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November 14, 2023
William Upton
Media
Politics

WATCH: House Speaker Mike Johnson Endorses Trump Live on CNBC.

Former President Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House received big endorsement this morning from the newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Appearing on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Johnson was pressed by host Joe Kernen as to who he was supporting in the Republican presidential primary to which the Speaker responded: “I’m all in for President Trump.”

Addressing the Department of Justice, as well the New York and Georgia, prosecutions against former President Trump, Johnson made it clear that he believed they were politically motivated, stating: “We call it lawfare… And what’s happened to President Trump is unprecedented.” The House Speaker went on to point out that “every time a new indictment drops, it follows after some favorable thing he gets in a poll…”.

Before becoming Speaker, Johnson was a vocal proponent of Donald Trump in the House of Representatives. Along with 125 other House Republicans, Johnson was a signer of an amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania. The case, brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, argued that states which changed election procedure during the 2020 presidential contest without legislative approval were in violation of the U.S. Constitution – specifically the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, arguing that Texas lacked standing to bring the lawsuit.Mik

Johnson is the 91st Member of Congress to endorse Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has just 6 Congressional endorsements, while former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum each have one respectively.

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Former President Donald Trump's bid to retake the White House received big endorsement this morning from the newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA). show more
November 14, 2023
Jake Welch
Media

WATCH: Trump Even Dominates SNL’s Republican Debate Parody.

Even Saturday Night Live (SNL)’s coverage of the third Republican debate over the weekend was dominated by former President Donald Trump and dedicated very little time to the other GOP candidates in the nominee race.

The sketch featured portrayals of NBC’s Lester Holt and candidates Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott but gave four minutes from the six allocated to a monologue by the former President, which opened with Trump’s impersonator declaring, “How adorable! They actually think they’ve got a chance. Sad in some ways, but in other ways: funny.”

The sketch mocks each of the candidates’ chances of winning the nomination while running against the 45th President, including second place Ron DeSantis, who is derided with, “Poor Ron DeSantis, even SNL doesn’t think he has a chance. If they did it’d be like Paul Rudd or something” impersonating the Florida Governor rather the largely unknown SNL writer, John Higgins.

SNL’s coverage reflects much of the American electorate’s perception of the third GOP debate at large, considering just 6.8 million people tuned in to watch it – far below the number of people willing to watch the Republican debates in 2015, in which Donald Trump established himself as the dominate figure.

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Even Saturday Night Live (SNL)'s coverage of the third Republican debate over the weekend was dominated by former President Donald Trump and dedicated very little time to the other GOP candidates in the nominee race. show more
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November 10, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

ANOTHER Poll Finds Trump Beating Biden In 5 of 6 Key Swing States.

Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election.

The survey, conducted by Emerson College, shows Donald Trump leading in Arizona with 43 points compared to Biden at 41, Georgia with 47 points compared to Biden’s 40, Nevada at 46 points compared to a miserly 39 for Biden, Pennsylvania at 46 points compared to 43, and Wisconsin with 44 to 43. Minnesota is the only exception, with Biden polling at 43 points compared to Trump’s 41.

Nearly half of Trump supporters – 44 percent – told pollsters their main priority going into the election next year was inflation, followed by the economy and jobs at 27 percent. Democrats are more divided, however, with 21 percent answering inflation, 16 percent threats to democracy, ten percent healthcare, and nine percent for abortion access, the environment, and gun control.

“Biden is generally underperforming his 2020 support with voters under 30, whereas Trump has locked in his support with middle-aged voters,” stated Executive Director of Emerson College Polling Spencer Kimball.

Emerson College’s results almost mirror those published by The New York Times/Siena College last week, which found that Trump would receive more than 300 Electoral College votes – way above the necessary 270 – if the results remain the same next year.

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Another poll has found Donald Trump dominating Joe Biden in five of the six key swing states, building on the resounding lead the former President has over the incumbent President with less than 12 months before the 2024 presidential election. show more
November 8, 2023
William Upton
Election Integrity

‘Coding Error’ Causes Voting Machines To Flip Votes On PA Ballot Question.

A so-called “coding error” caused voting machines in an eastern Pennsylvania county to malfunction and erroneously tabulate votes on a ballot question asking whether two Superior Court Judges should be retained. Northampton County, Pennsylvania executive Lamont McClure said if a voter marked ‘Yes’ on their ballot the machine tabulated it as a ‘No’, and vice-versa.

The malfunction impacted all 300 of Northampton County’s voting machines according to McClure. The Pennsylvania Department of State said the error was isolated to machines in Northampton and only impacted the retention question for the two judges. No other races on Tuesday’s election ballot were impacted.

Election Systems & Software, the company which manufactured and programed the voting machines, acknowledged they were responsible for tabulation issue. The company claimed the malfunction was the result of human error and was not caught during testing.

After the issue was discovered, the county obtained a court order to continue using the machines despite the malfunction. McClure said election officials would correct the election results for the two judges when the votes are tabulated. The Northampton County executive downplayed the situation calling the malfunction a “relatively minor glitch” and emphasized “everybody’s vote’s going to count.”

The National Pulse previously reported most voting machines will not meet new federal standards in time for the 2024 election, renewing concerns about legitimacy of the results. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has refused to address serious concerns about vulnerabilities in the state’s Dominion voting machines raised in the Halderman Report.

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A so-called "coding error" caused voting machines in an eastern Pennsylvania county to malfunction and erroneously tabulate votes on a ballot question asking whether two Superior Court Judges should be retained. Northampton County, Pennsylvania executive Lamont McClure said if a voter marked 'Yes' on their ballot the machine tabulated it as a 'No', and vice-versa. show more
November 8, 2023
Analysis
Politics

Youngkin, McConnell Candidates Fail As DeSantis-World Bizarrely Blames Trump.

Democrats have regained full control of the Virginia General Assembly in a blow to Governor Glenn Youngkin, who poured millions of dollars into securing the legislature for his final two years in office. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell also saw his Kentucky Governor candidate, Daniel Cameron, lose to Democrat Andy Beshear.

Anti-Trumpers within the GOP ranks have rushed to somehow blame the 45th President for the GOP’s pitiful displays on Wednesday, including an abortion rights blow-out in Ohio.

But Trump’s endorsement of Cameron was a last ditch attempt to save a struggling GOP campaign that has been stymied by its establishment backers, including recent DeSantis endorser Kim Reynolds, head of the Republican Governor’s Association, who failed to campaign or even mention Cameron’s race once, preoccupied with campaigning with DeSantis across Iowa.

Youngkin, who many had tipped to enter the Presidential race if his slate of candidates did well on Tuesday, is also a client of DeSantis’s chief strategist Jeff Roe, which is likely why the Florida Governor’s online operation has been told to trash Trump on the back of Tuesday night, rather than have the limelight aimed at Roe and his network.

The Democratic Party not only maintained its slim majority in the Virginia State Senate, but also seized control of the House of Delegates, held by Republicans since 2021.

Youngkin did not immediately comment on the results. The chairman of his PAC, Dave Rexrode, however, posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “[w]e had hoped for a stronger outcome this evening but are proud of the effort all of our candidates put in to these extremely competitive districts.”

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Democrats have regained full control of the Virginia General Assembly in a blow to Governor Glenn Youngkin, who poured millions of dollars into securing the legislature for his final two years in office. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell also saw his Kentucky Governor candidate, Daniel Cameron, lose to Democrat Andy Beshear. show more

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November 7, 2023
William Upton
Politics

GUARDIAN: Trump Would Win Election Today.

The United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper is the latest corporate media outlet to acknowledge former President Donald Trump is not just running away with the Republican presidential primary, but now looks poised to defeat President Joe Biden in the 2024 general election as well. The paper’s Washington, D.C. bureau chief, David Smith, laments “…Trump appears politically bulletproof and Democrats sweat over the disconnect between Biden’s record and his flagging numbers.”

A series of recent swing state polls has set off a panic among Democrat Party leadership and their media allies. According to the newest NYT/Siena poll Trump leads Biden by 10 points in Nevada, 5 points in Arizona, 4 points in Pennsylvania, 6 points in Georgia, and 5 points in Michigan – Biden has a slim 2 point lead in Wisconsin. If the election were held today, Trump would likely win the White House in an electoral landslide.

Catching up to Trump’s lead may be difficult for the Biden campaign. The same polling indicates voters are unconvinced by Biden’s insistence the state of the economy is strong– just 37 percent said they trust Biden over Trump on economic issues. Even more troubling – and more difficult to overcome – for Biden is the 71 percent of voters who say he is too old to serve as President – only 39 percent of voters think Trump is too old.

Despite acknowledging Trump is likely leading Biden in the 2024 presidential contest, the corporate media hasn’t yet come around as to why. The Guardian‘s David Smith, unwilling to acknowledge that Trump’s foreign and economic policies remain popular, blames the former President’s political resurgence on the American voter, writing, “….it is increasingly hard to deny that something strange and perverse is happening in American politics.”

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The United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper is the latest corporate media outlet to acknowledge former President Donald Trump is not just running away with the Republican presidential primary, but now looks poised to defeat President Joe Biden in the 2024 general election as well. The paper's Washington, D.C. bureau chief, David Smith, laments "...Trump appears politically bulletproof and Democrats sweat over the disconnect between Biden’s record and his flagging numbers." show more
November 6, 2023
Jake Welch
Election Integrity

Dems In 3 States Face Serious Voter Fraud Charges.

Democrats in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are facing multiple allegations of election fraud. Several criminal cases have been opened, with two related to elections held this year and another two concerning previous elections.

Justin Hurst, a Springfield, Massachusetts, mayoral candidate, is facing allegations of bribery after election officials claim they witnessed voters enter the city hall for early voting, who expected cash after casting their ballots. Officials argue the distribution of $10 bills demonstrates “voter fraud.”

A Bridgeport Superior Court Judge, William Clark, overturned the results of another Democratic mayoral election last Wednesday following video evidence of what seemed to be a supporter of the incumbent Mayor stuffing ballot papers into drip boxes. Clark said the video footage was “shocking to the court and should be shocking to all the parties.” A new election has been ordered.

The Attorney General of New Jersey also announced that two Democrats were charged with election fraud last month. Alex Mendez, President of Paterson City Council, is facing charges for, among other things, conspiracy to commit election fraud, fraud in casting mail-in votes, and tampering with public records. The second, Dr. Henrilynn Ibezim, who stood as a candidate in a Plainfield mayoral election, has been charged with similar offenses. 

Concerns about voter fraud have become increasingly prevalent across the United States, with less than one year until the 2024 presidential election. Over half of the American electorate suspect cheating will affect next year’s election, per Rasmussen Reports.

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Democrats in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey are facing multiple allegations of election fraud. Several criminal cases have been opened, with two related to elections held this year and another two concerning previous elections. show more
November 5, 2023
Jake Welch
News
Politics

Kim Reynolds is Endorsing DeSantis. Data Shows Her Support Won’t Move The Needle.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is likely to receive a polling bump of four percent or less – i.e. within the margin of error – on the back of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’s expected endorsement this week. Reynolds, who had originally pledged to remain “neutral” in the race, is being wheeled out as the Florida Governor continues to struggle in battleground states and indeed with his online operation spiraling out of control.

But Reynolds is one of the least liked Republican governors in the country right now, and pollster Tony Fabrizio has previously pointed out how an endorsement from Reynolds will mean very little to Iowans ahead of the caucuses in January. The same, Fabrizio notes, applies to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, who DeSantis has spent months wooing.

“When Ron DeSantis finally realizes he can’t win Iowa or New Hampshire on his own merits, he’ll look to his fellow governors as a lifeline… However, what he doesn’t realize is that their endorsements do nothing to change his fortunes. DeSantis is in a house of mirrors, and the only way out is through the floor,” Fabrizio told The Messenger in September.

DeSantis has made numerous attempts to cozy up to both Governors, including suggesting he would nominate Reynolds as his Vice President and recently touring New Hampshire alongside Sununu.

Critics have also noted that there are two critical gubernatorial races on Tuesday – in Kentucky and Mississippi – yet Reynolds, who serves as the Chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association, will snub those races and instead campaign alongside Ron DeSantis.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is likely to receive a polling bump of four percent or less – i.e. within the margin of error – on the back of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds's expected endorsement this week. Reynolds, who had originally pledged to remain "neutral" in the race, is being wheeled out as the Florida Governor continues to struggle in battleground states and indeed with his online operation spiraling out of control. show more
November 5, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Fox News Misleads Viewers AGAIN, Airing Incorrect Presidential Primary Poll Numbers.

Fox News is once again misleading its viewers, airing false 2024 Republican presidential primary poll results. The network’s mid-day news program America Reports, hosted by John Roberts and Sandra Smith, this week aired graphics that reversed recent New Hampshire and South Carolina primary polling results for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.

The false Fox News numbers showed DeSantis ahead of Haley in both a recent USA Today/Suffolk New Hampshire poll and a CNN South Carolina poll. Haley, according to the actual poll results, holds second place in both state primary contests – with her support at 19 percent and 22 percent respectively. Governor DeSantis has slipped to third place in both state primary contests.

This isn’t the first time that Fox’s cable news programming has aired incorrect presidential polls with the error benefiting Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign. Last month, The National Pulse reported that Fox Business’s Varney & Co. appeared to have intentionally altered a graphic breaking down a Fox News presidential poll, giving the false impression that Donald Trump was running behind Democrat President Joe Biden 46 to 48 percent. The actual Fox News poll results showed the opposite with Trump running ahead of Biden.

Both Fox News and Fox Business are owned by anti-Trump billionaire Rupert Murdoch. The New York Post, another Murdoch owned media property, claimed in September Trump was ‘getting smoked‘ in the Republican primary, despite leading by historic margins.

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Fox News is once again misleading its viewers, airing false 2024 Republican presidential primary poll results. The network's mid-day news program America Reports, hosted by John Roberts and Sandra Smith, this week aired graphics that reversed recent New Hampshire and South Carolina primary polling results for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. show more

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November 2, 2023
William Upton
Politics

DeSantis Hurries Out New Ad Campaign as ‘Bootgate’ Hits Mainstream.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign, scrambling to salvage their primary hopes, are rushing out a new ad campaign in Iowa well ahead of schedule. The ad, which touts DeSantis’s leadership record, wasn’t originally supposed to begin airing until mid-November. To kick the ad blitz off early, the Desantis campaign has had to drop an addition $320,000 on top of the $2 million they’ve already spent on ads that were set to run from mid-November through the Republican Iowa Caucuses on January 15th, 2024.

The renewed urgency from the DeSantis campaign comes after a series of late-October polls showing the Florida Governor tied with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in both Iowa and nationally. The earlier-than-expected ad blitz may also be an attempt at damage control after a bungled podcast appearance resulted in a slew of viral social media memes poking fun at DeSantis’s short stature and penchant for wearing cowboy boots.

The viral “#bootgate” social media frenzy was kicked off by DeSantis’s October 30th appearance on the PBD podcast, hosted by Iranian-American entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David. DeSantis appeared to be caught-off-guard when Bet-David pressed him on why he only seems to wear cowboy boots – which social media trolls contend contain lifts to increase his hight. After DeSantis awkwardly tried to brush off the question, while Bet-David produced a pair of expensive Ferragamo shoes he intended to gift the Florida Governor. DeSantis frantically declined the Italian-designer shoes which usually retail for over $1,000, claiming he can’t accept gifts.

He has, in fact, taken many gifts during his tenure as Governor including a golf simulator for the Governor’s Mansion, and private flights from Iran-linked donors.

The exchange and renewed accusations that DeSantis uses lifts in his footwear to overcome his vertical impairment quickly spread on X (formerly Twitter) and eventually even captured the attention of the corporate media.

The DeSantis campaign’s emergency ad blitz in Iowa is actually their first ad buy of the entire primary. The cash-strapped campaign has been almost entirely reliant on the pro-DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down for most of its television and radio messaging.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign, scrambling to salvage their primary hopes, are rushing out a new ad campaign in Iowa well ahead of schedule. The ad, which touts DeSantis's leadership record, wasn't originally supposed to begin airing until mid-November. To kick the ad blitz off early, the Desantis campaign has had to drop an addition $320,000 on top of the $2 million they've already spent on ads that were set to run from mid-November through the Republican Iowa Caucuses on January 15th, 2024. show more