed by Coutts due to his friendship with former President Donald J. Trump, as well as tennis legend and vaccine refuser Novak Djokovic.”
  6. Michigan Charges 16 People – Average Age 69 – for Believing Trump Won.
    “Sixteen Republicans in Michigan… are being prosecuted by Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel for putting themselves forward as alternative electors after the 2020 election results were contested.” 
  7. UK: More than 28,000 Convicted of COVID Offenses.
    “Over 28,000 people were convicted of breaching COVID-19 regulations in England and Wales during the coronavirus pandemic…”
  8. Here Are The Charges Trump May Face in His Jan 6 Indictment.
    “The target letter sent to Donald Trump by special prosecutor Jack Smith suggests the former president will be charged with conspiracy, obstruction, and civil rights offenses – but not insurrection or sedition.”
  9. DeSantis Signs Megadonor/Lobbyist Law Allowing Radioactive Carcinogens in Florida Roads.
    “Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law a bill allowing phosphogypsum, a radioactive carcinogen, to be used in Florida’s roads.”
  10. Trump Turncoat Bill Mitchell Loses His Own ‘C-Word’ Poll.
    “Former Trump supporter-turned-DeSantis sycophant Bill ‘Biff’ Mitchell has been left with egg on his face…”

And here are a few BONUSES as the Editor’s Picks of the week:

  1. College-Educated Republicans Drop DeSantis En Masse, Joining Non-College Grade in Their Trump Support.
    “College-educated Republicans have now joined their non-college-educated cohorts in supporting former President Donald J. Trump over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis…”
  2. FBI’s Burisma Cover-Up Swung 2020 for Joe Biden, Evidence Suggests. 
    “The FBI’s failure to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden’s blatant Ukrainian bribery scheme appears to be prima facie evidence that the tax payer funded bureau willfully deceived the American public in order to place the elder Biden in the White House.”
  3. EXC: DeSantis Hired Radical Left, Open Border Anti-Gun, LGBT & Abortion Activist.
    “Ron DeSantis appointed the radically pro-lockdown, Never-Trump Democrat, Dave Kerner as Interim Executive Director of Florida’s Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in January this year…”
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The National Pulse published 545 news articles so far in July. In case you missed them, here are 10 of the most important stories of this week: show more
orban
July 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Hungary’s Orban: World is Heading for a Clash Due to U.S. Decline.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the decline in power and influence of the United States is setting the world on a path towards an international collision unless world leaders can find a ‘new balance.’

Orban suggested at a Transylvanian conservative festival over the weekend that the balance of global power is shifting at an unprecedented pace and is making the world far more dangerous as a result. The “million dollar question,” Orban asserts, is whether the world is able to avoid the mass collision.

“The USA’s dominance on the world stage is constantly waning. They are not happy, they want to stay on top of the world forever,” argued the Hungarian Prime Minister, highlighting the political, economic, and militaristic rise of China.

He suggested that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s international projects – including the One Belt and One Road Initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the BRICS organization – are creating a favorability of process that is becoming an “inconvenient truth” for the United States, especially since many countries are turning away from the West’s values.

“We are now living through the most dangerous moments in world politics when the number one world power sees that it is slipping into second place… We are moving toward a clash day by day,” Orban added.

Orban is not alone in predicting a global conflict. British Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace predicted that Britain would be dragged into a global conflict by the end of the decade last week.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the decline in power and influence of the United States is setting the world on a path towards an international collision unless world leaders can find a 'new balance.' show more
desantis
July 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

DeSantis Proxies ‘Crushed’ on Twitter Asked Campaign for Elon Intervention.

Supporters of Ron DeSantis have admitted they are losing to MAGA Republicans on social media and even reached out to the official campaign with the hopes of having Twitter owner Elon Musk intervene on their behalves.

DeSantis fanatic Bill Mitchell announced on a small Twitter Spaces this week:

“I’ve been talking to Bryan Griffin… we’re really getting crushed out here on social media… you know I don’t know what kind of contacts you’ve got with Elon [Musk] or something like that, but you know could you guys do something to sort of… help to support us out here.”

It’s unclear what an intervention from Musk could look like, though some have speculated that Mitchell is openly calling for censorship of his political opponents.

One instance of Mitchell himself “getting crushed” was witnessed earlier this week after he launched a Twitter poll asking his followers: “Should President Trump disavow misogynist [Editor of The National Pulse Raheem Kassam] for constantly using the c-word in his posts while attacking DeSantis supporters.” Mitchell lost overwhelmingly, with 78 percent of voters answering “no.”

WATCH:

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Supporters of Ron DeSantis have admitted they are losing to MAGA Republicans on social media and even reached out to the official campaign with the hopes of having Twitter owner Elon Musk intervene on their behalves. show more
July 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Brazil’s Leftist Prez Restricts Gun Rights After Dodgy Election.

Far-left Brazilian President Luiz da Silva has signed a presidential decree restricting civilian access to firearms after the country witnessed increased gun ownership under former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The decision – nicknamed “responsible arms control” – will severely limit guns and ammunition stockpiles, the opening hours of shooting ranges, prohibit certain weapons, including nine-millimeter handguns, and require those purchasing firearms to demonstrate why they need them.

Silva, known as “Lula”, announced the new decree, arguing only government and state authorities need firearms, restricting the average Brazilians’ freedom and ability to defend themselves.

“We cannot allow gun arsenals to be in people’s hands.”

— Lula

“We will continue to fight for fewer weapons in our country. Only the police and the army must be well-armed,” he added.

The number of gun licenses issued increased to 2.9 million under former President Bolsonaro, with increased possession not leading to a rise in violent crime or homicides as was initially suggested by many on the left, reports DW.

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Far-left Brazilian President Luiz da Silva has signed a presidential decree restricting civilian access to firearms after the country witnessed increased gun ownership under former President Jair Bolsonaro. show more
police
July 22, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
News

Language Police Claim ‘Wealthy Elite’ is Anti-Semitic, and ‘Dark Times’ is Racist.

Language guidance in a new anti-racism report says vested interests benefitting from the status quo should not be referred to as “the wealthy elite” because this can “trigger antisemitism and feed the conspiracy theories of far-right white nationalists.”

The Guide to Talking About Racism by Reframing Race, recommends referring to the “powerful few” as an alternative to “the wealthy elite,” while also taking issue with “white working class” – a term often associated with the Brexit and Donald Trump victories in 2016.

“Talk about the ‘multi-ethnic working class’,” the report’s authors insist, instead.

The report is yet another “woke” drivel-fest funded by left-wing non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Lankelly Chase Foundation, and the Barrow Cadbury Trust.

The authors also take aim at words and phrases associating light with goodness and darkness with evil:

“Associating whiteness with purity, cleanliness and goodness and blackness with evil and destruction serve to reinforce
harmful tropes and the constructed racial hierarchy in which Black and Minoritised people are pushed to the bottom.”

“Denigrate” is also recommended for the chopping block, presumably because it comes from the Latin denigratus, meaning “to blacken”. At least one of Reframing Race’s major donors, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, receives millions from the British government.

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Language guidance in a new anti-racism report says vested interests benefitting from the status quo should not be referred to as "the wealthy elite" because this can "trigger antisemitism and feed the conspiracy theories of far-right white nationalists." show more