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July 26, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala Agrees to Debate Trump on ABC – But Not Fox.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday that she will stand in for President Joe Biden in the upcoming ABC presidential debate on September 10 against former President Donald J. Trump. “So many of you have been asking me about the debate and I’ll tell you, I’m ready to debate Donald Trump. I have agreed to the previously agreed upon September 10 debate,” she said at Joint Base Andrews. However, she did not respond and walked away when asked about a proposed debate on Fox News set for September 17 in Pennsylvania.

Trump had earlier challenged Harris to a debate on Fox News, criticizing ABC and calling for the debate to be moved to Fox. “My debate with Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the history of the United States, was slated to be broadcast on Fake News ABC, the home of George Slopadopolus, sometime in September. Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, quit the race, I think the Debate, with whomever the Radical Left Democrats choose, should be held on Fox News, rather than very biased ABC,” Trump wrote.

While not yet officially the Democratic nominee, Harris has secured the endorsements of many top Democrats and the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC), making the Democratic National Convention likely only a formality.

Since becoming the assumed nominee, mainstream media have been scrubbing negative stories about Harris, including a story that listed her as the most liberal member of the United States Senate in 2019.

A debate could prove to be a decisive moment in the campaign. Some early polling suggests Trump and Harris may be tied among voters.

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Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday that she will stand in for President Joe Biden in the upcoming ABC presidential debate on September 10 against former President Donald J. Trump. "So many of you have been asking me about the debate and I’ll tell you, I’m ready to debate Donald Trump. I have agreed to the previously agreed upon September 10 debate," she said at Joint Base Andrews. However, she did not respond and walked away when asked about a proposed debate on Fox News set for September 17 in Pennsylvania. show more
July 26, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
Immigration
Politics

‘You Own This’ – Former Border Patrol Leader Blames Harris for Border Crisis.

Former Border Patrol leader Chris Clem has sharply criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over her handling of illegal immigration. Clem, who served for over 27 years with Border Patrol, said this week that Harris must take ownership of the crisis, stating, “You own this. You can’t say, ‘It’s not my responsibility.'”

“The numbers don’t lie,” Clem said, describing the current situation as “disastrous.”

Harris, appointed by Joe Biden to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration, is trying to disown the “border czar” title attributed to her by politicians and media alike. She hardly visited the U.S. southern frontier and refused invitations to visit from border states such as Arizona in 2021.

Chris Clem is not the only border official to criticize Harris since she became the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, stated this week that Harris was made aware of the policies needed to end the border crisis but refused to implement any of them.

Speaking at a rally alongside former President Donald J. Trump, Judd said, “She does not care about you; she does not care about the safety of this country. [Trump] does.”

Raul Ortiz, another former Border Patrol leader, stated earlier this year that, during his tenure, Harris never met with him.

Image by Gage Skidmore. 

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Former Border Patrol leader Chris Clem has sharply criticized Vice President Kamala Harris over her handling of illegal immigration. Clem, who served for over 27 years with Border Patrol, said this week that Harris must take ownership of the crisis, stating, "You own this. You can't say, 'It's not my responsibility.'" show more
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July 26, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
Politics

House Votes Unanimously for Task Force to Investigate Trump’s Attempted Assassination.

The House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. The committee will be empowered to review the actions taken by federal, state, and local agencies, officers, and other entities involved in the attempt on Trump’s life.

Introduced by Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), H.R. 1367 passed with all 416 present Members of the House voting in favor. Among the task force’s duties will be scrutinizing United States Secret Service (USSS) security lapses that allowed would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks to fire a reported eight rounds at former President Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Two Trump supporters were wounded in the shooting, while rallygoer Corey Comperatore was killed while shielding his family from the gunfire.

SECRET SERVICE CHIEF RESIGNS.

The resolution was prompted by the resignation of USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle following a disastrous hearing where Cheatle was called “full of shit” by Republican representative Nancy Mace after the now-former USSS director refused to answer simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions. Another lawmaker, Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX), stated he re-created the shooting and was able to land 15 of 16 shots he fired, saying it was a miracle Trump managed to survive the attempt on his life.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Chris Wray, meanwhile, stated that Crooks had targeted Trump specifically and had researched Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Wray also noted that Crooks had used a drone at the rally site and may have attempted to livestream his footage prior to the shooting.

BIPARTISAN TASK FORCE.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) jointly announced the task force’s composition, which includes seven Republicans and six Democrats.

“The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again,” Johnson said on X.

The task force is charged with delivering a comprehensive report to the House by December 13, 2024.

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The House of Representatives voted unanimously on Wednesday to establish a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. The committee will be empowered to review the actions taken by federal, state, and local agencies, officers, and other entities involved in the attempt on Trump's life. show more
July 26, 2024
Election 2024
Politics
SCOTUS

Ted Cruz Warns Biden-Harris Supreme Court Reform Plan Aims to Destroy It.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed concern this week regarding Joe Biden’s intentions to radically transform the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing the 81-year-old Democrat of launching an effort to undermine the institution. The Texas Republican said that by “reform,” Biden means he wants to “destroy” the court in comments made during the latest episode of his “Verdict” podcast.

Discussing Biden‘s Oval Office address Wednesday evening, Cruz told his co-host, Ben Ferguson, “[U]nderstand by the word reform, he means destroy the Supreme Court. What he wants to do is utterly politicize it.” During the national address on July 24, Biden emphasized he intends to spend the final six months he has in office focused on ramping up efforts to fundamentally alter the nature of the high court—including proposals to enact term limits and pack the court with liberal judges.

Cruz referenced former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the court with supportive judges. Even though Roosevelt, a Democrat, had large majorities in both Congressional chambers, Democrats in Congress at the time opposed the idea. According to the Texas Senator, lawmakers at that time understood the importance of maintaining an independent court committed to the Constitution and the rule of law.

The Republican Senator, who faces a re-election challenge from Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX), said he worries no Democrats are willing to oppose radical changes today. Consequently, he argues that if Kamala Harris becomes President and Democrats gain a narrow margin in the Senate, they would end the filibuster, allowing them to change the composition of the Supreme Court with 50 votes.

Earlier this month, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez threatened to impeach members of the Supreme Court following a string of rulings against the Biden-Harris government and in favor of former President Donald J. Trump and January 6 defendants.

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) expressed concern this week regarding Joe Biden’s intentions to radically transform the U.S. Supreme Court, accusing the 81-year-old Democrat of launching an effort to undermine the institution. The Texas Republican said that by "reform," Biden means he wants to "destroy" the court in comments made during the latest episode of his "Verdict" podcast. show more
July 26, 2024
William Upton
Politics
TECH

Kamala Was Made ‘Rural Broadband Czar’ Overseeing $42bn Program That Has Yet to Connect Anyone to Internet.

Joe Biden tapped Kamala Harris to serve as the rural broadband czar in 2021. Part of her task was overseeing the implementation of a $42 billion program to connect Americans in rural and remote parts of the country to the Internet. According to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Brendan Carr, however, after almost 1,000 days, not a single person has actually been connected to the web.

“Hundreds of broadband infrastructure builders are now sounding the alarm, writing that the $42 billion plan to expand Internet has been wired to fail,” FCC Commissioner Carr wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He added: “President Biden put VP Harris in charge of this effort back in 2021 and 982 days later not [one] person has been connected.”

The National Pulse reported on the rural broadband program’s looming failure in June, noting that no project receiving funds from the $42 billion plan will break ground before 2025. Internet service providers (ISPs) and lawmakers on Capitol Hill contend the Biden-Harris government’s burdensome regulations—including climate change mandates, union worker requirements, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies—have brought progress on expanding rural Internet access to a halt.

Additionally, the ISPs point to attempts by the Biden-Harris Commerce Department to regulate consumer rates in a manner beyond the agency’s authority as a reason for the program’s ineffectiveness. This could soon change with the recent Supreme Court ruling effectively ending Chevron deference, which allowed for such instances of regulatory overreach.

Commissioner Carr has warned that the Biden-Harris government estimates claiming the program is on track to break ground in 2025 and see substantial progress by 2026 are overly optimistic. According to Carr, the projects overseen by Harris won’t be near completion in many underserved areas until 2030.

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Joe Biden tapped Kamala Harris to serve as the rural broadband czar in 2021. Part of her task was overseeing the implementation of a $42 billion program to connect Americans in rural and remote parts of the country to the Internet. According to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Brendan Carr, however, after almost 1,000 days, not a single person has actually been connected to the web. show more
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July 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
Politics
UK

DATA: Farage’s Reform UK Outpolled Conservative Party Amongst Youth Voters.

A YouGov poll found that among voters under 30, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was more popular than the Conservative Party in this month’s general election.

The poll of 35,000 voters found that 9.5 percent voted for Reform UK, compared to 8 percent for the Tories. Reform is the third most popular party among young people after Labour and the Green Party.

“The youth thing is really interesting, something very big is happening,” Reform UK leader Nigel Farage MP said Tuesday.

The polling echoes a trend experienced by other anti-establishment and populist right-wing parties across Europe, which have also seen surges in support from younger voters.

In France, Marine Le Pen‘s National Rally (RN) was able to secure 30 percent of the youth vote in the European parliament elections this year, up 10 points from the 2019 election.

In Germany, a song about deportation became a viral sensation among young people this summer as the Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the most popular party among 14 to 29-year-olds in Germany.

Professor Klaus Hurrelmann claimed that the popularity of the AfD among young people showed a shift to anxiety over the country’s future and an increased fear of instability, both economic and geopolitical.

Mathieu Gallard, research director at Ipsos, explained that immigration was a major factor driving people toward populist parties, and that seems to be the major issue among those young voters.

In the UK, Reform UK campaigned on net zero immigration, meaning that the party promised to only allow in as many immigrants as those who left the country each year.

The Tories, meanwhile, oversaw the largest legal and illegal migration wave the UK has ever seen during their tenure in government.

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A YouGov poll found that among voters under 30, Nigel Farage's Reform UK was more popular than the Conservative Party in this month's general election. show more
July 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Media
Politics

Dem Governor Referred Gun Rights Group to Cops for Mean Tweet.

A freedom of information request has revealed that Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) contacted police over a social media post from a gun rights group after she suggested a possible ban on so-called assault weapons. The documents indicate that the governor’s staff referred posts from the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and the Maine Wire newspaper to the State Police.

The incident stems from a post on X (formerly Twitter) from last December featuring a video where Gov. Mills discussed potential firearm regulations following a shooting in Lewiston. The FPC reposted the video with the blunt message “Fuck you, no,” which led to the governor’s press secretary flagging the post and sending it to the Maine State Police.

The motivations behind treating advocacy from a prominent gun rights organization as a security issue remain unclear from the emails. However, there have been prior instances of Democratic officials in Maine, including Secretary of State Shenna Bellows‘s office, seeking investigations into social media posts without apparent justification.

Democrats have previously attempted to use social media platforms to ban right-wing voices online. One of the most high-profile instances was the Biden-Harris government colluding with Twitter to censor Americans before billionaire Elon Musk purchased the company in October 2022.

The Twitter Files, published in 2022 after Musk took over, revealed collusion between the deep state, including the FBI, and social media.

Additionally, tech mogul Mark Zuckerberg has colluded with government agencies to censor the speech of Americans on his Facebook social media platform.

The case in Maine also echoes the Democrats’ willingness to use the police or the court system against opponents, with the prime example being the myriad of charges against former President Donald J. Trump.

Will Upton contributed to this report. 

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A freedom of information request has revealed that Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) contacted police over a social media post from a gun rights group after she suggested a possible ban on so-called assault weapons. The documents indicate that the governor's staff referred posts from the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and the Maine Wire newspaper to the State Police. show more
meloni
July 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
World

Sellout Meloni Gets Key EU Jobs as Orban’s Patriots Sidelined.

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, who has been currying favor with the European Union’s establishment since becoming Prime Minister, has secured several posts for her European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament. The Patriots for Europe group spearheaded by Hungary’s Viktor Orban, who has stood up to the EU more resolutely, have been totally sidelined.

The newly formed Patriots are the European Parliament’s third-largest bloc, with 84 Members of the European Parliament (MEP). Orban’s Fidesz party and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) are the main forces in the grouping. However, they have been excluded from all leadership positions in the European Parliament.

Meanwhile, Meloni’s ECR has gained multiple parliamentary vice presidencies despite having fewer MEPs than the Patriots, seemingly as a reward for submitting to the globalist groupings that hold sway in the EU.

The favor shown to the ECR over the Patriots, despite the Patriots having more seats, has triggered accusations of undemocratic practices.

ABANDONING POPULISM. 

After the European Parliament elections, Meloni made it clear that she rejected an alliance with Orban, seemingly a natural ally.

The developments highlight the different paths undertaken by Orban and Meloni. The Hungarian leader, whose country now holds the rotating European Council presidency, is focused on stopping mass migration and trying to bring peace to Europe by visiting Ukraine, Russia, and China in attempts to facilitate negotiations.

Orban has also spoken with former President Donald J. Trump, who has promised to end the Ukraine war if elected President in November.

In retaliation for Orban’s overseas visits and for saying the EU has a “pro-war policy,” EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell stated that upcoming key meetings of foreign and defense ministers would be moved out of Hungary.

Meanwhile, Meloni has sought the approval of the EU establishment, putting more effort into supporting Ukraine than delivering on her election promises to stop slash immigration. In July 2023, she went so far as to parrot the establishment line that “Europe and Italy need immigration.”

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni, who has been currying favor with the European Union's establishment since becoming Prime Minister, has secured several posts for her European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament. The Patriots for Europe group spearheaded by Hungary's Viktor Orban, who has stood up to the EU more resolutely, have been totally sidelined. show more
germany afd
July 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
World

Afraid of Populist Rise, Establishment Looks to Rig Constitutional Court.

Germany’s governing coalition, alongside the largest opposition party, the “center-right” Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has unveiled a constitutional reform plan to prevent populists from changing the Federal Constitutional Court. The coalition will introduce a draft law that is expected to pass before the end of its term in 2025.

Key provisions of the proposed law include integrating the court, currently based in Karlsruhe, into the national constitution. It also imposes an age limit of 68 years and limits judges’ terms to 12 years.

Most importantly, the new law will require a two-thirds majority in both chambers of the German parliament to reform the court, which currently can be reformed by a simple majority vote.

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann explained the changes were needed due to the “erosion of the rule of law in countries such as Poland and Hungary and the strengthening of the AfD,” referring to the populist Alternative for Germany party.

ENTRENCHING THE STATUS QUO. 

This move comes amid the growing popularity of the AfD, which outperformed every individual party in the ruling coalition during recent European elections amid surging crime and ongoing mass migration.

The populist party also leads polls in some German states, particularly in the former East Germany.

In the state of Brandenburg, the AfD is in first place heading into the state election in September, with the left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht alliance catching up to the mainstream parties as well.

The previous populist government in Poland passed court reforms to excise hangovers from the communist era and reduce the influence of the globalist left, which had been stacking the courts to undermine any populist government. These reforms led to frequent clashes with the European Union, which supported the globalist status quo.

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court holds significant sway in the country. It has historically weighed in on crucial matters such as Eurozone bailouts. It is composed of justices elected by both the Bundestag and state governments.

The new proposal comes as some in Germany’s parliament is mounting efforts to outright ban the AfD, so it cannot defeat the establishment parties at the ballot box.

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Germany's governing coalition, alongside the largest opposition party, the "center-right" Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has unveiled a constitutional reform plan to prevent populists from changing the Federal Constitutional Court. The coalition will introduce a draft law that is expected to pass before the end of its term in 2025. show more
July 25, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
World

French Populists and Far Left Will Unite to Reverse Macron’s Attack on Social Security.

Marine Le Pen‘s National Rally (RN) intends to support a motion by the left-populist France Unbowed (LFI) party to scrap President Emmanuel Macron‘s controversial increase in the state pension age. Led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, LFI is the largest party in the far-left coalition that won the most seats in France’s snap legislative elections.

Macron’s changes to social security, which sparked widespread protests and riots last year, raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. It was implemented despite France allowing mass migration, punching holes in pro-immigration arguments that migrants will pay for pensions and other welfare benefits as Western populations age.

President Donald J. Trump has previously argued that illegal aliens are ruining social security in the U.S. as they are drain public benefits.

As Macron did not have a majority in parliament last year, he used presidential powers that allow the government to force through legislation even without the majority of votes in the National Assembly, but such powers will be harder to deploy now the pro-Macron faction in the legislature has fewer seats than the far left.

Loiret Thomas Ménagé, a National Rally lawmaker, commented on the leftist proposal to repeal Macron’s pension reforms saying, “The only majority available on this text is with the deputies of the RN group. The repeal of the pension reform is also part of our program.”

Marine Le Pen also stated on Tuesday that she intends to table a similar piece of legislation later this year on October 31, saying, “We will then see who will be on the side of social justice… or not!”

While France’s establishment and far-left parties have previously refused to support any legislation tabled by Le Pen‘s party, the RN has supported measures from other parties they have deemed to be in the interests of the French people.

Despite the RN supporting the left on pensions, they have colluded with the Macronist faction to prevent the right-populists—who placed first by share of the popular vote—from gaining any key positions within the new parliament.

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Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) intends to support a motion by the left-populist France Unbowed (LFI) party to scrap President Emmanuel Macron's controversial increase in the state pension age. Led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, LFI is the largest party in the far-left coalition that won the most seats in France's snap legislative elections. show more