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• ⛪️ Attacks on churches are up 730% since 2018

• 📊 55% support Trump's crime crackdown, 37% disapprove

• 🗓️ Today is the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Catrina

• 📉 Trump approval avg: 45.8% approve, 51% disapprove

• 🗽 If others drop out of NYC Mayor race: Cuomo 52%, Mamdani 41%

^{Sources: Fox News, AP, History, RCP, CBS}

HHS will probe link between trans drugs and violence

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is investigating whether psychiatric and gender-transition medications could have played a role in Wednesday’s Minneapolis Catholic school shooting that left two children dead and 17 others wounded.

The details: Kennedy said HHS has launched studies into how psychiatric and hormone-related drugs might affect violent behavior. He said:

• “I certainly consider mass shootings a health crisis, and we are doing for the first time real studies to find out what the ideology of that is. And we're looking for the first time at psychiatric drugs.”

• “Something changed, and it dramatically changed human behavior. We are the most over-medicated nation in the world… and we will have an answer.”

Zoom out: The shooter, Robin Westman, a 23-year-old transgender person, left behind writings expressing regret over transitioning and despair over being “brain-washed.”

Back up: Recent cases echo the pattern: Nashville’s 2023 Covenant school shooter and Houston’s 2024 Lakewood Church attacker were both transgender.

Big picture: Kennedy’s probe would be the first federal study of psychiatric and transition drugs in connection with mass shootings – something the political and medical establishment has refused to look into.

[Source: The National Pulse, Newsmax, The Post Millennial]

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Dark money fuels Dem influencer army

A new report reveals a secretive Democrat-aligned dark money network is quietly paying social media influencers up to $8,000 a month to amplify left-wing talking points.

The details: The program, called the Chorus Creator Incubator, is tied to the Sixteen Thirty Fund — the left’s biggest dark money hub, long compared to the Koch network. WIRED, which broke this story, wrote:

• "In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet."

Influencers include: Olivia Julianna (pictured above), YouTuber David Pakman, teacher Arielle Fodor (1.4M TikTok followers), Leigh McGowan (known as Politics Girl), meme creator Barrett Adair, and many more.

The rub: The program forbade creators from disclosing they were being paid or naming the funders.

Zoom out: The secrecy protects Democrats from disclosure rules that apply to traditional political ads and undercuts transparency about who is paying for political messages seen by millions online.

The numbers: Chorus Creator Incubator boasted a collective reach of 40 million followers and 100 million weekly views.

• The Sixteen Thirty Fund has funneled nearly $1 BILLION into Democratic causes since 2018. Arabella Advisors, a close ally of George Soros’ Open Society, is one of their top funders.

What they're saying: Sixteen Thirty Fund told the NY Post: “The fiscal sponsorship model is common across philanthropy and our work with Chorus is in compliance with all laws."

Real talk from G: Democrats are incredibly envious of the right's online political influencer machine. But names like Charlie Kirk, Jack Posobiec, or Allie Beth Stuckey were not products of coordinated, well-funded campaigns. They grew their audiences organically by posting authentic, accessible information online. The left is desperate to catch up, but you can’t buy grassroots trust - it has to be earned.

[Soure: NY Post]

⚧️ Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman confessed that he “was tired of being trans” and wished he “never brain-washed” himself in a manifesto posted online before he slaughtered two children and wounded 18 more at a Minneapolis church. Read more.

🍳 Cracker Barrel has quietly removed the Pride page from its website after facing consumer backlash over its rebranding efforts. Read more.

🚻 President Trump directed 46 states and territories to remove gender ideology from their sex ed materials or face possible termination of federal funding. Read more.

✅ Military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, who was shot to death by Capitol Police on January 6, have been granted, reversing a Biden administration decision from 2021. Read more.

🍟 A new study found that eating ultra-processed foods led to reductions in male sex hormones. Read more.

⚕️ HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and the Department of Education are requesting that medical schools incorporate nutrition curricula at every stage of the physician training process. Read more.

🙄 Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit over President Trump firing her, claiming he doesn't have the authority to do so. Read more.

⚾️ Former New York Yankee World Series Champion Mark Texiera is running to represent Texas' 21st district in the U.S. House, saying he is "ready to help defend President Trump’s America First agenda, Texas families, and individual liberty." Read more.

🙈 Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Biden's Monkeypox coordinator, known as "a progressive, radical gay doctor,” resigned from his position in the CDC yesterday after Trump fired CDC Director Susan Monarez. Read more.

🚀 The U.S. economy grew at a faster rate than previously estimated in the second quarter – with an earlier gross domestic product estimate of 3% being revised to 3.3%. Read more.

🎥 Supercut of the media going out of their way to make sure they don't "misgender" the trans psychopath who killed two kids this week. Watch.

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🎥 Lesbian couple points out the insanity of an LGBT kids’ book section at Barnes and Noble. Watch.

🎥 A "non-binary" teacher in Newark, NJ, indoctrinates her students. Watch.

🎥 Girls in California have to declare they have a "mental health disorder" if they refuse to share bathrooms with transgender biological boys. Watch.

🎥 The founder of Cracker Barrel SLAMS the company's rebrand. Watch.

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