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September 24, 2024
Data
Election 2024
Politics

Dems Are in a Polling Panic, Fearful That Trump’s Numbers Are Actually Being UNDERCOUNTED.

Democratic senators fear polls are underestimating former President Donald J. Trump’s level of support. RealClearPolitics gave Vice President Kamala Harris a lead of 2.2 points nationally as of Monday, September 23—a narrower margin than Joe Biden’s seven-point lead and Hillary Clinton’s three-point lead over Trump at similar times in the 2020 and 2016 election campaigns. On election night, Biden’s lead over Trump nationally was significantly lower, at four points. Clinton‘s was also lower, at 2.1 points—and she lost the Electoral College.

One Democratic senator, speaking anonymously, called the numbers “ominous,” adding: “There’s no question that [they are] concerning… My sense is there’s not a lot more you can do than we’re already doing.”

Another anonymous senator lamented, “I don’t think any poll right now means much of anything,” complaining that voters are looking back on the Trump economy as “being so good” compared to the Biden-Harris economy.

Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told the media, “I, too, share the concern that there are going to be some surprises” on election day.

“What accentuates my concern is when you poll people who have not voted in ’20 but are planning to vote today, they are disproportionately Trump voters,” she added.

A poll earlier this month also shows Trump gaining major ground among independents and Latino voters, leading over Harris in both groups.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Democratic senators fear polls are underestimating former President Donald J. Trump's level of support. RealClearPolitics gave Vice President Kamala Harris a lead of 2.2 points nationally as of Monday, September 23—a narrower margin than Joe Biden's seven-point lead and Hillary Clinton's three-point lead over Trump at similar times in the 2020 and 2016 election campaigns. On election night, Biden's lead over Trump nationally was significantly lower, at four points. Clinton's was also lower, at 2.1 points—and she lost the Electoral College. show more
September 24, 2024
Election 2024
Religion

Harris Breaks 36-Year Tradition in Remarkable Snub to U.S. Catholics.

Kamala Harris has chosen not to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, which significantly deviates from political tradition. The dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, typically features lighthearted exchanges between presidential candidates. Former President Donald Trump has confirmed his attendance at the event scheduled for October 17, but Harris’s campaign stated she will focus on crucial battleground states as the election nears.

Some speculate that Harris’s move is due to the candidate’s fear of extemporaneous interactions, though the reality may be more that her campaign is worried that spending any time at all outside of critical swing states could see her lose on November 5th.

Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York, expressed disappointment over Harris’s decision.

“We are disappointed that she will not be with us, as this is an evening of unity and putting aside political differences in support of a good cause of helping women and children in need regardless of race, creed, or background,” he said. The politically connected and powerful Timothy Cardinal Dolan—who serves as the Archbishop of the diocese—currently hosts the dinner.

Harris’s decision makes her the first presidential candidate to skip the event since Walter Mondale, who also started his campaign as a vice president, in 1984. This tradition began in 1960 with Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy and is held to raise funds for New York City’s needy.

Trump last appeared at the dinner in person in 2016 along with then-Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. The 2020 dinner, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw Trump and Joe Biden make pre-recorded remarks. The annual event is named after former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith, the first Roman Catholic nominated for the U.S. presidency by a major party in 1928.

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Kamala Harris has chosen not to attend the annual Al Smith Dinner, which significantly deviates from political tradition. The dinner, sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, typically features lighthearted exchanges between presidential candidates. Former President Donald Trump has confirmed his attendance at the event scheduled for October 17, but Harris's campaign stated she will focus on crucial battleground states as the election nears. show more
September 23, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
NatSec

The Entire Deep State Just Endorsed Kamala.

More than 700 deep state security and military officials have officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president, claiming that former President Donald J. Trump “endangers” democratic ideals, ironically as Harris was never democratically nominated by her party.

The officials signed a joint letter endorsing Harris, lauding her for supporting Ukraine while  claiming she “grasps the reality of American military deterrence.”

The letter is almost more of an expression of criticism and opposition to Trump as it is an endorsement of Harris, with the letter stating, “Mr. Trump threatens our democratic system,” and “He said he wants to be a ‘dictator,’ and his clarification that he would only be a dictator for a day is not reassuring.”

Among those who signed the letter are former Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, who served under Barack Obama, and several retired generals and admirals.

Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung reacted to the latter, saying those who signed it “are the same people who got our country into endless foreign wars and profited off of them while the American people suffered.”

He added that Trump was the only president in recent history not to begin any new foreign wars.

The letter comes after prominent neocons also endorsed Kamala Harris in recent weeks, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the chief architects of the disastrous Iraq war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently pursuing the war in Ukraine, also endorsed Harris, stating she was his favorite earlier this month.

“Our ‘favorite,’ if you can call it that, was the current president, Mr. Biden. But he was removed from the race and recommended all his supporters to support Ms. Harris. Well, we will do so – we will support her,” Putin said.

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More than 700 deep state security and military officials have officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president, claiming that former President Donald J. Trump "endangers" democratic ideals, ironically as Harris was never democratically nominated by her party. show more
zelensky
September 23, 2024
Christopher Tomlinson
Election 2024
War

Biden-Harris Used U.S. Military to Fly Zelensky to Swing State… Where He Campaigned For Kamala.

Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, flew to Pennsylvania on Sunday on an American taxpayer-funded U.S. military aircraft ostensibly to tour armaments factories that supply his country with weapons. However, Zelenksy turned the Biden-Harris government-organized tour into an impromptu campaign event for the Democratic Party, railing against former President Donald J. Trump to the media.

Traveling aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17, Zelensky bashed both former President Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH). The Republican presidential ticket has been vocally critical of further prolonging the war in Ukraine. Instead, Trump and Vance have pushed for a lasting agreement between the country and Russia to end the violent conflict, which has killed somewhere between half a million and a million people.

On Sunday, Zelensky told the New Yorker, “My feeling is that Trump doesn’t really know how to stop the war even if he might think he knows how. ” He added that Vance was “too radical,” claiming the Ohio Republican’s Ukraine plan consisted of giving up Ukrainian territories.

“The idea that the world should end this war at Ukraine’s expense is unacceptable. But I do not consider this concept of his a plan, in any formal sense,” Zelenskly said, comparing any compromise with Russia as being akin to the early World War II appeasement of Adolf Hitler.

Trump has previously stated that he will end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia before taking the oath of office if elected in November.

REJECTED PEACE DEALS.

Zelensky has previously rejected Trump’s proposals to end the war. In April this year, he stated that no peace plan could involve his country relinquishing control of its territory, likely referring to Crimea and Donbas. At one point in 2022, Ukraine and Russia were close to a ceasefire, if not a peace deal, but thanks to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Biden-Harris regime, the deal fell through.

Anti-Russia warmonger and recent Biden-Harris official Victoria Nuland even admitted that the administration had blocked the 2022 deal, claiming that it was unfair to Ukraine because it placed limits on the Ukrainian military.

Will Upton contributed to this report. 

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Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, flew to Pennsylvania on Sunday on an American taxpayer-funded U.S. military aircraft ostensibly to tour armaments factories that supply his country with weapons. However, Zelenksy turned the Biden-Harris government-organized tour into an impromptu campaign event for the Democratic Party, railing against former President Donald J. Trump to the media. show more
September 23, 2024
William Upton
Election 2024
Politics

Kamala’s Husband is Lashing Out at The Teamsters for Refusing to Endorse Her.

Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman and husband to Vice President Kamala Harris, is lashing out at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union for refusing to endorse his wife’s 2024 Democratic Party presidential campaign. Despite rank-and-file members of the Teamsters overwhelmingly backing former President Donald J. Trump, according to the union’s internal polling, Emhoff believes the labor organization should still have thrown its support to his wife.

“Even though Trump, you know, bullied the leaders of the Teamsters to not do an endorsement, the Teamster locals are all endorsing her, including right here in Pennsylvania,” Emhoff claimed at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday. A corporate and entertainment industry litigator whose past clients include the aggressively anti-union Walmart Inc., he added: “These Teamsters are not going to listen to some guy in D.C. who does not have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump, right? Can’t have that.”

The “some guy in D.C.” Emhoff is referring to is Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, who spoke earlier this summer at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. O’Brien has repeatedly stressed that his priorities are serving his union members’ best interests, upholding their political preferences, and building relationships with both political parties to ensure the voices of his members are heard.

CRITICAL UNION VOTERS.

In Pennsylvania, union households—including the Teamsters—could prove pivotal in deciding whether Trump or Harris wins the state. Election experts continually point to white working-class areas of Western Pennsylvania, in which Joe Biden secured higher levels of support in 2020 than Hillary Clinton in 2016, as the deciding factor in that state’s swing to Democrats in the prior presidential election.

Last Wednesday, the Teamsters announced they would not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in 28 years. The union’s publicly released polling data shows former President Trump winning its members by an almost two-to-one margin over Harris.

Image by Gage Skidmore. 

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Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman and husband to Vice President Kamala Harris, is lashing out at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union for refusing to endorse his wife's 2024 Democratic Party presidential campaign. Despite rank-and-file members of the Teamsters overwhelmingly backing former President Donald J. Trump, according to the union's internal polling, Emhoff believes the labor organization should still have thrown its support to his wife. show more
September 23, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election Integrity
Media

Media Preps Public to Expect Trump Win Followed by Mail-In Ballot Reversal.

The Washington Post Editorial Board is priming readers to expect an apparent victory for Donald J. Trump on election night, being reversed by a flood of mail-in ballots, as in 2020. “If Democrats continue to vote by mail more than Republicans, early returns will probably show Mr. Trump leading, but the gap will close as votes are tallied,” the board writes, describing this as a “red mirage.”

Trump, The Washington Post recalls, described this as a case of “Democrats dumping ballots” in 2020, but the board insists it was actually “an entirely foreseeable and legitimate consequence of voting patterns and state counting policies.”

The board notes that “Mr. Trump may well win this election fair and square” but stresses that “Democrats returned 18 million ballots by mail compared with about 10 million from Republicans across 20 states with party registration data” in 2020 and that “it will probably still take longer to tally the high volume of ballots in [Democrat-voting] urban centers such as Philadelphia and Milwaukee than the lower number in redder, rural areas.”

However, The Washington Post concedes that the Democrats’ mail-in voting advantage narrowed in 2022, with the left-liberal party casting 7.6 million mail-in ballots compared to 5.1 million for the Republicans.

ENTIRELY LEGITIMATE?

Despite the Democrat and corporate media’s insistence that mail-in voting is secure, research suggests such ballots were substantially fraudulent in 2020.

For instance, polling of mail-in voters by the Heartland Institute found that 17 percent of respondents voted in states where they were no longer residents, 21 percent filled out ballots for someone else, and 17 percent “forge[d] the signature of a friend or family member on their behalf, with or without their permission”—all election law violations that would render the ballots invalid. Ten percent of respondents also said they knew someone else who had committed these offenses.

Rasmussen polling resulted in similar findings regarding mail-in voters casting ballots in the wrong state and filling out other people’s documents. One in 10 Rasmussen respondents also said they were offered “pay” or a “reward” for voting in 2020.

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The Washington Post Editorial Board is priming readers to expect an apparent victory for Donald J. Trump on election night, being reversed by a flood of mail-in ballots, as in 2020. "If Democrats continue to vote by mail more than Republicans, early returns will probably show Mr. Trump leading, but the gap will close as votes are tallied," the board writes, describing this as a "red mirage." show more
IRS
September 23, 2024
Election 2024

Yes, the IRS Union is Backing Kamala Harris. Which Means You Probably Shouldn’t.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent union has formally endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency. During her tenure as Vice President, Harris cast a crucial tie-breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which significantly increased the IRS budget.

“When it comes to treating federal employees with respect, valuing their service and investing in their work, Kamala Harris is the clear choice,” said National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) President Doreen Greenwald.

Harris is advocating for expanding the IRS, a stance the union welcomes. The proposed $5 trillion in tax increases over the next decade includes personal and small business income tax hikes, a higher capital gains tax, an increased corporate tax rate, a Death Tax hike, and a carbon tax, among others.

Projections suggest these measures will greatly expand the IRS, as additional agents will be necessary to enforce the new tax policies. The IRS agent union has a history of strong financial support for the Democratic Party. In the 2022 election cycle, the union’s political action committee (PAC) donated $635,170 to Democratic candidates and committees, according to Open Secrets data. This constituted 97 percent of its election-related contributions.

Key recipients of the union PAC’s funds included the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the DNC Services Corporation, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Additionally, the PAC supported the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland and numerous House and Senate Democrats.

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent union has formally endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency. During her tenure as Vice President, Harris cast a crucial tie-breaking vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, which significantly increased the IRS budget. show more
September 23, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Election 2024

The Mayor of America’s First Muslim-Majority City May Just Have Handed Trump the Election.

The mayor of Hamtramck, a city in Michigan with a Muslim-majority population, has publicly declared his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Amer Ghalib, who leads the suburb of Detroit, made the stunning announcement through a Facebook post on Sunday.

The news comes shortly after the Democrat splinter movement ‘Uncommitted‘ once again refused to back Kamala Harris in the November election and as Michigan finds itself a critical deciding state in the nation.

Despite acknowledging his differences with Trump, Ghalib described the ex-president as “a man of principles.” In his Arabic-language post, he expressed confidence in Trump’s leadership, stating, “Though it’s looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time.”

Ghalib is no stranger to the media spotlight, creating headlines in October 2023, shortly after the Hamas terror attacks on Israel, where he stated: “Peace can never coexist with occupation and injustice, anywhere and at any time no matter how strong the oppressor or how weak the oppressed is!”

In June last year, Ghalib’s city banned LGBT Pride after the Muslim-majority city council proscribed the homosexual festivities. 

The National Pulse has reported extensively on Ghalib and Hamtramck following the town featuring prominently in the bestselling book No Go Zones.

Ghalib emphasized his commitment to the Trump endorsement, saying he would not regret his decision, regardless of the outcome.

He wrote, “I’ll not regret my decision no matter what the outcome would be, and I’m ready to face the consequences. For this and many other reasons, I announce my support and endorsement for the former, and hopefully, the next president of the United States, Donald Trump.” He further added, “Now, let the caravan begin its journey. This is just the starting point.”

Trump acknowledged Ghalib’s endorsement by reposting the message on his Truth Social account.

Ghalib’s support for Trump followed a recent private meeting between the two in Flint, Michigan, which lasted approximately 20 minutes. During their conversation, they discussed topics such as the debates, voting statistics in Michigan and Wayne County, and specific concerns of Arab American and Yemeni American communities. The situation in Yemen was also part of their discussion.

Hamtramck is the only U.S. city governed entirely by Muslims, and over 40 percent of its population is foreign-born.

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The mayor of Hamtramck, a city in Michigan with a Muslim-majority population, has publicly declared his support for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Amer Ghalib, who leads the suburb of Detroit, made the stunning announcement through a Facebook post on Sunday. show more

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September 22, 2024
Culture
Election 2024

Janet Jackson Tells Kamala: You Ain’t Black!

Pop star Janet Jackson recently questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s self-proclaimed racial identity, stating in an interview that Harris is not black. Speaking to The Guardian, Jackson responded to queries about the possibility of the United States electing its first black female president. “She’s not black, that’s what I heard, that she’s Indian,” Jackson remarked. She claimed she was informed that Harris’s father is white. “I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days,” she added.

When asked whether she believed the nation was ready for a female president of color, Jackson expressed uncertainty. “Honestly, I don’t want to answer that because I really truthfully don’t know,” she said. “I think either way it goes is going to be mayhem.”

Her comments echo similar sentiments expressed by former President Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in July. Trump had asserted that Harris originally emphasized her Indian heritage at the start of her career but now identifies as black. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump stated. “I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black.”

Trump continued, “I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn, and she went — she became a black person.”

Vice President Harris is the daughter of Donald J. Harris, a Jamaican-American professor at Stanford, and her mother, who is of Indian descent. Harris has faced scrutiny from some individuals who allege she identifies with different aspects of her ancestry depending on the circumstance. Recently, critics claimed she adopted a regional accent while speaking in Detroit, which then seemed to fade at a subsequent event in Pittsburgh the same day.

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Pop star Janet Jackson recently questioned Vice President Kamala Harris's self-proclaimed racial identity, stating in an interview that Harris is not black. Speaking to The Guardian, Jackson responded to queries about the possibility of the United States electing its first black female president. "She’s not black, that’s what I heard, that she’s Indian," Jackson remarked. She claimed she was informed that Harris's father is white. "I mean, I haven’t watched the news in a few days," she added. show more
September 21, 2024
William Upton
Data
Election 2024

NYT Data: Donald Trump More Popular Than Taylor Swift.

Voters view former President Donald J. Trump more favorably than pop star Taylor Swift, who endorsed the 2024 Democrat Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris after the September 10 presidential debate. According to a survey by Siena College and The New York Times conducted in the immediate days following the debate, only 44 percent of voters view Swift positively. Meanwhile, 47 percent of voters view former President Trump favorably.

Swift is predictably most popular with voters who identify as Democrats, hitting 70 percent. Just 11 percent of Democrats say they view her unfavorably. Among independents, Swift’s favorability rating slides drastically to just 41 percent, while her unfavorable rating jumps to 32 percent. Republican voters are the least likely to view her as favorable, with a rating of just 23 percent. Conversely, 60 percent of Republicans say they view Swift unfavorably.

While national Democrats and the Harris campaign have touted Swift’s endorsement for almost two weeks now, it appears that the pop star’s backing has done little to move nationwide and battleground polls. The 2024 presidential race remains essentially a toss-up between Trump and Harris.

The National Pulse reported last week that initial data following the Swift endorsement suggests very little change in the breakdown of the American youth vote for either candidate. In fact, Harris appears to be running significantly behind where Joe Biden was at among young voters in September 2020.

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Voters view former President Donald J. Trump more favorably than pop star Taylor Swift, who endorsed the 2024 Democrat Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris after the September 10 presidential debate. According to a survey by Siena College and The New York Times conducted in the immediate days following the debate, only 44 percent of voters view Swift positively. Meanwhile, 47 percent of voters view former President Trump favorably. show more