Former President Donald J. Trump attended the annual Al Smith Dinner in New York City on Thursday, October 17, roasting Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who refused to attend.
Trump mocked Harris, saying she couldn’t be there in person because she was receiving Holy Communion from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. This referenced a recent incident where Catholics accused Whitmer of denigrating the Holy Eucharist.
Trump also poked fun at several of the diner’s guests, including Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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Former President Donald J. Trump attended the annual Al Smith Dinner in New York City on Thursday, October 17, roasting Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who refused to attend.
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A new survey suggests that German young people are gravitating increasingly to the right, with support among young men in particular surging. The Shell Youth Study 2024, which examined responses from 2,509 people born between 1998 and 2012, found that 25 percent of young men describe themselves as either ‘somewhat right-wing’ or ‘right-wing.’ This marks a rise from under 20 percent in 2019.
In contrast, only 11 percent of young women identified with the right, consistent with figures from the previous survey. The study also revealed that 72 percent of young women support a diverse society, compared to 56 percent of young men. Additionally, issues such as feminism and veganism showed higher concern among young women than among young men.
The shift towards right-wing views among young German men is aligned with increasing support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. A survey earlier this year showed the AfD gaining popularity among the 14 to 29-year-old age group. Recent state elections in Thuringia and Saxony confirmed this trend, with the AfD attracting significant youth support.
In neighboring Austria, the populist Freedom Party (FPOe) is the most popular party among all age brackets. The Austrian youth vote helped the party win last month’s national election.
The Shell survey also found rising populist sentiments among young Germans. In total, 55 percent agreed that state policies do not personally benefit them, while 48 percent believe the government prioritizes migrants over native citizens in need.
Major concerns among young people include the fear of broader conflict in Europe and economic challenges, with 81 percent worried about war and 67 percent listing poverty as a concern.
The current left-wing coalition government has led Germany to a severe economic downturn. German business giants like Volkswagen are considering shutting down factories amid fears of a back-to-back recession.
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A new survey suggests that German young people are gravitating increasingly to the right, with support among young men in particular surging. The Shell Youth Study 2024, which examined responses from 2,509 people born between 1998 and 2012, found that 25 percent of young men describe themselves as either 'somewhat right-wing' or 'right-wing.' This marks a rise from under 20 percent in 2019.
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Faith in President Donald J. Trump‘s reelection prospects has surged to new highs in the betting markets, with at least one now projecting Trump to have a 60 percent chance of winning the presidential race. Betting website Polymarket projects that Trump has a 59.7 percent chance of winning the presidency compared to his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, at 40.2 percent.
Over $584 million has been placed on a Trump win on the platform, compared to $393 million for Harris. One user alone has bet nearly $10 million on the former president. The betting website had shown a close race between Trump and Harris from August up until this month. Still, Trump has pulled away in the last two weeks—suggesting a public perception that electoral momentum has decisively shifted.
Presidential race polling shows that Trump has gained ground in several key swing states, with polling firm Rasmussen projecting a win for Trump in Pennsylvania. Rasmussen Reports’ head pollster, Mark Mitchell, said other polls had oversampled Democrats, overestimating Harris’s true level of support. He noted similar trends in the 2020 election as polls overestimated support for Joe Biden.
Last week, RealClearPolitics (RCP) released an aggregate of polls showing Trump up in five of seven swing states. The aggregate projected that he could win the Electoral College with at least 296 votes, far above the 270 required.
Trump has made significant gains with traditionally Democrat demographics, including Hispanics and black men. The Hispanic vote could be crucial in states like Arizona and Nevada, where they comprise around 30 percent of the population.
Trump has also received support from the Mayor of Hamtramck, a city in Michigan with a Muslim-majority population, which could greatly benefit his chances of winning the swing state.
Faith in President Donald J. Trump's reelection prospects has surged to new highs in the betting markets, with at least one now projecting Trump to have a 60 percent chance of winning the presidential race. Betting website Polymarket projects that Trump has a 59.7 percent chance of winning the presidency compared to his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, at 40.2 percent.
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Some career federal government bureaucrats are scrambling to move to agencies where they believe their position will be less likely to receive a Schedule F designation in a potential second Trump administration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has seen some of the highest outflows of employees, with many choosing to transfer to the Department of Commerce or Department of Energy, where they feel they will receive less scrutiny.
A recent report by POLITICO‘s E&E News, citing anonymous career government employees, reveals that many federal workers are cutting back on their expenses due to fears of being fired after the November presidential election. “We have stopped doing any money-spending things because what if we’re without jobs in the next year?” a Department of the Interior employee told the outlet, adding: “We need all the savings we can get.”
Several federal bureaucrats said they wouldn’t speak on the record, fearing retribution from a Trump White House. “They’re so vindictive, I can see them going back through E&E News articles and saying, ‘You’re fired,'” one anonymous government agency employee said.
On the campaign trail, President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), have both promised a reckoning for the Deep State—the permanent government bureaucracy entrenched in Washington, D.C. that often acts against the democratic will of the voters.
The Biden-Harris government has already attempted to implement a rule that would prevent Trump from reinstituting the Schedule F employment designation, though it isn’t clear how binding the regulation actually is on a future White House.
Trump’s Schedule F reform—despite the corporate media spin—simply allows the president to redesignate any policy-sensitive position as an appointment instead of a career. This makes it easier to remove employees hostile to the elected chief executive’s agenda.
Some career federal government bureaucrats are scrambling to move to agencies where they believe their position will be less likely to receive a Schedule F designation in a potential second Trump administration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has seen some of the highest outflows of employees, with many choosing to transfer to the Department of Commerce or Department of Energy, where they feel they will receive less scrutiny.
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Around 100 Christians gathered outside Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s residence on Sunday to pray the Holy Rosary. The event was held in protest after the Democratic governor appeared to mock the Catholic faith, as part of a pressure campaign that forced her to apologize.
The rally, organized by CatholicVote, was in response to a video in which Governor Whitmer placed a Dorito chip on the tongue of Canadian feminist and pro-abortion activist Liz Plank while she kneeled down, appearing to mock Holy Communion. A video posted by CatholicVote on social media showed a line of rally-goers in raincoats and holding umbrellas outside the governor’s Lansing home.
Republican State Representative Josh Schriver of Oxford promoted the event, calling it a “Response to Whitmer’s Communion Mockery.”
Catholics praying outside the home of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, seeking respect for our faith after she seemingly mocked the Holy Eucharist in a viral video—adding to the unsettling trend of anti-Catholic bigotry within the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/UeYA0gmFiM
Whitmer and Plank’s video also garnered criticism from Catholic religious leaders, including the Michigan Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s Catholic bishops. “It is not just distasteful or ‘strange;’ it is an all-too-familiar example of an elected official mocking religious persons and their practices,” Michigan Catholic Conference President Paul A. Long said of the incident.
Following backlash, Whitmer released an apology, claiming she never meant to insult anyone’s faith, claiming, “Over 25 years in public service, I would never do something to denigrate someone’s faith.”
“What was supposed to be a video about the importance of the CHIPS Act to Michigan jobs has been construed as something it was never intended to be, and I apologize for that,” she added.
However, a reference to the CHIPS Act was only added to the video’s caption after the backlash had begun.
During the video, Whitmer wore a hat supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Harris was previously seen as snubbing Catholics by refusing to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York. She is the first presidential candidate to skip the dinner since Walter Mondale in 1984.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently appeared in a video with popular TikToker Liz Plank, where Whitmer fed a Dorito chip to the content creator as she kneeled, seemingly mocking Catholicism by parodying the sacrament of Holy Communion. pic.twitter.com/FJcCVK771d
Around 100 Christians gathered outside Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's residence on Sunday to pray the Holy Rosary. The event was held in protest after the Democratic governor appeared to mock the Catholic faith, as part of a pressure campaign that forced her to apologize.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama is deploying drag queens and musician Cardi B. to drum up support for Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states. Mrs. Obama’s organization, When We All Vote, is launching an initiative called ‘Party at the Polls.’
In Arizona, where President Donald J. Trump currently holds a narrow lead, a drag show featuring performers from RuPaul’s Drag Race will take place on October 18 in Phoenix. Nevada, a state with polling indicating a close race, will host a similar event on October 29.
Georgia will see a collaboration between When We All Vote and Live Nation Urban at the ONE Musicfest in Atlanta on October 26 and 27. Cardi B., set to perform, previously expressed regret over supporting Joe Biden in 2020.
Kamala Harris has deployed high-profile musicians to motivate people to attend her rallies in the past, featuring free concerts with musicians like Megan Thee Stallion and others.
The Harris campaign is struggling in several key swing states less than a month ahead of the November presidential election. Polls put President Trump up as much as three points in Pennsylvania, and betting markets give Trump better odds of winning all of the swing states except Nevada.
The Harris campaign has stated that it expects to ramp up negative and nasty campaigning in the final weeks before the election, despite two attempts on rival Donald J. Trump’s life so far.
The Harris campaign has raised over a billion dollars, allowing Harris to buy a litany of ad time in swing states.
Former first lady Michelle Obama is deploying drag queens and musician Cardi B. to drum up support for Democrat nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in key swing states. Mrs. Obama's organization, When We All Vote, is launching an initiative called 'Party at the Polls.'
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Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is falsely claiming his Republican opponent, David McCormick, plans to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy by reducing social security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits—with the campaign citing a far-left Democrat dark money group as its source. The claim is made in an ad recently aired by Casey’s senatorial re-election campaign and has been roundly debunked by even Democrat-aligned corporate news outlets like The Washington Post.
“McCormick’s promised the richest people in America a massive tax break,” Sen. Casey says in the television ad spot. “To pay for it, he’s made clear he’ll slash your Medicare and Social Security and cut Medicaid for nursing home care.”
The Post slams Sen. Casey’s claim, stating: “It’s a bold move for a campaign to have the candidate practically put words in the mouth of his opponent. Usually, when a candidate speaks in an ad, the claims he or she makes are factually grounded… He earns Four Pinocchios.”
DARK MONEY.
Casey’s campaign sources its claim against McCormick in a March 2023 report issued by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF). A relatively new political nonprofit organization, ATF has deep ties to the New Venture Fund. Additionally, the ATF affiliate—Americans for Tax Fairness Action—is funded through the New Venture subsidiary, the Sixteen Thirty Fund.
Both the New Venture and Sixteen Thirty funds are tied to a progressive consulting firm called Arabella Advisors. Meanwhile, the latter sits at the center of numerous nonprofits that act as clearing houses for billions in Democratic donor dark money, filtering the political cash to various left-wing organizations.
The National Pulse previously reported that Arabella had directed at least $10 million to pro-Hamas demonstration organizers across the U.S.
Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) is falsely claiming his Republican opponent, David McCormick, plans to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy by reducing social security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits—with the campaign citing a far-left Democrat dark money group as its source. The claim is made in an ad recently aired by Casey's senatorial re-election campaign and has been roundly debunked by even Democrat-aligned corporate news outlets like The Washington Post.show more
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Pssst, groups like the New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty are the same Democrat dark money operations that have funneled cash to both pro-Hamas protesters and groups like Matt Schlapp’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
Pssst, groups like the New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty are the same Democrat dark money operations that have funneled cash to both pro-Hamas protesters and groups like Matt Schlapp’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) show more
A group of Democratic lawmakers is urging major U.S. companies to retain their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Led by Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA), a total of 49 House Democrats sent a letter to Fortune 1000 executives, pressing them to continue DEI programs despite consumer and shareholder backlash.
The letter follows announcements by companies including Ford, Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Lowe’s, and Molson Coors on scaling back DEI initiatives. American companies have cited numerous reasons for the shift away from DEI; however, in most cases, it appears to be due to either consumer boycotts, declining workplace productivity, or pressure from shareholders.
“Inclusion is a core American value, and a great business practice,” Rep. Garcia and his colleagues write. They claim: “By embracing this value, you create safer and fairer workplaces without sacrificing quality or financial success.”
While DEI policies are ostensibly intended to increase ‘inclusivity,’ the programs often result in increased discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. Relatedly, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the summer of 2023 that the use of race-based college admissions criteria—known as affirmative action—violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.
The shift in public and corporate opinion against DEI programs is also apparent in upcoming litigation. Marlean Ames, an Ohio woman, is suing the Ohio Department of Youth Services over reverse discrimination in a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and likely decided in the summer of 2024. The case could have a substantive impact on the evidentiary bar needed to prove a member of a demographic majority has been discriminated against.
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A group of Democratic lawmakers is urging major U.S. companies to retain their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Led by Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA), a total of 49 House Democrats sent a letter to Fortune 1000 executives, pressing them to continue DEI programs despite consumer and shareholder backlash.
An Oregon state official is being placed on administrative leave following a complaint filed by a former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training staffer, who alleges the suspended official prioritized hiring based on qualifications over considerations of race and gender. Mike Shaw, the state’s deputy forester, is accused of ignoring DEI chief Megan Donecker’s demand that the hiring process incorporate an intersectional approach, which she claims would consider the historical oppression of candidates’ ancestors.
Donecker, a white woman who has since resigned from her DEI role in the forestry department, cited an environment where six “queer” employees reportedly felt unsafe due to a lack of discussion around personal pronouns. The DEI chief, who describes herself as an “accomplice to marginalized communities,” claims Shaw left her off of important meeting notices in an attempt to circumvent her attempts to change hiring practices.
She described Shaw’s stance on identity-based hiring as dismissive, likening his approach to “a speeding car on an icy road”—a metaphor suggesting potential recklessness in ignoring DEI principles. According to Donecker, Shaw replied to her icy road metaphor stating: “We don’t go 60 [mph] out of the gate, or we’re gonna crash the car.”
Shaw’s leave is part of an ongoing investigation into the complaint. Meanwhile, Donecker has transitioned to a new role with Oregon’s Department of Early Learning and Care, working as an “Equity Trainer” and “Education Coordinator.”
Numerous major American corporations have abandoned their DEI programs in recent months, driven by a combination of investor backlash and a drop in productivity among DEI hires.
An Oregon state official is being placed on administrative leave following a complaint filed by a former Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training staffer, who alleges the suspended official prioritized hiring based on qualifications over considerations of race and gender. Mike Shaw, the state's deputy forester, is accused of ignoring DEI chief Megan Donecker's demand that the hiring process incorporate an intersectional approach, which she claims would consider the historical oppression of candidates' ancestors.
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The Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it has temporarily suspended certain Hurricane Helene relief operations in several North Carolina communities due to perceived threats against federal aid workers. According to FEMA, federal disaster relief operations were halted in Rutherford County after the agency received reports from the National Guard that an “armed militia” was allegedly threatening relief workers.
“For the safety of our dedicated staff and the disaster survivors we are helping, FEMA has made some operational adjustments,” an agency spokesman said in astatement on Monday. They added: “Disaster Recovery Centers will continue to be open as scheduled, survivors continue to register for assistance, and we continue to help the people of North Carolina with their recovery.”
In addition to suspending operations in Rutherford County, several other localities near the North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee border claim they had to halt relief work due to threats from locals. According to Ashe County Sheriff Phil Howell, several relief centers where victims of Hurricane Helene could apply in person for assistance were closed “due to threats occurring in some counties.” No specific details regarding the type or seriousness of the “threats” were provided. Sheriff Howell stressed that residents impacted by the storm should “stay calm and steady during our recovery, help folks, and please don’t stir the pot.”
FEMA has received a bevy of criticism from both local residents and private citizens working to bring relief to those impacted by the deadly storm. The National Pulse previously reported that technology billionaire Elon Musk claims FEMA has been interfering with his efforts to provide emergency satellite Internet to the region to bolster communication access for residents.
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The Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says it has temporarily suspended certain Hurricane Helene relief operations in several North Carolina communities due to perceived threats against federal aid workers. According to FEMA, federal disaster relief operations were halted in Rutherford County after the agency received reports from the National Guard that an "armed militia" was allegedly threatening relief workers.
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