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April 21, 2025
Podcast

WATCH: Laura Loomer Explains Fresh Trump Admin Personnel Issues in Podcast With Tara Palmeri.

PULSE POINTS:

❓WHAT HAPPENED: Laura Loomer discusses how her intel prompted Donald Trump to fire multiple national security officials, bypassing his own adviser Mike Waltz, in a new podcast with Tara Palmeri.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Loomer, Trump, Waltz, and various NSC personnel; Loomer says Trump is her “biggest ally.”

🧾KEY QUOTES: “Trump said, ‘Hire her.’ They never do.” / “If you want loyalty in DC, get a dog—I have four.”

⚠️FALLOUT: Loomer alleges internal sabotage and persistent leaks.

📌SIGNIFICANCE: Loomer’s role highlights Trump’s ongoing trust issues inside his camp—and signals a chaotic personnel battle ahead of a second term.

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Laura Loomer revealed how her Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump led to the firing of multiple National Security Council officials—over the objections of Trump’s own national security adviser, Rep. Mike Waltz, in a new podcast with reporter Tara Palmeri.

Despite multiple hiring directives from Trump himself, Loomer says his staff has repeatedly blocked her from joining the administration and leaked her visits to CNN. “He said, ‘Hire her,’” Loomer told Palmeri. “They never do.”

Loomer accused Waltz of promoting disloyal staff and said she attempted to show Trump a video of Waltz attacking him during the 2016 campaign—until Waltz walked into the room and interrupted the meeting. “What does a Mike Waltz vet entail?” Loomer asked. “He himself wouldn’t pass one.”

She warned of a vetting crisis inside Trump’s operation, alleging that senior aides are onboarding and shielding unvetted or ideologically hostile personnel.

The former congressional candidate and opposition researcher now runs Loomered Strategies, a consulting firm offering executive-level vetting.

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December 14, 2024
Crime
Podcast

Biden Faces Backlash Over Clemency for ‘Kids for Cash’ Judge & Corrupt Ohio Official.

President Joe Biden is facing mounting backlash over his decision to grant clemency to a state judge responsible for the “kids for cash” scandal and an Ohio county’s corrupt commissioner. As part of a broader pardon and clemency announcement impacting approximately 1,500 individuals—the largest in U.S. history—Biden commuted the prison sentences for former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judge Michael T. Conahan and Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner Jimmy Dimora.

Conahan was involved in a notorious “kids for cash” scandal where he received kickbacks for sentencing juveniles to for-profit detention centers. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges and was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison. His sentence was shortened during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was granted compassionate release to home confinement in 2020. His time spent in home confinement appears to have made him eligible for the commutation.

Meanwhile, Dimora was previously convicted of accepting bribes over several years. According to information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, Dimora received over $166,000 in bribes, which included monetary payments, home renovations, extravagant dining experiences, services from sex workers, and gambling excursions in Las Vegas and Canada. His actions, in return, involved directing contracts to certain individuals, helping acquaintances secure jobs and salary increases, and lobbying for beneficial loans and grants.

Initially sentenced in 2012 to 28 years of imprisonment, Dimora has consistently denied involvement in criminal activities. He had sought clemency from President Barack Obama during his term but was not granted it.

Biden defended his decision, stating that individuals released to home confinement during the pandemic have successfully reintegrated into their communities. Critics, including The Washington Post’s Heather Long, condemned Conahan’s commutation, highlighting the judge’s negative impact on the public trust and many children’s lives.

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President Joe Biden is facing mounting backlash over his decision to grant clemency to a state judge responsible for the "kids for cash" scandal and an Ohio county's corrupt commissioner. As part of a broader pardon and clemency announcement impacting approximately 1,500 individuals—the largest in U.S. history—Biden commuted the prison sentences for former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judge Michael T. Conahan and Cuyahoga County, Ohio commissioner Jimmy Dimora. show more
October 27, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Podcast

WATCH: Kassam on the Campaign, Populism, and People Power.

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, has given a lengthy interview providing his thoughts on the state of the U.S. election campaign, the populist movement, and his journey into it. Speaking to Hearts of Oak podcast host Peter Mcilvenna, Kassam charted his journey from a youthful supporter of the Bill Clinton-like Tony Blair to a seasoned populist and his experiences with “locomotives of populism” like Donald Trump, Stephen K. Bannon, and Nigel Farage.

On the elections, Kassam said he senses that “we are on a winning course right now… despite [Trump’s] campaign leadership, not because of his campaign leadership.” He explained the turnaround is due in part to the fact that MAGA stalwarts such as Corey Lewandowski have been brought on board and given a greater role relative to the likes of Chris LaCivita, who was steering the campaign onto the rocks after the Democrats ousted Joe Biden in favor of Kamala Harris.

Harris herself is also given credit for the change in fortunes, with the public finding her more unlikeable the more they see of her: “She’s become almost as unpopular as Hillary Clinton—and I say ‘almost’ because America got to know Hillary Clinton really well for decades and decades. If they got to know Kamala as well as Hillary, she would be half as popular, if that,” he said. “She is just a fundamentally unlikeable person.”

PEOPLE POWER.

Speaking to imprisoned War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime friend and collaborator, Kassam argued that the great strength of the former White House chief strategist’s following is that it is “people-led.”

“He’s just the guy who’s conducting the orchestra; the musicians are the ordinary Americans out there… who are doing the heavy lifting in the communities every day, who are building these families and teaching their kids the right values,” he explained.

The fact Bannon has not been released already under the First Step Act, Kassam continued, is proof that the Democrats and their allies have gone beyond “weaponization” of the legal system, as they are “now breaking the law… to keep this man detained unlawfully.”

“It’s so far beyond a disgrace that I pray to God that, when Trump gets back in the White House, that there isn’t this 2016 mentality of, ‘We can reform some of these things; if we just send some nice Bush-era conservatives into these departments…’ This is like the Civil Service in the UK; they’re not interested in being reformed. You have to just get rid of them; you have to fire them,” he stressed.

However, Kassam’s number one piece of advice to the conservative movement is to take on Citizens United and “get big money out of politics.”

“The real threat to democracy is not Donald Trump or anything like that, it’s Corporate America,” he said.

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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, has given a lengthy interview providing his thoughts on the state of the U.S. election campaign, the populist movement, and his journey into it. Speaking to Hearts of Oak podcast host Peter Mcilvenna, Kassam charted his journey from a youthful supporter of the Bill Clinton-like Tony Blair to a seasoned populist and his experiences with "locomotives of populism" like Donald Trump, Stephen K. Bannon, and Nigel Farage. show more
July 13, 2024
Podcast

‘UNMISSABLE’: Kassam & Poso Break Down Biden, RNC in War Room Special Hour.

Saturday morning’s episode of Steve Bannon’s War Room was guest hosted by Jack Posobiec, with The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam joining for a fiery second hour.

The show–described by viewers as “unmissable”–brought together what to look for at the Republican National Convention (RNC) this coming week, as well as core themes and theories behind the ongoing Biden debacle.

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Saturday morning's episode of Steve Bannon's War Room was guest hosted by Jack Posobiec, with The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam joining for a fiery second hour. show more
December 27, 2023
Feature
Podcast

Missed It? Catch Up With War Room’s ‘Boxing Day’ Special Hosted by Raheem Kassam.

The Tuesday, December 26th edition of War Room was hosted by National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam and featured conversations about the importance of the 12 Days of Christmas, as well as dissecting the biggest news stories of the year, and introducing the War Room audience to the inimitable humor of the Fleccas Talks podcast.

Catch up below, in two parts, in case you missed it:

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The Tuesday, December 26th edition of War Room was hosted by National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam and featured conversations about the importance of the 12 Days of Christmas, as well as dissecting the biggest news stories of the year, and introducing the War Room audience to the inimitable humor of the Fleccas Talks podcast. show more
December 23, 2023
William Upton
Immigration
Media
Podcast

WATCH: Kassam Explains The Democrat Insurrection, Border Crisis, the ‘Arrogance of Modernity’, and Predicts Mass Protests.

During a marathon appearance on War Room with Stephen K. Bannon this week, The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam hit on three topics which are likely to dominate national media through the New Year.

According to Kassam: the Democrats are dusting off their 2020 playbook in order to kick Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot; our national elites are propelled by arrogance – believing they’re smarter than those who came before them; and the unchecked border crisis will result in mass street protests against the Biden regime.

The Real 2020 Insurrection.

In late summer 2020, Kassam and Bill McGinley put together analysis of a strategy put forward by Democrat election-lawyer Marc Elias as well as Soros advisor Rosa Brooks. Their plans established a predicate for stealing the 2020 presidential election. The groups anticipated that Donald Trump would appear the overwhelming victor during initial election returns, but explained that the weeks-long counting of mail-in ballots would eventually put Joe Biden over the top.

As Kassam notes, various leftist groups like Act Blue provided material support for the actual insurrection – Antifa’s siege of the White House complex in late May and early June, as well as the routine Black Lives Matter violence in the run up to the 2020 election.

The Arrogance of Modernity.

Reflecting on the humility and wisdom of those who attended the town hall at the Cowboy Church in Casa Grande, Arizona on Wednesday night, Kassam noted our national political elites couldn’t appear more different. Instead of humility and a reverence for those who came before them, Kassam argues Democrats and the left believe they must prove they’re smarter than past generations.

“The people who were in the Cowboy Church in Casa Grande last night do not fancy themselves as smarter than this nation’s founders… the people who occupy the halls of power… start from a position that because several centuries have passed, therefore they must be smarter than the people who founded this nation,” Kassam said.

The Forthcoming Street Protests.

Finally, in an ominous prediction, Kassam told Bannon the continued unchecked flow of illegal immigrants into the United States under President Joe Biden’s watch will likely result in civil unrest. Referring to Americans, like those who attended the Cowboy Church town hall, Kassam said: “You feel in these peoples’ demeanor… they’re angry. And you feel that something will absolutely give way here, because these people I just don’t think are going to sit around and take it anymore.”

He noted the mass demonstrations which broke out in Germany against mass immigration when then-Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed 1.7 million migrants into her country. Kassam said the per-capita number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. had already surpassed the name which led to tens-of-thousands protesting in Germany.

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During a marathon appearance on War Room with Stephen K. Bannon this week, The National Pulse's editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam hit on three topics which are likely to dominate national media through the New Year. show more

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September 25, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Podcast
World

U.S. Aid is Subsidizing Ukraine Corporates, Paying State Salaries, and Buying Fertilizer for Farmers.

Joe Biden’s government is pumping billions of dollars not only into the Ukrainian war machine, but into the Ukrainian economy, using taxpayer cash to pay the salaries of almost 60,000 state employees, subsidize private businesses, and even buy seed and fertilizer for farmers. At the same time, NATO allies including Poland and Hungary complain their own farmers are being overwhelmed by Ukrainian produce being dumped on European markets.

Reporters discovered U.S. taxpayers are paying the salaries of all 57,000 first responders in Ukraine, and not only subsidizing businesses, but even helping them to secure new customers overseas via USAID.

Perhaps the most controversial discovery is the financial support for Ukrainian farmers, considering Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is currently lodging proceedings against several European Union neighbors who have banned imports of Ukrainian grain – without the EU’s permission.

Poland, one of the countries involved in this fledgling trade war, even halted military supplies to Ukraine amid the dispute. It had previously been one of Zelensky’s most important backers, supplying him with warplanes and over 300 tanks, and pushing other NATO members to offer similar assistance.

While non-military aid to Ukraine has already reached the tens of billions, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance to Hawaii following devastating wildfires currently stands at around $3.17 million.

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Joe Biden's government is pumping billions of dollars not only into the Ukrainian war machine, but into the Ukrainian economy, using taxpayer cash to pay the salaries of almost 60,000 state employees, subsidize private businesses, and even buy seed and fertilizer for farmers. At the same time, NATO allies including Poland and Hungary complain their own farmers are being overwhelmed by Ukrainian produce being dumped on European markets. show more
wuhan lab origins
September 13, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Health
News
Podcast
Science
World

Whistleblower: CIA Bribed ‘Experts’ to Opposite Wuhan Lab COVID Origins.

A whistleblower has told the House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) effectively bribed researchers who said the Wuhan virus originated in a lab to change their opinion.

The whistleblower, described as a “highly credible senior-level CIA officer” by the House Oversight Committee, alleges that six of seven officers assigned to investigate the origins of COVID-19 initially concluded that it “likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China” – but they were “offered financial incentives… to change their conclusion in favor of a zoonotic origin.”

The committee chairmen – Reps. Wenstrup (R-OH) and Turner (R-OH) – have written to the CIA requesting that Andrew Makridis, the CIA’s former Chief Operating Officer (COO), submit to a “voluntary transcribed interview,” and asked for all documents and communications between state officials and the COVID Discovery Team.

“According to the whistleblower, at the end of its review, six of the seven members of the Team believed the intelligence and science were sufficient to make a low confidence assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. The seventh member of the Team, who also happened to be the most senior, was the lone officer to believe COVID-19 originated through zoonosis. The whistleblower further contends that to come to the eventual public determination of uncertainty, the other six members were given a significant monetary incentive to change their position,” wrote the chairmen.

They are particularly interested in communications related to the team’s “pay history, to include the awarding of any type of financial or performance-based incentive/financial bonus”.

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A whistleblower has told the House of Representatives' Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) effectively bribed researchers who said the Wuhan virus originated in a lab to change their opinion. show more
no labels
September 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Podcast
Politics

‘No Labels’ Strategy is To Let Congress Install Hand-Picked Globalist President.

Establishment politicos are grooming a ‘No Labels’ presidential candidate to disrupt the 2024 election and pave the way for Capitol Hill to parachute a neoliberal or neoconservative Commander-in-Chief into the White House, National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam recently revealed to Donald Trump Jr. on an episode of the latter’s Triggered podcast.

No Labels is a so-called “centrist” group headed by former Democrat fundraiser Nancy Jacobson, which may run Democrat lawmaker Joe Manchin as an alternative to Joe Biden and Donald Trump in 2024.

While some conservatives believe a Manchin run would peel votes from Biden, Kassam explained that Democrats and Republicans In Name Only – or “Conservatives Under National Terms” – believe he can also peel votes from Trump in key areas:

“What they’ll do is try to run people like Manchin in West Virginia, with the idea of pulling votes away from Trump, and they’ll do the same to Biden where it makes it so that neither of the candidates reach the 270 votes that they need to win the Electoral College,” Kassam warned.

This would allow the House of Representatives, which the Democrats expect to take back in 2024, to pick the President, and the Senate to pick the Vice President. This means Capitol Hill could not only dispose of Trump, but possibly get rid of the increasingly embarrassing Biden and his unpopular running mate, too,

“What do the No Labels people really care about the most? Is it the good of the American people? Or is it this amorphous idea of ‘rules-based global order’?” asked Kassam, stressing that their focus is “never the importance of the nation-state… it’s less America, more the world; less populism, more globalism.”

He predicted that escalating the Ukraine war and other neocon policies would be on the agenda early on under a Capitol Hill candidate – and this is reflected in No Labels’ manifesto, which speaks of being “prepared to fight a two-front war against Russia and China”.

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Establishment politicos are grooming a 'No Labels' presidential candidate to disrupt the 2024 election and pave the way for Capitol Hill to parachute a neoliberal or neoconservative Commander-in-Chief into the White House, National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam recently revealed to Donald Trump Jr. on an episode of the latter's Triggered podcast. show more
September 11, 2023
William Upton
News
Podcast

AIDSurrection! Protesters Storm Speaker’s Office at U.S. Capitol.

Demonstrators demanding that Congress reauthorizes the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – an international HIV/AIDS relief program – stormed the office of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday. Six of the activists who entered and then occupied the Speaker’s office were arrested by the Capitol Police. Their hands were bound with zip ties instead of handcuffs, a common practice used for mass arrests during political protests where the arrested individuals are booked on minor charges and promptly released.

Conservative commentator Byron York pointed out on X (formerly Twitter) that the six arrested protestors could be charged, albeit unlikely, with several serious crimes including “1) Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; 2) Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; 3) Impeding Passage Through the Capitol Grounds or Buildings; 4) Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building…”.

The punishment for the charges vary, though each carries a maximum 6 months to a year in prison.

Protestors who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 have been handed sentences far in excess of those usually handed down for unlawful behavior in government buildings. Over 1,000 of the protestors present that day have been arrested, nearly 500 have received sentences, and 277 have been given prison time. The prison sentences have ranged from as little as 3 years to upwards of 20 years or more.

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Demonstrators demanding that Congress reauthorizes the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – an international HIV/AIDS relief program – stormed the office of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday. Six of the activists who entered and then occupied the Speaker's office were arrested by the Capitol Police. Their hands were bound with zip ties instead of handcuffs, a common practice used for mass arrests during political protests where the arrested individuals are booked on minor charges and promptly released. show more