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A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll out Wednesday found that former President Donald Trump is increasing his grip on the Republican Party but still distancing a majority of the American electorate. The poll found that 63% of Republican voters “now say they want the former president to run again,” noted an AP summary. The strong support from inside the GOP marked an increase from the same poll last April, which showed 55% of Republican voters wanted to see Trump on the party’s ticket again. “Seven in 10 Republicans now have a favorable opinion of Trump, an...

President Trump held a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire today just a week after the most recent DOJ indictment for contesting the results of the 2020 election. {Direct Rumble Link}The prosecution of President Trump was part of the focus of the remarks, which began by questioning the audience about whether he should participate in the Fox News debate. The debate is scheduled for August 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump has previously suggested he may not participate, pointing to his substantial lead over his rivals in the polls.President Trump asked, “should I do the debate?” The audience responded with widespread...

Ed Rollins, responsible for the early adopter ‘Ready for Ron PAC,’ has abandoned the Governor of Florida’s collapsing presidential campaign, admitting that DeSantis has been a ‘flawed candidate’ unable to focus on anything else other than the culture war in an interview with the left-wing magazine, Rolling Stone.Rollins admitted his frustration with DeSantis’s candidacy, and explained the Florida Governor only has himself to blame: “I know some of the people around him, and some of them are good, talented people.”“Every time he opens his mouth, he has a tendency to — shall we say — think out-loud, and he clearly...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s delegate forecast has plummeted to just 159, representing another loss of 100 predicted votes in the last two weeks. DeSantis now trails former President Donald Trump by over 2,000 forecasted delegates, according to polling data tracker, ‘Race to the White House.’The Governor of Florida has watched his delegate vote forecast plunge by 901 since the start of the year, setting yet another historic low for his campaign. Trump has collected the vast majority of DeSantis’s losses, and is now predicted to take a whopping 2220 votes. Only 1,234 delegate votes are needed to be declared the...

Billionaire Robert Bigelow is telling Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his campaign that he’ll cut off funds unless there are further changes made to the beleaguered and amateurish campaign.Bigelow, a hotel tycoon and founder of Bigelow Aerospace is the largest single donor to The pro-DeSantis super PAC, ‘Never Back Down’, with over $20 million given. The billionaire UFO enthusiast had harsh words for the campaign when asked if he’d continue his financial support:“Not until I see that he’s able to generate more on his own. I’m already too big a percentage… A lot of his donors are still on the...

Megadonor Tells DeSantis to Get Moderate or Else, Within Hours DeSantis Dismisses 2020 “Stolen Election Theories” as False August 4, 2023 | Sundance | 24 Comments These two events are not coincidental. Ron DeSantis megadonor Robert Bigelow (below right) is already into the failing DeSantis campaign for $20 million. Billionaire donor Bigelow tells Reuters that he has told the DeSantis managers the candidate needs to take moderate positions, or he will not donate any more money {LINK HERE}. Ron DeSantis is then questioned by reporters in Iowa about the Trump indictment and the claims of the 2020 election being stolen....

Laura Loomer's revealing of Team DeSantis continues...Think Ron DeSantis’ Senior Commcuations staffer Bryan Griffin was bad? Well, Ron DeSantis has hired another senior commutations staffer, and he is even more of a disaster than Bryan Griffin. Loomer exposed that new DeSantis Senior Communications staffer Cody Hall as an anti-Trump, NATO-supporting globalist.The first Cody Hall tweet Loomer shared, dated June 1st, 2017, showed Cody’s love of NATO and the Paris Climate Accords. Cody’s tweet read, “I really wish there was as much concern over Trump’s NATO statements as there has been about the Paris Accord.”I really wish there was as much...

Is Ron DeSantis paying off credit cards with campaign donations?Laura Loomer exposed FEC records showing Ron DeSantis for President used campaign funds to pay off American Express Credit Cards. Campaign law states that candidates who spend over $200 on a credit card must list the reason for spending. DeSantis for President did not list specific reasoning for expenditures. This looks to be a clear campaign violation.Loomer tweeted a photo from FEC records showing the DeSantis campaign made massive payments of over $100,000. The photo’s caption read, “It appears that @RonDeSantis may be using his campaign funds to pay off his...

This news comes on the heels of another DeSantis bundler being linked to strip clubs and swinger cruises.Laura Loomer exposed the globalism and degeneracy of more of Ron DeSantis’ top bundlers, showing that the Florida Governor’s top fundraisers include individuals who support Ukraine, lobby for Bud Light, and sit on the board of Hooters. National File recently reported on another DeSantis bundler with close ties to strip clubs and swinger cruises.Slater Bayliss is a Bud Light lobbyist who is one of DeSantis’ top bundlers. Loomer tweeted a photo from Bayliss’ social media account that shows the Ukraine flag in his...

If Ron DeSantis holds and event in Iowa, but nobody shows up, did it really happen?Ron DeSantis had another disastrous trip to Iowa on Thursday. His events had low energy, little interest, and horrific policy. This is as DeSantis falls to third place in some state GOP Primary polling.Photos taken at Ron DeSantis’ Iowa events on Thursday show only 10’s of people in attendance. The Florida Governor has had a sharp decline in attendance in comparison to his May Iowa events.Roughly 25 people at @NvrBackDown24 event for @GovRonDeSantis in Iowa, which was scheduled to start five minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/MlMVdVAsSt— Gabe...

The New York Times has released their first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign season [POLL DATA HERE]. The results of the poll show President Donald Trump playing the role of Godzilla in stomping the field of Republican playdough candidates.President Trump leads with 54%, followed by a ridiculously distant Ron DeSantis at 17%, Pence 3%, Haley 3%, Scott 3% and Ramalamadingdong 2%. The only other candidate to break double digits is ‘I Don’t Know,’ the mysterious dark horse who continues biting pieces off the shrinking Florida governor.So, who is this great MAGA coalition that fuels Godzilla? The...

There’s a great inside baseball discussion linked and embedded down below talking about Georgia Republican Politics. However, before getting to that video some background context is needed.There are states where the professional [GOPe] republican grip is tight, and there are states where the MAGA insurgency has gained strength loosening that corporate club grip. Georgia is a state where the party apparatus is gripping the reins tight and not willing to let the populist movement impede their professional political stranglehold.Governor Brian Kemp is to Georgia in 2024 as Govenor Haley Barbour was to Mississippi previously. Kemp controls the party machinery and...

Presidential hopeful hopeless Ron DeSantis has continued to tout Iowa’s Governor Kim Reynolds as a possible running mate, to a few tens of not largely unenthused voters in the Hawkeye State.“You guys think she’d be a good number two?” he asked a small crowd this week, having told reporters he was considering her at another Iowa event just weeks ago.“You guys think she’d be a good No. 2?” Ron DeSantis asks Iowa crowd of Gov. Kim Reynolds. pic.twitter.com/TIMAzTEcI2— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 28, 2023Officially, Governor Reynolds is claiming neutrality in the GOP race, but she has appeared alongside DeSantis and...

Are you one of those people hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine? You know, one of those “dangerous” and “selfish” people, as the Democrats would call you, who is foolish for not getting the jab because, after all, it’s completely safe? Well, the CDC has quietly released data that might prove you’re not that foolish after all. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted data which shows that more people have died after receiving a COVID vaccine than for all other vaccines of the last 20 years combined. According to the CDC website: “Over 245 million doses of...

President Joe Biden declared a major disaster for only 77 of Texas’ 254 counties in order to focus on the “hardest hit” parts of the state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday. Biden’s disaster declaration, issued last Friday, offers much less than what Texas officials had requested. Gov. Greg Abbott had asked for a declaration that covered the entire state, as Texans reel from a winter storm that knocked out power and heat across the state, and left millions without safe drinking water. The declaration Biden signed late Friday covers much of the Texas population, including Dallas and...

This afternoon, during a speech in Indianapolis, President Trump was expected to reveal, for the first time, the details of the long-anticipated Republican tax reform proposal that calls for substantial business and individual tax cuts. But in a political era where every little thing is leaked to the media, we no longer have to wait for presidential speeches to learn the details of key pieces of legislation.  As such, below is a 9-page summary of Trump's tax plan courtesy of the latest leaks.Here are the highlights: GOALSThe Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee...

There is infighting among editorial hierarchy at The Washington Post about it’s only “in-depth” story about the expanding Imran Awan and Hina Alvi investigation, according to sources. The story was apparently put together with the cooperation of Awan’s lawyer Chris Gowen and sweeping legal team. No FBI sources are quoted in a story dealing with a federal investigation. And more than one news veteran at the Post agreed the end result was a “puff piece” that stinks like a cheap press release written by a first-year Congressional flak. “I don’t care if the guy is guilty or not,” said one...

I just checked my Linkedin deal. Wowee Zowee. Never have I seen so many muey importante hombres. Holy Mackerel! Gee Whiz! Everybody on those “friends you might want” pages is either the CEO or President of something. “President and fluffer at PUREGENIUS Movies, CEO of the Timmy Tinklenuts Foundation for the advancement of multi-talented savants. Wow. Aren’t there any regular people on Linkedin? or for that matter Twitter or Facebook, you know like you and me. Jeez! Wouldn’t you like to investigate some of these companies that these people are president or CEO of? There she is, she’s Meryl Stench...