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August 16, 2024
News

Mar-a-Lago is More Profitable Than Ever.

In his latest financial disclosure, former President Donald J. Trump reports $56.9 million in resort-related revenue at Mar-a-Lago, an increase from the previous year’s $52.3 million. The documents, released on Thursday, list Mar-a-Lago among Trump’s employment assets, income, and retirement accounts—revealing the club’s value as exceeding $50 million.

In the disclosure, Mar-a-Lago Club, L.L.C. is stated to have produced $56,935,122 in resort-related revenue this year, up from the sum reported in last year’s filing to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The luxurious Palm Beach resort has emerged as a focal point for Trump’s political engagements—including where he launched his 2024 presidential bid and has held numerous news conferences and campaign events.

A historic landmark and so-called Winter White House from 1973 to 1981, Mar-a-Lago has become synonymous with the MAGA movement and a hub for right-wing events. A New York Times analysis indicates that since 2021, the resort has predominantly been booked by right-wing organizations and political fundraisers, including Turning Point USA and the America First Policy Institute (AFPI).

The surge in Mar-a-Lago’s revenue might also be attributed to increased membership fees. During a recent New York civil fraud trial, a Trump Organization analyst revealed that the club’s initiation fee had escalated to $600,000, up from $100,000 in 2016. Four new membership spots, priced at $1 million each, are set to become available in October.

Judge Arthur Engoron—who presided over the civil fraud case—bizarrely ruled that the historic property was only worth $18 million despite having been listed for sale at $20 million in 1981 when the federal government moved to liquidate the estate. In reality, Mar-a-Lago is likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more, given its location, historic nature, and revenue stream.

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In his latest financial disclosure, former President Donald J. Trump reports $56.9 million in resort-related revenue at Mar-a-Lago, an increase from the previous year’s $52.3 million. The documents, released on Thursday, list Mar-a-Lago among Trump’s employment assets, income, and retirement accounts—revealing the club's value as exceeding $50 million.

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August 16, 2024
William Upton
News

‘Troubling’ – Trump Shooter’s Body Was Swiftly Cremated.

Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) is criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for its decision to release Thomas Matthew Crooks’ body to his family for cremation shortly after Crooks’ attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. The congressman expressed his concerns over the agency’s actions in a report to the July 13 Task Force, a bipartisan committee investigating security lapses related to the incident.

Higgins disclosed that Crooks’ body was handed over for cremation 10 days after the shooting. He learned of this development while in Butler, Pennsylvania, conducting his investigation at the rally site. The congressman described this decision as an obstruction to further investigation, noting that even local law enforcement and the county coroner were unaware of the body’s release until August 5.

Higgins underscored the difficulties this posed for verifying the coroner’s report and autopsy. He emphasized that while reports and photographs exist, their accuracy could not be confirmed through an examination of Crooks’ body.

“Please note, Mr. Chairman, that on J23, the day that Crooks was cremated, both the Homeland Security Committee and the Oversight Committee had begun House Committee jurisdictional investigation into J13, and Speaker Johnson had already stated that he was forming an Official Congressional investigative body,” Higgins wrote in his report, adding: “Why, then, by what measure, would the FBI release his body to the family for cremation? This pattern of investigative scorched earth by the FBI is quite troubling.”

Higgins also scrutinized the FBI’s handling of the crime scene, stating the agency released it after just three days, a decision he found unusual. The report notes that the FBI’s cleanup efforts included the removal of biological evidence, an action atypical for law enforcement. Several first responders voiced surprise and concern over the crime scene‘s early release, Higgins added.

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Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) is criticizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for its decision to release Thomas Matthew Crooks’ body to his family for cremation shortly after Crooks' attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. The congressman expressed his concerns over the agency's actions in a report to the July 13 Task Force, a bipartisan committee investigating security lapses related to the incident. show more
August 16, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Election Integrity

Foreign Climate Activists Run Brazen Election Interference Scheme to Harm Trump.

A United Kingdom-based climate activist group is admittingly attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on behalf of the Democratic Party, attacking former President Donald J. Trump over the much-maligned Project 2025. The Centre for Climate Reporting, founded by radical environmentalists Lawrence Carter and Tom Costello, has released a heavily edited ten-minute expose on the Heritage Foundation-housed presidential transition project featuring former Trump administration official Russ Vought and others speaking to an undercover reporter.

The Centre for Climate Reporting video uses an overly dramatic music score and ominous voice-over work to portray comments by Vought and other individuals involved in Project 2025 as evidence of a nefarious plot. However, the clandestinely shot video, in truth, offers nothing new. The comments made by Vought echo statements he has made in the past and are readily available in the public record—something the filmmakers tacitly admit by recycling clips of Vought’s appearances on programs like Stephen K. Bannon‘s War Room.

In one moment that is meant to be ‘shocking’ to viewers, Vought discusses plans to deport illegal immigrants and defund Planned Parenthood. These are two policy areas where the entirety of the Republican Party has been very vocal—and, in the case of the former, has mass public support according to election polls.

Vought, who served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under former President Trump, is a major force behind efforts to reform the federal government’s administrative powers and end the undemocratic deep state. The former Trump official’s views and policy goals are no secret, though the Centre for Climate Reporting certainly attempts to mislead viewers on this.

FOREIGN ELECTION INTERFERENCE.

However, the UK-based environmental group could be excused for not knowing that it is common for individuals and organizations on both sides of the American political aisle to begin planning presidential transitions several months, if not years, in advance—including drafting hundreds of policy proposals. The lack of understanding of common practices in American politics, though, raises a secondary concern other than their misleading portrayal of Vought and Project 2025.

The Centre for Climate Reporting’s video is obviously meant to build on Democratic Party and progressive activists‘ attacks on Project 2025 and the Republican presidential nominee. Yet, unlike the domestic American reporting, the Centre is a foreign entity employing British and Canadian nationals who are not allowed to legally participate in U.S. elections as voters. Carter and Costello’s video certainly appears to be the sort of foreign election interference that Democrats have lambasted since 2016.

Aside from being misleading foreign-produced propaganda, the Centre for Climate Reporting’s undercover video appears to be something the group can present to donors in an attempt to boost their funding. The high production value and media push—including coverage by CNN—have all the hallmarks of a work product meant to court American progressive financial backers.

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A United Kingdom-based climate activist group is admittingly attempting to interfere in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on behalf of the Democratic Party, attacking former President Donald J. Trump over the much-maligned Project 2025. The Centre for Climate Reporting, founded by radical environmentalists Lawrence Carter and Tom Costello, has released a heavily edited ten-minute expose on the Heritage Foundation-housed presidential transition project featuring former Trump administration official Russ Vought and others speaking to an undercover reporter. show more
August 15, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Kamala’s Democrats Would Be ‘Unrecognizable’ to John and Bobby Kennedy: RFK Jr.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is signaling he will not be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris at any point. He insists her Democratic Party “would be unrecognizable” to his father, Robert ‘Bobby’ Kennedy Sr., and uncle, President John F. Kennedy. “I cannot reconcile it with my values,” he says.

“The Democratic Party of RFK [Sr.] and JFK was the party of civil liberties and free speech. VP Harris‘s is the party of censorship, lockdowns, and medical coercion,” Kennedy warns in a statement posted on social media. “Kennedy Democrats were anti-war,” he continues, adding: “Kamala’s [party] is riddled with neocon warmongers.”

RFK Jr. contrasts the Democrats of old, as he sees them, with today’s Democrats and with Harris’s personal politics.

“My dad and uncle’s party was the champion of voting rights and fair elections. VP Harris’s is the party of lawfare, disenfranchisement, and the coronation of its candidates by corporate donors and party elites,” he says, referring to Joe Biden’s replacement by Harris as the Democratic nominee without a single primary vote and the politically motivated prosecutions of former President Donald J. Trump, which he opposes.

RFK also accuses Harris of spending “years gaslighting Americans about the health of our Commander in Chief,” in reference to the near-certainty the Vice President knew about Biden’s cognitive impairment before his disastrous debate against Trump.

“I have no plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President. I do have a plan to defeat her,” RFK Jr. concludes.

ENDORSING TRUMP.

A leaked call between Kennedy and Trump following the latter’s near-assassination showed Trump was interested in giving him a role in his administration, likely investigating vaccine safety.

Reports indicate RFK was considering endorsing Trump to secure this role. However, the Trump camp was concerned about the propriety of appearing to secure someone’s endorsement by offering them a job.

“I am willing to talk to anybody from either political party who wants to talk about children’s health and how to end the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said of these talks in July.

“I have a lot of respect for President Trump for reaching out to me. Nobody from the DNC, high or low, has ever reached out to me in 18 months. Instead, they have allocated millions to try to disrupt my campaign,” he added.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is signaling he will not be endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris at any point. He insists her Democratic Party "would be unrecognizable" to his father, Robert 'Bobby' Kennedy Sr., and uncle, President John F. Kennedy. "I cannot reconcile it with my values," he says. show more
August 15, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
News

Secret Service Agent Was Breastfeeding Baby as Trump Arrived for Event.

Security and professional lapses continue to plague the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), with the latest incident involving a female agent abandoning her post during former President Donald J. Trump‘s rally in North Carolina. The agent was found in a secured space reserved for USSS emergencies, using the area to breastfeed her child.

Compounding the matter, the site agent—a supervisor in charge of the overall site security plan—found the agent alongside family members who had been able to bypass Uniformed Division security checkpoints. Additionally, the agent and her family were accompanied by an event staffer whom the USSS did not clear to be present in secured areas.

According to USSS protocols, an agent on duty is not allowed to be accompanied by a child. Nor are uncleared family members allowed to accompany an agent into secured areas—especially before a major event involving a protectee. It is believed the agent who left her post to breastfeed was not part of former President Trump‘s regular security detail but rather an agent from the Atlanta, Georgia, field office.

In the aftermath of the July 13 attempted assassination of Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, some have pointed to the overuse of inexperienced USSS agents from the Pittsburgh field office as a contributing factor in the massive security lapse. Additionally, the substitution of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers for USSS agents is also blamed for the breakdown in protection. It is unclear what role, if any, DHS staff played in the North Carolina rally.

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Security and professional lapses continue to plague the U.S. Secret Service (USSS), with the latest incident involving a female agent abandoning her post during former President Donald J. Trump's rally in North Carolina. The agent was found in a secured space reserved for USSS emergencies, using the area to breastfeed her child. show more
August 14, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
UK

DiPLoMaCY! – Every New UK Foreign Affairs Appointee Has Said Nasty Things About Trump.

Every newly appointed official in the United Kingdom Labour government’s Foreign Office appears to have a long history of taking jabs at and smearing former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Should the former Republican President retake the White House in November, potentially cold relations could complicate UK efforts to engage with Trump and the U.S. government.

The National Pulse reported in mid-July that Britain‘s new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has thus far refused to apologize for calling Trump a “neo-Nazi sympathizing sociopath” and “tyrant.” Defending his remarks, Lammy argued, “You’re going to struggle to find any politician who has not had things to say about Donald Trump in his first term, particularly on Twitter.”

With the U.S. presidential election neck-and-neck between Trump and the Democratic Party nominee, Kamala Harris, Lammy has toned down his recent criticism of the former President, going so far as to say Trump’s stance on NATO and European security is “often misunderstood.” However, the anti-Trump sentiment in the Foreign Office does not end with the Foreign Secretary.

The new North America Minister, Stephen Doughty, and Indo-Pacific Minister, Catherine West, pushed an April 2019 parliamentary motion demanding the then-Conservative UK government cancel Trump‘s state visit. International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds also signed on to the motion at the time, which condemned Trump for allegedly promoting misogyny and xenophobia.

During the debate over the state visit, Doughty accused Trump of lacking “basic values of humanity and equality.” Meanwhile, Dodds said Trump did not abide by “democratic values.”

Woody Johnson, the former U.S. ambassador to the UK under Trump, recently reminded Lammy of his past comments and those from other ministers in the government, warning they were not “wise.” Johnson reportedly told the Foreign Secretary that “people will remember all those comments.”

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Every newly appointed official in the United Kingdom Labour government's Foreign Office appears to have a long history of taking jabs at and smearing former U.S. President Donald J. Trump. Should the former Republican President retake the White House in November, potentially cold relations could complicate UK efforts to engage with Trump and the U.S. government. show more
August 14, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Election 2024

Here’s How Kamala Is Killing the Bitcoin Price.

Cryptocurrency values are tumbling on fears that Kamala Harris could win the White House in November’s U.S. presidential election. The price of Bitcoin began to slide after the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee—who replaced the 81-year-old Joe Biden after he dropped from the race in July—overtook former President Donald J. Trump in online betting markets.

“Our interpretation of current market sentiment is that a Trump win is bullish, and Harris win is bearish (at least in terms of the immediate market reaction),” a recent report from Berstein—a private wealth management firm—reads. Since Harris secured the Democratic Party’s nomination on August 4, Bitcoin’s value has slid 3 percent.

The driving factor behind the cryptocurrency price slide has been the perception that a win by former President Trump would be a boon to crypto markets. While speaking at The Bitcoin Conference in late July, Trump announced his plan to create a national Bitcoin reserve should he be returned to office in November.

“If we don’t do it, China and others are going to be doing it,” he said, adding: “This [Bitcoin] is the steel industry of 100 years ago.”

Meanwhile, market analysts see a potential Harris government as overly hostile to cryptocurrencies. Under the current Biden-Harris regime, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has aggressively attempted to regulate Bitcoin and other crypto tokens.

Under Genlser’s leadership, the agency has acknowledged that some see its actions as anti-innovation. However, the SEC insists it has proper legal jurisdiction to regulate cryptocurrencies as a traded security.

While the value of some cryptocurrencies appears to have begun a recovery, Bitcoin has yet to recover to its all-time high of $73,700 in March.

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Cryptocurrency values are tumbling on fears that Kamala Harris could win the White House in November's U.S. presidential election. The price of Bitcoin began to slide after the Democratic Party's presidential nominee—who replaced the 81-year-old Joe Biden after he dropped from the race in July—overtook former President Donald J. Trump in online betting markets. show more
August 13, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Crime
Election 2024

Trump Campaign Office Burglarized, Suspect at Large.

Law enforcement is investigating the burglarization of one of former President Donald J. Trump‘s campaign offices in Virginia. The incident occurred on Sunday around 9 PM at an office located in Ashburn, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Monday.

Video surveillance footage shows the suspect is a white adult male in dark clothes and a dark baseball cap, carrying a backpack.

“It is rare to have the office of any political campaign or party broken into,” said Sheriff Mike Chapman. “We are determined to identify the suspect, investigate why it happened, and determine what may have been taken as well as what may have been left behind.”

The event has drawn comparisons to the Watergate scandal, when a break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters during President Richard Nixon’s re-election caused political turmoil. The Trump campaign office, about 30 miles west of Washington, D.C., also functions as the headquarters for the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee. In addition, it is used as an office by Mike Clancy, a Republican candidate, who is currently campaigning against Democrat Suhas Subramanyam for the congressional seat held by the outgoing Rep. Jennifer Wexton.

News of the break-in comes amid warnings that suspected Iranian hackers have targeted the Trump campaign, which the FBI is now investigating.

This was followed on Monday by a coordinated attempt to derail a conversation between Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk on X (formerly Twitter) with a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, cheered on by Kamala Harris‘s election campaign.

This story is developing…

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Law enforcement is investigating the burglarization of one of former President Donald J. Trump's campaign offices in Virginia. The incident occurred on Sunday around 9 PM at an office located in Ashburn, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Monday. show more
August 13, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
TECH

Kamala Campaign Cheered On DDoS Attack On Musk-Trump ‘X’ Interview.

Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign cheered on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) targeting X—a leading American company—on Monday, as it disrupted a conversation between former President Donald J. Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk.

DDoS attacks involve flooding websites with bogus bot or botnet traffic to sabotage their functionality or knock them offline altogether. The one on the Trump-Musk X space comes as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a recent hack of the Trump campaign, attributed to Iran, in which internal emails were accessed.

Nevertheless, the Vice President’s team appeared thrilled that her leading election arrival—and a top U.S. business—were targeted again on Monday, trolling him on his Truth Social platform. Once their conversation concluded, Harris‘ team put out a statement sneering at Trump and Musk as “self-obsessed rich guys… who cannot run a livestream in the year 2024.”

In addition to purchasing X, formerly Twitter, Musk has built a number of successful companies, including Tesla and SpaceX, which provides high-quality Intenet connections to users in over 100 countries via the Starlink satellite network.

In contrast, Harris has connected no one to the Internet since Joe Biden appointed her as America’s rural broadband czar in 2021, with a budget of $42 billion.

Image by Steve Rhodes.

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Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign cheered on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) targeting X—a leading American company—on Monday, as it disrupted a conversation between former President Donald J. Trump and tech mogul Elon Musk. show more
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August 12, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

NAILED IT: Media Hails ‘Snap Election’ Strategy First Reported by The National Pulse.

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, warned in mid-July that the Democratic Party would employ a snap election, snap candidate strategy in the United States similar to those used by globalists in Europe to head off a populist electoral insurgency in France and ensure a Labour victory in the United Kingdom. Now, the American corporate media is embracing the country’s own ‘snap’ election candidate as a good thing, throwing their support behind corrupt backroom dealing in candidate selection.

“It’s all very important to what happens in November. I just think you have to be very, very careful here, especially of the Biden stuff, because you had a snap election in the UK, and you had a snap election in France,” Kassam explained last month. He continued, arguing that Biden would be replaced at the top of the ticked—essentially creating a ‘snap’ candidate and election scenario before the November election. The short amount of time until ballots are cast would prevent a thorough public vetting of the new Democrat nominee.

EMBRACING ‘SNAP’ ELECTION.

With Biden‘s replacement by his vice president, Kamala Harris, having come to pass, the corporate media is backing the exceptionally brief campaign cycle for Harris as ‘good’ for democracy. “Did Kamala accidentally stumble into a new model for a very short campaign? What if a[sic] party pushed all the primaries into the weeks before the convention?” Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith wrote on X (formerly Twitter). He added: “The long American campaigns have a real downside.”

Echoing Smith’s sentiments, Vanity Fair correspondent and former CNN flunkie Brian Stelter posted: “An end to never-ending campaigns?”

The swapping of Harris for Biden has upended the 2024 presidential race, which is now a dead heat between the Democratic Party candidate and former President Donald J. Trump. Additionally, Biden‘s exit from the race has tamped down public concerns over the 81-year-old Democrat’s clear cognitive decline—though he remains in the White House.

 

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The National Pulse's Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, warned in mid-July that the Democratic Party would employ a snap election, snap candidate strategy in the United States similar to those used by globalists in Europe to head off a populist electoral insurgency in France and ensure a Labour victory in the United Kingdom. Now, the American corporate media is embracing the country's own 'snap' election candidate as a good thing, throwing their support behind corrupt backroom dealing in candidate selection. show more