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September 21, 2023
William Upton
NatSec
News
Politics
TECH

Top DeSantis, ‘Club for Growth’ Backers Are CCP App Investors Working to Prevent U.S. Ban.

Major backers of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign have also been working diligently on Capitol Hill to prevent the U.S. government from banning the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok – a suspected espionage tool. The neoliberal Club for Growth has become a leading voice in Washington, D.C. in opposing a ban or substantive restrictions. The Club for Growth’s opposition efforts appear to be financially fueled, in part, by billionaire Jeff Yass.

In 2012, Yass took a roughly 7 percent stake in ByteDance – TikTok’s Chinese parent company. Valued at $21 billion today, Yass’s ByteDance investment makes up a bulk of his $28 billion net worth. In order to protect the wealth he’s acquired, Yass has leaned heavily on The Club for Growth’s influence among Republican lawmakers. Since 2010, Yass has contributed $61 million the neoliberal advocacy group’s political action committee – just under a quarter of its budget over the same period.

Two of the Club for Growth’s biggest allies in Congress, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), have been outspoken critics of efforts to ban TikTok. Both lawmakers have also received contributions from Yass.

Yass’s effort to protect his Chinese investment extends to the 2024 presidential campaign, as well. The Club for Growth was an early backer of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. A committee supporting the Florida governor’s presidential bid has received nearly $3 million from Yass.  In late 2022, when most Republican governors moved to ban TikTok on state government devices, Gov. DeSantis demurred – only finally signing a government device ban in May of this year shortly before announcing his presidential bid. Douglas Leone, whose Sequoia Capital is another major investor TikTok investor, has contributed at least $2 million to the pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down.

ByteDance and TikTok’s control by the Chinese Communist Party has been well documented. The social media app’s parent company ByteDance has received significant financial support from the state-owned China Internet Investment Fund. The company has several cooperation agreements with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and least one ByteDance vice-president, Zhang Fuping, also serves as a committee secretary within the Chinese Communist Party.

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Major backers of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign have also been working diligently on Capitol Hill to prevent the U.S. government from banning the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok – a suspected espionage tool. The neoliberal Club for Growth has become a leading voice in Washington, D.C. in opposing a ban or substantive restrictions. The Club for Growth's opposition efforts appear to be financially fueled, in part, by billionaire Jeff Yass. show more
covid vaccine breast milk
September 21, 2023
Jake Welch
Health
News

mRNA COVID Vaccine Found in Breast Milk.

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been found to contaminate breast milk, according to a recent study published in the Lancet Discovery Science journal earlier this week.

The study – to which eight researchers and scientists contributed – asked 13 mothers to provide frozen breast milk samples both before and after mRNA vaccination, which were then analyzed by the researchers.

They found that ten of the 13 women’s breast milk carried traces of the coronavirus vaccine, although those traces were not found to be biologically active. “For lactating mothers receiving the vaccine, our results suggest that the vaccine LNPs will reach the breast tissue,” the researchers explain.

The scientists also note that “limited research has been conducted on the systemic distribution of vaccine mRNA during lactation and whether it is excreted in human breast milk,” suggesting that far more research is necessary to learn the extent of the contamination.

Notably, the results dispel the initial claim that the vaccine stays localized in the arm after vaccination and does not travel systematically throughout the body; on the contrary, the researchers found that mRNA vaccinations can spread from blood to milk.

The COVID-19 vaccines have been similarly found to impact menstruation, with millions of women suffering menstrual disturbances after receiving the jab.

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The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been found to contaminate breast milk, according to a recent study published in the Lancet Discovery Science journal earlier this week. show more
September 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Almost 3/4 of Americans Think The Nation is Becoming a Police State.

Almost three-quarters of Americans – 72 percent – admit to being concerned that the United States is becoming a “police state” engaging in mass surveillance, censorship, ideological indoctrination, and the targeting of political opponents, according to a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports.

Of those concerned, 46 percent told pollsters that they were “very concerned” that the state is becoming tyrannical, with 26 percent answering “somewhat concerned.” Only 23 percent of Americans said they were not concerned, with less than one in ten Americans answering “not at all concerned.”

Rasmussen also asked the 998 likely American vetoers whether they agreed with the statement: “The FBI is a danger to the freedom and security of law-abiding Americans?”

Half of the respondents agreed with the statement, with the majority answered “strongly agree.” Republicans overwhelmingly agreed, with 45 percent answering “strongly agree” and another 23 percent answered “somewhat agree.”

A total of 45 percent disagreed with the statement, with 26 percent strongly disagreeing. Democrats felt more strongly that the FBI assists freedom and security as 36 percent strongly disagreed, and a further 22 percent somewhat disagreed.

Lastly, Rasmussen asked whether those surveyed: “Which political party is a bigger threat to basic liberties in America: Democrats or Republicans?”

Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of both parties – 76 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of Democrats – told pollsters the opposition party was the greater threat. However, more Democrats believe their party is a bigger threat at 26 percent than Republicans at 20 percent.

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Almost three-quarters of Americans – 72 percent – admit to being concerned that the United States is becoming a "police state" engaging in mass surveillance, censorship, ideological indoctrination, and the targeting of political opponents, according to a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports. show more
September 21, 2023
William Upton
Breaking
Media
News

Murdoch OUT! News Corp, Fox Mogul Steps Down After Decades.

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from his roles as the chairman of the Fox Corporation and the executive chairman at News Corp. The Australian billionaire will serve as chairman emeritus at both companies.

In a letter to colleagues, Murdoch announced that his son, Lachlan, would become the sole chairman of both media companies. “For my entire professional life, I have been engaged daily with news and ideas, and that will not change. But the time is right for me to take on different roles, knowing that we have truly talented teams and a passionate, principled leader in Lachlan who will become sole Chairman of both companies,” Murdoch wrote.

 

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Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from his roles as the chairman of the Fox Corporation and the executive chairman at News Corp. The Australian billionaire will serve as chairman emeritus at both companies. show more
September 21, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
World

Poland Halts Weapons Transfers to Ukraine After Being Insulted by Zelensky at the UN.

Poland, Ukraine’s strongest supporter in Europe, has announced it will no longer send weapons to Volodymyr Zelensky, who insulted the NATO member at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly over its efforts to stop an influx of Ukrainian grain.

Ukraine is a major grain producer and exporter, and Zelensky has often claimed that Russia’s control over the Black Sea is preventing food from reaching the Third World – but much of the food leaving Ukraine is not going to the Third World, but instead flooding neighboring European Union member-states and undercutting local farmers.

The European Commission, the EU’s unelected executive, has refused to extend a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain, but Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia are imposing local bans unilaterally, in defiance of the EU’s claims to exclusive control over trade policy. Zelensky responded to the bans by insulting the governments involved at the UN, suggesting they are aiding Russia.

The Polish government, which is looking after more Ukrainian refugees than any other country, hosts workshops repairing Ukrainian military equipment, and has supplied Zelensky with artillery, tanks, and warplanes, has reacted strongly to the insult, declaring that Polish weapons shipments are now at an end: “We are now arming Poland,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Poland and Ukraine have a strained historical relationship, despite the former’s strong support for the Ukrainian war effort, with Ukrainian nationalists having massacred over a hundred thousand ethnic Poles in formerly Polish territory, now incorporated into Ukraine, during the Second World War. These nationalists, and in particular their leader Stepan Bandera, are celebrated as heroes in Ukraine to this day.

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Poland, Ukraine's strongest supporter in Europe, has announced it will no longer send weapons to Volodymyr Zelensky, who insulted the NATO member at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly over its efforts to stop an influx of Ukrainian grain. show more
desantis polls
September 20, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

DeSantis Slips Into FIFTH in New Hampshire Poll.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has slipped to fifth place in the New Hampshire primary according to a new poll. Former President Trump continues to dominate the Republican field in The Granite State, garnering just shy of 40 percent of the vote.

Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who has spent the last two months campaigning heavily in New Hampshire, is in second place with 13 percent. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is in third with 12 percent, followed by Chris Christie with 11 percent. Gov. DeSantis has dropped 13 points since since the last CNN/University of New Hampshire survey and rounds out the top five candidates with just 10 percent.

The sinking poll numbers come as another blow to DeSantis’s presidential ambitions. Earlier this week, billionaire mega-donor Ken Griffin announced he would be sitting out the rest of the primary cycle despite being an early financial backer for the DeSantis campaign. Griffin blasted the Florida Governor’s political operation, stating: “It’s not clear to me what voter base he is intending to appeal to.”

On Monday, former President Trump announced that he has twice as many signed Iowa caucus pledge cards as the DeSantis campaign despite being outspent 5-to-1 in the state. The Iowa caucuses are considered a must win for Ron DeSantis, though the governor has consistently polled in a distant second to Trump.

The National Pulse previous reported that, speaking before of a packed and energized audience in Dubuque, Iowa today, Trump announced a “full Fentanyl blockade” of U.S territorial waters. The former President added that, “Biden’s horror show at the southern border ends at high noon on Inauguration Day, 2025.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has slipped to fifth place in the New Hampshire primary according to a new poll. Former President Trump continues to dominate the Republican field in The Granite State, garnering just shy of 40 percent of the vote. show more
kari lake
September 20, 2023
News
Politics

Kari Lake to Launch AZ Senate Bid.

Arizona Republican Kari Lake is preparing to launch a Senate run in the early weeks of October, according to three individuals familiar with her plans, as published by POLITICO.

Known for her staunch support of former President Donald Trump, Lake, who refused to concede her narrow loss in Arizona’s gubernatorial race last year, has been dropping hints about her bid for months.

Recent weeks have seen her engaged in active involvement in national politics, including headlining events in Iowa and Michigan.

Lake’s intention to run has had an effect on the Republican field for the seat currently held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), with Blake Masters, the state’s 2022 Senate nominee, appearing to postpone his entry into the race after initially preparing to do so in September.

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Arizona Republican Kari Lake is preparing to launch a Senate run in the early weeks of October, according to three individuals familiar with her plans, as published by POLITICO. show more
September 20, 2023
Raheem J. Kassam
Breaking
Exclusive
News
Politics

EXC – Trump in Iowa: ‘Biden Border Horror Show Ends at High Noon on Inauguration Day’.

Former President and Republican frontrunner Donald J. Trump is expected to announce a “full Fentanyl blockade” for U.S. territorial waters, as well as declaring that “a vote for President Trump means Joe Biden’s horror show at the southern border ends at high noon on Inauguration Day, 2025,” in remarks set to be delivered at 4pm EST in Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday.

The National Pulse can also reveal first that Trump’s speech at the Grand River Center will focus intensely on America’s energy, immigration, and economic crises heralded by the White House-hyped “Bidenomics” policy platform.

“This is an invasion,” Trump will declare, as well as insisting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers be allowed to “do their jobs,” rather than being forced to “catch and release” illegals. Trump is also expected to give examples of the impact of this policy, highlighting specific illegal migrants who have committed heinous crimes including murders on American soil since being released by Biden’s government.

Just this week, American learned of Roberto Emilio Vasquez-Santamaria, a released illegal who went on to bludgeon American citizen to death after just a few months in the country.

“The Biden border disaster is now so egregious that the far-left mayors of New York and Chicago, and even the liberal governors of New York and Massachusetts, are slamming Crooked Joe for swamping their cities and towns with thousands of unwanted migrants—bringing crime, disease, and a colossal burden on schools, hospitals, and public resources. The mayor of New York said the migrant crisis ‘will destroy New York City’,” Trump is expected to highlight.

Trump says his second administration will follow “the Eisenhower Model” to “carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American History,” as well as demanding that Congressional Republicans ban the Biden regime “from using a single taxpayer dollar to release or resettle illegal aliens into the United States effective September 30th.”

WATCH AT 4PM EST: 

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Former President and Republican frontrunner Donald J. Trump is expected to announce a "full Fentanyl blockade" for U.S. territorial waters, as well as declaring that "a vote for President Trump means Joe Biden’s horror show at the southern border ends at high noon on Inauguration Day, 2025," in remarks set to be delivered at 4pm EST in Dubuque, Iowa on Wednesday. show more
illegal migrant
September 20, 2023
Immigration
News

Illegal Migrant Bludgeoned American to Death Just Months After Release by Biden Govt.

An illegal migrant from Peru has been charged with murder in Eagle Pass, Texas, after a 40-year-old man from Houston, was found bludgeoned to death in the backyard of his home, according to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Office.

Roberto Emilio Vasquez-Santamaria, 64, was arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred on Monday. Vasquez-Santamaria had been released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after illegally crossing the southern border in May to a non-government shelter in Eagle Pass after providing a written promise to appear for court proceedings, according to several news outlets.

The location where the victim was discovered is connected to previous migrant smuggling incidents, although a motive for the murder has not yet been determined, according to anonymous law enforcement officials.

The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism recently regarding its ability to effectively track migrants who are released into the United States. Official data shows that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have encountered nearly 2 million illegal migrants so far this year.

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An illegal migrant from Peru has been charged with murder in Eagle Pass, Texas, after a 40-year-old man from Houston, was found bludgeoned to death in the backyard of his home, according to the Maverick County Sheriff's Office. show more
September 20, 2023
William Upton
News

BIZARRE: Did Ron DeSantis Kick Tucker Carlson’s Dog?

In the spring of 2023, Ron and Casey DeSantis visited Tucker Carlson’s Florida home for a lunch that was supposed entice the then Fox News host towards favorable coverage of the Florida governor’s soon-to-be-announced presidential campaign. It culminated, allegedly, with Gov. DeSantis instead kicking one of the Carlson family’s dogs, at least according to a new book from Michael Wolff.

According to Wolff, the lunch came about at the prompting of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, who wanted Fox’s on-air personalities to meet with Ron and Casey. Murdoch hoped they would warm to the governor as an alternative to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Wolff writes: “For two hours Ron DeSantis sat at her table talking in an outdoor voice indoors, failing to observe any basics of conversation ritual or propriety, reeling off an unselfconscious list of his programs and initiatives and political accomplishments.” This hyper-ambitious bravado evidently alienated the Tucker’s wife Susie Carlson.

Matters were made worse when Gov. DeSantis allegedly pushed one of of the Carlson’s spaniels under the table with his foot – resulting in Susie Carlson concluding that DeSantis had in fact kicked one of the family dogs.

While Carlson himself has apparently told reporters the story is “absurd” and “made up”, there is of course the chance he’s just being a gracious host. The National Pulse checked with other sources with knowledge of the lunch, who said there is little reason to doubt Wolff’s characterisation of what happened. DeSantis’s odd personal behavior is well documented – including accusations that he eats pudding with his fingers, doesn’t respond well to jokes at his expense, and often alienates his own staff.

The DeSantis campaign responded to Wolff’s recollection of the lunch with the Carlsons stating: “The totality of that story is absurd and false. Some will say or write anything to attack Ron DeSantis because they know he presents a threat to their worldview.”

Did Ron DeSantis kick Tucker Carlson’s dog?. It’s unclear if we’ll ever know for sure, but it’s hardly outside the scope weird behavior we’ve already witnessed from the Florida Governor.

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In the spring of 2023, Ron and Casey DeSantis visited Tucker Carlson's Florida home for a lunch that was supposed entice the then Fox News host towards favorable coverage of the Florida governor's soon-to-be-announced presidential campaign. It culminated, allegedly, with Gov. DeSantis instead kicking one of the Carlson family's dogs, at least according to a new book from Michael Wolff. show more