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Wake Up Right - July 28, 2025
Wake Up Right
July 28, 2025
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Welcome back, folks! A massive poll dropped over the weekend, revealing just 33% of Americans have a favorable view of the Democrat party. That’s the worst rating since 1990 – 35 years ago.
To put that into perspective, the last time the Democrats were polling this low:
🇩🇪 The Berlin Wall had just come down.
☎️ There were more payphones than cell phones.
📼 People watched movies on VHS tapes.
🤡 Joe Biden was in his first term as Senator.
…that’s how long it’s been.
📊 Party affiliation today: 46% GOP, 45% Dem
⏪️ Party affiliation in 2018: 42% GOP, 50% Dem
😂 On this day in 2016, Hillary became the Dem nominee
🤖 64% want to resist using AI as long as possible
Trump rolls the EU with trade deal
President Donald Trump “rolled over” the European Union (EU) in a historic trade deal – unlocking billions in energy purchases, investment, and military sales while locking in higher tariffs on European imports.
The details: Following a 75-minute private meeting in Scotland with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump unveiled the outline of their preliminary agreement, which includes:
EU tariffs on U.S. imports drops to zero
15% tariffs on most EU goods entering the U.S.
$750B in U.S. energy purchases from the EU
$600B in new European investment into the U.S.
EU will buy “hundreds of billions” in U.S. military equipment
Exclusions: Trump kept steel and aluminum tariffs at 50%, and pharma is not part of the deal.
President Trump, sitting beside von der Leyen, told the press:
"I think it's great that we made a deal today instead of playing games and maybe not making a deal at all... I think it's the biggest deal ever made."
Zoom out: The deal comes just days before Trump's August 1 deadline, which would have seen steep tariffs – including 30% on autos and 200% on pharma – levied against EU imports to the U.S.
Back up: Trump has said the EU was “formed to screw the U.S.” and “nastier than China”.
What the Europeans are saying: An article for the Financial Times titled “How the EU succumbed to Trump's tariff steamroller,” concluded:
“There is no hiding the fact the EU was rolled over by the Trump juggernaut, said one ambassador. ‘Trump worked out exactly where our pain threshold is.’”
Big picture: Since beginning his second term, Trump has sought to reset the United States’ relationship with Europe in trade and defense. He’s gotten NATO allies to agree to increase defense spending to 5%, signed a historic trade deal with the U.K., and now a trade deal with the EU.
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RFK’s next MAHA target: Ultra-Processed foods
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is joining forces with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to officially define "ultra-processed foods" – a major step toward tackling America’s chronic disease crisis.
What are ultra-processed foods? They're products made mostly from additives, preservatives, and refined ingredients, often lacking whole foods and high in sugar, fat, and salt. Think sodas, cartoon character cereals, most candy and chips.
The details: HHS and the USDA launched a Request for Information (RFI) to craft a uniform federal definition of ultra-processed foods, reinforcing the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) campaign.
The RFI is open until Sept. 23 and will help determine what ingredients, processes, or health risks qualify a food as ultra-processed.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins called the move “long overdue,” pledging that U.S. food producers will have a voice in shaping the standard.
Chronic disease crisis: Ultra-processed foods are linked to poor health outcomes like obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and depression.
Big problem: Children currently get over 60% of their calories from these ultra-processed foods, per HHS.
Related: Last week, Kennedy announced the removal of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, from all U.S. flu vaccines.
The last word goes to Kennedy, who said: “We must act boldly to eliminate the root causes of chronic illness. This is how we Make America Healthy Again.”
[Source: Daily Wire]
❎ Ghislaine Maxwell was questioned by the DOJ regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case, and gave information regarding "about 100 different people" related to the deceased sex predator. Read more.
🔫 An armed citizen helped subdue the attacker who stabbed 11 people in a Traverse City, Michigan, Walmart on Saturday. Read more.
🏴 U.S. military forces conducted a rare raid in northwestern Syria on Friday, killing a senior Islamic State leader and two other ISIS insurgents. Read more.
👗 A House ethics panel determined that Rep. AOC broke the law and House rules by underpaying for her controversial "Tax the Rich" dress she wore to the 2021 Met Gala, and fined the socialist lawmaker roughly $3,000 for the infraction. Read more.
💵 President Trump is considering sending rebate checks to Americans using tariff revenue. Read more.
🏳️⚧️ Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center announced they are ending their “gender-affirming care services" after President Trump's recent executive actions. Read more.
💟 Iowa boy born at just 21 weeks becomes Guinness World Records' most premature baby ever. Read more.
🆘 442 child illegal alien "sponsors" have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse or other crimes after the Biden regime allowed 450,000 illegal alien children into the US without adult supervision. Read more.
🇺🇸 The new head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the Trump administration plans to make the test for U.S. citizenship more difficult and change the H-1B visa system. Read more.
🚨 MAGA voters face a 75% health care tax hike – unless Congress acts FAST. Learn how to stop it. *
🎥 Good guy with a gun saves countless lives after a man goes on a stabbing spree in Walmart. Watch. [Warning: Sensitive content]
🎥 Trump calls out Bill Clinton for traveling to Epstein Island. Watch.
🎥 Longtime MSNBC hack Chris Matthews admits the negative Trump polls are BS. Watch.
🎥 Trump is almost 80 and can still smack the golf ball. Watch.
🎥 Viral video of the weekend: Seagul steals a sandwich from a woman on a NJ beach. Watch.
🎥 First look inside Elon Musk's retro Tesla diner. Watch.
🎥 A couple was attacked and the woman was knocked unconscious in downtown Cincinnati. Watch. [Warning: Violent/Disturbing] No news coverage. If the races were reversed, this would be headline news.
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