Wake Up Right - September 6, 2024

Happy Friday, Wake Up Right fam! We are officially less than two months away from Election Day, and according to the latest count, here’s how many interviews the candidates have done since last month:

  • Trump and Vance: 38 💪

  • Kamala and Walz: 1 🤡

  • 🆚 2024 polling average: Trump 46.3%, Harris 48.1%

  • 📬️ Mail-in-voting begins today in North Carolina

  • 📺️ Conservative news outlet Newsmax files for IPO

  • 🗓️ Trump will hold a presser at Trump Tower in NYC at 12 PM ET

  • 35% of swing state voters say they struggle to make ends meet

Sources: RCP, Breitbart, Reuters, Trump, Breitbart

School shooting leaves four dead, Killer was known to FBI

Two students and two teachers were murdered in a school shooting on Wednesday by 14-year-old Colt Gray — who was known to the FBI.

The details: On Wednesday, 14-year-old Colt Gray went on a shooting spree at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, where he was a student. Nine others were injured but are expected to make full recoveries.

  • Gray surrendered when an armed School Resource Officer (SRO) confronted him. Hero.

The victims have been identified as Christian Angulo (14), Mason Schermerhorn (14), Richard Aspinwall (39), and Christina Irimie (53).

The charges: Gray is being charged with four counts of felony murder and will tried as an adult.

  • His father, Colin Gray, has been arrested and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter for "knowingly allowing" his son to have a weapon.

On the FBI’s radar: The bureau investigated Gray in May 2023 after it received anonymous tips that he was making school shooting threats online, which included pictures of guns. The FBI passed the information to the local Sheriff, who investigated but lacked probable cause to take action.

  • Previous school shooters that were known to the FBI before their massacres include: Salvador Ramos [Uvalde], Nikolas Cruz [Parkland], and Adam Lanza [Sandy Hook].

Phone threat: Apalachee High School received a phone threat on the morning of the shooting, with the caller saying it would be the first of five schools targeted that day.

Politicizing tragedy: Kamala Harris quickly politicized the event, saying, "This is one of the many issues that's at stake in this election."

  • Harris previously advocated for getting "police officers out of schools.” If she had gotten her wish, the SRO who stopped Gray would not have been there, and this tragedy could have been much worse.

Big picture: Almost every time there is a school shooting, we’re told the shooter was already “on the FBI’s radar.” Maybe if the FBI had spent less time chasing down peaceful J6 grandmas and more time on real threats, this tragedy could have been prevented.

Below are the four victims. Please keep them in your prayers.

Trump unveils new economic policies, including a position for Elon Musk

Donald Trump unveiled major economic policy proposals during a speech yesterday, which was highlighted by officially naming Elon Musk to lead a government efficiency commission.

The details: Speaking to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump pledged that in his second term, he would seek to:

  • Cut the corporate tax rate to 15% for companies making products in the U.S.

  • Prohibit illegal aliens from obtaining mortgages.

  • Rescind certain unspent funds appropriated during the Biden-Harris regime.

  • Creating a sovereign wealth fund for the U.S.

  • Eliminating regulations that drive up housing costs.

Musk's commission: Trump said: “At the suggestion of Elon Musk — I will create a Government Efficiency Commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government and making recommendations for drastic reforms… And Elon, because he’s not very busy [sarcasm], has agreed to head that task force."

  • Musk responded, saying: “I look forward to serving America if the opportunity arises. No pay, no title, no recognition is needed.”

Back up: Trump and Musk have built a solid relationship over the past year, with the tech titan officially endorsing him after the former president took a bullet from a would-be assassin in July. In August, Musk hosted Trump on X for a two-hour conversation that over 45 million people watched.

Big picture: The economy is often cited as voter’s number one issue in this election cycle, as they suffer under record-high food costs, skyrocketing rent, and the cumulative effects of four years of Biden-Harris economic policies. Trump leaning into the issue seems wise.

[Source: WSJ]

Hunter Biden pled guilty to federal tax charges in order to avoid a trial that might expose his father. Read more.

🗳️ America First Legal filed a lawsuit against all 15 Arizona counties for failing to remove illegal immigrants from the state’s voter rolls. Read more.

🇮🇪 UFC champion Conor McGregor appears to have announced he is running for President of Ireland in the 2025 election. Read more.

🚨 FBI agents raided high-profile officials within the New York Police Department and Democrat Mayor Eric Adams’s administration. Read more.

📺️ More than 11 million DirecTV subscribers might not see the Trump-Harris debate on ABC because the network and the TV provider are in an ongoing contract dispute. Read more.

🏳️‍🌈 The DEI office of the U.S. Secret Service has called for nominees to attend an all-expenses-paid LGBT "Out and Equal" trip to Disney World amid concerns the agency is stretched thin. Read more.

👍️ Malik Obama, the half-brother of former president Barack, has announced his support for Donald Trump. Read more.

🆘 An illegal alien from Honduras is suspected of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint in Louisiana. Read more.

🇧🇷 The Brazilian Supreme Court justice who banned X in Brazil previously petitioned the government to block citizens’ accounts for their political beliefs, according to internal documents. Read more.

🤡 In ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, and PBS’s coverage of Kathy Sun, an aide to NY Gov. Kathy Hochul, being arrested for spying for communist China — the networks never uttered the word "Democrat" in their reporting. Read more.

🎥 Kamala admits she will weaponize the DOJ to silence Americans online. Watch.

🎥 Even a broken clock is right twice a day: CNN EXPOSES Kamala's border wall flip-flop. Watch.

🎥 Vladimir Putin says he endorses Kamala Harris for President. Watch.

🎥 Biden admits the "Inflation Reduction Act" was all about climate change. Watch.

🎥 Mark Cuban gets OWNED by CNBC host for defending Kamala's radical tax plan. Watch.

🎥 Simple election logic in 20 seconds. Watch.

🎥 Top DOJ spokesman caught on hidden camera ripping the Manhattan prosecution of Donald Trump. Watch.

🎥 Melania Trump releases a video to announce her memoir. Watch.