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Media misses Trump replacing migrant truck drivers
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Hoax about Lindsey Graham’s obituary
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
🎙️ JD Vance draws dividing line with Israel. In a lengthy interview with Joe Rogan, Vice President Vance claimed some within Israel’s government are pushing to keep the war with Iran going “not towards any objective, but just indefinitely.” While he acknowledged Israel was trying to sway public opinion on the war, he asserted that President Trump makes his own decisions.
→ Vance also admitted the administration “screwed up” communications around the Epstein files, while denying any cover-up.
🚔 Trump overturns ICE vehicle stop pause after one day. President Trump ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume traffic stops just 24 hours after DHS announced a nationwide pause following two fatal shootings. Trump called the traffic stop "one of ICE's most important and effective Crime Fighting tools" and warned that halting them would be "playing right into the criminal's hands."
⚖️ Liberal judge lets illegal alien truck driver killer off easy. A 21-year-old Indian illegal alien who caused a deadly multi-vehicle pileup on a Southern California freeway last October, was sentenced to just four years and eight months by a Newsom-appointed judge. The killer had been caught and released at the California border by the Biden administration in 2022.
👶 Gay Canadian couple sues surrogate who refused to abort baby. Two men are suing the woman who carried their now 2-year-old son for hundreds of thousands of dollars after she refused to end the pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis of a treatable cleft lip.
Coming just a month after taking credit for the MOU with Iran (despite it falling apart), JD Vance is intent on cementing his legacy as the “peacemaker” who wanted to avoid war with Iran from the beginning. This issue will inevitably come up in the 2028 primaries, and Vance believes history will be on his side. — Brandon
WORLD NEWS
Transgender American “refugee” harassed by Muslims
Behind the paywall: Transgender-identifying American flees the country, why there were orange skies across the US, and why an anti-Trump Canadian was detained by ICE.
MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER
What the media is hiding today
_LEFT SKIPPED TRUMP’S VOW PUBLIC TRUST
_RIGHT SKIPPED_ ELECTION FRAUD TRUMP SUED
HOAX TRACKER
NY Times was harsher on Lindsey Graham than a literal terrorist
When Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) died on Saturday, The New York Times headlined his obituary…
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The House of Representatives passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent, now sending it to the Senate.
The FDA approved a new daily pill that can slash cholesterol levels far below what statins achieve.
The World Cup final is set: Spain vs. Argentina, airing this Sunday at 3 pm ET.
The most clicked link in our last newsletter was our main story, “Exposing Socialists' Favorite Senate Candidate.”
EXCLUSIVE DEEP DIVE
Ro Khanna wants to be president. He’s a total fraud.
Ro Khanna is the California congressman positioning himself as the next great voice of working Americans, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders…
THE COMMUNITY SECTION
TODAY’S POLL
POP QUIZ
US Geography: What is the largest volcano in the US?
POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Is it a good idea for ICE to halt all vehicle stops?
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (158)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (971)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (117)
👍 Yes: “They should stop them until they have reviewed and refined their policies and fitted all of their agents with body cameras.” — Chuck
👎 No: “Let them do their job! And, let them protect themselves while they’re doing it.” — Karla
🤔 Unsure: “I trust ICE to maintain control over its department. If a pause is warranted, as decided by ICE management, then so be it.” — Rick
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