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December 17, 2024
Media
Politics

DOJ Inspector General Says Schiff and Swalwell Behind Russia Hoax Leaks.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) released a report last week revealing Democrat Members of Congress and their staff actively leaked classified materials to the media to push the Russia hoax narrative against President Donald J. Trump during his first term in office. According to the report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was aware of the classified leaks and their sources but failed to pursue the matter adequately.

Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) were named in the report as having purposely leaked classified documents to several corporate media outlets. The report states that a whistleblower who served as a Democratic staffer on a congressional committee identified the two California Democrats to the FBI. The whistleblower stated they “suspected that Member 1 had previously leaked classified information and that Member 2 wanted to influence public opinion via the release of classified information.”

Additionally, the IG report states a senior Democrat congressional staffer was found to be communicating with at least three members of the media who subsequently published classified information that he had access to. However, despite evidence of the leak being handed over to the FBI, the agency declined to investigate further. The New York Times identified the suspected leaker as Michael Bahar.

The investigation included reviewing the communications of several congressional staffers. The DOJ appeared to monitor both Republican and Democrat staff members, as well as nonpartisan positions. A total of 21 Democrats and 20 Republicans had their communications analyzed. The report states that no charges were filed despite various individuals being implicated in leaks.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) released a report last week revealing Democrat Members of Congress and their staff actively leaked classified materials to the media to push the Russia hoax narrative against President Donald J. Trump during his first term in office. According to the report, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was aware of the classified leaks and their sources but failed to pursue the matter adequately. show more
December 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
UK

‘One More Chance to Save the West’ – Farage Holds ‘Historic Meeting’ with Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago.

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage and party treasurer Nick Candy met with tech mogul Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, December 16. “We had a great meeting with Elon Musk for an hour yesterday. We learned a great deal about the Trump ground game and will have ongoing discussions on other areas,” the pair said in a statement.

Farage is a longtime ally of President-elect Trump, having campaigned for him during his first run for the presidency in 2016. Trump, in turn, was one of the few international leaders to lend his weight to Farage’s efforts to secure Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) the same year.

“We only have one more chance left to save the West and we can do great things together. Our thanks also to President Trump for allowing us to use Mar-A-Lago for this historic meeting. The special relationship is alive and well,” Farage and Candy, previously a major donor to the notionally center-right Conservative Party, said of the meeting.

Musk, who is of partly British descent, has clashed frequently with Britain’s far-left prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of presiding over a system of “two-tier” justice. He is rumored to be considering finding a way to support Farage’s efforts to supplant Starmer’s Labour Party—within the bounds of electoral finance laws—at the next British general election, which must be held no later than 2029.

Responding to a post shared by Farage of himself and Candy with Musk at Mar-a-Lago on the X platform, captioned “Britain Needs Reform,” Musk responded, “Absolutely.”

Image by Stuart Mitchell.

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Reform Party leader Nigel Farage and party treasurer Nick Candy met with tech mogul Elon Musk at President-elect Donald J. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, December 16. "We had a great meeting with Elon Musk for an hour yesterday. We learned a great deal about the Trump ground game and will have ongoing discussions on other areas," the pair said in a statement. show more

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So here’s what I know about this so far: The British political establishment is FREAKING OUT, fearing Musk may inject serious cash into Farage’s Reform Party operation at a time when both the Labour and Conservative parties are struggling with popularity and fundraising; Farage’s Reform really does need cash, and whatever laws or loopholes exist that would allow a foreigner like Musk to donate into the United Kingdom are being explored for rapid closure
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So here’s what I know about this so far: The British political establishment is FREAKING OUT, fearing Musk may inject serious cash into Farage’s Reform Party operation at a time when both the Labour and Conservative parties are struggling with popularity and fundraising; Farage’s Reform really does need cash, and whatever laws or loopholes exist that would allow a foreigner like Musk to donate into the United Kingdom are being explored for rapid closure show more
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December 17, 2024
News
Politics
UK

Brexit In Name Only: UK Dragged Into EU Court for Not Making Migration Easy Enough.

The European Union‘s unelected executive arm, the European Commission, has initiated legal action against the United Kingdom over alleged failures to adhere to ‘freedom of movement’ migration regulations following Brexit. This comes as pro-EU Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looks to “reset” relations with the bloc, reportedly including moves to undo parts of Brexit.

The Commission has referred the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union, citing non-compliance with the post-Brexit withdrawal agreement, particularly concerning the rights of residents to move and work in EU member states. The issue originated in May 2020 when the Commission accused Britain of impeding EU citizens and their families’ free movement rights. Despite previous communications and warnings, the Commission stated on Monday that several issues remain unresolved, particularly about workers’ rights and extended family members’ rights.

In his initial months in office, Prime Minister Starmer has prioritized a new deal with the EU. He is accused of setting up a “surrender squad” of pro-EU civil servants to negotiate with the bloc to roll back key parts of Brexit without technically re-joining the European Union.

Coinciding with the legal proceedings, it has emerged that Brussels plans to request that the British submit to certain EU laws in exchange for an improved trade agreement.

A strategy document suggests EU negotiators will demand British acceptance of the European Court of Justice’s jurisdiction as a condition for any enhanced trade deal, undermining national sovereignty. The document also emphasizes fishing rights—EU vessels have plundered the majority of fish in Britain’s territorial waters for many years—and a so-called “youth mobility scheme” allowing younger EU nationals to migrate to Britain easily.

Image via European Union–European Parliament.

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The European Union's unelected executive arm, the European Commission, has initiated legal action against the United Kingdom over alleged failures to adhere to 'freedom of movement' migration regulations following Brexit. This comes as pro-EU Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looks to "reset" relations with the bloc, reportedly including moves to undo parts of Brexit. show more
December 16, 2024
News
Politics

WATCH: Bernie Warns Biden’s Pardon of Hunter Sets ‘Dangerous’ Precedent.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has expressed concern over President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, suggesting it might establish a dangerous “precedent” for future administrations.

Speaking on Sunday, Sanders acknowledged the personal aspect for Biden, noting the understandable desire of a parent to protect their family amidst political attacks. “When you have his opponents going after his family, as a father, as a parent, I think we can all understand Biden trying to protect his son and his family,” he said. “On the other hand, I think the precedent being set is kind of a dangerous one,” he added, warning that the scope of this pardon might create challenges for future presidents.

Biden’s White House pledged last year that he would not pardon his son Hunter after Hunter was indicted for several felonies, including lying about his drug habits on a federal firearms form. Despite that promise, Biden pardoned Hunter following the election victory of President-elect Donald J. Trump, granting sweeping immunity for any crimes Hunter committed or may have committed over a decade from 2014 to 2024.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Scarsi, who presided over one of Hunter’s cases, called the pardon partially unconstitutional and an attempt to re-write history.

Following Hunter Biden’s pardon, others have called for pardons for top Democrats. Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), former chair of the House Democrats’ January 6 Committee, stated he would accept a pardon if Biden offered it.

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has expressed concern over President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, suggesting it might establish a dangerous "precedent" for future administrations. show more
December 16, 2024
News
Politics
TECH

Trump Reveals ‘Warm Spot’ for TikTok Amid Ban Discussions.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has expressed a fondness for the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, which could be banned in the United States unless its parent company divests from it. Trump stated that he would look into preventing the app from being banned in the United States, saying, “I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok.”

The President-elect referenced his strong performance among younger voters, explaining that “there are those that say that TikTok had something to do with it.”

Trump also noted that his appearance on podcasts like the Joe Rogan Experience contributed to his victory, crediting his youngest son, Barron Trump, for advising him to take part. Barron was previously praised by Democrat mega-donor John Morgan, who stated, “Barron Trump is a lot smarter than everybody in the Harris [campaign],” following Trump’s victory.

TikTok has been trying to counter the planned ban, with a spokesman saying the company planned to take the issue to the United States Supreme Court. “The voices of over 170 million Americans here in the U.S. and around the world will be silenced on January 19th, 2025 unless the TikTok ban is halted,” the spokesman said.

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and its owner, Zhang Yiming, recently became the wealthiest man in China, making a $49.3 billion fortune. Though he stepped down from day-to-day operations in 2021, Yimming still owns a 20 percent share in ByteDance.

Pew Research Center estimates that as many as 39 percent of American adults aged 18 to 29 use TikTok as their primary news source.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has expressed a fondness for the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, which could be banned in the United States unless its parent company divests from it. Trump stated that he would look into preventing the app from being banned in the United States, saying, "I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok." show more
December 16, 2024
Politics
War

Mitch McConnell Attacks ‘America First’ Slogan: ‘That was What They Said in the ’30s.’

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the outgoing Senate Republican leader, is attacking the America First movement and key components of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy. In an essay for Foreign Affairs, McConnell urged Trump to abandon America First positions, which he describes as misguided steps towards isolationism and decline.

The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican emphasized the supposed importance of U.S. global interventions, calling for increased foreign aid, support for NATO, and more military aid to Ukraine. During his first presidential administration, Trump pushed NATO members to meet their funding obligations, suggesting the U.S. would decline to support them if they did not. Additionally, during the 2024 presidential race, the now-President-elect pledged to end the war in Ukraine, negating the need for any additional military aid.

In the essay, McConnell complains about the possibility of the U.S. relinquishing its global primacy, writing, “To pretend that the United States can… afford to shrug off faraway chaos as irrelevant is to ignore its global interests and its adversaries’ global designs.”

In an interview with The Financial Times earlier in December, he appeared to directly compare the rise of the Trump movement to the rise of the Nazis in Germany, telling the newspaper, “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World War Two. Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”

His comments signal potential friction between him and the incoming Trump administration, especially regarding the United States’ role in Ukrainian defense.

The senator, who is set to chair the Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee, plans to use his position to advocate for his preferred policies. The elderly lawmaker has not said whether he will seek reelection in 2026, despite suffering several health incidents in recent years, including at least two instances where he mysteriously froze for a prolonged period while addressing the media.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the outgoing Senate Republican leader, is attacking the America First movement and key components of President-elect Donald J. Trump's foreign policy. In an essay for Foreign Affairs, McConnell urged Trump to abandon America First positions, which he describes as misguided steps towards isolationism and decline. show more
December 16, 2024
Health
Politics

Democrats Hope the Blame for Their Big Pharma Bailout Lands with Trump.

Congress is reportedly advancing a significant health reform bill that is sparking criticism for its potential impact on patient drug prices. The proposed legislation includes an arrangement with pharmaceutical companies that could increase costs for patients.

This development could pose challenges for the incoming administration of President-elect Donal J. Trump. Spearheaded by Congressional Democrats, the legislation is a top priority of Vice President Kamala Harris and billionaire Mark Cuban.

The bill allegedly includes a substantial financial incentive, termed “delinking,” for pharmaceutical companies, amounting to more than $50 billion in taxpayer dollars. Critics argue that these funds would effectively serve as a bailout for the industry. The proposed timing of the legislation, just before the transition of power to Trump, has led to speculation about its motives and implications.

Detractors suggest that the bill, if passed, would result in noticeable increases in premiums and drug prices for consumers. Moreover, they warn that such price hikes could be attributed to President-elect Trump, diverting blame from the Biden-Harris government and its Democrat allies in Congress.

During the recent presidential election, many Americans supported Trump partly due to his promises to challenge major pharmaceutical corporations. However, if this bill proceeds, the potential consequences could lead to a perception that these commitments have not been fulfilled.

Conservative groups have voiced their concerns, urging a re-evaluation of the bill to prevent the potential financial burden on patients and taxpayers.

Image by Adam Schultz.

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Congress is reportedly advancing a significant health reform bill that is sparking criticism for its potential impact on patient drug prices. The proposed legislation includes an arrangement with pharmaceutical companies that could increase costs for patients. show more
December 16, 2024
News
Politics
World

Canadian Govt on the Brink as WEF Globalist Steps Down as Deputy Prime Minister.

Canada’s globalist Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has resigned shortly before releasing a fiscal update, claiming that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on her to leave last Friday. The resignation follows what Freeland described as growing differences with Prime Minister Trudeau over the country’s economic direction.

In a letter shared on social media, Freeland detailed that Trudeau informed her last Friday of his desire for a change in the finance portfolio. Freeland acknowledged that she had lost the Prime Minister’s confidence. She declined an offer for a different ministerial role but expressed her desire to remain active in politics by running in the next federal election.

Freeland and Trudeau have reportedly disagreed on various issues. Freeland is concerned about the threat of 25 percent tariffs mentioned by President-elect Donald J. Trump, who is pressuring Canada to secure its border. In her letter, she described Trudeau as engaging in “costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford” rather than taking Trump’s tariff threat seriously.

Freeland has been one of Trudeau’s closest allies over the years and is a noted globalist, working directly with the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a member of the Forum’s Board of Trustees.

Part Ukrainian, Freeland has also been a hawk regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine and has been banned from entering Russia for years. Controversially, her grandfather was a Nazi sympathizer during the Second World War, running a pro-Nazi newspaper.

In September of last year, Freeland was one of the Liberal Party members who greeted Ukrainian Waffen SS veteran Jaroslav Hunka in the Canadian parliament during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit.

Image by GoToVan.

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Canada's globalist Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has resigned shortly before releasing a fiscal update, claiming that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on her to leave last Friday. The resignation follows what Freeland described as growing differences with Prime Minister Trudeau over the country's economic direction. show more
December 16, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
World

BREAKING: German Leftist Govt Collapses.

Germany‘s leftist coalition government has collapsed following a confidence vote in the Bundestag (federal legislature), with snap elections expected sometime in February next year. Chancellor (Prime Minister) Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats (SPD) and his allies, the Greens, lost a vote of confidence, which was expected as the two parties do not have a majority of seats in the Bundestag.

The vote came after Scholz dismissed former Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) from the government. This effectively ended the governing legislative majority, with the FDP being the third pillar of a three-party coalition.

Prior to the vote, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group leader Alice Weidel slammed Scholz’s migration and economic policies. She stated that the automotive industry was in free fall, and the country was still flooded with immigrants. She also called for Syrians to return to Syria now that the Assad regime has fallen.

Notionally center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also criticized Scholz, saying, “It is embarrassing how you behave at the European level.” He also called out Green Party Economic Minister Robert Habeck, saying, “You are the face of the economic crisis of this country.”

Current polling puts Merz and the CDU, the former party of Angela Merkel, at 31 percent overall when combined with their Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party.

The AfD is second in the polls at 20 percent. However, while the two right-leaning parties could have enough seats to form a majority, it is unlikely the CDU/CSU will form a government with the AfD, having vowed to cooperate with the leftist party to shut the anti-mass migration populists out of government.

The German confidence vote comes just under two weeks after the French government, led by former Brexit negotiation Michel Barnier, also collapsed after failing a confidence vote.

Image via European Union–Source: EP.

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Germany's leftist coalition government has collapsed following a confidence vote in the Bundestag (federal legislature), with snap elections expected sometime in February next year. Chancellor (Prime Minister) Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats (SPD) and his allies, the Greens, lost a vote of confidence, which was expected as the two parties do not have a majority of seats in the Bundestag. show more
December 15, 2024
News
Politics
UK

Britain’s Economic Preference: Socialism Over Capitalism?

Polling suggests that the general public in the United Kingdom is more favorable to socialism than capitalism, although environmentalism is the most popular ideology overall. Socialism in Britain has long been linked to institutions like the National Health Service (NHS), which remains one of the most popular institutions in the country, despite major scandals.

Despite the results, broadly socialist candidates like former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn have failed to win elections.

Conservatism, which came third in the polling by YouGov, is also largely associated with the Conservative Party, which just suffered a historic loss to the Labour Party in the national election in July. However, the Conservatives, or Tories, legalized same-sex marriages and presided over the rise of woke ideology in Britain, and are not socially conservative in any meaningful, ideological sense.

Populism, often associated with the rise of Brexit leader Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, is only slightly more popular than communism among Britons. Reform, however, does not refer to itself as a “populist” party, referring to its anti-mass migration stance and other policies as “common sense.”

Reform is becoming increasingly popular in Britain, with polls showing the party ahead of Labour, which has a large majority in parliament and currently governs the country under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

While the Tories are number one in the polls, their lead is not significantly ahead of Reform, and as many as 53 percent of Tory members support the party joining forces with Farage in either an alliance or outright merger.

Image by Paasikivi.

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Polling suggests that the general public in the United Kingdom is more favorable to socialism than capitalism, although environmentalism is the most popular ideology overall. Socialism in Britain has long been linked to institutions like the National Health Service (NHS), which remains one of the most popular institutions in the country, despite major scandals. show more