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March 22, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Politics

Congress’s ‘Minibus’ Contains Dem Earmarks for Transgender Youth Services, $1.8M For Late-Term Abortion Clinics.

Several controversial Democratic earmarks have been included in the second half of this year’s congressional budget request, drawing sharp criticism from conservative groups. Included in the 1,000-page budget document, released in the early morning hours on Thursday, are earmarks aimed toward LGBTQ+ ‘healthcare’ facilities and late-term abortion clinics. Another Democrat earmark funds a multi-million-dollar research project on “gun confiscation.”

The non-profit group Americans Advancing Freedom has criticized the Congressional appropriations package, stating: “Congress can’t pass this legislation in its current form until these egregious earmarks are weeded out.” Conservative critics are also alarmed by what they perceive as a disregard for transparency, with the budget text released in the middle of the night and a rush by Congressional leadership to adopt the legislation.

Some of the Democrat earmarks include a $400,000 appropriation for Wisconsin’s Briarpatch Youth Services, a facility running the “Teens Like Us LGBTQIA2s+” program, and the “Gender Affirming Clothing Program.” The youth center offers pride-prom events as well, permitting LGBTQ youth to participate without parental consent.

Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) have also requested $400,000 for the Garden State Equality Education Fund. This major LGBTQ+ advocacy group provides certain undergarments for transgender individuals. Additional earmarks involve a $1.8 million request for a Rhode Island hospital performing elective late-term abortions and a $12.5 million appropriation for a National Institutes of Health study focused on firearm control, which opponents deem as ‘research’ into gun confiscation.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the appropriations package late on Saturday, with the Senate likely to take up the legislation quickly after that.

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Several controversial Democratic earmarks have been included in the second half of this year’s congressional budget request, drawing sharp criticism from conservative groups. Included in the 1,000-page budget document, released in the early morning hours on Thursday, are earmarks aimed toward LGBTQ+ ‘healthcare’ facilities and late-term abortion clinics. Another Democrat earmark funds a multi-million-dollar research project on “gun confiscation.” show more
March 22, 2024
Corruption
Politics

GOP Probes DOJ Attorneys On Hunter Biden Crimes.

The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), has filed a lawsuit in federal court to compel testimony from two Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division attorneys, Mark Daly and Jack Morgan. House Republicans argue the testimony from the DOJ officials is integral to their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings.

Daly and Morgan are believed to have intimate knowledge regarding the decision to grant favorable terms in the prosecution of the President’s son for alleged tax crimes. The 59-page filing asks a federal judge to enforce congressional subpoenas previously issued for their testimony.

Concerns regarding the sweat-heart deal between Hunter Biden and the DOJ were brought to light by the House Ways and Means Committee late last year. Testimony from IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler alleged the DOJ ignored the severity of Hunter Biden’s tax crimes out of a sense of political favoritism.

The business dealings of Hunter Biden have come under increasing scrutiny as the House Republican impeachment inquiry moves forward. President Biden’s son is accused of hiding income to avoid paying federal taxes and hiding illicit earnings from corrupt business dealings. Additionally, House Republicans allege Hunter Biden used his access to his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to secure lucrative business contracts.

House Republicans, moving to the next phase of the impeachment inquiry, expected to begin increasing their focus on the Biden family’s business enterprises and allegations they traded off of Joe Biden’s name and political access.

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The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), has filed a lawsuit in federal court to compel testimony from two Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division attorneys, Mark Daly and Jack Morgan. House Republicans argue the testimony from the DOJ officials is integral to their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings. show more
March 22, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
Politics

WATCH: Drone Footage Exposes 2000+ Illegal Migrant Tent City in America.

Officials in New York City have been keeping a massive tent shelter for illegals in Brooklyn shielded from the public. However, new details emerged regarding the facility, which is believed to house upwards of 2,000 illegal immigrants. Drone footage taken by citizen journalists has revealed the shocking extent of the tent facility.

The sprawling tent complex is located at Floyd Bennett Field, situated in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Corporate media coverage of the facility has been relatively scant. Only a handful of outlets provided detailed or consistent reports on how many illegal immigrants at the location.

Floyd Bennett Field began as a civilian-use airfield before being turned into a naval air facility. After the U.S. Navy closed its operations at the airfield, it was transferred to the National Park Service and added to the Gateway National Recreation Area’s Jamaica Bay Unit. The New York Police Department (NYPD) maintains a helicopter landing pad and facility on the property.

Since the start of the southern border crisis under President Joe Biden, New York City has seen an estimated influx of an estimated 175,0000 illegal immigrants. The massive number of illegals has placed tremendous strain on the city’s budget and sent rents skyrocketing as demand for housing has increased. It is unclear if any of the facility’s residents are scheduled for deportation.

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Officials in New York City have been keeping a massive tent shelter for illegals in Brooklyn shielded from the public. However, new details emerged regarding the facility, which is believed to house upwards of 2,000 illegal immigrants. Drone footage taken by citizen journalists has revealed the shocking extent of the tent facility. show more
March 22, 2024
Politics
World

Eurosceptic Non-Profit Launches.

Former Trump-admin officials Matt Mowers and Joe Grogan are establishing a non-profit called the EU-US Forum. Their mission is to expose what they term as threatening policies from Europe that are “infiltrating” their way into American governance, including mass immigration and the censorship of political speech.

As a former senior White House advisor at the State Department, Mowers says he is all too familiar with the impacts of such ideologies. “Thanks to the European Union’s left-wing dangerous agenda, Europe has become a hotbed for illegal immigration, the home to mass censorship of free speech, and a case study for the failures of socialism,” he said in a statement.

Together with Grogan, the former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, the duo says their group aims to combat the spread of socialist policies — like electric vehicle mandates, universal healthcare, and the suppression of free speech — from the European Union into the United States. Their initiative will center around five key policy areas: business and corporate taxation, environmental regulation and policy, meritocracy, political censorship, and immigration policy.

According to Mowers, Europe has turned into a hub for illegal immigration and free speech censorship due to the EU’s left-leaning agenda. He stresses the EU-US Forum’s commitment to resisting “the radical policies originating in Brussels” from gaining traction among American voters.

The EU-US Forum’s policy initiatives reflect a more Eurosceptic stance that was dominant during former President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Meanwhile, the Biden government has undertaken efforts to strengthen ties with the European Union.

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Former Trump-admin officials Matt Mowers and Joe Grogan are establishing a non-profit called the EU-US Forum. Their mission is to expose what they term as threatening policies from Europe that are “infiltrating” their way into American governance, including mass immigration and the censorship of political speech. show more
March 22, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
TECH

KASSAM: ‘Here’s What Could Kill The TikTok Bill in the Senate. Even for Me.’

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes a House bill forcing Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance to divest from TikTok could be tighter, warning against Senate changes broadening its scope.

Kassam, who has previously debunked some of the myths around the TikTok bill targeting the likes of Elon Musk’s X, warned that there are some issues with “loose language” in the bill in comments to Puck News.

“Folks are rightfully concerned that these bills contain loose language that could be used to target other platforms or individuals,” he said.

“It’s unnecessarily muddying the waters on what could otherwise be a clean hit against the Chinese Communist Party and its propaganda interests, just because Biden and the [Department of Justice] said so,” he added.

Kassam expressed concern that “[i]f the Senate bill is any worse or broader than the House bill, there will be even wider-spread disquiet.”

The National Pulse chief does not agree with objections to the House bill raised by the likes of Senator Rand Paul — bankrolled by ByteDance investor Jeffrey Yass — that the CCP has no control over TikTok or that it amounts to nothing more significant than “a few dance videos.”

Concerns around provisions in the bill targeting companies “indirectly” held by a foreign adversary state may have more substance to them, however, with some fearing they could be used to target platforms such as Rumble and Telegram that have been less keen to censor conservatives than Silicon Valley.

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Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes a House bill forcing Chinese Communist Party-controlled ByteDance to divest from TikTok could be tighter, warning against Senate changes broadening its scope. show more
March 21, 2024
William Upton
Politics

North Dakota Votes on Age Limits for Congressmen, Senators, BUT…

North Dakota voters will decide on their June 11 primary ballot whether there should be age limits on their state’s federal representation in Congress. The ballot question asks voters to approve a state provision reading: “No person may be elected or appointed to serve a term or a portion of a term in the U.S. Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives if that person could attain 81 years of age by December 31st of the year immediately preceding the end of the term.”

The group backing the age limit initiative — Retire Congress North Dakota — gathered 42,000 signatures across the state, which they submitted in February to place the measure on the June primary ballot. Despite some signatures being disqualified, North Dakota Secretary of State Mike Howe says the group still achieved the necessary signature threshold, and the measure qualifies for the ballot.

While the issue has received significant support in polling of North Dakota voters — about 83 percent of voters view the measure favorably — it is likely not constitutional on the federal level. The U.S. Constitution lays out specific standards and qualifications for being able to run and serve in Congress. While the Constitution does lay out age minimums (25 years of age for the House and 30 years for the Senate), it does not specify a maximum age for serving in Congress.

Proponents of Congressional term limits have — for decades — acknowledged their proposals to limit the number of terms a Member of Congress can serve would require either an amendment to the Constitution or the voluntary acceptance of the limits by elected officials. Limiting the age at which one can serve in Congress would require a similar solution.

In 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton that state governments could not enact further qualifications for serving in Congress beyond those enumerated in the Constitution.

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North Dakota voters will decide on their June 11 primary ballot whether there should be age limits on their state’s federal representation in Congress. The ballot question asks voters to approve a state provision reading: “No person may be elected or appointed to serve a term or a portion of a term in the U.S. Senate or the U.S. House of Representatives if that person could attain 81 years of age by December 31st of the year immediately preceding the end of the term.” show more
March 21, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Politics

REVEALED: Biden’s New Solar Supply Chain Relies on Chinese Tech.

President Joe Biden’s plan to strengthen domestic “U.S.-based” supply chains for his green energy agenda will further strengthen China.

A Cartersville, Georgia facility owned by QCells — a subsidiary of South Korean corporate conglomerate Hanwha — will remain reliant on the China-based Shanghai Lianfeng Gas Co. for technology used in argon-gas recycling. QCells has billed its Cartersville facility as “a fully-integrated solar supply chain factory” and received praise from President Joe Biden’s allies in Congress.

The Biden government has encountered considerable problems in its effort to re-shore industrial supply chains. Despite trying to brand much of the President’s green energy agenda as a boon for U.S. industries, critics have pointed out that Biden government regulators — like the U.S. Treasury Department — have used their statutory discretion to waive restrictions on foreign-sourced manufacturing.

Billed as a ‘flagship’ facility as part of Biden’s green agenda, the QCells operation in Georgia has received a bevy of tax credits through the Inflation Reduction Act and Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act. After Congress adopted his legislation, Sen. Ossoff cheered the passage: “Demand for solar energy is skyrocketing, and we need to be building and manufacturing this technology here in the United States, reduce our reliance on imports from China, and meet the moment.”

The promise to reduce reliance on Chinese manufacturing and technology has rung hollow with the QCells facility in Georgia. Likewise, the Biden government’s promise that tax credits meant to promote a domestic electric vehicle industry has largely benefitted battery and auto-part manufacturing in Canada and Mexico. After the U.S. Treasury Department under Secretary Janet Yellen used statutory discretion to continue redefining “Made in America,” some electric vehicle credits even subsidized manufacturing facilities in Southeast Asia.

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President Joe Biden’s plan to strengthen domestic “U.S.-based” supply chains for his green energy agenda will further strengthen China. show more
March 21, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Politics

Gaetz & Vance Heap Praise on Biden Appointee!? Here’s Why…

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairwoman Lina Khan is one of the few appointees in the Biden government to draw praise from across the political aisle. Khan’s aggressive approach to anti-trust action and her ongoing battle for consumer privacy against data brokers has earned her praise from a handful of House and Senate Republicans.

“I hope her work continues in the Trump administration,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) recently told NOTUS in an interview. He added: “Her work against data brokers has been very important. Her work against some of the consolidated market power that hurts consumers has really inspired me.”

The populist wing of the Republican Party in Congress — some of former President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters — sees an ally in Khan. As chairwoman of the FTC, Khan has been most active in fighting against consolidation of corporate power — especially in the technology industry. It is this battle against ‘BigTech’ that has earned Khan most of her accolades from the political right.

“I probably am one of the few Republicans who thinks Lina Khan is doing a good job,” said Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) before continuing: “I think she has some justifiable concerns about corporate concentration.”

Another Senate ally of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), has even found common ground with the arch-progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on anti-trust efforts — agreeing with the former Democrat presidential candidate that free markets need a degree of policing to truly be competitive.

“She’s willing to take on some of those industries that look like nobody can take them on and make them more competitive,” Braun said of Khan’s leadership at the FTC, warning critics of the chairwoman: “If you don’t make the effort, you’re promoting oligopolies and monopolies.”

Khan’s aggressive pursuit of anti-trust action against corporate consolidation in tech and other industries has drawn the ire of neo-liberal and globalist organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, the Jeff Yass-funded Club for Growth, and the network groups funded by Charles Koch. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has also been a vocal critic of Khan’s FTC tenure. According to Cruz, Khan is “extreme and radical.” However, most of the Texas Republican’s criticism has been regarding her management style — rather than the substance of her policy and legal actions against Big Tech and other industries controlled by business cartels and monopolies.

“A lot of these people that go work in government positions that interface with big business, they want to create the virus for the sole reason of selling the antidote when they get out,” Gaetz said before concluding: “She’s not; she’s actually doing good work.”

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairwoman Lina Khan is one of the few appointees in the Biden government to draw praise from across the political aisle. Khan’s aggressive approach to anti-trust action and her ongoing battle for consumer privacy against data brokers has earned her praise from a handful of House and Senate Republicans. show more
March 21, 2024
Breaking
Politics

GOP Launches ANOTHER ‘Investigation, 2020’s ‘Transition Integrity Project’ Gets Strongly Worded Letter, No Subpoenas.

The House Oversight Committee has finally begun an investigation into the Transition Integrity Project (TIP), first reported on by The National Pulse in August 2020.

A strongly worded letter from Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), as first reported by The Post Millennial, reads:

“I am particularly concerned by the activities of TIP in 2020, and any similar endeavor in advance of the 2024 election, because this exercise seems to have been administered adjacent to the Georgetown University Law Center. As you know, Georgetown University operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding every year. It would be highly inappropriate for a university that relies on federal funding to conduct partisan political activity intended to undermine a lawfully conducted election.”

The George Soros-linked Brooks and TIP are under scrutiny for their exploration of “war games” examining a variety of election and transition scenarios from 2020. The exercises reached alarming conclusions, including the danger of expecting decisive results on “election night” and the potential for severe disruption of the administrative transition process.

In his letter, Sessions requested a comprehensive understanding of TIP’s 2020 project and its findings, including details on the over 100 participants, of whom only 15 have been publicly identified. He is particularly interested in uncovering any involvement of active or retired Department of Defense personnel.

Sessions also cited recent comments by Mary McCord, Executive Director of the Georgetown University School of Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protections, for her team’s preparation to challenge potential actions of former President Trump that may expand presidential power.

Sessions has given Brooks until April 24 to provide the requested information.

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The House Oversight Committee has finally begun an investigation into the Transition Integrity Project (TIP), first reported on by The National Pulse in August 2020. show more

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March 21, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
World

The Next Orbán? ‘Illiberal’ European Leader Rankles EU, Leading to Threats.

Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, is attracting the same negative attention as Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán as he adopts similar policies against mass migration and the sanctions war with Russia.

The “illiberal” politician, whose Smer party is notionally democratic socialist but populist in practice, is already being threatened with sanctions, including the withholding of European Union funding.

This is to discourage Fico from becoming what German-owned POLITICO describes as “a thorn in the EU’s side,” like Orbán.

“The [European] Commission is way more inclined to not repeat the mistakes that happened in Hungary about a situation that was tolerated for way too long and Orbán was allowed to escalate,” warned European Parliament Vice President Martin Hojsík, referring to the EU’s unelected executive.

The pretext for action against Fico, as in the case of Hungary and, under its former conservative government, Poland, will likely come in the form of alleged “rule of law” violations.

Fico is abolishing the Special Prosecutor’s Office, which he accuses of having “significantly contributed to the violation of human rights” by abusing its power.

Liberal and left-wing figures within Slovakia and the wider European Union insist this is a “dangerous case of political interference,” while Fico’s supporters argue he is simply exercising his democratic mandate to reform Slovakia’s Deep State.

Fico began his third non-consecutive term as Prime Minister in late 2023, having served previously from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018. Like Donald Trump, he was hit with a string of criminal charges — now dropped — after leaving office and is accused of governing on a platform of “revenge.”

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Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, is attracting the same negative attention as Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán as he adopts similar policies against mass migration and the sanctions war with Russia. show more