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May 21, 2024
Culture
Politics

Iranian Director’s Anti-Trump Film Featuring Ivana Rape Scene Gets 11-Minute Ovation in Cannes.

Iranian director Ali Abbasi premiered his anti-Trump film “The Apprentice” at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. The film stars Disney-Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump striving to make his mark in New York City under the influence of Roy Cohn, portrayed by Jeremy Strong of “Succession” fame, and includes a scene in which Trump rapes his then-wife Ivana. Following the screening, Abbasi left little doubt that his intent was to create a work of pure anti-Trump propaganda.

“When we did this movie, everyone said, why do you want to make a movie about Trump? If you want to tell something about the world, do it in a nice way, in a metaphorical way,” Abbasi said, adding: “There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism.”

The Trump campaign announced its intention to sue the “pretend filmmakers” responsible for the movie, which includes a highly controversial and disturbing scene depicting “Trump raping his wife and asking: ‘Did I find your g spot?'” according to the Daily Mail.

“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” said Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked. As with the illegal Biden Trials, this is election interference by Hollywood elites, who know that President Trump will retake the White House and beat their candidate of choice because nothing they have done has worked,” Cheung continued.

“This ‘film’ is pure malicious defamation, should not see the light of day, and doesn’t even deserve a place in the straight-to-DVD section of a bargain bin at a soon-to-be-closed discount movie store, it belongs in a dumpster fire,” he said.

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Iranian director Ali Abbasi premiered his anti-Trump film "The Apprentice" at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. The film stars Disney-Marvel actor Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump striving to make his mark in New York City under the influence of Roy Cohn, portrayed by Jeremy Strong of "Succession" fame, and includes a scene in which Trump rapes his then-wife Ivana. Following the screening, Abbasi left little doubt that his intent was to create a work of pure anti-Trump propaganda. show more

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May 17, 2024
William Upton
Election Integrity

Soros And Dem ‘Dark Money’ Groups Are Advising Election Officials and Bankrolling Poll Workers.

Democrat-aligned ‘dark money‘ groups are increasing their efforts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election as former President Donald J. Trump pulls further ahead of Joe Biden. Some of these ‘dark money’ organizations have received millions from left-wing billionaire and globalist George Soros.

The group Power the Polls has unveiled a new advisory council dedicated to training and fielding an army of pro-Democrat poll watchers ahead of the November presidential election. Power the Polls, founded in 2020, received its seed money from the Open Society Foundations — the primary vehicle for George Soros to distribute his vast wealth into U.S. political operations.

Power the Polls’ advisory council lacks bipartisan representation and is spearheaded by two prominent anti-Trump activists, actress Kerry Washington and former Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The group has even secured a partnership with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R).

More concerningly, Power the Polls is tied to Work Elections, a project of the Fair Election Network. Convoluted layers of financial and political ties are often used by Democrat-aligned ‘dark money‘ groups to hide their controlling organizations and funders. In this case, the Fair Election Network is a subsidiary of the New Venture Fund, a non-profit foundation controlled by Arabella Advisors.

The National Pulse has reported extensively on Arabella Advisors, a for-profit consulting firm with deep ties to national progressive Democrat leaders. Since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, Arabella has built a vast network of non-profits and non-government organizations (NGOs) that act as clearing houses for vast sums of donor money for a myriad of left-wing causes. Arabella has funneled at least $10 million to pro-Hamas protestors and is currently involved in an effort to take over state and local media networks to push pro-Democrat propaganda.

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Democrat-aligned 'dark money' groups are increasing their efforts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election as former President Donald J. Trump pulls further ahead of Joe Biden. Some of these 'dark money' organizations have received millions from left-wing billionaire and globalist George Soros. show more
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May 17, 2024
Election Integrity

Lefty Media Continues To Run Cover for Zuckerberg’s Election Interference.

The Democrat-aligned corporate media is continuing to push a revisionist history when discussing Mark Zuckerberg’s election interference operation. Zuckerberg has come under fire on numerous occasions for blatantly meddling in American democracy through his contributions to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). However, the corporate media has continually claimed Republicans “weaponized Mark Zuckerberg’s donations,” among other things.

On April 2, 2024, Wisconsin voters moved to ban the private funding of elections — effectively ending Zuckerberg’s ability to influence state ballot regulations through groups like CTCL. This sparked a bevy of “Republicans pounce” style narratives from various media outlets. In reality, the Democrat-aligned media was fretting about CTCL’s loss of control of election policy, especially in Democrat jurisdictions where ballot fraud and other election abnormalities have become a concern.

A USA Today story, published shortly after Wisconsin voters passed election changes, suggested that the electorate was the victim of “misinformation” regarding the Facebook CEO’s contributions to CTCL. The newspaper claimed that Zuckerberg had given more to pro-Trump election jurisdictions than those that went for Biden. However, USA Today omitted essential details from FEC data, which shows that 90 percent of CTCL funds went to Democrat-controlled election jurisdictions. The Trump jurisdictions received just a fraction of the funding.

Despite numerous state bans, CTCL continues to operate clandestinely in many U.S. states. Through a series of publicly available webinars, CTCL has continued to provide training on topics like working with leftist fact-checkers, lobbying elected officials, and building relationships with selected journalists. The National Pulse reported in April that Zuckerberg’s Facebook is alleged to have already interfered in U.S. elections at least 39 times since 2008.

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The Democrat-aligned corporate media is continuing to push a revisionist history when discussing Mark Zuckerberg's election interference operation. Zuckerberg has come under fire on numerous occasions for blatantly meddling in American democracy through his contributions to the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). However, the corporate media has continually claimed Republicans "weaponized Mark Zuckerberg’s donations," among other things. show more
May 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Corruption
Election 2024

Biden is Using THIS Federal Agency to Register Voters for Himself.

The Joe Biden regime’s Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to register voters in the crucial swing state in what Republicans are branding a “blatant” effort to boost votes for the incumbent.

The SBA has been subpoenaed by the House Small Business Committee, with chairman Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas) accusing the federal agency of “refus[ing] to comply with the Committee’s ongoing investigation into potential electioneering activities by the SBA.”

“It is unconscionable that during such a precarious time for our nation’s small businesses, the sole federal agency created to serve as their advocate is instead utilizing their limited taxpayer resources and time to advance partisan political campaigns,” commented Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa). He branded the scheme “a blatant attempt by the Biden administration to illegally use the SBA as an extension of the President’s campaign.”

The House Small Business Committee has been attempting to summon SBA officials to answer questions about the Michigan scheme for some time, with the subpoenas issued in response to stonewalling.

“The American people deserve answers and transparency on the electioneering activities of the SBA and how they have or plan to insert themselves in the upcoming federal elections,” said Chairman Williams, accusing the SBA of having “repeatedly strayed” from its “sole mission” of “help[ing Main Street thrive and grow.”

Officially, the purpose of the partnership between the SBA and the Michigan Secretary is to “promote civic engagement and voter registration.” However, such schemes can have the effect of boosting turnout for a particular candidate in elections. Supposedly nonpartisan efforts to increase “voter engagement” and overall turnout by election officials in 2020, funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Google, were funneled almost entirely into Democrat-leaning districts.

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The Joe Biden regime's Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to register voters in the crucial swing state in what Republicans are branding a "blatant" effort to boost votes for the incumbent. show more
May 1, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

RIGGED! Presidential Commission Refuses to Host Earlier, More Frequent Trump-Biden Debates.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced it plans to move forward with its originally announced debate schedule, with candidates needing to qualify for the stage in early September. This comes in response to former President Donald J. Trump challenging Democrat incumbent Joe Biden to a series of additional debate contests that would start far earlier in the campaign than the plan released by the CPD.

“The Presidential Debate Commission’s schedule does not begin until after millions of Americans will have already cast their ballots,” Trump campaign advisers Chris LaCavita and Susie Wiles said in a statement. They added: “This is unacceptable, and by refusing to move up the debates, they are doing a grave disservice to the American public who deserve to hear from both candidates before voting begins.”

Last week, during an appearance on Howard Stern’s Serius XM Radio show, Biden conceded he would debate his Republican challenger. Responding quickly through a post on Truth Social, Trump said he’d debate the 81-year-old Biden “ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE.” The former Republican President even suggested the two square off that very day after his trial adjourned at the Manhattan courthouse. Biden did not respond to the challenge.

WHEN ARE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES?

The Trump campaign pushed the commission to hold debates earlier than planned, noting that early voting in some states will have already begun prior to the first CPD debate. Currently, Biden and Trump won’t debate until September 16 at Texas State University. A second debate is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1 (VA), and a third for October 9 (UT). A Vice Presidential debate is expected on September 25 (PA).

The National Pulse previously reported on the possibility of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joining Trump and Biden on the debate stage. Currently, he remains short of the requisite state ballots and polling requirements needed to participate in the CPD-run presidential debates this fall.

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The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced it plans to move forward with its originally announced debate schedule, with candidates needing to qualify for the stage in early September. This comes in response to former President Donald J. Trump challenging Democrat incumbent Joe Biden to a series of additional debate contests that would start far earlier in the campaign than the plan released by the CPD. show more
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May 1, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump: ‘I Don’t Think You’ll Have Political Violence’ Around Election.

According to former President Donald J. Trump, the likelihood of political violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election is very low. “I don’t think you’ll have political violence,” he said during a recent interview with TIME Magazine‘s Eric Cortellessa. The former President explained that his victory in November would be convincing, minimizing the chance of voter anger.

“I think we’re gonna have a big victory,” Trump said before adding, “And I think there will be no violence.” While both Trump and Cortellessa appeared to be speaking specifically about the January 6 Capitol riots, it is unclear whether the former President thinks progressive and far-left activists could stoke violent protests.

When Trump won the 2016 presidential election, his inauguration in Washington, D.C., was marked by a series of violent riots by far-left agitators and members of Antifa. A for-hire limousine owned by an independent driver was burned and destroyed by the anti-Trump rioters.

National and battleground state polling has consistently shown former President Trump with a convincing lead over the Democrat incumbent, Joe Biden. The 81-year-old Biden has struggled among even core Democrat demographics like youth voters, Black voters, and Hispanics. It appears the latter has abandoned Biden en masse, with Trump pulling nearly even with the octogenarian Democrat among Hispanic voters.

A convincing Trump win in November will likely assuage voter concerns over election errors and instances of fraud that have plagued past contests. The National Pulse has reported on numerous instances where voter machines have either failed or counted votes in error — as well as cases of Democrat operatives and candidates committing flagrant voter fraud.

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According to former President Donald J. Trump, the likelihood of political violence surrounding the 2024 presidential election is very low. "I don't think you’ll have political violence," he said during a recent interview with TIME Magazine's Eric Cortellessa. The former President explained that his victory in November would be convincing, minimizing the chance of voter anger. show more
April 25, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare

Here’s What SCOTUS Might Say on Trump’s Immunity Claim Today.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Thursday morning as to whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution on charges related to alleged election misconduct. The justices’ decision will likely set a new precedent on the boundaries of presidential power and could significantly impact the pace of the 2024 presidential election campaign.

Reports claim that most legal analysts do not believe that the justices will decide that Trump has absolute immunity, but they may decide that he has partial immunity. This could require Joe Biden‘s Justice Department and special prosecutor Jack Smith to revisit some aspects of their prosecution. The justices could also refer elements of the case back to the lower courts so they can rule on the extent of any partial immunity.

If the Supreme Court takes a month to arrive at its decision, a possible trial date for the former president would be pushed to around autumn, deep into the presidential race. A later ruling, towards the end of June, could mean it has to be delayed until after the election in November.

This could deny Biden’s Justice Department the opportunity to brand Trump a felon before voters head to the polls or even imprison him. Trump could also direct the Justice Department to drop the charges or possibly issue himself a pardon if he wins.

PANDORA’S BOX.

Regarding the merits of Trump’s case, his lawyer, D. John Sauer, argues that authorizing “the prosecution of a president for official acts would open a Pandora’s box from which this nation may never recover.”

“If a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder every time he or she has to make a controversial decision and wonder if ‘after I leave office, am I going to jail for this when my political opponents take power?’ that inevitably dampens the ability of the president,” he explained.

While Trump’s prosecutors and political enemies have characterized this as an argument that presidents are “above the law,” Trump’s lawyers say the constitutionally proper way for presidents to be held to account for official acts is via Congress, through impeachment and a Senate trial.

Trump was acquitted of inciting an insurrection by the Senate in 2021. His lawyers also argue that attempting to try him for further offenses related to January 6 violates the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Thursday morning as to whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution on charges related to alleged election misconduct. The justices' decision will likely set a new precedent on the boundaries of presidential power and could significantly impact the pace of the 2024 presidential election campaign. show more
April 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024

Trump Understands the RFK Threat That The National Pulse Has Been Banging On About.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, “They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both,” before adding: “But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know.”

The National Pulse has raised the alarm about the impact Kennedy could have on the race ever since the scion of the storied political family announced he was leaving the Democrat presidential primary to pursue an independent run for president. In October last year, we reported on Kennedy’s independent run, noting his past political positions and statements undermined his claims of being a “moderate populist.”

Additionally, Kennedy appears to have announced policy positions aimed at undermining voter gains by former President Trump. The National Pulse reported that when the former Republican President had shown polling gains among Black voters, Kennedy suddenly announced his support for issuing reparations to American descendants of slaves.

During a November interview with Jeremy Ryan Slate, The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam detailed how Kennedy’s independent bid was likely a psyop to undermine Trump. “Obviously, if you look at RFK’s track record, he’s incredibly left-wing,” Kassam said, adding: “He’s not just left-wing, but he’s supported both far-left progressive philosophy while also backing globalist-left, establishment-left politicians.”

“Eighty percent of his platform is a complete psyop on conservatives,” Kassam continued. He noted that Kennedy appeals specifically to voters who are “pissed off at Biden enough that they may actually vote for Donald Trump.”

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s independent presidential candidacy could be just as dangerous for former President Donald Trump as it is for his Democrat opponent, Joe Biden. Trump acknowledged this fact during a radio interview on Monday, telling the host, "They say he hurts Biden. I’m not sure that that’s true, and I think he probably hurts [us] both," before adding: "But he might hurt Biden a little bit more, you don’t know." show more
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April 18, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Lawfare

Biden Cheers On His Government’s Lawfare Campaign Against Trump.

Joe Biden cheered his government’s lawfare campaign against former President Donald Trump while campaigning in Pennsylvania on Thursday. The 81-year-old Democrat incumbent made the remarks while speaking at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh.

“Under my predecessor, who’s a little busy right now, Pennsylvania lost 275,000 jobs,” Bided said, referring to Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee currently confined to a Manhattan courtroom. The reference to Trump’s ongoing hush money trial brought by Biden-ally and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may come as a surprise to the President’s campaign advisors. Thursday morning, POLITICO reported that the Biden campaign and national Democrats planned to say as little as possible about the ongoing lawfare campaign aimed to interfere with Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.

During a press call on Monday, the Biden campaign communications director, Michael Tyler, hinted they and their surrogates would remain relatively quiet on Trump’s trial. “Look, Donald Trump and his team are going to have to speak to his legal issues,” Tyler said. He added: “No matter where Donald Trump is, whether it’s in Mar-a-Lago or a courtroom or anywhere else — he will be focused on himself, his toxic agenda, his campaign of revenge and retribution.”

Judge Juan Merchan, whose daughter has deep ties to national Democrats, ordered that Trump be present at court every day his trial is in session. If the former President skips a date to campaign — or even attend his son Barron’s high school graduation — Merchan informed Trump he would be arrested.

The National Pulse reported earlier this week that CNN legal analyst and globalist hatchet man Norman Eisen said the quiet part out loud, albeit unintentionally, insisting that the corporate media shouldn’t refer to Bragg’s prosecution as a “hush money” trial but rather an “‘election interference’” trial.

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Joe Biden cheered his government's lawfare campaign against former President Donald Trump while campaigning in Pennsylvania on Thursday. The 81-year-old Democrat incumbent made the remarks while speaking at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Pittsburgh. show more
April 16, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare

CNN Admits ‘It’s An Election Interference Trial’ – BUT Not For the Obvious Reason…

CNN legal analyst and globalist hatchet man Norman Eisen has argued it is “wrong” to describe George Soros-backed District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Donald Trump in Manhattan as a “hush money” case.

“We should call it an ‘election interference’ trial going forward,” Eisen said, echoing a sentiment often expressed by Trump himself – though the CNN employee believes it is Trump, not his Democrat prosecutors, who may be responsible for the interference.

Eisen noted that Democrat-linked Judge Juan Merchan, describing the case to potential jurors, said the allegations “that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.”

“Paying hush money by itself is not a crime. The crime alleged in this case is felony document falsification, as the judge detailed. That requires intent to conceal, aid or commit another crime,” Eisen explained.

“Here, the prosecution alleges that the intent was to violate federal campaign finance laws and also the state statute prohibiting the ‘unlawful influence’ of an election — i.e., election interference.”

NOVEL APPROACH. 

This approach by Bragg, which has allowed him to elevate the charges against Trump from misdemeanor to felony, is novel and, in the eyes of many legal experts, dubious, as the “other crime” the former president supposedly committed is not being prosecuted.

Eisen conceded the alleged accounting issues with so-called “hush money” payments to Stormy Daniels to settle claims of an affair, which Trump denies, date from 2017, after the 2016 election had concluded.

The CNN analyst argues the payment was itself election interference, however, claiming “no one can seriously dispute that the reason… Trump allegedly hatched the scheme was to deprive voters of information that could have changed the outcome of an extremely close election.”

“When information is withheld from voters, as Bragg alleges happened here, that undermines democracy… It is an election interference [trial] and we should say so,” he concluded.

He did not touch on whether censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 would qualify as election interference on behalf of Biden under this definition.

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CNN legal analyst and globalist hatchet man Norman Eisen has argued it is "wrong" to describe George Soros-backed District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of Donald Trump in Manhattan as a "hush money" case. show more