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June 21, 2024
Election 2024

RFK Raises Just $2.6M, Faces Debate Exclusion.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign announced that it raised just $2.6 million in May and ended the month with a dismal $6.4 million in cash on hand, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Despite these efforts, Kennedy’s independent presidential bid faces significant financial challenges in comparison to former President Donald J. Trump and the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden.

The campaign spent $6.3 million in May, outpacing the money it took in. A substantial portion of this expenditure, approximately $2.7 million, was directed to a consulting firm specializing in ballot access. Additionally, the campaign made several disbursements to prepare for the upcoming presidential debate on CNN, scheduled for June 27.

However, by Wednesday’s midnight deadline, Kennedy‘s efforts appeared unsuccessful in meeting CNN‘s requirements. Candidates needed to be on enough ballots to feasibly win the presidency and achieve at least 15 percent support in four national polls to qualify for the debate. While Kennedy claims to have made the requisite number of state ballots, his candidacy has yet to be officially certified by many states.

Kennedy’s fundraising totals lag significantly behind Biden and former President Trump. Trump’s campaign, along with the Republican National Committee (RNC), reported raising over $141 million in May. This spike followed the guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial. Meanwhile, Biden secured around $30 million during a Hollywood fundraiser that featured appearances from former President Barack Obama, George Clooney, and Julia Roberts.

Kennedy’s campaign has leaned on contributions from his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, who has an estimated personal fortune of $1 billion following her divorce from Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Shanahan donated $8 million to Kennedy’s campaign in April, supplementing earlier contributions.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign announced that it raised just $2.6 million in May and ended the month with a dismal $6.4 million in cash on hand, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Despite these efforts, Kennedy’s independent presidential bid faces significant financial challenges in comparison to former President Donald J. Trump and the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden. show more
June 21, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

This is the Day the Biden Lawfare Began.

Friday, November 18, 2022, is the day the Biden government began its lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump—with three watershed events occurring that appear too connected to be coincidence. On that seemingly unremarkable Friday in November, Matthew Colangelo resigned from his position at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to join the Manhattan District Attorney’s office; Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel; and Nathan Wade with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office was in the midst of an eight-hour meeting with the Biden White House counsel in Washington, D.C.

Just nine days prior, on November 9, Joe Biden signaled he would use the federal government in a lawfare campaign against former President Trump should he seek to retake the White House in the 2024 election. “We just have to demonstrate that he will not take power,” Biden said at a press conference when asked about the prospects of another Trump presidency. He continued: “If he does run, by making sure he, under legitimate efforts of our Constitution, does not become the next president again.”

There are no coincidences in politics. Biden’s remarks and the fury of activity at the DOJ and White House just nine days later suggest that Democratic partisans had received their orders to spin up the legal attacks on Trump, which would unfold throughout 2023.

COLANGELO MOVES TO MANHATTAN.

Matthew Colangelo‘s departure from the DOJ on November 18, 2022, raises red flags as he occupied one of the top roles in the department as Acting Associate Attorney General. Yet, Colangelo abruptly resigned his post—but instead of taking a position with a high-profile white shoe law firm, the federal attorney took a pay cut and a far less prestigious position as an assistant prosecutor with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. While the latter had hesitated to pursue falsifying business records charges against former President Trump over alleged hush money payments, after Colangelo joined his office, Bragg reversed course and began an aggressive investigation.

GARLAND TAPS SMITH. 

Smith’s appointment as special counsel meant Garland was taking the January 6 riot and classified document investigations outside the normal DOJ channels. While special counsels are usually elevated from among the ranks of Senate-confirmed federal prosecutors, Smith had been previously in Europe investigating war crimes in Kosovo at The Hague. The choice of Smith was likely due to his reputation as an aggressive and partisan prosecutor.

WADE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

On the same day as Smith’s appointment, just a few blocks away, Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutor Nathan Wade met with attorneys in the White House counsel’s office. Wade had been hired by his romantic partner—Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis—to assist with her RICO investigation and subsequent prosecution of former President Trump. A month after Wade’s White House meeting, on December 15, a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County handed down a sealed recommendation for indictments against former President Trump and others for allegedly interfering in the 2020 presidential election.

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Friday, November 18, 2022, is the day the Biden government began its lawfare campaign against former President Donald J. Trump—with three watershed events occurring that appear too connected to be coincidence. On that seemingly unremarkable Friday in November, Matthew Colangelo resigned from his position at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to join the Manhattan District Attorney's office; Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel; and Nathan Wade with the Fulton County District Attorney's Office was in the midst of an eight-hour meeting with the Biden White House counsel in Washington, D.C. show more
New York Times
June 21, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media

NYT Editorial Board Member Posts Meltdown Blog About JD Vance.

The Deputy Editor of the New York Times editorial board has posted a seething blog attacking J.D. Vance, the America First senator favored to become Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate by readers of The National Pulse.

David Firestone accuses Vance, a former editor of the Yale Law Journal, of being “unserious” and “callous” because he believes passing Congressional legislation to ban bump stocks would be “inhibiting the rights of law-abiding Americans” to address a “fake problem.”

“Presumably, [Vance] thinks there’s some kind of right to own a machine gun,” Firestone seethes, though the Supreme Court just ruled that semi-automatic firearms with bump stops are not, in fact, “machine guns.”

Firestone also rails against Vance‘s move to block the appointment of U.S. attorneys and judges by the Joe Biden regime in response to the Democratic lawfare campaign against Trump and his allies.

“These kinds of blockades are among the most juvenile and petulant tantrums an elected official can throw, putting Vance right there on the lowest level of the Senate alongside Tommy Tuberville of Alabama,” Firestone whines.

He concludes by saying “Trump might want to think twice before choosing someone even more preposterous than he is” as his running mate—although the fact the NYT editorial board is dead against Vance may only serve to confirm he would be an appropriate second-in-command to the America First leader.

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The Deputy Editor of the New York Times editorial board has posted a seething blog attacking J.D. Vance, the America First senator favored to become Donald Trump's 2024 running mate by readers of The National Pulse. show more
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June 19, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Axios: Biden’s Running a Fear Campaign, and Many Around Him Think It’s Not Working.

Senior Democrats are increasingly skeptical of Joe Biden’s fearmongering election strategy. Biden’s approach, focusing on January 6 and Donald Trump’s sham conviction in Manhattan, has the support of Biden’s inner circle, led by longtime aide Mike Donilon. They believe emphasizing the supposed threat to democracy will resonate with voters despite other critical issues like the economy and immigration dominating public concern.

Polls consistently show Biden either trailing or tied with Trump, with only a slight uptick, at most, following his lawfare conviction. Still, Biden’s core team remains steadfast in its commitment to the January 6 narrative. In March, Donilon predicted that as polling day draws near, the election’s “focus will become overwhelming on democracy,” and “the biggest images in people’s minds are going to be of January 6.”

Donilon thinks the 2017 protest, in which the only fatality was an unarmed woman shot by Capitol police, is comparable to 9/11, with close to  3,000 fatalities. He suggests that, as 2004 was “a 9/11 election,” 2024 will be a Jan 6 election.

“It is unclear to many of us watching from the outside whether the president and his core team realize how dire the situation is right now, and whether they even have a plan to fix it. That is scary,” a Democrat strategist told Axios.

The left-leaning news outlet notes, “Even with a once-in-a-century pandemic, Biden barely beat Trump by less than 45,000 votes across three states.”

Polling data indicates significant slippage in Biden’s support among crucial Democratic constituencies. Latinos, black voters, young voters, and union members are all turning away from him.

Democratic strategists increasingly fear the 81-year-old’s team is out of touch with the electorate’s priorities.

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Senior Democrats are increasingly skeptical of Joe Biden's fearmongering election strategy. Biden's approach, focusing on January 6 and Donald Trump's sham conviction in Manhattan, has the support of Biden's inner circle, led by longtime aide Mike Donilon. They believe emphasizing the supposed threat to democracy will resonate with voters despite other critical issues like the economy and immigration dominating public concern. show more
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June 19, 2024
Wake Up Right
Economy
Election 2024

Unions Flirt with Trump as Biden Coalition Unravels.

Major unions, like the Teamsters, are flirting with the idea of endorsing Donald Trump, and Democrats are panicking.

Back up: Historically, unions and union voters have been a reliable voting block for Democrats.

The details: The Teamsters, one of the largest unions in the U.S., made a rare donation to the RNC after their president, Sean O’Brien, met with Trump. O’Brien also requested speaking slots at both the Republican and Democratic conventions, signaling potential bipartisan engagement.

  • Another powerful union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), withheld its endorsement of Biden until January due to frustrations with his pro-EV policies.

Zoom out: Joe Biden likes to call himself the “most pro-union president,” and last September, dropped in on a UAW protest for a brief photo-op.

What do union workers think? According to exit polling, union voters swung for Biden by 16 percent in 2020. But according to the most recent polling, today, he leads by just 9 percent.

  • In April, Trump shook hands and took pictures with union workers outside his Manhattan ‘hush money’ trial. One worker, Darren Could, said: “They say unions aren’t big for Trump — well they are. Maybe the top union brass aren’t but when you talk to the men on the construction site, they’re all about Trump.”

Democrats hit panic button: Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota warned his fellow Democrats, saying they “have to recognize that this affiliation [with union leaders] … is not translating into electoral support [from union workers].”

Big picture: Joe Biden is bleeding support from every corner of his core constituencies – black voters, hispanic voters, and young voters – with all showing unprecedented shifts towards Donald Trump.

Real talk: I don’t see the Teamsters endorsing Trump. But the fact that their leadership is publicly feigning tells you they know their members are behind the 45th president.

This story is brought to you with permission from our friends at the WakeUpRight newsletter, a free, 5-minute morning read for people who want the real news, not the perspective of the D.C. establishment. Sign up here.

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Major unions, like the Teamsters, are flirting with the idea of endorsing Donald Trump, and Democrats are panicking. show more
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June 19, 2024
Jack Montgomery
World

Make Europe Great Again! – Orban’s Hungary Deploys ‘MEGA’ Slogan for EU Presidency.

Viktor Orban’s Hungary is taking over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) under the slogan ‘Make Europe Great Again.’ Orban is a longtime ally of Donald Trump, who repopularized the ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan first used by Ronald Reagan and a thorn in the side of the EU establishment.

“It is a reference to an active presidency,” said János Bóka, Orban’s Minister for European Affairs. “We are taking over in a very difficult environment: a war in our neighborhood, the threat of falling behind our global competitors, security concerns, illegal migration, natural disasters, climate change, and demographic challenges.”

Currently in his fourth consecutive term, Orban favors supplying neighboring Ukraine with humanitarian aid rather than weapons, strong borders, and supporting native family formation over mass migration, putting him at odds with most EU leaders. The European Commission, the bloc’s unelected executive, is currently imposing heavy fines on the Hungarian government for refusing to take illegal immigrants.

However, the European Parliament elections have strengthened the Central European country’s position in the EU, with national conservatives and populists placing first or second in many major EU member states, including France, Germany, and Italy.

If Trump regains the White House, Orban will have an ally in the U.S., unlike the actively hostile Joe Biden. The America First leader regularly quotes Orban as saying a second Trump administration would mean far fewer global conflicts.

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Viktor Orban's Hungary is taking over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) under the slogan 'Make Europe Great Again.' Orban is a longtime ally of Donald Trump, who repopularized the 'Make America Great Again' slogan first used by Ronald Reagan and a thorn in the side of the EU establishment. show more
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June 18, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump’s Plan To Eliminate Taxes on Tips Could Save Workers $250 BILLION.

Former President Donald J. Trump‘s proposal to end the taxation of tip wages could see workers in the service industry save billions of dollars every year. Analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests that no longer subjecting tips to federal income taxes would result in a $250 billion tax cut over a 10-year budget window.

Under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) statute, all tip income workers earn is subject to federal income taxes. Ending the taxation of tips would require Congressional action to amend the federal tax code and direct the IRS to stop collections on that source of income. However, it appears former President Trump‘s idea has gained traction among Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

“This thing has really just organically caught fire,” Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) said on Monday, noting the plan is “smart politics.” Burchett isn’t alone. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called the plan “terrific.”

“For someone that’s working as a waiter or waitress or someone that’s working as a taxicab driver or someone who’s working as a bellhop at a hotel, there are a lot of people who are starting to climb the economic ladder who rely on tips,” Cruz said, noting: “The caricature of Republicans is that Republicans were the party of the rich and Democrats are the party of the poor and the working class.”

Trump’s tax proposal comes amid a concerted effort by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to continue his outreach to working-class voters. In the 2016 and 2020 elections, Trump made significant gains among white and Hispanic working-class voters who had typically voted Democrat in the past.

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Former President Donald J. Trump's proposal to end the taxation of tip wages could see workers in the service industry save billions of dollars every year. Analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests that no longer subjecting tips to federal income taxes would result in a $250 billion tax cut over a 10-year budget window. show more
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June 18, 2024
William Upton
Politics

A Record Number of NATO Members Are Now Paying Their Fair Share… Thanks to Trump.

Former President Donald J. Trump‘s campaign to push NATO member states to pay their fair share of the alliance’s defense budget appears to be paying off. The issue of NATO funding was a major policy objective during the first Trump administration, with a concerted push to ensure that member states would contribute two percent of their GDP to the alliance as mandated by its charter.

In 2018, the former President pressed NATO allies on the issue, as many member states had fallen far below their funding obligations. Since the 2018 NATO summit, the number of states meeting their two percent funding obligation has steadily risen. Today, a record number of member states have hit the funding benchmark—23 of the 32 nations in the alliance.

KEEPING UP PRESSURE.

Even after leaving office, former President Trump has pressured NATO member states to pay their fair share. In February of 2024, Trump discussed the issue during a campaign rally in South Carolina, recalling his conversation with a NATO member state leader during the alliance’s 2018 summit.

“One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, ‘Well, sir, if we don’t pay and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?’” the former President told supporters. He added: “I said, ‘You didn’t pay. You’re delinquent.’ He said, ‘Yes, let’s say that happened.’ No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.”

A week later, during a security summit in Munich, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) echoed Trump‘s call for NATO member states to meet their funding obligations. “Trump is actually issuing a wake-up call to say that Europe has to take a bigger role in its own security,” Vance—who is a top contender to be Trump’s vice-presidential pick in 2024—said, adding: “The problem with Europe is it doesn’t provide enough of a deterrence on its own… The American security blanket has allowed European security to atrophy.”

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Former President Donald J. Trump's campaign to push NATO member states to pay their fair share of the alliance's defense budget appears to be paying off. The issue of NATO funding was a major policy objective during the first Trump administration, with a concerted push to ensure that member states would contribute two percent of their GDP to the alliance as mandated by its charter. show more
June 18, 2024
Election 2024
Immigration

DATA: 2/3rds of Hispanics Wants Illegals Deported.

A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted earlier this month reveals significant support among the American electorate for a national mass deportation program. According to the survey, 62 percent of registered voters back the deportation of all illegal immigrants currently living illegally in the United States, while just 38 percent oppose their removal.

The survey results show even more surprising trends within certain demographic groups traditionally associated with Democratic leanings. Notably, 58 percent of women and individuals holding at least a four-year college degree supported such a deportation policy. Additionally, 53 percent of Hispanic voters indicated their approval of the measure. This figure is slightly less than the 67 percent—over two-thirds—of white respondents.

Only among black respondents did support fall below 50 percent. Just 47 percent of black respondents said they support mass deportation.

The growing popularity of mass deportation among voters coincides with a trend that shows former President Donald J. Trump gaining traction among Hispanic voters. CNN data and election analyst Harry Enten noted that Trump commands considerable trust in issues of border security and immigration within this demographic. Enten highlighted that 49 percent of Hispanic voters trust Trump more on these issues compared to 24 percent who trust Joe Biden, marking a significant shift from the 2020 election when Biden won this group overwhelmingly.

These findings align with broader voter concerns about the situation at the southern border, which has become a pivotal issue in the upcoming election. The National Pulse reported that during Trump‘s recent rally in the Bronx, New York, minority voters turned out in mass to see the former President while chanting: “Build the Wall.”

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A CBS News/YouGov poll conducted earlier this month reveals significant support among the American electorate for a national mass deportation program. According to the survey, 62 percent of registered voters back the deportation of all illegal immigrants currently living illegally in the United States, while just 38 percent oppose their removal. show more
June 17, 2024
William Upton
Data
Lawfare

DATA: Near Half of Independents Say Biden Uses DOJ To Target Political Enemies.

New polling data suggests a significant portion of the electorate believes the Biden government “…has actively used the Justice Department to investigate political enemies with little or no evidence of actual wrongdoing.” The data is troubling for Joe Biden as it shows a sizeable portion of independent voters—41 percent—agree that the Biden government has purposefully targeted its political enemies. Additionally, even one in ten Democrats agree.

The Ipsos poll comes on the heels of former President Donald J. Trump‘s conviction by a New York City jury in the hush money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. While Democrats expected the conviction to weaken Trump—the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee—polling data, for the most part, has shown that not to be the case.

A large number of independent voters in the Ipsos poll also signaled they believe major figures in the Democratic Party played a part in pushing Bragg to prosecute Trump. Nearly 40 percent of independent respondents said they believe New York Attorney General Letitia James was involved in pushing Bragg to prosecute.

Meanwhile, over one in three independents said they think Democratic Party national leaders were involved in pursuing the prosecution. Additionally, over one in three independents say the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) was directly involved in Bragg’s prosecution of Trump—while just 27 percent said it was not. Nearly 50 percent of independents said they believed Bragg‘s prosecution was intended to give the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent Joe Biden an advantage over Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

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New polling data suggests a significant portion of the electorate believes the Biden government "...has actively used the Justice Department to investigate political enemies with little or no evidence of actual wrongdoing." The data is troubling for Joe Biden as it shows a sizeable portion of independent voters—41 percent—agree that the Biden government has purposefully targeted its political enemies. Additionally, even one in ten Democrats agree. show more