Wake Up Right - August 22, 2024

Good morning, Wake Up Right fam, and thanks to everyone who shared recommendations for Burlington, Vermont!

Reminder: Today and tomorrow’s newsletters will be shorter than usual while I’m away. Back to regular programming on Monday.

  • 🚨 Biden-Harris may have lost 291,000 illegal alien children

  • 📉 53% of Gen Z have little trust in Congress

  • 📉 51% of Gen Z have little trust in the presidency

  • 👍️ BlackRock supported just 4% of ESG proposals in 2023-2024

Sources: The National Pulse, Gallup, Gallup, FT

Biden-Harris busted inflating job numbers

The Biden-Harris regime revealed yesterday that it overestimated job growth over the past year by nearly 1 million jobs. The revelation deals another blow to their claims that the economy is strong.

The details: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported yesterday that job growth in the 12 months between April 2023 and March 2024 was revised down by 818,000 jobs, dropping average growth from 242,000 per month to 174,000.

  • This is the largest correction in 15 years.

  • Notably, 115,000 fewer manufacturing jobs were created than originally claimed.

Back up: Every year, the BLS collects tax-related data from U.S. companies which allows them to more accurately report the actual number of jobs that were created.

Zoom out: It has long been believed that the Biden-Harris regime was cooking the books, to create the illusion of a stronger economy. There were signs:

Donald Trump responded to the news, writing on Truth Social:

  • “MASSIVE SCANDAL! The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics to hide the true extent of the Economic Ruin they have inflicted upon America... if Comrade Kamala gets another four years, millions more Jobs will VANISH overnight, and Inflation will completely destroy our Country. YOUR LIFE SAVINGS WILL BE WIPED OUT. With a TRUMP VICTORY, we will once again have the Greatest Economy in History. MAGA2024!"

Big picture: Trump is right. We cannot afford four more years of this. They’re holding the economy together with bubble gum and paper clips, trying to prop it up long enough to get to the election. We need someone willing to unleash the U.S. economy. We need Donald Trump.

Trump vows to re-instate military fired for refusing the jab

During a speech in Asheborough, North Carolina yesterday, Trump made a major promise to U.S. servicemembers fired by Joe and Kamala for refusing the COVID-19 jab.

“I will rehire every patriot who was fired from the military with an apology and with back pay. They will get their back pay and an apology from our government.”

🤝 Media sources claim that RFK Jr. plans to end his presidential bid on Friday and could endorse former President Donald J. Trump. Read more.

💻️ The gunman who nearly killed former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, used encrypted messaging accounts based in Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany. Read more.

📜 50 GOP lawmakers who served in the military signed a letter condemning Tim Walz for lying about his service record. Read more.

👨‍⚖️ A federal judge struck down a landmark FTC regulation banning employers from using non-compete agreements to block workers from joining rivals. Read more.

🤡 A new Biden-Harris hire at the Department of Energy advocates for integrating “queer theory” into nuclear policy as essential for advancing national security and disarmament. Read more.

👑 Amazon's new 'My Lady Jane' show portrays the King of England as a black, gay, disabled man who is 'navigating his queerness.' Read more.

🍟 Hackers made off with $700,000 in crypto after they infiltrated McDonalds’ Instagram page and promoted a Grimace-themed memecoin. Read more.

Texas AG Ken Paxton is launching an investigation into reports that noncitizens are being illegally registered to vote. Read more.

🤖 OpenAI has struck a multiyear licensing deal with Condé Nast to feature the publisher’s brands like Vogue, The New Yorker, and Wired in ChatGTP search results. Read more. 

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📝 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. *.

🎥 Incredible... Biden's DEI Secretary of Commerce displays why she’s not qualified for her job. Watch.

🎥 This funny clip from Donald Trump's interview with Theo Vonn went SUPER VIRAL yesterday. Watch.

🎥 Trump opens up about his brother Fred's struggle with addiction. Watch.

🎥 Brokeback Mountain sheriff at the DNC says Kamala Harris is tougher on the border than Kamala. Watch.

🎥 This illegal alien was allowed across our border, but not allowed to cross security at the DNC. Watch. Watch.

🎥 Donald Trump stopped his rally to check on a woman who fainted in the crowd and give her a kiss. Watch. This was the first speech behind bullet-proof glass and Trump ignored it to go see the woman.

🎥 Even CNN is fact-checking Democrat lies at the DNC. This Brokeback Cowboy at the DNC says Kamala Harris is tougher on the border than Kamala. Watch.