Welcome back, Wake Up Right, fam! The 2024 Olympics have wrapped, and despite all the controversy surrounding the games, we have to give a round of applause to the U.S. athletes who brought home 40 gold medals, tied for the most with China. But we took home more overall medals (126) than China (91), so…

• 🆚 2024 polling average: Trump 47.1%, Harris 47.6%

• 🕗 Elon Musk will interview Donald Trump live on X at 8 PM

• 🇮🇱 U.S. releases $3.5 billion in military aid to Israel

• 🇺🇦 80% want Ukraine aid to be conditional, reduced, or ended

• ⚧️ 51% say changing gender is morally wrong, 44% say acceptable

^{Sources: RCP, The Post Millennial, MxM, YouGov, Gallup}

Copycat Kamala steals Trump’s ‘No Tax on Tips’ policy

Kamala Harris plagiarized Donald Trump’s popular ‘no tax on tips’ campaign policy, even unveiling it in the same city as her Republican challenger.

The details: During a rally on Saturday, Harris pledged to “eliminate taxes on tips” for service workers.

Back up: More than two months earlier, on June 9, Trump unveiled his proposal, saying: “We are going to not charge taxes on tips.”

Trading places: Adding to the shamelessness, Harris even unveiled her copycat plan in the same city where Trump did - Las Vegas, Nevada.

Trump reacted, posting on Truth Social: “Kamala has no imagination, whatsoever, as shown by the fact that she played “COPYCAT” with, NO TAXES ON TIPS!”

Hypocrite: Earlier this year, Kamla bragged on X that she was "proud to cast the tie-breaking vote to pass our Inflation Reduction Act."

• However, she failed to mention that the Inflation Reduction Act included strict new rules meant to crack down on service workers’ underreported tips.

Big picture: Harris has been the Democrat nominee for three weeks, but has yet to release a policy platform and has not sat for an interview or press conference to discuss her policies.

Maybe tomorrow Harris will release her plan to ‘build the wall’…

[Source: Daily Caller, Breitbart]

Bad blood between Joe and Nancy

Reporting over the weekend and Joe Biden’s own words suggest Nancy Pelosi played an outsized role in the coup to replace him on the 2024 Democrat ticket, and the sitting resident is very mad about it…

Back up: As rolled around, it was obvious that Donald Trump was going to crush Joe Biden in November. When the Democrat nominee flopped at the June 27 debate, that was the final nail in the coffin, and the mutiny began…

Zoom out: Pelosi and Biden have not spoken to each other since he was ousted, and the lame-duck president is reportedly "furious" with her.

The details: Anita Dunn, a senior Biden advisor, took a not-so-indirect shot at Pelosi, telling Politico: "[C]early there were leaders of the party who decided to go ahead and go very public.”

• Dunn said her comments were "absolutely" in reference to Pelosi's TV appearances.

• Flashback: As calls for Joe to drop out mounted, Pelosi went on MSNBC and said: “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run. We’re all encouraging him to make that decision.”

In Biden’s own words: Biden told CBS News over the weekend:

• “My Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate thought that I was gonna hurt them in the races. And I was concerned if I stayed in the race, that would be the topic — you'd be interviewing me about ‘Why did Nancy Pelosi say [inaudible]’… And I thought it'd be a real distraction."

In Pelosi’s own words: During an interview this weekend with CBS News, the host asked about rumors that Joe is "furious" with her, she did not deny it and said: "He knows that I love him very much.

Zoom out: Last month, we reported that Pelosi made the choices clear to Joe, with one anonymous insider revealing she told him that he “could do this the easy way or the hard way” while pressuring him to drop out of the race.

Pelosi twists the knife: While appearing on a podcast for The New Yorker, she got very candid, saying: “I’ve never been that impressed with [Biden's] political operation. They won the White House. Bravo. But my concern was: this ain’t happening, and we have to make a decision for this to happen. The President has to make the decision for that to happen.”

Big picture: The Democrats are a party of cutthroats. If they were willing to knife their sitting president only to install a certifiable idiot as his replacement, you’d better bet they’re not done scheming in the 2024 election cycle. Everyone needs to take this election seriously and make sure everyone you know is voting Trump.

[Source: NY Post, Town Hall]

Tim Walz is not an education hero — he’s a zero

The Kamala Harris campaign touts her running me, Tim Walz, as a champion of education, highlighting his career as a public school teacher. But his record paints a much less rosy picture. 

Back up: On the campaign trail, Walz often touts his nearly two decades as a high school social studies teacher.

Reality check: While Walz was governor of Minnesota, its national education ranking fell from 7th in 2021 to 19th this year while he mandated woke curriculums and pushed transgender policies. 

The numbers: Students math and literacy rates plummeted since Walz became governor in 2019:

• 📚 Reading proficiency dropped from 59.2% to 49.9%

• 🧮 Math comprehension dropped from 55% to 45.5%

Woke studies: Under Walz, the state's Department of Educated mandated schools teach “ethnic studies” to all K-12 students. The program is effectively a workaround for the controversial Critical Race Theory curriculum.

Tampon Tim:  Last year, Walz signed a bill requiring there be tampons in boys' bathrooms in public schools.

The last word goes to GOP state Senator Carla Nelson, who described his record as: “working to accommodate far-left demands in his party rather than working to address real education issues in our state.”

This is what you can expect from a Harris-Walz administration.

[Source: NY Post]

🔎 The Trump campaign revealed it had been hacked by “foreign sources,” and Politico confirmed it had received internal emails from high-ranking campaign officials. Read more.

🐓 If Kamala Harris is afraid to debate Donald Trump on September 4 (on Fox News) and September 25 (on NBC), he plans to hold solo town halls. Harris has only agreed to a September 10 debate on ABC News. Read more.

🧠 To protect troops' brain health, the Pentagon will require baseline cognitive tests for new recruits to better diagnose traumatic brain injuries later. Read more.

🏥 A coalition of GOP states is suing the Biden-Harris regime to prevent it from making some illegal immigrants eligible for Obamacare. Read more.

‍✈️ Donald Trump's plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday due to a mechanical problem. Read more.

👏 Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that beginning Nov. 1, Texas hospitals must collect and report patient immigration data to state authorities. Read more.

🛰️ A rocket carrying China’s knockoff of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites accidentally broke apart in space, leaving debris in Earth’s orbit. Read more.

🚬 Tim Walz, Kamala Harris's running mate, once approved a staggering 95% tax on the popular nicotine product Zyn in Minnesota. Read more.

↩️ California Democrat state Senator Marie Alvarez-Gil switched to the Republican party, noting, “I have not recognized the party that I belong to.” Read more.

🛒 Costco's membership sharing crackdown is going nationwide, and members will soon need to scan their cards when entering clubs. Read more.

💦 The FDA approved a nasal spray as the first needle-free emergency treatment for fatal allergic reactions. Read more.

💟 Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and instrumental figure in the birth of Google, died at 56 from lung cancer. Read more.

🎥 A plane crashed in Brazil, killing all 62 on board. Watch. [Warning: Disturbing]

🎥 This was… EPIC. Jade, a former Democrat, explains why she's supporting Donald Trump. Watch.

🎥 The first trailer for Tucker Carlson's documentary about Donald Trump's comeback. Watch.

🎥 Female NYPD officer left bloody after being punched by a repeat criminal. Watch.

🎥 WTF?? Kamala Harris' Secret Service breaks into a private hair salon and covers security cameras so they can let people use the bathroom. Watch.

🎥 Fruitcake UK police commissioner threatens to extradite and arrest Americans for online speech. Watch.

🎥 Odd... Pelosi seems to question whether Biden wrote his resignation letter. Watch.

🎥 Mr. Bean actor delivers powerful remarks about the importance of free speech. Watch.

🎥LOL after more than 20 years in California positions of power, Greasy Gavin Newsome is cleaning up a homeless camp for a photo op. Watch.

🎥 JD Vance completely OWNS this CNN reporter. Watch. I recommend watching the full interview. JD was the right pick for VP. Watch.