PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: A Democratic Super PAC backed by Epstein associate Reid Hoffman has released a vulgar, AI-generated ad depicting a fake Republican congressman sexually servicing his “sugar daddy.”
👥 Who’s Involved: The ad was produced by the Progress Action Fund (PAF), primarily funded by LinkedIn co-founder and Epstein Island visitor Reid Hoffman.
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📍Where/When: Released online, the ad is not tied to any particular race but appears aimed at drumming up donations for PAF staff and vendors.
🧠 Key Quote/Idea: The ad claims Republicans are beholden to special interests—ironic, given Hoffman’s own status as a megadonor who’s funded anti-Trump lawsuits, Nikki Haley’s failed primary, and efforts to boot RFK Jr. off the ballot.
📉 Fallout: The grotesque messaging is unlikely to land, especially as the GOP gains ground with blue-collar and union voters. The reliance on AI and shock value may reflect desperation more than strategy.
IN FULL:
Progress Action Fund (PAF)–a group largely funded by late Jeffrey Epstein acolyte Reid Hoffman–has released a bizarre and creepy ad depicting a fake Republican Member of Congress fellating a man he calls his “sugar daddy.” The ad does not appear related to any particular election and appears, rather, to be an attempt by PAF to raise money to pay its staff and vendors.
The video, much of which appears to be cheap artificial intelligence, alleges that Republicans are busily taking care of special interests while ordinary workers suffer. The message is unlikely to resonate, given that Hoffman himself is a special interest political donor and that Republicans recently won an electoral mandate largely thanks to working class, former Democrat, and union voters.
PAF’s largest donations in recent years have come from Hoffman, who, in addition to funding lawsuits against President Trump, also campaigned to keep RFK off the ballot. Hoffman, a former Epstein Island visitor, even bankrolled Nikki Haley’s primary challenge against Trump, and is also connected to the Meidas Touch/Diddy network through large donations.
Other PAF donors include Shashi Gupta, co-founder of tech firm Apex Covantage, whose personal biography boasts of his “integrity” and “human dignity,” as well as designer shopping mall magnate J.W. ‘Joey’ Kaempfer, trust-funder Olan Mills, and 93-year-old activist Nancy Skinner Nordhoff.
He claimed he would leave the country if President Trump won the 2024 election but has yet to find a friend like Jeffrey Epstein to lend him a jet.
PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: New York’s Democrat Attorney General Letitia James is investigating whether President Donald J. Trump’s tariff pause facilitated insider trading by administration officials or another individual who may have been informed ahead of the April 9 announcement. James’s latest lawfare efforts come as she faces a criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations of mortgage fraud uncovered by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
👥 Who’s Involved: President Trump, Letitia James, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte, and Democrat Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff, and Ruben Gallego.
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📍 Where & When: The investigation was confirmed on April 16, 2025, prompted by a series of U.S. market trades before the tariff pause.
💬 Key Quote: “It’s entirely appropriate to have an investigation to make sure that Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s family, Donald Trump’s inner circle didn’t get advance information and trade on that information,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
⚠️ Impact: Democrats in the Senate are running cover for James’s latest law effort against Trump.
IN FULL:
New York’s Democrat Attorney General, Letitia James, is launching a new lawfare campaign against President Donald J. Trump, insinuating potential insider trading instances linked to the White House’s recent pause of reciprocal tariffs. Confirmed to be underway on April 16, the New York AG’s inquiry purports to determine whether Trump or his associates had prior knowledge of the tariff actions, which preceded a significant upturn in the stock market. However, there is mounting speculation that James’s investigation of Trump is meant to distract from her own criminal referral to the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations of mortgage fraud.
President Trump’s announcement of the tariff pause, to allow bilateral trade negotiations with over 70 nations to take place, was preceded just hours before by two posts on Truth Social where the America First leader stated, “BE COOL! Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before” and “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.” The subsequent surge in the financial markets—with several trades logged just before the pause was announced—make up the core of the newest allegations underpinning the lawfare effort.
Speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union earlier this week, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appeared to have foreknowledge of Letitia James’s investigation. “It’s entirely appropriate to have an investigation to make sure that Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s family, Donald Trump’s inner circle, didn’t get advance information and trade on that information,” the Massachusetts Democrat said. How Trump could engage in insider trading on a decision and announcement that he would make is unclear.
Closer examination reveals James’s inquiry—and the justifications for it provided by a number of Democrat lawmakers—is little more than partisan gamesmanship. Ignored by James is the fact that rumors of a potential pause had circulated on social media platforms for days prior to the announcement—with the “Walter Bloomberg” X (formerly Twitter) account posting that a pause was under consideration by Trump on Monday, April 7. However, following a swift White House denial, the post was deleted.
Additionally, the two Trump posts on Truth Social on the morning of April 9 could easily be interpreted as an indication that the White House would announce changes to the imposition of trade tariffs, which any observant investor would have responded to by making options trades. Further, because Truth Social is widely accessible, the posts are considered public information and, therefore, could not constitute the secretive exchange of information typically associated with insider trading. The fact is that options traders frequently make bets on short-term market shifts, and the trades on April 9 could easily have occurred without any foreknowledge—though the social media buzz and Trump’s Truth Social posts could have influenced the moves.
The Trump White House is correctly dismissing Senate Democrat allegations and the New York Attorney General’s inquiry as little more than partisan lawfare rather than substantive legal accusations of malpractice. For Letitia James, though, the confirmation of her investigation into Trump and the tariff pause may serve an ulterior purpose—namely, distracting from her own criminal referral to the DOJ on allegations made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte that the New York Attorney General engaged in several instances of mortgage fraud. James has dismissed the allegations, ironically accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing the government against her.
In 2024, Letitia James and the New York Attorney General’s office were behind several lawfare actions targeting Trump to derail his presidential re-election bid. However, those efforts proved unsuccessful, with Trump winning the election in a landslide.
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