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September 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala’s Husband is Lashing Out at The Teamsters for Refusing to Endorse Her.

Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman and husband to Vice President Kamala Harris, is lashing out at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union for refusing to endorse his wife’s 2024 Democratic Party presidential campaign. Despite rank-and-file members of the Teamsters overwhelmingly backing former President Donald J. Trump, according to the union’s internal polling, Emhoff believes the labor organization should still have thrown its support to his wife.

“Even though Trump, you know, bullied the leaders of the Teamsters to not do an endorsement, the Teamster locals are all endorsing her, including right here in Pennsylvania,” Emhoff claimed at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday. A corporate and entertainment industry litigator whose past clients include the aggressively anti-union Walmart Inc., he added: “These Teamsters are not going to listen to some guy in D.C. who does not have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, right? Can’t have that.”

The “some guy in D.C.” Emhoff is referring to is Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, who spoke earlier this summer at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. O’Brien has repeatedly stressed that his priorities are serving his union members’ best interests, upholding their political preferences, and building relationships with both political parties to ensure the voices of his members are heard.

CRITICAL UNION VOTERS.

In Pennsylvania, union households—including the Teamsters—could prove pivotal in deciding whether Trump or Harris wins the state. Election experts continually point to white working-class areas of Western Pennsylvania, in which Joe Biden secured higher levels of support in 2020 than Hillary Clinton in 2016, as the deciding factor in that state’s swing to Democrats in the prior presidential election.

Last Wednesday, the Teamsters announced they would not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in 28 years. The union’s publicly released polling data shows former President Trump winning its members by an almost two-to-one margin over Harris.

Image by Gage Skidmore. 

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Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman and husband to Vice President Kamala Harris, is lashing out at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union for refusing to endorse his wife's 2024 Democratic Party presidential campaign. Despite rank-and-file members of the Teamsters overwhelmingly backing former President Donald J. Trump, according to the union's internal polling, Emhoff believes the labor organization should still have thrown its support to his wife. show more
September 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Politics

Liz Cheney Wants a New Party for Neo-Cons.

Liz Cheney, the former chair of the House Republican Conference, wants the GOP to lose control of the House of Representatives and says that a new, neoconservative party may be needed to supplant it if it does not shed former President Donald J. Trump’s influence. Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have already endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

“The [Republican] party itself really has rejected the Constitution in the name of supporting Trump,” she alleges, suggesting a new party may be required “because, again, so much of the Republican Party today has allowed itself to become a tool for this really unstable man. It certainly has moved away from standing for anything of substance, anything of policy. We’re going to have to have some entity that actually can be making the case for the kind of conservative causes that I believe in.”

Cheney and her father—regarded as a chief architect of the Iraq War—are far more in favor of foreign military interventions than Trump, the first President not to start any new conflicts since the 1970s. Trump believes there has been a permanent shift away from neoconservatism since he became the GOP’s leading man, vowing conservatives are “never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush.”

BIG SHIFT.

Cheney seems to fear he is right, saying of organizing a new party, “Look, it’s hard for me to see how the Republican Party, given what it has done, can make the argument convincingly or credibly that people ought to vote for Republican candidates until it really recognizes what it’s done.”

“There is certainly going to be a big shift, I think, in how our politics work… I don’t think it will just simply be, well, the Republican Party is going to put up a new slate of candidates and off to the races. I think far too much has happened that’s too damaging,” she added.

The 58-year-old says it is “really important that Mike Johnson not be the Speaker of the House on January 6, 2025,” claiming “the Republicans have shown that they will not certify the results if Donald Trump is not the victor.”

Cheney says she has already spoken to Harris, advising people to “stay tuned” for her next moves. She already has a history of collaborating with the Democratic Party, joining the corrupt January 6 Committee in 2021.

Image via the Hudson Institute.

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Liz Cheney, the former chair of the House Republican Conference, wants the GOP to lose control of the House of Representatives and says that a new, neoconservative party may be needed to supplant it if it does not shed former President Donald J. Trump's influence. Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have already endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. show more
September 21, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
UK

‘The Sky is the Limit!’ – Farage Rallies Thousands at ‘Reform UK’ Conference.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage MP has forecast that his Reform UK party can win the next British general election. He told supporters in Birmingham, England, that the party was now consistently gaining new voters, supporters, and activists, will of whom are fed up with the establishment parties.

Farage, who was elected into the British parliament earlier this year, addressed thousands of delegates at his party’s annual conference on Friday and Saturday, saying, “The energy, the optimism, the enthusiasm that we’ve got in this room is not something that can be replicated by any other political party in this country.”

“The sky is the limit,” he remarked, laying the groundwork for the next five years of campaigning that will hopefully see him returned as Prime Minister to 10 Downing Street by 2029.

Farage took shots at recently elected, far-left Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who has been revealed to have taken expensive clothing donations from wealthy donors.

Speaking of why he decided to quit his job as a broadcaster at GB News, among other ventures, to run for office, Farage noted the failure of the past Conservative government, which has seen a surge of violent crime and mass migration on a scale not seen in the UK in generations.

PROFESSIONALIZING REFORM.

Farage explained that the party would vet candidates at all levels of the party in the future as part of his bid to professionalize the party.

“We haven’t got time, we haven’t got room, for a few extremists to wreck the work of a party that now has 80,000 members and rising by hundreds every single day,” he said.

According to Farage, Reform UK needs to look to the example of the Liberal Democrats, who, despite winning far fewer votes nationally, were able to win 72 seats in parliament due to the first-past-the-post system.

Calling for the party to be credible on the ground everywhere, he stated that Reform UK can bring “success after success.”

“If we do those things – I never thought I’d say this – but I genuinely believe we can change the future of politics, the future of our country, perhaps get back a bit of pride of what it is to be British, respect our history, stand up for our values,” he said.

The first speech, from Friday, begins at two hours and six minutes, here:

The second speech begins around one hour, 18 minutes in, here:

Picture by Stuart Mitchell/IncMonocle and used with permission.

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Brexit leader Nigel Farage MP has forecast that his Reform UK party can win the next British general election. He told supporters in Birmingham, England, that the party was now consistently gaining new voters, supporters, and activists, will of whom are fed up with the establishment parties. show more

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September 20, 2024
Politics
War
World

Dems Demand More Cash for Hamas-Linked Group.

Democrats are attempting to get funding restored to a U.N. Agency whose members participated in the October 7 mass killings in Israel last year alongside Hamas. At a press briefing outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, several Democratic Representatives called for reinstating funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the passage of H.R. 9649, a.k.a. the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act.

Among the lawmakers pushing the legislation are Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who heads the House Progressive Caucus; Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a staunch ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); André Carson (D-IN), the bill’s lead sponsor; and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a vocal support of pro-Hamas policies. Overall, 65 House Democrats have joined Rep. Carson in cosponsoring the bill.

Earlier this year, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres assigned the investigative arm of the U.N. to look into Israel’s allegations regarding UNRWA involvement in the October 7 attacks. After investigating roughly 20 staff members, the U.N. found grounds to dismiss nine employees. Significant donors to the agency, including the U.S., subsequently suspended funding, creating a $450 million shortfall. While other donor countries, such as Canada, have resumed their contributions, the U.S. has not.

Anne Bayefsky, Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, argued that reinstating funds would overlook the alleged “connections to terrorism” within UNRWA and send an inappropriate message to both Israel and adversaries of the U.S. In a statement, Bayefsky claimed extensive links between UNRWA employees and Palestinian terror organizations, including Hamas.

Over the last ten years, Western nations have donated over 8 billion dollars to UNRWA, with the United States as the second-largest donor behind the European Union (EU).

Former President Donald J. Trump cut off funding to UNRWA in the final two years of his presidency, only for the Biden-Harris regime to restore it.

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Democrats are attempting to get funding restored to a U.N. Agency whose members participated in the October 7 mass killings in Israel last year alongside Hamas. At a press briefing outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, several Democratic Representatives called for reinstating funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the passage of H.R. 9649, a.k.a. the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act. show more
Migrant Crime
September 20, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Immigration
Politics

158 Democrats Vote AGAINST Deporting Illegal Alien Sex Criminals.

Most Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, banning migrants convicted of crimes including rape, stalking, spousal abuse, and child abuse from entering or remaining in the United States. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, denounced the Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) sponsored legislation as “another partisan bill that fearmongers about immigrants instead of working together to fix the immigration system.”

The bill passed with 215 Republicans and a minority of 51 Democrats voting in favor. However, over three times as many Democratic lawmakers—158—voted against. Whether it will survive the Democrat-controlled Senate is unclear.

“158 Left-wing members of Congress just voted against deporting rapists, pedophiles and murderers of women and kids,” Mace remarked on social media.

CLOSING LOOPHOLES.

Leading Democrats, including Rep. Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler (D-NY), tried to justify voting against the bill by claiming the Immigration and Nationality Act, which has not been updated for decades, already provides for migrants convicted of many domestic and sexual abuse offenses to be denied entry and made eligible for deportation. However, the bill’s supporters argue it closes several “loopholes,” and it is unclear why Democrats would try to vote down the bill merely for what Nadler describes as “redundancies.”

Democrats have previously blocked the Laken Riley Act, which would have required migrants suspected of crimes including burglary and theft, such as the suspect in Laken Riley’s murder, to be held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

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Most Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, banning migrants convicted of crimes including rape, stalking, spousal abuse, and child abuse from entering or remaining in the United States. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, denounced the Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) sponsored legislation as "another partisan bill that fearmongers about immigrants instead of working together to fix the immigration system." show more
September 20, 2024
Health
Politics

REPORT: Obamacare Has Made America The Most Expensive and Lowest Ranking Wealthy Nation for Healthcare.

A new report states that Obamacare ranks last among all high-income nations in terms of healthcare systems, despite the fact that the United States spends more money on healthcare than any other country in the world. The analysis, which compared the healthcare systems of ten high-income countries, used data gathered from the World Health Organization and other sources dating back to 2020.

The evaluation focused on five key healthcare measures: health equity, access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, and health outcomes. Countries were ranked based on their overall score: Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, New Zealand, France, Sweden, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, and the United States, which came in last place.

The report’s findings highlighted that the United States performs the lowest in health system metrics, such as access to care and health outcomes. However, it does perform relatively well in the care process category.

Despite its high financial investment in healthcare—surpassing all other nations in the study—the United States also exhibits poor performance, particularly in life expectancy and avoidable deaths. Conversely, Australia and the Netherlands—which lead the rankings—spend the least on healthcare among the analyzed countries.

The report suggests that while differences in performance among the countries studied are typically minor overall, the stark contrast with the American healthcare system’s lower performance is significant. This appears to cast doubt on Democrat claims that Obamacare has improved healthcare access and health outcomes for American citizens.

Former President Donald J. Trump stated during his debate with Kamala Harris last week that he is developing a plan to replace Obamacare after he was unsuccessful in repealing the legislation during his last term in office, largely due to other Republicans surrendering on the issue.

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A new report states that Obamacare ranks last among all high-income nations in terms of healthcare systems, despite the fact that the United States spends more money on healthcare than any other country in the world. The analysis, which compared the healthcare systems of ten high-income countries, used data gathered from the World Health Organization and other sources dating back to 2020. show more
September 19, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
World

Leftists Now a MINORITY Among French Bureaucrats Who Are Flocking To Le Pen.

Leftist support among bureaucrats, also known as the deep state, in France is sinking rapidly as civil servants increasingly support populist Marine Le Pen and her party, the National Rally (RN). A newly released study by Luc Rouban for Cevipof shows that the historical support the left has received from the 2.5 million civil servants is falling and that left-wing bureaucrats are now a minority overall.

According to the researcher—who analyzed voting trends in this year’s European Parliament and French parliament elections—the massive shift in civil servants’ attitudes can be explained by their concerns about working conditions and feeling abandoned by the government. Rouban says the current left-wing parties have abandoned these issues to Le Pen and her party.

France, however, appears to be an exception to global trends. Elsewhere in Europe and the United States most deep-state actors and civil servants have shown an increased openness regarding their left-wing political views, particularly regarding issues like diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Others have engaged in the sabotage of policies enacted by elected conservatives and populists.

As recently as June of this year, deep state officials, civil servants, teachers, and state-funded doctors in France all vowed to defy Marine Le Pen if her party won the parliamentary elections in July. However, Rouban’s study suggests that the June statement represents only a minority of France’s civil servants and public workers.

In America, where the deep state is largely anti-Trump,  Joe Biden instituted a rule in April that could prevent former President Donald J. Trump from firing federal employees if he wins the November presidential election.

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Leftist support among bureaucrats, also known as the deep state, in France is sinking rapidly as civil servants increasingly support populist Marine Le Pen and her party, the National Rally (RN). A newly released study by Luc Rouban for Cevipof shows that the historical support the left has received from the 2.5 million civil servants is falling and that left-wing bureaucrats are now a minority overall. show more
September 18, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala Refuses to Discount Executive Action on Reparations.

Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s 2024  presidential nominee, says she won’t discount the use of executive action to begin implementation of reparations for black Americans. Speaking with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) yesterday, Harris was asked whether she would use presidential authority or defer to Congress to create a commission to study proposals for financial restitution.

“I’m not discounting the importance of any executive action,” Harris said. “But ultimately, Congress, because if you’re going to talk about it in any substantial way, there will be hearings, there will be a level of public education and dialogue.”

The National Pulse reported earlier this year that Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is floating reparations in the form of exempting black Americans from federal taxes for a set period. “One of the things they propose is black folk not have to pay taxes for a certain amount of time because then again that puts money back in your pocket,” the freshman Democrat said.

Crockett’s proposal received immediate pushback, with the lawmaker eventually acknowledging that black Americans reliant on government assistance already pay little to no federal income taxes, meaning an exemption would do little for them.

The Texas Democrat is not alone in her push for reparations, however. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)—ousted in a primary earlier this year—has pushed for the government to print $14 trillion for black Americans and give prisoners and felons the vote as a form of “reparations” for slavery. Additionally, Democrats in New York established a commission to study how the state might implement slavery restitution in late 2023.

Harris, who is of Indian-Jamaican heritage, is herself the descendant of a notorious European slave owner.

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Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's 2024  presidential nominee, says she won't discount the use of executive action to begin implementation of reparations for black Americans. Speaking with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) yesterday, Harris was asked whether she would use presidential authority or defer to Congress to create a commission to study proposals for financial restitution. show more
September 18, 2024
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala’s Running Mate Tim Walz Drove THOUSANDS of Families Out of Minnesota.

A new study released by demographer Lyman Stone and sociologist Brad Wilcox reveals that a significant number of families left Minnesota in 2021 and 2022. The exodus occurred under the tenure of Kamala Harris’s 2024 running mate, Tim Walz, who has served as the state’s governor since 2019. Stone and Wilcox’s research challenges claims by some left-leaning commentators that Walz’s policies have been beneficial for families and children.

The report, published by the Institute for Family Studies, concludes that Minnesota experienced a net loss of families with children during the two years. Stone and Wilcox’s analysis of the American Community Survey data shows that the state ranked among the worst third in the nation for family migration, one of 18 states where more families left than moved in.

According to the research, Minnesota saw a net loss of 4,000 families from 2021 to 2022, a 0.3 percent decline, placing it 13th among states with the highest percentage of family migration losses. Among the top 12 states with the most significant declines, 10 had supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

In their report, Stone and Wilcox note that parents are increasingly moving away from states with far-left family, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. States like New York, California, Massachusetts, and Oregon, all known for their leftist political agendas, saw substantial family outflows. For instance, New York lost 71,000 families, a 1.9 percent decrease, while California saw a net loss of 92,000 families, a 1.2 percent decline.

In contrast, states that voted for former President Donald J. Trump in both 2016 and 2020 saw gains in family migration. The study points out that deeply Republican states, such as Idaho, reported the most significant percentage increase in family population, with a 2.3 percent rise from 2021 to 2022. Texas and Florida also saw considerable gains, with 53,000 and 38,000 families, respectively.

Stone and Wilcox suggest that COVID-19 partly drives this movement as families sought suburban and rural areas offering more space. Additionally, states with quicker school reopenings, new school choice laws, lower taxes, and strong job growth have become more attractive to parents. Cultural factors, such as resistance to far-left gender theory in schools, also contribute to the red state appeal.

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A new study released by demographer Lyman Stone and sociologist Brad Wilcox reveals that a significant number of families left Minnesota in 2021 and 2022. The exodus occurred under the tenure of Kamala Harris's 2024 running mate, Tim Walz, who has served as the state's governor since 2019. Stone and Wilcox's research challenges claims by some left-leaning commentators that Walz’s policies have been beneficial for families and children. show more
September 16, 2024
William Upton
News
Politics

Son of Assassination Suspect Says Father ‘Hates Trump,’ Suggests He ‘Wants to Be a Martyr.’

The son of the would-be assassin of former President Donald J. Trump says his Democrat donor father “wants to be a martyr to how broken and disassociated the process has become from the real problems and practical solutions, then that’s his choice.” Oran Routh, the son of Ryan Routh, also echoed his father’s hatred for the former president, stating that he “hates Trump like every reasonable person does.” Oran Routh added: “I don’t like Trump either.”

Yesterday, Ryan Routh, 58, attempted to assassinate former President Trump while he played a round of golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“He’s my dad and all he’s had is couple traffic tickets, as far as I know. That’s crazy. I know my dad and love my dad, but that’s nothing like him,” Oran Routh said. The son of the would-be assassin added that he knew his father was traveling but did not realize he was in Florida: “He said he was at the beach, but I thought that meant the outer banks in Hawaii. I didn’t ask him for more information because we’ve had a falling out. We’ve grown apart.”

Disturbingly, Oran Routh appeared to defend his father’s alleged actions He said, “‘I hate this game every four years and think that we all do, and if my father wants to be a martyr to how broken and disassociated the process has become from the real problems and practical solutions, then that’s his choice.”

The National Pulse previously reported that Ryan Routh appears to have extensive ties to efforts aimed at recruiting foreign soldiers to fight for Ukraine. Additionally, the would-be assassin has expressed his support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

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The son of the would-be assassin of former President Donald J. Trump says his Democrat donor father "wants to be a martyr to how broken and disassociated the process has become from the real problems and practical solutions, then that's his choice." Oran Routh, the son of Ryan Routh, also echoed his father's hatred for the former president, stating that he "hates Trump like every reasonable person does." Oran Routh added: "I don't like Trump either." show more