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November 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Politics
TECH

DeSantis Defends Nikki Haley’s Daughter’s TikTok Use After Vivek Clash.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis rallied to the defense of supposed GOP rival Nikki Haley following their third primary debate, saying fellow candidate Vivek Ramaswamy should not have called her out for her family’s use of TikTok.

Haley had previously called out Ramaswamy for using the China-linked TikTok app to reach younger voters, blasting him for, as she put it, “wanting kids to go and get on this social media that’s dangerous for all of us.”

“She made fun of me for actually joining TikTok while her own daughter was actually using the app for a long time, so you might want to take care of your family first,” Ramaswamy said in the latest debate, earning a furious reaction.

“Leave my daughter out of your voice!” Haley interrupted, muttering “you’re just scum” as he continued to speak.

DeSantis has taken Haley’s side, saying “kids are out of bounds” and “I didn’t think that was an appropriate thing to do.”

While DeSantis and Haley have begun to target each other more directly as the primary campaign wears on, some observers were unsurprised to see them adopt something of a united front against Ramaswamy in the wake of the NBC debate.

The pair received a verbal shellacking from the tech entrepreneur on stage, with both being likened to “Dick Cheney in three-inch heels.”

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis rallied to the defense of supposed GOP rival Nikki Haley following their third primary debate, saying fellow candidate Vivek Ramaswamy should not have called her out for her family's use of TikTok. show more
November 12, 2023
Jake Welch
Crime
Culture
Politics

San Francisco Kicks Homeless Out of the City Center To Impress China’s Xi Jinping.

San Francisco officials cleared the city of its thousands of homeless, drug addicts, and dealers over the past several days in preparation for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, which will see China‘s President Xi Jinping visiting the city to participate in the event.

The homeless population residing in the city center, including outside the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building, was shifted to other neighborhoods, while the open drug use markets were temporarily shut down or moved to cover up the extent of the lawlessness.

The Moscone Center, where the APEC Summit is being held until November 17, has also been barricaded so the homeless population cannot repopulate the area before the conference concludes. Other, notorious areas of San Francisco – such as Van Ness Avenue, California Street, and Taylor Street – were similarly cleared.

“They started clearing the tents earlier this week and there is definitely a lot more police presence,” explained one local resident. “They’ve cleared out the tents that were near the Moscone Center on Howard Street, which tells me the city had the capability to do this all along — instead they just do the bare minimum.”

“Once APEC is gone, police presence will start to simmer down again, the tents will return. And it will slowly flare up again,” the resident added.

The APEC Summit is expected to draw around 20,000 people to the city, making it the largest international event to occur in San Francisco since the signing of the charter creating the United Nations in 1945. The Chinese President is planning to meet Joe Biden personally at the event.

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San Francisco officials cleared the city of its thousands of homeless, drug addicts, and dealers over the past several days in preparation for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, which will see China's President Xi Jinping visiting the city to participate in the event. show more
November 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Politics

DATA: 40% Want a Leader Who Will Break Rules to Fix America.

Almost 40 percent of Americans believe “things have gotten so far off track” in the United States that the country “need[s] a leader who is willing to break some rules if that’s what it takes to set things right.”

The American Values Survey for 2023 found 48 percent of Republicans, 38 percent of Independents, and even 29 percent of Democrats now believe a rule-breaker may be required to get the country back on track, for 38 percent of Americans overall.

Broken down by ethno-religious background, Hispanic Catholics were most supportive of the idea of a rule-breaking leader, at 51 percent, with white evangelicals a relatively distant second at 37 percent – one point behind the religiously unaffiliated.

The survey put the share of Americans who believe the country is going in the wrong direction at an astonishing 77 percent, including 90 percent of Republicans, 81 percent of Independents, and 59 percent of Democrats.

An outright majority of Americans believe the country has changed mostly for the worse since the 1950s, and that “America’s best days are now behind us.”

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Almost 40 percent of Americans believe "things have gotten so far off track" in the United States that the country "need[s] a leader who is willing to break some rules if that's what it takes to set things right." show more
November 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Politics

PREVIEW: Kassam Explains How RFK Is a Trump-Wrecker ‘PsyOp’ in Lengthy New Interview.

Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of The National Pulse, explains why lifelong Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “psyop” designed to peel votes away from Donald Trump and empower the “power politics” establishment he supposedly stands against. The remarks come in two new, lengthy interviews released Monday – one with host Jeremy Ryan Slate, and the other with Donald Trump Jr.

“Obviously, if you look at RFK’s track record he’s incredibly left-wing. He’s not just left-wing, but he’s supported both far-left progressive philosophy while also backing globalist left, establishment left politicians almost his entire life,” Kassam told Slate.

“He’s almost the worst of both worlds,” he added, explaining the “almost” is in there because RFK has taken something of a stand against Big Pharma, and does have a “familial conviction” that the state security apparatus not always having the people’s best interests in mind.

“So yeah, of course he has a redeeming feature, maybe two redeeming features – but the rest? Eighty percent of his platform is a complete psyop on conservatives,” Kassam said. “If anyone else who was running for President had a CIA officer running their campaign the alarm bells would go ringing, but nobody’s talking about this, and that’s what tells you that a trick is being played here.”

Kassam pointed out that RFK, despite his Democrat credentials, seems to have designed his platform to appeal almost exclusively to disillusioned Democrats and swing voters who might otherwise vote for Donald Trump.

“Elections in the United States are won by tens of thousands of votes in a couple of dozen counties,” Kassam stressed.

“If [RFK] manages to convince 5,000 voters, 10,000 voters, in each of these little pockets around the country, then he takes almost entirely from people who would otherwise vote for Donald Trump, and who Donald Trump really needs,” he concluded.

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Raheem Kassam, editor-in-chief of The National Pulse, explains why lifelong Democrat-turned-independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a "psyop" designed to peel votes away from Donald Trump and empower the "power politics" establishment he supposedly stands against. The remarks come in two new, lengthy interviews released Monday – one with host Jeremy Ryan Slate, and the other with Donald Trump Jr. show more
November 10, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News
Politics

‘It’s The Border, Stupid!’ – Voters Rank U.S. Security Higher than All Foreign Conflicts.

Polling shows American voters value border security far more highly than the Ukrainian or even the Israeli war effort, with almost 70 percent of respondents to a Morning Consult survey saying they approve of more funding for the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sixty-eight percent of respondents backed more money for border protection, compared to 61 percent who backed aid for Israel and 58 percent who backed aid for Ukraine. In terms of voters’ top issues going into the 2024 election, only the economy ranked higher than border security, ranking number one for three times as many people as the Israel-Hamas war.

The Joe Biden regime has this exactly backwards, however, and is currently pushing Congress to approve a funding package worth well in excess of $100 billion that would give over $60 billion to Ukraine, over $14.3 billion to Israel, and just $13.6 billion to the border – and this would funding to provide accommodation and services to migrants, not just deterrent measures.

Morning Consult found Donald Trump is more trusted than Joe Biden to handle the Israel-Hamas War, the Russia-Ukraine War, U.S.-China relations, and especially immigration.

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Polling shows American voters value border security far more highly than the Ukrainian or even the Israeli war effort, with almost 70 percent of respondents to a Morning Consult survey saying they approve of more funding for the U.S.-Mexico border. show more
November 10, 2023
Politics

Jill Stein is Running for President Again.

Physician and climate change advocate Jill Stein announced her intent on Thursday to run for the Green Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, marking potentially her third bid for the presidency, following campaigns in 2012 and 2016. She declared her candidacy via social media, promising to challenge the two-party system in place, address the ongoing climate crisis, and promote a Green New Deal. Stein’s official campaign launch is expected on November 21.

During her 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns, Stein garnered 0.36 percent and 1.07 percent of the popular vote respectively. Stein’s 2016 run ended amidst critiques from some Democrats who alleged her presence split votes favoring Hillary Clinton. Stein also initiated recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—states where former President Donald Trump secured his win against Hillary Clinton.

Alongside Stein are several other long-shot contenders, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Cornel West, both running as independents, as well as progressives Marianne Williamson and Cenk Uygur. Stein’s 2024 platform is expected to be largely centered on the establishment of an Economic Bill of Rights and the execution of a Green New Deal.

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Physician and climate change advocate Jill Stein announced her intent on Thursday to run for the Green Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, marking potentially her third bid for the presidency, following campaigns in 2012 and 2016. She declared her candidacy via social media, promising to challenge the two-party system in place, address the ongoing climate crisis, and promote a Green New Deal. Stein's official campaign launch is expected on November 21. show more

Editor’s Notes

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
This is a small gift to whomever the Republican nominee is, and is already causing consternation amongst Democrats who thought they could avoid such a scenario
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November 10, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Health
Politics

Trump: Big Pharma is ‘A Villain’ in ‘Many Different Ways’.

Donald Trump has told Spanish-language news network Univision that Big Pharma is “a villian” in many respects, and had unquestionably done “some very bad things” when it comes to the drugs crises in the Americas.

After first being questioned on whether he supported military intervention in Mexico to stop fentanyl trafficking, Trump was asked if he accepted “there’s a shared responsibility on this issue,” with his interviewer citing “the role Big Pharma has played in creating [the] opioid overdose crisis.”

Trump agreed immediately: “Yeah, Big Pharma is a villain in many different ways,” he said.

“I know them better than anybody, they weren’t fans of mine,” he added.

“I got them to do things that nobody thought anybody could really get them to do, and they’ve done some good things, [but] they’ve done some very bad things also – there’s no question about it.”

On the question of military intervention in Mexico, the 45th President had been diplomatic, saying he would “certainly deal with Mexico” and that “Mexico doesn’t like what’s happening either, with fentanyl and with all of the other things that are passing over the border.”

“Mexico’s a victim of it also,” he explained. “You have a tremendous drug problem for your people… The drugs, the destruction of families, the death.”

“Something had to be done about it. We’re losing I think probably 250,000 people a year; that’s like a big military intervention,” he stressed.

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Donald Trump has told Spanish-language news network Univision that Big Pharma is "a villian" in many respects, and had unquestionably done "some very bad things" when it comes to the drugs crises in the Americas. show more
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November 10, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

ANOTHER Poll Finds Trump Beating Biden In 5 of 6 Key Swing States.

Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election.

The survey, conducted by Emerson College, shows Donald Trump leading in Arizona with 43 points compared to Biden at 41, Georgia with 47 points compared to Biden’s 40, Nevada at 46 points compared to a miserly 39 for Biden, Pennsylvania at 46 points compared to 43, and Wisconsin with 44 to 43. Minnesota is the only exception, with Biden polling at 43 points compared to Trump’s 41.

Nearly half of Trump supporters – 44 percent – told pollsters their main priority going into the election next year was inflation, followed by the economy and jobs at 27 percent. Democrats are more divided, however, with 21 percent answering inflation, 16 percent threats to democracy, ten percent healthcare, and nine percent for abortion access, the environment, and gun control.

“Biden is generally underperforming his 2020 support with voters under 30, whereas Trump has locked in his support with middle-aged voters,” stated Executive Director of Emerson College Polling Spencer Kimball.

Emerson College’s results almost mirror those published by The New York Times/Siena College last week, which found that Trump would receive more than 300 Electoral College votes – way above the necessary 270 – if the results remain the same next year.

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Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election. show more
November 10, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Elise Stefanik Files Judicial Complaint Against Judge Engoron for Anti-Trump Bias.

Representative Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, has filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, the Democrat donor judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York. She accuses Engoron of “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit” against the former president and his business empire.

“This judge’s bizarre behavior has no place in our judicial system,” Rep. Stefanik wrote in her complaint to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which she shared on X (formerly Twitter).

The Congresswoman highlighted incidents including Engoron’s statement in February 2022 that Trump was not being singled out by New York Attorney General Letitia James but is “just a bad guy,” and his recent courtroom tirades against the former president and his counsel, respectively, that “we are not here to listen to what you have to say” and “I am not here to hear what he has to say.”

Stefanik also questioned the judge’s donations to the Democrats, and the donations of his staff to the Democrats, alleging they broke judicial rules. She also said a gag order Engoron imposed on Trump to prevent commentary on his law clerk’s political bias is unlawful.

“To gag a defendant is un-American. It’s an illegal prior restraint on the defendant’s First Amendment rights, which even the progressive ACLU felt compelled to acknowledge,” Stefanik stressed.

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Representative Elise Stefanik, Chairwoman of the House Republican Conference, has filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron, the Democrat donor judge overseeing Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York. She accuses Engoron of "inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York's disgraceful lawsuit" against the former president and his business empire. show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
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November 9, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Politics

WATCH: ‘Dick Cheney in Three-Inch Heels’ – Vivek Hits Haley, DeSantis at GOP Debate.

Vivek Ramaswamy commanded the stand out moments during the third GOP presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday night. Following the event, the dominant conversation concerned Ronna McDaniel’s stewardship of the Republican National Committee, a failed tenure raised by Ramaswamy in his first comments of the night.

“We’ve become a party of losers. Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022, [the] red wave that never came. We got trounced last night in 2023,” Ramaswamy said. “And I think that we have to have accountability in our party. For that matter, Ronna, if you want to come on stage tonight, you want to look the GOP voters in the eye and tell them you resign, I will yield my time to you.”

Asked how he would approach the Israel-Hamas conflict, Ramaswamy broke with the hawkish positions of Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, the latter who has claimed “Israel doesn’t need America, America needs Israel”. Ramaswamy, instead, said the American homeland would be his focus.

“The founding vision of Israel was based on the idea that they don’t want to depend on anybody else’s sympathy or direction in defending themselves,” Ramaswamy said.

“So what I would tell [Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu] is that Israel has the right and the responsibility to defend itself; I would tell him to smoke those terrorists on his southern border, and as President of the United States I’ll be smoking the terrorists on our southern border. That’s his responsibility, this is our responsibility,” the entrepreneur continued.

“I want to be careful to avoid making the mistakes [of] the neocon establishment of the past,” he explained. “Nikki Haley… stepped down from her time at the UN bankrupt or in debt… then she becomes a military contractor, she joins the board of Boeing and otherwise, and is now a multi-millionaire.”

“So I think that’s wrong when Republicans do it or Democrats do it. That’s the choice we face: Do you want a leader from a different generation who’s going to put this country first, or do you want Dick Cheney in three-inch heels? In which case, we’ve got two of ’em on this stage.”

Florida Governor DeSantis has grown increasingly sensitive over allegations he wears lifts to increase his height, accusing his critics of having “foot fetishes”.

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Vivek Ramaswamy commanded the stand out moments during the third GOP presidential debate in Miami on Wednesday night. Following the event, the dominant conversation concerned Ronna McDaniel's stewardship of the Republican National Committee, a failed tenure raised by Ramaswamy in his first comments of the night. show more