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trump subpoena
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

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cnn
July 10, 2023
Jake Welch
Media
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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
iraq
June 27, 2023
Jake Welch
News

WATCH: John Kerry Admits Iraq War Was a ‘Lie’.

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has admitted that the Iraq war was a ‘lie’ in an interview with a French journalist who confronted him on the United States’ war record.

Kerry, who argued the West must hold Putin to account for the war in Ukraine, was asked, “to show that the West follows principles… should we also judge Bush for Iraq?… [w]asn’t that a crime of assault as well?”

Kerry – an Iraq war supporter – admitted the casus belli was a lie, but excused the mountain of deaths and the spending of trillions, stating: “Well, we didn’t know it was a lie at the time, the evidence that was produced, people did not know that there was a lie.”

Before attempting to pivot away, claiming he did not want to “relitigate the Iraq war,” Kerry went on to admit: “We gave the President the power, regrettably, in Congress based on the lie, and when we knew it was a lie, people stood up and did the right thing.”

It is unclear what “the right thing” alludes to, as no one in the United States government has ever been held responsible for the lie that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Kerry argued that he opposed the military invasion of Iraq – a claim that has been fact-checked as “false” multiple times. Kerry voted in favor of the resolution that supported the war in Iraq in 2002, arguing in a speech on the Senate floor on October 9, 2002: “Let me be clear, the vote I will give to the President is for one reason and one reason only: To disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, if we cannot accomplish that objective through new, tough weapons inspections in joint concert with our allies.”

WATCH:

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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, has admitted that the Iraq war was a 'lie' in an interview with a French journalist who confronted him on the United States' war record. show more
June 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

EU to Tap Journalists’ Devices to Spy on Sources.

The European Union (EU) has agreed that spyware and surveillance tools could be installed on the computers and phones of journalists to identify anonymous sources in the name of ‘national security.’

If journalists are under any form of criminal investigation, whether that be from murder to bicycle thefts or music piracy, European governments are now permitted to install “intrusive surveillance software” on their devices.

The legislation expands on legal “loopholes,” which permitted governments to install spyware on the personal devices for terrorism offenses.

However, France has criticized the intrusiveness of the measures, arguing it is “essential to strike a fair balance between the need to protect the confidentiality of journalists’ sources and the need to protect citizens and the state against serious threats … whoever the perpetrators may be.”

“The particularly exorbitant nature of this immunity raises questions,” argued a confidential French diplomatic document leaked to POLITICO.

A further 65 organizations, such as the European Digital Right (EDRi), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and several human rights groups, have written a letter to the European Commission demanding the proposed laws be scrapped.

 

 

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The European Union (EU) has agreed that spyware and surveillance tools could be installed on the computers and phones of journalists to identify anonymous sources in the name of 'national security.' show more
June 22, 2023
Jake Welch
News

CNN Producer Sentenced to 19 Years for Sexually Abusing 9-Year-Old.

John Griffin, a former CNN producer who had a close relationship with former host Chris Cuomo, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl, with an additional 15 years of supervised release.

Griffin, 46, himself a father of three, paid the girl’s mother $3,000 to fly from Nevada to Vermont so he could sexually abuse her daughter.

One of the text messages between the two includes Griffin telling the mother: “One of the big lies of this society is that women are delicate innocent angels and they are in actuality, naturally, the dirtiest sluts possible, in EVERY metric.”

Griffin was arrested in December 2o21 after an 18-month investigation on multiple charges after inviting girls as young as seven to his home for “sexual subservience” training. However, as part of a plea deal, two additional charges against him of ‘enticement of a minor’ were dropped by prosecutors.

He has also worked as a producer at CNN, ABC, Fox News, and CBS. While at CNN, Griffin “boasted” of his proximity to former leader news anchor host Chris Cuomo.

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John Griffin, a former CNN producer who had a close relationship with former host Chris Cuomo, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl, with an additional 15 years of supervised release. show more
satanists
June 21, 2023
Jake Welch
News

POLITICO Says Satanists Are ‘People of Faith’ Like Jews or Unitarians, Fighting Abortion Restrictions.

Restricted access to abortions infringes upon the religious rights of Satanists, as well as “other people of faith” including Jews, Episcopalians, and Unitarians, argues POLITICO. The wildly offensive comparison between Satanists and others comes almost a year after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v Wade.

Challenges against the decision by “clergy members and practitioners of everything from Judaism to Satanism” are being launched in state and federal courts, POLITICO notes, claiming Satanists in Texas, Idaho, and Louisiana, argue “the laws infringe upon their congregants’ belief in bodily autonomy and right to practice abortion as a religious ritual.”

Jewish challengers in Kentucky are citing religious texts that say life begins when a baby takes its first breath, while in Florida, the Episcopal Church, the United Church of Christ, and the Unitarian Universalist Church sued to overturn a recent 15-week abortion ban.

The Satanic Temple’s religious abortion ritual involves, “the recitation of two of our Tenets and a personal affirmation that is ceremoniously intertwined with the abortion.” The affirmation requires a member to say: “By my body, my blood, by my will, it is done.”

By pursuing legal action against abortion bans, Satanists are “chip[ping] away at the assumption that all religious people oppose abortion,” POLITICO states.

 

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Restricted access to abortions infringes upon the religious rights of Satanists, as well as "other people of faith" including Jews, Episcopalians, and Unitarians, argues POLITICO. The wildly offensive comparison between Satanists and others comes almost a year after the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v Wade. show more
assange
June 19, 2023
Jake Welch
News

Hitchens: Britain Must REFUSE Assange Extradition to U.S.

“Julian Assange must not be extradited to the US, for such an action will shame our country,” argues British writer Peter Hitchens in the Daily Mail, claiming “[t]here is still just time for prominent figures in [British] politics and the media to place themselves on the side of justice and liberty, where they ought always to be.”

Hitchens, 71, has long criticized the imprisonment of Assange, the founder of the non-profit Wikileaks, who has now been in Belmarsh prison since 2019, having previously lived in a room in London’s Ecuadorian embassy for years. Assange is perhaps best known for the release of hundreds of thousands of classified documents pertaining to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“[I]f Mr Assange is sent to face trial in the US, any British journalist who comes into possession of classified material from the US, though he has committed no crime according to our own law, faces the same danger,” Hitchens explains.

“This is a basic violation of our national sovereignty, and a major threat to our own press freedom. I think that no English court should accept this demand,” he adds.

Earlier this month Assange, who remains imprisoned in London, lost an appeal to the High Court to avoid being extradited and has since appealed again.

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"Julian Assange must not be extradited to the US, for such an action will shame our country," argues British writer Peter Hitchens in the Daily Mail, claiming "[t]here is still just time for prominent figures in [British] politics and the media to place themselves on the side of justice and liberty, where they ought always to be." show more
ukraine
June 5, 2023
News

New York Times Admits Nazi Symbology at Heart of Ukraine Army.

Ukrainian soldiers are displaying Nazi iconography on their uniforms, the New York Times has finally accepted, even admitting that “diplomats, Western journalists and advocacy groups” avoid making mention of it, therefore allowing it to spread.

As an example, the “Black Sun” symbol, which appeared in the castle of the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, is regularly appearing on the uniforms of Ukrainian soldiers.

Even Jewish groups and anti-hate organizations that have traditionally called out hateful symbols have stayed largely silent. Privately, some leaders have worried about being seen as embracing Russian propaganda talking points.

– New York Times, June 2023

Both corporate and social media have gone to extreme lengths to cover for Nazi and Neo-Nazi activity at the heart of Ukraine’s war effort. In 2022, Facebook created a special exemption for the nation’s Azov battalion, known for using Nazi overtones. The Washington Post finally admitted to the role of Azov and its relationship with Nazism last year. PBS in fact tried to cover-up for some of the Nazi imagery by blurring the background of a Ukrainian politician.

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Ukrainian soldiers are displaying Nazi iconography on their uniforms, the New York Times has finally accepted, even admitting that "diplomats, Western journalists and advocacy groups" avoid making mention of it, therefore allowing it to spread. show more