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- Wake Up Right - August 19, 2024
Wake Up Right - August 19, 2024
Welcome back, Wake Up Right fam! I hate missing newsletters, but on Friday, life got in the way, and I had to pull the rip cord. As most of you know, this newsletter is not my full-time job, so I get up at 4 AM to hang out with you all before going to work. Unfortunately, on Friday, something came up at the office that pulled me away early.
But we’re back at it, and there’s a lot to catch up on!
🆚 JD Vance & Tim Walz will debate on Oct. 1
🧠 57% think Biden is not fit to finish his term
🍿 65% prefer watching movies at home, 35% in theater
🤡 The Democrat National Convention begins today
😲 86% of voters don't know Kamala wants death row inmates to vote
Sources: CBS News, Daily Mail, WSJ, The National Pulse, MRC
Kamala’s communist plan to fix inflation
Kamala Harris received bi-partisan criticism after proposing communist-style price controls on grocery store prices to combat the inflation that she helped create.
Back up: For weeks, Harris has been criticized for not releasing any specific policy proposals. Her campaign website notably does not have a ‘policy’ page.
The details: Harris finally outlined pieces of her economic agenda while speaking to supporters in North Carolina on Friday, with mandatory price controls on private grocery stores as the centerpiece.
Harris claims “bad actors” who own grocery stores are “price gouging” and vowed to "work to pass the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food."
Reality check: U.S. grocery stores operate on extremely thin profit margins, usually between 1% and 3%.
What does history tell us? When the Soviet Union tried price controls in the 1970s and Venezuela in the 2010s, both experiments ended the same: food shortages, producers going out of business, and economic decline.
Liberal media slams Harris: This policy was even too radical for the ultra-left Washington Post, who lambasted Harris, writing: “When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?”
Zoom out: Grocery prices have increased 22% since Kamala took office. Birazely, in her speech on Friday, she reminded the audience that when Trump was president, ground beef and a loaf of bread were both 50% cheaper.
Other proposals: In her North Carolina speech, Harris also proposed a $6,000 tax credit for families in their child’s first year and a $25,000 handout to first-time homebuyers.
Price tag: Economists estimate these new economic proposals would cost American taxpayers more than $1.7 trillion.
How will she pay for it? When confronted by reporters on her expensive proposals, Harris gave a word-salad response:
"The return on that investment, in terms of what that will do and what it will pay for, will be tremendous... I think it's a mistake for any person who talks about public policy to not critically evaluate how you measure the return on investment."
…isn’t it incredible how someone can say so little while saying so much?
The last word goes to Donald Trump, who slammed the policy proposal, saying: "Comrade Kamala announced that she wants to institute socialist price controls. You saw that? Never worked before… It will cause rationing, hunger and skyrocketing prices.”
[Source: NY Post]
Supreme Court stops Biden and Kamala from letting boys into girls’ bathrooms
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) blocked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris from implementing their new Title IX rules that would have allowed boys into girls’ bathrooms and more.
Back up: Biden and Harris tried to expand Title IX's definition of "sex" to include “sexual orientation” and "gender identity." The change would have allowed trans-identifying biological boys into girls' bathrooms, locker rooms, and sports.
The details: In a 5-4 decision, SCOTUS temporarily blocked the order, siding with lower courts which refused to allow the Biden-Harris regime to implement some parts of the rule while the “gender ideology” and “sexual orientation” portions are litigated.
Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the three liberals in the dissent.
What is Title IX? It was enacted in 1972 to prohibit sex-based discrimination in education programs that receive federal funding.
Where does Trump stand on this? During a recent TPUSA event, he promised: "On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content onto our children… And I will keep men out of women’s sports!”
Big picture: This isn’t the final word. SCOTUS’ ruling only blocks the order while the case is still working its way through the lower courts. But it’s a small win that prevents Joe and Kamala’s radical gender ideology for the time being. And if Trump wins in November, he can rescind it entirely.
[Source: Daily Wire]
✅ Joe Biden engaged in "impeachable conduct," House Republicans found in their months-long impeachment inquiry, declaring in their highly anticipated report that he "abused his office" and "defrauded the United States to enrich his family." Read more.
👏 The Trump campaign is bringing on MAGA veterans Corey Lewandowski and Tim Murtagh, also adding high-profile pro-Trump figures such as Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Taylor Budowich. Read more.
🚨 Alabama discovered 3,200 illegal aliens registered to vote in the state. Read more.
💉 Kamala Harris requires campaign employees to be 'up to date' on COVID vaccines. Read more.
😑 A female Secret Service agent abandoned her post to breastfeed a child right before former President Trump’s North Carolina rally. Read more.
👍️ Secret Service has approved a new security plan, allowing Trump to once again hold outdoor events with bulletproof glass shields. Read more.
📺️ ESPN’s Sam Ponder, the outlet’s only female announcer to criticize biological males in women’s sports, has reportedly been fired. Read more.
🏛️ A court ruled UCLA must not permit pro-Palestine protestors to block Jewish students from campus. Read more.
🙊 Sweden has reported the first confirmed case of the more deadly monkeypox virus variant outside Africa. Read more.
💊 Police reportedly arrested multiple people as part of the investigation into actor Matthew Perry’s death, including a drug dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen." Read more.
🤡 A mobile abortion clinic from Planned Parenthood will be offering free medication abortions as well as vasectomies near the DNC in Chicago this week. Read more.
🗓️ Trump is seeking to delay sentencing in his NY criminal case until after the election. Read more.
⚰️ Rep. Clay Higgins has blasted the FBI for releasing the attempted Trump assassin’s body to his family for cremation just days after the shooting. Read more.
⚧️ Kamala Harris’ website allows job seekers to choose from among nine different pronoun options when applying for a position on her campaign. Read more.
📝 Enough is enough: Schools pushing radical trans insanity and divisive race theory need to be stopped. Please help us show an overwhelming force by signing the petition to Stop Woke Education. *.
🎥 Donald Trump demonstrates Kamala-Biden inflation to the kids on TikTok. Watch.
🎥 Ah, I should have known Tim Walz is one of THOSE white guys, who ingratiates himself to the left by putting down his whiteness. Watch.
🎥 Trump wonders if God spared his life to ‘save the world.’ Watch.
📻️ Donald Trump was featured on a new song from rappers Kodak Black and Fivio Foreign. Listen.
🎥Rep. Anna Paulina Luna responds to Democrats creepily resurfacing old footage of her modeling a MAGA bathing suit. Watch. [Warning: Cheeky suit]
🎥 Biden tells supporters to 'beat the hell' out of Republicans. Watch.
🎥 I agree with Fleccas and RRB. Tim Walz is FLOPPY. Not a good look. Watch.
🎥 Weirdos sing a song for Kamala Harris. Watch.
🎥 Rightfully emotional veteran calls out Kamala for putting illegals over her and her fellow veterans. Watch.
🎥 Texas mom saved by young son's quick actions and a police officer's bravery. Watch.
🎥 Black Philly voter has an emotional message about inflation. Watch.