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November 2, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

McConnell Threatens Republicans Who Want to Get Corporate Cash Out of Politics.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is threatening GOP senators not to support Senator Josh Hawley’s proposed Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act, which would stop publicly traded corporations from running political ad campaigns and donating to super PACs.

McConnell, who has been leading the Senate Republican Conference for the better part of two decades, warned fellow senators they could face “incoming” from the so-called “center-right” if they backed Hawley’s initiative.

If it passed, Hawley’s bill would limit McConnell’s own power as a key player in the Senate Leadership Fund, a powerful super PAC that spent more money than any other group in key battleground states last year.

McConnell’s camp have hinted to colleagues that many of them, including Hawley himself, need the Senate Leadership Fund’s money to fight their campaigns, implying they could be left high and dry if they go against the 81-year-old Minority Leader.

Hawley, for his part, has said he does not want politicized corporations trying to “dictate voting laws in the states” or “dictate rules on biological men playing women’s sports,” or unduly influencing politicians who rely on them for financial support.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is threatening GOP senators not to support Senator Josh Hawley's proposed Ending Corporate Influence on Elections Act, which would stop publicly traded corporations from running political ad campaigns and donating to super PACs. show more
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November 2, 2023
Jake Welch
Immigration
News
Politics

Illegal Migrants Caught ‘With Explosives’ Crossing Southern Border.

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have recently seized a number of illegal migrants carrying improvised explosives “tailor-made for terrorism” while attempting to cross the southern border.

Several Republican Senators, including John Barrasso (R-Wyo), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb), spoke openly at a press conference on Tuesday of the heightened risks of terrorism as a result of the unrelenting migrant influx as well as the frustration felt by Border Patrol agents, who argue they are powerless to stop it.

“We have just returned from our southern border, and it is painfully clear that with Joe Biden’s open border policy, our country is really at an increased threat for [sic] a terrorist attack,” said Senator Barrasso, who added the explosive devices brought into the country were the “size of cannonballs.”

Senator Ricketts highlighted how authorities at the border have caught 180 people on the U.S. terrorist watchlist attempting to enter the country over the past two years. “To put this into perspective, in years past, that number was single digits,” he said, “We’re opening ourselves up for a terrorist attack.”

More than 10 million illegal migrants have poured into the country under the Biden government, representing the highest number on record. The number of “gotaways” – those who evade Border Patrol upon entry – although impossible to know exactly is at least 600,000, per the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas.

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United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have recently seized a number of illegal migrants carrying improvised explosives "tailor-made for terrorism" while attempting to cross the southern border. show more
November 2, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

RFK Peels Off 3X as Many Trump Donors as Biden Donors.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has received large-dollar donations from over three times as many former Donald Trump campaign contributors as former Joe Biden campaign contributors, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

While RFK Jr. originally ran against Joe Biden for the Democrat nomination – and received a great deal of negative press coverage as a result – America First conservatives suspect his run as an independent has been designed to help his former party retain power, drawing more anti-establishment votes away from Trump than disaffected Democrats from Biden.

FEC data appears to bear this out, showing 500 large-dollar Kenned donors gave to Trump in 2020, and over 160 donors have given to both Trump and Kennedy this cycle, while there is almost no overlap between Biden and Kennedy donors.

“It legitimately always felt like [RFK] was a Democrat plant to hurt [Trump],” said the former president’s son, Don Jr., recently, adding Kennedy “wouldn’t be there if the Democrats didn’t want him.”

Despite his vaccine skepticism and anti-corporate activism resonating with some Trump supporters, Kennedy is in most respects a standard or even far-left Democrat, endorsing Hillary Clinton in 2016, describing the National Rifle Association (NRA) as a “terror group”, and backing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s calls for a top personal income tax rate of 70 percent, for example.

Kennedy has also openly stated he believe he will take “more votes from President Trump than President Biden,” suggesting he is well aware his run could hand the White House to the latter.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has received large-dollar donations from over three times as many former Donald Trump campaign contributors as former Joe Biden campaign contributors, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. show more

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November 2, 2023
Immigration
Politics

Biden Govt Admits Over 600,000 Migrant ‘Gotaways’ Last Year.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has revealed more than 600,000 “gotaways” – migrants who evade the authorities after illegally entering the United States – were recorded at the southern border in fiscal year 2023.

Mayorkas was responding to an inquiry launched by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, with the Secretary admitting the “phenomenon of gotaways has been a challenge for the Department of Homeland Security for decades.”

“In fact, it is a powerful example of a broken immigration system,” Mayorkas conceded.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) registered a record 2.4 million migrants in fiscal 2023, with September seeing the highest recorded monthly figure at over 269,000. Additionally, a record number of individuals on the terror watch list were detected at the southern border.

Over ten million illegal migrants have crossed the southern border under the Biden regime, once the total number of gotaways is included, representing the largest amount in U.S. history.

More than 900,000 migrants were released by the CBP just this year.

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has revealed more than 600,000 "gotaways" – migrants who evade the authorities after illegally entering the United States – were recorded at the southern border in fiscal year 2023. show more
November 2, 2023
Jake Welch
Politics
World

Joe Biden Accepted $40,000 Check Linked to CCP-Linked Company.

President Joe Biden received a $40,000 check from his brother James as a “loan repayment” that was potentially sent by a Chinese Community Party (CCP)-linked company through a financial chain involving several members of the Biden family, according to new evidence unearthed by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday.

Hunter Biden initially demanded $10 million from an associate called Raymond Zhao, who had ties to the CCP and the now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy in 2017, explains House Oversight Committee chair James Comer.

Whereupon Northern International Capital, a Chinese company linked to CEFC, wired $5 million to a joint venture created by Zhao and Hunter Biden called Hudson West III. The joint venture then transferred $400,000 to Owasco P.C., owned by Hunter.

Hunter’s company Owasco, thereafter sent another $150,000 to Lion Hall Group, owned by James Biden. James’ wife Sara then withdrew $50,000 in cash, which was then deposited in the couple’s own bank account.

Several days later, $40,000 was sent to  Joe Biden as a “loan repayment.”

“It’s certainly plausible that this payment where James and Sara used funds from China was indeed a loan repayment to Joe,” Comer stated.

“But even if this $40,000 check was a loan repayment from James Biden, it still shows how Joe benefited from his family cashing in on his name – with money from China no less,” he explained.

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President Joe Biden received a $40,000 check from his brother James as a "loan repayment" that was potentially sent by a Chinese Community Party (CCP)-linked company through a financial chain involving several members of the Biden family, according to new evidence unearthed by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday. show more
November 2, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
Education
Politics

WATCH: Trump Proposes Patriotic ‘American Academy’ Which Harvard Should Pay For.

Former President Donald Trump has proposed the creation of a new university called the “American Academy,” which would award free online degrees in an effort to combat the rapid spread of “wokeness [and] jihadism” on college campuses across the United States.

“We spend more money on higher education than any other country and yet, they’re turning our students into communists and terrorists and sympathizers of many, many different dimensions… We can’t let this happen,” the 45th President argued in a video introducing the idea.

The university would target millions of Americans who did not complete their degrees and use their credentials to apply for various positions in the government or federal contractors. The institution would give credit for past work or essays as well as allow students to finish their studies for free.

The academy would receive funding from recipients of large endowments as well as fining and suing wealthy colleges such as Harvard, reports suggest.

“It’s a contrast with Joe Biden’s plan for free college, which is to essentially wipe out hundreds of billions of dollars of student loan debt. This is a different way,” said one Trump campaign official, who added, “We need to have affordable options for college without spending trillions and trillions of dollars.”

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Former President Donald Trump has proposed the creation of a new university called the "American Academy," which would award free online degrees in an effort to combat the rapid spread of "wokeness [and] jihadism" on college campuses across the United States. show more
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November 2, 2023
Jake Welch
Culture
Economy
Politics

Anheuser-Busch to Hand Shareholders $1Bn To Restore Confidence.

Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, is implementing a share buyback clause for the first time in the company’s history, which will hand its shareholders $1 billion in a desperate attempt to restore confidence in the brand.

The buyback will take place over the next 12 months and begin “immediately,” according to the company’s CFO Fernando Tennenbaum, who announced the decision on a call with investors.

The move follows a financially poor third quarter for the company. Anheuser-Busch reported a collapse in U.S. revenue by 13 percent as well as drops in sales to wholesalers by 17.6 percent and to retailers by 16.6 percent. Beer volumes similarly dropped by four percent.

The company has made numerous revamp attempts following its decision to promote Bud Light using transgender woman Dylan Mulvaney earlier this year – a stunt that cost the brand upwards of $27 billion. The latest attempt came in October after it announced a partnership with UFC.

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Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Bud Light, is implementing a share buyback clause for the first time in the company's history, which will hand its shareholders $1 billion in a desperate attempt to restore confidence in the brand. show more
November 2, 2023
Jake Welch
Breaking
Politics

Hunter Biden Pens USA Today Op-Ed Lashing Out at Bannon & Giuliani.

Hunter Biden has lashed out at former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon as well as former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, claiming they used his crack and alcohol addiction as a “vile and sustained disinformation campaign”. The comments come in a new op-ed for USA Today, where Biden junior asserts: “I am not a victim. By any standard, I grew up with privilege and opportunity, and fully accept that the choices and mistakes I made are mine, and I am accountable for them and will continue to be.”

In the same op-ed, however, Hunter portrays himself as a victim of Bannon, Giuliani, and others, moaning: “My addiction doesn’t justify Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui posting altered nude photos of me with ‘editorial creativity over the pictures'”, adding,  “My addiction shouldn’t permit the likes of Rudy Giuliani or a former Peter Navarro aide to debase and dehumanize me for their own gains.”

Hunter Biden, who admits to having had a bottle of vodka every day while taking as “many hits” on a crack pipe as possible, suggests his so-called struggles and mistakes becoming public knowledge have led to an “all-out annihilation” of his reputation caused by those who reported on his laptop and its contents.

“After what I have gone through since my brother died in 2015, and the perpetual public humiliation of me, I am now certain I can survive anything (except a drink or a drug),” Hunter concludes, utilizing the same tactic that his father Joe uses, in bringing up the death of Beau Biden at every given opportunity in order to deflect from legitimate criticism.

The White House recently claimed that Joe was on Hunter’s business calls – despite the President initially denying such incidents – because of Beau’s death.

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Hunter Biden has lashed out at former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon as well as former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, claiming they used his crack and alcohol addiction as a "vile and sustained disinformation campaign". The comments come in a new op-ed for USA Today, where Biden junior asserts: "I am not a victim. By any standard, I grew up with privilege and opportunity, and fully accept that the choices and mistakes I made are mine, and I am accountable for them and will continue to be." show more
November 1, 2023
William Upton
Politics

‘Florida Is Trump Country’ Billboards Pop Up Across Sunshine State, Demand DeSantis Spends More Than 1/3rd of His Time In State.

Roadside billboards reading “Florida is Trump Country” are popping up around the Orlando, Florida area ahead of the Florida Freedom Summit, urging Ron DeSantis to drop his long-shot bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and demanding the recently re-elected Governor spend more than just a third of his time in the state.

“With Florida Republican presidential primary polling showing former President Donald Trump leading Governor Ron DeSantis by a 36 percentage point margin- it is as clear today as it was in May that Donald Trump is the Sunshine State’s pick to be America’s next president,” the group behind the ads, Florida Forged, said in a statement.”

“But instead of dropping out and joining the overwhelming majority of his constituents behind the former President, Governor DeSantis has opted to spend more than 33.7% or 101 days of his second term out of state on the dole, abandoning Floridians now paying 900% more for insurance and billions more in new state taxes”.

“With Governor DeSantis thinking he’s earned a promotion for part-time work in a full-time job, it’s time Floridians reminded the governor that “Florida is Trump Country,” and will deliver the former President its full slate of 125 delegates on March 19th, 2024.”

A run of presidential primary polls in late-October show former President Donald Trump maintaining his near-insurmountable lead over the rest of the Republican field. Nikki Haley, meanwhile, has caught DeSantis for second place in both national polling and – most critically – in Iowa. Conducted from October 22nd to 26th, a national McLaughlin shows Haley and DeSantis tied at 8 percent – former President Trump, sitting in first place, holds a 47-point lead over both. An Iowa caucus poll from top-tier pollster Ann Selzer shows Trump capturing 43-percent of Republican caucus goers, while Haley and DeSantis again tie for a distant second.

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Roadside billboards reading "Florida is Trump Country" are popping up around the Orlando, Florida area ahead of the Florida Freedom Summit, urging Ron DeSantis to drop his long-shot bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and demanding the recently re-elected Governor spend more than just a third of his time in the state. show more
November 1, 2023
William Upton
Politics

Sen. Hawley Moves to Reverse Citizens United, End Democrat Dark Money Goliath.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is pushing legislation that would reverse the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC. “My goal is to get corporate money out of our politics,” the Missouri Republican said in an interview. Hawley says the unchecked corporate influence over politics and elections as a detriment to both American workers and democracy.

His legislation would return some aspects of campaign finance law to a quasi pre-Citizens United state. Publicly traded companies would be barred from engaging in political activities like making independent expenditures and contributing to SuperPACs. Non-profit organizations would not be impacted.

The wild west of campaign finance law created by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010 has allowed corporations to inject themselves into into more than just electoral politics. It is this aspect of political spending that has especially animated Hawley’s push to rein the decision in, with the Senator asserting that corporate political giving has moved beyond just backing candidates, and into backing pet liberal issues. Corporations “now want to dictate voting laws in the states” and “…dictate rules on biological men playing women’s sports,” he said.

Hawley’s biggest critique of Citizens United is that it has allowed a dangerous union of corporate and progressive money to coalesce into a Democrat dark money operation that dominates U.S. politics. Progressive groups like Arabella Advisors have been able to transform non-profits into clearing houses for individual and corporate cash and funneled that money into radical left-wing causes.

While Hawley’s legislation may garner support among political populists and some Senate Democrats, it is unlikely to receive enough support in either legislative body of Congress to reach President Joe Biden’s desk. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tore into Sen. Hawley during a meeting of Senate Republicans on Tuesday. Corporate-backed McConnell warned colleagues that anyone who backed the effort to rollback Citizens United would receive blowback from the political right.

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is pushing legislation that would reverse the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC. "My goal is to get corporate money out of our politics," the Missouri Republican said in an interview. Hawley says the unchecked corporate influence over politics and elections as a detriment to both American workers and democracy. show more