Wake Up Right - September 19, 2024

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Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! A new Gallup poll found that Donald Trump's favorability ratings shot up 5 points to 46% in September, while Kamala's dropped 2 points to 44%.

Are Americans starting to see through the campaign of “joy”?

  • 54% support mass deportation of illegals

  • Tupperware filed for bankruptcy

  • 🇵🇸 57% of Gaza residents say Oct 7 attack was wrong decision

  • ☣️ Poison center calls for kids ODing on energy drinks rose 20% in 2023

Sources: Scripps, Daily Mail, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Yahoo News

Teamsters withhold endorsement — a major blow to Kamala Harris

The Teamsters Union announced it would not endorse Kamala Harris for president, breaking nearly three decades of precedent and giving Donald Trump a big working-class win.

The details: The Teamsters released a statement Wednesday, announcing it "elected not to endorse any candidate for U.S. President."

The numbers: The announcement came shortly after the union released two internal polls, showing their rank-and-file members support Trump over Harris:

  • 🖥️ Electronic: Trump 59.6%, Harris 34%

  • ☎️ Phone: Trump: 58%, Harris, 31%

Back up: Kamala Harris is the first Democrat nominee not to win the Teamsters endorsement since Michael Dukakis in 1988.

Who are the Teamsters? The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, founded in 1903, is one of the largest labor unions in the U.S., with 1.3 million members across various industries, including transportation, logistics, and manufacturing.

Trump responds: Recognizing there was no way the labor union would endorse a Republican, Trump told reporters yesterday: "It's a great honor. They're not going to endorse the Democrats. That's a big thing."

Big picture: While most Teamsters members live in blue states like California, New York, and Illinois — there are over 165,000 members in three crucial swing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, where victory could come down to a few thousand votes. This is a major loss for Kamala.

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Kamala blames Trump after woman dies from her legal abortion

Kamala Harris is blaming Donald Trump for the tragic death of a Georgia woman, even though a legal abortion is what led to her death.

The details: In a social media post on her X account yesterday, Harris said Amber Thurman, who died from complications after taking an abortion pill, “should be alive today” had it not been for “Trump Abortion Bans.”

Back up: In August 2022, Amber Thurman wanted to abort her unborn twin babies. Because she lived in Georgia, where abortion is illegal after a fetal heartbeat is detected, she traveled to North Carolina for the procedure. Because she arrived late, the clinic gave her an abortion pill, Mifepristone, instead.

  • The medication did kill the babies, but part of their remains stayed in her body and caused an infection — a documented risk of this procedure.

Harris claims, “This is exactly what we feared when Roe v. Wade was struck down. In more than 20 states, Trump Abortion Bans prevent doctors from providing basic medical care.”

Reality check: Amber Thurman did not die from a lack of abortion options. She died from the side effects of those abortion procedures that Kamala wants to be made more widely available.

Trump’s role: Donald Trump never created an abortion ban and has repeatedly stated that he would not support one at the federal level, favoring individual state voters deciding their own laws.

Big picture: Kamala has made abortion the cornerstone of her presidential campaign, which is grotesque enough. Politicizing a woman’s death is just cruel.

[Source: Daily Wire]

📜 The House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to link temporary funding for the federal government with a mandate that states require proof of citizenship when people register to vote. Read more.

🤳 Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up. Read more.

📉 The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5%, the first reduction in four years. Read more. Doing this 48 days before the election feels politically motivated to help Kamala.

👀 Multiple Trump supporters claim they suffered a mysterious eye injury and were forced to seek medical attention over the “unbearable” pain after sitting behind the former president during his rally in Arizona. Read more.

🇮🇷 The FBI acknowledged that Iranian hackers sent confidential Trump campaign documents and materials to Joe Biden's re-election campaign. Read more. Will the media be discussing Iranian election interference?

🚨 A top Border Patrol chief alleges the Biden-Harris regime ordered him not to release data showing increased illegals with ties to terrorism crossing the border. Read more.

🦠 Drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years. Read more.

💳️ Donald Trump proposed a temporary 10% cap on credit card interest rates during his Long Island. Read more.

💩 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning digital "disinformation" during elections. Read more. Remember all the “disinformation” about Covid that turned out to be true? This is a censorship bill.

🏈 The Arizona Cardinals have apologized to a Trump fan after stadium security forced her to remove her MAGA hat. Read more.

🏘️ Mortgage payments are less expensive than rents in 22 out of 50 of the largest U.S. cities. Read more.

👿 The House passed the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, despite 158 Democrats voting against it, which will deport immigrants with a history of sex offenses or domestic violence. Read more.

🎥 Now Kamala has a Latin accent? Watch.

🎥 LMAO… MSNBC says Kamala will inspire Putin because she's in a mixed-race marriage. Watch.

🎥 Kamala is a robot. Watch her repeat the same script, word-for-word, at different events. Watch.

🎥 C-SPAN caller praises Trump's would-be assassins. Watch.

🎥 Trump, speaking in Long Island, NY, thanks God for sparing his life twice. Watch.

🎥 This is the side of Trump the media doesn't want you to see, greeting an 8-year-old boy with a rare cancer. Watch.

🎥 Conservative takes on an entire panel of rabid CNN nutjobs. Watch.

🎥 Footage from 2007 of Kamala saying she'll go into your home and check your guns. Watch.

🎥 Go long: Donald Trump joins Gutfeld’s late-night show for the first time. Watch. [36 minutes]

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