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September 18, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
NatSec

BREAKING: Iran Sent Hacked Trump Documents to Biden, Harris.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is acknowledging that Iranian hackers sent confidential Trump campaign documents and materials to individuals associated with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. While the information the Biden campaign associates received was supposedly unsolicited, the revelations raise further concerns about Iran’s efforts to target former President Trump’s bid to retake the White House in November.

In August, former President Donald Trump’s campaign reported a hacking incident involving some of its high-level communications. The campaign attributed the breach to “foreign sources hostile to the United States” and referred to a recent Microsoft report on a hacking attempt by Iranian actors targeting a high-ranking official within a presidential campaign. It was later confirmed that Iranian agents were behind the hack.

After the Trump campaign announcement, POLITICO revealed that it had received emails from an anonymous source containing internal documents from Trump’s operation after a senior, unnamed campaign official fell victim to a phishing scam.

Several members of the Biden-Harris government—including Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN)—have been accused of having concerning ties to the Iranian regime. During his tenure in Congress, Walz received a 100 percent rating from the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)—better known as the Iran lobby. Additionally, Kamala Harris’ national security advisor, Philip H. Gordon, is allegedly connected to an Iranian influence operation that has also involved the Bidne-Harris government’s disgraced special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley.

Meanwhile, Iran has been implicated in a plot to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump and other officials who served in his administration, employing the services of a Pakistani national to recruit individuals in the United States to carry out the attacks.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is acknowledging that Iranian hackers sent confidential Trump campaign documents and materials to individuals associated with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden's re-election campaign. While the information the Biden campaign associates received was supposedly unsolicited, the revelations raise further concerns about Iran's efforts to target former President Trump's bid to retake the White House in November. show more
trump union
September 18, 2024
William Upton
Breaking
Election 2024

BREAKING: Teamsters Refuse to Endorse a Prez Candidate for 1st Time in 28 Years – Members Overwhelmingly Back Trump.

The powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is announcing it will not be endorsing a presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election in November. The decision is a significant blow to the Democratic Party’s nominee, Kamala Harris, who has struggled to appeal to rank-and-file union members across the country.

Former President Donald J. Trump, the 2024 Republican nominee, has made a significant effort to reach out to rank-and-file union members, focusing especially on using tariffs to combat foreign nations that seek to undercut U.S. manufacturing.

The National Pulse reported that Trump had a productive meeting with the union in January of this year, resulting in its president, Sean O’Brien, addressing the Republican National Convention for the first time in July. O’Brien has also heaped praise on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Before the union’s decision, the Teamsters released polling results among its rank-and-file members showing they break for former President Trump by nearly 60 percent over the Democratic Party nominee, Kamala Harris.

Teamster members polled electronically say they support Trump by 59.6 percent to Harris’s 34 percent. An additional 6.4 percent say they’re supporting another candidate. Among those surveyed over the telephone, 58 percent support Trump, while just 31 percent support Harris. Meanwhile, five percent say they support another candidate.

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Curiously, a survey of Teamster members conducted before Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election shows a much closer race between Trump and the 81-year-old Democrat. Members backed Biden by 44.3 percent to Trump’s 36.3 percent. An additional 5.6 percent said they were voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while 1.7 percent indicated they backed third-party candidate Cornel West.

The last time the Teamsters Union endorsed a Republican presidential candidate was George H.W. Bush in 1988.

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The powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is announcing it will not be endorsing a presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election in November. The decision is a significant blow to the Democratic Party's nominee, Kamala Harris, who has struggled to appeal to rank-and-file union members across the country. show more

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September 18, 2024
Culture
Election 2024

Pharrell Williams Trashes Celebrity Political Endorsements: ‘Shut Up. Nobody Asked You.’

Prolific music producer and recording artist Pharrell Williams is expressing annoyance with celebrities endorsing political candidates. His comments follow pop star Taylor Swift‘s Instagram post backing Kamala Harris’ presidential bid.

“There are celebrities that I respect who have opinions, but not all of them. I’m one of those people who says, ‘What the heck? Shut up. Nobody asked you,'” Williams told The Hollywood Reporter in response to a question regarding whether he allows presidential candidates to utilize his music on the campaign trail. He continued: “When people get self-righteous, roll up their sleeves, and start marching around with placards: ‘Shut up!'”

The 13-time Grammy Award winner added: “I prefer to stay out of the way, though I will vote according to my views. I care deeply about my people and the country, but I see a lot of work that needs to occur, and I’m all about action.”

Numerous music recording artists are demanding that former President Donald J. Trump‘s campaign cease using their songs during events. While some artists may have legal recourse in instances where the use of a song is not properly authorized through the license holder, the demand a politician cease playing their music is often merely performative.

Musician Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes, is currently pursuing legal action against former President Trump’s campaign after a video montage featuring their song ‘Seven Nation Army’ was posted online by Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications. White filed a copyright infringement lawsuit, accusing the campaign of “flagrant misappropriation” of the song. The lawsuit was registered last week in the Southern District of New York.

Image by Monika Flueckiger.

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Prolific music producer and recording artist Pharrell Williams is expressing annoyance with celebrities endorsing political candidates. His comments follow pop star Taylor Swift's Instagram post backing Kamala Harris' presidential bid. show more
September 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Economy
Election 2024

Top Investor Warns of Mass Investment Pullout If Kamala Wins.

Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson intends to withdraw his investments from the stock market should Kamala Harris win the presidential election. “If Harris was elected, I would pull my money from the market… because I think the uncertainty regarding the plans they outlined would create a lot of uncertainty in the markets and likely lower markets,” said the Republican donor.

“The difference between the Trump administration and Harris is very, very different,” he explains in a Fox Business interview. “The Biden-Harris group wants to change the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28 percent, and the capital gains rate from 20 percent initially to 39 percent, now back to 28 percent.”

Paulson is especially concerned about Harris’s proposed tax on unrealized gains, saying: “[I]f they do implement a 25 percent tax on unrealized gains that would cause mass selling of almost everything. Stocks, bonds, homes, art. I think it would result in a crash in the markets and an immediate, pretty quick recession.”

Taxing unrealized gains would mean that, for instance, shareholders would be taxed on the assumed value of their shares without them being sold. If they were ultimately sold at a loss, the shareholder would essentially have been legally overtaxed on the asset.

Even Democrat-aligned economists are worrying about Harris’s economic agenda. Jason Furman, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama, warns her price control plans are “not sensible policy.”

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Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson intends to withdraw his investments from the stock market should Kamala Harris win the presidential election. “If Harris was elected, I would pull my money from the market... because I think the uncertainty regarding the plans they outlined would create a lot of uncertainty in the markets and likely lower markets,” said the Republican donor. show more
September 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

WATCH: Springfield City Manager Admits He HAS Heard Reports of ‘Horrid Things Occurring to Domesticated Animals.’

Video of a Springfield City Commission meeting on March 12 shows City Manager Bryan Heck admitting he has heard reports of Haitians doing “horrid things” to domestic animals. During the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10, the former president referenced reports of Haitian migrants killing cats and dogs in the Ohio town, with ABC moderator David Muir intervening to say the city manager had denied receiving “credible reports” of such incidents.

At the March meeting, a man identifying himself as Mark Sanders says Springfield residents—who have seen an influx of 20,000 Haitians in their community of just 40,000—no longer “feel safe” due to a “cultural clash.”

“Our traditions, laws, and culture is 180 degrees different than what [the Haitains] are used to,” Sanders explains, adding: “[O]ne of the things that I heard that bothered me very much, and I’ve actually had quite a few people contact me here lately, is some pretty horrid things occurring to domesticated animals in the neighborhood.”

City Manager Heck apparently begins shaking his head off camera, with Sanders challenging him on his dismissive attitude.

“No, no, no… We’ve heard the same thing,” Heck admits, but he insists he “hasn’t seen the proof.”

“People that have confided in me have asked for anonymity; I can’t give their names up,” Sanders responds.

“I mean, we haven’t seen the proof,” Heck reiterates, but again acknowledges: “I’ve heard about it, too.”

“You have been heard; the community is being heard,” Heck claims, although city officials are now suggesting any reports of Haitians mistreating people’s pets are lies. They are also discouraging Trump from visiting to talk to residents.

OTHER EVIDENCE. 

Trump’s running mate, Ohio lawmaker J.D. Vance, also reports that his office “has received many inquiries from actual residents of Springfield who’ve said their neighbors’ pets or local wildlife were abducted by Haitian migrants.“

Earlier claims that Haitians have been strangling and stealing geese in public parks have been largely substantiated by police reports and non-emergency call recordings.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost says the people reporting these incidents “would be competent witnesses in court,” questioning: “Why does the media find a carefully worded City Hall press release better evidence?”

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Video of a Springfield City Commission meeting on March 12 shows City Manager Bryan Heck admitting he has heard reports of Haitians doing "horrid things" to domestic animals. During the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10, the former president referenced reports of Haitian migrants killing cats and dogs in the Ohio town, with ABC moderator David Muir intervening to say the city manager had denied receiving "credible reports" of such incidents. show more
September 17, 2024
William Upton
News

Biden-Harris DHS Refused to Investigate Failed Trump Shooter After He Was Flagged by Border Agents Last Year.

The Biden-Harris government’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined a request for further investigation of Ryan Routh—the second would-be assassin of former President Donald J. Trump—after he was flagged by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when reentering the country from Ukraine in June 2023. Border agents interviewed Routh as a person of interest at the Honolulu airport last year, according to agency documents.

A memo filed by the CBP indicates border agents were aware that Routh had traveled to Poland in 2022 and to Turkey in 2023 and was suspected of having continued on to Ukraine. During his interview with CBP, the future would-be assassin claimed his travels were part of an effort to recruit over 100 foreign fighters from Afghanistan and other nations to fight against the Russian invasion.

“Subject is a USC who had traveled to Kiev, Ukraine for 3 months to help recruit Soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova, and Taiwan to fight in the Ukrainian war against Russia,” the border patrol agents’ interview notes read. They add: “Subject stated that he does not get paid for his recruiting efforts and all his work for the Ukrainian government is strictly volunteer work. Subject provided his recruiting business card (cards have been uploaded into the event) which lists his recruiting partners that he speaks with to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Romanian, Pakistan, Syria, and Israel.”

The CBP memo also states that Routh was subsequently referred to the Biden-Harris DHS’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit for further investigation. However, HSI declined the case.

In 2019, Routh—a convicted felon—was flagged by federal law enforcement over suspicions he illegally possessed a firearm. Meanwhile, in June 2022, a nurse who had encountered Routh in Ukraine notified CBP agents that he was potentially dangerous and exhibited bizarre and predatory behavior.

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The Biden-Harris government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined a request for further investigation of Ryan Routh—the second would-be assassin of former President Donald J. Trump—after he was flagged by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when reentering the country from Ukraine in June 2023. Border agents interviewed Routh as a person of interest at the Honolulu airport last year, according to agency documents. show more
September 17, 2024
Jack Montgomery
NatSec

Would-Be Trump Assassin Reported to Feds at Least Twice.

Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old Democrat who attempted to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at a Florida golf club on Sunday, was reported to federal authorities at least twice. Most recently, a woman who worked as a nurse in Ukraine, to which Routh has deep ties, told U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers he was the most dangerous American she encountered in the Eastern European country.

In an hourlong interview with CBP officers at Dulles International Airport in June 2022, Chelsea Walsh presented a notebook with Routh at the top of a list of Americans known for “Overall Predatory Behavior (or antisocial traits)” in Ukraine.

“‘Of all the people on there, Ryan Routh should be number one,’” she told CBP. Routh was also the sole name on Walsh’s list of “People who have been arrested in Ukraine.”

The 58-year-old, who has a truck with a ‘Biden-Harris’ bumper sticker at his address and repeated Democratic talking points about Trump threatening democracy on social media, was also reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2019. Agents heard Routh was in possession of a firearm despite being a felon, but they simply referred the matter to local law enforcement and closed it.

Routh targeted Trump with a scoped SKS rifle—a firearm of Soviet origin rare in America but still common in Ukraine and other former Soviet Socialist Republics. The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) spotted Routh in a bush and shot at him before he could open fire, but did not hit him, allowing him to escape. Local law enforcement later took him into custody.

The USSS claims the would-be assassin never had a line of sight on Trump, although the former president does appear to have come within the effective range of the SKS when Routh was detected.

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Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old Democrat who attempted to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at a Florida golf club on Sunday, was reported to federal authorities at least twice. Most recently, a woman who worked as a nurse in Ukraine, to which Routh has deep ties, told U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers he was the most dangerous American she encountered in the Eastern European country. show more
September 16, 2024
William Upton
NatSec
News

Whistleblowers: ‘Pattern of Negligence, Sloppiness, and Gross Incompetence’ By Secret Service.

A whistleblower report issued by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) reveals startling new allegations against the United States Secret Service (USSS) regarding the July 13, 2024, attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report is compiled from several individuals in federal law enforcement and the USSS who came forward and spoke with the Missouri Senator.

According to Senator Hawley, the “findings are highly damaging to the credibility of the Secret Service and DHS. They reveal a compounding pattern of negligence, sloppiness, and gross incompetence that goes back years, all of which culminated in an assassination attempt that came inches from succeeding.” The report states the USSS ignored offers by local law enforcement to deploy drone technology and alleges the USSS’s lead site agent for the Butler rally “was known to be incompetent.”

The whistleblowers claim that the USSS Counter Survailene Division failed to “perform a typical evaluation of the Butler site and was not present on the day of the rally.” Additionally, the whistleblowers allege that USSS intelligence units were not present at the Butler rally either.

LEAD AGENT A DEI HIRE?

Even more troubling, the report alleges that the “lead agent responsible for the entire Butler visit, including the rally, failed a key examination during their federal law enforcement training to become a Secret Service agent.” This allegation follows a disturbing pattern of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hires at the USSS, resulting in at least one incident involving a fight between Kamala Harris’s protective detail members.

The document confirms prior reporting by The National Pulse that agents were told any additional resource requests would be denied. “The Secret Service’s Office of Protective Operations-Manpower told agents in charge of security for the Butler rally not to request additional security resources because they would be denied,” Sen. Hawley’s report reads.

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A whistleblower report issued by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) reveals startling new allegations against the United States Secret Service (USSS) regarding the July 13, 2024, attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The report is compiled from several individuals in federal law enforcement and the USSS who came forward and spoke with the Missouri Senator. show more
September 16, 2024
William Upton
Crime
Election 2024

Dem Operatives Are Deceiving Pro-Trump Disabled, Senior Citizens To Run Third Party In Swing Districts.

A group of Democrat-aligned consulting firms is allegedly behind a shadowy political operation that has deceived numerous pro-Trump senior citizens and disabled individuals into running as third-party candidates in key Congressional swing districts in the hopes of splitting Republican support. Operating under the name Patriots Run Project, the group has ties to firms like the Nevada-based Sole Strategies, Common Sense America, and Patinkin Research—all associated with Democratic Party campaigns and candidates.

The Patriots Run Project has successfully recruited elderly and disabled supporters of former President Donald J. Trump to run in Congressional races in several states, including Iowa and Virginia. In other instances, the group failed to get their candidates on the ballot. Concerningly, the individuals recruited by the Patriots Run Project appear to be targeted mainly through social media and are almost entirely senior citizens, those suffering from long-term disabilities, or both. This suggests that the Democrat-run operation purposefully targets people they believe they can defraud and manipulate.

POSSIBLE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY.

While recruiting third-party candidates is not illegal if done in accordance with state and federal elections laws, the Patriots Run Project does not appear to be a registered business entity. Nor does the group have a nonprofit status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Additionally, it is not a registered Political Action Committee (PAC) with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The Democrat-backed organization provided paid signature gatherers for those they recruited to run for Congress. Additionally, operatives who appear to have used false names would pick up the candidates and drive them to local election offices to file their candidacy paperwork. In one instance, a candidate recruit noted that the operative attempted to dodge appearing on government security cameras and refused to have their picture taken.

It is unclear if the Patriots Run Project’s actions violate state and federal election laws, though the lack of business, nonprofit, or PAC registrations suggests this may be the case. An Associated Press (AP) investigation tied the group to several Democrat-aligned consulting firms based in Nevada and Washington State. However, national Democratic campaign committees deny any connection with the effort.

Sole Strategie’s clients include the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), Representative Pat Ryan (D-NY), and the Democratic-aligned Latino group Mi Familia Vota.

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A group of Democrat-aligned consulting firms is allegedly behind a shadowy political operation that has deceived numerous pro-Trump senior citizens and disabled individuals into running as third-party candidates in key Congressional swing districts in the hopes of splitting Republican support. Operating under the name Patriots Run Project, the group has ties to firms like the Nevada-based Sole Strategies, Common Sense America, and Patinkin Research—all associated with Democratic Party campaigns and candidates. show more
September 16, 2024
Data
Election 2024

Public Confidence In America’s Elections Systems Is Collapsing.

New data suggests confidence in U.S. elections in waiting in six critical battleground states, with likely voters only expressing some degree of confidence their states adequately protect against fraud. In Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, nearly a third of voters say they lack confidence in state election results. Meanwhile, just two-thirds of voters express some degree of confidence in the process.

In Wisconsin, just over half of likely voters say they have confidence in the results reported by state officials. Meanwhile, in Michigan, the number drops to just 46 percent. Those who say they’re very confident fall to just four in ten in the other states surveyed. Notably, voters’ confidence in their state election process is highly correlated with their partisan affiliation—with Democrats being more likely to say elections are accurate.

Among Kamala Harris’s supporters in the surveyed states, 71 percent are very confident in voting accuracy, compared to just 15 percent of former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters. A significant portion of Trump supporters display minimal faith in the system. In Georgia, 61 percent of pro-Trump respondents are at least somewhat confident in election accuracy, whereas the figures drop to 50 percent in Nevada and are even lower in Pennsylvania (47 percent), Arizona (46 percent), and Michigan (44 percent).

The National Pulse reported in August that Georgia is implementing new rules to improve the security and accuracy of its vote-counting process. Additionally, Republicans on Capitol Hill are attempting to advance legislation that would ensure noncitizens cannot illegally vote in federal elections.

Democrat lawmakers almost universally oppose the measure.

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New data suggests confidence in U.S. elections in waiting in six critical battleground states, with likely voters only expressing some degree of confidence their states adequately protect against fraud. In Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, nearly a third of voters say they lack confidence in state election results. Meanwhile, just two-thirds of voters express some degree of confidence in the process. show more