Articles by Ben Kew

GPS III SV01 Mission (2018). Original from Official SpaceX Photos. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
California officials are actively blocking Elon Musk’s SpaceX from launching rockets in the state because of his support for Donald Trump.
According to The Los Angeles Times, members of the California Coastal Commission, a state agency controlled by Governor Gavin Newsom, made no secret of the fact that their decision was based on Musk’s support for Trump and the Republican Party’s platform.
The report stated:
SpaceX’s plans to launch more rockets from the California coast were rejected by a state commission this week, with some officials citing Elon Musk’s political posts on X and raising concerns about the billionaire’s labor record at his companies.
The plan to increase the number of rocket blasts into space up to 50 a year was rejected by the California Coastal Commission on Thursday despite assurances from Space Force and Air Force officials that they would increase efforts to monitor the effects that rocket launches have on nearby wildlife.

The military also vowed to mitigate the reach of sonic booms that often span across 100 miles of coastline, an issue that has caused controversy. Members of the California Coastal Commission commended Space Force and Air Force representatives for reaching an agreement, but some cited their concerns about Musk, the owner of SpaceX, before rejecting the plan.
Among the issues raised were Musk’s decision to insert himself in the presidential race, his spreading of conspiracy theories, the labor record of his companies and derogatory comments he has made about the transgender community.
“We’re dealing with a company, the head of which has aggressively injected himself into the presidential race,” commission Chair Caryl Hart said.

The commission’s decision is also likely a retaliation for Musk’s decision to pull most of the company’s operations out of California.
Back in July, Musk said that the passage of a California law preventing from making rules requiring parental notification if a child identifies as transgender was the “final straw,” and he would be moving the company out of the state.

“This is the final straw,” Musk wrote at the time. “Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”

“I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children,” he later followed up.

I did make it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies to leave California to protect their children
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 16, 2024

Earlier this month, Musk revealed that FEMA were actively obstructing his company’s humanitarian efforts in the wake of widespread devastation following of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
“My Blood is Boiling”: Furious Elon Musk Goes Off on FEMA for Blocking SpaceX Engineers from Assisting — FEMA Actively Seizing Shipments and Blocking Critical Goods and Services

If Kamala Harris manages to take the White House in November, it is likely that the Democratic regime will go all out to sabotage his efforts to move humanity forward. […]

Mika Brezinzski / MSNBC
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski almost had an on-air meltdown on Friday after hearing a panel of undecided voters refusing to confirm they will vote for Kamala Harris.
Brzezinski was joined on the show by pollster Frank Luntz, who provided footage of an online focus group he held with some undecided Gen Z voters.
One of these voters said she needed to do “more research” on the candidates, while another said he will be writing in a candidate as neither of Harris nor Trump have won his support.
Mika, however, was not impressed with their concerns.

“Okay, so first of all, we thank everybody for participating. Absolutely no bad things to say about people who participate in these conversations. We thank you so much,” Mika said, before pretending to cry.

“But does anybody at this table need to take a deep breath? Because I do. I just do.”
“We’ve been listening to undecideds for weeks on 2WAY … It’s really hard to believe that there are still people who might vote third party or try to write in,” a fellow host Lauren Leader responded.

“It’s just such a lack of understanding about the stakes and about why that’s just throwing your vote away.”
“Oh my God,” Mika responded. “Ugh.”
Watch the clip below:

Mika’s fears about Trump’s possible return are shared by growing numbers of Democrats and political strategists as recent polls suggest that Trump is tied or even leading in several key swing states.

Meanwhile, voters overwhelmingly trust Trump to manage the economy, inflation and immigration and border security more effective than his Democratic opponent.
“It really could not be closer,” Democrat pollster Michael Bocian, one of the pollsters who worked on the survey, told The Journal. “It’s an even-steven, tight, tight race.” […]

Joel Bowers / Jay County Jail
A teacher and Democratic Party official in Indiana has been charged and arrested with masturbating in front of his students.
According to court filings obtained by The Commercial Review, 37-year-old Joel Bowers allegedly masturbated under his desk while teaching in April of this year.
A 14-year-old girl who witnessed the incident told law enforcement Bowers “would not get out of his seat and didn’t tell us to do anything.”
“There was white stuff on his pants and he would not get up for anything. He had his hand down there and was sweating but it was cold in his room,” she explained.

“His hands was down there but when someone went up there he would wipe his hand off with paper towel.”

Students who witnessed Bowers pleasuring himself captured the incident on camera and submitted it to investigators. The footage purportedly shows him looking at his phone while engaging in the act.

BREAKING: Former chairman of the Jay County Democratic Party in Indiana arrested and charged for inappropriate conduct in front of minors.
Joel Bowers, who was also a teacher, allegedly m*sturb*ted in front of students in the classroom and sent photos of his p*n*s to someone who… pic.twitter.com/sfqith6aDX
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 6, 2024

Bowers is also facing allegations of sharing photos of his penis with a 15-year-old on Snapchat. He was put on administrative leave from his teaching job back in April when investigations began and has since resigned.

When questioned by investigators, Bowers claimed that the stains on his pants were caused by paint and he did not realize the individual was underage.
According to his Facebook page, Bowers also worked as the Chairperson for the Jay County Democratic Party, a position which he said was about “advocating for progress and compassion.”
He was arrested by authorities this week and charged with Performance Before a Minor That Is Harmful to Minors and Dissemination of Matter Harmful to Minors on October 1st.

If convicted of these Level 6 felonies, he could face between six months to two and a half years in prison.
He has since been released on a $3,000 bond, while his mugshot has been released to the public. […]

Keith Olbermann / TikTok
Leftist lunatic Keith Olbermann has demanded that Joe Biden lead efforts to deport Elon Musk.
Olbermann took to TikTok to plea with immigration authorities or even Joe Biden himself to investigate Musk and have him deported from the country in which he is a naturalized citizen.
“Time to cancel all the contracts and reassess his immigration status and hopefully deport him the hell out of the country,” Olbermann began.”
“And if we can’t do that by conventional means, President Biden, you have presidential immunity, get Elon Musk the F out of our country and do it now.”

Keith Olbermann calls on Biden to deport Elon Musk. The Elon Derangement Syndrome is off the charts pic.twitter.com/IBZCFu36ux
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 8, 2024

Olbermann’s demand is an obvious retaliation against Musk over his political and financial support for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, as well as his ownership of the X platform where he ended the censorship regime implemented under its former leadership.
The once respected sports commentator has gained a reputation for his unhinged rants about Trump and his supporters.
These rants have ranged from fantasizing about Trump’s murder to claiming that the former president was not actually hit by a bullet during the first assassination attempt against him.
Last November, Olbermann announced that he was quitting the X platform, before reversing this decision less than 24 hours later.
“After Musk’s endorsement of the QAnon Pizzagate conspiracy theory, I won’t be posting here any more,” he wrote at the time.
“Besides the fact that @elonmusk Is an antisemite and a moron who will eat the latest shit one of his sycophants hands him, Twitter is no longer an effective means of promotion.”

After Musk’s endorsement of the QAnon Pizzagate conspiracy theory, I won’t be posting here any more. There are a couple of prescheduled promos for the Podcast, the last runs ~10PM I’m on the other socials under my name or some variation of Countdown With KO/Keith Olbermann.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) November 28, 2023

Since that date, Olbermann has tweeted thousands of times and shows no signs of abating.
Keith Olbermann Quits Twitter in a Rage – Comes Back Less Than 24 Hours Later […]

Sean O’Brien
The General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Sean O’Brien, has not minced his words when discussing the Democratic Party.
In a podcast appearance with Theo Von Roast, O’Brien gave a powerful argument about the corruption of the Democratic Party, arguing that they are “bought and paid” by their Silicon Valley overlords:
I’ll be honest with you, I’m a Democrat, but they have fucked us over for the last 40 years and for once, and not all of them, but for once we’re standing up as a union, probably the only one right now, saying, what the fuck have you done for us?
And I’m getting attacked from the left, you know, and we’ve given, since I’ve been in office two and a half years, we’ve given the Democratic machine $15.7 million. We’ve given Republicans about 340,000, truth be told. So it’s like, you know, people say the Democratic Party is the party of the working people. They’re bought and paid for by big tech, those big tech companies.

Yeah, tech is the new fossil fuel, man, that’s what I said. Right, and you’ve got the Republicans who are now saying, hey, we want to be the working class party, right? And, okay, you’ve got a great opportunity right now to do that, and the Democrats, if 60% of our members aren’t supporting you, the fucking system’s broken, and you need to fix it.
You need to fix it. Stop pointing fingers at Sean O’Brien. Stop pointing fingers at the Teamsters Union. Look in the mirror. I mean, I had a heated debate with, heated discussion two weeks ago with Chuck Schumer, and it got fucking ugly.
And it got ugly because, you know, these politicians, you know, the one thing I’ve learned, they fucking walk in and they tell you, I did this for you. Okay, great. Let me tell you what you haven’t fucking done for us or our members.
And we got into it pretty heavy, and I’m like, you have no problem taking $550,000 from me three weeks prior to the election, and then you want to go fucking tell your mom or your ex or whatever it is and throw shit out there about me? Like, whatever.

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien & Theo Von Roast the Democratic Party
“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a Democrat but they have f*cked us over for the last 40 years…Since I’ve been in office 2.5 years, we’ve given the Democratic machine $15.7 million. We’ve given Republicans… pic.twitter.com/hVGkoCR8VE
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) Octobe
r 8, 2024

O’Brien’s comments come after the Teamsters refused to support the Democratic nominee for the first time in 30 years after the majority of their members indicated a preference for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris.
According to the union’s own polling, nearly 60 percent of Teamsters members preferred Trump to Harris, who won just 34 percent of the vote in an electronic survey. This led to criticism as to why the union refused to back Trump.

“The Teamsters thank all candidates for meeting with members face-to-face during our unprecedented roundtables,” the union said at the time.
“Unfortunately, neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business.”
Teamsters Skip Presidential Endorsement: Refuse to Support Kamala Harris as Majority of Rank-and-File Prefer Trump […]

Nutria / Getty Images
San Francisco is being invaded by “wildly destructive” 20-pound rodents that are capable of reproducing at a “prolific rate.”
Around a thousand nutria, large rat-like creatures with bright orange teeth, have already colonized the city and are wreaking havoc.
Compounding the problem is the fact that they are known for their destructive habits and can give birth to a staggering 39 offspring every year.
Their presence was confirmed to SFGATE by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Bay Delta Region and Matthew Slattengren, Contra Costa County agriculture commissioner.

SFGATE reports:

The wildly destructive rodents’ presence is cause for widespread concern. Now that they’ve made their way into the delta, which helps channel water to cities and farms across the entire state, it will be easier for them to disperse into other regions.
Once there, they’ll continue tearing through wetland habitat, lead to significant losses in crops, and “weaken levees to the point of failure” as a result of their burrowing, Slattengren explained in an email.
…
Nutria reproduce at a prolific rate, giving birth to as many as 39 offspring in a little over a year. Each one can consume up to 25% of its body weight each day, Kellum of the CDFW said, “but they waste and destroy up to 10 times as much,” threatening rare, threatened and endangered species as well as native plants that rely on the marshland ecosystem eroded by their feeding habits.
Nutria also pose a risk to humans, livestock and pets, Kellum said, carrying diseases such as tuberculosis and septicemia as well as tapeworms — which cause a rash known as “nutria itch” — and blood and liver flukes, which can lead to infection through exposure to contaminated water.

GIANT RAT-LIKE NUTRIA INVADE CALIFORNIA
The three-foot rodents with orange teeth are spreading into the crucial California Delta water system.
Nearly 1,000 have been hunted this year, but their rapid breeding (up to 27 offspring annually) and lack of natural predators make… pic.twitter.com/NjVve9vBGV
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 5, 2024

California is not the only state that has been targeted by nutria. The problem is also acute in Louisiana, with local authorities even offering to pay private trappers and hunters who successfully hunt them down.
Originally from South America, nutria were brought to the U.S. for the fur trade in the early 20th century. However, when the fur market collapsed, many were released into the wild.
This consequently led to their rapid spread across several states, where they are notorious for their ability to decimate ecosystems with their feeding and burrowing habits.
Meanwhile, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira said the issue must be addressed. “We cannot have nutria reproducing in the delta,” he commented. “The threat to California’s economy is too great.” […]

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bugged his bathroom with a secret listening device.
Johnson wrote in his upcoming memoir, Unleashed, that Netanyahu excused himself to the bathroom during a meeting in his office back in 2017 which he described as similar to “the gents in a posh London club” which exist within a “secret annexe”.
“Thither Bibi repaired for a while, and it may or may not be a coincidence but I am told that later, when they were doing a regular sweep for bugs, they found a listening device in the thunderbox,” Johnson wrote.
When asked by The Telegraph newspaper whether he would provide any further details about the incident, Johnson replied: “I think everything you need to know about that episode is in the book.”

Back in 2018, Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency was accused by various U.S. officials as having placed various listening devices in the White House to eavesdrop on Donald Trump. The allegations were never officially confirmed.
Such claims are far from the only bizarre revelations in Johnson’s biography.
Last week, in an excerpt of the book released to the Daily Mail, Johnson disclosed that he had considering invading The Netherlands in order to steal five million doses of the dodgy coronavirus vaccine.
“We had the people who could do the job – special units that we had stood up in early 2020, as soon as it became clear that there was going to be a global contest for life-saving kit such as PPE and ventilators,” Johnson wrote.
“We knew exactly where the target was: I could see it on Google Earth. It looked pretty easy to burgle, if you know what to do.”
WILD: Former British PM Boris Johnson Reveals He Planned to Invade Netherlands to Steal Five Million COVID Vaccines […]

Pennsylvania’s Department of State has scheduled “system maintenance” on its voter application website, coincidentally on the same day as Donald Trump’s return to the town in which he was nearly assassinated.
“The website will undergo scheduled system maintenance and be unavaliable Saturday, 5th October from 6pm until 12am,” the voter registration website reads. “We thank you for your understanding.”
Grassroots activist Scott Presler, who is among those leading the efforts to secure Pennsylvania for Donald Trump next month, pointed out the coincidence on the X platform.
“The [Pennsylvania Department of State] voter registration website will be unavailable on Saturday, October 5th,the day that President Trump will be triumphantly returning to the site of the assassination attempt in Butler County, PA,” Presler wrote. “[With] all eyes on PA, the site will be down. Coincidence?”

Presler later suggested that authorities are engaging in “election interference by scheduling voter registration maintenance during the day that President Trump is having a rally in Butler.”

Dear @PAStateDept,
How do you respond to the accusation that you’re engaging in election interference
by scheduling voter registration maintenance during the day that President Trump is having a rally in Butler?
Why 6 p.m. – 12 a.m., instead of 12 a.m. – 6 a.m.? Why Saturday? https://t.co/pNV36HcQQE
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 2, 2024

After coming within inches of being killed back in July, Trump will make a triumphant return to the town of Butler as he seeks to shore up support in possibly the most important swing state in the upcoming election.

ELECTION INTERFERENCE
This Saturday, President Trump is returning to the Butler Farm Show grounds — it will receive nat’l attention.
Event begins @ 5 p.m.
The Pennsylvania voter registration website will be unavailable for maintenance
from 6 p.m. – 12 a.m.@PAStateDept pic.twitter.com/C0syYHSStI
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 3, 2024

However, Trump will also inevitably have to overcome some margin of voter fraud in order to defeat Kamala Harris, particularly in Pennsylvania where Democratic authorities are actively engaged in election rigging and skullduggery such as this.
You can learn more about Trump’s upcoming rally in Butler and register for tickets here.
President Trump to Return to Butler, Pennsylvania on SATURDAY for Historic Rally at Same Location Where He Was Shot in July – GET TICKETS HERE […]

Tucker Carlson has released shocking unseen footage of the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
The raw footage, captured across various cameras, shows attendees at the rally warning the Secret Service that the attempted shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, successfully scaled a nearby roof before coming inches away from assassinating the former president.
In separate footage, attendees are seen sheltering themselves from the gunfire, which sadly killed firefighter Corey Comperatore and seriously wounded two others.
Such footage corroborates the view that the Secret Service drastically failed in its duties to secure the area, a failure that led to the resignation of its director, Kimberley Cheatle.

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson releases NEW footage of the Trump assassination attempt from Butler
This is some of the rawest footage we’ve ever seen of those moments. The camera was in the line of firepic.twitter.com/lW5LVesiNT
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) October 3, 2024

The footage is part of Tucker’s latest documentary, which covers the events of July 13th at the Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania and the failures of the Secret Service on that most extraodinary of days.

We’ve been embedded with the most pivotal presidential campaign in modern history. Our documentary series premieres tomorrow, October 2nd, on https://t.co/sLkXnGKCFd. Highly recommended. pic.twitter.com/niqQc52viC
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 1, 2024

Last month, Trump was nearly the subject of a second assassination attempt outside a golf course in Mar-a-Lago, although the assailant was caught before he could get a line of fire.
Meanwhile, Trump has announced that he will be returning to the town of Butler to help bolster his campaign in the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania that may end up determining the outcome of the election.
President Trump to Return to Butler, Pennsylvania on SATURDAY for Historic Rally at Same Location Where He Was Shot in July – GET TICKETS HERE

The multi-episode documentary series, entitled Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback, is available to stream on the Tucker Carlson Network. […]

J.D. Vance / CBS
In a bizarre post-debate analysis, Politico magazine has looked into the supposed significance of J.D. Vance’s facial hair.
After Vance gave his fellow vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz during Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate, Politico sought to dissect the candidate’s body language, including their physical features.
The piece, written by body language expert Joe Navarro, explains:
One of the first bits of nonverbal communication to appear in the debate was on JD Vance’s face: his beard. As POLITICO Magazine has noted before, Vance is the first White House wannabe to wear facial hair in 80 years. Our appearance is fundamental to our body language, and research indicates that voters see beards as (surprise, surprise) more masculine.

That can be positive to some, reading as strength and competence. But to others, especially women, it can be negative, conveying aggression and opposition to feminist ideals.

Politico says JD Vance’s beard is toxic masculinity and Tim Walz’s bulging eyes show his “passion.”
This is so freakin pathetic lmfao. pic.twitter.com/q59VEY219D
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 2, 2024

Needless to say, his take on Tim Walz was far more complimentary.

According to Navarro, Walz’s big bulging eyes were a demonstration of his passion for the political issues facing America:
When Walz felt especially passionate about something, he’d open his eyes wide as saucers. Eye-popping can sometimes be a sign of surprise, but for Walz, it simply revealed his emotional intensity — like this moment during an exchange about abortion.
The orbicularis oculi muscle, working in concert with the corrugator and frontalis muscles, contract to raise the eyebrows — a dynamic and emphatic facial motion that grabbed the viewer’s attention.
Early humans would have made such facial gestures to communicate strong emotions, like “danger is close.” For Walz, it gave extra weight to his feelings and held our gaze.

It is not the first time that Politico has made an issue of Vance’s facial hair. Back in July, the publication published an article entitled “Yes, JD Vance’s Beard Matters,” author Emily Schultheis argued that Vance was trying to emulate Abraham Lincoln:
By sporting a beard, Vance is on the cutting edge of a generational shift in facial hair styles — but he’s also in uncharted, potentially tricky territory. He, and by extension Trump’s campaign, are betting that voters will see his facial hair as a sign of Vance as the rugged everyman — “a young Abraham Lincoln,” as Trump said earlier this month — rather than giving off undertones of an untrustworthy aggressor.
Of course, there is a far more obvious explanation for all of this. Like tens of millions of men across America, J.D. Vance simply prefers to sport a beard, perhaps because he or those around him believe it suits him.
New: Trump Shoots Down JD Vance Beard Rumors in Comments on Vice President Short List (“Looks Like a Young Abraham Lincoln”) […]