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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: King Charles III delivered his first in-person Speech from the Throne in Canada, opening with a so-called “land acknowledgment” and endorsing the liberal agenda of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority government.
👤 Who’s Involved: King Charles III, the Algonquin Anishinaabe people, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and U.S. President Donald J. Trump.
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🧾Key Quote: “We are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people,” the King said.
⚠️Fallout: The King’s remarks were seen as affirming progressive land ownership narratives and indirectly criticizing President Donald J. Trump’s America First.
📌 Significance: Charles’s speech reflects a sharp pivot from traditional neutrality to overt political signaling—endorsing globalism, challenging U.S. influence, and parroting leftist rhetoric on land and immigration in his official role as Canada’s monarch.
IN FULL:
King Charles III has delivered his first Speech from the Throne as King of Canada in Ottawa, the first offered by a Sovereign in person, rather than by the Governor-General who represents him in countries beyond the United Kingdom, since the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. However, he began it with a so-called “land acknowledgement,” implying that Indians—as Canadian natives are officially termed—are the true owners of the land Ottawa stands on. The Democrats announced their 2024 platform with a similar acknowledgment in the U.S.
“I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people,” the King said from the throne in the Senate Chamber of the Parliament of Canada, continuing: “This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation.”
“While continuing to deepen my own understanding, it is my great hope that in each of your communities, and collectively as a country, a path is found toward truth and reconciliation, in both word and deed,” he added.
The King’s speech, written by the Liberal minority government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, also appeared to take several digs at U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who has talked about Canada becoming his country’s 51st state. “As the anthem reminds us: The True North is indeed strong and free!” the King said, in what is widely interpreted as a reference to the “51st state” discourse.
He also said the “system of open global trade that, while not perfect, has helped to deliver prosperity for Canadians for decades, is changing,” adding, “Canada’s relationships with partners are also changing,” in what was obviously a reference to President Trump’s tariff policies.
The speech also endorsed mass migration, stating that ” a confident Canada, which has welcomed new Canadians, including from some of the most tragic global conflict zones, can seize this opportunity by recognising that all Canadians can give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away.”
King Charles III in Canada: “I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg people. This land acknowledgement is a recognition of shared history as a nation.” pic.twitter.com/oy6iN1kDy9
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PULSE POINTS:
❓What Happened: In an effort to keep President Donald J. Trump out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary in Texas, a SuperPAC backing incumbent Senator John Cornyn has hired former Trump campaign chief and Republican National Committee (RNC) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Chris LaCivita as a senior advisor.
👥 Who’s Involved: Chris LaCivita, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and President Trump.
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📍 Where & When: LaCivita’s hiring was quietly announced late last week, though The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, first scooped the move on March 5, 2025.
⚠️ Impact: The Cornyn campaign appears to hope that LaCivita will keep President Trump from backing Paxton’s primary challenge and potentially turn the incumbent U.S. Senator’s prospects for re-election around. However, polling has consistently shown Cornyn to be running behind Paxton by double-digits, suggesting that the Texas Attorney General is on course to defeat the Republican-in-name-only incumbent even without an endorsement from the White House.
IN FULL:
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is bringing on board Chris LaCivita, a controversial campaign aide to President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 campaign, hoping to keep the President out of what is shaping up to be a contentious and expensive U.S. Senate primary. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), an America First conservative and Trump ally, is challenging Cornyn for the U.S. Senate seat. He has been hammering the Senator for his voting record, failure to support Trump, and resistance to the America First agenda.
The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassas reported in early March that LaCivita was poised to join the Cornyn campaign, despite Axios erroneously claiming the scoop just last week.
D.C. scuttlebutt: One-time Trump campaign chief Chris LaCivita is going (back) to work for routine Trump-basher John Cornyn?
You can't have it both ways, Chris.
Either you're running the RNC and the "outside political operation" for @realDonaldTrump, or you're backing his…
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) March 5, 2025
LaCivita is being tapped as a senior advisor for Texans for a Conservative Majority, a SuperPAC backing Cornyn’s re-election efforts. However, the long-time Republican political establishment operative continues to be viewed with skepticism—if not outright hostility—by many Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters over his efforts to sideline some of President Trump’s most loyal and ardent allies. The National Pulse has extensively covered LaCivita’s efforts to undermine MAGA and MAGA-adjacent efforts during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Notably, LaCivita was one of the primary instigators in attacking Project 2025, a move that led to a slow hiring process for the incoming Trump administration. The ramifications are still playing out across key departmental roles.
As co-campaign manager during the 2024 race, LaCivita pushed the Trump campaign to cave to a Democrat campaign to demonize Project 2025. At the time, it was reported that LaCivita had also led efforts to force out Project 2025 director Paul Dans at the Heritage Foundation in what was little more than a turf war over management of the second Trump administration.
In another disturbing instance during the 2024 campaign, LaCivita backed the takeover of America PAC by former DeSantis campaign operatives, who had been accused of running the Florida governor’s primary bid into the ground. This came after LaCivita attempted to install attorney Charlie Spies—a man with ties to Jeb Bush—as chief counsel at the Republican National Committee (RNC). Spies was fired from the RNC after just two months on the orders of President Trump.
Additionally, LaCivita has been accused of being behind numerous campaign leaks. The National Pulse reported in November 2024 that the co-campaign manager was behind leaks to The Atlantic‘s Tim Alberta, attempting to blame young staffer Alex Breusewitz for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s late-campaign Puerto Rico garbage joke at Madison Square Garden.
There are also allegations that LaCivita diverted millions of campaign dollars to vendors that were overcharging for their services. Even more troubling, when campaign staff began to blow the whistle on the overcharges, at least one came forward and alleged that a campaign conference room had been bugged to allow senior staff to spy on their colleagues.
Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, LaCivita began working with Albania’s Sali Berisha, an opposition leader against Prime Minister Edi Rama. Under U.S. sanctions, Berisha launched a failed bid for Prime Minister and lost the May 11, 2025, election to Rama. Five days before the election, the Trump administration lifted the sanctions.
Polling data consistently shows Paxton has a significant lead over Cornyn in the Texas Republican primary.
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