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October 16, 2023
News

Biden Wants to Give Record 5.7M Migrants Free Medical & Housing.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently overseeing a record number of 5.7 million non-detained migrants in the US, according to paperwork detailing ICE’s “Release and Reporting Management” (RRM) program. The Biden government’s plan is to provide these migrants with free medical services, food, and housing, with private companies joining ICE in monitoring migrants through ankle monitors, phone apps, and in-person check-ins. The program, estimated to cost billions of dollars, has been criticized by former ICE director Tom Homan as a “welfare” program for non-detained migrants. The services for RRM participants would include legal assistance, psychosocial services, medical services, and more, aimed at increasing compliance with immigration obligations.

The number of migrants being monitored by ICE has increased by 2.4 million since President Biden took office, bringing the total to 5.7 million. The RRM program is expected to replace all of ICE’s non-detained programs and provide a range of services to migrants, including legal assistance, housing, and food. Former ICE director Tom Homan has criticized the program, particularly the provision of legal assistance to migrants who crossed the border illegally. The Biden government has not yet rolled out the program but plans to send out a “Request for Proposal” to vendors in the future.

In fiscal year 2022, the US Customs and Border Protection encountered a record-breaking number of migrants, with over 2.76 million encounters. The RRM program is intended to replace ICE’s “Alternatives to Detention” program and would require additional funding. Currently, only 194,632 migrants are being tracked with GPS or other technology in the ATD program, meaning millions of migrants are unaccounted for. The Biden government is still in the planning phase for RRM and has not provided a timeline for its implementation.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is currently overseeing a record number of 5.7 million non-detained migrants in the US, according to paperwork detailing ICE's "Release and Reporting Management" (RRM) program. The Biden government's plan is to provide these migrants with free medical services, food, and housing, with private companies joining ICE in monitoring migrants through ankle monitors, phone apps, and in-person check-ins. The program, estimated to cost billions of dollars, has been criticized by former ICE director Tom Homan as a "welfare" program for non-detained migrants. The services for RRM participants would include legal assistance, psychosocial services, medical services, and more, aimed at increasing compliance with immigration obligations. show more
the national pulse
October 15, 2023
Jake Welch
News

The National Pulse’s Top 10 Articles of the Week (Oct 9 – Oct 15).

The National Pulse has already published nearly 125 news articles in October, already. 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. CA Gov Newsom Lowers Consent Age to 12 for ‘Gender Counselling’ Without Parents ‘OK’.
    “Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that permits children as young as 12 to reside in government-funded “residential shelter services” to undergo mental health treatment or counseling for their gender identity without parental consent…”
  2. RFK is Now Running as an ‘Independent’ So We Examined His Record.
    “Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. dropped his primary challenge to President Joe Biden today and instead announced his intention to launch an “independent” bid for the White House.” 
  3. Biden Has Let Over 70,000 Illegals From Muslim Countries into U.S. in 2 Years.
    “Stunning new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data has revealed that over 70,000 illegal immigrants from Muslim countries have been encountered inside the United States over the past two years.”
  4. Two Blokes Will Compete In This Year’s Miss Universe.
    “Two men are preparing to compete in the 2023 Miss Universe beauty pageant in November after Portugal voted to award its national beauty prize to a transgender “woman” – a biological male – last week.”
  5. DeSantis SuperPAC Spokesman, Steve Cortes, Has Left The Campaign. 
    “Steve Cortes, a key aide and spokesman for Never Back Down, is leaving the pro-DeSantis SuperPAC according to spokeswoman Erin Perrine.”
  6. WATCH: Mass Migration A ‘Grave Mistake’, Admits Kissinger. 
    “Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger claims allowing mass migration into Germany over the past several decades has been a “grave mistake” for the country.”
  7. DeSantis ‘Pay for Play’ Scandal Emerges Gov Gifts Top Jobs to Max Out Donors.
    “Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed two businessmen to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors – the tax-exempt, government-owned property insurer of last resort in the Sunshine State – after they donated thousands of dollars to his presidential campaign.”
  8. Court Rules Govt-Run Hospital Can Withdraw Baby’s Life Against Parents’ Wishes.
    “England’s High Court has ruled in favor of a socialized healthcare trust seeking to withdraw life support from a seven-month-old baby girl, against her parent’s wishes, deciding “the significant pain experienced by this lovely little girl is not justified when set against an incurable set of conditions, a very short life span, no prospect of recovery and, at best, minimal engagement with the world around her.”
  9. Revealed: Boris Johnson’s Girlfriend Carries Symonds Was ‘The Real Person in Charge’.
    “WhatsApp messages from Boris Johnson’s tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom reveal key figures in his government considered his then girlfriend, now wife, Carrie Symonds to be “the real person in charge” of the British government and its decision making.”
  10. POLL: Majority Agree Israel Has ‘No Choice’ But to Eradicate Hamas.
    “Rasmussen polling shows a clear majority of Americans, across all parties, political ideologies, age groups, and ethnicities believe “Israel has no choice but to seek the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza…”
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The National Pulse has already published nearly 125 news articles in October, already. 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
October 15, 2023
News
World

New Zealand Just Elected Its Most Conservative Government in Decades.

Voters in New Zealand have elected a right-wing government, ousting the party once led by COVID tyrant Jacinda Ardern.

The coalition government will be led by Christopher Luxon, a former chief executive of Air New Zealand, and will consist of his center-right National Party and Act, a smaller libertarian party.

Voters cited the cost of living as their primary concern, leading to the collapse of support for the Labour Party, which won 50 percent of the vote in 2020. With most of the vote counted, the National Party won 39 percent of the vote, up from 26 percent in 2020, and will now lead the coalition government.

The new right-wing coalition government in New Zealand is a return to form for the country, which has mostly had coalition governments since implementing proportional representation in 1993.

This is the first time the National Party, which last governed alone in the early 1980s, has been in coalition with a more conservative partner.

The National Party campaigned on tax cuts, promising relief for ordinary families. However, critics question the funding for those cuts and believe they disproportionately favor property owners while cutting benefits for disabled people.

The inflation rate has slightly eased but New Zealanders still face challenges such as high house and rent prices, a high cost of borrowing, and the ongoing effects of global shocks.

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Voters in New Zealand have elected a right-wing government, ousting the party once led by COVID tyrant Jacinda Ardern. show more
ukraine counteroffensive
October 15, 2023
Jake Welch
News
World

Ex Zelensky Advisor Calls Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive a ‘Disaster’.

A former advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly called Ukraine’s counter-offensive a “disaster” following the inability of the country’s armed forces to break through the Russian defenses as was initially predicted by the government, adding “[o]ur leadership, in my assessment, has exhausted the limits of its competence a long time ago.”

Oleksiy Arestovych, who resigned his post at the Office of the President of Ukraine in January this year after claiming the Dnipro civilian disaster was caused by Ukraine, took to X.com (formerly Twitter) to claim the government has made “a number of mistakes” in its management of the counter-offensive.

His scathing analysis states, “Now we are at an impasse. The Russians cannot defeat us, we cannot defeat them,” adding: “[Ukrainian leaders] are not telling the truth. There will be no return to the borders of 1991, and there will be no Crimea in the near future.”

Concerns about the success of the counter-offensive have been growing across the country in recent weeks, with Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, telling critics to “shut up” about the failed military campaign.

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A former advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly called Ukraine's counter-offensive a "disaster" following the inability of the country's armed forces to break through the Russian defenses as was initially predicted by the government, adding "[o]ur leadership, in my assessment, has exhausted the limits of its competence a long time ago." show more

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October 15, 2023
Crime
News

An Epstein Victim Who Testified Against Ghislaine Maxwell Died This Year, and Her Mother Has Suspicions.

Carolyn Andriano, a victim of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, whose testimony helped convict his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, died earlier this year from an “accidental overdose”, according to a police investigation in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The 36-year-old mother-of-five had planned to start a new life in North Carolina with her husband and children, but was found unresponsive in a hotel room in West Palm Beach on May 23. The police investigation into her death has concluded, but Andriano’s mother, Dorothy Groenert, has called for further investigation.

Before her death, “she was ecstatic,” Groenert, told The Daily Beast. “She was all set up for a whole new lifestyle.”

“[The investigation] shouldn’t be closed,” she added, explaining how she has “begged [police]… I sent them numerous messages. I’ve asked for them to make meetings, contact me, and to no avail.”

Read the rest at The Daily Beast.

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Carolyn Andriano, a victim of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, whose testimony helped convict his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, died earlier this year from an "accidental overdose", according to a police investigation in West Palm Beach, Florida. show more
October 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News
Politics

WATCH: Orban Says EU Has ‘Raped Poland and Hungary’ by Forcing Migration Pact.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the European Union (EU) has “legally raped Poland and Hungary” by “forcing through” a new Migration Pact which requires all EU member-states to make so-called “solidarity contributions” during times of high illegal immigration.

Despite opposing EU border states’ policy of allowing boat migrants to land in Europe in large numbers, often facilitated by nonprofits funded by the German government, Poland and Hungary will now be required to take a share of the migrants, take over examining their asylum claims, or make “financial contributions” to provide for them.

Orban has vowed to fight back against the Migration Pact, insisting “there will be no compromise on migration. Not today, and not in the upcoming years. We will defend our borders from migrants and from the Brussels bureaucrats as well!”

Led by national conservative governments, Poland and Hungary successfully resisted EU efforts to impose migrant quotas on them in 2015, when Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel attempted to recover from the migrant crisis she created by redistributing the new arrivals across Europe.

Similarly, the new migration redistribution scheme follows Italian leader Giorgia Meloni’s failure to stop and unprecedented influx of boat migrants. While she promised to implement a naval blockade to end the crisis before she was elected, she has refused to do so now she is in office, attempting to lighten Italy’s burden by having the EU move migrants on to other European countries instead.

Hungary may find it harder to resist the new pact if the Polish government changes after national elections later this month, however, with polls suggesting globalist former European Council president Donald Tusk could take over the country.

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban says the European Union (EU) has "legally raped Poland and Hungary" by "forcing through" a new Migration Pact which requires all EU member-states to make so-called "solidarity contributions" during times of high illegal immigration. show more
October 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

POLL: Majority Agree Israel Has ‘No Choice’ But to Eradicate Hamas.

Rasmussen polling shows a clear majority of Americans, across all parties, political ideologies, age groups, and ethnicities believe “Israel has no choice but to seek the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza,” as Israeli forces instruct civilians to evacuate the north of the territory ahead of an expected ground offensive.

Sixty-six percent of all likely voters agree with the statement – including 41 percent who “strongly agree” – against 19 percent who disagree, and just seven percent who “strongly disagree”.

Anti-Hamas sentiment is strongest among conservatives, with 77 percent agreeing Israel should try to wipe the radical Islamic terror organization out, and weakest among liberals – but liberals are still supportive of Israel’s efforts overall, at 55 percent agree versus 29 percent disagree.

In terms of age groups, Americans over the age of 65 are most supportive of eradicating Hamas in Gaza, at 77 percent, and Americans aged 18 to 39 are the least supportive, at 53 percent.

Rasmussen also found most Americans – 53 percent of likely voters – believe “the Palestinians are mostly to blame” for the current conflict, against 24 percent who believe the blame should be shared equally, and ten percent who believe Israel is mostly to blame.

Black Americans and 18 to 39-year-olds are the groups most likely to blame Israel, at 19 percent, although pluralities of 41 percent and 33 percent still think the blame lies primarily with the Palestinians.

This is despite the fact multiple Black Lives Matter organizations have come out in “solidarity” with the Palestinians, with BLM Los Angeles describing Hamas’s mass murder of civilians in Israel as “self-defense”.

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Rasmussen polling shows a clear majority of Americans, across all parties, political ideologies, age groups, and ethnicities believe "Israel has no choice but to seek the complete eradication of Hamas in Gaza," as Israeli forces instruct civilians to evacuate the north of the territory ahead of an expected ground offensive. show more

Editor’s Notes

Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.

We’ve Seen This Movie Before. It Needs a New Ending.

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October 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
News

Wisconsin Judge: Schools Secretly Trans-ing Kids Are Violating Parents’ Rights.

Parents have won a landmark legal battle against the Kettle Moraine School District in Wisconsin, with Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Maxwell banning school authorities “from allowing or requiring staff to refer to students using a name or pronouns at odds with the student’s biological sex, while at school, without express parental consent.”

Parents represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) had been socially transitioning supposedly transgender children, including pre-teens, behind their backs, and even over their express objections. Judge Maxwell ruled this violated the parents’ constitutional rights.

“The school district could not administer medicine to a student without parental consent. The school district could not require or allow a student to participate in a sport without parental consent. Likewise, the school district cannot change the pronoun of a student without parental consent without impinging on a fundamental liberty interest of the parents,” Maxwell said.

“[Can] a school district can supplant a parent’s right to control the health care and medical decisions for their children? The well-established case law in that regard is clear: Kettle Moraine cannot,” he added.

“The court confirmed that parents, not educators or school faculty, have the right to decide whether a social transition is in their own child’s best interests,” commented WILL deputy counsel Luke Berg. “The decision should be a warning to the many districts across the country with similar policies to exclude parents from gender transitions at school.”

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Parents have won a landmark legal battle against the Kettle Moraine School District in Wisconsin, with Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Maxwell banning school authorities "from allowing or requiring staff to refer to students using a name or pronouns at odds with the student’s biological sex, while at school, without express parental consent." show more
IRS
October 14, 2023
Crime
News
Politics

An IRS Contractor Pleaded Guilty to Leaking Trump’s Tax Returns.

Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns on Thursday. Littlejohn, 38, was charged with stealing tax return information and providing it to two news outlets from 2018 to 2020. Sentencing is set for January 29th, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

“The unauthorized theft and disclosure of tax return information by government employees or contractors is a serious breach of the public’s trust,” commented Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri.

“The American people have every right to expect the utmost integrity from those who are granted access to sensitive taxpayer information through their employment with the IRS,” added Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) Deputy Inspector General Trevor Nelson.

In addition to Trump, whom the Justice Department did not name in their statement but is known to be Littlejohn’s main victim due to admissions he made to the court, the contractor “separately stole tax return information for thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals.”

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Charles Edward Littlejohn, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax returns on Thursday. Littlejohn, 38, was charged with stealing tax return information and providing it to two news outlets from 2018 to 2020. Sentencing is set for January 29th, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. show more
October 14, 2023
News
World

Australians Vote ‘No’ in Referendum on Including ‘Indigenous People’ in Constitution.

Australia is set to reject a proposal to recognize Indigenous people in the nation’s constitution. The referendum sought to divide the country by enshrining a new advocacy committee called the Voice to Parliament which would advise the government on policy that affected the 3.8 percent of Indigenous residents of Australia.

Early counting indicates that the “no” vote is dominating in most states, including New South Wales and Tasmania. The creation of the indigenous body would require majorities in each of the four remaining states as well as a national majority, leading advocates to concede defeat in the referendum.

Proponents claimed the move would help the impoverished Indigenous, though opponents pointed out the move would simply drive a wedge, and potentially be the first step towards reparations.

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Australia is set to reject a proposal to recognize Indigenous people in the nation’s constitution. The referendum sought to divide the country by enshrining a new advocacy committee called the Voice to Parliament which would advise the government on policy that affected the 3.8 percent of Indigenous residents of Australia. show more