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June 30, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Court Bans Brazil’s Bolsonaro from Running for Office, For Questioning Election Integrity.

Populist former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, 68, has been banned from running for office for eight years for questioning electronic voting machines in a meeting of diplomats. Bolsonaro’s efforts to get rid of the machines, used throughout the country, and return to hand-counted paper ballots ahead of the 2022 election were thwarted, and he ended up losing a razor-thin contest with 49.1 percent of the vote.

A majority of electoral court judges say Bolsonaro abused his power by raising concerns about the voting machines – which, unusually, received the endorsement of Joe Biden’s administration in the United States while the debate over them was ongoing. Despite assurances to the Brazilians that their machine elections were secure, scientists in the United States have found their own machines are extremely vulnerable.

Bolsonaro’s successor the far-left Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was also previously banned from office after being imprisoned for corruption crimes, including accepting a beachfront apartment in exchange for political favors. A Supreme Court judge controversially annulled his convictions on a technicality ahead of the 2022 election.

 

 

 

 

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Populist former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, 68, has been banned from running for office for eight years for questioning electronic voting machines in a meeting of diplomats. Bolsonaro's efforts to get rid of the machines, used throughout the country, and return to hand-counted paper ballots ahead of the 2022 election were thwarted, and he ended up losing a razor-thin contest with 49.1 percent of the vote. show more
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June 30, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

More Ads, More Celebs – WEF CEO Yaccarino’s Plan for ‘Twitter 2.0’.

Twitter’s new World Economic Forum-linked CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has told Twitter’s global sales team they need to “work hard to win back the trust of advertisers” amidst a push to lure celebrities and politicians back to Elon Musk’s platform. The corporate-friendly drive is likely to involve the return of something resembling pre-Musk content moderation.

Yaccarino was lobbying the Twitter owner to reestablish an “influence council” of advertisers with a desire to make Twitter brand-safe before she was hired. She has long been involved in World Economic Forum (WEF) initiatives aimed at creating an environment where “certain types of content would not exist and would certainly not be monetized through advertising” on social media.

One of Yaccarino’s first acts as Twitter CEO was to bring aboard a former subordinate at NBC, Joe Benarroch. The drag queen fanatic was actively involved in censoring Donald Trump adverts concerning illegal immigration at the network.

 

 

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Twitter's new World Economic Forum-linked CEO, Linda Yaccarino, has told Twitter's global sales team they need to "work hard to win back the trust of advertisers" amidst a push to lure celebrities and politicians back to Elon Musk's platform. The corporate-friendly drive is likely to involve the return of something resembling pre-Musk content moderation. show more
June 30, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Is Team DeSantis Spending Donor Cash Making Movies About Trump? Yes.

A political advertising company linked to Ron DeSantis operatives is recruiting actors to play Donald Trump staffers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles. Madison McQueen, which collaborates with Axiom Strategies and DeSantis strategist Jeff Roe, is producing a “[p]olitical spoof of former Trump administration associates.”

The advertisement raises questions as to whether the Florida Governor’s floundering campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is funneling donor cash into attack ads lampooning activists loyal to Trump. When quizzed on the acting gigs, which will pay $300 a day, the DeSantis Super PAC guided by Roe did not respond.

LaCivita, a Marine veteran, offered to play himself when the job listings became widely known – but added there “isn’t an actress classy enough in all of LA that could even hope to play” fellow target Susie Wiles.

Roe and Axiom are currently being sued in Nevada over a botched a ballot initiative, allegedly taking money from local activists to organize a petition but turning in documents replete with obscene, fake signatures and burned pages stained with “bong water”.

 

 

 

 

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A political advertising company linked to Ron DeSantis operatives is recruiting actors to play Donald Trump staffers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles. Madison McQueen, which collaborates with Axiom Strategies and DeSantis strategist Jeff Roe, is producing a "[p]olitical spoof of former Trump administration associates." show more
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June 30, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Pushaw Panic: DeSantis Iran Donor Story Triggers Tallahassee.

The Ron DeSantis campaign is in damage control mode following a report exposing the Governor’s relationship with Morteza ‘Mori’ Hosseini, an Iranian donor set to benefit from DeSantis’s $92 million allocation of COVID cash to assist his donor’s land development.

Specifically, DeSantis staffer and now registered foreign agent Christina Pushaw tried to “debunk” the report and defend Hosseini – a man with continued links to far-left Democrats.

“[B]y ‘Iranian,’ they mean an American citizen, of Iranian heritage,” said Pushaw, who previously worked for Mikheil Saakashvili, a Georgian and Ukrainian politician. Hosseini was, in fact, born in Iran, per his own biography.

Pushaw’s tweet coincided with newly created, anonymous DeSantis supporter accounts attacking the report, or replying to it with anti-Trump memes. Many of the accounts were activated only in 2023 or late 2022, with many sporting usernames comprised of only a first name and a series of random numbers – commonly associated with bot activity. Several demanded intervention by Community Notes, the Wikipedia-like “fact-checking” feature on Twitter which the DeSantis camp recently weaponized against their detractors – despite Pushaw trashing fact-checkers in the past.

A “context” note added to the report says the project near Hosseini’s developments dates back many years. This does not change the fact that financial backing from DeSantis has reportedly accelerated the project by “more than a decade”, however. Local campaigners also say DeSantis’s Department of Transportation has “secretly added” a number of expansions to the project, which has ballooned in cost.

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The Ron DeSantis campaign is in damage control mode following a report exposing the Governor's relationship with Morteza ‘Mori’ Hosseini, an Iranian donor set to benefit from DeSantis's $92 million allocation of COVID cash to assist his donor's land development. show more
June 30, 2023
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COMING SOON: ‘The Campaign Trail’ Podcast w/ Raheem Kassam.

Washington, D.C. – The National Pulse is delighted to announce the first episode of an all-new, in-depth, political campaign analysis podcast called “The Campaign Trail,” hosted by Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam.

The new show is set to air for the first time on Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 and will feature analysis of weekly poll changes, regional and national issues, dissection of events and interviews, as well as predictions about what is to come in the 2024 election.

The show will be exclusively available to members of the Pulse+, which is The National Pulse’s new subscriber platform.

National Pulse readers can subscribe here, today, for a month free access. 

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Washington, D.C. – The National Pulse is delighted to announce the first episode of an all-new, in-depth, political campaign analysis podcast called "The Campaign Trail," hosted by Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam. show more

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June 30, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Majority Agree With Trump’s Supreme Court Knockdown of Roe v Wade.

A majority of Americans approve of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional protections afforded to Roe v Wade in 1973, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports.

A total of 52 percent of likely US voters still approve of the Supreme Court’s decision a year after the verdict, with 37 percent “strongly agree[ing]” and a further 15 percent “somewhat agree[ing].” Republicans overwhelmingly approve of the decision at 72 percent. More than one-third of Democrats – 34 percent – also approve.

On the other hand, 44 percent of US voters disapprove, the majority of whom are Democrats at 73 percent, with 57 percent “strongly disapproving.” Only one-quarter of Republicans – 26 percent – disapprove.

How Important Will Abortion Be In 2024?

Rasmussen also asked: “How important will the issue of abortion rights be in the 2024 presidential election?”

Both Democrats and Republicans alike consider abortion to be crucial in the next election, after former President Donald Trump was “able to kill Roe v Wade” and “put the Pro Life movement in a strong negotiating position.”

As a result, a whopping 88 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans answering “very important” or “somewhat important.” Only 21 percent of Americans answered that abortion will be either “not very important” or “not at all important.”

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A majority of Americans approve of the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn the constitutional protections afforded to Roe v Wade in 1973, according to a new survey from Rasmussen Reports. show more
June 30, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Britain’s Royal Air Force Found to Discriminate Against White Men.

Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) unlawfully discriminated against white men in its recruitment processes, an inquiry has found, despite RAF leaders previously insisting diversity targets and leaked messages disparaging “useless white male pilots” did not break the law.

Air Vice Marshal Maria Byford, following Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, ordered Group Captain Lizzy Nicholl, then head of RAF recruitment, to prioritize women and ethnic minorities over more qualified white applicants. Nicholl objected that the instruction was unlawful, ultimately forcing her from her job, and a non-statutory inquiry has now conceded that she was right.

Wigston, who previously told Parliament there had been no unlawful discrimination against white men, said the inquiry’s report made for “uncomfortable reading” – but has vowed no one will be fired, spreading blame for the fiasco across various processes and bits of legal advice so no individual decision maker is held responsible. Similar tactics have been used to avoid punishing police officers over Britain’s grooming gangs scandals.

Discriminating against jobseekers on the basis of ethnicity, sex, and sexual orientation is technically unlawful in the United Kingdom, but so-called “positive action” provisions in the relevant equality laws do allow employers to, for example, make certain training courses and internships – including paid internships – available only to certain groups, and allow employers to select one candidate over another to increase “representation” if they are equally qualified.

The RAF bent even these rather loose rules past breaking point in its anti-white discrimination, like Cheshire Police force before them.

 

 

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Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) unlawfully discriminated against white men in its recruitment processes, an inquiry has found, despite RAF leaders previously insisting diversity targets and leaked messages disparaging "useless white male pilots" did not break the law. show more
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June 29, 2023
Jake Welch
News

NBC Says LGBT Chant ‘We’re Coming For Your Children’ is Fine & Normal.

NBC News is defending the chants of LGBT who were heard incanting the phrase “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children,” at a recent ‘pride march’. The corporate news giant suggests it is normal, and nothing new, meant simply to “take the sting out” of proven allegations of grooming against hardline LGBT activists.

NBC News even admits the song has been sung for years – as if that makes it better:

“The “coming for your children” chant has been used for years at Pride events, according to longtime march attendees and gay rights activists, who said it’s one of many provocative expressions used to regain control of slurs against LGBTQ people.”

The article’s author, Tyler Kingkade – who studied journalism at Georgetown with support from the Koch-linked Fund for American Studies – also highlights chants such as “Kill, kill, kill, we’re coming to kill the mayor,” “God is a lesbian,” and “[t]en percent is not enough: Groom! Groom! Groom!” as examples of provocation that are acceptable to him.

The Koch network recently announced a $70M slush fund to attack Donald Trump with.

Kingkade’s claims, however, have since been subjected to a ‘Community Note’ – or fact check – on Twitter, which states: “Coming for your children” is not a historical part of Pride. The chant appears to originate from the San Francisco Gay Men’s choir singing a song with this title 2 years ago, in 2021. This article is thus a misrepresentation of Pride’s history.”

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NBC News is defending the chants of LGBT who were heard incanting the phrase "we're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children," at a recent 'pride march'. The corporate news giant suggests it is normal, and nothing new, meant simply to "take the sting out" of proven allegations of grooming against hardline LGBT activists. show more
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June 29, 2023
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‘Globalist’ Koch Network Blows $70M of Donor Cash to ‘Stop Trump’.

The ‘Koch network’ group Americans for Prosperity Action is dropping $70M+ on a bid to stop President Donald J. Trump becoming the 47th President of the United States, according to a new report which suggests the libertarian billionaire backed organization is campaign in the Republican primaries “for the first time in its nearly 20 year history”.

The money is in addition to a $200M+ fund established by corporate backers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign, and will likely be used for “digital advertising on the issue of electability in the presidential race,” in addition to direct mail. In such scenarios, high percentages of donor cash ends up in the pockets of campaign consultants and vendors.

The Koch network includes groups such as Americans for Prosperity, Stand Together, i360, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the State Policy Network, the CATO Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Atlas Network, the Independent Women’s Forum, the Manhattan Institute, the Reason Foundation, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and many more.

The organization’s LIBRE initiative even campaigns in favor of amnesty for illegal migrants.

The co-option of the Tea Party movement was spearheaded by the Kochs, who turned it from a citizen-led organization into a pro-corporate, libertarian shell, before dumping it when press attention became too inconvenient.

“The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade,” Trump tweeted in 2018. “I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas.”

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The 'Koch network' group Americans for Prosperity Action is dropping $70M+ on a bid to stop President Donald J. Trump becoming the 47th President of the United States, according to a new report which suggests the libertarian billionaire backed organization is campaign in the Republican primaries "for the first time in its nearly 20 year history". show more
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June 29, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

DeSantis Gave $92M in COVID Funds for His Iranian Donor’s Gated Community.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used $92 million of coronavirus stimulus funding from the U.S. tax payer for an interchange that will greatly enhance the value of a gated community being developed by one of his major donors, the Iranian-born, British-educated ICI Homes owner Morteza ‘Mori’ Hosseini.

Hosseini has dished out at least tens of thousands to DeSantis’s campaigns, as well as loaning him a golf simulator worth $30,000, and providing private jets for the use of the Governor and his wife Jill, who prefers to go by Casey. Hosseini and the Republican presidential hopeful have “a long, close relationship” due in no small part to the Iranian-American’s willingness to make his jet available at short notice.

Conveniently, Hosseini was also appointed to the University of Florida Board of Trustees, while his sister Maryam Ghyabi-White was appointed by Governor DeSantis to the same St. John’s River Water Management District Governing Board which approved the interchange costing federal tax payers $92 million. Morteza’s wife, Forough Hosseini – a senior vice president at ICI Homes – was also appointed to the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet, completing a DeSantis donor swamp hat-trick with the Hosseini family.

Asked about the near $100M injection from Governor DeSantis, Hosseini said he would’ve gone through with the plan anyway, but “it certainly helps.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis used $92 million of coronavirus stimulus funding from the U.S. tax payer for an interchange that will greatly enhance the value of a gated community being developed by one of his major donors, the Iranian-born, British-educated ICI Homes owner Morteza 'Mori' Hosseini. show more

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