Wake Up Right - August 4, 2025

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August 04, 2025

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

  • ✅ Jeanine Pirro confirmed as U.S. Attorney for D.C.

  • 🚢 On this day in 1790, the Coast Guard was created

  • 🎂 VP Vance celebrated his 41st birthday on Saturday

  • 💰️ Elon Musk donated $15M to Trump/GOP in June

🚸 U.S. Border Patrol reported a record low of 4,399 apprehensions at the southwest border in July 2025 – with zero individuals released into the country. Read more.

📉 The U.S. economy added 73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, less than economists predicted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised the May and June jobs numbers downward by 258,000 combined. Read more.

And that led to…

🫵 President Trump has fired the Biden-appointed Labor Statistics Commissioner after two years of incorrect jobs reports that repeatedly overstated labor force growth and misled the public on employment trends. Read more.

🏈 NFL star Saquon Barkley has joined Nick Bosa, Tony Romo, Harris Butker, and Lawrence Taylor on President Trump's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Read more.

👖 Actress Sydney Sweeney has been a registered Republican in Florida since June 2024, according to reports that followed her controversial “Great Jeans” American Eagle ad. Read more.

🧠 Biden aide Mike Donilon told Congress he stood to gain $4 million if Joe were re-elected – a massive financial incentive to conceal his cognitive decline. Read more.

📊 American-born job growth surged by close to 2 million in the last 12 months as jobs among foreign-born individuals declined roughly 452,000. Read more.

🇷🇺 The U.S. deployed two nuclear submarines to the seas near Russia after "highly provocative" comments made by high-ranking Kremlin goon Dmitry Medvedev. Trump defended the move, saying, "We had to do that... a threat was made." Read more.

🤥 The Daily Beast was forced to apologize for an article erroneously claiming Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania to President Trump. Read more.

🇬🇧 A terrorist who bragged about helping Osama bin Laden mastermind 9/11 could be freed from a UK prison within days — despite officials declaring him a “risk to national security.” Read more.

🎄 The Hallmark Channel released four holiday movies during a “Christmas in July” stunt that saw more than 12.6 million viewers flock to the network. Read more.

🕛️ High Noon is recalling certain 12-packs of its vodka seltzer drinks after some cans were mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks. Read more.

🛰️ The U.S. and Russia met in Florida to discuss continued cooperation and collaboration in space, despite geopolitical tensions. Read more.

💣️ The FBI arrested Mark Lorenzo Villanueva of California for sending dozens of payments to ISIS and recovered an explosive device from his bedroom. Read more.

From Italy to a Nasdaq Reservation

How do you follow record-setting success? Get stronger. Take Pacaso. Their real estate co-ownership tech set records in Paris and London in 2024. No surprise. Coldwell Banker says 40% of wealthy Americans plan to buy abroad within a year. So adding 10+ new international destinations, including three in Italy, is big. They even reserved the Nasdaq ticker PCSO.

Paid advertisement for Pacaso’s Regulation A offering. Read the offering circular at invest.pacaso.com. Reserving a ticker symbol is not a guarantee that the company will go public. Listing on the NASDAQ is subject to approvals.

🎥 Actress Cynthia Erivo portrays Jesus Christ in 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' Watch. So disrespectful…

🎥 Chris Cuomo sits stone-faced as Democrat callers say they were wrong about Trump. Watch.

🎥 Joe Rogan unloads on the Democrat party. Watch.

🎥 Trump has a funny reaction to the Sydney Sweeney controversy. Watch.

🎥 Russia volcano reports for the first time in 600 years after a massive earthquake. Watch.

🎥 EPA chief Lee Zeldin embarrasses hack CNN host over Climate Change. Watch.

🎥 A rare [and sanitized] look inside North Korea's new beach resort. Watch.

🎥 School board member gets called a "disgusting, vile human being" for cheering for the death of MAGA on social media. Watch.

🎥 Dr. Oz explains how the Trump admin is trying to SAVE Medicaid. Watch.

🎥 Palate cleanser: Baby takes first steps during a 'baby crawl' race at a WNBA game. Watch.

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