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November 15, 2024
William Upton
TRUMP TRANSITION 2024/5

FLASHBACK: Media Hyped Obama’s Potential RFK Pick in 2008.

The corporate media supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before they opposed him. In 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama considered the scion of the Kennedy clan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a policy brief where Kennedy Jr. inarguably holds far-left views. The potential appointment received almost effusive praise from the media, with POLITICO calling it “a shrewd early move.”

“Obama advisers said the nomination would please both Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.),” Mike Allen, a reporter for the corporate media outlet now owned by the German company Axel Springer SE. He added: “It also would raise the profile of the EPA, which would help endear Obama to liberals who may be disappointed on other issues important to the Democratic left because of budget restrictions.”

Allen notes, “Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and son of the late senator and attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, has long championed a cleaner water supply for New York City.” Continuing with the praise, the story mentions that RFK Jr. fought against corporate and government polluters who had been dumping waste in the Hudson River, adding that the future independent presidential candidate is also an avid falconer and white-water rafter.

For POLITICO in 2008, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a “star.”  However, today, Kennedy Jr.—tapped by President-elect Donald J. Trump to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—has lost that star status in the eyes of the corporate press. While Kennedy himself has changed little since 2008, it appears the urging of special interests in Big Pharma and the fact that Trump is appointing him are the primary drivers of the cascade of negative media coverage.

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The corporate media supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before they opposed him. In 2008, then-President-elect Barack Obama considered the scion of the Kennedy clan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a policy brief where Kennedy Jr. inarguably holds far-left views. The potential appointment received almost effusive praise from the media, with POLITICO calling it "a shrewd early move." show more
October 24, 2024
Election 2024
Politics

Top Obama Advisor Says Kamala Offers ‘Word Salad City.’

Major figures in the Democratic Party appear to be putting distance between themselves and Vice President Kamala Harris in the closing days of the 2024 presidential election. Notably, David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, blasted Harris’s Wednesday night town hall event on CNN as a “word salad city”—referring to the vice president’s penchant for rattling off nonsensical responses.

A paid CNN contributor, Axelrod noted that Harris often delivers “word salad” responses when she is unwilling to answer questions directly. Even worse, the former top Obama advisor noted that Harris was either unable or unwilling to distance herself from President Joe Biden’s unpopular policies—something he considers a misstep.

“When she doesn’t want to answer a question, her habit is to kind of go to word salad city,” Axelrod said after the televised event. He continued: “And she did that on a couple of answers. One was on Israel. Anderson [Cooper] asked a direct question, ‘Would you be stronger on Israel than Trump?’ And there was a seven-minute answer, but none of it related to the question he was asking.”

IMMIGRATION.

“On immigration, I thought she missed an opportunity because she would acknowledge no concerns about any of the administration’s policies, and that’s a mistake. Sometimes you have to concede things,” Axelrod continued, adding: “You do want to relate to the people in front of you. She didn’t do a lot of that. She didn’t ask them questions. She didn’t address them particularly. She was giving set pieces too much.”

Harris has seen her campaign stall in the closing weeks of the 2024 election, with internal finger-pointing spilling out into the public. The National Pulse previously reported that Harris’s chaotic Pennsylvania campaign has alienated local Democratic leaders in Philadephia and jeopardized the chances of Democrats winning the critical battleground state.
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Major figures in the Democratic Party appear to be putting distance between themselves and Vice President Kamala Harris in the closing days of the 2024 presidential election. Notably, David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, blasted Harris's Wednesday night town hall event on CNN as a "word salad city"—referring to the vice president's penchant for rattling off nonsensical responses. show more
October 16, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Dems Start Pointing Fingers at Kamala’s Hires: ‘I Don’t Think She Understands Philly.’

Finger-pointing and infighting have broken out between local Pennsylvania Democrat Party leaders and Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign staff over her floundering campaign in the crucial battleground state. The Harris campaign appears to have stalled out in Pennsylvania in recent weeks. Meanwhile, Harris’s opponent, former President Donald J. Trump, continues to gain ground in the Keystone State—whose 19 Electoral College votes could decide the 2024 presidential election.

One of the main points of criticism has been the disorganized and erratic communication between state leaders, surrogates, and the Harris campaign overseen by Pennsylvania campaign manager Nikki Lu. According to state Democrats, Lu lacks knowledge of Philadephia’s political dynamics, which has gravely harmed the Harris campaign down the final stretch. “I have concerns about Nikki Lu,” Ryan Boyer—a powerful black political leader in the state—recently told POLITICO. “I don’t think she understands Philadelphia.”

Reports of a campaign suffering from communications and scheduling confusion during the homestretch of an election are never a good sign. However, the Harris campaign does appear to be aware that they are potentially losing ground in Pennsylvania. After a series of meetings with black and Hispanic political leaders last month, the campaign has rushed staffing in the state—hoping to inject new blood and enthusiasm on the ground. Additionally, Harris has shifted money from Wisconsin—another state where she is neck-and-neck with Trump—to fund black-voter-focused radio ads on Philadelphia’s several hip-hop radio stations.

Still, Pennsylvania Democrats contend that Lu and senior campaign staff have gone “AWOL” with just under 20 days until the November election. Meanwhile, the campaign has scrambled—at the eleventh hour—the likes of former President Barack Obama and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) to rally black and rural white voters, respectively.

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Finger-pointing and infighting have broken out between local Pennsylvania Democrat Party leaders and Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign staff over her floundering campaign in the crucial battleground state. The Harris campaign appears to have stalled out in Pennsylvania in recent weeks. Meanwhile, Harris's opponent, former President Donald J. Trump, continues to gain ground in the Keystone State—whose 19 Electoral College votes could decide the 2024 presidential election. show more
October 11, 2024
Election 2024

Slick Willie Emerges for Kamala.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign is enlisting the support of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, also known as ‘Slick Willie,’ in another attempt to lure back male voters who are abandoning the Democratic Party in droves. The sobriquet was also used by Harris’s old lover and once-San Francisco Mayor, Willie Brown, who gave the Vice President her start in politics via a sexual relationship.

In recent weeks, support for the Harris campaign appears to have stalled out—with rural men and young black men becoming increasingly turned off by the Democratic Party nominee.

Hoping to turn around her prospects—especially among male voters—Harris has been forced to turn to former President Clinton and former President Barack Obama, as well as Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), to act as campaign surrogates in critical swing states. The move comes after failed attempts by the 2024 Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to win over crucial male support.

Former President Clinton’s activities begin in Georgia this Sunday and Monday, followed by a bus tour in North Carolina, contingent on recovery from recent hurricanes. The campaign’s focus targets counties previously won by President Donald J. Trump. Clinton, 78, aims to reengage voters who supported him during his successful 1992 presidential bid when he carried Georgia.

Unlike conventional rallies, Clinton will attend local fairs and porch gatherings, speaking to smaller crowds, reminiscent of his early campaign style from the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Economic topics will be at the forefront of Clinton’s discussions, in alignment with themes he has emphasized since the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this past summer.

The campaign tour by the former president mirrors a smaller initiative in Pennsylvania spearheaded by Sen. Fetterman. The National Pulse previously reported that Fetterman will attend over a half dozen events across rural Pennsylvania in the final weeks before the election.

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Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign is enlisting the support of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, also known as 'Slick Willie,' in another attempt to lure back male voters who are abandoning the Democratic Party in droves. The sobriquet was also used by Harris's old lover and once-San Francisco Mayor, Willie Brown, who gave the Vice President her start in politics via a sexual relationship. show more
October 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Politics
War

‘We F**ked It Up’ — Biden Blames Obama (And Himself) for Russia-Ukraine War.

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reports that Joe Biden blames Barack Obama for the war in Ukraine, lamenting that their administration did nothing to stop Russia’s annexation of Crimea or the Russian separatist uprising in the Donbas following the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in 2014.

Woodward writes in his upcoming book War, which CNN has seen, that Biden believes “They fucked up in 2014,” referring to the Obama-Biden administration.

“That’s why we are here,” he told a friend of the full-scale war in Ukraine, which began in 2014. “We fucked it up. Barack never took [President Vladimir] Putin seriously.”

“We did nothing. We gave Putin a license to continue!” he continued angrily, insisting that he was “revoking [Putin’s] fucking license”—although two years on Russian forces are now steadily advancing, despite the U.S. and its allies spending billions of dollars arming and training the Ukrainian military and subsidizing the Ukrainian government and private sector.

NETANYAHU.

Woodward, who helped to break the Watergate scandal during the Richard Nixon administration, reports that Biden also regularly expresses fury with “That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu.”

“He’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!” Biden said of the Israeli prime minister privately. Israeli offensives into Gaza and Lebanon following the October 7 massacres of Israeli civilians by Hamas militants have badly damaged the standing of Biden and the Democratic Party among Arab and Muslim Americans, jeopardizing their electoral prospects in swing states like Michigan.

Biden said he “should never have picked” Attorney General Merrick Garland during a conversation over his son’s legal troubles.

The 81-year-old has also called Netanyahu a “fucking liar” and reportedly called him shouting, “Bibi, what the fuck?” after an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut killed a Hezbollah commander and three civilians in July.

Biden has received some sympathy on his various foreign policy disasters from George W. Bush, who reportedly called his Democrat successor saying, “I can understand what you’re going through, I got fucked by my intel people, too,” following the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

HUNTER.

Woodward also reports that Biden is privately angry with Attorney General Merrick Garland for allowing the investigations into his son, Hunter Biden, to escalate to their current point.

“Should never have picked Garland,” he reportedly told an associate, complaining: “This is never going to fucking go away.”

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Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reports that Joe Biden blames Barack Obama for the war in Ukraine, lamenting that their administration did nothing to stop Russia's annexation of Crimea or the Russian separatist uprising in the Donbas following the Western-backed Euromaidan coup in 2014. show more
October 7, 2024
Election 2024

Desperate Harris Leans on Obama to Hit Swing States.

Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail to support Kamala Harris as she faces off against former President Donald J. Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The campaign efforts, scheduled to begin in Pennsylvania next Thursday, come one month before Election Day as both candidates prepare to tour key battleground states. The recent vice-presidential debate saw Trump’s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), outperform Democrat rival Tim Walz (D-MN), leaving the Harris campaign on the back foot.

Moves by the Harris campaign to give Obama a more prominent role come as she is faltering among key Democratic demographics, including Latinos, Arab Americans, younger voters, and union workers.

The former president delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August highlighting Harris as a progressive leader and declaring, “We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos.” However, this intervention somewhat backfired, considering Harris and Joe Biden are currently in office, not Trump.

HURRICANES.

With Trump rallying in Pennsylvania, Harris is traveling to North Carolina to assess Hurricane Helene’s devastation after previously visiting Georgia.

She promised federal support for affected areas, but there are widespread accusations that the Biden-Harris government, particularly the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is not responding well to the crisis and may even be hindering recovery efforts.

Florida also faces an extremely powerful hurricane in the coming days, and further federal mismanagement of the aftermath could further damage the public standing of the government and, by extension, Vice President Harris.

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Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail to support Kamala Harris as she faces off against former President Donald J. Trump in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. The campaign efforts, scheduled to begin in Pennsylvania next Thursday, come one month before Election Day as both candidates prepare to tour key battleground states. The recent vice-presidential debate saw Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), outperform Democrat rival Tim Walz (D-MN), leaving the Harris campaign on the back foot. show more
October 3, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Election 2024

Surprise! Biden-Harris Govt Hides Hunter Corruption Details Until AFTER Election.

The Biden-Harris government’s National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is invoking a 30-day delay in releasing a trove of documents relating to President Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president under Barack Obama, meaning they won’t be viewable by the voting public until November 6, 2024—they day after the presidential election. It is speculated that at least some of the records held by NARA could shed further light on the Biden family’s—especially Hunter Biden‘s—foreign business dealings and how they leveraged government access and Joe Biden’s name to enrich themselves.

While NARA, an independent executive branch agency overseen directly by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, technically has the authority to delay the release of the records by 30 days, the timing of the move is drawing criticism. Attorneys representing Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama secured the extension under the Presidential Records Act, 44 U.S.C. § 2208(a)(3)(B).

CONCEALING BIDEN CORRUPTION?

“Biden, Obama, and NARA are concealing these potentially explosive records until the day after the 2024 election, November 6, 2024,” contends the conservative litigation group America First Legal (AFL). They note that in August 2022, they attempted to obtain some of these records through FIOA, but NARA—at the time—refused to comply. Some of the documents were made public following a 2023 lawsuit.

AFL adds: “Now, just a month before the 2024 Presidential election, President Biden’s lawyers and President Obama’s legal representatives are delaying the release of documents that include ’email messages with James Biden …, Lion Hall …, and [Hunter’s firm] Rosemont Seneca,’ about ‘photographs from a White House visit of Vice President Biden with James Biden [and] preparation of Vice President and Biden’s final tax forms and financial disclosures for the year 2015.'”

The National Pulse has previously reported that NARA has attempted to fight efforts to release then-Vice President Biden’s communications using pseudonymous email addresses. More of these communications are believed to exist in the now-delayed tranche of records.

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The Biden-Harris government's National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is invoking a 30-day delay in releasing a trove of documents relating to President Joe Biden's tenure as vice president under Barack Obama, meaning they won't be viewable by the voting public until November 6, 2024—they day after the presidential election. It is speculated that at least some of the records held by NARA could shed further light on the Biden family's—especially Hunter Biden's—foreign business dealings and how they leveraged government access and Joe Biden's name to enrich themselves. show more
September 10, 2024
Election 2024

WEIRD: Kamala’s Latest Ad is Just Obama Fantasizing About Trump’s D*ck.

Kamala Harris’s campaign has released a weird and homoerotic ad, primarily focused on former President Barack Obama and his thoughts about President Trump’s penis.

The video, distributed on YouTube on Tuesday morning, is called “Crowd Size” but features the 44th President of the United States from his Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech, fantasizing about President Trump’s genitals.

“Here’s a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems,” Obama states, adding: “Oh she had a big crowd all the crowd. This weird obsession with crowd sizes. It just goes on and on,” he says, while making hand gestures about penis sizes.

Obama’s own brother, Malik, has previously posted on social media about how the 44th President is secretly homosexual.

“This man is definitely gay,” Malik tweeted in 2023.

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Kamala Harris's campaign has released a weird and homoerotic ad, primarily focused on former President Barack Obama and his thoughts about President Trump's penis. show more
August 28, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election Integrity
Lawfare

Obama Acolytes, Trump Impeachment Leaders Launch New PAC to Block Election Challenges.

Democrat strategists with ties to the Barack Obama administration have launched a super PAC intended to preemptively delegitimize any concerns Republicans might raise about election integrity. The so-called Democracy Defenders group will fund and support legal battles around the 2024 election if former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters challenge dubious election results, as they did in 2020.

Jim Messina, Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, chairs the PAC. It also includes Norm Eisen, a key figure in Trump’s first sham impeachment. T.J. Ducklo, who previously worked for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, is stepping down from Harris’s presidential campaign to become the PAC’s chief strategist.

With an initial $10 million budget, Democracy Defenders is poised to flood the courts and media with resources to counter any Republican efforts to question election results. This suggests that they are already intent on dismissing any claims of irregularities, regardless of their merit.

While Democrats claim they need to “protect” the election from Trump, with Messina saying they won’t let Trump “undermine” the election, Democracy Defenders’ launch appears to be a preemptive strike against any attempts to ensure integrity and transparency in the voting process.

The Democratic Nation Committee (DNC) and state Democrats are already suing to stop the Georgia State Election Board from reconciling apparent voting discrepancies before certification, insisting concerns should only be raised after the fact.

There is solid evidence that mail-in voting, in particular, was plagued by fraud during the 2020 election—with one in five mail-in voters admitting they cast illegitimate votes in a major poll.

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Democrat strategists with ties to the Barack Obama administration have launched a super PAC intended to preemptively delegitimize any concerns Republicans might raise about election integrity. The so-called Democracy Defenders group will fund and support legal battles around the 2024 election if former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters challenge dubious election results, as they did in 2020. show more
August 21, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

DNC’s Second Night: Michelle Obama Plays Poor Despite Living Large.

Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, headlined the second night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois. While introducing her husband, however, former First Lady Michelle Obama inadvertently exposed her own family’s hypocrisy by playing up her ‘humble’ roots.

“You see, my mom—in her steady, quiet way—lived out that striving sense of home every single day of her life. She believed that all children and all people have value. That anyone can succeed if given the opportunity,” Mrs. Obama said—repeating many of the aspirational themes that are a signature of the Obamas‘ political rhetoric.

However, she then added: “She and my father didn’t aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed.”

“They understood it wasn’t enough for their kids to thrive if everyone else around us was drowning,” she concluded.

Yet, there may be no better example in American politics of a family taking “more than they needed” than the Obama family. Barack and Michelle Obama own three homes—one in Chicago, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Martha’s Vineyard—with a net worth of over $160 million. In addition, through an agreement with the chairwoman of the Obama Foundation, they also control an oceanfront residential property in Hawaii.

However, “taking more than they needed” goes beyond the Obamas‘ real estate portfolio. Last year, Michelle Obama was paid approximately $750,000 for just a one-hour speech in Germany addressing diversity and inclusion issues. A speech from former President Barack Obama can set an organization or event back by nearly $400,000 to $500,000.

Meanwhile, the median American salary in 2024 sits just below $60,000. Additionally, nearly 40 percent of adult Americans do not own their own home.

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Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, headlined the second night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois. While introducing her husband, however, former First Lady Michelle Obama inadvertently exposed her own family's hypocrisy by playing up her 'humble' roots. show more