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haley desantis
September 5, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

POLL: Haley Ties DeSantis in New Hampshire.

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is now tied with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for second place in New Hampshire’s 2024 Republican presidential primary, according to an 8000-likely New Hampshire voter survey conducted by NMB Research between August 25th and 31st. The data has a margin of error of 3.46 percent.

The poll also shows former President Donald Trump maintaining a commanding lead in the critical primary state with 47 percent support amongst likely Republican voters. Haley and DeSantis both poll at just 10 percent.

The New Hampshire poll echoes recent trends showing former President Donald Trump with a near insurmountable lead over the Republican primary field. A recent Wall Street Journal poll indicated Trump was the top choice for nearly 60 percent of the GOP electorate. The same data found that 73 percent believe that President Joe Biden, 80, is too old to run for re-election. Only 47 percent of voters see Donald Trump, 77, as too old.

The NMB Research offers little in the way of good news for DeSantis, showing no movement for the candidate following the first Republican presidential primary debate at the end of August.

Ed Rollins, who until recently co-chaired the pro-DeSantis ‘Ready for Ron’ SuperPAC, has admitted that Donald Trump is “undefeatable” at this point – citing the former President’s solid political base that has only grown stronger over the course of Biden’s political witch-hunt against him.

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Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is now tied with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for second place in New Hampshire's 2024 Republican presidential primary, according to an 8000-likely New Hampshire voter survey conducted by NMB Research between August 25th and 31st. The data has a margin of error of 3.46 percent. show more

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trump eu
September 5, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics
World

The EU is FREAKING OUT Over Trump’s 2024 Return.

The European Union is “freaking out” about the possibility of Donald Trump returning to the White House in January 2025 after the former President announced his intention to reimplement a ten percent tariff on imported goods as he did on European steel and aluminium in 2018.

“It’s on everyone’s mind: what if the elections [in 2024] go the wrong way?” stated an anonymous EU trade diplomat, with an EU-based lawyer advising on trade admitting that EU officials and businesses are “frightened” about Trump’s re-election.

The 45th President floated the idea of a “universal baseline tariff” in a meeting with a number of his aides last month, suggesting it would create a “ring around the U.S. economy.” He later reiterated the plans in an interview, arguing:

“When companies come in and they dump their products in the United States, they should pay, automatically, let’s say a 10 percent tax… I do like the 10 percent for everybody.”

The Biden government initially suspended Trump’s tariffs in an effort to negotiate a compromise between the United States and the EU. However, the tariffs could be re-imposed within the next two months if the two cannot reach an agreement, meaning billions of dollars worth of tariffs may be placed on one another’s goods, including rum, vodka, and even denim jeans.

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The European Union is "freaking out" about the possibility of Donald Trump returning to the White House in January 2025 after the former President announced his intention to reimplement a ten percent tariff on imported goods as he did on European steel and aluminium in 2018. show more
biden books
September 5, 2023
Culture
News
Politics

Books on Biden Are Bombing.

The book industry has seen significantly lower sales during the Biden presidency compared to the Trump era. Books about former President Donald Trump sold millions of copies, but those focused on Biden have struggled to generate interest. Several books about the Bidens have sold fewer than a humiliating 5,000 copies, while Trump-focused books sold hundreds of thousands to millions of units.

POLITICO reports:

…for the pandemic-era book [Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes] wrote on Joe Biden, Allen didn’t even get the satisfaction of seeing a copy in stores. He didn’t go on a tour, either. “Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency” never made the Times best-seller list and so far has sold fewer than 10,000 copies since its release in March 2021, according to NPD BookScan, which is considered the gold standard of book sale measurement but does not include every sale.

Now, Allen says he’s turning his attention back to the Clintons. He has no plans to write another book on Biden.

“He has tried to be kind of a drama-free president, certainly in comparison to his predecessor, and that makes it harder to write a book, both in terms of getting information and turning his story into one that is compelling for readers,” said Allen.

“Biden never does anything interesting,” said Eric Nelson, publisher of Broadside Books. “The Hunter Biden stuff has done pretty well, because he’s appropriately interesting. But Hunter Biden is not the president.”

Gabriel Debenedetti’s “The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama” sold fewer than 1,500 copies. Julie Pace and Darlene Superville’s “Jill: A Biography of the First Lady” sold fewer than 2,500. Chris Whipple’s “The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House” and Ben Schreckinger’s “The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power” have each racked up fewer than 5,000 books sold.

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The book industry has seen significantly lower sales during the Biden presidency compared to the Trump era. Books about former President Donald Trump sold millions of copies, but those focused on Biden have struggled to generate interest. Several books about the Bidens have sold fewer than a humiliating 5,000 copies, while Trump-focused books sold hundreds of thousands to millions of units. show more
ken paxton
September 5, 2023
News
Politics

Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial Begins Today.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s sham impeachment trial is set to begin, against the backdrop of a recent assessment of state attorneys general pointing to the Trump-backed AG as one of the most conservative in the United States.

The bizarre trial has been triggered by “RINO” Republicans partnering with predominantly Democrat “impeachment managers” alleging vague things against Paxton, and even trying to hide the details from Paxton and the general public.

Only following a National Pulse report did the anti-Paxton Texas Senate President Dan Patrick urge the release of further details in the case. Almost immediately after this, he implemented a “gag order” which stopped Paxton rallying the public behind him.

Effectively, the trial will revolve around Austin real estate tycoon Nate Paul, and the allegation that Paxton misused powers to help him defeat an FBI investigation. Prosecutors need nine GOP to vote to remove Paxton from office, assuming all Democrats in the Texas Senate vote the same way.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's sham impeachment trial is set to begin, against the backdrop of a recent assessment of state attorneys general pointing to the Trump-backed AG as one of the most conservative in the United States. show more
Trump is Undefeatable
September 4, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

‘Ready for Ron’ PAC Chief Admits: ‘Trump is Undefeatable’.

Ed Rollins – a recent co-chair of the pro-Ron DeSantis SuperPAC ‘Ready for Ron’ – has admitted that “…no one in the Republican primaries is going to beat, defeat President Trump,” adding: “[Trump] has a strong, solid base. It’s gotten stronger as he’s gone through these terrible indictments. The fact that he’s been indicted on 91 counts is just absurd.”

This isn’t the first time that Rollins has expressed criticism of Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign. In July, he announced he was backing down from DeSantis, calling the Florida Governor a “flawed candidate.” Addressing the flurry of mid-summer donor calls for a DeSantis campaign reboot, Rollins said, “A top-to-bottom makeover and real accountability may be the only thing that saves Ron DeSantis, but even then you still have the governor at the top… And it is getting harder and harder by the day to see not just his people as the problem, but him as the problem.”

It is not just former DeSantis supporters – turned detractors – like Rollins who are expressing a sense of inevitability regarding Trump winning the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Jeff Roe, chief strategist for the pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down, was caught on a leaked audio recording telling donors the campaign was in desperate need of $50 million and that DeSantis only has 60 days to try and defeat Trump before the primary race is effectively over.

Recent polling shows Trump with a near insurmountable lead over the rest of the 2024 Republican field. Polling conducted immediately after the first Republican primary debate showed no change in Trump’s lead despite the media trying to stoke voter backlash against the former President’s decision not to participate.

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Ed Rollins – a recent co-chair of the pro-Ron DeSantis SuperPAC 'Ready for Ron' – has admitted that "...no one in the Republican primaries is going to beat, defeat President Trump," adding: "[Trump] has a strong, solid base. It's gotten stronger as he's gone through these terrible indictments. The fact that he's been indicted on 91 counts is just absurd." show more
September 4, 2023
Culture
Podcast
Politics

WATCH: Don Jr Declares ‘Raheem Was Right’ in Spicy New Interview.

The National Pulse Editor in Chief joins Donald Trump Jr. for what the former has referred to as a “spicy” interview that will likely trigger the liberal media.

WATCH:

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The National Pulse Editor in Chief joins Donald Trump Jr. for what the former has referred to as a "spicy" interview that will likely trigger the liberal media. show more
jeff roe
September 4, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

DeSantis PAC Chief Jeff Roe Admits Trashing Vivek to Corporate Media.

Jeff Roe, the chief strategist for Ron DeSantis’s Super PAC Never Back Down, has taken responsibility for co-ordinating online attacks and spreading dirt on the Republican outsider and DeSantis’ rival, Vivek Ramaswamy. Roe undertook similarly dirty tactics in 2016 against then-candidate Ben Carson.

In a leaked conversation before the recent GOP primary debate, Roe told a number of DeSantis donors and supporters, “Everything you read about [Ramaswamy) is from us… Every misstatement, every 360 he’s conducting or 180 that he is going through in life, is from our scrutiny and pressure. And so, he’s not going to go through that very well, and that will get worse for him.”

Roe, who runs the legally embattled Axiom Strategies, also admitted to his audience that “a big night” for Ramaswamy may prove problematical for the Florida Governor, who required a breakout moment during the debate. The opposite happened, however, with Ramaswamy dominating national and international media coverage, handing DeSantis a rather forgettable performance.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for Ramaswamy, responded: “America watched Vivek dominate the debate stage, it’s no wonder Never Back Down is pissing away another $20+ million after Labor Day.”

Roe recently demanded another $50 million from donors, as his PAC shifts resources to Iowa with a $12 million ad spend, and an admission that he has fewer than 60 days to defeat Donald Trump.

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Jeff Roe, the chief strategist for Ron DeSantis's Super PAC Never Back Down, has taken responsibility for co-ordinating online attacks and spreading dirt on the Republican outsider and DeSantis' rival, Vivek Ramaswamy. Roe undertook similarly dirty tactics in 2016 against then-candidate Ben Carson. show more
jeff roe
September 1, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

DeSantis Chief Demands $50M from Donors, Admits 60 Days Left to Stop Trump.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign is betting the farm on winning the 2024 Iowa Caucuses, according to leaked audio from a meeting between the leadership of pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down and donors held just before the first Republican primary debate.

Jeff Roe, DeSantis’s Never Back Down PAC chief strategist, also admitted to donors the campaign has just 60 days to defeat former President Donald Trump and that the SuperPAC would need an additional $50 million before the second Republican primary debate on September 27th.

Never Back Down has also halted its paid door-knocking efforts in Super Tuesday primary states, as well as in the critical early state of Nevada. The SuperPAC’s cost cutting moves come as it shifts resources into Iowa – including a nearly $12 million ad-buy announced earlier this week.

Roe told donors: “If you have an education, if you have higher income, if you read the Bible and if you go to church regularly, you happen to be a DeSantis supporter.”

What the DeSantis campaign considers to be a ‘likely DeSantis supporter’ might explain why the Florida Governor has failed to gain traction in polling and trails former President Donald Trump by double digits in most state primary contests. According to the Pew Research Center the majority of American Catholics and Evangelical Protestants earn less than $50,000 per year. Mainline Protestants are early evenly split with with 49 percent estimated to earn less than $50,000 and 51 percent earning more. Only Mormons and Eastern Orthodox Christians have populations with sizable majority earning over $50,000. As far as education, the Pew data indicates well over 40 percent of Catholics and Evangelical Protestants have only a high school education or less – and nearly 40 percent of Mainline Protestants.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign is betting the farm on winning the 2024 Iowa Caucuses, according to leaked audio from a meeting between the leadership of pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down and donors held just before the first Republican primary debate. show more
gop debate
September 1, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

2nd GOP Debate Moderator Is Foreign, Far-Left Lunatic, Obama Fangirl.

The second Republican presidential primary debate on September 27th will be co-moderated by Univsions’s Ilia Calderón – a rabid political partisan who has said that former President Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric “empowers white supremacists.” The Spanish language network Univision is partnered with the Fox Business Network to host the debate – Stuart Varney and Dana Perino will join Calderón, who is from Columbia, as moderators.

Calderón – who Fox Business bills as “the first Afro-Latina to anchor an evening newscast for a major broadcast network in the United States” – has a long history of flaunting her far-left bias on social media. In 2018, as then President Trump pushed for tighter border controls to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S., Calderón claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that “Trump does not want whites to stop being the majority,” adding that this was the reason for his opposition to mass immigration.

The Univision anchor isn’t just critical of Trump and Republicans, she has plenty of praise for Democrat politicians. In 2009 Calderón praised Barack Obama, saying, “…it is a pleasure to listen to a great speaker!” In another instance of pro-Democrat bias, she reposted a claim that the U.S.’s political and economic struggles were the fault of Republicans for obstructing then President Obama’s radical political agenda.

In the aftermath of January 6, 2021, Calderón claimed that Republicans were “silent about those responsible” and insinuated that the protestors who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building committed a “deadly attack.” The only person to die as a direct result of the events on January 6 was protestor Ashli Babbitt who was shot and killed by U.S. Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd.

Former President Trump is expected to skip the September 27th Republican presidential primary debate. Polling after the first debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin suggests that Trump’s absence had no negative impact on his commanding lead over the rest of the Republican candidates.

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The second Republican presidential primary debate on September 27th will be co-moderated by Univsions's Ilia Calderón – a rabid political partisan who has said that former President Donald Trump's racist rhetoric "empowers white supremacists." The Spanish language network Univision is partnered with the Fox Business Network to host the debate – Stuart Varney and Dana Perino will join Calderón, who is from Columbia, as moderators. show more
nevertrump
September 1, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

RINOs Advise Dems to Dump Biden-Harris, Run Whitmer-Warnock to Stop Trump.

Never-Trump “Republicans” are pushing Democrats to ditch President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and turn to Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in yet another desperate bid to try and beat Donald Trump in 2024.

A.B. Stoddard, writing at the anti-Trump blog The Bulwark, frets that voters see Biden’s advanced age as disqualifying and warns that former President Donald Trump is a more formidable candidate than Democrats assume.

“…A new standard-bearer is required to decisively beat Trump next year,” she declares, claiming Gov. Whitmer as her standard-bearer:

Whitmer, 52, is one of the most experienced, exciting, and winning Democrats in the country. She is as tough a candidate, and leader, as the Democrats can find, and she was vetted as a potential VP pick in 2020. Warnock, who has won pluralities or majorities in five elections in three years, is the cerebral 54-year-old senior pastor at Martin Luther King Jr.’s church.

– A.B. Stoddard, September 2023.

She adds: “Young. Dynamic. Diverse. Competent and experienced. Broadly appealing. Can mobilize core voters. Would deliver two battleground states. Those are seven big boxes already checked.”

Stoddard and her NeverTrump allies in the corporate media are right to worry about President Biden’s chances of winning re-election in 2024. Polling is increasingly showing former President Trump to be the favorite to win the White House, though Stoddard hilariously warns: “If Trump beats Biden next year, there won’t be another free and fair election.”

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Never-Trump "Republicans" are pushing Democrats to ditch President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and turn to Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in yet another desperate bid to try and beat Donald Trump in 2024. show more