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Welcome back, folks, and a belated Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and granddads in the Wake Up Right fam!
While you were celebrating, the rabid communists over at the New York Times couldn’t help but try to chip away at the holiday by running a cartoon essay about a trans-identifying woman learning to be a “dad.”
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis put it best: “The NY Times is out NY Timesing itself.”
🇱🇧 Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon
🇮🇷 78% of U.S. wants Iran conflict to end now
👨👩👧 25.2 million young adults live with their parents
⛳ Wyndam Clark wins 2nd U.S. Open
Sources: The National Pulse, CBS, Realtor, ESPN
SCOTUS saves the big ones for last
The Supreme Court is racing to finish its term by the end of June, and it's holding the rulings that could define President Donald Trump's second term for the very last days.
The details: The justices have cleared most of their docket, but roughly 20 blockbusters are still unwritten, including:
🤰 Birthright citizenship: Whether Trump's order ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants can stand.
🏳⚧️ Trans athletes: Whether Idaho and West Virginia can enforce laws barring biological males who identify as transgender from girls’ and women’s school sports.
📬 Mail-in ballots: Whether states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day.
💰 Campaign finance: A challenge to limits on political spending.
🏢 The Fed fight: Whether Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
Back up: This term hasn't been quiet. The Court has already handed Trump some wins and dealt some blows.
👎 It struck down Trump's signature tariffs, finding he lacked the power to impose them under the emergency law he'd used – though he quickly reimposed a 10% version under a different statute.
🗺 It gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act, prompting Republican-led states to redraw their maps.
🔫 It struck down a federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users — a narrow Second Amendment win.
What's next: The Court releases opinions starting at 10 a.m. ET, with more days expected later in the week before the term closes.
[Source: SCOTUS Blog]
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First trans lawmaker convicted of child sex abuse
Stacie Marie Laughton – the first openly transgender person ever elected to a U.S. state legislature – will spend 33 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to child sex abuse charges tied to a Massachusetts daycare.
The details: A federal judge in Boston sentenced Laughton to 400 months after the former Democratic New Hampshire state representative pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of children. Prosecutors say Laughton pushed his then-partner to take nude photos of children during diaper changes and bathroom breaks.
The partner: Lindsay Groves, 40, was sentenced earlier this month to 22 years.
The two exchanged more than 10,000 texts in a single month in 2023, trading images of victims as young as 3.
Prosecutors say the whole thing only surfaced because Laughton turned Groves in to get back at her after their breakup. Mentally ill and dumb – a deadly combo.
Back up: Laughton was elected in 2012 as a transgender “trailblazer,” but was eventually forced out of his position over a prior fraud conviction, then re-elected in 2020.
Zoom out: This comes as New Hampshire debates barring biological men from women's spaces; female lawmakers recalled Laughton using their restroom.
Gender bender: Despite identifying as a female, Laughton is being housed with the jail's male population.
The last word goes to the prosecutor’s office, which said:
“The conduct at issue here is abhorrent. These were children who were not yet fully potty trained, not old enough to even go to the bathroom themselves, and not fully verbal. This was planned, it was strategized, and it was carried out for the sexual gratification of one or both defendants in this case.”
[Source: The National Pulse, NY Post]
🇬🇧 Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned following a revolt inside his own party over devastating local election losses and pressure from senior members of his own cabinet. Read more.
🤝 Vice President JD Vance led U.S.-Iran peace talks Sunday at Switzerland’s Bürgenstock resort, the first round since April, launching a 60-day nuclear negotiation as Pakistan and Qatar mediated. Read more.
♒ U.S. Park Police arrested multiple people accused of vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, allegedly ripping sealant and damaging grass. Trump called for the vandals to spend “Years in jail!” Read more.
😎 A federal judge ruled against Joe Biden's attempt to prevent the release of recordings obtained during a classified documents investigation, citing public interest over privacy concerns. Read more.
🇺🇸 On this day in 1944, FDR signed the G.I. Bill, giving returning servicemen access to unemployment compensation, low-interest home and business loans, and funding for education. Read more.
🏳⚧️ A drag queen who sits on the school board as vice president in Cazenovia, New York, who was accused of sexually explicit communications with a minor, has now been charged with possessing child pornography. Read more.
✝ The DOJ is supporting a lawsuit by Catholic nuns challenging a New York law that forces them to violate their religious beliefs by housing biological men with women. Read more.
🏠 Government regulations now add roughly $132,000 to the cost of a typical newly built home. Read more.
🍬 M&M's will debut artificial dye-free candies in August after facing pressure from the Trump administration. Read more.
🇨🇺 Cuba unveiled 176 market-style reforms aimed at decentralizing its communist economy, loosening state control over production, prices, and resources, as Raúl Castro’s grandson urged the island to move toward growth. Read more.
🎥 Trump links arms with 88-year-old vet during Medal of Honor ceremony. Watch.
🎥 “Country Roads” has become the unofficial anthem of the 2026 World Cup. Watch. Even the Scots are getting into it. Watch.
📷 This is what Trump told Joe Rogan at UFC 250. Watch.
🎥 This French girl was convicted of hate speech for speaking out about the rape of French women by African and Arab migrants. Watch.
🎥 Full video of Knicks fans saving a man overdosing on drugs. Watch. ...and he thanks the woman by sexually assaulting her.
🎥 Undecover cops nab an illegal alien trying to scam an elderly woman. Watch.
🎥 Maria Bartiromo OWNS slimy Dem Rep. Ro Khanna on voted ID. Watch. This guy is going to run for president as a centrist populist. Beware.
🎥 Trump unveils the new Air Force One. Watch.
🎥 New bodycam footage shows Karmelo Anthony admitting "I did it!" after being cuffed for murdering teen Austin Metcalf. Watch.
🎥 "The Lord saved me." Man is in complete shock after surviving a tornado that ripped his home apart. Watch.
🎥 Tom Hanks insults MS NOW live on air. Watch.
