Wake Up Right - August 5, 2025

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August 05, 2025

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Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! Reminder: We will be running abbreviated newsletters through August 8 while I’m away.

  • 📉 40% say racism is a problem, was 61% in 2020

  • 📊 Just 23% of Dems view their party positively

  • ⛱️ Rep. Nancy Mace will run for South Carolina governor

  • 🗓️ On this day in 1861, Lincoln imposes 1st federal income tax

🤠 Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state authorities to arrest dozens of House Democrats who fled the state rather than stay for a vote on redrawing the state’s congressional map. Read more. This is a story I would usually break down, so if you have the time, it’s worth clicking and reading.

🇮🇱 The Trump administration reversed a policy that previously stated that states and cities that boycott Israeli companies could be ineligible for disaster relief funds. Read more. 

🤥 Info war: Democrats are planning to pay social media influencers tens of millions of dollars to spin narratives online as part of a $110.5 million fundraising effort. Read more.

💰️ The Trump admin has extracted more than $1.2 billion in legal settlements from 13 of the most powerful players in academia, law, media, and tech. Read more.

🇮🇳 President Trump threatened to raise tariffs on India over its Russian oil purchases. Read more.

🏠️ The only home built in downtown Boston during the run-up to the American Revolution, once owned by John Hancock, is being sold. Read more.

💾 A Welsh IT engineer has officially abandoned his decade-long attempt to recover a hard drive containing $950 million worth of Bitcoin lost in a landfill. Read more.

🚙 Tesla's board approved a new $30 billion pay package for Elon Musk as they fight to restore his original $56 billion award blocked by a Delaware judge. Read more.

✅ The DOJ is opening a grand jury investigation into the Obama/Clinton conspiracy to tie President Trump to Russia. Read more.

🇮🇱 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has decided the IDF will fully occupy the Gaza Strip due to a lack of progress in ceasefire talks with Hamas. Read more.

👶 A baby has been born from an embryo frozen over 30 years ago in 1994, after being 'adopted' by a couple using IVF. Read more.

👖 American Eagle stock surged by nearly 25% on Monday after President Trump applauded the retailer and actress Sydney Sweeney for the "fantastic" ad. Read more.

⛔️ The State Department is set to roll out a pilot program that may require foreign nationals from certain countries seeking business or tourism visas to post a bond of up to $15,000. Read more.

🎥 Far-left Chuck Todd criticizes Democrats for protesting Texas gerrymandering. Watch.

🎥 Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez says she is a “proud Guatemalan before I am an American.” Watch. 

🎥 If you thought the libs were mad over Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad - wait until they see her training at the gun range. Watch.

🎥 Scott Jennings OWNS CNN hack Van Jones. Watch.

🎥 NYC Communist Zohran Mamdani now says he's pro-Police. Watch.

🎥 Dave Portnoy's fantasy football punishment: Read Kamala's book. Watch.

📸 Gross: This pic of Canadian PM Mark Carney with a nearly naked man at a Pride parade went viral. See it. [Warning: Man butt cheeks in the article.] Why do these parades always have near-naked people? What is their intended message?

🎥 Zohran Mamdani insider says he'll provide trans surgeries for the entire country if he becomes NYC mayor. Watch.

🎥 A fan wearing a MAGA hat was booted from a St. Louis soccer game over ‘no politics’ stance. Watch. I don’t like that he put the Trump-supporting officer on blast for enforcing his employer’s policy.

🎥 Liz Warren campaigns with Zohran Mamdani, says his socialist message is the Democrat message. Watch.

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