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Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! I read a headline this morning that said: “Costco changes beloved $1.50 hot dog deal for the first time in decades” – and I’ll be honest, my heart dropped.
Turns out, the “change” is that customers can now swap the soda for a bottle of water. That’s it. Crisis averted. Republic still standing.
Here’s the thing: I don’t even get the hot dog combo. But I like knowing it’s there – cheap and stubbornly immune to the chaos of modern life.
📈 Business equipment orders grew by most since 2020
💸 The Iran war has cost $25 billion so far
🔥 The LA riots began on this day in 1992
📊 Americans say top financial problem: cost of living
Sources: Reuters, The National Pulse, History, Gallup
Supreme Court hands GOP big win ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court didn’t just hand Louisiana a win yesterday – it gave Republican-led states a roadmap for the next phase of the 2026 redistricting war.
The details: In a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the Court rejected Louisiana’s congressional map after the state added a second majority-black district.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, said Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act “was designed to enforce the Constitution — not collide with it.”
The Court held that Louisiana’s use of race in drawing the district was unconstitutional because the Voting Rights Act did not require the state to create it.
Why it matters: The ruling does not eliminate Section 2 outright. But it sharply limits how far states and lower courts can go in using race to justify majority-minority districts.
That’s where the political earthquake begins.
The numbers: If Republican-led states move aggressively, the GOP could potentially net as many as 12 House seats across Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has already floated a special session to redraw the map.
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is pushing lawmakers to target a Memphis-area Democratic seat.
Meanwhile, in Florida, they’re already making moves as lawmakers passed a new Congressional map pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that could net the GOP four new House seats.
What the Dems are saying: They're doing what they do – crying. House Minority Leader Hakeem "Lurch" Jeffries said: “Voter suppression is a way of life for Donald Trump and far-right extremists on the Supreme Court."
The last word goes to President Donald Trump, whose reaction on Truth Social cut to the core of the decision, calling it “a BIG WIN for Equal Protection under the Law, as it returns the Voting Rights Act to its Original Intent, which was to protect against intentional Racial Discrimination.”
[Source: The Post Millennial, Daily Wire]
Crash Expert: “This Looks Like 1929” → 71,048 Diversifying Here
Mark Spitznagel, who made $1B in a single day during the 2015 flash crash, warned markets are mimicking 1929. Seems extreme but we did just see the worst quarter for the S&P since 2022.
So it’s not so surprising that Vanguard and Goldman Sachs forecasted 5% and 3% annual S&P returns respectively for 2024-2034.
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Biden DOJ targeted MAGA nuns
Newly released text messages show Biden-era Justice Department prosecutors joking about finding and prosecuting Catholic nuns who attended the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally — fueling fresh accusations that the DOJ targeted conservatives and people of faith.
The details: The messages, released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, show DOJ prosecutors Joseph Cooney and Molly Gaston discussing media coverage of religious sisters who attended the rally wearing traditional habits, veils and pro-Trump scarves.
After seeing the nuns, Gaston texted Cooney: “I would like to take a special assignment of finding and prosecuting them.”
Cooney replied: “I’m with you. Although I’d like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit.”
Why it matters: These weren't low-level scrubs in a group chat. Cooney and Gaston served as top deputies to Special Counsel Jack Smith during his witch hunt against President Trump.
Quote: Senator Grassley said, “I was appalled, but sadly not surprised, to discover evidence of Biden DOJ prosecutors threatening to use the power of the federal justice system to target people of faith.”
Zoom out: Cooney is now running as a Democrat for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, part of the Diocese of Arlington — one of the country’s most traditional Catholic dioceses.
It’s a pattern: The nun texts come after a DOJ review found Biden-era prosecutors used the FACE Act unevenly – coordinating with pro-abortion groups, tracking pro-life activists’ travel, seeking tougher sentences for pro-life defendants, and downplaying attacks on pregnancy centers and houses of worship.
[Source: The National Pulse, Daily Wire,
🤡 Outgoing Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell announced rates would be held steady at 3.5%-2.75%, despite four members of the FOMC dissenting – the most since 1992. Read more.
💊 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was sentenced on Tuesday to $5.5 billion in fines and penalties stemming from its 2020 guilty plea to charges of deceiving government regulators and paying kickbacks to doctors to boost opioid sales. Read more.
⛳ Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will end funding of the LIV Golf league after the 2026 season, leaving the controversial PGA alternative's fate in limbo. Read more.
📉 Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed that the federal government is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, for potential liability in the state’s welfare fraud scandal. Read more.
🛌 Uber said Wednesday that users will soon be able to book hotels through its app, as it looks to expand its offerings and become a do-it-all travel service. Read more.
🔫 The Justice Department moved to roll back 30 gun regulations after the Senate approved President Trump's pick to lead the ATF. Read more.
🤡 Twenty years after his warning from An Inconvenient Truth proved false, Al Gore returned to Hollywood with fresh climate doomsday warnings, saying we could be facing an ice age in 25 years. Read more.
🪑 The Senate banking committee voted to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, teeing up the final vote on President Trump's pick. Read more.
✅ A federal grand jury has indicted two people over an assault on Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez, while she was covering a protest outside an ICE facility in Minneapolis. Read more.
🗽 NYC Mayor is now pushing for new taxes on businesses to address the city's multi-billion-dollar budget gap. Read more.
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🎥 King Charles III joked about 1814 while praising Trump's White House renovations. Watch.
🎥 Knife-weilding terrorst is kicked in the head by cops after stabbing two Jewish men in London. Watch. Sadly, these cops will probably be reprimanded and the terrorist will be given a key to the city.
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