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desaster
May 25, 2023
Jake Welch
News

How the World Reported Ron’s Twitter Space ‘DeSaster’.

Ron DeSantis’s claim that he broke the internet during his campaign launch “because so many people were excited about being on the Twitter space” has failed to catch on both at home and abroad. The spin flopped after an even larger Twitter Space with Trump world advisors and influencers achieved around double the listenership immediately after the Florida Governor’s botched launch on Wednesday night.

The campaign launch was led by Hillary Clinton donor David Sacks alongside Elon Musk on Twitter last night. The first 20 minutes were mostly dead air and saw the app crash and fail several times. Audiences were left in a state of total confusion, with many leaving when they heard nothing, and never coming back.

The vast majority of the coverage across the world has been negative, with words such as “incompetent,” “disastrous,” and meltdown being used to describe it.

A Sampling of the Headlines:

The Guardian (United Kingdom) – Failure to Launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis.”

Sky News (United Kingdom) – “Ron DeSantis claims campaign launch ‘broke the internet’ – but did it hint at an incompetent candidate from the off?”

Frankfurter Allgemeine (Germany) – “A found food for Trump” which is a German idiom. Translated, it refers to something that one can exploit or use to one’s advantage, especially with a sense of opportunism. A more contextually accurate translation might be, “A golden opportunity for Trump” or “easy pickings for Trump.”

9 News Australia – “‘Disaster’: Twitter meltdown derails presidential campaign launch.”

Franceinfo – “Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign launch turns into a fiasco and draws mockery from Donald Trump.”

Arab News – “Twitter meltdown mars DeSantis’ launch of 2024 GOP presidential bid to challenge White House.”

Al Jazeera – “DeSantis launches US presidential bid in glitch-filled broadcast.”

SOHU (China) – “DeSantis’ candidacy announcement tripped up by Twitter glitch: live stream disconnected multiple times, Trump mocks ‘disaster scene.”

Mainichi (Japan) – “DeSantis, Mask and ‘run-off delivery’: connection failure disrupts stakes.”

Reuters – “Ron DeSantis joins White House race, tripped up by chaotic Twitter launch.”

CBC (Canada) – DeSantis kicks off 2024 U.S. presidential campaign after Twitter event plagues by technical problems.”

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Ron DeSantis's claim that he broke the internet during his campaign launch "because so many people were excited about being on the Twitter space" has failed to catch on both at home and abroad. The spin flopped after an even larger Twitter Space with Trump world advisors and influencers achieved around double the listenership immediately after the Florida Governor's botched launch on Wednesday night. show more
strong man
May 23, 2023
Jack Montgomery
News

Trump’s ‘2024 Strong Man Agenda’ Fuels D.C. Media Panic.

Legacy media outlets appear to be panicking as Donald Trump’s policy platform for 2024 comes into sharper focus, with it now being evident that the gloves will come off if he gets a second chance to “drain the swamp”.

In a brace of stories by former Bloomberg reporter Sophia Cai, corporate-owned news site Axios bemoaned Trump’s “new strong-man agenda” for 2024.

Cai, whose employer claims to be above pushing opinions on readers, complained that Trump’s “grievance-driven campaign” was “fueling a tear-it-all-down agenda” – and warned it could give the former president “control of virtually every facet of life in America.”

Some of the Agenda47 “strong man” policies she cited were:

  • Trump’s pledge to fire the “Radical Marxist Prosecutors Destroying America”.
  • Trump’s pledge to pass a law “prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states” and launch an investigation into whether “Big Pharma and the big hospital networks… have [d]eliberately covered up horrific long-term side-effects of ‘sex transitions’ to get rich at the expense of vulnerable patients.”
  • Trump’s pledge to repeal Biden’s “extremist agenda to destroy America’s suburbs” by pressuring them to construct “giant multi-family apartment complexes” in their midst – a policy designed to forcibly alter communities’ electoral and ethnic make-up, many suspect.
  • Trump’s pledge to introduce “baby bonuses” to support young parents, similar to those in conservative-led Hungary and Poland, to launch “a new baby boom” and obviate the alleged need for mass migration.
  • Trump’s pledge to “designate cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations” and use the military to “inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership and operations”.

Axios seemed particularly exercised about Trump’s desire “to give the president the authority to hire and fire federal workers at will” in order to “attack what he calls the ‘deep state.'”

Why it would be a problem for the people’s foremost elected representative be able to dispense with an entrenched bureaucracy of unelected officials thwarting voters’ wishes was left unclear.

New data released Tuesday shows Americans believe the media to be “truly the enemy of the people,” according to Rasmussen, who asked likely voters if they agreed with Trump’s 2019 tweet verbiage.

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Legacy media outlets appear to be panicking as Donald Trump's policy platform for 2024 comes into sharper focus, with it now being evident that the gloves will come off if he gets a second chance to "drain the swamp". show more

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media
May 23, 2023
Jake Welch
News

DATA: Majority Say U.S. Media is ‘Enemy of the People’.

A majority of likely U.S. voters – 59 percent – believe the media are ‘truly the enemy of the people,’ according to a recent survey by Rasmussen Reports. The quote is taken from a 2019 Donald Trump tweet.

The majority includes 35 percent who “strongly agree” with the statement and another 24 percent who “somewhat agree.”

A whopping 77 percent of Republicans agree with the statement, with 49 percent strongly agreeing. Only 20 percent disagree.

Almost half of Democrats – 44 percent – agree with the statement, with 24 percent strongly agreeing.

Trust in Media.

Rasmussen Reports also asked the 1,002 likely voters: “Do you trust the political news you are getting?”

The majority of American voters – 52 percent – answered “[n]o” to the question.

Almost two-thirds of Republicans are untrusting of the media – 65 percent. Democrats, too, are varied, with 35 percent answering “[n]o” and another 21 percent answering “[n]ot sure.”

Only 30 percent of the electorate answered “Yes,” with less than a quarter of Republicans – 22 percent – trusting the media and less than half of Democrats – 44 percent.

Coverage Bias. 

Lastly, Rasmussen Reports asked: “Does the media coverage of politics generally tend to favor Democrats or Republicans.”

The majority of Americans – 52 percent – believe that the media’s coverage favors the Democrats, with 66 percent of Republicans and even 39 percent of Democrats concurring.

Neither Democrats nor Republicans believe that media coverage favors the GOP: only 21 percent of Democrats and 23 percent of Republicans thought otherwise.

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A majority of likely U.S. voters – 59 percent – believe the media are 'truly the enemy of the people,' according to a recent survey by Rasmussen Reports. The quote is taken from a 2019 Donald Trump tweet. show more
the national pulse
May 22, 2023
Raheem J. Kassam
News

Welcome to Your New ‘The National Pulse’ Experience.

People often say, “I don’t know about you, but…” Well, I do know about you. Mostly because I am you. So I know you’re sick of ugly, artificially elongated articles with their anonymous sources and a thousand Pfizer or Bud Light ads assaulting your eyeballs. That’s why this article itself is short, even though you’ll learn a lot. That’s what we do here. We respect you and your time.

Over the last year we’ve been in the lab designing a new ‘The National Pulse’ experience that can stay true to our “real news” mantra instituted in 2020. We tell the truth no matter how ugly, we provided sources, and we don’t rely on corporate advertisers who dictate our editorial positions. That’s where you come in. 

We’re partnering with top shows such as Bannon’s War Room, Fleccas Talks, and Steak for Breakfast to bring you bonus content, merch, and unique insights. We’ve operated a successful “Fund Real News” membership that served as the BETA version of what we’re launching today: the Pulse+, which is ridiculously cheap at just $9 a month (with a first month free), and offers a bunch of awesome bonus features. Find out more, here.

When we say we’re RADICALLY INDEPENDENT, we mean it. And its your participation that allows us to do that. By the people, for the people. It lets us provide a news stream “The Pulse” (you’re looking at it), which remains free, while you reap the rewards of all the member benefits (such as my private editor’s notes). You’ll also sleep soundly at night knowing you’re supporting a real news operation dedicated to punching through the legacy, corporate media. Thank you.

The Pulse is your home for radically independent, smart curation. With your help, we can make news great again.

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People often say, "I don't know about you, but..." Well, I do know about you. Mostly because I am you. So I know you're sick of ugly, artificially elongated articles with their anonymous sources and a thousand Pfizer or Bud Light ads assaulting your eyeballs. That's why this article itself is short, even though you'll learn a lot. That's what we do here. We respect you and your time. show more

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