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July 31, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Kamala Heckles Trump Over Debate: ‘Say It To My Face.’

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the November presidential election following Joe Biden’s ouster, again challenged former President Donald J. Trump again to a debate during her first rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night.

The Democratic candidate said that Trump should criticize her record as a progressive prosecutor and failed border czar “to her face” in a September debate.

“So, the momentum in this race is shifting, and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it,” Harris asserted at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia. She claimed the former president has pulled out of a September debate he previously agreed to—against Joe Biden—although his campaign has only said he will not commit to the debate until the Democratic Party officially designates Harris as its nominee.

Harris suggested Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance have had “a lot to say about her,” adding: “Well, Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage, because as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face.”

The National Pulse reported late last week that polling data following Biden’s announcement that he would not run for reelection shows the race has narrowed, with Harris and Trump nearly tied among voters.

Harris’s entrance in the 2024 contest has injected new life into Democrats who had been previously demoralized by the failing campaign of the 81-year-old Biden, who shows clear signs of cognitive and physical decline.

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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for the November presidential election following Joe Biden's ouster, again challenged former President Donald J. Trump again to a debate during her first rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday night. show more

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How did we get to the point where we were jumping at the chance to debate Biden in June (a major faux pas, as I said it would be at the time) to now trying to avoid debating Kamala? There’s no doubt in my mind a debate will actually take place
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July 31, 2024
William Upton
NatSec

REPORT: Acting Secret Service Director Denied Requests to Increase Trump’s Security.

Acting United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Ronald Rowe is alleged to be one of the officials who blocked requests from former President Donald J. Trump‘s campaign to increase the Republican nominee’s security detail prior to the assassination attempt on July 13. According to investigative journalist Susan Crabtree, Rowe and former USSS director Kimberly Cheatle had a direct role in determining the allocation of agency resources and were responsible for denying the Trump campaign’s requests.

Additionally, Crabtree—citing sources familiar with USSS decision-making—states that Rowe was the official with the final authority in denying counter-sniper teams for Trump events outside reasonable driving distance from Washington, D.C. Rowe became acting director of the agency following Cheatle’s resignation last week following bipartisan calls by Members of Congress that she step down.

ROWE REPEATEDLY DENIES. 

During a rare joint-committee hearing before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Rowe repeatedly denied the claim that he was responsible for denying the Trump campaign requests for additional security resources over the past two years. When asked by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) if he had denied sniper coverage outside driving distance from Washington, D.C., Rowe responded: “That is a false statement, sir.”

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), meanwhile, pressed Rowe regarding the false claim by a USSS spokesman that the agency had not denied requests by Trump‘s protective detail and his presidential campaign for additional resources.

“I don’t think there was any intention to mislead,” Rowe answered before Sen. Lee interjected, asking that the acting director submit in writing what requests were made by whom and when.

For a third time, Rowe was pressed over his involvement in decisions regarding Trump‘s security detail. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) again asked the acting director if he had denied requests made by the Trump campaign. “Senator, as I stated earlier, that is not true,” he responded, insisting that he was never involved in the decision-making process at all.

In a fiery exchange with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rowe denied the report for a fourth time.

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Acting United States Secret Service (USSS) Director Ronald Rowe is alleged to be one of the officials who blocked requests from former President Donald J. Trump's campaign to increase the Republican nominee's security detail prior to the assassination attempt on July 13. According to investigative journalist Susan Crabtree, Rowe and former USSS director Kimberly Cheatle had a direct role in determining the allocation of agency resources and were responsible for denying the Trump campaign's requests. show more
July 30, 2024
William Upton
News

Secret Service Sniper Lashes Out at Bosses, Warns of Second Assassination Attempt.

An email allegedly sent by a United States Secret Service (USSS) counter-sniper to the agency’s Uniformed Division on Monday night raises concerns that little has changed within the agency, making another assassination attempt before the 2024 presidential election likely. The counter-sniper blames USSS leadership for intervening and tying the hands of agents at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which saw former President Donald J. Trump shot in the ear, two rallygoers wounded, and Trump supporter Corey Comperatore killed.

Additionally, they say they will not rest until at least five senior agency officials are forced out. Kimberly Cheatle resigned as director of the USSS last week.

“This agency NEEDS to change, if not now, WHEN? The NEXT assassination attempt in 30 days?” the email reads. The USSS counter-sniper ominously adds: “Because we all SHOULD expect another attempt to happen before November. We’ve exposed our inability to protect our leaders due to our leadership.”

The comments echo the warnings of The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, who said on his podcast this week that the left impeached Trump twice and that the American public should expect them to try and assassinate him twice.

The USSS counter-sniper claims: “The technicians who worked on 7/13/24 in Butler, PA DID THEIR JOB with their hands tied. Secret Service SUPERVISORS ‘knew better,’ and the foot soldiers working made the best of a BAD situation…”

“Sadly, we have fallen short for YEARS. We just got lucky and looked good doing it,” the email states, raising concerns about systemic issues with the USSS, from training protocols to security plans and leadership. The author continues: “I have conveyed these thoughts to not only supervisors (to include the current Captain) within CS, but those responsible for training us (SOTS/CS). Only to be brushed off as if those with less experience somehow knew more than me.”

The counter-sniper’s email concludes with a damning indictment of senior USSS leadership. “Failure is not an option, and on 7/13/24, WE failed. Not because of commitment or sense of dedication. But because our SUPERVISORS (aka leadership) knew better and thought our concerns were less important,” the email states.

“The motto of the USSS…CYA [Cover Your Ass],” the counter-sniper concludes, accusing the agency’s leaders of covering up their mistakes.

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An email allegedly sent by a United States Secret Service (USSS) counter-sniper to the agency's Uniformed Division on Monday night raises concerns that little has changed within the agency, making another assassination attempt before the 2024 presidential election likely. The counter-sniper blames USSS leadership for intervening and tying the hands of agents at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which saw former President Donald J. Trump shot in the ear, two rallygoers wounded, and Trump supporter Corey Comperatore killed. show more
July 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

WATCH: Trump Slams Olympic Opening Ceremony as a ‘Disgrace.’

Former President Donald J. Trump says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was a “disgrace,” referencing segments that appeared to mock Christianity openly. At one point in the proceedings, an obese drag queen wearing a halo-like headdress and other crossdressers appeared to recreate The Last Supper, in which Jesus Christ and his disciples shared a final meal before being arrested and crucified.

“I thought the opening was a disgrace, actually. I thought it was a disgrace,” Trump told Laura Ingraham. He suggested that, if reelected, his influence over the Olympics’ organizers will be such that “We won’t be having a Last Supper as portrayed as the way they portrayed it.”

“Look, I’m for everybody; I’m very open-minded,” he said. “But I thought what they did was a disgrace.”

The ceremony’s organizers have issued an “apology” for The Last Supper scene, claiming unconvincingly that their drag queens were actually recreating a debauched wedding between pagan deities, as depicted in the Dutch painting The Feast of the Gods.

However, Christian leaders such as America’s Bishop Robert Barron have rejected this explanation as “woke duplicity,” noting the wording of the apology amounted to saying, “If you’re so simple-minded and stupid to have been offended by this wonderful expression of French culture, well, we’re sorry about that.”

“Christians are offended because it was offensive, and it was intended to be offensive, so please don’t patronize us with this condescending remark about ‘Well, if you had any bad feelings, we’re awfully sorry about that,'” he said.

Elsewhere in his interview with Ingraham, Trump mentioned the trauma his wife, Melania, experienced following the attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania. He said she was watching his rally live when Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on him, which has had a significant impact on her.

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Former President Donald J. Trump says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony was a "disgrace," referencing segments that appeared to mock Christianity openly. At one point in the proceedings, an obese drag queen wearing a halo-like headdress and other crossdressers appeared to recreate The Last Supper, in which Jesus Christ and his disciples shared a final meal before being arrested and crucified. show more
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July 30, 2024
News

Florida Man Arrested for Violent Social Media Posts Threatening Trump, Praising Would-Be Assassin.

Authorities in Jupiter, Florida, have detained a 68-year-old local man, Michael Martin Wiseman, who is accused of making serious threats on social media against former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). Wiseman allegedly used platforms such as Facebook and Threads to issue these threats.

The arrest comes just after a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where Trump survived an assassination attempt. During that event, a 20-year-old shooter named Thomas Matthew Crooks was fatally shot by a U.S. Secret Service sniper after the would-be assassin fired upwards of eight rounds—hitting the former President in the ear, seriously wounding two others, and killing rallygoer Corey Comperatore.

VIOLENT THREATS. 

According to local police, Wiseman praised Crooks in his social media posts. One of the purported Facebook messages read, “Trump and Vance should be murdered before turning us in to [sic] West Russia.” Another troubling post allegedly stated, “I am advocating Trump and Vance’s daughters get raped and THEN tell me they won’t fly their kids out of the USA for an abortion.”

In another instance, a post on Threads allegedly stated, “Why is Trump allowed to be alive? We need to train patriots. Thomas Matthew Crooks deserves a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor, a stamp, and a national holiday.”

According to a press release issued by the Jupiter Police Department (JPD) on July 19, detectives investigated Wiseman’s social media accounts and confirmed multiple threats against Trump and Vance, as well as threats of bodily harm toward their families. The JPD collaborated with the United States Secret Service (USSS) and the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office during the investigation. Wiseman was apprehended without incident.

Following his arrest, Wiseman was arraigned on July 20. Prosecutors have argued for him to remain in pretrial detention, citing that he poses a threat to the community and highlighting the serious nature of the charges, which include a felony in the first degree. Under Florida law, the crime Wiseman is charged with typically carries a potential sentence of up to 40 years in prison.

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Authorities in Jupiter, Florida, have detained a 68-year-old local man, Michael Martin Wiseman, who is accused of making serious threats on social media against former President Donald J. Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). Wiseman allegedly used platforms such as Facebook and Threads to issue these threats. show more
FBI
July 30, 2024
William Upton
News

Trump Shooter’s Account Was ‘UNEQUIVOCALLY Pro-Biden, Pro-Immigration,’ Says Social Media CEO.

Andrew Torba, the CEO of the Gab social media platform, is pushing back against claims made by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy director Paul Abbate that the agency has found anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic posts made by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Abbate, during a joint hearing before two U.S. Senate committees on Tuesday, claimed the bureau had found what it believes to be social media posts made by Crooks between 2019 and 2020 that contained the racially charged comments.

“This is not consistent with Gab’s understanding of the shooter’s motives based on an Emergency Disclosure Request (EDR) we received from the FBI last week for the Gab account ‘EpicMicrowave’ which, based on the content of that EDR, the FBI appeared to think belonged to Thomas Crooks,” Torba wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) responding to Abbate’s claims. He continued: “Normally we don’t confirm the existence or content of law enforcement communications. In this instance we had to make an exception due to the overwhelming public interest in disclosure and transparency.”

The Gab CEO goes on to state that the account believed to be associated with Crooks, prompting the FBI‘s EDR, is not reflective of the characterizations offered by Abbate during the Senate hearing.

“The story is this: the account for which data was requested was, UNEQUIVOCALLY, pro-Biden and in particular pro-Biden’s immigration policy,” Torba wrote, adding: “To the best of Gab’s knowledge, as of 2021, Crooks was a pro-lockdown, pro-immigration, left-wing Joe Biden supporter.”

Thomas Matthew Crooks’ motivation for attempting to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump has been subject to much speculation. Despite gaining access to his phone two weeks ago, the FBI has been unable to provide any official details regarding why Crooks carried out the attack.

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Andrew Torba, the CEO of the Gab social media platform, is pushing back against claims made by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy director Paul Abbate that the agency has found anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic posts made by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Abbate, during a joint hearing before two U.S. Senate committees on Tuesday, claimed the bureau had found what it believes to be social media posts made by Crooks between 2019 and 2020 that contained the racially charged comments. show more
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July 30, 2024
News

Trump to Speak with FBI Following Assassination Attempt.

Former President Donald J. Trump has agreed to an interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the July 13 assassination attempt against him. This development follows a request from the agency, which says it is employing standard procedures in its investigation. Trump’s relationship with the agency has been fraught, especially after the FBI engaged in a controversial raid on Mar-a-Lago in 2022.

Kevin Rojek, an FBI agent from the Pittsburgh office, stated, “We want to get his perspective on what he observed.” He emphasized that the interview is a routine procedure that would be conducted for “any other victim of crime, under any other circumstances.”

During a recent Congressional hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that Trump might have been struck by “shrapnel” during the assassination attempt, which resulted in the death of rallygoer Corey Comperatore. Subsequently, the FBI confirmed that Trump had indeed been shot, contradicting its director’s testimony.

The federal law enforcement agency also provided new information concerning Thomas Matthew Crooks, the individual responsible for the assassination attempt at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. Described as “highly intelligent,” Crooks reportedly maintained a small social circle throughout his life. His parents have cooperated extensively with the investigation.

Rojek highlighted that Crooks’s actions demonstrated significant premeditation. “Additionally, we believe his actions also show careful planning ahead of the campaign rally,” Rojek told reporters. According to the FBI, Crooks used aliases to purchase various gun-related items and took deliberate steps to conceal his intentions.

In preparation for the assassination attempt, Crooks had researched historical assassinations, including that of John F. Kennedy. The National Pulse reported on Monday that Crooks was identified through counter-sniper operations 90 minutes before he opened fire on Trump, with multiple security lapses within the Secret Service meaning he was not stopped in advance.

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Former President Donald J. Trump has agreed to an interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the July 13 assassination attempt against him. This development follows a request from the agency, which says it is employing standard procedures in its investigation. Trump's relationship with the agency has been fraught, especially after the FBI engaged in a controversial raid on Mar-a-Lago in 2022. show more
July 30, 2024
1A
TECH

Facebook Admits Wrongfully Censoring Iconic Trump Assassination Attempt Photo.

Facebook has admitted to wrongfully censoring an iconic photograph of former President Donald J. Trump moments after the July 13 attempt on his life. The image, captured by an Associated Press photographer, depicts Trump with a bloodied face and raised fist, with the American flag flying behind him. Facebook fact-checkers had been flagging the photo, claiming it was altered.

Facebook contends the censorship was supposed to target a manipulated version of the image, which falsely showed Secret Service agents smiling as they surrounded Trump. However, the original, authentic photograph was also censored.

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, acknowledged the supposed mistake following public backlash. Communications Director Dani Lever stated, “This was an error. This fact check was initially applied to a doctored photo showing the Secret Service agents smiling, and in some cases, our systems incorrectly applied that fact check to the real photo. This has been fixed and we apologize for the mistake.”

Facebook uses third-party fact-checkers and artificial intelligence (AI) software to monitor and control content on its platform. According to Meta, AI is used “to scale the work of fact-checkers by applying warning labels to duplicates of false claims and reducing their distribution.”

Meta and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has engaged in extensive election interference in the U.S., mostly through the funding of the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). Meanwhile, a report issued in April found that Facebook has directly interfered with and attempted to influence American elections 39 times since 2008.

In March, The National Pulse reported that an AI system deployed in Washington state erroneously flagged factually true stories as misinformation.

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Facebook has admitted to wrongfully censoring an iconic photograph of former President Donald J. Trump moments after the July 13 attempt on his life. The image, captured by an Associated Press photographer, depicts Trump with a bloodied face and raised fist, with the American flag flying behind him. Facebook fact-checkers had been flagging the photo, claiming it was altered. show more
July 29, 2024
Election 2024

Kamala Raises Over $200M, Recruits 170,000+ Volunteers in Week 1.

Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign claims it has secured $200 million in donations since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week. In addition, the Harris campaign, which has yet to officially secure the Democratic Party’s nomination, claims to have amassed over 170,000 volunteers for phone banking, canvassing, and other voter mobilization efforts as the election approaches in 100 days.

While approximately 60 percent of Harris‘s contributions came from first-time donors following Joe Biden‘s decision to exit the race, a significant number of donations may need refunding due to federal contribution limits. The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is expected to weigh in on several campaign finance issues in the coming weeks regarding the Democratic Party’s decision to swap Harris for the 81-year-old Biden.

Although the Harris campaign may exaggerate the number of volunteers, Zoom event attendees, and even donors—a tactic often used by candidates attempting to project electoral strength and gin up enthusiasm among both their base and independent voters—the machine behind the presumptive Democrat nominee is formidable.

A FORMIDABLE MACHINE.

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, noted last week that the Democratic Party is more capable today than during former President Donald J. Trump‘s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016.

“I think they learned in 2016 that they must cheat, they must steal, they must take part in all these different, let’s say, malleable parts on the fringes of certain counties and election boards across the country, and I’m not entirely convinced that the political right has done enough/anything to account for that,” Kassam told Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

“There are going to be alarm bells starting to ring, I guarantee you, in the next couple of weeks about just how little there is in terms of changes there on the ground,” he added.

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Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign claims it has secured $200 million in donations since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week. In addition, the Harris campaign, which has yet to officially secure the Democratic Party's nomination, claims to have amassed over 170,000 volunteers for phone banking, canvassing, and other voter mobilization efforts as the election approaches in 100 days. show more
July 29, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare
Politics
SCOTUS

Biden Demands Constitutional Amendment to Vandalize Supreme Court After Democrat Lawfare Failings.

Joe Biden is rolling out a series of proposals to radically change the United States Supreme Court and the presidency in the wake of the Democratic Party’s failed lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump. In an opinion editorial for The Washington Post, the 81-year-old Biden lays out three major changes he intends to pursue: a constitutional amendment to end presidential immunity, term limits for Supreme Court justices, and a binding code of conduct for the high court.

PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY.

The Biden-Harris plan calls for a radical rollback of presidential immunity through what he bills as a ‘No One Is Above the Law’ amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “It would make clear that there is no immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office,” he writes.

Biden, Kamala Harris, and their Democratic allies falsely frame the issue as one of simple criminal activity, ignoring the complexity of a president’s decisions and the chilling effect that the threat of post-White House prosecution could have on the nation’s leaders. Such an amendment may create an environment where presidents face prosecution for acts that most might consider being in defense of the United States—including constitutionally grey military actions.

TERM LIMITS & COURT PACKING.

The next proposal pushed by the Democrat—who announced earlier this month that he would not seek reelection—is term limits on the tenure of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. Under the Biden-Harris plan, every president would appoint one justice every two years who would serve 18-year terms on the bench. Democrats have made it a priority to either ‘pack’ the court with far-left, radical justices or dilute the court’s current conservative majority.

Democrats have called for impeaching several justices after this past court term, which saw several rulings that rolled back the administrative state and the curtailing of the Biden-Harris government’s lawfare campaign against Trump.

NEW LAWFARE LEVERAGE.

Finally, the 81-year-old Biden is calling for a binding code of conduct for Supreme Court justices. The Democrats have long sought a legal method to remove conservative and constitutionalist justices almost as soon as they’re appointed. Earlier this year, Democrats attempted to target Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito over frivolous ethics complaints to force their recusal from critical cases, including the presidential immunity case.

ITS ALL UNCONSTITUIONAL.

Ultimately, the radical Biden-Harris court plan will face heavy pushback in Congress. Even if the Democrats can gain some political traction in the legislative branch, the proposal is largely unconstitutional on its face. The U.S. Constitution grants Supreme Court justices lifetime appointments and would require either two-thirds of Congress or three-fourths of the states to change. As far as a binding code of ethics, this too would likely require constitutional action, as the imposition of such a code by the legislature and executive could be challenged as a breach of the separation of powers.

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Joe Biden is rolling out a series of proposals to radically change the United States Supreme Court and the presidency in the wake of the Democratic Party's failed lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump. In an opinion editorial for The Washington Post, the 81-year-old Biden lays out three major changes he intends to pursue: a constitutional amendment to end presidential immunity, term limits for Supreme Court justices, and a binding code of conduct for the high court. show more