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November 11, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

While the Nation Moved Right, D.C. Still Overwhelmingly Voted for Kamala.

The nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., continues to be far out of step with most Americans. During the 2024 presidential election, while most counties across the country saw significant rightward swings, the District of Columbia voted for Democrats at around the same rate as in 2016 and previous elections. Voters roughly broke 90 percent for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, while just seven percent voted for Republican President Donald J. Trump.

Trump’s near seven-point margin is an increase over his 2020 showing of just 5.5 percent in the city, but the District of Columbia remains overwhelmingly Democrat as a locality. Concerningly, many individuals who reside in Washington, D.C., are government employees, suggesting that the federal government is not aligned with the policy and political beliefs of average Americans.

In the final days of his first term in office in 2020, President Donald J. Trump proposed the Schedule F designation, which would allow him to easily remove federal government employees from policy-sensitive roles and replace them with political appointees. Schedule F looks to play a significant role in the new Trump administration and could go a long way in reducing the D.C. bubble’s stranglehold on federal policy.

In 2020, Trump’s largest share of D.C. votes came from the predominantly white Wards 3 and 6. Interestingly, while Trump still saw most of his votes come from these wards in 2024, his vote share in these areas decreased overall. The President-elect instead saw an uptick in the predominantly black Wards 7 and 8.

Image by Ted Eytan.

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The nation's capital, Washington, D.C., continues to be far out of step with most Americans. During the 2024 presidential election, while most counties across the country saw significant rightward swings, the District of Columbia voted for Democrats at around the same rate as in 2016 and previous elections. Voters roughly broke 90 percent for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, while just seven percent voted for Republican President Donald J. Trump. show more
November 11, 2024
Politics

FBI Execs Rush to Retire After Trump Victory Leaves Them ‘Shell-Shocked.’

Reports indicate significant upheaval within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following Donald J. Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory. George Hill, a former FBI whistleblower, claims that numerous senior executives are hastily seeking retirement. Trump’s decisive win, securing all swing states and winning the popular vote against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, has reportedly left personnel at the FBI “stunned” and “shell-shocked.”

Sources state that FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate might depart the agency before Trump’s inauguration. Employees recall the firing of former Director James Comey during Trump’s first term and suggest that Wray may not want to face a similar fate.

Concerns extend beyond the agency’s top ranks. Employees fear job security issues and expect a surge in the private security job market in Washington, D.C. The sentiment is that Trump might implement extensive personnel changes once in office, leaving few positions safe for those at a GS-14 level or higher.

Others at the FBI fear what may become public if Trump allows billionaire Elon Musk to look at efficiency standards at the buruea. “When he tries to do efficiency at headquarters, the place is going to have five people… if he’s talking about a lot of dead weight,” one source said.

“Try to find a person that’s actually working,” they continued, adding: “That may be the biggest problem there—that there’s no efficiency. So that’s actually the bigger threat.”

The atmosphere at the FBI is currently described as “frazzled.” Hill mentioned that at least 50 Senior Executive Service members are contemplating immediate retirement.

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Reports indicate significant upheaval within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following Donald J. Trump's 2024 presidential election victory. George Hill, a former FBI whistleblower, claims that numerous senior executives are hastily seeking retirement. Trump's decisive win, securing all swing states and winning the popular vote against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, has reportedly left personnel at the FBI "stunned" and "shell-shocked." show more
November 8, 2024
Politics

Stefanik Eyed for Key Role in Trump Administration.

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is reportedly under consideration to be President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations. She was the first congressional leader to endorse Trump’s third presidential campaign, lending her support in November 2022.

The decision on Stefanik’s potential appointment, along with others from the House looking to join the administration, hinges significantly on the composition of the House majority. Republicans are optimistic about controlling the House following victories in the presidential and Senate elections. Still, outcomes depend on tightly contested races in states like California, Arizona, Alaska, and Oregon, with expectations of a narrow margin. Currently projections show Republicans holding 224 seats to the Democrats’ 211. On Thursday, Stefanik announced her candidacy for re-election as chair of the House GOP conference.

Stefanik, who is a senior member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Armed Services Committee, has voiced strong support for Israel after the October 7 Hamas attacks.

In other potential appointments, Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), a retired Green Beret, is being considered for the role of Defense Secretary. Waltz has military experience and has advised previous Defense Secretaries. He currently serves on the House Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, along with the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Trump’s team is expected to make decisions on administration roles soon.

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House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is reportedly under consideration to be President-elect Donald J. Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations. She was the first congressional leader to endorse Trump’s third presidential campaign, lending her support in November 2022. show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Dave McCormick Defeats Bob Casey Jr. Giving the GOP 53 Senate Seats.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick is heading to Washington, D.C., after defeating Pennsylvania’s incumbent Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA). McCormick is set to narrowly edge out Casey, the scion of a powerful Democratic political dynasty in the state.

With 99 percent of the vote counted, McCormick is currently at 49 percent. Meanwhile, Sen. Casey has garnered 48.5 percent. Before the final batch of votes was counted, the race had been far closer, with under 0.5 percent separating the two candidates. Under Pennsylvania law, any race under half a percent heads to an automatic recount.

McCormick will join a new generation of America First lawmakers who rode President-elect Donald J. Trump’s coattails in his historic landslide victory. In Ohio, businessman Bernie Moreno defeated the entrenched Democrat incumbent Sherrod Brown. Populist and popular Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) won his state’s open senate seat following the retirement of Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV). Meanwhile, in Montana, veteran and entrepreneur Tim Sheehy easily bested Senator John Tester (D-MT).

Currently, the Republicans will have a 53-seat majority in the U.S. Senate, and leadership elections are set to take place next week. However, the U.S. Senate race in Arizona is still too close to call. With just 70 percent of the votes counted, Representative Ruben Gallego narrowly leads Republican candidate Kari Lake by just 50,000 votes—depending on how the remaining ballots break, Lake could still emerge victorious.

Earlier this year, Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would not seek another stint as the Republican leader. The National Pulse previously reported that the likely candidates to replace him include Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick is heading to Washington, D.C., after defeating Pennsylvania's incumbent Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA). McCormick is set to narrowly edge out Casey, the scion of a powerful Democratic political dynasty in the state. show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Politics

AOC Appears to Call for Armed Resistance Against Trump.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is telling her supporters to prepare a resistance against President-elect Donald J. Trump after he retook the White House in the 2024 election, winning both the popular vote and the Electoral College. In a video posted to social media after the November 5 election, the New York Democrat claims Trump and his allies are an authoritarian threat and alludes to the armed resistance movements against Europe’s fascist governments prior to and during World War II.

“We are about to enter a political period that will have consequences for the rest of our lives,” Ocasio-Cortez says. “We cannot give up. We now find ourselves in a time in history that has precedent, and we find ourselves, I believe, in a time where there are, let’s say, peers in history, of mass movements of people that mobilize to protect one another in times of fascism and authoritarianism. And this is the era we are poised to enter. ”

“Donald Trump has talked about turning the military on U.S. citizens that he deems his domestic political enemies,” the Democratic Congresswoman claims, adding: “Authoritarianism and people that he affiliates closely, and strongmen abroad in regimes like that, it is not uncommon to jail political dissidents or legislative opponents.”

Ocasio-Cortez—a far-left progressive—concludes: “This is the world that we very, realistically may be entering.”

ENCOURAGING VIOLENCE.

The New York lawmaker, in referencing historical mobilizations against fascism, appears to be encouraging violent left-wing groups like Antifa and others to arm themselves and form militias. Such actions would mirror the actions of the French Resistance and Italian anti-fascist groups who—unlike today—were justified in violently opposing the German and Italian fascist regimes. Over the course of the 2024 campaign, Democrats—including Vice President Kamala Harris—have compared Trump and his supporters to fascists and Nazis.

Prior to and during Donald Trump’s first term in office from 2017 to 2021, Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez would often make dramatic and unfounded accusations against the Republican president—claiming he was trying to become a dictator or would jail political enemies. Despite the assertions, these actions never occurred or were even considered.

The National Pulse has previously reported that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez admitted that much of her ‘resistance’ antics are political theater. However, her most recent comments could be considered to cross a very dangerous political line by endorsing potentially violent actions against the legitimately elected government.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is telling her supporters to prepare a resistance against President-elect Donald J. Trump after he retook the White House in the 2024 election, winning both the popular vote and the Electoral College. In a video posted to social media after the November 5 election, the New York Democrat claims Trump and his allies are an authoritarian threat and alludes to the armed resistance movements against Europe's fascist governments prior to and during World War II. show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala’s Plan to Win Over Republican Voters by Embracing Dick and Liz Cheney Failed Spectacularly.

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s attempt to woo disaffected Republican voters by trying to pivot to the political center—despite her own radical progressive record—appears to have been an abject failure and may have cost her votes among her political base. Exit polling data suggests that the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee actually lost ground among Republicans and independent voters compared to Joe Biden in 2020.

When compared to Biden’s share of Republican voters during the previous presidential race, Harris’s Republican support declined by one percent. Likewise, Harris’s share of independent voters was down five percent compared to Biden’s share in 2020.

PIVOT TO THE CENTER. 

The Harris campaign went to great lengths to downplay her radical record from her time as California’s Attorney General and in the U.S. Senate. In July, The National Pulse reported that numerous corporate media outlets—and at least one organization that rates levels of partisanship among lawmakers—attempted to scrub past stories highlighting Harris’s far-left record. One of the most egregious examples was an attempt by the corporate media to erase the Vice President’s role in the Biden government’s disastrous handling of the border crisis.

EMBRACING THE CHENEYS.

While the Democratic Party’s corporate media allies downplayed Harris’s more radical political stances, the Vice President herself openly embraced the backing of former Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) and her father, architect of the Iraq War and former Vice President Dick Cheney. In November 2021, the Wyoming Republican Party voted to stop recognizing Liz Cheney as a member. Meanwhile, her father ended his tenure as vice president in 2009 with an approval rating of 13 percent.

The embrace of the Cheney family not only failed to draw Republican voters to Harris, but it likely further alienated Arab-American and Muslim voters. In Michigan, Arab-American and Mulsim protest votes put the state out of reach for Harris.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's attempt to woo disaffected Republican voters by trying to pivot to the political center—despite her own radical progressive record—appears to have been an abject failure and may have cost her votes among her political base. Exit polling data suggests that the Democratic Party's 2024 presidential nominee actually lost ground among Republicans and independent voters compared to Joe Biden in 2020. show more
November 7, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Media
Politics

Kamala’s Failed Campaign Is $20 Million in Debt After Blowing $1 BILLION.

Vice President Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign will end its failed effort to hold the White House for the Democratic Party over $20 million in debt. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data shows the Harris campaign blew through over $1 billion in just 107 days after replacing the 81-year-old incumbent President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket.

All in all, the 2024 presidential race was the most expensive in American history, surpassing both the 2020 and the 2012 elections. In the latter contest, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney raised over $1 billion.

While on paper the Harris campaign’s spending looks comparable to what Democrats have raised in recent presidential contests, the very short time frame in which it was raised and spent is telling. The high burn rate of campaign dollars only to face a resounding electoral defeat in both the popular vote and the Electoral College suggests voters were, by and large, turned off by both the party’s candidate and its message.

This notion is underscored by a study from the Media Research Center (MRC), which shows that Harris enjoyed overwhelmingly positive corporate media coverage compared to her opponent, President-Elect Donald J. Trump. According to MRC’s analysis, 78 percent of corporate media coverage regarding Harris was positive. Meanwhile, Trump received just 15 percent positive coverage—a 63-point Democratic advantage.

Positive media coverage is generally valued at three times or more the cost of an ad spot. When taken into consideration, the positive media coverage of Harris would suggest the Democratic presidential nominee could not win over voters even with a billion-dollar campaign and upwards of $3 billion in earned media coverage.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign will end its failed effort to hold the White House for the Democratic Party over $20 million in debt. Federal Election Commission (FEC) data shows the Harris campaign blew through over $1 billion in just 107 days after replacing the 81-year-old incumbent President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket. show more
November 6, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

Trump Saw Gains Across All Voter Demographics, Kamala Saw None.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has dramatically improved his margins of support across all demographic groups in the American electorate, propelling him to a historic 2024 election victory. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris—his Democratic Party rival—failed to improve amongst a single voter demographic from Joe Biden’s margins in 2020.

Among non-college-educated white men, Trump saw a significant shift—despite already being heavily favored among the demographic—besting Harris by a margin of nearly 40 points. Likewise, the America First leader also improved among non-college-educated white women, defeating Harris by an almost 30-point margin.

Despite polling data suggesting Trump was losing ground with women overall, the president-elect actually gained ground—albeit only slightly. The most dramatic increases came among Hispanic and Asian voters. Hispanics swung a stunning 25 points towards Trump compared to his 2020 election margin. The Asian swing was similar.

The diverse coalition of voters that backed Trump in the 2024 election appears to have been largely drawn by his America First populist message. Interestingly, President-elect Trump captured 45 percent of the Jewish vote in New York, leading to him capturing a surprising 30 percent of the vote in New York City.

While the political establishment has been pessimistic about Republican efforts to increase their share of the black vote for decades, Trump again was able to improve his margins among the demographic. In fact, 21 percent of black voters in Wisconsin cast a ballot for Trump, likely being pivotal in his victory in the state.

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Image by Gage Skidmore.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has dramatically improved his margins of support across all demographic groups in the American electorate, propelling him to a historic 2024 election victory. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris—his Democratic Party rival—failed to improve amongst a single voter demographic from Joe Biden's margins in 2020. show more
November 6, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Election 2024

BREAKING: Kamala Harris Concedes Presidential Election to President-Elect Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 presidential election to President-elect Donald J. Trump. According to a senior Democrat aide, Harris called Trump and congratulated him on his historic win. The Vice President reportedly discussed the importance of the peaceful transfer of power with the president-elect, which could indicate Congressional Democrats are backing down from threats that they will not certify the election results.

Trump won a landslide election victory on November 5 and will likely sweep all of the key swing states. Having served as president from 2017 to 2021, Trump’s win will make him only the second American to ever serve two non-consecutive terms in the White House.

Despite election night returns suggesting Trump’s victory was all but inevitable, Harris did not speak to her gathered supporters and did not acknowledge she was almost certain to lose the race.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the 2024 presidential election to President-elect Donald J. Trump. According to a senior Democrat aide, Harris called Trump and congratulated him on his historic win. The Vice President reportedly discussed the importance of the peaceful transfer of power with the president-elect, which could indicate Congressional Democrats are backing down from threats that they will not certify the election results. show more
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November 5, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Election 2024

BREAKING: The National Pulse Projects Donald J. Trump as 47th President.

The National Pulse is ready to project that President Donald J. Trump has retaken the White House as the 47th President of the United States. The America First leader will be only the second person in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms as the Commander-in-Chief. Trump, propelled by a surge in support among minorities and working-class voters, bested his Democrat opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in what was projected to be a close contest.

The campaign was one of the most intense in American history, with the Biden-Harris government pushing four partisan prosecutions against Trump and his allies in an effort to bankrupt the Republican presidential nominee. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden—the incumbent Democrat—exited the race after a catastrophic debate in June. In addition, Trump faced two attempts on his life, with an assassin in Butler, Pennsylvania, striking him in the ear and killing a rallygoer. However, despite the best efforts of the Democrats, the corporate media, and their Deep State allies, Election Night marked a tremendous victory for Trump and the MAGA movement.

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The National Pulse is ready to project that President Donald J. Trump has retaken the White House as the 47th President of the United States. The America First leader will be only the second person in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms as the Commander-in-Chief. Trump, propelled by a surge in support among minorities and working-class voters, bested his Democrat opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in what was projected to be a close contest. show more