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February 27, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

WSJ Begs Haley to Stay in GOP Race Despite Trump’s ‘Easy Victory’ in Her Home State.

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has acknowledged Donald Trump won an “easy victory” over Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley in her home state of South Carolina but is urging her to remain in the race regardless.

“Ms. Haley won nearly 40 percent of the vote, which as she said in remarks Saturday evening ‘is not some tiny group,'” the WSJ board insisted — while admitting “Democrats could vote” in the primary.

All indications are that Barack Obama-linked operatives turned out leftists to boost Haley, who still lost by over 20 points.

“[A]s in New Hampshire, the size of her vote shows that millions in the [Republican] party don’t want Mr. Trump back in the White House,” the board continued, not acknowledging that New Hampshire was also a state where Democrats could vote. Seventy percent of Haley voters there were not registered Republicans.

The WSJ also stressed that a share of Haley voters claim they will not back Trump in the general election. They failed to acknowledge that a share of Haley voters in South Carolina were Democrats. They also failed to recognize the far greater risk that Trump Republicans, who are a much greater share of the Republican base than Haley voters, would not back her in the general.

“Ms. Haley is telling voters she can be the alternative as a uniter that millions of them seem to want. It’s a message worth staying in the race for,” the board concluded.

So far, polls suggest Haley has only been able to unite 18 percent of the GOP behind her nationally, indicating she is significantly less likely to be able to unite the party at large behind her than Trump.

The WSJ also cited Haley’s enthusiasm for U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war as a point in her favor.

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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board has acknowledged Donald Trump won an "easy victory" over Nimarata 'Nikki' Haley in her home state of South Carolina but is urging her to remain in the race regardless. show more
February 26, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

Ukrainian Military Intelligence Confirms Navalny Died from ‘Natural’ Blood Clot, as Kremlin Said.

The Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of a blood clot, as Russian officials had claimed.

“I may disappoint you, but as far as we know, he indeed died as a result of a blood clot,” Budanov told reporters at the ‘Ukraine: Year of 2024’ summit on Sunday.

Budanov said the official cause of death provided by the Kremlin had “been more or less confirmed,” adding that his information “wasn’t sourced from the Internet, but, unfortunately, natural [causes].”

Navalny’s body was released to his mother, Lyudmila, last week.

President Volodymyr Zelensky initially claimed Navalny, a pro-war ultranationalist who reinvented himself as a progressive anti-war activist towards the end of his life, was “likely killed by Putin” in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a prison sentence.

Instead of waiting for official results on the causes of Navalny’s death, Western leaders rushed to lay blame at Vladimir Putin’s feet and escalate the volatile situation in Eastern Europe.

Joe Biden insisted Putin was “responsible” for Navalny’s death shortly after it was first reported and later imposed over 500 new sanctions on Russia in retaliation.

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also accused the Kremlin of “killing” Navalny. His predecessor, Boris Johnson, also said there could be “no doubt” the Russian leader had Navalny “put to death.”

Hillary Clinton asserted Navalny had “been killed,” like Johnson, saying there was “no doubt” of this and citing “intelligence available to our government.”

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The Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of a blood clot, as Russian officials had claimed. show more
February 26, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

Hunter Biden Staying Sober to Save Democracy… So He Says.

Hunter Biden has suggested he may be facing “the ultimate test for a recovering addict,” as slipping back into alcohol and drug abuse could damage his father, Joe Biden, in the upcoming presidential race.

“I often do think of the profound consequences of failure here,” Hunter told Axios, adding: “I have something much bigger than even myself at stake. We are in the middle of a fight for the future of democracy.”

The First Son, 54, said he was “in awe of people who have stayed clean and sober through tragedies and obstacles few people ever face,” describing such people as “my heroes, my inspiration.”

Negative commentary on Hunter Biden has not focused primarily on his substance abuse issues, however, except insofar as he has been perceived as receiving special treatment from law enforcement and prosecutors.

House Republicans and others have instead focused on possible impropriety concerning Hunter using his father to secure lucrative business opportunities and allegations his father abused public office to advance his family’s business interests.

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Hunter Biden has suggested he may be facing "the ultimate test for a recovering addict," as slipping back into alcohol and drug abuse could damage his father, Joe Biden, in the upcoming presidential race. show more

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February 26, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

OUT: Ronna McDaniel Confirms Resignation as RNC Chairwoman, Effective March 8th.

Ronna McDaniel has confirmed her resignation as Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), effective March 8th.

McDaniel, a niece of anti-Trump ex-presidential candidate Senator Mitt Romney, said the RNC has “historically undergone change once we have a nominee and it has always been my intention to honor that tradition.”

March 8th falls a few days after Super Tuesday, which will see three Republican caucuses and 13 primaries, awarding over a third of all delegates in the nomination race.

Donald Trump, who has won every caucus and primary so far, endorsed RNC general counsel and North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley to replace McDaniel. “Michael has been with me from the beginning, has done a great job in his home state of North Carolina, and is committed to election integrity, which we must have to keep fraud out of our election so it can’t be stolen,” he said.

His daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, is expected to take up a “co-chairman” role in a bid to read Trump into the day-to-day activities at the headquarters in Washington, D.C.

McDaniel has been a lightning rod for the populist base in recent years, with National Pulse Editor in Chief Raheem Kassam coining the term “McLeadership” to describe the McCarthy-McDaniel-McConnell stewardship of the party.

Over half of conservatives surveyed by Turning Point’s AmericaFest straw poll say they are more likely to contribute to the RNC without her.

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Ronna McDaniel has confirmed her resignation as Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), effective March 8th. show more
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February 25, 2024
William Upton
Politics

Trump Calls On Alabama To Preserve IVF Access.

Former President Donald Trump says he “strongly support[s] the availability of IVF for couples who are trying to have a precious baby.” The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee pushed back against the Alabama Supreme Court decision which would make the medical procedure nearly impossible in the state.

Earlier this week, Alabama’s high court ruled that frozen embryos should be treated as children under state law, effectively exposing IVF clinics that destroy unused embryos to prosecution. The decision forced many clinics to immediately suspend their IVF services, leaving some families without options for fertility treatment.

“Today, I am calling on the Alabama Legislature to act quickly to find an immediate solution to preserve the availability of IVF in Alabama,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The former President made clear that Republicans who claim to be pro-family should support IVF, stating: “The Republican Party should always be on the side of the Miracle of Life – and the side of Mothers, Fathers, and their Beautiful Babies.”

He continued: “IVF is an important part of that, and our Great Republican Party will always be with you, in your quest, for the ULTIMATE JOY IN LIFE!”

Trump is not the only Republican pushing back against the Alabama court decision. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced his office “has no intention of using the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision as a basis for prosecuting IVF families or providers.” Republican and Democrat lawmakers in the Alabama legislature are already pushing for a legislative solution to counter the court ruling.

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Trump’s remaining primary opponent, is one of the few national Republicans to come out in support of the unpopular Alabama decision.

Image via IncMonocle.

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Former President Donald Trump says he "strongly support[s] the availability of IVF for couples who are trying to have a precious baby." The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee pushed back against the Alabama Supreme Court decision which would make the medical procedure nearly impossible in the state. show more
February 23, 2024
Immigration
Politics

San Diego Migrant Center Closing After Influx Drains Funds.

A migrant center in San Diego closed on Thursday after exhausting its funds to aid the substantial number of migrants crossing illegally into the county. The center, which reportedly assisted up to 800 migrants per day, had its resources strained by a significant surge in arrivals over recent weeks. CEO of the center, Kathie Lembo, stated that the facility’s finite resources were stretched to the limit.

The closure has ignited fears in nearby El Cajon, according to Mayor Bill Wells, who voiced his concerns on Fox News. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen 100,000 migrants come across the San Diego border,” Wells said. “A lot of those have been absorbed by this county shelter that used taxpayer money. They asked for $3 million, and they spent over $6 million, and now they say they’re out of money. So we’re going to see migrants congregating in our streets,” he continued. “I think it’s going to become a pretty serious problem pretty quickly.”

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data indicates that nearly 140,000 illegal immigrants have entered the San Diego area since the commencement of Fiscal Year 2024 on October 1. Wells further expressed apprehensions over an increasing number of daily drop-offs, potentially rising from 300 to 1,000 after the center’s closure. He mentioned the possible recourse of housing migrants in hotels despite the negative impacts on neighborhoods and security infrastructure.

Cities across the country are increasingly suffering significant strains on resources as a result of the unprecedented influx of migrants due to the border crisis.

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A migrant center in San Diego closed on Thursday after exhausting its funds to aid the substantial number of migrants crossing illegally into the county. The center, which reportedly assisted up to 800 migrants per day, had its resources strained by a significant surge in arrivals over recent weeks. CEO of the center, Kathie Lembo, stated that the facility’s finite resources were stretched to the limit. show more
February 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

Biden Uses Notecards, Scripted Q&As in Closed-Door Fundraisers.

Democrat donors are raising concerns about Joe Biden’s heavy reliance on notecards during closed-door fundraisers.

The 81-year-old Democrat has excluded cameras from recent fundraising events, and his team has reporters ushered out before prescreened donors question him. These reportedly involve just “two or three questions vetted by the president’s staff,” with Biden reading the responses from detailed notecards written by his staff.

Biden exacerbated the widespread concerns over his mental fitness at a previous, televised fundraiser, in which he claimed he spoke to “[President François] Mitterand from Germany, I mean France” about January 6th at the G7 summit in 2021, despite the Frenchman having been dead for close to 30 years.

He corrected himself at a subsequent fundraiser, which was not televised, identifying the French president as Emmanuel Macron, but pool reporters said he instead got the Chancellor of Germany wrong, identifying him as Helmut Kohl — out of office since the 1990s and dead since 2017.

This was followed by the release of the Hur report on Biden’s mishandling of classified material, which described him as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” unable to remember when he was Vice President or when his son Beau died in investigatory interviews.

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Democrat donors are raising concerns about Joe Biden's heavy reliance on notecards during closed-door fundraisers. show more
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February 23, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Politics

Fani Willis Sued Over Concealment Of White House Meeting Records.

America First Legal (AFL) is suing the office of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis. The lawsuit, filed by the conservative legal group, alleges the district attorney’s office illegally concealed communications with the White House regarding the state RICO prosecution against former President Donald Trump.

According to the filing, Steven Richards — an investigative reporter for Just The News — filed an Open Records Request with the district attorney’s office in mid-January. Requested were “all records of meetings between District Attorney Fani Willis, special prosecutor Nathan Wade, or any other staff of the District Attorney’s Office with any White House or federal Department of Justice officials both in Georgia and the District of Columbia from Jan. 1, 2021 to the present [and] all communications between DA Willis or special prosecutor Wade with White House or Department of Justice officials from Jan. 1, 2021 to the present.”

On February 12th of this year, Willis‘s office responded with a letter stating they “did not maintain records responsive to your request.” The letter, however, contradicts statements made by an attorney with the district attorney’s office during a January 25th hearing before Judge Scott McAfee. When asked by the judge if there were written communications between Willis’s office and the White House Counsel, the attorney acknowledged at least two letters existed.

“Georgia law recognizes that ‘open government is essential to a free, open, and democratic society.’ It encourages public access to government records so citizens may evaluate the efficient and proper functioning of its institutions,” said Reed D. Rubinstein, AFL’s senior vice president. He added, “Here there is substantial evidence that the Fulton County District Attorney’s office has ceased to function properly; the requested records must be produced.”

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America First Legal (AFL) is suing the office of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis. The lawsuit, filed by the conservative legal group, alleges the district attorney's office illegally concealed communications with the White House regarding the state RICO prosecution against former President Donald Trump. show more
February 23, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Politics

Nancy Mace: Kevin McCarthy is ‘Bored’, ‘A Complete Loser Who Needs A Job.’

Congressman Nancy Mace (R-SC) has told POLITICO that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “a complete loser” who is “bored” and “doesn’t know what to do with himself.”

“The former speaker needs to get a job. I think that’s the problem,” Mace said during a podcast interview with POLITICO’s Ryan Lizza.

“And you know what? … He’s a complete loser,” she added. “He couldn’t keep his job as speaker, and he quit on the Republican Party. He quit his job. He put our majority at risk.”

McCarthy, she says, is going to facilitate her primary opponent spending millions of dollars against her. Mace was one of the so-called “Gaetz 8” who helped oust McCarthy from the speakership last year.

Asked for her South Carolina prediction, Mace said: “[Trump is] going to win by a huge margin. I’m going to say 25-28 [points], somewhere in there.”

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Congressman Nancy Mace (R-SC) has told POLITICO that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is “a complete loser” who is “bored” and “doesn’t know what to do with himself.” show more
February 22, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics
UK

Was Liz Truss Really Ousted By the Deep State?

Liz Truss, the shortest-reigning British prime minister in history, claimed her 49-day tenure was terminated by “the deep state” ahead of her appearance at Matt Schlapp’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Writing for Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, Truss claimed: “In too much of the free world, the left has been in charge for too long and the results are all too plain to see,” adding that the “deep state” stopped her from implementing her tax cut plan.

But Truss, 48, was hand selected by the “deep state” doyen, former Prime Minister and now Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron. Truss, originally a Liberal Democrat, has held ministerial offices in the British government since 2012, meaning she literally is “the left” that “has been in charge for too long,” in her country.

And Truss was not only a fixture within the British government for about as long as ex-PM Tony Blair, who held government office from May 2nd, 1997, to June 27th, 2007, but she also used her role to be a strong proponent of the “woke” policies she now pretends to decry during her whirlwind book tour of America.

Truss repeatedly pushed Britain’s own version of the Green New Deal, demanding her government “tackle climate change,” and forcing up energy prices for ordinary Britons. She campaigned strongly against Brexit in 2016, and served almost three years as Minister for Women and Equalities – a “woke” role at the heart of the British government.

Indeed, Truss was at the forefront of propagating gender ideology at the state level, marking “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia,” while hosting conferences on LGBT priorities, and pushing a ban on so-called conversion therapy, including “spiritual” therapies offered to willing Christians.

After her short stint as Prime Minister, Truss continued and continues to push neoconservative policy on Ukraine, declaring there must be “no concessions” and “no deals” to make peace.

So no, Liz Truss wasn’t ousted by the deep state. She is the deep state.

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Liz Truss, the shortest-reigning British prime minister in history, claimed her 49-day tenure was terminated by "the deep state" ahead of her appearance at Matt Schlapp's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Writing for Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, Truss claimed: "In too much of the free world, the left has been in charge for too long and the results are all too plain to see," adding that the "deep state" stopped her from implementing her tax cut plan. show more

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