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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
Santos
November 28, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Santos Expulsion (or Resignation) Could Come As Soon As Thursday.

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) could face expulsion from Congress as soon as Thursday. There is speculation the New York Republican may also choose to resign from office during press conference he has scheduled for Thursday on the steps of the Capitol Building – however during a Friday ‘Space’ on X (formerly Twitter) a defiant Rep. Santos insisted he would not be resigning.

House Republicans are expected to bring Rep. Michael Guest’s (R-Miss.) resolution to expel Rep. Santos to the floor later today. Once introduced, the resolution – considered privileged – will start a sort of legislative clock where House leadership will have two days to schedule a vote.

Two months ago, Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) attempted and failed to expel Santos after the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York handed down a 23 count indictment against the Congressman. Prosecutors allege that Santos filed fraudulent fundraising reports with the FEC in an effort to obtain financial support for his campaign. They additionally allege the New York Congressman charged the credit cards of campaign contributors without authorization and that some of that money may have ended up in his personal account.

The National Pulse perviously reported that a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics investigation concluded with a criminal referral of Santos to the Department of Justice. The Committee report concluded there was “substantial evidence that Representative George Santos: knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House.”

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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) could face expulsion from Congress as soon as Thursday. There is speculation the New York Republican may also choose to resign from office during press conference he has scheduled for Thursday on the steps of the Capitol Building – however during a Friday 'Space' on X (formerly Twitter) a defiant Rep. Santos insisted he would not be resigning. show more
November 28, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Nikki Haley Takes Big Koch Endorsement.

Anti-Trump billionaire Charles Koch’s vast political network is backing former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s bid to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The myriad of groups under the Koch Network plan to spend tens-of-millions in support of Haley and against former President Donald Trump, the dominant front-runner for the Republican nomination.

A leaked memo from the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity outlined the network’s primary election plan. “AFP Action is proud to throw our full support behind Nikki Haley, who offers America the opportunity to turn the page on the current political era, to win the Republican primary and defeat Joe Biden next November,” the memo reads.

The Koch group memo continues: “Nikki Haley is in the best position to defeat Donald Trump in the primaries. Between her surging to second place in the polls since August and being well-positioned amongst supporters of the other candidates, she is in a strong position to gather more support.”

The Koch endorsement of Haley comes as a serious blow to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who had previously been the darling of the network’s billionaire backer. Earlier this year, Charles Koch blew through $70 million in donor cash in an effort to ostensibly boost DeSantis and stop former President Trump from winning the 20204 nomination. With the DeSantis campaign’s efforts falling flat, Charles Koch has moved on to a new candidate in the former Governor of South Carolina and Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley.

Despite the cash injection for Haley, former President Trump remains by-and-large the favorite to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He continues to lead with nearly 50 percent support in early primary state polls and has nearly double the signed voter commitment cards as DeSantis heading in to the Iowa Caucus on January 15th, 2024.

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Anti-Trump billionaire Charles Koch's vast political network is backing former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley's bid to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The myriad of groups under the Koch Network plan to spend tens-of-millions in support of Haley and against former President Donald Trump, the dominant front-runner for the Republican nomination. show more
Biden
November 27, 2023
Politics
War
World

‘I’m Disappointed in Myself’ – Biden Issues Groveling Apology to Muslims in Private Meeting.

President Joe Biden reportedly apologized to a group of Muslim Americans in a private meeting after he cast doubt on the Gaza death toll figures released by Hamas-controlled health authorities.

“I’m sorry. I’m disappointed in myself,” he allegedly told a group of approximately 20 activists and officials who asked to meet with him. “I will do better,” he added, according to the Washington Post.

Previously, the 81-year-old Democrat had expressed skepticism, stating: “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed.”

Included in the discussion with Biden were Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Chicago community organizer Rami Nashashibi, Imam Mohamed Magid, Muslim lobbyist Wa’el Alzayat, and healthcare advocate Suzanne Barakat.

Biden is said to have ended the hour-long discussion, originally scheduled for 30 minutes, by hugging one of the participants.

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President Joe Biden reportedly apologized to a group of Muslim Americans in a private meeting after he cast doubt on the Gaza death toll figures released by Hamas-controlled health authorities. show more
November 27, 2023
Politics

DATA: Trump More Popular Than Beyonce, DeSantis Less Liked Than Kamala (According to Ron’s Own Pollster).

A recent NBC News poll indicates that the right to kill babies in the womb as well as the abstract notion of protecting America’s “democracy” are the two foremost concerns for single-issue voters, ostensibly ranking higher than immigration and the border, and indeed the economy.

According to the survey, 19 percent of single-issue voters declared that safeguarding democracy or constitutional rights was their paramount issue. The closely trailing concern was the right to abortion, with 18 percent citing it as their primary single-issue.

The poll, which surveyed 1,000 voters between November 10-14, revealed that besides democracy and abortion rights, the only other concern to exceed 10 percent was immigration or border security, reported by 14 percent of those polled. Gun rights stood at nine percent.

Popularity Contest.

The poll also found a massive disapproval rating for Biden and his economy, foreign policy, and discovered that a record 76 percent of voters do not feel confident about leaving the country in a better shape for their children.

Thirty-six percent of people feel positive about Biden, the same number as Donald Trump. Kamala Harris has a 29 percent positive rating, polling higher than Ron DeSantis who is on 27 points. By comparison to so-called “popular celebrities”, Taylor Swift has a 40 percent positive rating, with Beyonce on just 33 percent.

Israel is popular with 47 percent of Americans, with “Palestine” only drawing support from one in five (20 percent).

The poll was conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies (POS), the latter of which is closely affiliated with the DeSantis campaign, making the Florida Governor’s unpopularity in the data even more humiliating.

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A recent NBC News poll indicates that the right to kill babies in the womb as well as the abstract notion of protecting America's "democracy" are the two foremost concerns for single-issue voters, ostensibly ranking higher than immigration and the border, and indeed the economy. show more