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April 29, 2024
Election 2024

Former Biden Staffers Demand New Rules to Assist Joe During Debate.

Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff for Joe Biden, confirmed the Democrat incumbent will debate his challenger, former President Donald Trump. However, Klain added the stipulation that the debates would only happen under certain “rules” to prevent a “shouting match.” Last Friday, Biden committed to participating in at least one presidential debate before the November election, stating: “I don’t know when, I’m happy to debate him.”

During Sunday’s edition of MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki, Klain told the host and former Biden press sectary that the Democrat’s presidential campaign would need guarantees that “rules are going to have to be enforced.” Paski pressed her former White House boss on what rule changes the Biden campaign wanted to see, with Klain mostly focusing on complaints about Trump‘s debate style in response.

“I think what we have to see is something different than we saw in 2016 and 2020, where the debate commission lost control of the debates, Trump didn’t follow the rules at all, he talked over his opponents, there wasn’t a fair division of time, it was more a spectacle than a debate,” Klain said. He added: “But we need to have debates where the candidates get equal time, where there is an orderly way of proceeding, where they can be heard, where it’s not a shouting match, where the American people can compare the two people who are the leading candidates for president.”

Former President Trump, responding to Biden committing to debate on Friday, posted on Truth Social an invitation to debate “anytime he wants.” The former President even suggested a nationally televised debate at the Manhattan courthouse where he’s currently fighting the Biden government’s lawfare campaign against him.

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Ron Klain, the former White House Chief of Staff for Joe Biden, confirmed the Democrat incumbent will debate his challenger, former President Donald Trump. However, Klain added the stipulation that the debates would only happen under certain "rules" to prevent a "shouting match." Last Friday, Biden committed to participating in at least one presidential debate before the November election, stating: "I don’t know when, I’m happy to debate him." show more
April 29, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

‘I’ll Take a Muslim Ban Over Genocide’ — Michigan’s Arabs Resolute in Forcing Biden Out.

The perception that Joe Biden is unmovable in his support for Israel’s war against the Hamas terrorist group may already have delivered a mortal wound for his presidential re-election efforts in Michigan. Despite Biden campaign officials attempting to shore up support among Arab-American and Muslim voters, some are insinuating they’d rather see former President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Palestinian-American comedian Amer Zahr puts the problem Biden faces among the crucial demographic for Michigan Democrats in stark terms. “What do they say? ‘What are they going to do, vote for the guy that banned Arabs?’ And the answer is yes,” he said. He continued: “Imagine thinking it’s a good argument to say to a community that has lost 30,000 people, ‘Watch out for the guy that’s going to ban you.’ You’re really asking me whether I’m going to take a ban or a genocide? I’ll take a ban.”

“If it came down to Trump and Joe Biden, I will vote for Trump. Because it doesn’t get worse than Joe Biden,” a Dearborn man identified as Salah said in a recent interview with Slate. A man named Amad added, “Biden was supposed to be the peacemaker. The comfort-maker. Instead, he became accessory to the biggest genocide in modern history.”

While the Biden campaign has intensified efforts at outreach among Michigan’s large population of Muslim voters, the Middle Eastern residents of the state seem to believe it is too little too late.

“We want to show a shift from the 2020 election to 2024. That they are not only losing the presidency, but they are losing the constituency,” Salah said. Another man, named Mohamed, said he cast his primary vote for former President Trump in the state’s primary and intends to vote for him in the November general election as well. As it stands, Biden currently trails Trump in most presidential election polls in Michigan.

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The perception that Joe Biden is unmovable in his support for Israel's war against the Hamas terrorist group may already have delivered a mortal wound for his presidential re-election efforts in Michigan. Despite Biden campaign officials attempting to shore up support among Arab-American and Muslim voters, some are insinuating they'd rather see former President Donald Trump returned to the White House. show more
April 28, 2024
Politics

Biden Confused Capitol Riots With D-Day Invasion During Fundraiser With Actor Michael Douglas.

Joe Biden could not recall the date of the 2021 riots at the Capitol building while speaking at a fundraiser on Thursday night. Appearing at the Hollywood residence of celebrity acting couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the 81-year-old Biden referred to the January 6 riots as having occurred on June 6 — appearing to confuse the riots with the Normandy invasion in 1944.

“We’ll certainly never forget the dark days of June 6, January 6th, excuse me,” Biden told the high-dollar donor crowd in California in an attempt to criticize former President Donald Trump. At 81 years old, Biden is the oldest American to have ever served as President of the United States.

Over the past several months, Biden‘s cognitive abilities and memory recollection appear to have declined significantly. The National Pulse has previously reported on several instances where the incumbent Democrat has been unable to remember what century it currently is and falsely claimed to have played roles in both significant and insignificant past events.

Most recently, Biden left even some of his most ardent defenders bewildered after mentioning the death of his uncle Ambrose Finnigan on the campaign trail — insisting it could have come at the hands of cannibals. Biden, again, got basic facts surrounding his uncle’s military service and disappearance in an air crash incorrect. And while there is a remote possibility Finnigan could have been killed — and even eaten — by inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, it remains unclear why Biden felt the need to bring it up on the camping trail.

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Joe Biden could not recall the date of the 2021 riots at the Capitol building while speaking at a fundraiser on Thursday night. Appearing at the Hollywood residence of celebrity acting couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the 81-year-old Biden referred to the January 6 riots as having occurred on June 6 — appearing to confuse the riots with the Normandy invasion in 1944. show more
Biden Campaign TikTok
April 25, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
TECH

Biden Will Remain On TikTok Despite Signing Legislation That Could Ban It.

Joe Biden’s presidential re-election campaign says it will continue to use the TikTok social media app as part of its communications and voter outreach program despite Biden signing into law on Wednesday legislation that could result in a U.S. ban on the app. Evidence that TikTok’s American user data was being shared with its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, prompted lawmakers on Capitol Hill to renew efforts earlier this year to force ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. operations.

In defense of the decision to remain on TikTok, a Biden campaign official stated, “A fragmented media environment requires us to show up and meet voters where they are – and that includes online. TikTok is one of many places we’re making sure our content is being seen by voters.” The Biden campaign account has amassed over 300,000 followers with over 120 posts on the Chinese-owned social media app. Earlier this year, the launch of the Biden campaign TikTok account caught many by surprise as the Biden White House had appeared to indicate the Democrat incumbent would not have a presence on the app.

Under the new law, ByteDance will have nine months to a year to find a buyer for its U.S. TikTok app, or it will be banned from being downloaded or updated by American users. The divestiture law was attached to a $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, passed by the House last Saturday and by the Senate late Tuesday night.

TikTok disputes the security threat allegations and is planning litigation against the divestiture law. ByteDance executives and  Chinese officials have also signaled their opposition to the forced sale. The National Pulse previously reported that the Chinese Embassy was heavily engaged in lobbying against the divestiture provision.

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Joe Biden's presidential re-election campaign says it will continue to use the TikTok social media app as part of its communications and voter outreach program despite Biden signing into law on Wednesday legislation that could result in a U.S. ban on the app. Evidence that TikTok's American user data was being shared with its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, prompted lawmakers on Capitol Hill to renew efforts earlier this year to force ByteDance to divest itself from its U.S. operations. show more
Biden Border
April 24, 2024
Immigration

Biden Mulls Work Permits For Illegals in Bizarre Hispanic Outreach Effort.

Joe Biden is considering granting an executive action that would grant temporary legal status and work permits to illegal aliens in the United States, particularly those married to American citizens. National Democrat leaders, pushing the White House to action, believe the move could help push Hispanic voters to support Biden ahead of November’s presidential election.

Progressive lawmakers on Capitol Hill want Biden to pair the expanded work permits and legal status with any potential executive action to stymie the unchecked flow of illegals at the southern border. They contend that combining the two policy changes could help soften blowback from progressive and pro-open border voters should the Biden government try and enact more restrictive border policies.

Lagging behind former President Donald Trump in 2024 election polls, Biden has signaled — and subsequently backed down — on several occasions that he may use his authority as President to block illegal aliens from entering the United States if the number of crossings reaches a certain threshold. Some Democrats and progressive activists have criticized the Democratic incumbent for even considering the border policy change.

While some Democrats believe granting temporary legal status and work permits to the illegal alien spouses of U.S. citizens will help Biden with Hispanic voters, polling data continues to suggest otherwise. The National Pulse has reported on numerous national polls that show Hispanic voters, by and large, oppose Biden’s current open borders policy.

Additionally, Hispanic voters increasingly say they support the use of the term “illegal immigrant” to describe unauthorized border crossers. Support for mass deportation of illegal aliens — especially those who commit crimes — is also on the rise with Hispanic voters.

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Joe Biden is considering granting an executive action that would grant temporary legal status and work permits to illegal aliens in the United States, particularly those married to American citizens. National Democrat leaders, pushing the White House to action, believe the move could help push Hispanic voters to support Biden ahead of November's presidential election. show more
Poll Voters Support Abortion Access
April 23, 2024
Politics

DATA: Slim Majority Want Congressional Action on Abortion.

Americans continue to be split on the issue of abortion, with new polling indicating that a narrow majority want Congress to enact a law that would restore its legal treatment under Roe v. Wade. Among Americans at large, 54 percent say they want lawmakers to maintain the legality and accessibility of abortion under Roe. Meanwhile, 56 percent of registered voters say the same.

This is the highest level of support for permissive access to abortion seen in the Yahoo News/YouGov survey since they began asking the question following the U.S. Supreme Court‘s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022. Far-reaching state-level abortion restrictions are likely the cause for increased polling support for Roe-esque access laws. In Arizona, the state’s Supreme Court recently reinstated an 1864 law that bans abortion in almost every case.

The Arizona abortion ban is unpopular among a broad swath of the electorate. Polling shows 57 percent of Americans disapprove of the court’s decision to reinstate the law. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign hopes to capitalize off of voter sentiment against restrictive state-level abortion laws. They’ve launched large ad buys in several swing states focusing on the issue. The National Pulse reported in mid-April that the Biden campaign launched a seven-figure ad buy in Arizona focusing on abortion and the President’s support for pro-choice policies.

However, the narrow-majority support for Roe v. Wade-style permissive abortion laws may not be all good news for the Biden campaign. An Emerson College poll of voters in Florida from April 12 shows the issue of abortion ranking relatively low among voter concerns. Despite Florida residents saying they supported a state referendum enshrining permissive abortion rights in the Sunshine State, former President Donald Trump held a double-digit lead over Biden. This appears to indicate that most don’t associate Trump with state Republican efforts to restrict abortion access. Additionally, it suggests that abortion is not a vote-moving issue, meaning it ranks relatively low in terms of voter intensity.

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Americans continue to be split on the issue of abortion, with new polling indicating that a narrow majority want Congress to enact a law that would restore its legal treatment under Roe v. Wade. Among Americans at large, 54 percent say they want lawmakers to maintain the legality and accessibility of abortion under Roe. Meanwhile, 56 percent of registered voters say the same. show more
April 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump Understands the RFK Threat That The National Pulse Has Been Banging On About.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, “They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both,” before adding: “But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know.”

The National Pulse has raised the alarm about the impact Kennedy could have on the race ever since the scion of the storied political family announced he was leaving the Democrat presidential primary to pursue an independent run for president. In October last year, we reported on Kennedy’s independent run, noting his past political positions and statements undermined his claims of being a “moderate populist.”

Additionally, Kennedy appears to have announced policy positions aimed at undermining voter gains by former President Trump. The National Pulse reported that when the former Republican President had shown polling gains among Black voters, Kennedy suddenly announced his support for issuing reparations to American descendants of slaves.

During a November interview with Jeremy Ryan Slate, The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam detailed how Kennedy’s independent bid was likely a psyop to undermine Trump. “Obviously, if you look at RFK’s track record, he’s incredibly left-wing,” Kassam said, adding: “He’s not just left-wing, but he’s supported both far-left progressive philosophy while also backing globalist-left, establishment-left politicians.”

“Eighty percent of his platform is a complete psyop on conservatives,” Kassam continued. He noted that Kennedy appeals specifically to voters who are “pissed off at Biden enough that they may actually vote for Donald Trump.”

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, "They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both," before adding: "But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know." show more
April 22, 2024
News
Politics

Trump May Pocket $1.25 Billion *MORE* From Truth Social.

Former President Donald Trump could be set for a $1.25 billion windfall if his social media company Truth Social can avoid significant negative volatility over the next two days. If the shares remain at or above $17.50 until the close of trading on Tuesday, Trump is due to acquire an additional 36 million company shares. As of midmorning on Monday, shares stood slightly below $36.

According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trump Media & Technology Group–which controls Truth Social–could issue more shares to those invested in the company before its SPAC merger, including Trump himself. Awarding these shares is conditioned on the steady maintenance of an average price per share exceeding $12.50 for at least 20 of its first 30 trading days. Tuesday will mark the 20th trading day since the merger, and the share price has remained well above the stipulated figure.

If the share price stays above $17.50, 40 million additional shares will be issued. Trump, who owns most of the company’s stock, would be eligible to receive 90 percent of the newly issued certificates, which amounts to 36 million shares. At current prices, this would amount to a $1.25 billion windfall for the former President.

While Trump is currently limited in his ability to sell his shares in the Trump Media & Technology Group, the company board could lift the restrictions by a vote. This would allow the former President to tap a massive cash flow to use in his legal defense and presidential campaign.

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Former President Donald Trump could be set for a $1.25 billion windfall if his social media company Truth Social can avoid significant negative volatility over the next two days. If the shares remain at or above $17.50 until the close of trading on Tuesday, Trump is due to acquire an additional 36 million company shares. As of midmorning on Monday, shares stood slightly below $36. show more
April 19, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RFK Jr. Takes Another Step Towards The National Debate Stage.

On the same day as a dozen of his family members expressed their support for President Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured a spot on the official ballot in Michigan, a critical swing state in the November presidential election. The ballot qualification moves Kennedy one step closer to qualifying for the 2024 presidential debates.

Kennedy will need to make enough state presidential ballots to be able to win at least 270 electoral votes. Michigan currently awards 15 electors for the Electoral College, boosting the number Kennedy can win — given the current states in which he’s qualified for the ballot — to 52. The independent candidate has over a month until he’ll need to file finalized petitions to qualify for the Texas and New York ballots — with almost every other U.S. state coming thereafter.

The National Pulse previously reported that Kennedy could make the debate stage. In addition to being mathematically competitive in the Electrical College, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) requires candidates to achieve an average of 15 percent of the vote across five national presidential polls. The CPD stipulates which polls qualify.

Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, received the nomination from the Natural Law Party, approving their candidacy in Michigan for president and vice president, respectively. Natural Law Party Chairman Doug Dern, in a statement from the independent candidate’s campaign, described Kennedy as “the most qualified candidate in the modern-day history of America.”

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On the same day as a dozen of his family members expressed their support for President Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. secured a spot on the official ballot in Michigan, a critical swing state in the November presidential election. The ballot qualification moves Kennedy one step closer to qualifying for the 2024 presidential debates. show more

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April 18, 2024
Election 2024
Politics

Biden Staffers Have a Nickname for Trump… And It’s Shit.

Younger staff in President Joe Biden‘s White House have taken to derisively referring to former President Donald Trump as “Hitler pig.” The moniker appears to be an attempt to emulate the former President’s penchant for effectively neutralizing opponents by assigning them nicknames and is just the latest in a pattern of the Biden government attempting to connect Trump with the genocidal German dictator, despite the public mostly seeing the comparison as absurd.

This isn’t the first time the Biden White House has made the ludicrous claim. The National Pulse reported in early January that aides with Biden’s re-election campaign often joke about when they will go “full Hitler” and make a stark comparison between Trump and the German war criminal and dictator.

Biden’s campaign aides, at the time, signaled they thought the President needed to push the envelope and not simply accuse Trump of parroting language similar to the leader of the German Nazi Party.

In another incident, the corporate media attempted to smear the former President with the Hitler comparison after he told The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief, Raheem Kassam, that illegal aliens were “poisoning the blood of our country.” Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) pushed back against the media attacks on Trump, noting: “First of all he didn’t say immigrants were poisoning the blood of this country. He said illegal immigrants were poisoning the blood of the country, which is objectively and obviously true.”

“You guys seem far more upset about the guy who criticized the problem than you do about Joe Biden who’s causing this problem,” Vance continued.

“White House nickname for Trump is ‘Hitler Pig.’ How humorless and pathetic is that?” said Marc Thiessen, a former George W. Bush White House speechwriter, in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

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Younger staff in President Joe Biden's White House have taken to derisively referring to former President Donald Trump as "Hitler pig." The moniker appears to be an attempt to emulate the former President's penchant for effectively neutralizing opponents by assigning them nicknames and is just the latest in a pattern of the Biden government attempting to connect Trump with the genocidal German dictator, despite the public mostly seeing the comparison as absurd. show more