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China Spying
9 hours ago
Christopher Tomlinson
World

China-Linked Fake Companies Attempted to Recruit Fired Federal Workers.

A network of fake companies attempting to recruit laid-off U.S. federal government workers has been identified as a front for a Chinese technology firm’s recruitment operation. It could pose significant risks to American national security.

According to a new report released by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a total of four fake companies make up the network, and all share the same IP address as a real Chinese Internet services company called Smiao Intelligence.

Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior analyst Max Lesser claims the operation is likely “part of a broader network of fake consulting and headhunting firms targeting former government employees and AI researchers.” Concerningly, the front companies advertised on websites like LinkedIn, telling prospective candidates that they were headhunters for jobs at think tanks and academic institutions.

Reuters investigated the companies and found little information, noting that phone calls and emails went unanswered. The recruitment listings on LinkedIn were also removed.

RiverMerge Strategies is one of the companies named by Reuters and appears to have offices in Colorado and Singapore. While the company’s U.S. phone number is no longer in service, it also listed a Chinese number linked to the IT company Si Xun Software Co., Ltd. Notably, Si Xun Software appears to have ties to the Chinese military, specifically in the cyber security space.

The Singapore address turned out to be a hostel, while the Colorado address led to a business services company. Lesser said on the network, “What makes this activity significant is that the network seeks to exploit the financial vulnerabilities of former federal workers affected by recent mass layoffs.”

The Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., has denied knowing anything about the companies’ activities, but competitor states like China and Russia have sought intelligence from U.S. government employees for many years.

Chinese spying on America became more common under the prior Biden-Harris regime, according to a report released last October. Several high-profile officials and others have been arrested in recent years over allegations of spying for the communist country, including ex-CIA officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison last September.

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A network of fake companies attempting to recruit laid-off U.S. federal government workers has been identified as a front for a Chinese technology firm's recruitment operation. It could pose significant risks to American national security. show more
10 hours ago
Christopher Tomlinson
War
World

Ukrainian Politician Demands Trump Fire Special Envoy for Being Too Reasonable with Russia.

A Ukrainian politician and member of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party has called on President Donald J. Trump to fire Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, complaining that Witkoff uses Russian narratives. Oleksandr Merezkho, a member of Zelensky’s Servant of the People Party, has even claimed that Witkoff may be an agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Merezkho’s criticism comes after Witkoff participated in an interview with Tucker Carlson, asking if Witkoff’s comments on the Ukraine war were from “ignorance, naivety, unprofessionalism” or whether he may be an agent of Putin.

“Of course, we cannot dictate to our American friends who should represent them, but this person should be removed from this delegation; he should not be the President’s representative. Because he is either completely unprofessional or simply repeats Putin’s narratives,” the Ukrainian alleged.

Witkoff told Carlson that he wanted to put himself in Russia’s shoes to create a deal to end the conflict, saying, “A good deal has to work for everybody.” He also spoke of the referendums held in Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia, which has led to Russia claiming those areas as part of the Russian Federation, without criticism.

President Trump and President Putin agreed to partial ceasefire terms earlier this month, which included an agreement not to attack energy infrastructure. However, Russia claimed that Ukraine had broken the agreement just hours after it had been agreed upon.

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A Ukrainian politician and member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's party has called on President Donald J. Trump to fire Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, complaining that Witkoff uses Russian narratives. Oleksandr Merezkho, a member of Zelensky's Servant of the People Party, has even claimed that Witkoff may be an agent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. show more
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10 hours ago
William Upton
Media
NatSec

Trump Stands By NatSec Advisor Waltz After Houthi Group Chat Inadvertently Included Reporter.

President Donald J. Trump is standing by his White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz after The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to an encrypted Signal group chat with top administration officials discussing military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Following the revelation that Goldberg had been privy to the messages, some members of the national security community and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill capitalized on the error and are pushing for Waltz to either be dismissed or resign.

“Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” President Trump said on Tuesday. “It was the only glitch in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one.” The America First leader went on to state that it was one of Waltz’s aides who added Golberg’s number to the Signal group.

In addition to President Trump, Waltz is seeing support from U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk.  “I agree with President [Donald Trump] [Mike Waltz] is an invaluable member of his national security team and that he should continue to serve the President and our country,” Sen. Graham wrote on X. Musk reposted Graham’s statement of support for Waltz, adding “Same.”

GOLDBERG’S ‘SENSATIONALIST SPIN.’

While the Trump White House says that no classified information or operational military plans were shared in the chat, contrary to Golberg’s claims, the National Security Council has launched an investigation into how the journalist was inadvertently added to the message group.

The National Pulse reported earlier on Tuesday that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt emphatically denied that any “classified material” or “war plans” were discussed in the chat to which Goldberg was added. She added that The Atlantic editor has a history of writing “sensationalist spin” and stated that “The White House Counsel’s Office has provided guidance on a number of different platforms for President Trump’s top officials to communicate as safely and efficiently as possible.”

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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President Donald J. Trump is standing by his White House National Security Advisor Michael Waltz after The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to an encrypted Signal group chat with top administration officials discussing military strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Following the revelation that Goldberg had been privy to the messages, some members of the national security community and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill capitalized on the error and are pushing for Waltz to either be dismissed or resign. show more
11 hours ago
Christopher Tomlinson
Politics
Religion

Texas Govt Investigating Alleged Pro-Sharia ‘Muslim City’ Project.

The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has announced that multiple state agencies are investigating a project to create a “Muslim city” in the state, with some fearing that Sharia law may be applied within the settlement. The East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) is behind the project, dubbed “EPIC City,” which plans to create a new city in Collin and Hunt Counties.

Governor Abbott stated on social media platform X that the project has “serious legal issues,” announcing: “A dozen state agencies are investigating it, the Attorney General will look into it, and legislators are considering laws to restrict it, as well as laws to prevent foreign adversaries from buying land in Texas.”

The project was initially announced in February, with the organizers arguing that while the settlement will be Muslim, it will be integrated. Governor Abbott reacted to the project by stating, “To be clear, Sharia law is not allowed in Texas. Nor are Sharia cities. Nor are ‘no go zones’ which this project seems to imply.”

Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, warned that such areas would emerge in the U.S. and Europe as early as 2017. Muslim-majority cities and towns already exist in some parts of the United States, such as Hamtramck, Michigan. Hamtramck’s mayor infamously declared there would be “no peace” with Israel just days after the October 2023 massacres by Hamas in Israel.

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The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has announced that multiple state agencies are investigating a project to create a "Muslim city" in the state, with some fearing that Sharia law may be applied within the settlement. The East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) is behind the project, dubbed "EPIC City," which plans to create a new city in Collin and Hunt Counties. show more
12 hours ago
William Upton
Corruption
Lawfare

Trump Moves to Declassify All FBI Files Relating to Crossfire Hurricane.

President Donald J. Trump is ordering the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to declassify all files related to its 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation into purported links between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the counterintelligence operation was ostensibly tasked with determining “whether individuals associated with [Trump’s] presidential campaign were coordinating, wittingly or unwittingly, with the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” However, the FBI investigators ultimately engaged in a gross abuse of power and helped perpetuate the Democratic Party’s Russia collusion hoax.

White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf explained that the presidential memorandum “requires the immediate declassification of all FBI files relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.” Speaking to President Trump, Scharf added: “This was obviously one of the instances of the weaponization of law enforcement and powers of prosecution against you and others. We believe it is long past time for the American people to have a full and complete understanding of what exactly is in those files.”

President Trump noted that the memorandum will allow the media to review the documents and compare them to claims made by FBI officials and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill. “You probably won’t bother, because you’re not going to like what you see,” Trump said confidently, adding: “This was total weaponization; it’s a disgrace, should never happen in this country. But now you’ll be able to see for yourselves. All declassified.”

A HOAX BUILT ON LIES.

Notably, Trump ally Carter Page was falsely targeted for surveillance by federal law enforcement after FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith doctored emails from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to provide false evidence to attain a FISA warrant. A report released in 2019 by DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz found the FBI made 17 errors or omissions in its FISA warrant application against Page.

Subsequently, FISA court judge Rosemary Collyer—one of the four judges to approve the FBI’s FISA warrant application against Page—issued an order stating that the FBI had “provided false information to the National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice, and withheld material information from NSD which was detrimental to the FBI’s case, in connection with four applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for authority to conduct electronic surveillance of a U.S. citizen named Carter W. Page.”

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President Donald J. Trump is ordering the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to declassify all files related to its 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation into purported links between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the counterintelligence operation was ostensibly tasked with determining "whether individuals associated with [Trump's] presidential campaign were coordinating, wittingly or unwittingly, with the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election." However, the FBI investigators ultimately engaged in a gross abuse of power and helped perpetuate the Democratic Party's Russia collusion hoax. show more
12 hours ago
William Upton
News

Vice President Vance Will Join Wife on Visit to Greenland.

Vice President J.D. Vance revealed on Tuesday that he will join his wife Usha on a diplomatic trip to Greenland later this week. Usha Vance was initially slated to travel with several other Trump White House officials and attend the island’s annual dog sled race. However, with Vice President Vance now joining his wife, the couple is slated to meet with U.S. Space Force personnel stationed on the northwest coast of Greenland.

“Hey guys, it’s J.D. Vance, the Vice President, and you know, there was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself,” the Vice President said in a video posted to X (formerly Twitter). “So, I’m going to join her. I’m going to visit some of our Guardians in the Space Force on the northwest coast of Greenland and also just check out what’s going on with the security there of Greenland.”

GREENLAND’S STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE. 

“As you know, it is really important; a lot of other countries have threatened Greenland, have threatened to use its territories and its waterways to threaten the United States, to threaten Canada, and of course to threaten the people of Greenland,” Vance added. “Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it’s important to protecting the security of the entire world.”

Greenland sits at a strategic point in the North Atlantic and Arctic Circle, with the potential to provide critical air defense stations and naval basing for U.S. military forces. Additionally, the massive island is rich in rare earth minerals, which are increasingly becoming critical to technological development and supply chain security. Both features of the island have been motivating factors in President Donald J. Trump’s overtures to bring the island into the U.S. fold.

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Vice President J.D. Vance revealed on Tuesday that he will join his wife Usha on a diplomatic trip to Greenland later this week. Usha Vance was initially slated to travel with several other Trump White House officials and attend the island's annual dog sled race. However, with Vice President Vance now joining his wife, the couple is slated to meet with U.S. Space Force personnel stationed on the northwest coast of Greenland. show more
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13 hours ago
William Upton
News

Joe Rogan Skipping UFC Fight in Canada: ‘I’d Rather Go to Russia.’

Podcaster and Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC) commentator Joe Rogan says he won’t travel to Montreal, Canada, in May for UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena, stating that he no longer visits America’s northern neighbor. Rogan, who often provides live commentary at UFC events, cited Canada‘s “terrible” liberal government as the reason he won’t attend the Montreal fight. However, he added that “the Canadian people are awesome.”

“I won’t be there. I don’t go to Canada anymore,” Rogan said, wryly adding: “I’d rather go to Russia.”

When one of Rogan’s guests joked that the podcaster would visit Canada once it becomes the 51st U.S. state, he quickly replied: “That’s never going to happen.”

“That’s so crazy that he asked them to be the 51st state,” Rogan said while laughing. He continued: “I had a conversation with Trump about it. He goes, ‘I started calling him calling him Governor Trudeau just for fun, then a lot of people started saying it’s a good idea… Maybe it is a good idea,” referring to former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In February, Rogan accused Trudeau of pushing for “legitimate communism,” and in his most recent podcast episode he stated that current Prime Minister Mark Carney is “more of the same.”  Last July, the podcast host and fight commentator vowed he wouldn’t travel to Canada while Trudeau was still in charge, arguing the Canadian government had become a “tyranny” and imposed “ridiculous free speech laws.”

“They can come down on you for a lot of things. They seized up the bank accounts for people who were protesting, the truckers. People who were donating to the truckers, they seized their bank accounts,” Rogan said, referring to the 2022 Canadian trucker protests against the country’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. He added: “It’s not a good place under this administration, at least.”

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Podcaster and Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC) commentator Joe Rogan says he won't travel to Montreal, Canada, in May for UFC 315: Muhammad vs Della Maddalena, stating that he no longer visits America's northern neighbor. Rogan, who often provides live commentary at UFC events, cited Canada's "terrible" liberal government as the reason he won't attend the Montreal fight. However, he added that “the Canadian people are awesome." show more
14 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
News

Rep. Crockett Brands Disabled Republican ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ at Human Rights Fundraiser.

Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) referred to Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX), who is disabled, as “Governor Hot Wheels” during a speech to a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles, California, on Monday. “[W]e in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey,” she said, adding: “Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there, come on now!”

Crockett, 43, went on to say that “the only thing ‘hot’ about him is that he is a hot-ass mess, honey, so um, so, yes! Yes, yes, yes.”

Abbott, 67, has been paralyzed from the waist down since 1984 as a result of being crushed by a falling oak tree while jogging. The National Pulse has asked the Human Rights Campaign if it endorses Crockett’s language about the disabled but was yet to receive a response at the time of publication.

Crockett is often involved in scandals, insulting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as having a “bad built, butch body” during a congressional hearing in 2024, and assaulting a reporter from Loomer Unleashed in the Capitol more recently.

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Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) referred to Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX), who is disabled, as "Governor Hot Wheels" during a speech to a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles, California, on Monday. "[W]e in these hot-ass Texas streets, honey," she said, adding: "Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there, come on now!" show more
15 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
Breaking

BREAKING: Trump Pardons Hunter Biden’s Former Business Partner Devon Archer.

President Donald J. Trump has pardoned Devon Archer, the former business partner of Hunter Biden, who offered testimony against the Biden family to Congress. While the Bidens have long denied former President Joe Biden was involved in Hunter’s business dealings, Archer testified that Hunter put his father on speakerphone for foreign actors “dozens of times.”

“[Archer] was prosecuted relating to a fraud investigation, but, notably, the tone and tenor of that prosecution changed dramatically after he began to cooperate with congressional investigators and serve as a witness against Hunter Biden and the Biden family,” noted White House staff secretary Will Scharf ahead of the signing.

“Many people have asked me to do this; they think he was treated very unfairly,” Trump said before signing the document, adding that he personally regards Archer’s treatment as “a crime.”

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President Donald J. Trump has pardoned Devon Archer, the former business partner of Hunter Biden, who offered testimony against the Biden family to Congress. While the Bidens have long denied former President Joe Biden was involved in Hunter's business dealings, Archer testified that Hunter put his father on speakerphone for foreign actors "dozens of times." show more
15 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
Crime

‘Cut His F***ing Head Off’ — AOC, Bernie Rallygoers Call for Trump’s Torture and Execution.

At a rally headlined by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), attendees unleashed a torrent of violent threats at President Donald J. Trump. Video footage captured the chaos as several individuals openly called for his torture and execution.

One rallygoer, brandishing a sign showing President Trump’s severed head, was unequivocal when a reporter asked if they were “calling for his death,” affirming: “Yes, I am. I believe it’s time the people straight cut his f***ing head off.”

Another in the throng proposed a grisly alternative, advocating for Trump to be strung up by his ankles from a lamppost. “The only good fascist is a dead fascist,” he declared, likening President Trump to Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

A third rallygoer insisted violence is now the only option. “It’s the only thing they’re going to listen to,” the attendee argued. “I feel like we’ve done the rallies… If violence is what we need to do, then that’s what we need to do.”

The rally, meant to energize progressive supporters, instead spotlighted a dark undercurrent of aggression on the political left. Last year, Trump was subject to two assassination attempts in Florida and Pennsylvania, the latter of which saw the America First leader shot in the ear, two of his supporters critically wounded, and a third, Corey Comperatore, murdered.

President Trump has said he believed the Democrats’ extreme rhetoric against him has inspired the attempts on his life, arguing, “I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy; I’m a ‘threat to democracy.’ They’re the threat to democracy.”

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At a rally headlined by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), attendees unleashed a torrent of violent threats at President Donald J. Trump. Video footage captured the chaos as several individuals openly called for his torture and execution. show more
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