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CPAC Straw Poll Determines Donald Trump Strongest Choice for President Among Conservatives

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The top choice among conservatives for president in 2024 was determined via straw poll this weekend at CPAC Dallas, and former President Donald Trump maintains a strong lead at 69%.  

Other polls conducted nationally are showing strong for Desantis, most of them having Desantis and Trump neck and neck. However, the poll conducted at CPAC shows him trailing Trump by less than half at 24%. The next in line behind Desantis is Ted Cruz with a meager 2%.

Liz Cheney sits with Chris Christy and Marco Rubio at 0%.

When asked whom people would prefer to see as President Trump’s Vice President pick in 2024, the poll shows DeSantis in the lead with 43%. Kristy Noem was a second-place pick with only 9%.

It is now more clear than ever that Donald Trump has the most energy behind a hypothetical albeit likely 2024 bid, but he has not yet officially announced whether he’ll be running. Trailing conservatives like Ted Cruz are going to “wait and see” whether Trump declares before making a decision on potentially running.

This straw poll comes after threats from the Republican establishment against Trump in what seems like a last-ditch effort to maintain control of the party. The GOP leadership has recently said that they will no longer pay for the former President’s legal fees if he announces that he’s running in 2024.

The Daily Mail reports:

Republicans will stop paying Donald Trump‘s legal expenses if he announces he’s running for president in 2024, according to a new report published on Thursday.

The Republican National Committee has shelled out millions of dollars to law firms representing the former president amid government investigations and probes of his business interests.

But officials also worry that Trump could hurt the party’s midterms prospects if he announces a presidential run before this year’s elections.

An RNC official told ABC News that Trump would lose financial support as soon as launch a campaign because of the party’s ‘neutrality policy’ that bars it from taking sides in primaries.

RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel spelled out the stance in an interview in January.

‘The party has to stay neutral,’ she said. ‘I’m not telling anybody to run or not to run in 2024.’

There has been a serious bifurcation in the Republican party since the advent of Donald Trump and others like him. His presidency lead to what’s being colloquially referred to as “America First” politicians, who claim to be decidedly separate from their “Rino” counterparts.

North Korea Allies With Russia, Offers 100,000 Troops As Zelensky Cozies Up With China

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As Russia gains ground in its invasion of Ukraine, North Korea offers up 100,000 “volunteers” to help with the war effort. This comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky petitions for China to help rebuild Ukraine once the war is over.

Though it’s being reported that Ukraine has offered stiff resistance, Russia has been steadily moving forward with its ambitions in the war-torn country. Russia is being largely decried by most of the UN and NATO-aligned nations, but they do have some allies in Belarus, China, and now North Korea.

China has offered financial help, buying Russian oil to keep the country afloat while its military operations continue amid heavy western sanctions. Now, North Korea has offered 100,000 “volunteers” to go to Russia and help with the war effort, according to Russian state TV.

In addition to military help, reports indicate Russia has invited North Korean “builders” to repair Russian-occupied Donbas. Alexander Matsegora, the Russian ambassador to North Korea, said in an interview in July:

 “Korean builders who are highly qualified, hardworking and ready to work in the most difficult conditions, will be a very serious part in building the destroyed infrastructure in Donbas.”

This news comes as President Zelensky petitions China, Russia’s biggest ally, for money to rebuild the war-ravaged Ukraine. Zelensky told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that he would like to discuss his country’s war against Russia with the leader of Russia’s closest ally, Xi Jinping, “directly,” and invited China to help rebuild Ukraine once the war is over.

These fundraising efforts in China come despite monumental amounts of tax-payer-funded military and foreign aid packages that have been sent to Ukraine since the invasion began. The US has given many billions to Ukraine with another $1 Billion expected this week.

Zelensky’s pleadings to the Chinese Communist Party come despite the fact that China has been one of the primary financiers of the war against Ukraine by buying cheap Russian oil.

Breitbart Reports–

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that he would like to discuss his country’s war against Russia with the leader of Russia’s closest ally, Xi Jinping, “directly,” and invited China to help rebuild Ukraine once the war is over.

Zelensky’s discussion with the Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, was the first with an Asian news outlet since Russia escalated its eight-year-old war against Ukraine into a full-scale invasion in February. Zelensky used the opportunity to request a personal discussion with Xi, a genocidal communist dictator who is largely bankrolling the invasion of Ukraine through large purchases of cheap Russian oil and gas.

Ukraine is a member of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global program to trap poor countries in predatory loans to China that they cannot afford. The loans are nominally meant to pay China for massive infrastructure projects

Child Rape & Satanic ’Seances’, Among Accusations for Occultic Group of Eleven Charged in Sex Ring

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Seven men and four women participated in a child sex abuse ring involving witchcraft, Ouija boards, and the killing of animals, prosecutors alleged in court.

The eleven-person group molested, raped, abused, filmed, and photographed two girls and a boy, who were all underage, revealed in an indictment, reports the Daily Mail.

Between January 2010 and March 2020, the abuse and illicit activity occurred. The precise details of the alleged satanic nature of the abuse have yet to be revealed. 

The accused are: Iain Owens, 43, Elaine Lannery, 38, Lesley Williams, 40, Paul Brannan, 40, Marianne Gallagher, 37, Scott Forbes, 49, Barry Watson, 46, Mark Carr, 49, Richard Gachagan, 44, Leona Laing, 50, and John Clark, 46.

Owens and Lannery, both of Thornliebank Scottland, neglected the three children, along with another child. 

The suspects face 43 different charges, listed in a 14-page indictment, revealed in a hearing at the High Court in the Townhead, Maryhill, and Craigend areas of Glasgow. 

The gruesome facts that were presented to the court are as follows. 

  • One of the girls was forced into a microwave in an attempted act of murder on the part of her abusers. She was also held in a refrigerator and an oven.
  • Animals were killed, and satanic “seances” were performed. 
  • Cloaks and devil horns were worn by the eleven-person group of seven men and four women during some of the acts of abuse. 
  • An Ouija board was used to call on spirits and demons, which was a feature of the ring’s activities. 
  • The young boy was made to stab a budgie bird to death. 
  • All of the children were forced to take part in satanic “seances” that involved the killing of animals, including dogs. 
  • All three of the children were raped at different times, while the group “clap, clear and verbally encourage”. 
  • A ten-year-old girl was filmed being sexually assaulted. 
  • The young boy allegedly was made to “courier controlled drugs” for his eleven captures. 
  • Five of the accused allegedly assaulted the young boy, including when the boy was put in a bath, he was told, was filled with blood. 
  • From December 2015 to June 2019, four of the accused allegedly attempted to murder the younger of the two girls, beginning when she was only weeks old.
  • The youngest girl was also hung from a nail on the wall via her jumper.
  • The same girl was also made to “act like a dog” and eat pet food, in addition to being chased while wearing a devil mask. 
  • One of the girls was threatened with being trafficked to a Turkish male by two of the accused. 
  • One of the accused, Owens, faces more charges than he raped the older girl, along with four others who face indecency accusations. 
  • Owens and another woman, Lannery, were accused of sex abuse involving the boy and the younger girl. 
  • Other allegations state that all eleven were involved in the rape of the older girl, at various times, wherein four of the accused “cheered” during the assault. 
  • Owens and Lannery were accused of having sex in front of children. 
  • Owens and Brannon were accused of raping the boy. 
  • Lannery and Williams were accused of forcing the boy to watch a video of one of the girls being attacked. 
  • Lannery is charged with molesting the younger girl before Owens, Williams, and Brannan raped her, with the girl being held down in a cot by all eleven at one point. While this was happening, the women were accused of clapping and cheering while the boy and the older girl, who filmed what happened, were shut in a room. 

Owens and Lannery face additional charges of “attempting to defeat the ends of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice,” hanging up the phone the older girl used to call the police and disposing items to avoid prosecution. 

Five others were named in the indictment but are said to be deceased. 

Judge Lord Beckett scheduled an eight-week trial for September 2023, in addition to a hearing set for October.

No evidence of the group having connections with high-profile officials has surfaced.

Kari Lake Wins AZ Republican Gubernatorial Primary

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The vote has finally been tallied, despite setbacks,  and Kari Lake has been officially declared the winner of Arizona’s Gubernatorial Primary for the Republican Party.

Kari Lake is a staunch ally of President Donald Trump and the America First agenda. Despite being outspent 10 to 1 by opponent Karrin Taylor Robson, Lake came back and won every single county in AZ.

It took Arizona two days after the vote to finally declare Lake the winner. Maricopa county held off on declaring her the winner but in the end, she won even in Maricopa. She is a rising star in the Republican party with an excellent record and a platform of election integrity and immigration, she also has a great chance of defeating the Democrats’ nominee, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in November.

Lake took a late-night flight to Texas to join Steve Bannon on The War Room on Friday morning at CPAC Dallas.

Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Causes China to Sanction Her, Cease Climate Talks with US

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Reports indicate that China will be suspending negotiations with the U.S. on both military relations, climate change, and other issues in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan this week.

This move should come as no surprise, as China threatened retaliation immediately after Pelosi announced her visit to Taiwan. China claims that Taiwan is Chinese territory and has been increasingly vocal about that position as the island tries to exert its own independence.

On Thursday, China began conducting aggressive military exercises just off of Taiwan coasts that are scheduled to run at least through this Sunday, according to the Associated Press.

The exercises have included firing missiles over the island toward Japan. China regularly opposes the idea that Taiwan is self-governing and independent, despite the fact that the small island nation has its own military contacts with foreign governments.

The Chinese Communist Party’s Foreign Ministry has said that all dialogue between the U.S. and Chinese regional commanders and defense department officials would be canceled, including talks on military maritime safety.

In addition, the ministry has also said that cooperation on criminal investigations, returning illegal immigrants, transnational crime, illegal drugs, and climate change will all be suspended.

The sentiment in Taiwan is divided about Nancy Pelosi’s trip, some government officials met with her while certain civic groups, politicians, and business and industry representatives on the island of Taiwan began protesting Pelosi’s visit.

Though many believe that it was only a matter of time before China invaded Taiwan, it seems as though Pelosi’s trip may have accelerated these plans. At least the people of Taiwan got to hear this powerful speech from the House Speaker:

Today it was reported that South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol refused to meet with Nancy Pelosi, not wanting to cut his vacation short, and opting instead to hold a 40-minute phone call with Pelosi, during which they discussed the US-South Korean alliance, foreign policy, and other issues, his office said.