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November 30, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Kevin McCarthy Says Dems ‘Look Like America’ While GOP ‘Look Like Country Club’, Says Biden Spoke from Cue Cards in Private Meeting.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took to the stage at the New York Times’s DealBook Summit on Wednesday, dissing his own Republican Party and revealing that Joe Biden spoke from cue cards during their private meetings.

“I look over at the Democrats and they stand up – they look like America. We stand up – we look like the most restrictive country club in America,” said the former Speaker. He went on to claim the Republican Party in a state of decline before he was in charge.

On Biden.

While discussing debt ceiling negotiations, the California Republican recalled seeing the impact advanced age has had on Joe Biden.

“He’s not the same person he was when he was Vice President,” McCarthy said, adding: “He has good staff. He has staff that is very professional.” When pressed by Ross Sorkin regarding his allusion to the age of the President, McCarthy responded: “I’m not alluding. He is old!”

“I don’t see any slowing in Trump,” McCarthy continued. “That guy works 24 hours a day. You might not always like his decisions at the end of the day but he works.”

“With Biden, I did not negotiate the debt ceiling with Biden. I could not negotiate the debt ceiling with Biden.” Elaborating further, McCarthy said complex policy discussions were too difficult for the President, exclaiming that in meetings with lawmakers Biden “talked from cards.”

On Trump and 2024.

Looking towards 2024, the former House Speaker was blunt, “I believe President Trump will be our nominee and I believe President Trump will get reelected.” When asked who Trump should select to be his Vice-President, McCarthy suggested former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, musing she could help bring home Republicans who are hesitant to back Trump again.

Regarding his relationship with Trump, McCarthy all was ‘good’ between them. “The interesting thing is, you know, we have been together for a long time. There’s times we’ll disagree, but we always do it in private.”

“That’s a healthy relationship, that you can tell one another what you think and what you’re able to go do, and we don’t air it on the outside. It only makes our relationship stronger,” McCarthy added.

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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took to the stage at the New York Times's DealBook Summit on Wednesday, dissing his own Republican Party and revealing that Joe Biden spoke from cue cards during their private meetings. show more
November 30, 2023
William Upton
Politics

New CEO of DeSantis’s ‘Never Back Down’ PAC Was a Top Aide to & Protégé of Karl Rove.

The new CEO of the pro-Ron DeSantis Super PAC, Never Back Down, is a protégé of GOP establishment consultant Karl Rove. Kristin Davison, who took over the reins of the Never Back Down PAC after Chris Jankowski abruptly resigned last last week, served as the chief-of-staff for Rove’s consulting firm, Rove & Company.

Never Back Down has routinely accused Governor DeSantis’s political opponents of colluding with the GOP establishment despite Davison’s own deep ties to corporate and establishment political figures like Rove. The National Pulse has previously revealed the ties several prominent DeSantis campaign staffers have to anti-Trump billionaire Charles Koch’s network of political organizations.

Rove, who served as deputy chief-of-staff to former President George W. Bush, is closely aligned with the GOP establishment and has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump. The former Bush aide has repeatedly attacked Trump in the corporate media, accusing him of “reckless petulance“, while also calling him a “dumpster fire” and “childish“. Davison says her time working with Rove is the “foundation of her eduction” in politics.

During his time in the Bush White House, Rove was a key player in domestic and foreign policy decisions. From 2002 to 2003, Rove chaired the White House Iraq Group – which led war planning in the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. After overseeing the disastrous 2006 mid-term elections, Rove departed the Bush White House. In 2008 he served as an informal advisor to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign.

After her stint with Rove’s consulting group, Davison worked on Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s failed 2016 presidential campaign as well as Adam Laxalt’s failed 2018 Nevada gubernatorial campaign. In 2019, she joined Jeff Roe’s Axiom Strategies as a Vice President and General Consultant. Roe, who serves as Never Back Down’s chief strategist, is reported to have nearly come to blows with DeSantis confidant Scott Wagner during a meeting of the SuperPAC’s board just over a week ago. The infighting is believed to have played a role in Jankowski’s resignation.

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The new CEO of the pro-Ron DeSantis Super PAC, Never Back Down, is a protégé of GOP establishment consultant Karl Rove. Kristin Davison, who took over the reins of the Never Back Down PAC after Chris Jankowski abruptly resigned last last week, served as the chief-of-staff for Rove's consulting firm, Rove & Company. show more

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Trump is Undefeatable
November 29, 2023
Politics

BLM Founder Says He’s Now Supporting Trump In 2024.

Notable ex-Black Lives Matter Rhode Island founder Mark Fisher has declared his endorsement for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race while accusing the Democrats of pushing “racist policies” designed to work against the black community.

Fisher asserts that Trump’s policies are beneficial for black people, arguing, “If you look at his policies, what he’s done for our community has gone under the radar, and he doesn’t brag about it.”

Fisher, known for his support of Trump and the January 6th demonstration, has also called participants of the January 6th protest, including groups like the Proud Boys, as political prisoners. Fisher alleges, “They’re lambs led to slaughter to be sacrificed as an example for all who might want to dissent in the future.”

Fisher further explained that many people silently support Trump but fear public criticism risking their reputation, businesses, and relations. “We’re not stupid. The brothers are not stupid. We understand when someone’s for us and when someone is not, and it’s obvious that the Democratic Party is not for us.”

WATCH:

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Notable ex-Black Lives Matter Rhode Island founder Mark Fisher has declared his endorsement for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race while accusing the Democrats of pushing "racist policies" designed to work against the black community. show more
November 29, 2023
Corruption
Politics

Deutsche Bank Testimony Destroys AG Letitia James’s Case Against Trump.

Deutsche Bank executive David Williams testified in Manhattan on Tuesday, arguing that net worth can be elevated on self-reported financial statements for “high-wealth clients,” massively undermining New York Attorney General Letitia James‘ lawsuit against former President Donald J. Trump.

The lawsuit argues that Trump inflated his assets to obtain favorable terms from banks and insurers, portraying Deutsche Bank as Trump’s biggest victim. Williams, however, drew attention to the bank’s standard practice of independently reducing a client’s stated asset values before loan approval, which was the case with Trump.

Deutsche Bank lent hundreds of millions of dollars to Trump for properties in Miami, Chicago, and Washington. In the years 2011 and 2012, the bank cut Trump’s stated net worth from roughly $4.2 billion to $2.3 billion, but approved the loans based on Trump’s history of successful developments and other criteria. “It’s not unusual or atypical for any client’s provide financial statements to be adjusted to this level to this extent,” Williams explained.

“We expect clients provided information to be accurate,” he continued, but “at the same time, it’s not an industry standard that these financial statements are audited they [are] largely reliant on the use of estimate…”

In defense, Trump, who denies any wrongdoing and claims the case is politically motivated, will call four current and former Deutsche Bank employees to testify. This includes Rosemary Vrablic, the family’s former private banker.

Trump, alongside his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, has testified that no banks have been victimized by the alleged inflated valuation and asserts that the banks have made a considerable profit from interest on the loans.

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Deutsche Bank executive David Williams testified in Manhattan on Tuesday, arguing that net worth can be elevated on self-reported financial statements for "high-wealth clients," massively undermining New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against former President Donald J. Trump. show more
November 29, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Montana’s Rep. Ryan Zinke Endorses Donald Trump for President.

Rep. Ryan Zinke has joined the growing list of national Republican political figures to endorse Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“There is no doubt that President Trump is our nation’s best hope to restore our global leadership, secure our borders, and improve the quality of life of every American,” Rep. Zinke said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

The Montana Republican added: “His proven track record of peace in the Middle East, energy independence, and putting America First are unparalleled.”

Zinke was first elected to Congress in 2015 and served until 2017 when he joined President Trump’s administration as Secretary of the Interior. The Montana Republican returned to Congress in 2023.

A sense of inevitability is setting in for other Republicans seeking party’s the 2024 presidential nomination. Former President Donald Trump has racked up support for most high-profile Republican lawmakers. Last week, Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) backed Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, declaring: “Let’s end the political primary charade and focus on retiring Joe Biden.”

The Zinke and Marshall endorsements come on the heels of announcements of support from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL). The latter came as a blow to the presidential hopes of Governor Ron DeSantis who is a colleague of Scott’s in Florida.

With Zinke’s endorsement, Trump has received support from almost 100 Republicans in the U.S. House and Senate. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is backed by just five House Republicans. No current Republican Senators have backed the governor’s campaign.

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Rep. Ryan Zinke has joined the growing list of national Republican political figures to endorse Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. show more
trump
November 28, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Trump Currently Has the Largest Lead He’s Ever Had.

Former President Donald Trump currently leads incumbent President Joe Biden by his largest margin ever in the Real Clear Politics national polling average. In 2016 Trump lead Hillary Clinton for just five days, in 2020 he never led Biden. As of today Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by  2.6 points – his largest lead to-date.

According to Real Clear Politics’s Sean Trende, “[Trump] briefly closed to within four points in early January of 2020, but that is it. He led in five polls all cycle… He’s led in more polls in the past three weeks than he did against Biden in all of 2019-2020.” Trump’s resurgent popularity comes despite the persistent law-fare campaign being waged against him by the Biden Justice Department and the corporate media pushing hysteric claims Trump will end democracy as we know it.

Trump’s strong poll lead less-than-a-year-out from the 2024 presidential election has spooked Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans who comprise the ‘uniparty.’ Globalist favorite Mitt Romney, who lost the 2012 election to Barack Obama, announced “I’d be happy to vote for a number of Democrats” should trump secure the nomination. Lacking any substantive popularity it is unlikely Romney’s anti-Trump stance will impact voter choices in any real way, however.

In the Republican presidential primary, Trump continues to hold a near-insurmountable lead. Yesterday The National Pulse reported the former Republican President had secured nearly double the number of signed voter commitment cards as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in Iowa ahead of the state’s caucus on January 15th, 2024.

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Former President Donald Trump currently leads incumbent President Joe Biden by his largest margin ever in the Real Clear Politics national polling average. In 2016 Trump lead Hillary Clinton for just five days, in 2020 he never led Biden. As of today Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by  2.6 points – his largest lead to-date. show more
November 28, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Previous Republican Campaigns Say Iowa ‘Faith CEO’ Bob Vander Plaats Solicited Cash For Endorsements.

Pay-to-play accusations are nothing new for Iowa evangelical political operative Bob Vander Plaats, who recently endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shortly after receiving a check for $95,000 from his campaign. Similar situations have played out in Iowa over the past several campaign cycles.

Vander Plaats was accused of selling his endorsement to Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign during the 2012 Republican presidential primary, with Santorum himself admitting the Iowa evangelical leader said he needed cash to make the most out of the endorsement.

“What he talked about was he needed money to promote the endorsement and that that would be important to do that.”

– Rick Santorum.

During the 2008 Republican primary, Mitt Romney’s campaign says Vander Plaats offered an endorsement in exchange for financial support. When the Romney team refused, Vander Plaats endorsed Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee.

Vander Plaats appears to ‘launder’ the contributions for endorsements through ‘sponsorships’ and ‘advertisements’ in his Family Leader Foundation’s literature and events. Former Vice President Mike Pence’s 2024 presidential campaign was approached about making a $25,000 contribution in exchange for an ad in a booklet. Marc Short, a Pence campaign adviser, said they determined the contribution was a waste of donor money and declined.

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Pay-to-play accusations are nothing new for Iowa evangelical political operative Bob Vander Plaats, who recently endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shortly after receiving a check for $95,000 from his campaign. Similar situations have played out in Iowa over the past several campaign cycles. show more
chutkan
November 28, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Judge Chutkan Blocks Trump’s Attempts to Subpoena Missing Jan 6 Committee Records.

Tanya Chutkan, the Jamaica-born federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s prosecution over January 6th, has blocked the former president’s legal teams attempts to subpoena “missing” Jan 6 Committee records.

The J6 Committee, staffed almost entirely by Democrats, failed to preserve or properly organize its records. Trump’s lawyers had moved to subpoena all of its supposed evidence, arguing the Justice Department relied on the committee to build much of its case against him.

Chutkan, however, has refused to allow this. She insists the “broad scope of the records that Defendant seeks, and his vague description of their potential relevance, resemble less ‘a good faith effort to obtain identified evidence’ than they do ‘a general ‘fishing expedition.'”

Chutkan comes from a family of “dangerous” Jamaican Marxists. She is also an alumnus of the law firm that represented the anti-Trump dossier progenitor firm Fusion GPS.

Trump’s team has asked Chutkan to recuse herself from the case. They cite comments she has made at previous Jan 6 trials, strongly implying she believes he is guilty. These requests have been denied.

She has also attempted to place a gag order on the 45th President to limit his ability to speak freely about his prosecution. Even the leftist American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has blasted it as a violation of the First Amendment.

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Tanya Chutkan, the Jamaica-born federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's prosecution over January 6th, has blocked the former president's legal teams attempts to subpoena "missing" Jan 6 Committee records. show more
bidenomics
November 28, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Even Democrats Are Souring On ‘Bidenomics.’

A recent New York Times/Siena College poll indicates voter concerns over the economy are dragging down Biden’s odds of re-election in six critical swing states. Over 60 percent of those who voted for Biden in 2020 rated the Biden economy negatively as either “only fair” or “poor”.

Most troubling for President Biden is the strong negative economic outlook among younger voters. Among those polled, 80 percent between the ages of 30 and 44 expressed a negative economic. Respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 panned the Biden economy by 89 percent.

President Biden’s economy does not fair any better among key Democrat racial demographics either. Black and Hispanic voters both rated the economy as either “only fair” or “poor” by 75 point margins.

The National Pulse has previously reported about growing concerns among national Democrats over Biden’s handling of the economy. HIT Strategies, a left-wing market research firm, has been sounding the alarm in Democrat circles for several months regarding increasingly dour views among minority voters regarding the state of the economy and a perception Biden is more concerned about Ukrainians than Americans.

While the Biden re-election effort has leaned in to the ‘Bidenomics’ message – blaming the media for the negative economic outlook – voters remain nonplussed. Former President Donald Trump has capitalized on the economic uncertainty with several polls showing him leading Biden in five of the six critical 2024 swing states. Propelling Trump’s surging poll lead are minority voters who backed Biden in 2020 and are now jumping ship over the Democrat’s handling of the economy.

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A recent New York Times/Siena College poll indicates voter concerns over the economy are dragging down Biden's odds of re-election in six critical swing states. Over 60 percent of those who voted for Biden in 2020 rated the Biden economy negatively as either "only fair" or "poor". show more
November 28, 2023
Politics
TECH

Pro-Ukraine Activists Aim to Destroy Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ Before 2024 Election.

The North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO) – an anonymous activist group created to combat pro-Russian information – has launched a series of internet raids on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform “Truth Social” in an effort to bring the platform down before the 2024 presidential election.

NAFO, established shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, has attempted to take over trending topics on Truth Social and destroy the platform from within by so-called “shitposting.” Some of the group’s activities include misspelling themes such as “#stollenElection” or “#ErectionFraud.”

The pseudonymous chief of NAFO told one news outlet that combating the spread of pro-Trump and MAGA messaging on the social media platform is similar to “dealing with your racist uncle that nobody wants at the Thanksgiving dinner table because he’s just obnoxious and looking to fight with everybody.”

“The goal we have in mind, which is lofty, is to help bring the platform down ahead of the 2024 election,” he continued. “We know it’s going to be an aggregator for extremism and probably violence the way things are looking at this point.”

Truth Social recently filed a giant $1.5 billion lawsuit against multiple mainstream media outlets, including the Daily Mail, Axios, Reuters, and MSNBC, arguing they falsely reported a $73 million loss by the platform.

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The North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO) – an anonymous activist group created to combat pro-Russian information – has launched a series of internet raids on former President Donald Trump's social media platform "Truth Social" in an effort to bring the platform down before the 2024 presidential election. show more