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August 30, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Health

BREAKING: Trump Will Vote ‘No’ On ‘Extreme’ Pro-Abortion Amendment.

Former President Donald J. Trump says he intends to vote “no” on Florida‘s Amendment 4, which would incorporate access to abortion in the state constitution. The proposed amendment would outlaw restrictions on abortion before fetal viability, estimated at the 24th week of pregnancy, with exceptions after this period for the patient’s health based on their healthcare provider’s judgment.

“The Democrats are radical because nine months is just a ridiculous situation, where you can do an abortion in the ninth month,” Trump said in an interview just before his rally in Pennsylvania on Friday. The former President—while stressing he also remains skeptical of restrictive six-week abortion bans—continued: “You know some of the states like Minnesota and other states have it where you can actually execute the baby after birth. And all of that stuff is unacceptable.”

Addressing Amendment 4 directly, Trump added: “So I’ll be voting no for that reason.”

In recent days, some activists in the pro-life movement have attempted to voters as to former President Trump‘s stance on abortion and Amendment 4 in Florida. Lila Rose–whose pro-life advocacy group ‘Live Action’ hauls millions in donations but spends extremely little on actual pro-life campaigning– trashed Trump as “foolish” and “unwise” and threatened to vote for a third party or write-in candidate in November.

Rose, along with others, were reacting to comments made by Trump in which the media attempted to portray the former President as a supporter of the Florida pro-abortion amendment.

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Former President Donald J. Trump says he intends to vote "no" on Florida's Amendment 4, which would incorporate access to abortion in the state constitution. The proposed amendment would outlaw restrictions on abortion before fetal viability, estimated at the 24th week of pregnancy, with exceptions after this period for the patient’s health based on their healthcare provider’s judgment. show more
August 29, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

McFib: Kamala Has Long Claimed She Worked at McDonalds – There’s No Record of It.

Kamala Harris has long touted her time as a fast-food employee working for McDonald’s, with the claim resurfacing now that she’s secured the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination and is looking to appeal to working-class voters. However, despite Harris often alluding to her time flipping burgers and the corporate media‘s uncritical repetition of the claim throughout the years, there’s no evidence to back it up.

“But, aside from Harris’ testimony itself, there is no evidence (such as a photo, employment record, or confirmation from a friend or family member) to independently verify the claim,” even the left-wing fact-checking website Snopes states. Harris uses the tall tale in what appears to be an effort to ground her life experiences in a more relatable way for working-class American voters.

Born to two academic parents, neither of whom were citizens of the United States at the time, Harris spent several years living in Canada with her mother following her parents’ divorce. From about the age of 12 until college, Harris lived in Montreal with her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who was teaching at McGill University School of Medicine and the Jewish General Hospital. According to McDonald’s website, they had only approximately 50 locations in Canada in the 1970s—it is unclear if any of these were in Montreal.

Harris isn’t the only member of the Democratic Party’s 2024 ticket with issues regarding truthfulness. Her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), has repeatedly come under criticism for lying about a 1995 drunk driving arrest, his rank in the Minnesota National Guard, and the circumstances regarding his retirement and non-deployment to Iraq.

Walz appears to have embellished or outright lied about many details in his life, including even petty claims such as having won recognition from the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce. The organization says Walz never received an award or accolade from them.

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Kamala Harris has long touted her time as a fast-food employee working for McDonald's, with the claim resurfacing now that she's secured the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination and is looking to appeal to working-class voters. However, despite Harris often alluding to her time flipping burgers and the corporate media's uncritical repetition of the claim throughout the years, there's no evidence to back it up. show more
August 29, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Election 2024

Yes, Kamala Harris Wants to Tax Unrealized Capital Gains, And It Would Be a Disaster.

A senior economic advisor to Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign has confirmed the Democratic nominee intends to impose a tax on unrealized capital gains. Bharat Ramamurti, who serves as an economic aide to Kamala Harris, dismissed criticism of the Democratic Party‘s presidential candidate’s tax plan during an appearance on CNBC on Wednesday.

“I think that this reaction to unrealized gains is a little funny given that I bet that the majority of people watching right now are already paying a tax on unrealized gains,” Ramamurti contended during the interview. He added: “It’s called a property tax.”

CNBC host Joe Kernen abruptly cut Ramamurti off, describing the Harris advisor’s “property tax” canard as “tiring” and “always the go-to answer.” Indeed, Kernen is correct that a property tax—defined as a use tax—is dissimilar from a tax on unrealized capital gains.

A PROPERTY TAX?

Property taxes pay for local services such as public schools, police, and firefighters. However, a tax on unrealized capital gains would tax the unsold value of a capital good—such as stock shares in a company. The shareholder would be taxed on the assumed value of the shares without them being sold—meaning if they’re later sold for a loss, the taxpayer has been legally overtaxed by the government.

When pressed on how Harris‘s proposal to tax unrealized capital gains would act in any way like a use tax, Ramamurti unconvincingly sputtered: “All the revenue that comes in from these unrealized gains taxes and the other taxes in the tax—in the Harris plan—are going to go to creating what she calls ‘more opportunity.'”

Despite Ramamurti’s unconvincing spin, the reality is a tax on unrealized capital gains could prove economically disastrous. While Harris claims only the highest income earners would be impacted, it is these same high earners who have the largest market impacts as investors. An unrealized capital gains tax would likely dissuade these individuals from future market actions.

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A senior economic advisor to Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign has confirmed the Democratic nominee intends to impose a tax on unrealized capital gains. Bharat Ramamurti, who serves as an economic aide to Kamala Harris, dismissed criticism of the Democratic Party's presidential candidate's tax plan during an appearance on CNBC on Wednesday. show more
August 28, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Health

MUST READ: ‘Crunchy-Ish’ – The Return of the Trump-Bernie Voter.

Crossover voters from then-Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders to Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election likely helped push the latter over the top in critical swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. With Bernie-aligned figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and anti-war populist Tulsi Gabbard backing Trump’s 2024 bid for the White House, a similar phenomenon could happen again, argues The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, in a recent interview with Wake Up To Politics.

The Kennedy–Gabbard voter demographic is a sort of evolution of the 2016 Bernie Sanders voter, Kassam notes. While they still oppose war and are skeptical of concentrated corporate and government power, they’re also keen on lifestyle choices that impact nutrition and physical health.

“These are people who think about what their clothes are made of,” Kassam says, adding: “They don’t want to wear polyester. They don’t want to eat seed oils. They prefer all-natural, no sulfites in their wines.”

A LIFESTYLE ISSUE.

According to Kassam, this lifestyle issue is the missing piece that may be critical to increasing that 2016 crossover vote and securing Republican wins once again in the Rustbelt as well as Arizona and Nevada—the latter two states being known for having a ‘crunchy’ streak in their electorates.

“Probably more than any other point in his life, Trump is on a learning trajectory right now,” The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief explains before continuing: “I think he probably looked at it originally from, like, ‘Okay, I’m for no war. Are you for no war?’ And they go, ‘yeah, we’re for no war.’ ‘Okay, so what else are you into?’ And they start talking about all this health stuff and everything else and he goes, ‘Oh my God, I had no idea.’”

VOTER SWAP?

Wake Up To Politics’s Gabe Fleisher notes that Trump has also appeared on several top podcasts whose audiences tend toward supporters of Sanders, Kennedy, and Gabbard. Most recently, Trump spoke at length with Theo Von on a myriad of topics, including the addiction crisis and his late brother Fred Trump’s struggles with alcoholism.

Perhaps most critically, Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party appear to have little to offer this voter demographic heading into November. Instead, Democrats are offering an olive branch to the pro-war neoconservatives who found themselves in the political wilderness following the disastrous Iraq War and the 2016 election.

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Crossover voters from then-Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders to Donald J. Trump in the 2016 presidential election likely helped push the latter over the top in critical swing states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. With Bernie-aligned figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and anti-war populist Tulsi Gabbard backing Trump's 2024 bid for the White House, a similar phenomenon could happen again, argues The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, in a recent interview with Wake Up To Politics. show more
August 28, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Poll Shows Project 2025 Policies Actually Quite Popular With Voters.

New data released by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 policy proposals are generally popular among the American public. According to the survey, most of the major ideas published in the independent presidential transition project’s policy guide hold over 50 percent support among voters.

According to the survey, 53 percent of Americans agree with the Project 2025 proposition that the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to be reformed and reorganized. Even overtly Republican positions like abolishing the Department of Education—which was a popular mantra during Ronald Reagan’s presidency—hold nearly even support among Americans.

AMERICANS WANT REFORM. 

Many see the DHS, which oversees everything from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the United States Secret Service (USSS), as too large and too ill-defined to function properly. Under the Project 2025 plan, the DHS would be dismantled into its component agencies, with some subagencies consolidated or closed down.

In keeping with continued polling trends showing a strong backlash against the Biden–Harris government’s failed immigration policies, 51 percent of respondents agreed with the Project 2025 calls for increasing funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Recent polling has found strong majorities of Americans support both the border wall and the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.

Even abolishing the Department of Education—long viewed as one of the more radical proposals that gained popularity during the Reagan era—was only opposed by 51 percent of survey respondents. Under the Project 2025 plan, states—and not the federal government—would set curriculum standards and, for the most part, oversee U.S. education policy.

MEDIA AND DEM LIES.

The National Pulse has previously reported how Democrats and their corporate media allies have spread falsehoods regarding the Heritage Foundation‘s independent presidential transition project. For instance, Project 2025’s former director, Paul Dans, recently noted that Democratic Party leaders and their media allies have falsely claimed that the group proposes cutting social security. According to Dans, Project 2025’s policy book doesn’t contain a single social security chapter.

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New data released by Redfield & Wilton Strategies finds that the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 policy proposals are generally popular among the American public. According to the survey, most of the major ideas published in the independent presidential transition project's policy guide hold over 50 percent support among voters. show more
August 27, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media

BREAKING: Kamala FINALLY Agrees to Interview But Not Without White Man to Hold Her Hand.

Kamala Harris has finally announced her first major network media interview as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee. Both Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will together sit down with CNN‘s Dana Bash on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET.

The interview will occur at CNN‘s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia—a critical swing state in the 2024 presidential race. Until today, the Harris campaign had remained noncommittal on any major media interviews with both the Democratic nominee and her running mate. The campaign has struggled with how best to use Walz for media engagement. Some campaign officials were concerned that the Minnesota Democrat might stumble in answering policy questions since Harris has thus far articulated little about her political agenda.

Harris and her campaign likely chose CNN as the network provides both national coverage and a friendly Democratic Party environment. The National Pulse reported in July that CNN‘s Jake Tapper revealingly referred to the network’s viewers as “our voters” in a Pravda-like segment talking up Harris‘s “appeal to Gen Z.” At the time, Harris—who turns 60 in October—had been aping the style of 31-year-old English singer Charlotte Aitchison, a.k.a. Charli XCX, on social media.

CNN likely hopes the primetime interview will boost its sagging ratings and revenue. In May, it was revealed that CNN had hit its lowest primetime ratings in three decades. Additionally, the cable news network’s own reporters tacitly admitted to aiding the Biden-Harris government in covering up the 81-year-old Joe Biden’s cognitive decline as they feared such revelations would only help former President Donald J. Trump‘s bid to retake the White House.

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Kamala Harris has finally announced her first major network media interview as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee. Both Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will together sit down with CNN's Dana Bash on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET. show more

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August 27, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Even the Most Pro-Kamala Pollsters Admit She Got No DNC Speech Bounce.

A new poll suggests Kamala Harris received no significant polling bump from the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Typically, candidates for the two major political parties see some degree of boost in popularity following their respective party nominating conventions.

According to the survey, Harris holds a four-point advantage over former President Donald J. Trump nationally, with 48 percent to the latter’s 44 percent. The data remains unchanged from the figures recorded before the DNC was held last week. Historically, presidential nominees often experience a boost in support following their convention speeches. However, this recent poll suggests that Harris‘s address did not generate such an increase.

Despite Harris‘s slight lead over Trump, Republican consultant Mark Harris has laid out a convincing argument that polling continues to underestimate support for the former president, as it did in the 2016 and 2020 presidential cycles. He notes that pollsters have had difficulty modeling low-propensity voters and that a high degree of polling is impacted by response bias among college-educated voters.

The National Pulse reported on Monday that a separate post-DNC survey showed former President Trump retaking a slight edge in the 2024 presidential contest, leading Harris by one point. According to the poll, Trump leads Harris with 49 percent to the latter’s 48 percent.

Compounding election anxieties for Democrats is a new forecast showing Republicans will likely retain the House of Representatives. Currently, the Democrats have only a 43.9 percent chance of retaking the lower legislative body on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, Republicans stand a 56.1 percent chance of retaining their majority.

It should be noted that the White House and House of Representatives votes often coincide, which would suggest that former President Trump is actually seeing his campaign strengthen in the immediate aftermath of the DNC.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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A new poll suggests Kamala Harris received no significant polling bump from the Democratic National Convention (DNC). Typically, candidates for the two major political parties see some degree of boost in popularity following their respective party nominating conventions. show more
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August 27, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Kamala Rolls Out UniParty Endorsements, Proving Trump’s Point All Along.

A group of staffers who served on the failed John McCain presidential campaign in 2008, the failed Mitt Romney campaign in 2012, and in the George W. Bush White House is backing Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential bid. The same group, totaling about 200 aides, endorsed Joe Biden in 2020, while a smaller group backed Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Mostly comprised of foreign policy aides and former Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, the group repeats anti-Trump tropes regarding Russia. In their public letter backing Harris, they write: “Abroad, democratic movements will be irreparably jeopardized as Trump and his acolyte J.D. Vance kowtow to dictators like Vladimir Putin while turning their backs on our allies.”

The National Pulse reported on Monday that former National Security Advisor turned top Trump critic H.R. McMaster conceded that the long-debunked Russia collusion hoax hobbled some U.S. foreign policy efforts during the Trump administration. Democrat lawmakers and foreign policy officials who peddled the false conspiracy theory incidentally aided the efforts of Russia to sow discord in the United States and undermine our foreign policy goals, McMaster admits.

Among the signers are Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen, Mike Murphy, the McCain and Romney campaign strategist who oversway the spectacular collapse of Jeb Bush‘s 2016 campaign, and Mike Pence advisor Olivia Troye, who spoke before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week. The letter also appears to accidentally list Jen Millikin—a Bush White House communications staffer—twice.

The group of Republican establishment figures, Iraq War cheerleaders, and failed presidential campaign staffers join the likes of former Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and retired judge J. Michael Luttig in backing the far-left, open borders policies of Kamala Harris.

Luttig infamously helped lead the campaign to attempt to subvert democracy and bar former President Donald J. Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment. He also served as Boeing‘s general counsel from 2006 until 2019.

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A group of staffers who served on the failed John McCain presidential campaign in 2008, the failed Mitt Romney campaign in 2012, and in the George W. Bush White House is backing Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential bid. The same group, totaling about 200 aides, endorsed Joe Biden in 2020, while a smaller group backed Hillary Clinton in 2016. show more
August 26, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

DATA: No DNC Bump for Kamala, Trump Back in the Lead.

New data shows former President Donald J. Trump retaking the lead ahead of November’s presidential election. According to the poll, Trump leads the Democratic Party’s nominee, Kamala Harris, with 49 percent to the latter’s 48 percent. While Harris jumped to a lead in several surveys following the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent Joe Biden‘s announcement that he would not seek re-election, the latest data suggests the contest has once again narrowed.

In addition to former President Trump retaking the edge over Harris, the data suggests that the Democrats could not generate much—if any—polling bump following the conclusion of their party convention in Chicago last week. Plagued by delays, Kamala Harris’s speech accepting the Democratic nomination didn’t occur until well after prime time at nearly 11:00PM on Thursday.

Meanwhile, CNN anchor and Russia hoax pusher Jake Tapper claims in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that his sources inside the Democratic Party are admitting the presidential race is essentially tied. The sources contend that while Harris appears to be leading by only a point or two in Wisconsin and Michigan, former President Trump appears to hold a several-point lead in the critical state of Pennsylvania.

While Harris has taken back some of the ground that Joe Biden had lost to Trump in Pennsylvania, the current Democratic Party nominee is losing support among white male voters. The falling support in this demographic has allowed former President Trump to maintain his edge in the state.

Additionally, the new poll suggests that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s endorsement of Trump last Friday has given the campaign new energy. Before the endorsement, Harris had led Trump by two points in the previous poll.

Among the top issues for voters is the cost of living, with 41 percent listing it as their primary or secondary concern—immigration and the economy round out the top three issues with 27 and 24 percent, respectively.

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New data shows former President Donald J. Trump retaking the lead ahead of November's presidential election. According to the poll, Trump leads the Democratic Party's nominee, Kamala Harris, with 49 percent to the latter's 48 percent. While Harris jumped to a lead in several surveys following the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent Joe Biden's announcement that he would not seek re-election, the latest data suggests the contest has once again narrowed. show more
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August 24, 2024
Election 2024
War

Biden-Harris Send ANOTHER $125 MILLION to Ukraine.

The Biden-Harris government will send approximately $125 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, according to U.S. officials. This move comes as Washington seeks a clearer understanding of Kiev’s recent escalation of the conflict with operations now being conducted within Russian territory.

The latest military aid package includes air defense missiles, munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelins, a variety of other anti-armor missiles, counter-drone and counter-electronic warfare systems, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, vehicles, and assorted equipment. Biden and Kamala Harris are providing the equipment through presidential drawdown authority. The aid is being supplied amid ongoing Ukrainian efforts to extend their surprising offensive into Russia.

U.S. taxpayers—through the actions of the Biden-Harris government– have likely spent over $200 billion on aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded the Eastern European country in late February 2022. Former President Donald J. Trump has promised to end the conflict swiftly should he retake the White House in November’s U.S. presidential election.

It is believed that the Democratic Party’s nominee, Kamala Harris, will continue Biden’s policies toward Ukraine, providing billions of dollars more in aid. However, Harris has not released detailed policy proposals for top-election issues, including Ukraine aid.

Ukrainian forces have reportedly secured approximately 100 square kilometers (62 square miles) of territory around Kursk. Concurrently, Russian troops are making advances in eastern Ukraine near Pokrovsk, a crucial logistic center. Should Pokrovsk fall, Ukraine‘s defenses would be significantly compromised, moving Russia closer to its goal of capturing the Donetsk region. Reports indicate Russian forces are now about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the city.

The Biden-Harris government says it recognizes Ukraine‘s intention to create a border buffer zone, but further clarity is needed on how this fits into the overall war strategy.

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The Biden-Harris government will send approximately $125 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, according to U.S. officials. This move comes as Washington seeks a clearer understanding of Kiev's recent escalation of the conflict with operations now being conducted within Russian territory. show more