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biden's classified documents case
September 27, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

‘A Mistake, Not Criminal’ – Feds Leak Biden Classified Docs Findings to ABC.

An investigation into Joe Biden’s classified documents is apparently casting a “wide net” and going all the way back to the President’s time as a Senator – but sources leaking to ABC have implied the investigation will end sympathetically, with Biden’s improper retention of sensitive material being classed as “more likely a mistake than a criminal act.”

Special Counsel Robert Hur was appointed to investigate the situation after classified documents were found in boxes near the 46th President’s Corvette, having also previously been found at his office in the Penn Biden Center.

Leaks to ABC News suggest Blinken and other senior figures have been interviewed by Hur’s team, with the investigation said to have “grown into a sprawling examination of Obama-era security protocols and internal White House processes,” indicating Hur’s report is going to focus on institutional rather than personal failings.

The soft-touch approach to Biden compared to Trump –  who has been aggressively pursued and prosecuted by Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House – comes in spite of the fact that Trump had enjoyed full declassifying authority as President of the United States. Biden, who took documents as a Senator and later as Vice President, had no such authority.

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An investigation into Joe Biden's classified documents is apparently casting a "wide net" and going all the way back to the President's time as a Senator – but sources leaking to ABC have implied the investigation will end sympathetically, with Biden's improper retention of sensitive material being classed as "more likely a mistake than a criminal act." show more

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It’s highly unlikely ABC’s main sources are anyone but the team investigating Biden, and while it might be tempting to get excited by talk of the investigators asking whether Biden did things like handle classified information on his private iPad, all signs point to an incoming whitewash
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trump gaetz
September 27, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Exclusive
News
Politics

Trump Lauds Matt Gaetz as ‘Strong’, ‘Wonderful’, ‘Great Guy’ Amidst Corporate Media Attacks.

President Donald J. Trump hailed Congressional scrapper Rep. Matt Gaetz as a strong and talented leader during an exclusive interview with The National Pulse. Trump praised the Florida Republican for weathering a “Russia, Russia, Russia”-style attempt to take him out with a phony sex trafficking scandal that Trump says he “never believed for a second.”

Speaking to The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief at Mar A Lago, the 45th President of the Untied States described Gaetz, who has been linked with running for Florida Governor, as “a great guy” and “a wonderful person.”

“He’s strong, he went through hell for two years over something that I never believed for a second,” Trump said, adding: “He held up very strong… a lot of guys can’t hold up to that and they put themselves in a corner, put their thumb in their mouth and they say ‘Mama, take me home, get me out here,’ and Matt was strong.”

The former president said he could relate to the Florida firebrand because “what he goes through, I go through times ten” – and that he is able to weather it “because I see the love, I see the people, I see what we’re doing, I know what we’re right.”

“It’s a scam,” Trump concluded. “It’s another scam, it’s Russia, Russia, Russia all over again.”

Gaetz himself has referred to the Pulse+ as the “centerpiece of intellectual populist conservatism,” adding: “In Congress, when people talk about the thought leading investigations and analysis, we are very frequently talking about The National Pulse.”

The full interview can be seen, here.

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President Donald J. Trump hailed Congressional scrapper Rep. Matt Gaetz as a strong and talented leader during an exclusive interview with The National Pulse. Trump praised the Florida Republican for weathering a "Russia, Russia, Russia"-style attempt to take him out with a phony sex trafficking scandal that Trump says he "never believed for a second." show more
September 27, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Joe Biden’s Address Listed in Chinese Wire Transfers to Hunter.

A House Oversight Committee bank subpoena has revealed two wire transfers from China to Hunter Biden in 2019 listing President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home as the beneficiary address. House Oversight Chairman James Comer said these wire transfers, for $10,000 and $250,000, are the first examples found of Hunter Biden receiving money directly and not through a shell company.

“Bank records don’t lie but President Joe Biden does. In 2020, Joe Biden told Americans that his family never received money from China. We’ve already proved that to be a lie earlier this year, and now we know that two wires originating from Beijing listed Joe Biden’s Wilmington home as the beneficiary address when he was running for President of the United States,” said committee chairman James Comer.

“Joe Biden’s abuse of public office for his family’s financial gain threatens our national security. What did the Bidens do with this money from Beijing? Americans demand and deserve accountability for President Biden and the First Family’s corruption,” he added.

Hunter attorney Abbe Lowell claims the wires were part of a loan transaction. Hunter was supposedly borrowing funds using his equity as security, with the wires going to the Wilmington address because it was his only permanent address at the time.

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A House Oversight Committee bank subpoena has revealed two wire transfers from China to Hunter Biden in 2019 listing President Joe Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home as the beneficiary address. House Oversight Chairman James Comer said these wire transfers, for $10,000 and $250,000, are the first examples found of Hunter Biden receiving money directly and not through a shell company. show more
trump kassam interview
September 27, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

KASSAM: Our Trump Interview Will ‘Show You Who He Really Is.’

The National Pulse’s interview with Donald Trump will allow the American public to learn more about the personality and motivations of the 45th President, said site Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam in an appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room on Tuesday.

Kassam explained that rather than going into the interview with the intent to debate and beat up the former President, as much of the corporate media does, The National Pulse had, “a very keen idea of what we really wanted to get out here, which is: who is this man? What makes him tick? How is his mind operating at the moment? What are the key things on the top of his mind on a day-to-day basis.”

“Those are the things you will see carry this campaign through; those are the things that have got him not just dominating the field on the Republican side, but increasing his lead… while everybody is spending hundreds of millions of dollars against him.”

The National Pulse’s interview with the former President will be available on Wednesday afternoon for the general public, and is currently available for Pulse+ members here.

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The National Pulse's interview with Donald Trump will allow the American public to learn more about the personality and motivations of the 45th President, said site Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam in an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room on Tuesday. show more
National Pulse Interviews President Donald J. Trump.
September 26, 2023
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WATCH: The National Pulse Interviews President Donald J. Trump.

The National Pulse is delighted to present early access for our members to the full interview with President Donald J. Trump.

The Mar a Lago exclusive covered the political as well as the personal, and allowed some further insight into the mind of the 45th President of the United States as he embarks upon yet another historic election campaign.

Thank you for being a member and supporting our work, and please remember to recruit your friends, family members, and colleagues into supporting radically independent journalism – funded by the people, and made for the people.

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zelensky
September 26, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics
World

Ukraine’s First Lady Unsure If Husband Zelensky Will Run For Re-Election.

Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared unsure during an interview if her husband would run for re-election in 2024 as the country continues to fight a war with Russia. Zelenska also indicated that she hasn’t always been as supportive of her husbands political aspirations.

“Even when he ran for the first time, I didn’t fully endorse it,” Ukraine’s First Lady told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’. “But if he runs again, if he runs for the second time, if he decided it is necessary — well, we have some experience, we’ve been there.” Zelenska’s emphasis on ‘if’ seemed to suggest that her husband was still weighing weather to seek re-election as leader of the war-torn country. She added that if Ukrainians “…no longer wish him to be the president, he will probably not run.”

The First Lady of Ukraine also seemed to suggest the 2024 elections in the country might not occur at all.

Western leaders like Dutch head of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, Tiny Knox, have encouraged Ukraine to move forward with their 2024 elections despite the country being under martial law. U.S. lawmakers like Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have also pushed for Ukrainian elections next year.

Ukrainian officials have said they believe holding open elections in the midst of the ongoing war may be impossible. At least one security official said in an interview that they believed the push for elections by Western leaders was a Russian conspiracy, adding, “There is no situation in which it is possible to have a democratic election during the war.”

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Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared unsure during an interview if her husband would run for re-election in 2024 as the country continues to fight a war with Russia. Zelenska also indicated that she hasn't always been as supportive of her husbands political aspirations. show more
September 26, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Hunter Biden Sues Rudy Giuliani for ‘Totally Annihilating’ Him.

Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani and the former New York Mayor’s attorney, alleging the pair violated his digital privacy and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by attempting to hack his personal devices.

Hunter’s legal team filed the civil lawsuit with a California District Court on Tuesday afternoon, accusing Giuliani and Robert Costello of “hacking into, tampering with, manipulating, copying, disseminating, and generally obsessing over data that they were given that was taken or stolen from” the son of the President’s devices.

The claim also argues the “[d]efendants are among those who have been primarily responsible for what has been described as the “total annihilation” of [the] Plaintiff’s digital privacy.” Hunter’s lawyers now demand a jury trial on the matter.

Giuliani and his team have long disputed the claim that they violated Hunter’s privacy on the grounds that the laptop was obtained only after he abandoned it, and could therefore be released to the public.

This is not the first instance of Hunter Biden filing a lawsuit over an alleged violation of his privacy after he sued the owner of a Delaware computer repair shop earlier this year.

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Hunter Biden is suing Rudy Giuliani and the former New York Mayor's attorney, alleging the pair violated his digital privacy and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by attempting to hack his personal devices. show more
September 25, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Schiff Secured Funds for Defense Giants While They Funded His Campaigns.

Adam Schiff, a U.S. Senate hopeful and powerful Democrat member of the House of Representatives, directed millions in taxpayer dollars to major defense firms who backed his Congressional campaigns. The discovery of Schiff’s questionable use of earmarks came after the Congressman attacked his Senate primary opponent Katie Porter (D-CA) for opposing pork-barrel spending, while bragging he had secured critical funding for drug recovery and homeless programs through earmark spending.

Members of Congress often use earmarks to bring taxpayer dollars back to their district and fund local projects to improve communities. Some, however, abuse the process and end up using taxpayer dollars as a kick-back to companies who contribute to their election campaigns.

In 2010 the Republican majority in control the House of Representatives enacted sweeping reforms, including to the earmark process. Several earmarks requested by Schiff prior to 2010 would now be barred under the rules today.

Lobbying firm the PMA Group, for example, represented many of the defense firms Schiff secured funds for, while they contributed thousands to his Congressional campaigns. Owner Paul Magliocchetti was sentenced to 27 months in prison in 2011 for his role in one of the largest schemes to avoid campaign contribution limits in U.S. history.

Schiff was one of the central figures in the Russiagate hoax, and pushed for former President Trump’s removal from office.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a motion to fine Schiff $16 million (half of the cost of the faux investigation launched by Democrats) and expel him from Congress. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) – a leading Ron DeSantis surrogate – opposed Rep. Luna’s move against Schiff, the expulsion motion ultimately failing.

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Adam Schiff, a U.S. Senate hopeful and powerful Democrat member of the House of Representatives, directed millions in taxpayer dollars to major defense firms who backed his Congressional campaigns. The discovery of Schiff's questionable use of earmarks came after the Congressman attacked his Senate primary opponent Katie Porter (D-CA) for opposing pork-barrel spending, while bragging he had secured critical funding for drug recovery and homeless programs through earmark spending. show more
big tech
September 25, 2023
William Upton
Economy
News
Politics

DATA: Most Don’t Mind a Shutdown, Want Border Security in Any Deal.

New polling shows that a plurality of Americans are supportive of at least a ‘partial government shutdown’ until Congressional Republicans and Democrats can either agree to cut spending or at least keep it at its currently level.

The Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,020 Likely Voters found that only 40 percent of respondents opposed a government shutdown, while 48 percent were supportive. In addition, 63 percent of voters believe that any new spending bill should include provisions to increase border security.

Negotiations among Republican members of the House of Representatives have come to a standstill after a temporary spending measure negotiated by Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) – and backed by Freedom Caucus stalwart Chip Roy (R-TX) – fell apart with several other conservative factions still opposing.

Members of the Freedom Caucus who opposed the temporary spending bill, like Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), remain committed to returning spending to pre-COVID-19 levels. Another faction, lead by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), argue that Congress must engage in a regular budget process and take up each appropriations bill separately instead of passing temporary spending bills that eventually lead to an “omnibus” – a massive, single budget bill that would fund the government into the next year.

Last Thursday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy adjourned the House after he was unable to bring the Defense appropriations bill to the floor for a vote – some Republicans objected to the bill containing additional funding for Ukraine. Congress returns to session today with just five days left to try and move the twelve budget appropriations bills before government funding runs out at 11:59pm on September 30th.

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New polling shows that a plurality of Americans are supportive of at least a 'partial government shutdown' until Congressional Republicans and Democrats can either agree to cut spending or at least keep it at its currently level. show more
donors
September 25, 2023
News
Politics

‘Who Wants to Waste Money?’ GOP Donors Close Wallets, Say Trump Looks Unstoppable.

Establishment Republican donors once hopeful of elevating a candidate other than Donald Trump are growing increasingly resigned to Trump’s dominance. Many are hesitant to give financial contributions, with only 66 individual donors contributing $250,000 or more to GOP presidential primary super PACs through the end of June – a 24 percent drop compared to this time in 2016.

“Trump’s like 50 points ahead,” said one New York-based donor. “Who wants to get involved and waste money?”

Trump, who is running a small-dollar fundraising campaign, has received grassroots donations of $23.7 million through June, which is more than twice the combined grassroots donations of other GOP candidates.

Ron DeSantis, once considered the man most likely to dethrone Trump, appears to be losing the blessing of the donor classing as he slides in the polls, with some looking Nikki Haley instead. Haley garnered 12 percent support in a recent CNN/University of New Hampshire poll, nearly matching the Florida Governor, and a few have already put money on Haley, such as billionaire WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, venture capitalist Tim Draper, and venture capitalist Steven Stull.

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Establishment Republican donors once hopeful of elevating a candidate other than Donald Trump are growing increasingly resigned to Trump's dominance. Many are hesitant to give financial contributions, with only 66 individual donors contributing $250,000 or more to GOP presidential primary super PACs through the end of June – a 24 percent drop compared to this time in 2016. show more