Happy Monday, Wake Up Right fam! We are exactly 70 days away from the 2024 presidential election. From this moment forward, every day is crucial. In the coming week’s we’ll discussion action items we can all take to make sure Kamala Harris is as far away from the White House as possible.

Today’s action item is simple: Make sure you’re registered to vote. You can check your status here. Not registered? You can get registered here.

• 🤑 Biden and Kamala sent another $125 million to Ukraine

• 🦟 Dr. Fauci is being treated for West Nile virus

• ❎ FDA approved new Covid vaccines for 2024-2025

• 🆚 Poll: Who will give better financial advice? Trump 47%, Kamala 34%

• ⚾️ On this day in 1939, Americans watched the first televised MLB game

^{Sources: The National Pulse, The National Pulse, Fox News, YouGov, History}

Trump 🤝🏻 RFJ Jr.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned the 2024 election on its head Friday, announcing he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Donald Trump — a move that could help defeat Kamala Harris in the swing states.

The details: During a speech Friday, Kennedy admitted he did not believe he had a "realistic path to an electoral victory" and explained that the same issues that caused him to enter the race were the same which have led him "now to throw my support to President Trump."

• Kennedy told Dr. Phil in an interview over the weekend that he [a lifelong Democrat] and Trump don't agree on every issue, but they have common ground on "existential issues" like "war, censorship, [and] chronic disease."

• Appearing on stage with Trump at a massive rally in Arizona, Kennedy asked the crowd: "Don't you want a president who's gonna get us out of the wars and is gonna rebuild the middle class in this country… And don’t you want a president that’s gonna Make America Healthy Again?"

Chess, not checkers: Kennedy removed his name from the ballots in the ten crucial swing states and encouraged his supporters to vote for Trump in those states.

The effect: Kennedy consistently pulls 3-6% support in the swing states. With the race as tight as it is between Trump and Harris, those few percentage points can win the election.

• RFK says his internal polling showed “If I got out of the race 57% of the people who are supporting me would vote for Trump.”

• That’s in line with polling done by Trump’s team, which found RFK’s voters breaking by a two-to-one ratio for Trump.

• CNN’s Erin Burnett described the effect on swing states: “It is huge. It is everything.”

Unite America: During an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Kennedy teased a "series of announcements about other Democrats who are joining his 2024 campaign."

• Elon Musk and Tulsi Gabbard, two other notable former Democrats have endorsed Donald Trump.

Big picture: The 2024 election will be decided by a couple of thousand votes in the swing states. Erin Burnett actually said it perfectly: This is everything.

French fascists arrest free speech CEO

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested by French authorities after his private jet landed at Le Bourget Airport near Paris on Saturday for refusing to censor information on his free-speech messaging app.

What is Telegram? It’s an encrypted messaging app best known for its resistance to government censorship. It boasts nearly 1 billion global users.

The charges: French authorities allege that Durov and Telegram failed to comply with orders to crack down on illegal activities such as drug trafficking, child exploitation, and fraud.

• Durov's legal team has dismissed these allegations, comparing them to blaming a car manufacturer for how its vehicles are used.

The politics: Many believe the arrest is political. Telegram has been used to share news video that challenge the West’s narrative around critical geopolitical issues like the war in Ukraine.

Back up: A few months ago, Durov sat down with Tucker Carlson and claimed U.S. intelligence agencies had tried to compromise one of his engineers so it could install code in the app to allow governments to spy on users.

Reactions: High profile figures who run free speech platforms quickly reacted to the news:

• Elon Musk, the CEO of X, wrote: “Dangerous times” and later wrote: “POV: It’s 2030 in Europe and you’re being executed for liking a meme".”

• Chris Pavloski, the CEO of Rumble, wrote: “France has threatened Rumble, and now they have crossed a red line by arresting Telegram’s CEO... Rumble will not stand for this behavior and will use every legal means available to fight for freedom of expression, a universal human right."

Who is Durov? You’ll likely hear media figures point out that he is Russian and created their equivalent of Facebook in 2009. Both are true. But what you won’t hear from the media is that he left Russia in 2014 and gave up the company he founded because he refused to censor free speech and give the government access to user data.

Big picture: During the COVID-19 pandemic and following the 2020 election, there was a major effort by western governments to crack down on the free flow of information on the internet. But in recent years, free speech has become resurgent with Elon Musk purchasing Twitter (not X) and platforms like Rumble (which we use in this newsletter for sharing videos), GETTR, Truth Social, and Telegram. This arrest may have taken place in France, but its an attack on free speech worldwide.

[Source: The National Pulse]

🚀 NASA has asked Elon Musk's SpaceX to rescue two of its astronauts stuck on the International Space Station after a Boeing capsule failed to return them to Earth. Read more.

🧠 Donald Trump is declining intel briefings because he knows the FBI will weaponize it, saying: "They give you a briefing, and then two days later, they leak it, and then they say You leaked it.” Read more.

🆘 ISIS claimed responsibility for a mass stabbing attack in Germany that left three people dead at a "Festival of Diversity." Read more.

↩️ A federal judge cleared two former Louisville police officers of felony charges in connection to Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting and instead faulted Taylor's boyfriend for her death. Read more. This story was twisted and weaponized by the media to inflame racial division in 2020.

📉 Jerome Powell signaled the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting interest rates, saying “The time has come for policy to adjust." Read more.

👓️ The head of the Secret Service’s Pittsburgh field office and at least four other agents have been put on leave after the assassination attempt on Trump. Read more.

🏈 Brittany Mahomes, wife of Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, liked a post by former President Donald Trump, then went on offense against the “haters” mad at her. Read more.

🔫 A federal judge ruled in favor of a Kansas man in possession of a machine gun, ruling bans on such firearms as unconstitutional. Read more.

🗳️ The Ohio Secretary of State discovered 597 illegals registered to vote in the Buckeye state. 138 of them already voted and have been referred for prosecution. Read more.

🤡 Tim 'Stolen Valor' Walz was caught lying again suggesting that Harvard University was behind his stint teaching in Communist China. Read more.

🚢 The Navy will reportedly sideline 17 vessels due to a manpower shortage. Read more.

🇮🇱 shot down hundreds of rockets and drones fired early Sunday morning by Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. Read more.

🎥 RFK Jr. received a rockstar welcome at Trump's rally on Friday. Watch.

🎥 And then RFK delivered a fantastic 5-minute speech, explaining his support for Trump. Watch.

🎥 This guy pretended to be a lib at the DNC and his interviews were HILARIOUS. Watch. Full video here.

🎥Funny or still too soon? A German warship blasted Darth Vader's theme as it sailed through London. Watch. The biggest shock for me was that Germans have a sense of humor! 🤣 

🎥 JD Vance schools biased NBC reporter on Trump's economic record. Watch.

🎥 Bill Maher calls out CNN's Kaitlyn Collins for her network becoming a punchline. Watch.

🎥 Leftist Jon Stewart hilariously calls out the hypocrisy at the DNC. Watch.

🎥 CNBC host can't stand Sen. Elizabeth Warren's gaslighting on 'price gouging.' Watch.

🎥 LMAO. Matt Walsch goes undercover at a dinner for white woman to examine and confess their racism. Watch.

🎥 CNN d-bag mocks RFK Jr. for his voice. Watch.

🎥 Cali Gov. Gavin Newsom openly jokes about the coup to replace Biden. Watch.

🎥Terrifying moment climbers run for their lives as a volcano erupts in Indonesia. Watch.

🎥 Go long: I recommend watching RFK Jr's full speech endorsing Trump. Not for the endorsement, but for his prosecution of the Democrat party and what it has become today. Watch. [48 minutes]