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Exposing socialists’ favorite Senate candidate
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
🚔 ICE orders agents to halt all vehicle stops. Following fatal shootings in Maine and Texas, ICE directed agents nationwide to cease pulling over vehicles. The policy hamstrings enforcement, as a high percentage of apprehensions occur during vehicle stops — though a senior ICE source said the policy is temporary.
📉 Confidence in higher education plummets. A new Gallup poll shows just 38 percent of Americans have strong confidence in colleges, down from 42 percent last year. 31 percent cite partisan indoctrination as their top complaint, 30 percent point to sky-high costs, and 25 percent say schools fail to prepare students for real jobs.
💸 New York's millionaire exodus cost it $11B. A new study reveals New York's share of millionaires fell from 12.7 percent to 8.7 percent between 2010 and 2022. Had the state kept pace, it would have collected $10.7B more in 2022 alone. Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) "tax the rich" agenda has business leaders warning the bleeding will only accelerate.
🚫 Hochul signs the nation's first data center moratorium. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) issued an executive order halting permits for large data centers for one year, citing strain on the electrical grid and rising utility bills. The ban targets facilities using 50 or more megawatts and calls for repealing sales tax exemptions.
WORLD NEWS
Communist literature found at murder suspect's home
Behind the paywall: Reform UK lawmaker murder, Iran’s latest attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, and the latest US attacks in Iran.
MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER
What the media is hiding today
_LEFT BURIED DOJ SPYING IRAN SANCTIONS
_RIGHT SKIPPED_ PARASITE OUTBREAK TODD BLANCHE
HOAX TRACKER
Maine ICE shooting victim tried to run over an agent
An eyewitness watched the Colombian aim his car directly at an ICE officer before the agent opened fire…
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QUICK AND IMPORTANT
Mick Jagger revealed he praised Elon Musk in a new song, citing Musk's role in helping return NASA astronauts to Earth.
A T. rex fossil named Gus sold for $50.1 million, making it the most expensive fossil ever auctioned.
An anonymous donor gave $100,000 to save a Pennsylvania senior food program after a woman's plea for help aired on local television.
The most clicked link in our last newsletter was the thousands of Costco employees who have become millionaires.
THE MAIN STORY
Exposing socialists' favorite Senate candidate
_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
As Abdul El-Sayed campaigns on boilerplate progressive agenda items like Medicare for All and getting “money out of politics,” a series of reports has resurfaced his past support for more extreme policies…
_IN THIS ARTICLE, WE COVER:_
El-Sayed’s campaign funding and suspicious father-in-law
His support for extreme policies involving prisons and police
How he hosted a campaign event with a communist sympathizer
And our analysis of what El-Sayed’s candidacy means for Michigan and the GOP
THE COMMUNITY SECTION
TODAY’S POLL
POP QUIZ
US History: Which president signed the law making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official US national anthem?
POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Do you support Trump still focusing on 2020 election fraud?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ✅ Approve (983)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ❌ Disapprove (199)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (131)
✅ Approve: “If we can't clean up what happened in the past, we have no hope for honest elections in the future.” — Tom
❌ Disapprove: “This is a losing strategy. He has lost every one of his 60+ court cases. He makes us look bad.” — Ryan
🤔 Unsure: “To the extent that he can prove violations and that these are still possible to occur today, then yes. Otherwise, no.” — Claudia
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