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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday afternoon that Vice President Kamala Harris had lost the election because of “global headwinds” caused by the coronavirus pandemic — five years later. Though the pandemic created the conditions under which President Joe Biden had won the 2020 election — thanks not only to public dissatisfaction with the pandemic and the coronavirus lockdowns, but also to changes in voting rules that Democrats had pushed for — Jean-Pierre said that voters were still taking out their pandemic frustrations. “Despite all of the accomplishments that we were able to get done, there...

First son Hunter Biden expressed grave concerns that a “fascist minority” within the US may rip away American democracy in an interview posted one day after his father’s controversial “garbage” comment. The 54-year-old heavily insinuated that former President Donald Trump, 78, poses a threat to democracy and fretted that a victory for his father’s predecessor “is potentially the end of America as we’ve known it.” “Losing our democracy to a fascist minority,” the Biden scion told Politico when asked what he is most worried about. “The vast majority of Americans cherish the freedoms each generation has fought to secure.” “I...

Speaking anonymously to far-left NBC News, Kamala Harris campaign staffers say they are concerned about losing the swing states of Michigan and North Carolina. As you will see below, the loss of those two states would narrow Kamala’s path to victory considerably. On-the-record staffers claim to be bullish about these must-win states, but campaigns that believe they are about to lose leak this kind of DoomSpeak, and that appears to be what we have here: “There has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall off,” said a senior Harris campaign official, who stressed that the bigger concern...

What do Democrat elites think will motivate their base in crucial swing states to turn out for Kamala Harris in November? Drag queens and rapper Cardi B, for starters. Michelle Obama is promising men in dresses and “Wet Ass Pussy” as part of an initiative called “Party at the Polls” — a series of live performances that are set to take place in swing states from now until election day. The goal? To motivate Democrats to cast their vote for Kamala Harris in places where she is losing ground to former President Donald Trump. In Arizona, where Trump maintains a...

Independent challenger Nathan Hochman is destroying incumbent, George Soros-backed George Gascón in the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney, leading by 30 points with less than four weeks to before Election Day. A Los Angeles Times/University of California Berkeley poll of likely voters this week showed that 51% would vote for Hochman, while only 21% would choose Gascon. The percentage of undecided voters, 28%, cannot make up the gap. Gascón ousted incumbent Jackie Lacey, the first black woman to hold the job, in 2020 — thanks to the endorsements of Democrats like Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Black Lives Matter...

Polling has started to come out following last week’s presidential debate between former President Trump and President Biden, showing some indications of Trump gaining in the aftermath. Anticipation for the debate built up in advance for both candidates, but especially for Biden, who was hoping to use the night to overcome worries that he’s not up to the job of president for four more years. Instead, he at times stumbled over his words, struggled to make clear statements on policy positions and did not present significant energy that many Democrats wanted to see. Although Trump made numerous false statements throughout...

Ukraine released thousands of prisoners to fight on the frontlines of the war with Russia as the country’s military struggles with low manpower. Inmates are being offered a choice: stay in prison and serve out their sentences or join the fight against Russia in exchange for the possibility of parole, according to The Associated Press. The policy is a first for Ukraine as the country double-times its efforts to bring more people into the military in the ongoing fight against Russia, which has a considerably higher manpower advantage.

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Steele sharply criticized former President Trump’s inability to admit he lost the last presidential election and said he’s afraid of losing the upcoming one in November because it will hit the most important thing to him, his ego. “Donald Trump is afraid of losing, because it strikes at the core of the thing that’s most important to him, and that’s his ego, and he doesn’t want to do the work to actually win,” Steele said on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “He wants to goad and cajole and bully people into believing something about our...

NBC’s late-night host Seth Meyers is panicking over the prospect of a Trump victory in November, saying that President Joe Biden’s failure to make good on his promise of a ceasefire in Gaza is alienating Democrats in key swing states. Seth Meyers noted that Biden made that very promise during an appearance on Late Night in February — and that there’s still no ceasefire. [Voters] are understandably upset Biden keeps claiming he’s frustrated with Netanyahu’s handling of the war, while simultaneously sending more weapons to support that war against the wishes of a majority of Americans,” Meyers said on Wednesday’s...

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley spent $31 million in New Hampshire to place second in the Republican primary. The massive amount of money spent on losing the Granite State indicates how strong former President Donald Trump’s grassroots support is in the state. It also suggests Haley wasted money on challenging Trump, who spent $15.8 million defending against her globalist attacks.

During an appearance on this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “MediaBuzz,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) proclaimed her pro-life stance. However, she reiterated her criticism of Republicans and how they are handling abortion. “You have taken a lot of heat, especially from the right, for saying Republicans have to change the way that they talk about abortion,” FNC host Howard Kurtz said. “Absolutely, absolutely, and we are losing the fight on abortion every single day. We all know that being pro-life, and I’m pro-life, is the compassionate way forward, is the compassionate policy. But we’re losing the fight because we’re not being...

President Joe Biden reportedly complains that polling shows he is losing to former President Donald Trump in a potential 2024 rematch. Biden’s angst comes as Trump leads him in most nationwide and battleground surveys, an early indicator of losing the White House in 2024: Morning Consult: Trump leads Biden in six of seven crucial swing states. NBC News: Trump leads Biden by two points. Fox News: Trump trounces Biden by four points.

PARIS—All bets on world peace slid off the table when Louis XV opened the École Militaire.Nearly three centuries of belligerences later, and with more than $200 billion of Western cash gambled on Ukraine beating Russia, the military academy that once trained Napoleon last week assembled 100 military, political, finance, academic, and business leaders with intimate knowledge of the war to privately game out what happens next.Before long, amid steely glances and chattering wine glasses, you’ll hear the anguished and morally obtuse story on the four lethal conflicts taking place in Ukraine: diplomatic, military, economic, and information.

Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville said Sunday on comedian Bill Maher’s “Club Random Podcast” that people need to “wake the *&*& up” when it comes to the 2024 election because President Joe Biden would lose to former President Donald Trump if the election were held this year. Carville said, “Let’s assume the election was November the third of this year and the candidates are Joe Biden, the Democrat, Donald Trump, Republican, Joe Manchin and Larry Hogan, No Labels, and Cornel West. Trump would be a betting favorite. If I told you I would give you even money, you would not...

So far, 2023 was not very nice to cable TV companies. They lost a total of 1,820,943 subscribers in just the first 91 days of 2023. That works out to be over 20,000 subscribers every day. This comes from the Leichtman Research Group, which tracks the cable TV and streaming markets. If that trend continues, over 7 million Americans will cancel cable TV in 2023. We will soon get a good idea of how that trend is going in the 2nd quarter of 2023. In August, multiple cable and satellite companies will report earnings for the 2nd quater. This will...

DeSantis falsely claims that he beat Disney and turned Florida into a pro-family state.Last Updated on June 5, 2023National File reported that Ron DeSantis lied to voters about “defeating Disney” on the campaign trail. It turns out DeSantis’ lies about his supposed victory over Disney are much worse than first thought. NationalFile has unearthed Gayday.org plans from months ago for an event at Disney World in Florida scheduled for this past weekend. Pictures prove the GayDay event took place at Disney in Florida. This, as Ron DeSantis claims he defeated Disney and made Florida a Family friendly state.GayDay.org’s event page...

Ukraine is suffering a tremendous loss of 10,000 drones each month, largely due to Russia’s electronic warfare — a “critical” component of Moscow’s military tactics, a recent report said. Russia’s use of tech defense systems has contributed to the staggering loss of Ukrainian aerial drones — approximately 10,000 each month, according to the latest Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) report. Russia deployed a high density of electronic warfare equipment in Donbas in 2022. They have since increased their supply. Russia now has a system every six miles along the war’s 750-mile-long frontline.

Two of Russia's top commanders were killed amid bitter fighting in Ukraine Two of Russia's top commanders were killed today amid bitter fighting in the east of Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said Commander Vyacheslav Makarov of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade and Deputy Commander Yevgeny Brovko from a separate unit were killed trying to repel Ukrainian attacks. The battle for Bakhmut has raged for a year as Ukrainian and Russian troops have even had to fight hand-to-hand with bayonets. It said Makarov had been leading troops from the front line while Brovko 'died heroically, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds'. The...

NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said Sunday on “Today” that he believed former President Donald Trump has “convinced” his supporters they have not been losing elections. Host Willy Geist said, “Chuck, good morning. It’s good to see you. So, former President Trump had that town hall meeting in New Hampshire this week that was broadcast on CNN, alarmed a lot of people in the country, not least of which, a lot of members of the Republican Party, who say if that’s what we’re putting out there, if that’s what we’re gonna run with, we’re not gonna win independence....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has his own version of the NATO military alliance, made up of post-Soviet states. But the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was never as powerful or cohesive as Russia would have liked, has been increasingly creaking since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, experts told Insider. Some of its members have made unprecedented public snubs against Putin, and experts say they're conscious of Russia's poor military performance over the past year, with questions over how well Russia could protect them. Some may even fear becoming Russian targets. (snip) As Putin has become more isolated since the...