Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the week in around 10 minutes.
Please leave your opinions / comments on these stories below as Elijah reads every single one and appreciates your perspective.
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The phrase «Africa begins at the Pyrenees» was often used by the French and the English to demean Spain. Such a derogatory and borderline racist remark, by today’s “woke” standards, would warrant an apology and perhaps a public display of repentance. However, this envious slur, which gained traction especially from the 19th century onwards, was an attempt to hide the fact that Spain is the greatest and most vital connection between Europe and the Americas. The real tragedy is that many Spaniards and Latin Americans have internalized this notion as part of the Black Legend against our history and culture, turning it into an accepted dogma.
Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the British concluded that «Spain must be defeated in America, not in Europe.» While some may refer to Madrid as “the capital of the empire,” it is worth noting that Seville, also known as “the New York of the Baroque,” was the cultural and economic capital from the late 15th century to the early 18th century. However, by the 18th century, the true capital of the empire could be considered Mexico City, according to the teachings of Tomás Pérez Vejo, a Spanish historian based in Mexico.
Spain stands as the bridge between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, the point where Europe and Africa meet (or rather, diverge), and the powerful current that shapes the West through Europe and the Americas. There is no greater geopolitical significance. It is for this reason that the São Paulo Forum has set its sights on Spain—not only through Podemos and other Chávez-aligned factions, but also through a PSOE that engages in lucrative deals, starting with Delcy Rodríguez’s suitcase incident.
Thus, while Spain is the embodiment of America in Europe, this potential is not being fully realized. We Hispanics often fail to recognize the geopolitical value we hold, along with the possibilities that come with it.
However, we don’t have to resign ourselves to this situation. It is time for the tide to turn because when we unite, we are invincible. Let us always remember the example of the armada led by Bernardo de Gálvez, with distinguished names like Gardoqui, Miralles, Córdoba, Unzaga, and Saavedra, who played a key role in the birth of the United States.
Antonio Moreno Ruiz Nacido en Bollullos de la Mitación (Sevilla, España), en 1981. Historiador licenciado por la Universidad de Sevilla, con máster en Educación Secundaria y especializado en Historia de América. Comunicador y escritor. Amplia experiencia en periodismo, así como en docencia, traducción y proyectos de formación académica y cultural. *Co-fundador de la página “Spanish Heritage”
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Screenshot of Sylvester Stallone via City of Dreams X Account
Actor Sylvester Stallone released a new video expressing support for the new movie “City of Dreams.”
The new movie “City of Dreams” raises awareness of child trafficking, and the executive producer of the film is former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
Stallone, in a video, expressed support of the film “City of Dreams” and shared, “I’ve been making films for a long time, and every now and then you come across a film that is actually truly important. not just entertaining but can change your entire outlook on life.”
Stallone added, “Please, watch it and open up your heart.”
City of Dreams plot follows a young boy named Jesús, a Mexican boy who had dreams of becoming a professional soccer star only to have his dreams crushed after he was trafficked across the U.S. border and forced into enslavement.
WATCH:
“Please, watch it and open up your heart.” Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) calls on you to see #CityofDreams, only in theaters August 30. Get tickets: https://t.co/IUrICCrWya pic.twitter.com/MNLj4Z3Q8O
— City of Dreams (@cityofdreamsmov) August 24, 2024
Per Fox News:
Former Republican presidential candidate, businessman and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is calling attention to human trafficking, a global human rights crisis, by telling a heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of a young boy whose dreams were minced when he was betrayed and thrown into child slavery in the U.S.
“City of Dreams” follows Jesús, a Mexican boy who was shattered to find his soccer ambitions had ended when he was trafficked across the U.S. border into Los Angeles and forced into sweatshop enslavement.
“I am a father. I’m a father of two sons,” Vivek Ramaswamy, executive producer of “City of Dreams,” told Fox News Digital during a video interview. “That’s one of the things that made this movie so uncomfortable for me because it is about a young boy who, in many ways, reminded me, just in the way he was portrayed in the film and his actual story, his personality and his spark, reminded me of my two boys.”
Vivek Ramaswamy was an executive producer on “City of Dreams,” a film about a young boy who was forced into modern slavery.
The victims of our lax border policies aren’t just American citizens. They include children who are illegally trafficked into the United States. “City of Dreams” tells the story of one who fought back. Proud to be an Executive Producer on the most important film of 2024. pic.twitter.com/6eahtOLspn
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 20, 2024
Deadline reported the filmmakers of the new movie will give out over $1 million in free tickets.
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Greg Kelly warns that George W. Bush may jump the shark and endorse communist Kamala Harris.
On Wednesday night, Newsmax host Greg Kelly warned the former President George W. Bush may endorse Kamala Harris for president.
This would be quite the coup for Democrats considering Kamala promotes totalitarian speech restrictions, catastrophic foreign policy, Marxist economic policy, and raw hatred for American history and culture.
Greg Kelly: Even if Kamala Harris were intelligent and gifted, a gifted speaker, something like that, there’s no way she could defend what has happened at the border. Joe Biden can’t. She can’t. If they were asked objective, real questions, it’s indefensible.
How about our loss in Afghanistan? No, they can’t. This is part of the reason why they’re hiding. These answers are beyond them, and they’re not good at politics. They’re not good at it. They have to be the monstrosity, the depravity at the White House. That is indefensible. And so is the crime wave that they have encouraged, the legalization, essentially, of shoplifting in this bogus conversation America has had about race. With all that stuff going on, it’s totally indefensible. They’re getting ready for their big We’ll be in an interview tomorrow on CNN.
Guess who might just be on the fence and thinking about endorsing Kamala Harris? George W. Bush. Remember that guy? Yeah. word is, he’s contemplating an endorsement of Kamala Harris. There was a rumor during the DNC that there was some momentum that he was going to do it during the DNC, and now there’s speculation that he might do it before the election at some point.
What a disgrace. How dare he? After what he brought this country through and what we’re going through right now, things that he doesn’t have to deal with because he’s rich and he’s ensconced in a cocoon of comfort.
The rest of us have to deal with this stuff. There are big signs at the Republican Party. I mean, the establishment, the RINO, the country club set, are doing all they can to help Kamala. More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums, endorse Harris for President and criticized Trump, going out of their way to do this.
Let’s look at their endorsement of Harris. I mean, this is unnecessary. We jointly declare that we’re voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walsh this November. Abroad democratic movements will be irreperably as Trump and his acolyte JD Vance, kow-to-out of dictators Vladimir Putin while turning their backs on our allies. We can’t let that happen. They’re not going to let it happen, right? They’re not going to let it happen. 200 people from the swamp signed this letter. I remind you something, right? When people come together and sign letters when they’re in the swamp. A couple of names are, well, not that noteworthy, but the titles are interesting.
Let’s put them up one by one, if you don’t mind. 200 RINOs and leading with the following.
Christopher Barton, Director, National Security Council, Chief Counsel for the House Permanent Select Committee, Committee on Intelligence, George W. Bush Administration. What a swamp dweller, huh? I mean, this is textbook swamp.
Jeffrey Bobeck, Director of External Affairs at the Department of Energy for George W. Bush. Thanks, Jeffrey.
I’m surprised at this one. Daniel Connor, presidential helicopter for Marine One. Hey, fly the helicopter and that’s it. We don’t want to hear this stuff.
And Anne Dixon, intern. They had interns sign these letters. It does remind you, though, the Hunter Biden. This is bogus, right? I mean, they don’t know what they’re talking about. These are swamp people in it for themselves. Yeah, remember the Hunter Biden laptop? Remember the 51 intelligence officials – Russia disinformation.
These RINOs are disgusting and are part of the reason that Democrats were allowed to steal this country and destroy it.
Never forget this.
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Guest by post by Bob Unruh
Analysis shows 155,000 additional deaths reported after mRNA shots were unleashed on public.
A leading data expert has issued a “bone-chilling” warning after reviewing the numbers and causes of death across America since the COVID-19 pandemic and the mRNA shots – now proven to have many and dangerous side effects – hit Americans.
A report at Slay News explains it is John Beaudoin, a renowned statistician, who found an explosive surge in deaths from fatal kidney conditions following the advent of mRNA treatments.
The report said, “Beaudoin calculated that there have been 155,000 excess deaths caused by acute kidney injury (AKI) since late 2020 in the United States alone.”
He looked at government numbers for a variety of factors, including state reports on excess deaths.
“As Beaudoin explains in a new interview, excess death is the figure above the expected baseline, not the total, meaning an extra 155k Americans died from AKI,” the report said.
While the death toll had been documented to have had no significant changes for years, suddenly they surged, 200% above normal, for 2021. And they were up 300% in 2022.
Then, in 2023, they continued to surge “alarmingly.”
Beaudoin explained, in the report, his “investigations prove that only COVID mRNA shots, and possibly COVID-19 hospital protocols, could be responsible for the staggering excess deaths from kidney failure,” the report said.
“There are more life years lost to acute renal failure alone than COVID, than polio, than smallpox … than anything in the past 100 years in the United States, except for World War II,” he said.
The report noted fellow data expert Ed Dowd confirmed the trend.
“Using data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) database, Dowd estimates 153K excess deaths nationwide from acute kidney injury alone over the last few years.”
Previous studies have suggested deaths “from all causes” actually are up significantly among those who were given the mRNA treatment.
Copyright 2024 WND News Center
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Guest Post by Pro-life Leader Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life
Recent headlines are all about Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance predicting on a Sunday morning talk show that, if re-elected, President Donald Trump would veto any national bill banning abortion.
As is so often the case with the legacy media, they were asking the wrong question.
In the current political climate, such a pro-life bill would not make it to Trump’s desk. Congress doesn’t have the political will, and the filibuster creates a 60-vote threshold in the Senate.
So asking a question like NBC’s Kristen Welker asked is setting up a scenario that is totally devoid of reality.
Another unlikely scenario is a Democrat-controlled Congress sending to Trump the Women’s Health Protection Act, a radical piece of legislation that would undo every pro-life law in the nation.
I wonder why they didn’t ask about that.
I am still waiting for the interview in which the media ask about the actual pro-life measures that will be within the President’s power from day one, all of which he did in his first term. For instance:
Will you reinstate the expanded Mexico City policy, which so efficiently kept U.S. tax dollars from flowing to abortion profiteers overseas?
Will you reinstate the rule barring any organization that receives Title X funds for family planning from discussing abortion with their clients?
Will you continue to appoint federal judges who understand that the right to life is fundamental to our Constitution?
Will you have the United States once again sign on to the life-affirming Geneva Consensus Declaration?
Will you again defund the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), which peddles abortion ideology in 150 nations?
Will you reinstate the office of Conscience and Religious Freedom within the Department of Health and Human Services?
But, of course, the Trump-hating media are not interested in making the President seem reasonable to pro-life and pro-choice people alike, by reminding them that he supports pro-life measures that most Americans likewise support.
Anti-Trumpers don’t want to remind pro-life people of what he actually accomplished, because that might encourage rather than suppress the pro-life vote.
We already have the tools we need to change public policy in a second Trump term to better protect the unborn.
We need freedom of speech, so we can educate people on abortion; freedom of religion to activate churches to protect the unborn; freedom of assembly to allow for pro-life marches, rallies, protests and prayer vigils; and, importantly, existing pro-life laws, which actually keep some money away from abortion businesses and protect some babies.
These tools already are in our arsenal, but the Democrats want to take them away from us. They’re throwing peaceful pro-lifers in prison, censoring pro-life speech, trying to shut down pregnancy centers and canceling pro-life politicians.
President Trump is the best person to protect the tools we need in order to end abortion. We don’t need him to give pro-life speeches or commit to signing bills – like a national ban on abortion – that aren’t going to come to his desk in the first place.
We have to get him elected, because if the Democrats have their way, the pro-life movement will not have the political freedom to protect any babies.
And yet here we are, over the weekend and today, arguing on social media and in the press about whether we can support President Trump because, as some say, he’s “backing away” from the pro-life position.
In reality, the choice before us is not between President Trump and somebody better. It’s between President Trump and somebody worse. It’s between President Trump, who made it possible for states to protect the unborn, as many of them now do and will continue to do, and Kamala Harris, who wants to take away the ability of states to protect the unborn by making abortion a fundamental constitutional right.
I often say that mothers do not choose abortion because they have freedom of choice, but because they have no freedom and no choice. In this election, if we want to preserve our freedom to protect life, there is only one choice.
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As the 2024 presidential race intensifies, underreported polling data indicates that Donald Trump is in a strong position to secure Pennsylvania, a pivotal swing state. With recent polls showing Trump ahead in the Keystone State, many analysts believe he could achieve the largest margin of victory for a Republican candidate in Pennsylvania since Barack Obama’s eight-point win in 2008. This marks a significant shift in a state that has historically been a battleground, where past Democratic candidates like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden held substantial leads before ultimately struggling at the polls.
Recent data reveals that Trump has led in 13 of the 17 Pennsylvania polls conducted since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, surpassing his performance in the previous two election cycles combined. This polling trend is particularly surprising given the polarization of the electorate and the highly competitive nature of Pennsylvania politics. Trump’s lead is notable considering the Democratic Party’s traditional stronghold in Pennsylvania’s urban centers like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
https://x.com/TBifford/status/1827482187568181427
Several factors contribute to Trump’s apparent advantage in Pennsylvania. A significant element is the shift in voter registration. Since 2008, the Democratic Party’s registration advantage in Pennsylvania has shrunk dramatically, from 1.1 million to just 350,000. All 67 counties in the state have reported net gains in Republican voters, suggesting a broader realignment that could see Pennsylvania become a majority-Republican state by 2028.
Moreover, economic concerns dominate the minds of Pennsylvania voters, with over 50% citing the economy as their primary issue. Trump enjoys a substantial lead over Harris on economic matters, which could further drive voter turnout in his favor. Conversely, issues like abortion access, often seen as pivotal in Democratic campaigns, are registering as less critical among Pennsylvania voters, with less than 5% considering it the top issue in the election.
https://x.com/Lukewearechange/status/1827132618241933665
Another critical factor is the presence of “shy Trump voters,” individuals who may not have openly supported Trump in previous elections but are now more vocal about their preference. This phenomenon was first observed in 2016 when Trump unexpectedly won Pennsylvania despite trailing in most pre-election polls. These voters, coupled with growing Republican enthusiasm, could give Trump the edge he needs to secure Pennsylvania in 2024.
Regional dynamics also play a crucial role. In northeastern Pennsylvania, areas that once supported Joe Biden, largely due to his “Scranton Joe” persona, are now trending Republican. Similarly, in northwestern Pennsylvania, working-class voters who previously backed both Obama and Trump are unlikely to support Harris, a candidate perceived as disconnected from their concerns.
Trump’s appeal among Black voters, particularly Black males, is another factor that could disrupt traditional Democratic dominance in urban areas. Trump garnered 12% of the Black vote in 2020, and there is potential for him to maintain or even increase this support, which could counteract any Harris-driven turnout surge in cities like Philadelphia.
Mail-in balloting, a system that heavily favored Democrats during the 2020 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is another area where the Democratic Party is falling short. So far, only about 650,000 Democrats have applied for mail-in ballots, significantly fewer than in previous cycles. This decline, coupled with a lack of enthusiasm for Harris, could be another blow to Democratic efforts in Pennsylvania..
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The clash between Brazil’s unbridled Judiciary and the social media platform X may be about to end, but its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, vows to exact ultimate revenge.
For months, the X platform has been dodging what it sees as clearly unconstitutional and illegal requests – not to mention secret – requests by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to censor or otherwise disclose private information regarding users that are political enemies of the judge.
Musk has resisted these requests and has openly defied the man who has become the real power in the shadows in Brazil – never mind socialist President Lula da Silva.
Just last week, X decided to close its operations in Brazil after the Supreme Court threatened to jail its legal representative in the country.
Now, although X is the most downloaded app in the country, it’s about to be blocked – to the chagrin of millions of users.
Associated Press reported:
“A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations of X, formerly Twitter, unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours.
The order from Justice Alexandre de Moraes is the latest development in an ongoing feud with Musk’s platform. The company clashed with de Moraes earlier this year over free speech, accounts associated with the far-right and misinformation on the platform, and it claims to be a victim of censorship.”
Musk has openly challenged Moraes’ shadow rule in Brazil.
Of course, when mocking birds at the AP talk about ‘far-right’ accounts, we know it was no such things – but rather people who openly opposed Justice Moraes and his unelected ruling of the country.
The threats of prison against X’s representative led Musk to remove all remaining staff from the south American country.
“The Supreme Court on Wednesday notified X of de Moraes’ order in a reply to a post from the company’s global government affairs account on the social platform.”
The court said that “in case of non-compliance with the determination, the decision could bring about suspension of the social media network’s activities in Brazil”.
Musk’s reaction was swift, as he posted an AI image of a Moraes look-alike in robe, cuffed and imprisoned.
One day, @Alexandre, this picture of you in prison will be real. Mark my words. pic.twitter.com/ZkHExAwQxm
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 29, 2024
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Last week on Blessed.News and The Gateway Pundit’s Inside J6 Podcast, we covered the tragic story of Darrell Neely, a conservative talk-show host who was wrapped up in the persecutions of peaceful protesters in Washington DC. Neely revealed that since being released, he was left to fend for himself on the streets while being isolated in homeless shelters due to his attendance of the J6 rally and the harsh and defamatory coverage from the Mockingbird Media, labeling him and the others as “insurrectionists.” No one was charged under 18 USC 2383, the statute criminalizing insurrection.
New video footage has emerged showing a Metropolitan Police Department SUV dropping someone off shortly before the discovery of a pipe “bomb” at the DNC. Julie Kelly disclosed the video on her X account while Conservative Rumble podcast host and former USSS agent Dan Bongino reacted. This new footage begs the questions of who planted the bomb, who was this man dropped off by Metro, and why is there no footage of the park benches in the corner shots?
Lastly, during the J6 exclusive interview, I sat down with political prisoner Jake Lang, who has gone more than 1300 days now without a trial and celebrated his last three birthdays in prison. This was a heartbreaking-yet-inspiring video from the young J6er who has since started funds to assist fellow J6ers with their legal fees and to assist imprisoned J6ers with commissary funds so they can obtain simple necessities like clean clothes, healthy foods, and toiletries.
Since the podcast, we believe Lang was put back in “the Hole” after just getting out from a 40-day stint in solitaire confinement indoors for 23-hours per day. He has not been convicted of any crimes to this point.
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A famous lady from Alaska just got a small — but potentially meaningful — legal win over The Gray Lady.
Former Republican governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin notched a court victory over The New York Times on Wednesday, according to ABC News.
The whole ordeal centers on a defamation case brought by Palin against the Times.
According to Reuters, the issue stems from a 2017 NYT editorial titled “America’s Lethal Politics.”
The outlet noted that the piece “incorrectly linked [Palin] to a 2011 mass shooting that killed six people and seriously wounded Democratic U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.”
Other outlets similarly blamed the GOP for the Giffords incident.
A political action committee associated with Palin purportedly showed Democrat congressional maps with crosshairs on them, which was then somehow connected to Giffords. One such image included crosshairs on Giffords’ district.
Many have long since agreed that Gifford’s shooter suffered from mental illness.
The defamation case had originally been dismissed in 2022, but as ABC noted, the “Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals faulted the trial judge for dismissing the case before the jury had reached a verdict.”
“Unfortunately, several major issues at trial — specifically, the erroneous exclusion of evidence, an inaccurate jury instruction, a legally erroneous response to a mid-deliberation jury question, and jurors learning during deliberations of the district court’s Rule 50 dismissal ruling — impugn the reliability of that verdict,” Circuit Judge John Walker said of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan.
Walker’s opinion represented a three-judge panel.
He added: “The jury is sacrosanct in our legal system, and we have a duty to protect its constitutional role, both by ensuring that the jury’s role is not usurped by judges and by making certain that juries are provided with relevant proffered evidence and properly instructed on the law.”
In response to that scathing assessment, Times representative Charlie Stadtlander told Reuters, “This decision is disappointing. We’re confident we will prevail in a retrial.”
Team Palin, meanwhile, took an obviously different tack in responding to this development.
“Governor Palin is very happy with today’s decision, which is a significant step forward in the process of holding publishers accountable for content that misleads readers and the public in general,” Shane Vogt, a lawyer for Palin, said in a statement, according to ABC.
He continued: “The truth deserves a level playing field, and Governor Palin looks forward to presenting her case to a jury that is ‘provided with relevant proffered evidence and properly instructed on the law’ as set forth in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ opinion.”
Furthermore, Reuters argued that this decision could have major implications.
The outlet noted: “Media critics, and Palin herself, have viewed the case as a possible vehicle to overturn New York Times v. Sullivan, the landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision that set a high bar for public figures to prove defamation.”
Interestingly, in its own coverage of the ongoing trial, the Times claimed Palin had made “media-bashing part of her rhetoric. Her lawsuit — as well as the 10-day trial in February 2022 — put her toe to toe with one of the country’s most prominent mainstream news organizations.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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