Arizona Republican Party chairman Jeff DeWit resigned Wednesday following the release of an audio recording of his attempting to bribe Kari Lake to drop her bid for the U.S. Senate. In the recording, released Tuesday, DeWit informs Lake of financial benefits if she steps away from Arizona Republican politics for two years. He also asks her if there is a dollar “number” for which she would end her Senate bid.
In his resignation letter, DeWit claimed Lake “selectively edited” the recording in a “deceptive” manner. He called the release of the audio a “betrayal of trust” and said he was merely “looking out for [Lake’s] financial interests.” According to DeWit, the conversation occurred while Lake worked for his company. He claims the recording and its release were “violation[s] of the fiduciary duties of an employee.”
DeWit said the secretly recorded conversation’s release was an “ethical breach” and “raises serious legal and moral concerns.” Arizona is a “one-party consent” state. Under state law, one may record a private conversation if they are party to and present for said discussion. It appears the recording and release of Lake’s conversation all fall perfectly within her rights under the law.
DeWit claims his resignation came only after being informed that additional recordings of his conversations with Lake existed. He claims he was told that the additional recordings would be released if he continued to remain in his role as GOP chairman.
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Arizona Republican Party chairman Jeff DeWit resigned Wednesday following the release of an audio recording of his attempting to bribe Kari Lake to drop her bid for the U.S. Senate. In the recording, released Tuesday, DeWit informs Lake of financial benefits if she steps away from Arizona Republican politics for two years. He also asks her if there is a dollar "number" for which she would end her Senate bid.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis predicted a low turnout in New Hampshire during what has become a typically bitter media outing on Tuesday, this time on the Steve Deace Show. In reality, President Trump broke records in the Granite State, with DeSantis’s political acumen now under further scrutiny for his bizarre and misguided forecasts.
In his first, soft-ball interview since dropping out of the Republican presidential nomination contest, DeSantis said he believed Republican turnout would fall short of expectations in New Hampshire. He argued that his low turnout prediction is indicative of a greater enthusiasm problem inside the GOP.
“They were conservative, but they did not want to see Trump nominated again, but they had basically been told that it was inevitable, that it was over, so why even bother?” DeSantis told ‘NeverTrumper’ host Deace, arguing apathy caused lower turnout in Iowa. In reality, the sub-zero degree windchill and winter storms depressed turnout in the Hawkeye State. The Florida Governor then predicted New Hampshire would see a similar drop in voter turnout; DeSantis added: “Trump’s going to win… But what’s the overall turnout?”
In fact, the New Hampshire Republican primary saw a record-breaking turnout. Former President Donald Trump handily defeated Nimarata’ Nikki’ Haley by around 12 points. As of early Wednesday morning, the New Hampshire Secretary of State confirmed more than 300,000 voters participated in the Republican primary contest. The previous turnout record was set in 2016, with just over 287,000 voters casting a ballot.
Trump is the only non-incumbent Republican to winboth the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in a single election cycle. The former Republican President outperformed his 2016 primary margins in nearly every New Hampshire locality — winning many by double digits. Pushing past 166,000 total votes, Trump secured the most ballots any Republican has ever received in the New Hampshire primary contest.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis predicted a low turnout in New Hampshire during what has become a typically bitter media outing on Tuesday, this time on the Steve Deace Show. In reality, President Trump broke records in the Granite State, with DeSantis’s political acumen now under further scrutiny for his bizarre and misguided forecasts.
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Leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are admitting the far-left political organization is broke and running significant deficits — throwing the group’s future into question. DSA’s National Political Committee members acknowledged the group had seen a “decline in revenue, membership, and overall excitement” in an announcement to the organization’s Bread & Roses Caucus. Layoffs are being floated to solve the group’s fiscal situation.
$2 Million In The Hole.
Budget documents show the DSA is on track to incur $7 million in expenses for 2024, while the group only anticipates total revenue at $5 million. The organization’s Treasurer believes the group can buy itself another year to bring its books in order if it narrows its 2024 deficit to between $821,000 and $921,000. This still leaves a roughly $1.2 million gap that needs to be closed.
Layoffs Seen As The Only Way Out.
Taking a page from the corporate America playbook, the DSA is suggesting the organization adopts voluntary buy-outs for employees — beginning with non-union director-level staff but moving to unionized staff. Additionally, they say they believe the group should delay hiring a new executive director following the departure of Maria Svart.
Addressing concerns that laying off unionized staff runs counter to the DSA’s pro-union political stances, the leaders argue “the situation is more complicated for ‘movement staff’ — that is, staff for democratic membership organizations like unions, grassroots NGOs, and parties.” They contend that organizations governed by “members” have greater legitimacy in enacting layoffs over a business run by a singular CEO.
The DSA Is “Treading Water.”
The current political moment, the DSA leaders argue, should favor the far-left group. However, renewed labor strikes, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and President Joe Biden’s cratering support among voters haven’t translated to success for the DSA. Instead, the DSA leaders argue the group has “been treading water” and claim “[w]orking people are inspired to transform the world, but they are doing it elsewhere.”
While left-leaning political populism might be in decline, populism continues to surge on the American political right — with some caveats. Even some unions allied with Democrats are waking up to the change, with the Teamsters Union having recently sat down with former President Trump to discuss a shared vision.
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Leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are admitting the far-left political organization is broke and running significant deficits — throwing the group's future into question. DSA's National Political Committee members acknowledged the group had seen a "decline in revenue, membership, and overall excitement" in an announcement to the organization's Bread & Roses Caucus. Layoffs are being floated to solve the group's fiscal situation.
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New Hampshire exit polling revealed that a significant percentage of voters who participated in the Republican primary in the Granite State were not Republicans, with the vast majority of non-Republican voters voting for Nikki ‘Nimarata’ Haley.
CNN exit polling found that approximately 70 percent of voters who supported Haley were not registered Republicans. Comparatively, 70 percent of voters for former President Donald Trump, who secured victory in the primary race after a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses, were registered Republicans.
According to the same exit poll, 27 percent of Trump’s voters were registered as undeclared or independent, with only 3 percent unregistered before the vote. Only 27 percent of Haley’s voters were registered as Republicans.
NBC exit polling showed similar results, with Haley winning 60 percent of New Hampshire voters identifying as independent and 73 percent of those identifying as moderates.
Exit polling conducted by Edison Research found that just over half — 51 percent — of those who participated in the Republican primary in New Hampshire identified as Republicans — a 55 percent drop from 2016. Forty-three percent of those who participated in Tuesday’s primary identified as independents.
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New Hampshire exit polling revealed that a significant percentage of voters who participated in the Republican primary in the Granite State were not Republicans, with the vast majority of non-Republican voters voting for Nikki 'Nimarata' Haley.
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Right-wing nationalist and populist parties throughout Europe are predicted to make fresh gains in upcoming elections, with the authors of a new report for the European Council on Foreign Relations demanding fellow globalists heed their “wake-up call.”
The report, reviewed by The National Pulse, combined surveys across all 27 European Union (EU) member states with modeling based on the past performance of national parties. It found that nationalist and populist parties are on track to gain in nine EU countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Slovakia. The document also predicts a second- or third-place finish for populist and nationalist parties in another nine EU member states: Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sweden.
The authors worry that the changes would harm the green agenda, open borders activism, and support for Ukraine.
It adds: “These findings should also be set against the expectation that whether or not Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in autumn 2024 – and the polls currently suggest there is a real possibility he will – Europe will have a less globally engaged United States to rely on.”
If the report’s predictions come to pass, nearly half of the seats in the European Parliament will be held by parties “outside the ‘super grand coalition’ of the three centrist groups.” This would result in a right-wing populist coalition emerging as the majority for the first time.
The report concludes: “While progressive European leaders cannot, and should not, tell voters what to do, they can build a credible alternative to a sharp right turn in the political mandate given to the next set of EU institutions. From the outset of 2024, they need to tell a convincing story about the necessity of reaching outward in a dangerous world.”
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Right-wing nationalist and populist parties throughout Europe are predicted to make fresh gains in upcoming elections, with the authors of a new report for the European Council on Foreign Relations demanding fellow globalists heed their "wake-up call."
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Joe Biden’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has blown through a whopping $20 billion in taxpayer dollars over the past two years. Overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the ORR is a program directed by the HSS subagency, the Administration for Children and Families.
A record number of illegal immigrants crossed the U.S. border in 2023 — with some estimates suggesting the Biden government knowingly released upwards of 100,000 illegals into the United States each month. The surge in crossings is reflected in Biden government appropriations, with refugee and entrant assistance costs rising from $8.925 billion in 2022 to $10.928 billion in 2023. Since Biden took office in January of 2021, it is believed over 10 million illegal immigrants have crossed into the U.S.
The ORR’s expanding budget has drawn additional scrutiny from watchdog groups. A dramatic upsurge in discretionary grant spending occurred between 2021 and 2023. In 2021 the ORR granted $33 million, but this figure rose to over $400 million in 2022 and escalated to over $600 million in 2023.
Concerns have been raised regarding potential conflicts of interest between ORR leadership and major grant recipients. ORR director Robin Dunn Marcos’s relationships with two nonprofit groups – among the agency’s top grantees – are attracting the interest of watchdogs and government ethics groups.
Before joining the ORR, Marcos spent twenty-three years with the International Rescue Committee‘s branch in Phoenix, Arizona, and four years with Church World Service. Both non-profits have received over $100 million in grant money from the ORR over the past decade.
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Joe Biden's Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has blown through a whopping $20 billion in taxpayer dollars over the past two years. Overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the ORR is a program directed by the HSS subagency, the Administration for Children and Families.
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Nearly $5 billion for ORR was allocated through the emergency Continuing Resolution passed by Congress in 2022 under former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tried to justify lying to over 300 million Americans regarding his false allegations that former President Donald Trump colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. Steve Garvey – a Dodgers baseball legend and Republican Senate candidate — attacked Schiff during Monday night’s California Senate debate for his censure for perpetuating the Russia hoax. The California Democrat said he was standing up to a “corrupt president.”
“I think you’ve been censured for lying,” Garvey said, leveling the accusation at the California Democrat Congressman. “I was censured for standing up to a corrupt president,” Schiff responded.
The exchange gave the impression Schiff believed it reasonable to lie to the American people simply because he disliked Trump.
In June of 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives censured Rep. Schiff over his alleged “falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information” during the 2016 Russian collusion investigation. House Republicans accuse Schiff of misrepresenting facts and claiming to have evidence that never existed.
Schiff has become the target of ridicule by former President Trump on the 2024 campaign trail. At a recent rally, the former President made light of Schiff’s odd physical stature — calling him “Pencil Neck.” Trump continued, declaring Schiff “a structural marvel,” noting the California Democrat’s tiny neck and “his head is like a watermelon.”
“And how that neck can hold up that big, oversized, ugly head is hard to believe,” Trump observed with his supporters bursting out in laughter.
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"How that neck can hold up that big, oversized, ugly head is hard to believe." pic.twitter.com/PM2kAXahvb
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tried to justify lying to over 300 million Americans regarding his false allegations that former President Donald Trump colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. Steve Garvey – a Dodgers baseball legend and Republican Senate candidate — attacked Schiff during Monday night's California Senate debate for his censure for perpetuating the Russia hoax. The California Democrat said he was standing up to a "corrupt president."
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Jeff DeWit, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, has been caught on a secret recording appearing to bribe Kari Lake not to run for U.S. Senate. The state party chairman mentions “very powerful people” who are “back east” — likely referring to establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C. — who want Lake out of the Arizona Senate race and are willing to compensate her financially.
At one point in the recording, DeWit asks Lake if there is a dollar “number” for which she’d abandon her candidacy. DeWit was recorded saying, “Just say, is there a number at which…” before Lake cuts him off. The former Republican gubernatorial candidate interrupts, shocked by DeWit’s question: “I can be bought? That’s what it’s about?”
The chairman replies that Lake could “pause for a couple of years” and then “go right back to” her politicaladvocacy. In response, Lake gives a firm “no,” adding: “Ten million? Twenty million? Thirty? No… a billion? No.”
On the recording, Lake tells DeWit, “This is not about money. ” She continues, “This is about our country.” She goes on to call DeWit’s proposition “disturbing.” Despite the firm rejection, DeWit continues to pressure Lake.
“I’m not going to let these people who hate our f***ing country tell me not to run,” Lake fired back. “You should call them and tell them to get behind me.”
According to DeWit, the D.C. Republican establishment doesn’t view Lake as “being on the team,” prompting Lake to respond: “If they’re pushing a globalist agenda, I can’t do that.” At this point, DeWit again appears to offer Lake a bribe directly, telling her “the people back east” were willing to give her a cushy corporate job in exchange for staying out of Arizona politics for two years.
Again, Lake rejected the bribe, telling DeWit: “I think this is about defeating Trump! And I think that’s a bad, bad thing for our country.”
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BREAKING: Arizona Republican Party chair Jeff DeWit caught on secret recording trying to bribe Kari Lake not to run for the Senate.
Holy s***!
"There are very powerful people who want to keep you out," he said.
Jeff DeWit, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, has been caught on a secret recording appearing to bribe Kari Lake not to run for U.S. Senate. The state party chairman mentions "very powerful people" who are "back east" — likely referring to establishment Republicans in Washington, D.C. — who want Lake out of the Arizona Senate race and are willing to compensate her financially.
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MSNBC host and Russia hoaxer Rachel Maddow has claimed President Trump’s return to the White House would represent “the end of politics,” comparing the 45th President to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, implicitly suggesting the nation of Hungary has “no politics.”
Billing herself as an expert in authoritarianism, Maddow proffered, “On the Viktor Orban thing… that’s really what [Trump] is offering.”
She continued: “What he’s offering is….’If you pick me, that’ll be the end of politics, and you won’t have to deal with politics anymore. You won’t have to deal with contested elections, you won’t have to deal with contests or divisions when it comes to power. You’ll have a strongman leader and I’ll just do what I want, and won’t that be a lot simpler?'”
Former Biden spokesman Jen Psaki nodded her head in agreement throughout Maddow’s rant, flexing their shared geopolitical ignorance.
Hungary contests elections regularly, with “politics” and political debate as fierce as anywhere else in the world.
Under Orban — who has previously lost an election, departing office without resistance — the country regularly holds referendum-like “national consultations” on major issues, to discover whether the public backs government policies against LGBTQ content aimed at children, mass migration, and so on. Hungary is also a NATO ally and European Union member-state.
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.@maddow: "This is the special sauce. Donald Trump is not leading the Republican Party and leading the Republican field because of his youthful vigor… What he's offering is strongman leadership, the end of politics, the end of elections." pic.twitter.com/dzht9VNz8D
MSNBC host and Russia hoaxer Rachel Maddow has claimed President Trump's return to the White House would represent "the end of politics," comparing the 45th President to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, implicitly suggesting the nation of Hungary has "no politics."
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Maddow, supposedly so concerned about “the end of politics,” has openly suggested that Joe Biden’s Justice Department should use the political prosecutions it has been piling on Trump to force him out of the presidential race
Maddow, supposedly so concerned about “the end of politics,” has openly suggested that Joe Biden’s Justice Department should use the political prosecutions it has been piling on Trump to force him out of the presidential race show more
The New Hampshire Republican presidential primary is set to kick off today — but the first-in-the-nation state has a few features that make it unique. Polling suggests former President Donald Trump should win the primary comfortably. Still, the high number of independents expected to vote could complicate matters and give some hope to the Haley campaign.
The National Pulse has compiled a few quick facts to help explain what to expect as the people of New Hampshire head the polls.
Some Votes Were Already Cast At Midnight.
A handful of localities began voting at midnight. New Hampshire law stipulates polling places — at a minimum — must be open from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. ET. However, some smaller localities open their polling places at midnight — and with only a handful of residents, they can often report results shortly after.
Dixville Notch is the most famous of these midnight-voting towns. From 1968 to 2012, the town’s handful of voters backed the candidate who would eventually win the nomination in every Republican presidential primary. However, in 2016, Dixville Notch voted 3 to 2 for John Kasich over Donald Trump — breaking the streak. This morning, it voted 100 percent for Nikki Haley, having voted 100 percent for Joe Biden in 2016.
What Is At Stake?
Despite only awarding 22 delegates — less than one percent of the total who choose the nominee at the Republican National Convention later this year — New Hampshire’s position as the second state to vote in the Republican primary makes it critical to candidate momentum. To that end, the state has seen $77.5 million spent on campaign advertising since the start of last year.
Former South Carolina Governor Nimarata ‘Nikki’ Haley’s campaign has dropped $30.9 million in the state. The Trump campaign has spent just shy of $16 million. Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s SuperPAC spent $8 million before DeSantis dropped out of the race on Sunday and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
Where After New Hampshire?
Nevada’s primary and caucus both follow the New Hampshire primary. Democrats in control of the Nevada state legislature attempted to enact a state-run primary of Democrats and Republicans. However, the Nevada Republican Party opted for a party-run caucus instead.
The Nevada primary will be held on February 6th — though no convention delegates are awarded. The Republican party-administered caucus will be held on February 8th, with the convention delegates up for grabs. Nimrata ‘Nikki’ Haley is in the primary, while former President Trump is in the caucus.
While polling has been scant, some expect that “none of these candidates” may receive more votes than Haley in the primary. Trump is widely expected to win the caucus and most, if not all, of the state’s delegates.
After Nevada, South Carolina is next on February 24th. There is speculation that Haley will stay in the race through South Carolina — hoping to regain momentum in her home state. However, polling shows former President Donald Trump with a commanding lead in the state primary and is widely expected to win most of South Carolina’s convention delegates.
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The New Hampshire Republican presidential primary is set to kick off today — but the first-in-the-nation state has a few features that make it unique. Polling suggests former President Donald Trump should win the primary comfortably. Still, the high number of independents expected to vote could complicate matters and give some hope to the Haley campaign.
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