Wake Up Right - June 10, 2025

Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! Here’s something I’ve found myself saying more often than I would have ever predicted two years ago…

I agree with John Fetterman. Yesterday, the Democrat Senator took aim at his own party over the way it’s handling the LA riots, writing:

I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that. This is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.

  • 54% approve of Trump's deportation program

  • 📈 99.8% of Trump job growth is private sector

  • 👋 GOP Rep. Mark Green plans to leave Congress

  • 🧙‍♀️ First Salem witch hanged on this day in 1692

U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade

The Trump administration is planning a massive military parade to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary this weekend — and anti-American Democrats are doing everything in their power to disrupt it.

The details: The parade will take place on Saturday, June 14th, and will feature:

  • 28 Abrams tanks

  • 28 Bradley Fighting Vehicles

  • F-22 jet flyovers

  • 4 Paladin Howitzers

  • WWII and Vietnam era planes

  • 100+ aircraft and vehicles

  • HIMAR rocket launchers

Logistics: 7,000 troops will march along Constitution Avenue beginning at 6:30 PM. President Trump and his guests will watch from the Ellipse.

More to celebrate: June 14th is also Flag Day and President Trump’s 79th birthday.

Price tag: The event has a $45 million budget, with $15 million of it earmarked for post-parade street repairs.

Counterprotests: A left-wing group called Refuse Fascism is planning protests across all 50 states, hoping to upstage the military parade. They're calling their protests "No King's Day."

Big picture: The left has framed Trump’s push for a military parade as being akin to Putin in Russia or Kim Jong Un in North Korea. But the truth is, it was likely inspired by the French. In 2017, Trump attended France’s grand Bastille Day celebration and called it “one of the greatest parades I've ever seen” and “a tremendous thing for France and the spirit of France.”

[Source: Axios]

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Trump’s $1,000 baby bonus

President Donald Trump unveiled his plan for "Trump Accounts," which will give American babies a savings account at birth, seeded with $1,000.

The details: The pilot program will be authorized under Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill" for ever U.S. baby born between January 1, 2025 (it's retroactive) and December 31, 2028.

  • Trump said: “The federal government will make a one-time contribution of $1,000 into a tax-deferred account that will track the overall stock market.”

  • The accounts allow for $5,000 in additional dollars every year throughout the child's life.

  • Accessing the cash: Children can first access their Trump Account cash at 18 to pay for education, training, or a home. They get full access when they turn 30.

A big jump on life: The purpose of this initiative is to help build financial wealth for every American child at a young age. President Trump remarked“They’ll really be getting a big jump on life.”

  • Speaker Mike Johnson put it in terms most can relate to, saying: "If you have a 401(k), you understand the power of investing early for the future. Trump Accounts take that same principle and they apply it from the very beginning of Americans’ lives … It’s a bold, transformative policy..."

Private‑sector buy‑in: CEOs from Dell, Goldman Sachs, Uber, Robinhood, and Salesforce have publicly thrown their support—and some pledge to match contributions.

  • Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies pledged to match dollar-for-dollar for all of it's employees and said: “This bold move to an ownership society for all included in the Reconciliation Bill will have profound and far-reaching benefits for the country.”

Big picture: In 2024, there were 3.6 million babies born in the U.S. Based off that figure, this would cost roughly $3.6 billion per year. For perspective, that’s 1.8% of what we gave to Ukraine under Biden.

🤡 California filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to quell the anti-ICE riots. Read more.

Roughly 700 Marines are deploying to the Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings and personnel in the wake of anti-ICE riots. Read more.

⛵️ Israeli forces intercepted a sailboat carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who planned to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza. Read more.

📺️ Warner Bros. Discovery, the film and TV colossus behind HBO and CNN, announced that it would split itself into two companies. Read more.

🦠 A Chinese foreigner from Wuhan was arrested for smuggling biological material into the U.S. Read more.

💉 HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a CDC vaccine advisory committee and will replace them as he pledges the "restoration of public trust." Read more.

💾 Microsoft pulled its annual Build conference out of Seattle due to rampant homelessness, visible drug use, and urban decay. Read more.

🤖 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally creating a new "superintelligence" team dedicated to building the world's most advanced AI platform, and splashing out nine-figure packages to hire top talent. Read more.

🎥 Trump asked if Gavin Newsom should be arrested. Watch.

🎥 Mike Tyson teams up with Alina Habba. Watch.

🎥 The LA "peaceful protestors" are now looting stores. Watch.

🎥 Horrifying moment a YouTuber shoots another YouTuber on the Las Vegas strip. Watch.

🎥 Supercut of Dems and the media calling LA riots "peaceful protests." Watch.

🎥 Media: Riots are just "people having fun watching cars burning." Watch.

🎥 CNN reports that American support for Trump's immigration policy is UP. Watch.

🎥 Heartwarming: Mom's ashes found in a message-in-a-bottle "traveling the world." Watch.

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