Wake Up Right - August 29, 2024

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Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! Who’s watching Kamala Harris’ first interview tonight? No? I don’t blame you. If I wanted to watch a hyena cackle for an hour, I’d go to the zoo.

I’ll be watching, so you don’t have to. We’ll have all the high[and low]lights in tomorrow’s newsletter.

  • 📈 70% of Americans approve of labor unions

  • 🆚 Mentions of 'inflation' at RNC/DNC: Trump 14, Kamala 0

  • 🤑 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reaches $1 trillion

  • 📆 On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast

Sources: Gallup, NY Times, Daily Mail, History

Supreme Court smacks down Biden-Harris student debt scheme

The Supreme Court denied Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' attempts to reinstate provisions of their student loan cancellation scheme that a federal court had already rejected.

Back up: In July, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals pumped the breaks on their entire student loan 'forgiveness' plan — estimated to cost taxpayers $475 billion — while its constitutionality was argued in the lower courts.

The details: Following the 8th Circuit ruling, Biden and Harris appealed to the Supreme Court, asking it for ‘emergency relief’ to allow their scheme to continue while it works through the lower courts. The Supreme Court issued a short response:

  • “The application to vacate injunction presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The Court expects that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch.”

Zoom out: There were no recorded dissents, suggesting even the liberal Justices did not think it had merit.

Big picture: This scheme does not "forgive" debt. It transfers it from people who willingly took on student loans and gives it to people who did not attend college or have already paid off their debt.

Why is it that when grocery store prices are high, Democrats want to put price caps on the grocers — but when college tuition is too high, they don’t want to put price caps on the schools? Because the schools are their voters and their donors.

Gang of illegal Venezuelans bring violent crime to suburbs of Colorado

The suburbs of Colorado are battling an outbreak of crime linked to illegal aliens who are part of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

A viral video: The violent gang’s impact was highlighted recently as a viral video appears to show heavily armed men storming an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, seizing control of the complex.

Quote: Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky spoke to Fox News, to share the reality that she says “local media is downplaying.”

  • "We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they've been threatened, their families have been threatened."

  • “These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang… Parts of the city are absolutely under this gang’s control.”

Bad neighbors: Although Aurora is not a “sanctuary city,” its nearby neighbor, Denver, is.

Zoom out: The illegal alien who raped and murdered Georgia college student Laken Riley earlier this year is believed to be linked to Tren de Aragua.

Who are Tren de Aragua? They originated in Venezuelan prisons and, in the U.S., are known for crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, sex trafficking, kidnapping, prostitution, and murder.

Big picture: This violent gang grew in the United States under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, thanks to their red-carpet border policies that have allowed more than 12.5 million illegals to enter the country.

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🚙 Another flip-flop: Kamala Harris' campaign claims she opposes an electric vehicle mandate despite championing the idea when she was in the Senate. Read more.

🚔️ The National Association of Police Organizations is demanding an apology from Kamala Harris after she compared police work to slavery. Read more.

💬 Donald Trump's most commonly used words at the RNC were "love" [22] and "jobs" [22]. Kamala's at the DNC were "mother" [13] and "freedom" [11]. Read more.

🚬 Phillip Morris is investing $232 million to expand a Kentucky factory to make Zyn nicotine pouches. Read more.

💰️ Kamala Harris’ campaign outspent the Trump campaign by at least $47 million in digital ads in her first month since replacing Joe Biden. Read more.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The U.S. surgeon general is warning that parenting can be harmful to your mental health. Read more. …wtf?

🏈 NFL owners voted in favor of allowing select private equity firms to buy up to a 10% stake in a team. Read more.

🚗 Ford is the latest company to change its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program, including ending participation in an LGBTQ advocacy group's ranking system. Read more.

🆘 Illegal aliens tried to hijack school buses filled with elementary school students in San Diego, blocking a roadway and surrounding the vehicles. Read more.

📖 In his forthcoming book, Donald Trump warned that if Mark Zuckerberg "does anything illegal" in the 2024 election, "he will spend the rest of his life in prison." Read more.

🦥 Florida has reported 30 cases of 'Sloth Fever' - a potentially deadly disease transfered by mosquito. The Florida cases were discovered in travelers linked to Cuba. Read more.

🎥 Throwback Thursday: President Reagan tells a joke about a virgin bride entering her fourth marriage. Watch.

🎥 Kamala Harris making high school kids cringe. Watch.

🎥 Megyn Kelly calls CNN's Kaitlan Collins a "cold-hearted b**ch." Watch.

🎥 See how this hack ABC reporter reacted to ‘no tax on tips’ when Trump said it vs. when Kamala copied it. Watch.

🎥 Kamala's top economic advisor gets laughed at on CNBC for their INSANE plan to tax income Americans have not earned yet. Watch.

🎥 J.D. Vance tells Kamala Harris to "Go to hell" for getting American soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Watch.

🎥 The terrifying moment a Cirque du Soleil performer falls. Watch.

🎥 This man explains how Kamala and Biden's policies are preventing him from retiring. Watch.

🎥 Joe Biden is seen lounging on a Deleware beach on his extended summer vacation. Watch.