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December 14, 2023
William Upton
Data
Politics

Massive 14-Point Swing Puts Trump in Double Digit Lead Over Biden.

Former President Donald Trump has opened up a double digit lead, nationally, over President Joe Biden. According to the new survey data from Rasmussen, Trump leads the Democrat incumbent with 48-percent to Biden’s 38-percent in the 2024 presidential contest. The polling suggests political momentum continues to shift to Trump, as the former President has experienced a 14-point swing in his favor compared to Rasmussen’s last survey results. Biden led Trump by 4-points in Rasmussen’s November poll.

A third party bid by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appears to siphon more votes from Trump than Biden, reducing the former President’s lead back to single digits. Kennedy’s campaign messaging has been tailored to appeal to some of the same populist swing-voters who might-otherwise support Donald Trump. The National Pulse previously reported Kennedy was pealing off three-times as many Trump donors compared to Biden donors.

President Joe Biden continues to face headwinds for his 2024 re-election bid; with voters especially concerned about the Democrat incumbent’s advanced age, the ongoing House impeachment inquiry into allegations of public corruption, as well as the direction of the economy.

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Former President Donald Trump has opened up a double digit lead, nationally, over President Joe Biden. According to the new survey data from Rasmussen, Trump leads the Democrat incumbent with 48-percent to Biden's 38-percent in the 2024 presidential contest. The polling suggests political momentum continues to shift to Trump, as the former President has experienced a 14-point swing in his favor compared to Rasmussen's last survey results. Biden led Trump by 4-points in Rasmussen's November poll. show more
December 13, 2023
Jake Welch
Politics

Senator Josh Hawley Endorses Donald Trump For President.

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced he is endorsing Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee during an interview with POLITICO.

“President Trump doesn’t need to worry. I’m with him. He’s asked me several times to support him. I said yes.” Hawley explained, “[a]nd I’ve been saying for a year that I think he’s gonna be the nominee. I support him. I’m gonna vote for him.”

The announcement comes shortly after the 45th President warned both Hawley and Texas Senator Ted Cruz that the Democrats are “looking hard at the Senate races in both Missouri and Texas” in a Truth Social post over the weekend. Trump added, “Josh and Ted must be very careful, stranger things have happened!!!”

The endorsement makes Hawley the 18th GOP Senator to openly declare their support for the former President so far. More than 100 congressional lawmakers have similarly announced their support for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

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Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) announced he is endorsing Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee during an interview with POLITICO. show more
December 13, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Politics
TECH

Democrats Deploy ‘Ashley’ AI to Call Voters for Congressional Campaign.

The Democrats are deploying an Artificial Intelligence (AI) “volunteer” named ‘Ashley’ for Shamaine Daniels’s congressional campaign. Voters in south-central Pennsylvania have been receiving calls from the fake “volunteer” since the weekend, in a bid to persuade them to oust Republican Rep. Scott Perry.

“Hello. My name is Ashley, and I’m an Artificial Intelligence volunteer for Shamaine Daniels’ run for Congress,” the AI begins.

‘Ashley’ was created by the tech firm Civox, based out of London, England and San Francisco. As a “generative” AI, the program is able to hold a conversation, answering questions about Daniels, Perry, and their policy positions.

“This technology is going to change the character of what campaigning looks like,” Daniels boasted.

Other Democrats are also using AI to enhance their campaigns. New York City Mayor Eric Adams used it to create audio “deepfakes” of himself speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, and Yiddish. These recordings were them spammed to millions of voters.

AI has also been deployed against Donald Trump by the Ron DeSantis campaign. The Florida Governor has used AI to both fake Trump’s voice and fake pictures of him hugging and kissing Anthony Fauci.

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The Democrats are deploying an Artificial Intelligence (AI) "volunteer" named 'Ashley' for Shamaine Daniels's congressional campaign. Voters in south-central Pennsylvania have been receiving calls from the fake "volunteer" since the weekend, in a bid to persuade them to oust Republican Rep. Scott Perry. show more
December 13, 2023
Politics

DeSantis Blames Trump For Satanic Altar in Iowa State Capitol, Says Florida ‘Probably’ Wouldn’t Have It.

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has attributed the establishment of a Satanic altar in Iowa’s State Capitol to the tax-exempt status granted to the Satanic Temple by the IRS towards the end of Donald Trump’s first term in 2019. The comment came up during a CNN town hall in Iowa when DeSantis was asked about the altar. DeSantis falsely claimed the IRS recognition had provided the group with grounds to erect the altar.

CNN host Jake Tapper clarified the granted tax-exempt status doesn’t equate to government endorsement.

Regarding his home state, DeSantis said, “In Florida, I don’t think we probably would have had it up.”

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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has attributed the establishment of a Satanic altar in Iowa’s State Capitol to the tax-exempt status granted to the Satanic Temple by the IRS towards the end of Donald Trump's first term in 2019. The comment came up during a CNN town hall in Iowa when DeSantis was asked about the altar. DeSantis falsely claimed the IRS recognition had provided the group with grounds to erect the altar. show more
Yousaf
December 12, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News
Politics
Religion
UK

Scotland’s Pakistani ‘First Minister’ Unilaterally Held Anti-Israel Talks With Turkey’s Erdogan, Against UK Policy.

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has sparked a diplomatic row by holding an unauthorized meeting with the Turkish president. Yousaf, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state governor, is a Pakistani-heritage Muslim. He has been pushing the British government to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and import thousands of Gazan refugees. Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nominally a NATO ally, also backs a ceasefire. He has branded the West’s support for Israel against Hamas “barbaric”.

By discussing a ceasefire with Erdogan at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Yousaf breached diplomatic protocol. Foreign policy and defense are reserved to the British central government. Yousaf, as head of the devolved Scottish government, should not have met a foreign government representative without British government officials present.

With Yousaf’s party being left-separatist, it has long attempted to set up a parallel foreign policy. Foreign Secretary (Secretary of State) David Cameron has threatened to expel Scottish government officials from Foreign Office premises over the Erdogan breach, however.

Yousaf is no stranger to controversy in British politics. He swore his oath of allegiance in the Scottish Parliament in Urdu, the official language of his family’s native Pakistan. He also railed against the number of white people in Scotland while he was the government minister responsible for justice matters.

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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has sparked a diplomatic row by holding an unauthorized meeting with the Turkish president. Yousaf, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state governor, is a Pakistani-heritage Muslim. He has been pushing the British government to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and import thousands of Gazan refugees. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nominally a NATO ally, also backs a ceasefire. He has branded the West's support for Israel against Hamas "barbaric". show more
December 12, 2023
Media
Politics

WATCH: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Admits She Doesn’t Know That Alternate Electors Have Been Used In Previous U.S. Elections.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins tried to dunk on Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on Monday, attacking the alternate electors slated by the political right in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Sen. Johnson was forced to explain the tactic has been used by Democrats in previous years – a fact over which Collins seemed both wildly ignorant and belligerent.

Collins repeatedly demands the Senator provide exact details of prior examples, despite Johnson having been booked by CNN producers to discuss Ukraine and the U.S. border. While Johnson therefore didn’t have specific dates to hand, he furnished CNN will information via X (formerly Twitter) a few hours later:

Democrats in Hawaii chose an alternative slate of electors in the 1960 election, for example, allowing John F. Kennedy to be certified as the winner. Johnson also cited: “In 2005, Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones led a group of 31 representatives in objecting to the certification of Ohio’s electors. Those 31 include Jim Clyburn, Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Lee, now-Sen. Ed Markey, Benny Thompson, and Maxine Waters.” Indeed, in 2016, Democrats from Washington and Colorado signed an attempt to block Trump from winning an Electoral College majority. And in 2017, Reps. Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, Barbara Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Raúl Grijalva, Maxine Waters, and Jim McGovern, all objected to electoral votes for Trump.

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CNN's Kaitlan Collins tried to dunk on Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin on Monday, attacking the alternate electors slated by the political right in the aftermath of the 2020 election. Sen. Johnson was forced to explain the tactic has been used by Democrats in previous years – a fact over which Collins seemed both wildly ignorant and belligerent. show more
December 11, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

U.S. Counties Refuse to Install Voting Machines Sensors Linked to Anti-Trump Federal Agency.

Three conservative-led counties in Washington state are declining to update their voting machines amidst concerns over hacking.

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, claims so-called ‘Albert sensors‘ will help stop intrusions on the machines’ networks. Albert sensors feed back information on possible intrusion to a security operations center near Albany, New York. The system is operated by the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The CIS a nonprofit which collaborates with and is funded by CISA, the Department for Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency. CIS was involved in the mass censorship of conservatives in 2020, prompting concerns the Albert sensor may undermine rather than strengthen election integrity.

Hobbs has threatened new legislation to adopt the sensors, but skepticism remains high. Lincoln County got rid of their Albert sensor in part because its installation was followed by a massive ransomware attack.

“This Albert sensor didn’t do a damn thing about it,” said Republican Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman. “It didn’t function as it was advertised.”

Election officials are not universally eager to adopt new voting security technology. The National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) is refusing to update voting machines to meet new federal standards in time for the next election.

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Three conservative-led counties in Washington state are declining to update their voting machines amidst concerns over hacking. show more
December 8, 2023
Politics
War

White House Slams Council on American Islamic Relations Over ‘Shocking’ Israel Comments.

The White House condemned statements made by the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, regarding Palestinians’ “right to self-defense” and his assertion that the “occupying power” of Israel lacks this right. White House spokesman Andrew Bates denounced these words as “shocking, antisemitic statements,” according to the New York Times, and referenced President Biden’s previous condemnation of the “abhorrent” and “unadulterated evil” attacks committed by Hamas on October 7.

Awad also made statements expressing satisfaction at seeing Palestinians break free from Gaza on October 7, the day that Hamas, a recognized terrorist group, initiated attacks on the West Bank, instigating conflict with Israel. In a response to the ensuing controversy, Awad claimed his comments were taken “out of context” and illuminated his stance against anti-semitism and violence targeted at civilians, regardless of nationality.

Following these events, the White House took action to distance itself from the American-Islamic advocacy organization, removing CAIR’s name from a past online document that detailed a meeting between Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and various organizations aimed at addressing Islamophobia. Awad’s contentious remarks were originally shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute and subsequently circulated widely.

CAIR was previously named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 terror-finance trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.

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The White House condemned statements made by the national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, regarding Palestinians' "right to self-defense" and his assertion that the "occupying power" of Israel lacks this right. White House spokesman Andrew Bates denounced these words as "shocking, antisemitic statements," according to the New York Times, and referenced President Biden's previous condemnation of the "abhorrent" and "unadulterated evil" attacks committed by Hamas on October 7. show more

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December 7, 2023
William Upton
Politics

WATCH: Vivek Schools CNN’s Dana Bash on How Cops Incited Jan 6.

Vivek Ramaswamy sparred with with CNN’s Dana over his assertion during the debate that federal law enforcement, and other elements of the government hostile to former President Trump, instigated the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021. During the debate he challenged his fellow Republican primary candidates to be more open to questioning the government’s official narrative – posing the question: “Why am I the only person on this stage this state, at least, who can can say that January 6th now does look like was an inside job.”

Bash kicked off the post-debate spin room exchange with Ramaswamy, bluntly claiming: “There is no evidence that is is an inside job. It was a fringe was a fringe conspiracy theory that Trump appointed FBI director Christopher Ray has said explicitly, over-and-over, is just not true.” Nonplussed, Ramaswamy pushed back: “Looking at the facts of the video footage that have come out, it is shocking that you still haven’t gotten a clear answer as to how many federal agents were in the field that day.”

Ramaswamy pointed Bash to U.S. Capitol security camera footage made public by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) which indicate federal law enforcement deployed dangerous crowd dispersal tactics against the mass of protestors prior to the riot. Footage also shows police opening doors to let protestors into the Capitol, later declared a “crime” for which many have faced prosecution.

“That is a case of entrapment,” Ramaswamy told Bash.

The interview continued for more several minutes with Bash appearing increasingly confused. The CNN anchor incorrectly argued  “an inside job” suggests all of the protestors who rioted and entered the Capitol were either federal agents or acting the government’s behalf.

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Vivek Ramaswamy sparred with with CNN's Dana over his assertion during the debate that federal law enforcement, and other elements of the government hostile to former President Trump, instigated the Capitol riot on January 6th, 2021. During the debate he challenged his fellow Republican primary candidates to be more open to questioning the government's official narrative – posing the question: "Why am I the only person on this stage this state, at least, who can can say that January 6th now does look like was an inside job." show more
December 7, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Biden Used Pseudonymous Email To Communicate With Hunter’s Business Partner.

The House Republican impeachment inquiry into allegations President Joe Biden abused public office to enrich his family has uncovered evidence the then-Vice President used pseudonymous email accounts to communicate with his son Hunter Biden’s business partner Eric Schwerin. Over a ten-year period Biden sent 327 messages to Schwerin and Hunter – as well as others – using his “RobertLPeters” email account. During that time, Biden held public office as a United States Senator and then as Vice President in the Obama administration.

While on the presidential campaign trail in 2019, Biden repeatedly denied allegations he was involved with Hunter’s foreign business dealings while also serving as Vice-President. When asked specifically if he discussed Ukrainian interests with his son during the October 22, 2020 presidential debate, Biden responded: “I never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having do with Ukraine. No one has indicated I have. We’ve always kept everything separate.”

According to the House impeachment investigators, meta data shows the frequency of email exchanges between Schwerin and Joe Biden increased when the then-Vice President was traveling to or returning form Ukraine. The content of the communications between Biden and Schwerin remains unknown at the moment.

Evidence for Biden’s email communications was uncovered by the two IRS whistleblowers, Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler. The two men used the public contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop to run a search for emails between the known Joe Biden alias “Robert L Peters” and Hunter Biden. They were able to uncover meta data identifying who President Biden was communication with but not the content of the emails themselves.

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The House Republican impeachment inquiry into allegations President Joe Biden abused public office to enrich his family has uncovered evidence the then-Vice President used pseudonymous email accounts to communicate with his son Hunter Biden's business partner Eric Schwerin. Over a ten-year period Biden sent 327 messages to Schwerin and Hunter – as well as others – using his "RobertLPeters" email account. During that time, Biden held public office as a United States Senator and then as Vice President in the Obama administration. show more