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January 4, 2024
Culture

Elvis Presley is Coming Back. As a Hologram.

An immersive Elvis Presley concert, titled ‘Elvis Evolution,’ is set to premiere in London in November 2024, featuring a life-sized holographic projection of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Layered Reality, a British immersive entertainment company, will use cutting-edge AI and vast archives of Presley’s photographs and home-video footage to create the digital representation. In cooperation with Authentic Brands Group, the owners of the Elvis Presley estate, the show aims to allow audiences to step into Presley’s world, and will tour in Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Berlin following its London premiere.

Andrew McGuinness, founder and CEO of Layered Reality, states that the incentive behind this project stems from a continued global admiration of Presley and the desire for interactive experiences. McGuinness expects the show to be a “bucket-list item for Elvis fans and admirers around the world,” with performance and presentation elements designed to celebrate Presley’s extraordinary musical legacy.

The immersive experience will further extend to an after-party Elvis-themed bar and restaurant on-site at the central London location. The venue promises live music, DJ sets, and performances for attendees post-show. This upcoming show follows a trend set by ‘Abba Voyage’ and rock band ‘Kiss,’ both of which have leveraged AI and holographic technology for their performances.

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An immersive Elvis Presley concert, titled 'Elvis Evolution,' is set to premiere in London in November 2024, featuring a life-sized holographic projection of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Layered Reality, a British immersive entertainment company, will use cutting-edge AI and vast archives of Presley’s photographs and home-video footage to create the digital representation. In cooperation with Authentic Brands Group, the owners of the Elvis Presley estate, the show aims to allow audiences to step into Presley's world, and will tour in Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Berlin following its London premiere. show more
jan 6th
December 7, 2023
Jack Montgomery
Media
Politics

CIA Analyst: Jan 6 Wasn’t a Coup & Trump Is NOT an Authoritarian Threat.

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Martin Gurri is urging some perspective on January 6th and Donald Trump. With the media panicmongering about a descent into authoritarianism under a second Trump term, Gurri believes the “hysteria” is unwarranted.

“I know what some political depressives will be thinking – and they’re wrong,” Gurri wrote. “January 6 was not an insurgency aiming to install Trump as Chief Authoritarian.”

The former CIA analyst explained that “[i]n an insurgency, people with guns shoot at each other and lots of them die,” but on Jan 6 the only fatality was “a young woman who was shot by a Capitol policeman… She was unarmed, as was the rest of the trespassing mob. There’s no such thing as an unarmed insurgency,” he added.

Those skeptical of the “Jan 6 as insurrection” narrative have often pointed out the strangeness of the supposed insurrectionists showing up without firearms, despite the U.S. boasting a heavily armed citizenry.

Gurri was occasionally unflattering about Trump himself, but said he met none of the requisites to become a dictator. Typically, would-be dictators command the military or the security services. “What would happen if Trump ordered the FBI or the 101st Airborne Division to start shooting Democrats? Homeric laughter,” Gurri suggested.

Other would-be dictators depend on private militias – but “if Trump is training a militia somewhere off the 18th hole at Mar-a-Lago, not even the Times has heard about it,” Gurri observed.

“If you insist that Trump is an authoritarian, if you continue to maintain that he’s the greatest threat ever to our democracy, then you’re portraying [his] voters as goose-stepping bigots — and you know full well that they’re not.”

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Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst Martin Gurri is urging some perspective on January 6th and Donald Trump. With the media panicmongering about a descent into authoritarianism under a second Trump term, Gurri believes the "hysteria" is unwarranted. show more
December 6, 2023
Media

WaPo Staff to Strike on Thursday.

The Washington Post is set for a 24-hour walk-off on Thursday after failed attempts to secure a fresh deal over working conditions, including pay and remote work. This was announced by the union representing these workers who criticized the newspaper’s management for refusing to negotiate “in good faith.” According to the Washington Post Guild, which consists of about 1,000 staff members from both the newsroom and commercial departments, the decision to stage the strike was not taken lightly.

The newspaper, owned by Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, had hinted at possible layoffs, following a period of unsuccessful negotiations that have spanned 18 months. The union stated that the management had “repeatedly and unlawfully shut down discussions on key issues.” They also emphasised the importance of fair treatment for the staff in order to maintain top-tier journalism.

This demonstration follows a series of recent strikes across various industries in the United States. Other media outlets faced similar actions earlier this year, with workers from Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper publisher, and New York Times staging walk-outs. Last month, Associated Press staff also initiated a “short break” over a lack of contract, rejecting a proposed 2 percent raise from management.

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The Washington Post is set for a 24-hour walk-off on Thursday after failed attempts to secure a fresh deal over working conditions, including pay and remote work. This was announced by the union representing these workers who criticized the newspaper's management for refusing to negotiate "in good faith." According to the Washington Post Guild, which consists of about 1,000 staff members from both the newsroom and commercial departments, the decision to stage the strike was not taken lightly. show more
November 30, 2023
Jake Welch
Breaking
Media

BREAKING: MSNBC Axes Mehdi Hasan Show.

Far-left British TV journalist and commentator Mehdi Hasan has had his weekend program on MSNBC canceled by streaming service Peacock, with the network planning to expand Ayman Mohyeldin’s weekend show to two hours to replace Hasan’s show, reports suggest.

Two people familiar with the decision told Semafor that Hasan will be used as an on-camera analyst and fill-in host by the network going forward.

Hasan, 44, has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for using his weekend show and online platform to amplify his strongly anti-Israel stance following Hamas’ violent incursion into Israel in early October. His previous comments comparing non-Muslims to “cattle” and “animals” while giving lectures in British mosques have also resurfaced online following the outbreak of the conflict.

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Far-left British TV journalist and commentator Mehdi Hasan has had his weekend program on MSNBC canceled by streaming service Peacock, with the network planning to expand Ayman Mohyeldin's weekend show to two hours to replace Hasan's show, reports suggest. show more
October 6, 2023
Media
News
Politics

NYT, MSNBC Freak Out Over Trump-Kassam Interview After Far-Left Complaints.

The New York Times, MSNBC, and Snopes are collectively freaking out over The National Pulse’s interview with former President Donald Trump, declaring his rhetoric over the U.S. southern border to be Hitlerian, and bemoaning his complaint over the amount of communicable disease and numbers of deadly drugs pouring into America.

MSNBC’s resident Islamic extremist, Mehdi Hasan, took to X (formerly Twitter) to cry about Trump’s rhetoric. Hasan, however, has previously called non-Muslims “cattle” and “animals” in video first popularized by National Pulse editor Raheem Kassam, over a decade ago.

The New York Times and Snopes quickly followed Hasan’s lead, with the grey lady – itself owned by a slave-owning family which promoted Hitler during the 1930s – declaring: “Trump Escalates Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric With ‘Poisoning the Blood’ Comment”.

Mr. Trump made the remark in a 37-minute video interview with The National Pulse, a right-leaning website, that was posted last week. It drew broader scrutiny on Wednesday after the liberal MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan surfaced the quote in a post on X.

– New York Times, October, 2023.

President Trump’s comments, however, related directly to the mass importation of killer drugs like fentanyl, as well as communicable disease coming over the U.S. southern border – a fact that Snopes attempted to skirt.

Hitler’s comments – presumably still available via the New York Times’s own archives – referred to Jewish journalists, not drugs or disease:

And so this poison was allowed to enter the national bloodstream and infect public life without the Government taking any effectual measures to master the course of the disease.

– Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf.

The three news outlets, as well as the Islamist Mehdi Hasan, appeared to take their lead from the far-left Meidas Touch website, which first made the false comparison under the byline ‘J.D. Wolf’. Meidas Touch is a Democrat-linked political action committee, not a news or research service. The site’s contributors include mostly far-left, openly ‘anti-Trump’ activists who masquerade as journalists.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: 

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The New York Times, MSNBC, and Snopes are collectively freaking out over The National Pulse's interview with former President Donald Trump, declaring his rhetoric over the U.S. southern border to be Hitlerian, and bemoaning his complaint over the amount of communicable disease and numbers of deadly drugs pouring into America. show more
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August 23, 2023
Exclusive
Media
News

EXC – Fox Source: ‘We’re Banned from Mentioning Trump-Tucker Interview’.

A Fox News source has told The National Pulse the network has “literally banned” any mentions of the upcoming interview between Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, due to air at 9pm EST on Wednesday. Trump teased the interview by claiming “sparks will fly” in an overt and likely successful attempt to counter-programme what he has dubbed the “Vice Presidential debates“.

“We’re literally banned from talking about it or mentioning it,” said the source, before adding that the network had ordered anchors to never discuss the former Fox host’s discussion with Trump, extending as far as writing about the matter in the network’s chyrons.

On Monday, Fox aired an interview with a man they billed simply as a “Wisconsin GOP voter” who spoke eloquently about his support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. A brief National Pulse investigation revealed Chris Lawrence to be a political activist who has worked for a number of anti-Trump groups or politicians.

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A Fox News source has told The National Pulse the network has "literally banned" any mentions of the upcoming interview between Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump, due to air at 9pm EST on Wednesday. Trump teased the interview by claiming "sparks will fly" in an overt and likely successful attempt to counter-programme what he has dubbed the "Vice Presidential debates". show more

Editor’s Notes

Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
While unsurprising to many – probably including Trump and Tucker – the Fox News ban on even mentioning the fact that the discussion is taking place will take a toll on its already dwindling audience
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While unsurprising to many – probably including Trump and Tucker – the Fox News ban on even mentioning the fact that the discussion is taking place will take a toll on its already dwindling audience show more
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August 3, 2023
William Upton
News

Trump Subpoenas Unaired Tucker Interview with Ex Capitol Police Chief.

Former President Donald Trump has subpoenaed Fox News in an effort to attain an unaired interview with former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund. The interview was originally intended to air as part of then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s investigation into Jan 6 and the more than 40,000 hours of footage he was granted access to. The National Pulse yesterday released parts of the interview, with further clips due on Thursday afternoon.

One item of particular interest to Donald Trump’s legal team is comments that Sund may have made to Carlson regarding the presence of federal agents in the crowd on Jan 6. In an interview with English comedian Russell Brand, Carlson stated that Sund believed federal agents were among the crowds protesting the 2020 Presidential election result:

“I never thought there was a false flag or anything like that. I’m not a conspiracist by temperament… And then I interviewed the chief of the Capitol Police, Steven Sund – in an interview that was never aired on Fox by the way. I was fired before it could air… He was the chief of the Capitol Police on January 6 and he said ‘Oh yeah the crowd was filled with Federal agents.’ He would know of course because he was in charge of security at the site. So the more time that has passed, now it has been two-and-a-half years, it becomes really obvious that core claims they made about January 6 were lies.”

Carlson’s interview with Sund could be a useful piece of evidence for Trump’s legal defense, casting further doubt on official government claims about the circumstances of that days events. The unaired Sund interview appears to be a part of a broader legal strategy by Trump to demonstrate that the Jan 6 prosecution is not just a question of the former President’s First Amendment protected right to free speech but also to call in to question the partisan media narrative surrounding the 2020 Presidential election and Jan 6 itself.

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Former President Donald Trump has subpoenaed Fox News in an effort to attain an unaired interview with former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund. The interview was originally intended to air as part of then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson's investigation into Jan 6 and the more than 40,000 hours of footage he was granted access to. The National Pulse yesterday released parts of the interview, with further clips due on Thursday afternoon. show more
July 14, 2023
Jake Welch
Media
News

Dems Now Trust MSNBC More Than CNN.

MSNBC is considered to be more trustworthy by Democrat voters than CNN, according to a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports. A total of 23 percent of Democrats trust MSNBC compared to the 22 percent who trust CNN.

CNN has faced a number of challenges since it’s hyper-editorialised, anti-Trump derangement, post-2015. Recently, the network fired its CEO Chris Licht for having the temerity to host a former President and presidential front runner in a town hall where he mopped the floor with the channel’s newest nightly anchor, Kaitlin Collins.

The most trusted corporate media organization is still Fox News, both amongst the American public and Republican voters. But the numbers are hardly solid. Just one in four – 25 percent – of Americans “trust” Fox News, with that figure increasing to 43 percent amongst Republican voters. Notably, Democrats trust Fox News more than they trust ABC, CBS, and NBC News.

Media Bias. 

Rasmussen also asked the 1,005 likely US voters: “Is the problem of bias in the news media getting better or worse? Or is the problem about the same as usual?”

A majority of 58 percent told Rasmussen they believe media bias has worsened, including almost half of Democrats – 42 percent – and a whopping 68 percent of Republicans. Only 13 percent of the respondents believe that media bias has improved.

 

 

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MSNBC is considered to be more trustworthy by Democrat voters than CNN, according to a recent survey from Rasmussen Reports. A total of 23 percent of Democrats trust MSNBC compared to the 22 percent who trust CNN. show more
July 14, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Biden WH Threatens to BAN Black Immigrant Reporter for Disobedience.

Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba has been told by the White House that he could be banned from the Press briefing room for questioning why he is routinely ignored by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

The White House served Ateba the “warning” following his latest complaint of being ignored by Jean-Pierre at the end of last month. The letter, which Ateba posted on his Twitter account, tells him that his behavior on the occasion was “unacceptable,” threatening:

“If you continue to impede briefings or events by shouting over your colleagues who have been called on for a question, even after you have been asked to stop by a White House employee, then your hard pass may be suspended or revoked.”

Ateba has been repeatedly ignored by the White House after asking difficult questions to the Biden administration, such as addressing Biden’s eight-country African travel ban in late 2021. Since then, Ateba claims he has been blacklisted, with his emails and remonstrances going unanswered and attempts to meet with the press secretary being declined. Ateba argues that he has taken to shouting his questions from the back of the room “as a last resort.”

He has even gone so far as to claim the refusal to allow him to ask questions is a result of  discrimination. “I’m Black, I’m an immigrant and I’m the little guy,” Ateba states.

 

 

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Today News Africa reporter Simon Ateba has been told by the White House that he could be banned from the Press briefing room for questioning why he is routinely ignored by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. show more

Editor’s Notes

Behind-the-scenes political intrigue exclusively for Pulse+ subscribers.

RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
Ah yes, the Democrat government led by friend of Robert Byrd — Joe Biden — has the African dude at the back of the room and when he tries to get a tough question in, they threatened to throw him off the bus entirely
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Ah yes, the Democrat government led by friend of Robert Byrd — Joe Biden — has the African dude at the back of the room and when he tries to get a tough question in, they threatened to throw him off the bus entirely show more
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July 10, 2023
Jake Welch
Media
News

CNN Reporter Sues Over Racism After Cameraman Ran Over Her Foot.

A former international correspondent for CNN is suing the broadcaster for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after her foot was run-over by her own cameraman while reporting in Israel.

Saima Mohsin argues the company refused to accommodate her injuries after she requested alternative duties, as well as support for rehabilitation. She also claims there was a “gender pay gap” at CNN. Mohsin is also suing for racial discrimination, arguing she was told, “you don’t have the look we are looking for,” after asking for a presenting role at CNN. She also asserts she was denied “high profile on-air opportunities,” with producers preferring to use “white American correspondents.”

“I was repeatedly let down and denied the ability to achieve my potential while I was at CNN. I am bringing my claim to take a stand and call for change to ensure women journalists, and women journalists of colour, are better protected,” Mohsin said to The Guardian.

CNN, however, is opposing the claim on territorial grounds. The broadcaster argues that Mohsin does not have the right to bring the case in London as specified in her employment contract.

Another former CNN employee – who maintained a close relationship with former host Chris Cuomo – was sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl last month.

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A former international correspondent for CNN is suing the broadcaster for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after her foot was run-over by her own cameraman while reporting in Israel. show more