Your Pulse+ E-Mail –– 06/04/2026
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The National Pulse
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Wednesday, June 4, 2026
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Where MAGA goes to know.
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— Tonight’s Cover —
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Fight, anyway.
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— From the Editor —
T he story of every great political fightback begins the same way: someone, usually many someones, tells the candidate they are finished. The consultants. The press. The polls. The men in suits who have never won a single thing in their lives.
Ken Paxton was told to step away after the first round of voting in Texas. Instead, he organized, rallied, and stormed back to win the runoff. Steve Hilton is being told the same thing in California right now — even as he exceeds expectations and the establishment scrambles to find new ways to cheat him out of it. Nigel Farage — falsely attacked this week by Alex Jones, who has become a performative, predictable, clown-like bore — has polled top nationally for the last 250 consecutive UK surveys, despite Labour, the Tories, the Elon Musk-backed spite party “Restore Britain,” the BBC, and what remains of Britain’s establishment throwing everything they have at him.
These three things are connected. The pattern is identical. You are told you cannot win. You are told the door has closed. You are written off. And then you decide not to listen.
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Raheem J. Kassam
Editor-in-Chief
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After being written off in the first round, Ken Paxton stormed back to win the Texas runoff. The National Pulse was there, inside the campaign and on the floor of the victory party in Plano. This is the behind-the-scenes record of how the comeback actually happened — the room, the candidates, the volunteers, and the moment the establishment’s preferred narrative collapsed.
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California · Election Integrity
1. Trump Accuses California of ‘BIG Cheating’ as Hilton Leads Primary Count.
Hilton sits at 27.6 percent with every precinct partially counted. Mail-in ballots accepted up to a week after Election Day.
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■ Pulse Points / Cure the Ballot
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What Happened — California’s Tuesday gubernatorial primary remains uncalled. With every precinct partially counted, Trump-endorsed Republican Steve Hilton leads at 27.6 percent, Biden HHS Sec Xavier Becerra is second at 25.6 percent, and Democrat billionaire Tom Steyer is a distant third at 19.8 percent.
Key Quote — “There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Why the vote counting DELAY???” – President Donald J. Trump
Flashback — In the 2024 House races, California Dems picked up three GOP seats. One came down to a 187-vote margin resolved a month after Election Day. Both parties “cured” flagged ballots — Democrats successfully cured more than the final margin.
Impact — Under state law, the top two finishers advance to the November 3 general — even if both are from the same party.
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UK · Two-Tier
2. WATCH: Farage Exposes How ‘White People Do Not Get the Same Privileges Under the Law’ in Britain.
Reform leader cites Hampshire Constabulary’s own race report mandating differential policing by ethnicity.
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■ Pulse Points / Codified
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What Happened — Nigel Farage appeared on Fox & Friends Thursday morning to call out Sir Keir Starmer for denying codified anti-white bias in British policing after the Henry Nowak case.
Key Quote — “[UK police] are actually told you must police different ethnic communities in different ways. Meaning, literally, that white people do not get the same privileges under the law as Asian or black people.” – Nigel Farage
Detail — Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary — the force responsible for Nowak’s wrongful arrest — openly cites “treating people differently” based on ethnicity. The national Police Anti-Racism Commitment states explicitly that mere “racial equality” in the form of treating people the same is “inadequate.” A University of Reading study found one in seven Hampshire officers felt “controlled and pressured” by mandatory diversity training.
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State Department · UK
3. U.S. State Department Recognizes ‘Two-Tiered Policing’ in Britain.
A rare U.S. intervention in a close ally’s domestic policy debate.
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■ Pulse Points / Civilizational Decline
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What Happened — The U.S. State Department recognized the reality of two-tier policing in Britain in a Thursday post on X, calling such practices a sign of “civilizational decline” following Henry Nowak’s murder.
Key Quote — “Ideological conditioning and two-tiered policing are glaring symptoms of civilizational decline. They must be rejected across the West. The United States sends our condolences to the family of Henry Nowak and the people of the United Kingdom at this troubling time.” – U.S. Department of State
Impact — The intervention is a rare instance of a U.S. agency directly criticizing the domestic policy of a close ally. Britain’s Labour government has consistently denied the existence of two-tier policing — even as it has now conceded race-related policing guidance is under review.
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UK · Inquest
4. Coroner Will Investigate Potential Police Role in Henry Nowak’s Death.
Inquest scheduled for September 2027 — with the possibility of bringing the date forward.
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■ Pulse Points / Article Two
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What Happened — Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg has announced an inquest will examine whether any act or omission by police contributed to Henry Nowak’s death. Scheduled for September 20, 2027 — though Pegg has indicated it could be brought forward.
Key Quote — “When Henry Nowak died, he had been arrested — he was in custody of the state. What that means is article two, or the right to life, the investigative duty has been triggered.” – Coroner Jason Pegg
Detail — A Home Office pathologist argued during sentencing that Nowak would not have survived even with immediate care. Pegg overruled this, arguing the state had a “duty to carry out a public investigation.” The inquest will take place at Winchester Coroner’s Court.
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DOJ · Breaking
5. BREAKING: John Bolton Takes Felony Plea in Classified Documents Case, $2M Fine.
Hearing scheduled for June 26 — the felony charge ends his anti-Trump rehabilitation arc.
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■ Pulse Points / The Mustache Folds
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What Happened — Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to a felony charge of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents and pay a fine of more than $2 million.
Detail — Prosecutors allege Bolton retained classified diary-like entries from his Trump administration tenure and shared more than 1,000 pages of personal information with unauthorized individuals, including his wife and daughter. The transmission counts have been dropped as part of the plea deal.
Flashback — Bolton’s 2020 anti-Trump memoir drew accusations from Trump that it contained classified information. The initial investigation was closed under Trump, but the FBI reopened it under Biden after Iranian hackers breached Bolton’s email and exposed the sensitive material.
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White House · Cabinet
6. Trump to Nominate Acting AG Blanche to Take Over the Role Permanently.
Two months after Bondi’s ouster, the Acting AG gets the President’s vote of confidence.
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■ Pulse Points / Confirmed Course
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What Happened — President Trump has announced he will nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the role permanently, ending months of speculation about Pam Bondi’s replacement.
Detail — Blanche has served as Acting AG since early April and has overseen the 2020 election fraud probe, the indictment of former Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, the charging of failed Trump assassin Cole Tomas Allen, and probes into welfare fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community.
Impact — Blanche now needs Senate confirmation. Recent GOP rebellions — the Iran war powers vote, the Ukraine aid package, and the killing of the Anti-Weaponization Fund — suggest the confirmation may not be a pure formality.
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Congress · Foreign Policy
7. House Advances $8 Billion Ukraine Aid Package, Same Day It Reins In Trump on Iran.
Four Republicans crossed the floor on the war powers resolution. The same chamber then voted to keep the Ukraine war going.
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■ Pulse Points / Whose Side?
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What Happened — The House voted 218–204 Wednesday on a procedural motion allowing a vote on the Ukraine Support Act — which authorizes $8 billion in military financing loans to Kyiv, extends weapons transfers from U.S. stockpiles, and imposes additional sanctions on Russia.
Detail — The same chamber also passed a war powers resolution 215–208 to rein in Trump on Iran — four Republicans voting with the Democrats. The President was defied twice in a single afternoon.
Impact — The pattern — combined with the killing of the Anti-Weaponization Fund — suggests the executive is coming under increased pressure from the legislature, in both foreign and domestic policy.
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California · Burn Rate
8. Tom Steyer Has Burned Over $500 Million Chasing Political Power — And Won Nothing.
$213 million of his own money on the CA gubernatorial primary alone. He’s losing to Hilton.
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■ Pulse Points / Money Can’t Buy It
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What Happened — Billionaire Tom Steyer spent $213 million of his own money on the California gubernatorial primary — eclipsing Meg Whitman’s 2010 record — and appears set to finish a distant third behind Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra.
Flashback — Steyer’s 2020 presidential bid produced zero delegates after a disappointing third-place finish in South Carolina — a state he had carpet-bombed with money. He and Mike Bloomberg spent a combined $783.9 million on advertising alone that cycle.
Key Quote — “It might take some time to figure out where this is going. We’re going to wait until every ballot is counted.” – Tom Steyer, primary night
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1812
Louisiana is admitted to the Union as the 18th state.
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1919
Congress passes the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, and sends it to the states for ratification.
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1942
The Battle of Midway begins — the decisive U.S. naval victory that turns the tide of the Pacific War.
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1944
Allied troops liberate Rome — the first Axis capital to fall.
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1989
Solidarity wins Poland’s first partially-free elections, beginning the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe — the same day Chinese troops crush protests in Tiananmen Square.
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