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April 2, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture

TRUMP INTERNATIONAL: Washington Dulles Airport Could Be Renamed…

House Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.) — supported by co-sponsors Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), and Troy Nehls (R-Texas) — has put forward a bill that would rename Dulles Airport the Donald J. Trump International Airport.

“In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” Reschenthaler said.

“As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”

“In 1998, Congress renamed the National Airport in Washington after one of our great presidents, Ronald Reagan. It is only fitting that we would do the same for another one of our greatest presidents, Donald J. Trump, especially as he stands against the onslaught of weaponized government to fight for Americans like us,” concurred Rep. Moore.

Dulles is currently named for John Foster Dulles, a former Senator and Secretary of State who helped draft the United Nations Charter and assemble the NATO-like Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), which fell apart in the 1970s.

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House Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (Pa.) — supported by co-sponsors Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Barry Moore (R-Ala.), and Troy Nehls (R-Texas) — has put forward a bill that would rename Dulles Airport the Donald J. Trump International Airport. show more
April 2, 2024
Ed Kozak
Lawfare

Judge Merchan Expands Gag to Mask His Daughter’s Democratic Party Links.

New York Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush money” trial, expanded his gag order Monday night after Trump and his attorneys highlighted troubling connections between Merchan’s daughter and the Democratic Party machine. The original reporting on the subject was done by investigative journalist Laura Loomer.

Merchan decreed that Trump is barred from “attacking” his family members as well as those of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump is also barred from “attacking” witnesses, prosecutors, court staff members, and their relatives. Trump was directed by Merchan to “refrain” from talking about those involved in another gag order issued last week.

The former President’s “pattern of attacking family members of presiding jurists and attorneys assigned to his cases serves no legitimate purpose. It merely injects fear in those assigned or called to participate in the proceedings, that not only they, but their family members as well, are ‘fair game’ for Defendant’s vitriol,” Merchan said. “It is no longer just a mere possibility or a reasonable likelihood that there exists a threat to the integrity of the judicial proceedings. The threat is very real.”

‘REAL AND LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.’

Merchan’s expanded gag order was issued in the wake of Trump’s attacks on his daughter, Loren Merchan. Loren Merchan runs a Democratic-aligned campaign firm called Authentic Campaigns that has received millions of dollars from high-profile Democrats, raising serious conflict-of-interest questions about Juan Merchan and his impartiality.

“Your Honor’s daughter’s close connection to President Trump’s political adversaries and her work at, and financial interest in, a firm deeply engrained with Democratic politics raises real and legitimate concerns about this Court’s impartiality,” Trump’s attorneys argued on Monday. “The financial well-being of Your Honor’s daughter depends at least in part on the success of Authentic. And Authentic’s business model is one that requires it to attack President Trump and support individuals and causes in direct competition with President Trump,” they added.

Despite the obvious conflict-of-interest concerns, Merchan — who is also a Biden donor — has refused to recuse himself.

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New York Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over former President Donald Trump's so-called "hush money" trial, expanded his gag order Monday night after Trump and his attorneys highlighted troubling connections between Merchan's daughter and the Democratic Party machine. The original reporting on the subject was done by investigative journalist Laura Loomer. show more
April 1, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Is ‘Never Trumper’ Billionaire Jeff Yass Considering Backing Trump in 2024?

Despite publicly claiming to be a ‘Never Trumper,’ hedge fund billionaire Jeff Yass has become one of TruthSocial‘s most prominent investors. The GOP mega-donor is believed to have purchased a $22 million stake in the Trump-backed social media platform, which went public last week. The wealthiest man in Pennsylvania, most of Yass’s wealth was generated from his sizable investment in the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok.

The timing of Yass’s investment in TruthSocial — made through his hedge fund Susquehanna International Group — has raised some eyebrows inside and outside the Trump camp. Shortly after the billionaire hedge fund manager announced he would invest in TruthSocial, former President Trump came out against a ban on TikTok — despite having pushed for it while in office.

QUESTIONS OF LOYALTY.

Despite the apparent thawing of relations between the former President and the ‘Never Trumper’ hedge fund billionaire, there remains a degree of skepticism as to whether Yass will financially back Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign directly. During the Republican presidential primary, the billionaire GOP mega-donor spent tens of millions of dollars against Trump, funding most of the field running against him. Yass backed Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) early, cutting the Florida Republican a $2.5 million check.

When DeSantis’s campaign faltered, Yass spread his money around, giving $5 million to a SuperPAC backing Vivek Ramaswamy and contributing hundreds of thousands to Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Chris Christie. Yass’s $10 million contribution to the Club for Growth in June was used to purchase a slew of anti-Trump television advertising.

With Yass being a significant donor in GOP circles — contributing approximately $50 million this election cycle alone, according to Federal Election Commission filings — securing his support could significantly boost Trump’s campaign operations. However, Yass has never contributed to any Trump-related group, and The Daily Beast reports that the billionaire has no plans to donate to any Trump-aligned groups.

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Despite publicly claiming to be a 'Never Trumper,' hedge fund billionaire Jeff Yass has become one of TruthSocial's most prominent investors. The GOP mega-donor is believed to have purchased a $22 million stake in the Trump-backed social media platform, which went public last week. The wealthiest man in Pennsylvania, most of Yass's wealth was generated from his sizable investment in the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. show more

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April 1, 2024
Data
Election 2024

DATA: Michelle Obama Trails Trump by Same Margin as Biden.

In a hypothetical matchup between Donald Trump and Michelle Obama, the former President leads the former first lady by the same margin he leads Joe Biden.

A recent J.L.Partners/Daily Mail poll of 1,000 likely voters shows Trump leading Biden 46 percent to 43 percent. The same poll shows Trump leading Obama 47 percent to 44 percent.

“Voters are no more keen to vote for Michelle over Trump than they are for Biden, with Trump beating her overall and even with Independents,” said J.L Partners cofounder James Johnson. “It was never very realistic, but this poll puts paid to the idea she can be any kind of saving force for the Democrats,” Johnson added.

Anxieties around Biden’s age and apparent cognitive impairment led many to speculate that Barack Obama‘s wife could end up seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Such speculation was so strong that the former first lady was compelled to issue a statement last month denying the rumors.

Additional findings from the poll revealed that Trump also leads Biden nationally in a five-way race including current third-party candidates, with Trump dominating Biden 43 percent to 39 percent.

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In a hypothetical matchup between Donald Trump and Michelle Obama, the former President leads the former first lady by the same margin he leads Joe Biden. show more
April 1, 2024
Election 2024

WATCH: PBS Claims Trump Wants to ‘Purge’ Gays.

PBS has claimed that former President Donald Trump wants to ‘purge’ LGBTQ people from America. The allegation was made during a discussion between PBS White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López and anchor William Brangham in response to Trump’s criticism of providing transgender ‘treatment’ to children and allowing biological men to compete in women’s sports.

“A WHITE CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL IDEAL.”

Brangham claimed that if reelected, Trump’s plans as President include “rolling back the rights of millions of LGBTQ people.” Barrón-López echoed Brangham’s assertion, saying that Trump “plans quick action” against LGBTQ individuals.

Barrón-López then claimed — without evidence — that Trump intends to “stop any and all acknowledgment of an acceptance of gender identity and LGBTQ people, period.” She then quoted Thomas Zimmer, a visiting professor of the history of ‘democracy’ at Georgetown University, who argued that Trump will “advance a white Christian evangelical ideal of American society.” Zimmer is German and also specializes in the history of Nazi Germany.

“FULL HITLER.” 

The network then aired a clip of Zimmer, in which he stated that Trump and his supporters are “opposed to egalitarian democracy because [they] fundamentally [do] not agree that all people are equal or deserve to be treated as equal citizens. Only those who belong to the ‘true people,’ to real America, deserve that. And so everyone else needs to either be purged from the nation or, at the very least, accept their sort of lesser place in society.”

“Professor Zimmer added that that type of purging he’s talking about takes roots in the McCarthyism of the early 1950s, where they essentially tried to sweep away anyone across American society that would deviate from perceived norms,” Barrón-López added.

PBS’s assertions echo recent comments from Jill Biden, who claimed that opposition to exposing children to explicit LGBT material is like Naziism. The segment is an example of the Democrats’ “full Hitler” strategy, which seeks to portray Trump and his supporters as a Nazi-like threat to democratic norms.

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PBS has claimed that former President Donald Trump wants to 'purge' LGBTQ people from America. The allegation was made during a discussion between PBS White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López and anchor William Brangham in response to Trump's criticism of providing transgender 'treatment' to children and allowing biological men to compete in women's sports. show more
April 1, 2024
News

Trump Slams Mexican President’s $20BN Demand for Border Security: ‘Wouldn’t Give Him 10 Cents.’

Former President Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t give Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “10 cents” in response to Obrador’s recent demand that Biden government pay billions of dollars in ‘aid’ to his country and others.

Trump’s comments came during a recent interview with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade. “On ‘60 Minutes,’ the president of Mexico says, ‘We’re not going to shut down our border until you change your policy on Cuba and change your policy on Venezuela.’ Is it OK for the Mexican president to dictate American policy?” asked Kilmeade.

“Well, he said much more than that. He said he wants $10 billion essentially just to talk, $10 billion to talk, and that’s come out since, and no, that wouldn’t happen with me, with the wall,” Trump responded.

Trump blamed Joe Biden’s weakness on the world stage and ‘lack of respect’ among foreign leaders for the Mexican president’s demands. “They would never say that to me. They would never say before we even talk. They want $10 billion a year, Mexico just asked for $10 billion a year. They would never ask it. I wouldn’t give them 10 cents,” Trump said.

During a recent interview on “60 Minutes,” Obrador proffered a list of demands in exchange for his government’s support in halting the surge of illegal aliens streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border. These included lifting sanctions on communist Cuba and Venezuela, granting blanket amnesty to Mexican illegals currently in the U.S., and $20 billion a year in aid to Latin American and Caribbean countries.

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Former President Donald Trump has said he wouldn't give Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador "10 cents" in response to Obrador's recent demand that Biden government pay billions of dollars in 'aid' to his country and others. show more
April 1, 2024
Election 2024
NatSec

‘SPAMOUFLAGE’ – Chinese Bots Posing as Trump Backers to Help Biden Win 2024.

The Chinese government has harnessed a massive network of social media accounts to influence the November U.S. presidential election. Independent researchers and government officials say they’ve identified numerous accounts controlled by China, most of which are currently posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump. These accounts often amplify conspiratorial content, such as claims that President Joe Biden is a “Satanist pedophile,” in an effort to spread discord and discredit the MAGA movement.

According to Elise Thomas, a senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the network of Chinese government-controlled accounts is likely part of a long-standing Communist Party program called ‘Spamouflage.’ However, the volume of content being pushed by fake social media accounts is unprecedented. “I’ve never seen anything along those lines at all before,” Thomas said in a recent interview. She also noted that several accounts had previously posted exclusively in Mandarin Chinese before being retooled to appear as though the user is American.

These actions underscore a potential change in Beijing’s approach to impacting U.S. politics, with an increased willingness to undermine individual candidates and parties. Unlike past efforts, it appears an actual human controls each account. Previously, the Chinese government utilized bot networks to run thousands of social media accounts and push pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda.

Despite pledges from Meta to address the fake Chinese-controlled accounts on Facebook and Instagram, the CCP propaganda operation appears to continue unabated. An investigation by The Foundation for Defense of Democracies found that at least 3,000 accounts linked to a Facebook page called War of Somethings are part of the Chinese influence and propaganda operation. Max Lesser, a senior analyst with the foundation, told the New York Times: “What we’re seeing is the campaign just continues, undeterred.”

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The Chinese government has harnessed a massive network of social media accounts to influence the November U.S. presidential election. Independent researchers and government officials say they've identified numerous accounts controlled by China, most of which are currently posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump. These accounts often amplify conspiratorial content, such as claims that President Joe Biden is a "Satanist pedophile," in an effort to spread discord and discredit the MAGA movement. show more
April 1, 2024
William Upton
Politics

‘No One Saw It Coming’ — D.C. Laments ‘Ultimate Winner’ Trump & His Truth Social Windfall.

TruthSocial, the social media platform launched by former President Donald Trump, went public last week, sending waves through the stock market as its value soared, poising Trump to reap a potential $5 billion windfall. What the anti-Trump establishment has missed, however, is that the stock is more than just an investment for supporters of the former President — pumping its value is also a political statement.

“It’s mainly to support Trump and his legal battles. Or making a statement,” said Teri Lynn Roberson in a recent interview. Roberson, a Trump supporter from Dallas, Texas, explained: “It’s more just to show that people are supporting him.” As the 2024 presidential election kicks into full swing, former President Trump could cash in a portion of his shares for hundreds of millions of dollars to fuel his campaign war chest.

The potential for Trump to harness TruthSocial as a source of campaign dollars is something the Washington, D.C. political elite hadn’t previously considered. “Almost no one saw it coming,” declared The Wall Street Journal. Corporate media talking heads derided the company and its investors when TruthSocial went public last Tuesday. Jessica Tarlov, a Democrat strategist, sarcastically declared during an appearance on Fox News’s The Five, “Donald Trump gets really lucky.”

Former New York Assistant Attorney General Adam Pollock told CNN that the value of TruthSocial “is essentially worthless.” The Late Show host Stephen Colbert dedicated his opening monologue to Trump’s massive windfall. “Why do good things ever happen to Donald Trump,” Colbert pondered before concluding: “He made over $4 billion misspelling things on the toilet!”

However, the political value of TruthSocial hasn’t been lost on everyone. Matt Simpson, managing partner at Wealthspring Capital, told The Wall Street Journal that “[Trump’s] the ultimate winner, at least on paper.”

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TruthSocial, the social media platform launched by former President Donald Trump, went public last week, sending waves through the stock market as its value soared, poising Trump to reap a potential $5 billion windfall. What the anti-Trump establishment has missed, however, is that the stock is more than just an investment for supporters of the former President — pumping its value is also a political statement. show more
March 31, 2024
NatSec
TECH

FTC Investigating TikTok, May Soon Seek Legal Action.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the social media app TikTok over allegations it violated federal law regarding data and security practices. TikTok, owned by the Chinese entertainment and technology conglomerate ByteDance, has come under increasing scrutiny over its handling of American user data and its impact on U.S. national security. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have renewed efforts that began under former President Donald Trump to force ByteDance to either divest from TikTok or see the app banned.

Key elements of the FTC probe involve alleged violations of a federal law that prohibits “unfair and deceptive” business practices and contravening provisions of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The FTC is seeking to determine whether TikTok lied to U.S. government officials when it claimed that American user data was not being shared with ByteDance employees in China. Several whistleblowers have come forward, claiming that the data protections TikTok claims to have instituted are a facade and that American user data is still accessible by its China-based parent company.

In addition to the data concerns, the U.S. government regulatory agency is also investigating whether the social media company is in compliance with a federal provision that requires parental consent for the use of child-accessible applications for minors under the age of 13. Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a similar requirement into law, with social media companies needing to now attain parent consent for users under 14.

The FTC says it is nearing the end of its TikTok probe and will soon decide whether to seek a lawsuit against the Chinese-owned company. If it moves forward with a litigation recommendation, the Biden Justice Department will have 45 days to decide if it will pursue the legal action.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the social media app TikTok over allegations it violated federal law regarding data and security practices. TikTok, owned by the Chinese entertainment and technology conglomerate ByteDance, has come under increasing scrutiny over its handling of American user data and its impact on U.S. national security. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have renewed efforts that began under former President Donald Trump to force ByteDance to either divest from TikTok or see the app banned. show more
March 29, 2024
William Upton
Corruption

SURPRISE! Star Witness in Trump Impeachment Now a Lobbyist for Ukraine.

One of the key witnesses from the Congressional Democrats’ 2019 impeachment of then-President Donald Trump over frozen Ukraine aid has now registered as a foreign agent on behalf of the Eastern European country. Gordon Sondland, who served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 until 2020, says he registered his activities with the Biden government out of an abundance of caution.

According to Sondland, he isn’t receiving any compensation for his current lobbying on behalf of aid for Ukraine, which he is doing purely on a volunteer basis. Addressing his current activities, Sondland told POLITICO: “I’m trying to win the hearts and minds of those who aren’t quite there yet.”

STAR DEMOCRAT IMPEACHMENT WITNESS.

Sondland’s testimony during the 2019 impeachment probe suggested that he believed the former President withheld aid as part of a quid pro quo scheme to force Ukraine to investigate allegations of corruption committed by individuals in the country with ties to Joe and Hunter Biden. The quid pro quo accusation became critical to the Democrat impeachment proceedings.

“Was there a ‘quid pro quo?” Sondland said in his opening remarks during a 2019 impeachment hearing. “The answer is yes.” He went on to make an outlandish claim that top officials across the Trump administration were aware of the quid pro quo scheme, stating, “Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret.”

Despite the fantastical allegations leveled by Sondland, he could not provide material evidence of the supposed deal. The Republican impeachment counsel Steve Castor described the ambassador as a “trifecta of unreliability” after Sondland admitted he had never heard Trump describe any preconditions for Ukraine to receive military aid directly. The former ambassador was removed from his post just days after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit Trump of the partisan charges brought by House Democrats.

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One of the key witnesses from the Congressional Democrats’ 2019 impeachment of then-President Donald Trump over frozen Ukraine aid has now registered as a foreign agent on behalf of the Eastern European country. Gordon Sondland, who served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 until 2020, says he registered his activities with the Biden government out of an abundance of caution. show more