Hackers have taken control of Donald Trump Jr.’s account on X (formerly Twitter), claiming his father has died and that he will be running for the presidency in his stead.
The National Pulse confirmed with Donald Trump Jr’s team that the account is hacked and that the claim is false.
The hackers followed up the post with several others, including one saying “Fuck @JoeBiden Stupid Ass N*gga” – possibly in an attempt to get the account banned.
As of 9am EST, the account had been restored to Donald Trump Jr’s control.
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Hackers have taken control of Donald Trump Jr.'s account on X (formerly Twitter), claiming his father has died and that he will be running for the presidency in his stead.
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A new survey suggests former President Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate who can defeat Joe Biden and retake the White House in 2024. Conducted on behalf of the Democracy Institute, a center-right think tank based in Washington, D.C., the survey of 1,500 likely voters found that Trump leads Biden 49 to 45 percent in a head-to-head general election matchup. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would lose to Biden, 47 to 43 percent.
In addition to revealing the potential strength of a Trump presidential candidacy, the Democracy Institute survey found 67 percent of voters think Joe Biden is too old to continue serving as President. Fifty-six percent of respondents also say they believe President Biden is corrupt.
The Democracy Institute survey echoesotherRepublicanprimarypolls that show former President Trump holding a near-insurmountable lead over the rest of the candidates. Trump currently holds 60 percent of the vote, while Ohio businessman Vivek Ramaswamy edges out Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for second place, each at 13 percent and 12 percent respectively.
Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign suffered another negative news cycle over the past week. The pro-DeSantis SuperPAC’s pollster WPA Intelligence was caught trying to pass off anti-Trump op-ed in Newsweek without disclosing that the firm is connected to the DeSantis campaign. Billionaire mega-donor Ken Griffin, an early supporter of DeSantis, blasted the ‘unclear’ campaign and said he would be sitting on the sidelines for the rest of the primary. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign announced it had double the DeSantis campaign’s pledge voter support for the Iowa caucus, despite being outspent in the state by the Florida Governor 5-to-1.
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A new survey suggests former President Donald Trump is the only Republican candidate who can defeat Joe Biden and retake the White House in 2024. Conducted on behalf of the Democracy Institute, a center-right think tank based in Washington, D.C., the survey of 1,500 likely voters found that Trump leads Biden 49 to 45 percent in a head-to-head general election matchup. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would lose to Biden, 47 to 43 percent.show more
The globalist establishment is preparing to fully reverse Brexit, never properly delivered in the first instance, by signing the United Kingdom up to “associate membership” of an expanded European Union (EU) concocted by France and Germany.
The proposals for a “four-tiered” European Union will reportedly be revealed as President Emmanuel Macron, currently in his second and final term, meets with Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the left-wing Labour Party which is widely expected to regain power from the Conservative (in name only) Party in Britain’s next general election, to be held no later than January 2025.
The outer tiers will cater to European states that are not “willing and/or able to join the EU in the foreseeable future” – a category that will cater to not only Britain but also polities such as Serbia, Kosovo, and possibly Ukraine, which have been unable to secure full membership due to territorial disputes and issues with corruption, amongst other problems.
“Associate membership” of the EU would entail making payments into the EU budget and submission to EU judges, in exchange for Single Market membership. This would of necessity entail submission to the Single Market’s regulations and Free Movement migration regime.
Nigel Farage has predicted that Sir Keir, a fierce EU loyalist during the Brexit referendum, will see to it that Brexit persists “in name only” within two years of a Labour government, in large part because the Conservatives have refused to meaningfully diverge from the bloc.
EU judges currently retain jurisdiction over Northern Ireland, for example, and the European Court of Human Rights – technically a non-EU body, but one all prospective EU members are required to submit to – retains jurisdiction over the entire country.
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The globalist establishment is preparing to fully reverse Brexit, never properly delivered in the first instance, by signing the United Kingdom up to "associate membership" of an expanded European Union (EU) concocted by France and Germany.
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Ron DeSantis’s “rapid response director”, Christina Pushaw, has viciously attacked a leading pro-life campaigner – Frank Pavone – for supporting Donald Trump, saying it “makes sense” that he is no longer a priest after a campaign by the far-left saw the Vatican defrock him for being an outspoken conservative.
Pavone, 64, is one of the highest-profile pro-life campaigners in America, and as director of the Priests for Life group was one of the highest profile Catholic clergyman in America prior to being removed from the priesthood. Pushaw, despite claiming to be a pro-life Catholic, now says she had never heard of him.
Pushaw is best known for her libertarian political positions and work as a registered foreign agent for a top Zelensky ally. She is close friends with homosexual surrogate fathers Dave Rubin and his “husband” David Janet, and has declared herself as “in favor of” illegal immigrant “dreamers”. Despite this, she felt comfortable attacking Pavone for his support for Donald Trump.
The Vatican, under Jesuit liberal Pope Francis, long persecuted Pavone for his political views, ordering him to step down from the Catholics for Trump advisory board in 2020 and finally defrocking him in late 2022 for disobedience to his liberal bishop.
Pavone had often been critical of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and other allegedly Catholic Democrats who promote abortion, and has described the bishops who lobbied against him as “Democrat loyalists”. Pavone’s supporters have often compared his harsh treatment by the Vatican to that of Rev. James Martin, another Jesuit whom the Pope has repeatedly promoted despite the fact he advocates for gay marriage and other LGBTQ priorities in defiance of Catholic teaching.
Pavone explained his position on Trump’s abortion remarks at length as Pushaw and the DeSantis campaign were attacking him, observing that Trump is “running a campaign in which he’s trying to help his party, our party, speak in a politically effective way on this issue.”
“Now, I’m not saying that justifies compromising morally – it doesn’t,” he continued. “You don’t compromise morally, you become politically wise. Jesus himself said it, you’ve got to be wise as serpents… because you look at what you’re trying to accomplish, you consider where your audience is, and you say, let me talk about this persuasively to lead them from point A to point B.”
Polls show Americans oppose abortion up to birth, supported by many Democrats and legal in Democrat-led Washington D.C. and multiple Democrat-led states – but only a minority support restrictions earlier than 12 weeks with no exceptions for rape.
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Ron DeSantis's "rapid response director", Christina Pushaw, has viciously attacked a leading pro-life campaigner – Frank Pavone – for supporting Donald Trump, saying it "makes sense" that he is no longer a priest after a campaign by the far-left saw the Vatican defrock him for being an outspoken conservative.
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Congressional Republicans are still stuck negotiating with themselves despite the appearance that a deal had been struck between the conservative and moderate wings of the House Conference to avert a government shutdown late Sunday night. It was announced at the time that the Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus had reached an agreement on a 30-day Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government while Congress continued work on passing the 12 major appropriations bills to fund the government for the next fiscal year.
Despite receiving backing from some of Washington D.C.’s biggest center-right institutions, the deal was already on the ropes by Monday morning. As of the last count, 18 Republican House members have announced they will not support the agreement, leaving House Speaker McCarthy without the votes to pass the CR. The deal is not expected to receive any Democrat backing.
Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), a prominent leader in the Freedom Caucus who had previously promised to use ‘every tool’ to stop a short-term CR was one of the deal’s chief architects along with Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD). The conservative Heritage Action quickly backed the deal, stating, “The proposal cuts spending and seeks to end a worsening, self-inflicted border crisis.” The more libertarian FreedomWorks also backed the deal, telling Congressional Republicans: “We support the negotiated spending cuts and urge all members of the House to get behind the CR.”
Despite the pressure from both within the Freedom Caucus and from outside political groups, a handful of House conservatives still oppose the measure. On Sunday, former President Donald Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker that House conservatives shouldn’t back a CR unless they think they’re getting a fair deal – even if it interrupts the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Among the members who’ve announced they will not support the CR: Reps. Dan Bishop (R-NC), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Bob Good (R-VA), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), and Andy Ogles (R-TN) all appear to oppose any deal that doesn’t include significant spending cuts – with some wanting to return sending to pre-COVID levels.
Others, aligned with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) object because the deal’s eight percent spending cut would only last for 30 days; it fails to defund Jack Smith’s prosecutions of former President Donald Trump; and there is no mechanism to force Biden to actually secure the border. These members appear to include Reps. Corey Mills (R-FL), Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO).
In the case of Rep. Ken Buck, it is speculated that he will simply oppose any measure pushed by the Speaker – including opposing the Biden impeachment inquiry – because he was snubbed as chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust. The chairmanship was given instead to the Big Tech-friendly Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
Without the passage of a Continuing Resolution, the federal government is set to run out of money on Oct.1.
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Congressional Republicans are still stuck negotiating with themselves despite the appearance that a deal had been struck between the conservative and moderate wings of the House Conference to avert a government shutdown late Sunday night. It was announced at the time that the Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus had reached an agreement on a 30-day Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government while Congress continued work on passing the 12 major appropriations bills to fund the government for the next fiscal year.
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Former President Donald Trump echoed the sentiment of a majority of Americans on Sunday when he told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he doesn’t consider the United States “to have much of a democracy right now.” Trump argued that Democrats and the corporate media have undermined the country’s political norms, stating, “They indict their political opponents. Free speech is shot because the press is very dishonest, very dishonest.”
Even left-wing surveys – such as a recent one conducted by “The 19th” – appear to agree with the 45th President’s bleak assessment.
When asked “How well is America’s democracy working for you?” a net 52 percent of respondents answered “Not Well,” with just 12 percent said it was working “very well”.
Along demographic lines, The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll appears to show faith in American democracy is reflective of perceived changes in economic status and cultural representation rather than substantive political participation. Nearly 60 percent of Asians in the United States believe that democracy is working for them. The sentiment is shared by 58 percent of Blacks. Executive officers of Indian-origin now dominate many of the nation’s top tech companies, including some of the highest paid like Alphabet (Google’s parent company) CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Black Americans, meanwhile, have seen record low unemployment and increased social assistance.
White and Hispanic Americans are less confident in American democracy. Hispanics are evenly split in terms of confidence. Whites are pessimistic with 57 percent saying democracy isn’t working well for them, and just 41 percent saying it is working well. Philip Bump at the Washington Postchalks this disparity up to former President Trump’s claims the 2020 election was stolen. In reality, the declining White population combined with the economic collapse of the white working class goes much further to explain the less than confident outlook in democracy.
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Former President Donald Trump echoed the sentiment of a majority of Americans on Sunday when he told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he doesn't consider the United States "to have much of a democracy right now." Trump argued that Democrats and the corporate media have undermined the country's political norms, stating, "They indict their political opponents. Free speech is shot because the press is very dishonest, very dishonest."
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Steven Calabresi – the law professor who co-founded the conservative Federalist Society legal organization – has conceded that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not in fact bar former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, despite claiming in a much-hyped op-ed from August that this was the case.
The Northwestern University law professor had been an outspoken proponent of the legal theory that Trump was barred from running for office on the grounds that he incited an insurrection on January 6th, 2021 – in violation of a Civil War era constitutional provision. It’s an initially floated by law professors William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen, with Calabresi quickly popularizing it.
Historically, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was meant to prevent former members of the Confederacy from holding office after the Civil War. The provision, cited by Calabresi, states that anyone who has taken an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution “…as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State..” and subsequently engages in insurrection or rebellion against the United States cannot then hold federal or state office.
The three men were originally in agreement that “an officer of the United States” included individuals elected as either President or Vice-President. However, Calabresi now says he believes that the President and Vice-President are not, due to “a technicality in the drafting of the disqualification clause of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment”, “officers” – that term being reserved for positions appointed by the President, rather than the President himself.
Additionally he concedes the events of January 6th do not constitute an ‘insurrection’. Calabresi credits former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey with changing his mind.
New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan has already rejected calls to disqualify Trump, via the 14th Amendment, from the state’s ballot.
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Steven Calabresi – the law professor who co-founded the conservative Federalist Society legal organization – has conceded that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment does not in fact bar former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, despite claiming in a much-hyped op-ed from August that this was the case.
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In Tallahassee, Florida, the possibility of Rep. Matt Gaetz running for governor in 2026 has become a topic of discussion among political insiders. Gaetz, a Republican, is widely considered to be on the shortlist of potential candidates for the GOP nomination for governor. The current governor, Ron DeSantis, will be term-limited out of office, and Gaetz has allegedly implied his intention to run. During a reception for the incoming speaker of the Florida House, Gaetz was overheard “holding court” and indicating his interest in running for the powerful position, according to four people who attended the event.
Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, served as a top adviser to DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, but Gaetz has been one of the most vocal supporters of Trump.
In addition to Gaetz, several other Florida Republicans are eyeing a potential run for governor in 2026. Among them are Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, Rep. Mike Waltz, and Attorney General Ashley Moody. Gaetz’s entrance into the race would likely shake up the already crowded field and could have significant implications for the Republican primary. Trump’s endorsement, if given to Gaetz, could further boost his chances of securing the nomination.
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In Tallahassee, Florida, the possibility of Rep. Matt Gaetz running for governor in 2026 has become a topic of discussion among political insiders. Gaetz, a Republican, is widely considered to be on the shortlist of potential candidates for the GOP nomination for governor. The current governor, Ron DeSantis, will be term-limited out of office, and Gaetz has allegedly implied his intention to run. During a reception for the incoming speaker of the Florida House, Gaetz was overheard "holding court" and indicating his interest in running for the powerful position, according to four people who attended the event.
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Billionaire money manager Ken Griffin, who was ready to bankroll Ron DeSantis’s presidential run in 2022, now says he is “on the sidelines” in the GOP race, with the Florida Governor having failed to impress.
“So we’re… now through the first debate, and I’ll tell you what, I’m still on the sidelines as to who to support in this election cycle,” Griffin said.
“I don’t know his strategy,” Griffin blasted about the Florida Governor’s increasingly embarrassing campaign, which has been plagued with staffing issues, overspending, and links to both establishment RINO figuresand politically extremeincidents. Recently, his national spokesman Steve Cortes appeared to imply a Trump vs. Biden rematch was “inevitable,” while his own staff are trying to reframe expectations in Iowa, where DeSantis languishes in a distant second despite his PAC spending five times more than Trump’s.
“It’s not clear to me what voter base he is intending to appeal to,” Griffin told CNBC.
“First-term governor – just a phenomenal job,” he said of DeSantis’s record. “But that hasn’t been how this last few months has played out.”
Griffin abandoning the DeSantis camp comes as the Governor is polling at 10 percent nationally and 23 percent in his home state, with Donald Trump far ahead on 57 percent and 59 percent, respectively.
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Billionaire money manager Ken Griffin, who was ready to bankroll Ron DeSantis's presidential run in 2022, now says he is "on the sidelines" in the GOP race, with the Florida Governor having failed to impress.
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Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign efforts in Iowa, in a bid to “put the nail in the coffin” of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign, with his campaign reporting over 27,500 signed caucus pledge cards in the state, while Team DeSantis stands at just over 13,000.
Trump is currently in Iowa by around 30 points, though his campaign staff insist they are not “taking anything for granted” with remarks planned for the Grand River Conference Center in Dubuque this Wednesday.
DeSantis’ Never Back Down SuperPAC has outspent the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC by $15.6 million to $2.9 million – or over five times over.
Opponents of Trump are targeting evangelical voters in the state, attempting to portray the 45th President as pro-transgender and LGBT. Campaign mailers have hit some Iowa homes calling Trump a “transgender trailblazer”. Despite the attacks, polls show evangelical voters still prefer Trump.
“No candidate has ever won Iowa [GOP caucus] by more than 12 points and even the most conservative polls have us at double that margin,” said Alex Latcham, the Trump campaign’s early states director. “But I try to continuously remind our team and our staff and everybody that we do not take it for granted.”
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Former President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign efforts in Iowa, in a bid to "put the nail in the coffin" of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's campaign, with his campaign reporting over 27,500 signed caucus pledge cards in the state, while Team DeSantis stands at just over 13,000.
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