Wake Up Right - August 1, 2025

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August 01, 2025

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Happy Friday, Wake Up Right fam! Reminder that we’ll be running abbreviated newsletters through August 8 while I’m away.

  • 🔺 Young men swung +44 to the GOP since 2023

  • 💾 Microsoft hit $4 trillion in value, joining Nvidia

  • 📺️ MTV was launched on this day in 1981

  • ☀️ Kamala Harris will not run for California governor

  • 📈 Trump approval avg: 46.3% approve, 51.4% disapprove

🏋️ President Trump ordered the re-establishment of the Presidential Fitness test for American students, a program created in 1966 to encourage interest in following healthy, active lifestyles. He made the announcement alongside golfer Bryson DeChambeau, NFL legend Lawrence Taylor, NFL champ Harrison Butker, and WWE's Paul 'Triple H' Levesque. Read more.

🇰🇷 The U.S. struck a trade deal with South Korea that will see them invest $350 billion in the U.S., purchase $100 billion in U.S. energy, and pay 15% on goods imported to the U.S., while American goods face zero tariffs. Read more.

🚀 The U.S. economy exceeded expectations and grew at 3% in the second quarter, beating economists’ 2.3% prediction and showing declining inflation. Read more.

🫱 President Trump signed executive orders imposing 15–41% tariffs on imports from over 67 countries, effective August 7. Read more.

🏫 Brown University bent to the demands of the Trump administration, paying $50 million and ending its affirmative action programs, in order to regain federal funding. Read more.

💩 A Cincinnati City Council member claimed on social media that a group of white people who were attacked by numerous black assailants in the city last weekend “begged for that beatdown!” Read more.

🤖 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI “superintelligence is now in sight” and plans to focus on development for personal use. Read more.

🎒 FBI Director Kash Patel uncovered a secret room within the FBI containing “burn bags” filled with sensitive documents, including material related to the Trump–Russia probe. Read more.

🏈 ESPN football analyst Shannon Sharpe will not return to the sports network following sexual assault accusations. Read more.

🆘 There are nearly two million illegal immigrants freely roaming the US who have been handed deportation orders or have criminal histories. Read more.

🐶 A NYC thug kicked a dog to death, then set it on fire on the sidewalk... And gets released from jail due to NYC's lax bail laws. Read more.

💊 President Trump sent letters to 17 pharmaceutical CEOs demanding lower drug prices for Americans, more in line with the reduced prices they charge other developed nations. Read more.

🚫 ABC, NBC, and CBS morning and primetime news shows completely ignored the horrific viral brawl in Cincinnati that saw a couple brutalized by multiple assailants over the weekend. Read more.

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🎥 Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren takes a tumble. Watch. 

🎥 Pelosi is not happy when CNN confronts her on insider trading. Watch.

🎥 Radical judge prevents ICE from arresting an illegal alien with a long criminal record... Then he goes on another crime spree. Watch.

🎥 Megyn Kelly says Hillary Clinton should be in jail. Watch.

🎥 The communist running for NYC mayor says he wants to take your guns. Watch.

🎥 See it: White House unveils mock-ups of the new White House ballroom, funded by Trump and donors. Watch.

🎥 Police chief in Maine defends hiring an illegal alien who attempted to buy a gun illegally. Watch.

🎥 Undercover video catches University of Iowa administrator revealing how they HIDE their DEI agenda. Watch.

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