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February 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
UK

CPAC Hands Main Stage Speech to Liberal Democrat Trans ‘Ally,’ Ex-UK PM Liz Truss.

Matt Schlapp’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has invited Liz Truss, the British former Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat, and LGBT+ “ally,” to speak at their Washington D.C. conference in February.

Truss was Prime Minister for only 49 days, being ousted by Conservative party politicians after a botched “mini-budget” caused market turmoil. They replaced her with incumbent premier Rishi Sunak, who had been rejected by the party grassroots in a leadership election only weeks before.

Before her brief stint as Conservative Party leader and her post-premiership reinvention as a eurosceptic, tax-cutting culture warrior, Truss was firmly on the left of the party. Initially, she was a senior member of the far-left Liberal Democrat party.

The British politician campaigned vigorously against Brexit in 2016, helping then-Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne launch a campaign threatening voters with financial ruin if they voted to leave the European Union.

Despite recent statements against “left-wing extremists” involved in “supporting LGBT people or groups of ethnic minorities,” Truss was also a staunch “LGBT+ ally” as Minister for Women and Equalities.

She marked “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia,” hosted conferences on advancing LGBT rights worldwide, and backed a ban on so-called conversion therapy, “spiritual or otherwise.”

CPAC has limited social media users’ ability to comment on its announcement of Truss as a guest.

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Matt Schlapp's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) has invited Liz Truss, the British former Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat, and LGBT+ "ally," to speak at their Washington D.C. conference in February. show more

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February 6, 2024
Crime
Politics

Eric Adams’ Associate Pleads Guilty to Straw Donor Scheme for NY Mayor.

Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD colleague of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, pleaded guilty on Monday to orchestrating a straw donor scheme that funneled tens of thousands of dollars to Adams’ 2021 campaign. Montgomery pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge, according to a copy of the agreement released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Montgomery’s plea deal, pending approval by a Manhattan Criminal Court judge, would see him receive a discharge provided he completes 200 hours of community service and pays a fine of $500.

The original allegations contain charges of conspiracy with several individuals to channel excess contributions to Mayor Adams’ 2021 campaign through straw donors — a process of bypassing donation limits by reimbursing individuals who donate on an offender’s behalf.

News of the plea deal arrives amidst a media wave of donor-related controversy surrounding Mayor Adams. Media outlets, including The City and Politico, uncovered multiple individuals listed as donors to Adams’ 2021 campaign who claim they never donated. Adams is also under federal scrutiny for potential collusion with the government of Turkey during his mayoral campaign last year.

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Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD colleague of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, pleaded guilty on Monday to orchestrating a straw donor scheme that funneled tens of thousands of dollars to Adams’ 2021 campaign. Montgomery pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge, according to a copy of the agreement released by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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February 6, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
Politics

Biden Admits Defeat to Trump on ‘Border’ Bill Which Prioritizes Ukraine And Encourages MORE Migration.

In remarks delivered at the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden acknowledged his efforts to pressure the Senate to pass the Ukraine aid and U.S. border security supplemental funding bill have likely failed. Biden credited former President Donald Trump for rallying Senate Republicans to oppose the legislation, which Congressional Democrats largely backed.

“All indications are this bill won’t even move forward to the Senate floor,” President Biden said before continuing: “Why? A simple reason: Donald Trump.” Biden repeatedly tried to spin his defeat by claiming Trump scuttled the deal to keep the border crisis in play as a 2024 presidential campaign issue.  

“Because Donald Trump thinks it’s bad for him politically, therefore … even if it helps the country, he’s not for it, he’d rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it,” the 81-year-old Democrat said, continuing: “So for the last 24 hours, he’s done nothing, I’m told, than reach out to Republicans in the House and the Senate and threaten them and try to intimidate them to vote against this proposal. It looks like they’re caving. Frankly, they owe it to the American people to show some spine and do what they know to be right.”

House and Senate Republican opponents of the Biden-backed legislation have argued the President already has the statutory authority to restrict the flow of immigrants at the southern border. They have also sharply criticized it for prioritizing Democrat proposals to expand guest worker programs and empower Biden government bureaucrats to make asylum decisions instead of immigration courts. Additionally, as The National Pulse reported last week, a provision that Democrats claim would allow Biden to close the border would actually limit the executive authority to do so.

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In remarks delivered at the White House on Tuesday, President Joe Biden acknowledged his efforts to pressure the Senate to pass the Ukraine aid and U.S. border security supplemental funding bill have likely failed. Biden credited former President Donald Trump for rallying Senate Republicans to oppose the legislation, which Congressional Democrats largely backed. show more
February 6, 2024
Wake Up Right
Health
Politics

Biden White House Told Amazon to Censor COVID Books.

The Biden regime strong-armed Amazon into censoring books on COVID-19 vaccines it deemed “misinformation,” according to e-mails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee and the Weaponization subpanel.

The details: Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan revealed the discovery in a thread on X that he called “THE AMAZON FILES.” The e-mails cover a 10-day span, from March 2 – March 12, 2021.

First contact Andy Slavitt, Biden’s senior COVID-19 response advisor at the time, e-mailed Amazon on March 2 asking: “Who can we talk to about the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation of Amazon?”
  • Slavitt complained that when he searched “vaccines,” books that the regime did not approve of were shown in the results. He added, “I don’t see a CDC warning.”
  • Amazon pushed back against censorship, but as Rep. Jordan points out: “Not out of any commitment to free speech, but because doing so would be “too visible” to the American public and likely to spur criticism from conservative media.”
Be more like Facebook: In another March 2 e-mail, Slavitt asks Amazon, “Why don’t you tag books that are not scientifically sound the way FB/Twitter tags content.”
  • The tag on Facebook and Twitter (now X) popped up anytime COVID-19 or vaccines were mentioned.
  • Jordan writes: “For the Biden Admin, letting Americans think for themselves was unacceptable.”
The meeting: On March 9, Amazon met with the White House to discuss their concerns. While we don’t know the exact details of their discussion, a follow-up Amazon e-mail revealed the “top talking points” going into the meeting, which included:
  • “Is the Admin asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results/order (or both)?”
Amazon caves: On the same day Amazon met with Biden regime officials, the online retailer began filing “anti-vax” books under a “Do Not Promote” order, likely suppressing how they appeared in search results.
  • Three days later, on March 12, Amazon e-mails discussed “additional steps Amazon might want to take to reduce the visibility” of books discussing COVID-19 vaccine skepticism.
The last word goes to @LibsOfTikTok on X, who wrote: “The left accuses us of “banning books” because we don’t want p*rn in schools. Turns out the real book banners are the Democrats.”
This article is adapted from the free ‘Wake Up Right’ newsletter, which you can subscribe to here.
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February 6, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Politics

Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump NOT Immune in Elections Cases.

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has ruled that presidential immunity does not bar former President Donald Trump from prosecution over allegations he interfered in an official government proceeding on January 6th, 2021. The three-judge panel, which last month heard arguments as to whether the former President’s efforts to prevent the certification of the 2020 election were covered under ‘Official Acts,’ rejected the claim and ordered the prosecution to proceed.

“We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in executive immunity against the vital public interests that favor allowing this prosecution to proceed. We conclude that ‘[c]oncerns of public policy, especially as illuminated by our history and the structure of our government’ compel the rejection of his claim of immunity in this case,” the judges wrote in their opinion, adding: “We also have considered his contention that he is entitled to categorical immunity from criminal liability for any assertedly “official” action that he took as President — a contention that is unsupported by precedent, history or the text and structure of the Constitution.”

In response to the ruling, the Trump presidential campaign released a statement warning of the repercussions should presidential immunity be eroded. “If immunity is not granted to a President, every future President who leaves office will be immediately indicted by the opposing party. Without complete immunity, a President of the United States would not be able to properly function,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said before continuing: “Deranged Jack Smith’s prosecution of President Trump for his Presidential, official acts is unconstitutional under the doctrine of Presidential Immunity and the Separation of Powers.”

He added, “President Trump respectfully disagrees with the D.C. Circuit’s decision and will appeal it to safeguard the Presidency and the Constitution. ”

Biden Department of Justice special prosecutor Jack Smith’s Washington, D.C. case against Trump had been placed on hold while the court considered the immunity claim. Trump has until February 12th to either appeal the decision to the United States Supreme Court or ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to grant his claim an en banc rehearing before the full D.C. Circuit.

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A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has ruled that presidential immunity does not bar former President Donald Trump from prosecution over allegations he interfered in an official government proceeding on January 6th, 2021. The three-judge panel, which last month heard arguments as to whether the former President’s efforts to prevent the certification of the 2020 election were covered under ‘Official Acts,’ rejected the claim and ordered the prosecution to proceed. show more
February 6, 2024
Immigration
News
Politics

Denver Evicts Illegals From Shelters, City At ‘Breaking Point.’

The city of Denver, Colorado, has begun removing illegal aliens from its shelters as it continues to be overwhelmed with new migrant arrivals. As of last Friday, 3,895 illegal aliens were occupying city shelters.

“Starting on Monday, 150 migrants in city shelters will be discharged. Then that number will fluctuate between 50-100 every day until all 3,800 are out of the ten shelters currently run by the city,” said Jon Ewing of Denver Human Services.

A self-designated sanctuary city, Denver has welcomed nearly 40,000 migrants in the past year, according to Mayor Mike Johnston (D). However, with city shelters bursting at the seams and resources dwindling, Johnston has indicated that the city’s ability to accept more migrants could be over.

“I think our city is very close to its breaking point now. And the things we need are — yes, we need federal dollars, but the most important thing is we need, you know, work authorization for folks when they arrive, and we need those resources at the border,” said Johnston during an interview with Fox & Friends.

The removals come as states across the country continue to grapple with the ongoing crisis at the southern border. A recently introduced bill in the Senate attempts to address the crisis, tying border measures with foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel. The bill has been heavily criticized by leading Republicans, including former President Trump, and is unlikely to pass.

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The city of Denver, Colorado, has begun removing illegal aliens from its shelters as it continues to be overwhelmed with new migrant arrivals. As of last Friday, 3,895 illegal aliens were occupying city shelters. show more
February 5, 2024
Culture
Politics

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Final Season Premiere Includes Leftist Talking Point on Georgia Voting Laws.

‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ creator Larry David, a noted Democrat, set his sights on Georgia’s Election Integrity Act in the season premiere of ‘Curb’ on HBO on Sunday. The episode sees Larry David violating Georgia’s 2021 law, which includes a provision that disallows anyone who is not an election worker from offering water or food to voters within a 150-foot radius of a polling location.

In the episode, David’s character travels to Atlanta, where he encounters a relative of his friend and roommate standing in a voting line in blistering heat. Upon seeing her discomfort and learning that she has been waiting for over two hours, David retrieves bottled water from his vehicle.

However, his “good deed” is quickly recognized as a legal transgression, and officers arrest him. “Sir, in the navy blazer, put your hands in the air. You’re under arrest for violation of the Election Integrity Act. It is illegal for anyone in Georgia to provide food or water to voters in line at the polls,” an officer says.

The episode ends with a free-frame of David mimicking President Donald J. Trump’s iconic mugshot.

A Federal judge recently upheld other critical provisions of Georgia’s Election Integrity Act, which tightened registration dates and mail-in voting for runoff elections. Though Democrats like David may take issue with Georgia’s law and others like it, a majority of Americans believe cheating will likely occur during the 2024 presidential election.

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‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ creator Larry David, a noted Democrat, set his sights on Georgia’s Election Integrity Act in the season premiere of ‘Curb’ on HBO on Sunday. The episode sees Larry David violating Georgia’s 2021 law, which includes a provision that disallows anyone who is not an election worker from offering water or food to voters within a 150-foot radius of a polling location. show more
February 5, 2024
Ed Kozak
NatSec
Politics
War

Schumer Threatens America: Pass Open Borders Bill or We’ll Send Your Kids to Die in Ukraine.

In an interview with Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ on Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned that if the Senate’ border bill’ fails to pass, America will become embroiled in a European land war against Russia. He also implied that the current Russo-Ukraine war is already a war between Russia and the United States.

“We’re at a turning point in America. This bill is crucial, and history will look back on it and say, ‘Did America fail itself’?’” Schumer told Brzezinski. “Why is it crucial? Well, if we don’t aid Ukraine, Putin will… walk all over Ukraine, we will lose the war, and we could be fighting in Eastern Europe in a NATO ally in a few years [sic]. Americans won’t like that,” he continued.

Schumer’s comments came as an increasing number of Congressional Republicans — and former President Donald Trump — are voicing their opposition to the bill, which not only fails to address the border crisis adequately but also ties its border provisions to over $60 billion of aid to Ukraine and over $14 billion of aid to Israel.

“Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday. “It takes the HORRIBLE JOB the Democrats have done on Immigration and the Border, absolves them, and puts it all squarely on the shoulders of Republicans,” Trump wrote in the post, adding: “Don’t be STUPID!!! We need a separate Border and Immigration Bill. It should not be tied to foreign aid in any way, shape, or form! The Democrats broke Immigration and the Border. They should fix it.”

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In an interview with Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ on Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned that if the Senate’ border bill’ fails to pass, America will become embroiled in a European land war against Russia. He also implied that the current Russo-Ukraine war is already a war between Russia and the United States. show more
February 5, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
World

WATCH: Biden Claims He Recently Met With French President Who Died in 1996.

President Joe Biden claims he recently spoke to “Mitterand from Germany, I mean France” at a G7 summit, referring to President François Mitterrand of France — who left office in 1995 and has been dead for 28 years.

Denouncing Donald Trump and January 6th “insurrectionists” during a speech in Nevada, the 81-year-old Democrat said of Trump: “January 6th insurrectionists, you know what he calls them? Patriots!”

“Right, right, right after I was elected, I went to what they call a G7 meeting, all the NATO leaders,” Biden explained — although the G7 does not include every NATO member, and does include Japan, which is outside NATO.

“I sat down and I said, ‘America is back,’ and Mitterand from Germany, I mean France, looked at me, and said, said, ‘You know, why, how long you back for?'”

He added that the Chancellor of Germany — Angela Merkel at the time, though he did not attempt to name her — demanded: “What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in The London Times and The London Times said a thousand people break through the House of Commons… to stop the election of the Prime Minister?”

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, whom the British monarch invites to form a government, is not “elected” in the House of Commons, and The London Times is not a real newspaper.

It is not the first time Biden has confused the long-dead Mitterrand with the current President of France, Emmanuel Macron, with the Democrat telling a similar version of the story and making the same mistake in 2022.

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President Joe Biden claims he recently spoke to "Mitterand from Germany, I mean France" at a G7 summit, referring to President François Mitterrand of France — who left office in 1995 and has been dead for 28 years. show more

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February 5, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
Politics

Trump Blasts ‘Foolish, Horrendous, Stupid’ Border Deal.

Former President Donald Trump has come out against the Senate Ukraine/Border supplemental funding bill, slamming the deal as “a Death Wish for The Republican Party.” In a post on Truth Social on Monday morning, the former Republican President said, “Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill.”

“It takes the HORRIBLE JOB the Democrats have done on Immigration and the Border, absolves them, and puts it all squarely on the shoulders of Republicans,” Trump posted, adding: “Don’t be STUPID!!! We need a separate Border and Immigration Bill. It should not be tied to foreign aid in any way, shape, or form! The Democrats broke Immigration and the Border. They should fix it.”

Late Sunday night, Senate leaders unveiled their Ukraine aid and U.S. border security supplemental funding bill negotiated by Sens. Sinema (I-AZ), Murray (D-WA), Lankford (R-OK), and Tillis (R-NC). Over the past several weeks, the Republican negotiators — Lankford and Tillis — have come under increasing criticism from their Republican Senate colleagues over provisions in the legislation that would limit the President’s power to shut down the border by proclamation. Opponents also point to the expansion of work visas and other programs in the legislation as indicative of it being an immigrant labor bill and not border security legislation.

The leadership-backed legislation must gain 60 votes in the Senate to overcome a filibuster. With former President Trump joining the opposition to the Senate deal, Sens. Schumer (D-NY) and McConnell (R-KY) may find it increasingly difficult to whip those 60 votes.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), who heads up the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), has already come out against the funding supplemental. Daines, widely viewed as a moderate on immigration, has supported the expansion of visa and guest worker programs in the past.

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Former President Donald Trump has come out against the Senate Ukraine/Border supplemental funding bill, slamming the deal as "a Death Wish for The Republican Party." In a post on Truth Social on Monday morning, the former Republican President said, "Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill." show more