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October 18, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Education

WATCH: Drag-Loving ASU Prof Lunges at Turning Point Activists, Then LIES About Attack.

Arizona State University (ASU) instructor and Drag Queen Story Hour organizer David Boyles, who claimed he was assaulted by Turning Point USA citizen journalists interrogating him on his efforts to foist graphic “sex education” on children, appears to have lied about key details of the incident.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Boyles had claimed he was “confronted by two right-wing fascists” on October 11th.

“One filmed on his phone while the other shouted horrible and incendiary things at me,” Boyles said, alleging he “moved to block the camera” and “the other one jumped me from behind, slamming me to the pavement and causing the injuries you see above.”

“They then ran off like the cowardly pieces of shit that they are,” he added.

CCTV footage shared by Turning Point USA boss Charlie Kirk, however, reveals Boyles’s account to be untrue, showing the professor lunging aggressively and persistently at the cameraman, making physical contact in what can only be described as an assault. Only at this point did the other man, TPUSA’s Kalen D’Almeida, push Boyles away from from his colleague. The pair do not flee the scene as Boyles claimed, either, with D’Almeida even appearing to offer a hand to help him back to his feet, while they continued recording.

“Our reporter used his constitutionally-protected speech to ask a taxpayer-funded employee some simple questions,” Kirk said, including “Why is he the Phoenix sponsor of Drag Queen Story Hour” and “Why is [he] publishing books about minors having sex with adults?”

Boyles, accused by D’Almeida of wanting to create a “different America” where “little boys are sodomized by people like you,” has previously published graphic book drafts detailing the sexual experiences of a 17-year-old minor who leaves his Christian family to “orbit” a highly sexual and “unapologetically queer” tutor.

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Arizona State University (ASU) instructor and Drag Queen Story Hour organizer David Boyles, who claimed he was assaulted by Turning Point USA citizen journalists interrogating him on his efforts to foist graphic "sex education" on children, appears to have lied about key details of the incident. show more
October 6, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News

U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Equivalent to Crashing an Amtrak Train Filled with Americans Every 48 Hours.

Fentanyl deaths in America, facilitated by Joe Biden’s border policies, are claiming the lives Americans at a rate comparable to a full Amtrak train crashing every two days.

“Joe Biden should be familiar with the number on that train because he took the train back and forth to Delaware when he was a senator for 36 years,” said Senator John Barrasso on Thursday.

“[L]ast week, he went to Arizona… a border state where the number of illegal immigrants and lethal drugs that come across every day continue to kill Americans,” he went on. “He didn’t go to stem the flow of lethal drugs, no, no, no. He went to increase the flow of campaign dollars into his campaign accounts.”

Barosso noted Biden was “closer [to the border] than his regular daily train ride home to Delaware” would have taken him, but he did not go because “he has so little respect for the Border Patrol, or the citizens of this country, or the communities in which they live by the border.”

Far from securing the border, the Biden regime has actively worked to weaken it in Arizona, successfully suing the state government to dismantle a makeshift wall constructed from shipping containers, which was commissioned after construction of Donald Trump’s border wall was halted.

Trump has attempted to draw attention to this, only to be called “Hitler-like” by far-left commentators.

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Fentanyl deaths in America, facilitated by Joe Biden's border policies, are claiming the lives Americans at a rate comparable to a full Amtrak train crashing every two days. show more

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kari lake
September 20, 2023
News
Politics

Kari Lake to Launch AZ Senate Bid.

Arizona Republican Kari Lake is preparing to launch a Senate run in the early weeks of October, according to three individuals familiar with her plans, as published by POLITICO.

Known for her staunch support of former President Donald Trump, Lake, who refused to concede her narrow loss in Arizona’s gubernatorial race last year, has been dropping hints about her bid for months.

Recent weeks have seen her engaged in active involvement in national politics, including headlining events in Iowa and Michigan.

Lake’s intention to run has had an effect on the Republican field for the seat currently held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), with Blake Masters, the state’s 2022 Senate nominee, appearing to postpone his entry into the race after initially preparing to do so in September.

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Arizona Republican Kari Lake is preparing to launch a Senate run in the early weeks of October, according to three individuals familiar with her plans, as published by POLITICO. show more
biden speech
September 14, 2023
News
Politics

Biden Plans McCain Institute Speech After Next GOP Debate.

President Biden is planning to deliver a major speech on what he claims are the ongoing threats to democracy later this month, with the address scheduled the day after the next Republican presidential primary debate. The McCain Institute is being considered as a potential venue for the speech, after Biden creepily kissed a statue to former Senator John McCain in Vietnam earlier this month.

Anita Dunn, a top White House adviser, disclosed details about the upcoming speech to Democratic donors on Wednesday in Chicago, the chosen location for the party’s 2024 convention. The White House and Biden campaign have not yet responded to requests for comment. In addition to the speech, major contributors to the Democratic National Committee were invited to a preview of the party’s convention in Chicago this week. The Biden Victory Fund, which encompasses the Biden campaign, national party, and all state parties, has the ability to accept contributions as large as $929,600 from big donors.

Last September, Biden delivered a Hitlerian speech in Philadelphia framing the midterm elections as a “battle for the soul of this nation,” echoing his 2020 campaign slogan.

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President Biden is planning to deliver a major speech on what he claims are the ongoing threats to democracy later this month, with the address scheduled the day after the next Republican presidential primary debate. The McCain Institute is being considered as a potential venue for the speech, after Biden creepily kissed a statue to former Senator John McCain in Vietnam earlier this month. show more
migrants arizona
September 14, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
News

Migrants Released Into Streets in Arizona as Facilities Overwhelmed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is releasing illegal aliens into the streets in Cochise County, Arizona, due to its processing and holding facilities being overwhelmed by the surge of migrants Joe Biden is allowing to cross the Mexican border.

“Today’s announcement that CBP will begin migrant street releases into Cochise County is just another reflection of the fracture within the [Department of Homeland Security] infrastructure regarding the security of our southern border,” complained Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels in a social media post warning residents of the releases.

“These releases are a direct result of over-capacity by CBP which is forcing these migrant releases into our communities,” he continued, noting that the migrants were bussed into his county from elsewhere to be dumped on it.

Within hours of this post, Sheriff Dannels reported two separate people-smuggler interdictions, catching one transporting a group of five migrants, including a 12-year-old boy, and another transporting 12 migrants.

The CBP insists it is “working according to plan” in accordance with “immigration enforcement proceedings consistent with our laws.”

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is releasing illegal aliens into the streets in Cochise County, Arizona, due to its processing and holding facilities being overwhelmed by the surge of migrants Joe Biden is allowing to cross the Mexican border. show more
az elections
September 7, 2023
William Upton
News
Politics

Court Rules AZ Used Illegal Signature-Verification in Elections.

A state court has ruled that the Arizona Secretary of State used illegal signature-verification methods in the state’s prior two elections. The Superior Court for the County of Yavapai ruled that the Secretary, in permitting signature verification with documents that have no relation to the act of registering, “contradict[ed] the plain language” of the law.

In the decision, Judge John Napper wrote that the Arizona election “statute is clear and unambiguous” while adding, “…the legislature intended for the recorder to attempt to match the signature on the outside of the envelope to the signature on the documents the putative voter used to register.” By not specifically matching ballot signatures with voter registration documents, the Arizona Secretary of State acted in violation of the law.

Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), a legal organization founded to defend state election laws, filed a lawsuit in March against the Arizona Secretary of State’s office – challenging it’s authority to ignore the state’s signature verification statute as written. According to RITE the Secretary’s instructions to “use a broader and less reliable universe of comparison signatures” resulted in “…ballots [being] counted despite using a signature that did not match anything in the voter’s registration record.”

Counsel for all parties have been ordered by Judge Napper to appear for a status conference on Sept. 19.

The 2022 elections in Arizona were fraught with accusations of voter fraud and mismanagement by then Secretary of State Katie Hobbs – herself a candidate for governor. Kari Lake, the Republican gubernatorial, argued at the time that many voter signatures were verified by election officials with no observers present. Lake was defeated by Hobbs by less than 20,000 votes. In the Arizona Attorney General race, Republican candidate Abraham Hamadeh was defeated his Democrat opponent by only 280 votes.

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A state court has ruled that the Arizona Secretary of State used illegal signature-verification methods in the state's prior two elections. The Superior Court for the County of Yavapai ruled that the Secretary, in permitting signature verification with documents that have no relation to the act of registering, “contradict[ed] the plain language” of the law. show more
state freedom caucus network
August 15, 2023
William Upton
Exclusive
News
Politics

EXC – Trump Hosts Townhall With 130+ GOP Lawmakers: Talks Vaccines, 2024 Plans, & Explains The Lindsey Graham Thing.

Former President Donald Trump held a private town hall with over 130 state Freedom Caucus lawmakers on Monday August 14th, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal. The conversation was facilitated by the new State Freedom Caucus network, which now has 11 equivalents of the House Freedom Caucus across the country, with a plan for all 50 state legislatures.

On the hour-long call heard by the Pulse were some of the most conservative state legislators from South Carolina, Arizona, Illinois, and Idaho, with Trump opening the conversation by calling it “a privilege to address the State Freedom Caucus Network… a very important group of people,” before making an opening statement and going on to take questions from the participants.

The conversation began with a question about Operation Warp Speed and the vaccines, to which the former President lauded governors who allowed the public to make informed decisions for themselves, reminding the audience that he had never supported vaccine mandates. Trump also answered tough questions on his backing of Senator Lindsay Graham, explaining that the South Carolina Senator “does help me with the liberal side of the Republican Party… and even some of the liberal Democrats,” before reminding one South Carolina freedom caucus member: “[Y]ou have a little bit of a liberal bent in South Carolina, and I think its okay if we show a little bit of flexibility.”

Trump’s typical 2016-style pragmatism was on display throughout the conversation seen by The National Pulse, as he discussed ballot harvesting initiatives, future travel plans to states like Idaho, and slammed Joe Biden as a “crooked man, as crooked as a three-dollar bill!”

Some of the President’s more pointed ire was aimed at Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who voted to convict him following the post-January 6th impeachment. “Cassidy’s a very bad guy,” he said, to agreement from the participants.

In closing the call, Trump discussed a recent viral video from Los Angeles, wherein a “pack of young kids,” cleared out a department store while looting in broad daylight. He used the issue as an example of how far the country had fallen under Joe Biden and his “Bidenomics” agenda.

Andy Roth, the president of the State Freedom Caucus Network, told The National Pulse: “It was an honor to have President Trump speak to the State Freedom Caucus lawmakers in our Network… Our members share the President’s desire to take on the Deep State and restore our country’s greatness.” Attendees appeared to enjoy the conversation with the former President, with many lauding him for his fighting spirit, answers to tough questions, and future plans.

Raheem Kassam contributed to this report.

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Former President Donald Trump held a private town hall with over 130 state Freedom Caucus lawmakers on Monday August 14th, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal. The conversation was facilitated by the new State Freedom Caucus network, which now has 11 equivalents of the House Freedom Caucus across the country, with a plan for all 50 state legislatures. show more

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August 14, 2023
William Upton
News

GOP Strategists Admit They’ll Lose Elections Across America if Trump is NOT the Candidate.

“If somehow he’s not the nominee, it will hurt turnout,” admits GOP strategist Brian Darling of former President Donald J. Trump.

“He’s got a unique coalition. He brings a lot of nontraditional voters to the Republican Party, and it will be difficult to win a state like Ohio if you lose all those Trump voters or make them disaffected voters, and they don’t show up,” Darling added.

The jarring comments – as well as the national polling – both fly in the face of claims made from Trump’s primary opponents, that a Republican candidate other that Trump would have an easier time beating Biden or another Democrat nominee in 2024.

Specifically, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his team have repeatedly made the claims that Trump cannot win the 2024 presidential election. At the same time, officials with DeSantis’s ‘Never Back Down’ PAC have called Trump backers “degenerates” and worse.

“The conventional wisdom is there’s concern that if Trump’s not the nominee, his coalition will take their ball and go home,” added Republican strategist Matt Dole.

The claims are confirmed by Pew Research Center analysis, which shows Republican 2022 midterm election victories were down to higher turnout amongst MAGA voters. In other words: without Trump, there would currently be a Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.

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women for trump
August 9, 2023
William Upton
News

What Women Want: Trump, Way More Than DeSantis, Says Poll.

New polling from several key primary states shows that former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is primarily fueled by the support of Republican women. In Iowa, Trump holds a 13 point edge with women over DeSantis – while in New Hampshire and Arizona, Trump holds a 26 point and 30 point edge respectively.

These numbers up-end the claims made by “RINO” critics of Trump, that the former President struggles to gain support from female voters. The most vocal anti-Trump Republicans go-so-far as to argue that the only way to win over women voters is to reject Trump and his America First policies all together.

Republican women believe that Trump, not DeSantis, is more likely to stand up against the ‘woke’ agenda – while some women primary voters are unconvinced about DeSantis’s fight with Disney. James Johnson, co-founder of J.L. Partners – the firm that conducted the poll – notes: “Republican women are Trump’s army… It isn’t that women are more conservative than men, but they are much more likely to say they prioritize a candidate who will stand up against woke values than one who can beat President Biden.”

Former President Trump himself has called to task the GOP establishment and media criticism of his support among women, stating at a recent campaign rally, “Remember, they like to go around: ‘Well, will Trump get the independents? Will Trump get the women? You know what the women want? The women want safety. They want to have a border they want to have low taxes, low interest rates.'”

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New polling from several key primary states shows that former President Donald Trump's commanding lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is primarily fueled by the support of Republican women. In Iowa, Trump holds a 13 point edge with women over DeSantis – while in New Hampshire and Arizona, Trump holds a 26 point and 30 point edge respectively. show more
hand counting ballots
August 4, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News
Politics

Arizona RINOs Vote AGAINST Hand Counting Ballots, Say Election Integrity Too Expensive.

“Republican” officials in Mohave County, Arizona have voted down proposals to strengthen election integrity by hand-counting ballots in 2024. They claim that secure elections would be an unaffordable indulgence.

The Board of Supervisors for the county – comprised entirely of so-called Republicans – decided not to swap dubious machine counting for a traditional hand count by three to two, with one of those who voted against the proposal, Supervisor Travis Lingenfelter, saying that “the first thing that we have to do in Mohave County in good conscious [sic] is to balance the budget.”

“You can’t talk about any other spending when you have 18-20 million dollar deficit,” he weaseled, claiming that introducing measures to ensure election integrity would be fiscally “irresponsible.”

Mohave County did conduct a test hand count on a batch of 850 test ballots from the 2022 election before voting against a hand count.

This test went suspiciously poorly, with the count reportedly taking so long that officials calculated that counting all 105,000 ballots cast in 2020 would have taken 245 people working “seven days a week, including holidays, for nearly three weeks.”

Looking to countries like the United Kingdom, where paper ballots counted by hand are near-universal and counts are typically completed over the course of election night, the Mohave County test seems to have been so slow that some would question whether it was designed to fail.

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"Republican" officials in Mohave County, Arizona have voted down proposals to strengthen election integrity by hand-counting ballots in 2024. They claim that secure elections would be an unaffordable indulgence. show more