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Mike Johnson Foreign Aid Packages
April 18, 2024
Wake Up Right
Politics

Here’s What YOU Can Do About Speaker Johnson’s Betrayal of America.

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing to drop a massive foreign aid package, comprised mostly of money for Ukraine, that ignores the wishes of GOP voters and delivers a giant win to Joe Biden.

The details: The House Appropriations Committee released a memo yesterday unveiling three bills that Johnson will package into a single rule totaling $95 billion.

  • Ukraine gets $60.84 billion in taxpayer dollars to replenish weapons & services and fund U.S. military operations in the region.
  • Israel gets $26.38 billion to replenish the Iron Dome missile defense system and other defensive and offensive weapons.
  • Indo-Pacific gets $8.12 billion to build up our defensive and offensive capabilities in the region to counter China. This includes $2 billion for Taiwan.

Joe Biden immediately endorsed this plan.

The backstab: When Johnson became Speaker, he supported the position, widely held by Republican voters, that Congress should not allocate a single dollar for a foreign country until Joe Biden agreed to secure the border.

  • In January, Johnson said: “Before we even talk about Ukraine… We have to take care of our own house. We have to secure our own border before we talk about doing anything else.”

The pattern: Unfortunately, this foreign aid vote is not the first time Johnson has ignored the will of Republican voters.

  • He pushed FISA re-authorization, which allows the Biden Department of Justice to spy on American citizens without a warrant.
  • He allowed Congress to pass the Democrats’ spending bill.
  • He let Democrats raise the debt ceiling, digging us deeper into national debt.

What do Americans think? A new poll found that just 11 percent of Americans say Ukraine funding is more important than securing the border, while 50 percent put the border first.

Big picture: Senator Rand Paul sums up the situation best: “As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge.”

The House will vote on the foreign aid bill on Saturday. Readers are encouraged to call Speaker Johnson and politely let him know how they feel.

  •  D.C. office: 202-225-2777
  •  Louisiana office: 318-840-0309

This article is adapted from the free ‘Wake Up Right’ newsletter, which you can subscribe to here.

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UK Taxpayers
April 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

Taxpayers Fund ‘Research’ on ‘Transphobia’ in Archaeology, Whiteness, and Gay Porn.

Taxpayers are funding researchers to produce extremist left-wing ‘academic’ work, including anti-“whiteness” projects and papers claiming archaeology is transphobic and proposals to reinvent the field as “fully transgender inclusive.”

One researcher at the University of York created a presentation titled Bones Don’t Care About Your Feelings: Challenging Transphobic Invocations of Archaeology in (Social) Media. He is receiving a stipend of £18,622 a year (~$23,205) from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a government body funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Another UKRI-funded research project focused on archaeology and transgenderism seeks to “establish a framework for a fully transgender inclusive archaeology that tackles normative interpretations of the past and supports the transgender community in a period of heightened attacks in the present.” Its abstract pledges to build on “queer theories of gender” and “reframe archaeology as a safe, inclusive space.”

UKRI has been exposed as funding a variety of woke research projects of questionable value in recent days. Several anti-“whiteness” projects are being funded, including one titled The unbearable whiteness of class: towards an intersectional reading of poverty discourses in Brexit Britain, and another titled Bordering on whiteness: Exploring the racialised subjectivities of Italian women in post-Brexit London.

Some projects focus on sexual deviance rather than race, such as ‘Playing’ with Gay Sex: Exploring Sexual Play in Queer Pornographic Video Games Through Sexual Scripting and The Europe that Gay Porn Built — which received an astonishing £841,830 (~$1,048,330) in taxpayer funding.

A spokesman for UKRI insisted the government body “invests in a diverse research and innovation portfolio” after “a rigorous peer review process by relevant independent experts from across academia and business.”

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Adriano Espaillat
April 17, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
Politics

REVEALED: U.S. Congressman Who Blasted Trump’s Bodega Visit Entered America Illegally.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) first came to the United States from the Dominican Republic as an illegal alien with his parents, overstaying tourist visas and living in the country illegally for around a year before securing a green card. This fact was noted by The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief, Raheem Kassam, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) earlier on Wednesday. The progressive New York Democrat attacked Donald Trump in a social media post on Tuesday over the former President’s visit to a Harlem bodega — a neighborhood in Espaillat’s district.

“Donald Trump didn’t do his homework. My district is progressive and my constituents are honest hard working New Yorkers who don’t have time for Trump’s division, hate, and chaos,” Espaillat, the first former illegal alien to serve in Congress, said. He added: “Trump has no place in my district.”

Despite the claims by the pro-open borders Democratic lawmaker, residents of Harlem flocked to the bodega location — cheering on Trump. The former President had spent much of Tuesday confined to a Manhattan courtroom where he faces prosecution by District Attorney Alvin Bragg over spurious allegations in the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ trial. Harlem residents chanted “Four More Years!” among other political slogans.

On Wednesday, the Bodega and Small Business Group (BSBG), which represents thousands of bodegas in New York City, issued a statement backing former President Trump, slamming local District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and criticizing local politicians who have ignored the widespread criminality in the city. BSBG’s president, Fransisco Marte, said Trump’s visit “highlights just how much we have lost the way in New York,” adding that he hoped the president’s “support for stronger laws and enforcement will spur our own elected officials to action.”

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Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) first came to the United States from the Dominican Republic as an illegal alien with his parents, overstaying tourist visas and living in the country illegally for around a year before securing a green card. This fact was noted by The National Pulse's editor-in-chief, Raheem Kassam, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) earlier on Wednesday. The progressive New York Democrat attacked Donald Trump in a social media post on Tuesday over the former President's visit to a Harlem bodega — a neighborhood in Espaillat's district. show more
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April 17, 2024
William Upton
Politics

Senate Dems End Mayorkas Impeachment Trial, Allowing Biden’s Border Carnage to Continue Without Comeuppance.

Senate Democrats voted late on Wednesday to declare the two sets of articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden‘s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayokras to be “unconstitutional.” This move ended the Senate’s impeachment trial before lawmakers could hear evidence presented by House impeachment managers.

The two votes, orchestrated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), were adopted along party lines—except for the first set of articles on which Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) abstained. Schumer’s procedural move marked an anti-climatic end to the Mayorkas impeachment process, which began in February of this year when the House of Representatives adopted the two formal articles against Biden‘s Homeland Security Secretary.

Republican members of the Senate attempted to head off – or at least drag out – the Democrat’s maneuver to end the trial with a series of procedural votes and constitutional points of order. Despite the efforts of Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), John Kennedy (R-LA), and even Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to shame Democrats into allowing a trial to move forward, Schumer held his caucus together and defeated the Republican procedural moves.

Among the Democrats backing Schumer’s votes to deem the articles of impeachment as “unconstitutional” were vulnerable Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

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Senate Democrats voted late on Wednesday to declare the two sets of articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayokras to be "unconstitutional." This move ended the Senate's impeachment trial before lawmakers could hear evidence presented by House impeachment managers. show more
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Migrants March NYC
April 17, 2024
Immigration
Politics

WATCH: Illegals March On City Hall Demanding More Taxpayer Cash.

Hundreds of illegal aliens marched through New York City on Tuesday, eventually massing in front of City Hall. The protestors demanded the city extend a program housing illegal immigrants in hotels instead of temporary shelter facilities and provide them with work permits. According to a report from Savanah Hernandez, who was present at the protest, the crowd was composed largely of French-speaking single males who appeared to be from Haiti and Africa.

The protest was in response to a New York City Council oversight hearing, which aimed to address the quality of life and experiences of Black immigrants in the city. Council member Alexa Avilés echoed the protestors‘ calls in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “We must uproot the anti-Blackness that plagues our systems of care—this work requires dedication, creativity, and a city willing to fund our short, mid, and long-term needs.”

Protestors expressed their discontent with a recent city decision to relocate them from luxury hotels, where they had previously been accommodated, to city shelters. Additionally, the illegal immigrants claimed the city’s 30-day limit on shelter access would leave many of them without housing options in the near future. New York City, which currently provides housing and other services for around 67,500 illegal immigrants, has struggled with the financial costs caused by the Biden government’s border crisis.

Work permits were also a top issue for the demonstrators. Democrat politicians on both the local and federal levels have pushed for increasing work permits as a partial solution to the ballooning taxpayer burden that providing food and shelter for illegal immigrants has brought. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has pushed the Biden White House to begin issuing additional permits. Meanwhile, several Democrats in the U.S. Senate are pushing legislation to grant permits to illegal immigrants working in agriculture.

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Hundreds of illegal aliens marched through New York City on Tuesday, eventually massing in front of City Hall. The protestors demanded the city extend a program housing illegal immigrants in hotels instead of temporary shelter facilities and provide them with work permits. According to a report from Savanah Hernandez, who was present at the protest, the crowd was composed largely of French-speaking single males who appeared to be from Haiti and Africa. show more
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Hasan Piker
April 17, 2024
William Upton
Crime
Politics

Far Left YouTuber Tells 1.6M People to Shoot GOP Senator.

Far-left YouTube personality Hasan Piker appears to be encouraging his social media followers to shoot Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Piker — who is also known as ‘HasanAbi’ — responded to calls by Cotton for the average American to stand up to pro-Hamas demonstrators who block bridges and road traffic with an image of an improvised gun which at least 1.6 million people have viewed.

Threatening a Member of Congress is considered a felony under federal law. Offenders are often charged under 18 U.S. Code § 875 (c), which states: “Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

Piker, a Turkish-American, has a history of engaging in radical politics and making threats against those he deems his political enemies. The former producer for the progressive internet show The Young Turks, Piker attacked Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) — who lost an eye while serving in Afghanistan — during a Twitch stream in 2019.

“What the fuck is wrong with this dude? Didn’t he go to war and like literally lose his eye because some mujahideen, a brave fucking soldier fucked his eye hole with their dick?” Piker ranted to his viewers. He followed up his comments on Crenshaw, declaring: “America deserved 9/11.”

Despite being a self-described ‘leftist’ and ‘democratic socialist,’ Piker has lived a life of comfort and luxury. His lucrative social media enterprises on YouTube and Twitch have bolstered his family’s wealth, allowing Piker to purchase a $2.7 million mansion in West Hollywood, California, in 2021. Piker is the nephew of the founder of The Young Turks show and radical progressive activist Cenk Uygur.

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Far-left YouTube personality Hasan Piker appears to be encouraging his social media followers to shoot Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR). In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Piker — who is also known as 'HasanAbi' — responded to calls by Cotton for the average American to stand up to pro-Hamas demonstrators who block bridges and road traffic with an image of an improvised gun which at least 1.6 million people have viewed. show more
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April 16, 2024
William Upton
Media
Politics

NPR Editor Who Exposed Far-Left Bias Suspended Without Pay.

National Public Radio (NPR) has suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner after he published a scathing criticism of the news organization in The Free Press last week. Berliner’s commentary contented that NPR had abandoned any pretense of objective journalism and instead had become a willing mouthpiece for partisan propaganda pushed by the likes of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

The news organization‘s executives suspended Berliner without pay for five days on Friday. They contended that his opinion editorial at The Free Press contravened company rules regarding contributions to external media outlets. NPR requires its journalists to receive company leadership approval before publishing content at a rival media outlet.

The veteran NPR editor’s revelations of rampant partisan political bias in news coverage have thrown the company into disarray, especially as additional scrutiny now mounts against the outlet’s new CEO, Katherine Maher. Appointed in March, Maher has led the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s pushback against Berliner.

“Questioning whether our people are serving our mission with integrity, based on little more than the recognition of their identity, is profoundly disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning,” she complained. The National Pulse has detailed several instances where Maher has demonstrated extreme left-wing bias herself, including posting anti-Donald Trump diatribes while serving as an executive at Wikimedia. Maher also claimed it would be unfair for her to leave the U.S. when Trump was elected President as she would be using her “cis white mobility privilege.”

NPR issued a “final warning” to Berliner in a memo, informing the editor that further policy breaches would result in his dismissal. Berliner’s former colleagues believe the veteran editor’s days are numbered at the taxpayer-funded news outlet. “It seems to me that it would be very difficult for him now at NPR,” one individual told Fox News.

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National Public Radio (NPR) has suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner after he published a scathing criticism of the news organization in The Free Press last week. Berliner's commentary contented that NPR had abandoned any pretense of objective journalism and instead had become a willing mouthpiece for partisan propaganda pushed by the likes of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). show more
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April 16, 2024
William Upton
Immigration
Politics

Republicans Send Mayorkas Impeachment Articles to Senate.

Republican House leaders officially presented impeachment articles against President Joe Biden‘s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday afternoon. The move comes after a group of conservative Senators had asked House Republicans to delay the transmission of the articles as they worked to prevent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from quickly moving to dismiss the charges.

At the heart of the impeachment articles are accusations that Mayorkas has consistently contravened laws passed by Congress regarding immigration and border security. The documents also allege Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary misled Congress through inaccurate statements about the condition of the nation’s borders, asserting they were secure when evidence and enforcement feedback from Border Patrol agents contradicted such claims.

The House GOP’s impeachment move against Mayorkas had to navigate numerous roadblocks before finally being adopted on February 13 earlier this year. Following his impeachment by the House of Representatives, Mayorkas issued a statement deflecting the allegations. The Homeland Security Secretary reiterated his commitment to ensuring border security and his dedication to public service in accordance with the law, dismissing what he termed as “false accusations.”

Defending his Homeland Security Secretary, President Biden said of the impeachment: “History will not look kindly on House Republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games.”

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Republican House leaders officially presented impeachment articles against President Joe Biden's Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday afternoon. The move comes after a group of conservative Senators had asked House Republicans to delay the transmission of the articles as they worked to prevent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from quickly moving to dismiss the charges. show more
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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small
April 16, 2024
William Upton
Crime
Politics

Dem Mayor Charged With Abusing Teen Daughter.

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small (D) and his wife, La’Quetta Small, have been charged with child endangerment, assault, and making terroristic threats. On Monday, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office reported the couple stands accused of physically and emotionally abusing their teenage daughter. Prosecutors allege the incidents occurred between December 2023 and January 2024.

The prominent New Jersey Democrat allegedly beat his daughter with a broom to the point of rendering her unconscious. He is additionally accused of inflicting bruising through repeated punches and threatening to throw her down a staircase. La’Quetta Small — the city’s superintendent of schools — has been accused of striking her daughter with a belt and dragging her by her hair.

“PRIVATE FAMILY ISSUE.”

During a news conference earlier this month, Small claimed the police search was related to a “private family issue.” The Democrat mayor downplayed any criminal concerns. He told the press, “if I wasn’t Mayor Marty Small or she [his wife] wasn’t the superintendent, you wouldn’t hear of this.”

“There’s no corruption. We don’t have Atlantic City Housing Authority money in our house,” Mayor Small said during the press conference, apparently attempting to deflect from rumors the police search involved accusations of child abuse. He continued: “We don’t have city of Atlantic City money in our house. I didn’t steal anything. My wife didn’t bring Atlantic City Board of Education money to our house, as alleged.”

ACCUSATIONS OF ELECTION FRAUD.

Small was appointed mayor in 2019 after former Mayor Frank Gilliam resigned. Gilliam had pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme to steal $86,000 from a youth basketball team. Small was charged with election fraud in 2006 and 2011; however, the charges were eventually dropped in both instances.

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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small (D) and his wife, La'Quetta Small, have been charged with child endangerment, assault, and making terroristic threats. On Monday, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office reported the couple stands accused of physically and emotionally abusing their teenage daughter. Prosecutors allege the incidents occurred between December 2023 and January 2024. show more
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Brussels Conservatism Conference Farage Orban
April 16, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics

WATCH: Cops Shut Down Conference Headlined by Nigel Farage.

Law enforcement shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels, Belgium, the main power center of the European Union (EU). The conference was to be headlined by prominent right-wingers, including Brexit leader Nigel Farage, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Suella Braverman, the former British Home Secretary.

Socialist city mayor Emir Kir, a Turkish dual national, ordered the conference to be shut down. He complained, “The aim of this event is to bring together personalities from the media, academic and cultural world, as much as political figures who share a so-called ‘national conservative’ vision… among these personalities, there are several, particularly from the right-conservative, religious right and European extreme right.”

Police descended on the scene while it was ongoing, preventing people from entering the premises or returning if they left.

Orban, due to speak at the event tomorrow, said that “[t]he last time they wanted to silence me with the police was when the Communists set them on me in ‘88. We didn’t give up then and we will not give up this time either!”

 

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Law enforcement shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels, Belgium, the main power center of the European Union (EU). The conference was to be headlined by prominent right-wingers, including Brexit leader Nigel Farage, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Suella Braverman, the former British Home Secretary. show more
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