🎤 Bad Bunny's halftime show sparks backlash. The Super Bowl halftime performance by Bad Bunny, conducted almost entirely in Spanish, ended with him spiking a football, reading "Together, We Are America" after listing Latin American countries. President Trump described it as "an affront to the Greatness of America" and "a slap in the face to our Country."

🎓 Pete Hegseth cuts ties with Harvard. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the War Department will cut ties with Harvard for active-duty service members starting in 2026–27, despite noting the school’s long military tradition. He slammed his own alma mater as "woke" and accused the university of harboring "hate-America activism," partnering with the Chinese Communist Party, and celebrating Hamas while attacking Jews.

🕵️ Tulsi Gabbard denied wrongdoing over whistleblower complaint. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rejected accusations that she slow-walked a highly classified whistleblower complaint filed against her last May, which accused her of wrongdoing, from being sent to Congress. Gabbard said she never had possession of the complaint, which remained with the intelligence community and the inspectors general.

💰 Nancy Guthrie ransom note demands $6 million in Bitcoin. Multiple ransom notes have been sent to media outlets demanding $6 million in Bitcoin for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, who was kidnapped last week. The Guthrie family has agreed to pay the ransom as the FBI searches for a suspect.

In our Redshift newsletter, we reported that President Trump posted a brief clip depicting the Obamas as apes; but the longer video actually portrayed multiple Democrats, including Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, AOC, and others as various animals, and Trump as a lion — in a broader "Lion Sleeps Tonight" meme. You can read more on this in our “Hoax Tracker” section.

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_WHAT THE LEFT MISSED_

Virginia House passes a bill to ban sale of assault weapons: “Legislation that would restrict the future sale, purchase and transfer of certain assault firearms and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices has passed the House of Delegates in Virginia.” (The Center Square)

Trump says Georgia FBI raid will determine the “true winner” of state in 2020: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the investigation into Fulton County’s alleged voter fraud will determine a ‘true winner’ of the 2020 election in Georgia.” (Washington Examiner)

_WHAT THE RIGHT MISSED_

Steve Bannon warns of the lack of Trump voter enthusiasm: “Steve Bannon has warned President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that there is a ‘massive lack of enthusiasm’ among the MAGA base heading into the 2026 midterm elections.” (The Independent)

Judge blocks early voting sites at NC universities: “A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities…” (The AP)

President Trump was accused of sharing a racist video of the Obamas depicted as apes. But the brief clip appears to have auto-played at the end of a screen recording of an election-fraud video Trump actually shared, indicating it was an unrelated reel rather than content he deliberately selected. The full clip shows multiple Democratic figures portrayed as animals, with Trump later depicted as a lion, being the “king of the jungle,” rather than a video focused solely on the Obamas.

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_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

House Republicans are moving ahead with a vote on the SAVE America Act, a voting integrity bill that would require proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to vote in federal elections.

The legislation is an expanded version of the earlier SAVE Act, which passed the House in 2025 but stalled in the Senate. By pressing for a Senate vote, Republicans aim to force Democrats to justify opposing voting requirements that enjoy broad public support.

_THE FACTS_

_OUR INSIGHTS _

Republicans see the SAVE America Act as a way to force Democrats into an uncomfortable political position of having to defend noncitizens voting — a measure which has overwhelming public support. This positions Democrats as opposing policies that supermajorities of Americans favor, giving Republicans a messaging advantage heading into the midterms.

The filibuster fight adds another dimension. If Senate Republicans pursue a standing filibuster, it would require Democrats to remain on the Senate floor continuously to block the bill. This would make opposition highly visible and potentially exhausting, forcing Democrats to publicly defend their unpopular resistance for days or weeks.

The worst part of my Super Bowl experience wasn’t even watching my beloved Patriots get humiliated by the Seahawks. It was Bad Bunny sending an unmistakable message to America that it’s his country now, not ours.

The world-famous pop star spoke not a single word of English. Nada. Zilch. The performers and dancers played out something like a Puerto Rican street scene, spotlighting farmers, utility workers, and convenience store owners — perhaps those he views as overwhelmingly targeted by ICE.

The end of the performance saw him lead a caravan of people holding the flags of Central and South American countries as they marched down the field — straight at the viewer — toward the end zone, where Bad Bunny spiked a football that read, “Together, We Are America.”

To Mr. Bunny, America is not people of many backgrounds coalescing under the American banner. It’s his people marching in and overtaking. It was a shocking scene that played out at America’s biggest event of the year, and a reminder of what Americans — those who want to unite under a single common culture — are up against.

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