Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! In case you needed another reason to support President Trump’s efforts to defund PBS…

Beloved children’s show Sesame Street weighed into the culture wars this week, posting about Pride Month on X:

Is it appropriate for children’s shows to be celebrating sexual ideology? How about we let Big Bird and Elmo stick to the ABCs?

• 📉 CBO: Trump tariffs reduce deficit by $2.8 trillion

• 📈 CBO: Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to deficit

• ⚾️ MLB ratings are up 22% this season

• 🛠️ Trump's 50% tariffs on steel went into effect

• 🗓️ RFK was fatally shot on this day in 1968

^{Sources: AP, AP, Breitbart, CBS, History}

Travel ban 2.0

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation restricting immigration from nearly 20 countries deemed high-risk due to terrorism ties and visa overstays.

The details: Trump's proclamation includes 19 countries - twelve with a full ban and seven with partial bans.

• Full ban: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen

• Partial ban: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela

Why? When Trump returned to office in January, he issued Executive Order 14161, which ordered U.S. agencies to assess security risks from high-risk nations. They found that the 19 banned countries have:

• large-scale presence of terrorists

• high rates of visa overstays

• an inability to verify identities

• poor record-keeping of criminal histories

Some exemptions: The order carves out some exemptions for green card holders, existing visa holders, and national interest cases.

Zoom out: In a video message announcing the travel ban, Trump cited the recent terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, by an illegal alien who overstayed his visa in 2023.

Real talk from G: Trump also said, "We will not let what happened in Europe happen in America." What happened in Europe? Mass, unvetted migration from the Middle East and Africa has led to daily occurrences of stabbings, vehicular homicide, and rape by foreigners.

[Source: Daily Caller, Daily Wire]

You voted: Trump or Elon Musk

In yesterday’s newsletter, I asked who you supported in the unofficial battle between President Trump and Elon Musk over the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ and as usual, you did not disappoint.

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Trump (388)

🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️ Musk (346)

Trump: “DJT is all about the Big Picture - in politics it is always about compromise, but take the win when you can get it!!!”

Elon: “ I think we all know what it's like to do really good work for the ‘company’ only for them to turn around and mess it all up. I feel for Elon.”

Elon: “While I am in favor of many things in the bill, I think Musk is right in the need to rein in spending excesses in it. It’s time we address the blank check mentality of Congress and be more fiscally responsible.”

Trump: “In current US politics, you have to take the good with the bad, and it's unrealistic or maybe idealistic to think the GOP could have passed a ‘perfect’ bill that makes huge cuts to spending AND codifies Trump's campaign policies in one shot.”

Trump: “Trump knows what it takes to get the economy moving. This bill would do that. The DOGE cuts will come. It’s a process.”

Elon: “Too much RINO pork in this bill. Cutbacks in programs should be immediate, not 2 or 3 years from now.”

Trump: “This bill has what he promised and campaigned on. The cuts and the tariff revenue are coming, but get this bill through first. I trust that Trump will push for further cuts and changes in the future.”

Elon: “The time is now to make the tough decisions and necessary budget cuts to right the American financial ship for the benefit of our children.”

Elon: “The borrower is a slave to the lender.”

Trump: “It takes money to make money. Trump’s trying to make some needed changes now and has another three and a half years to cut waste.”

💩 A Biden-appointed federal judge blocked Trump from deporting the illegal alien wife and five children of the Egyptian national who carried out an Islamic terror attack in Colorado over the weekend. Read more.

📘 Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is leaving the Democratic Party and writing a tell-all book about the "Broken White House." Read more.

🇺🇸 The Army surpassed its fiscal year 2025 recruiting goal of 61,000 recruits with four months left to go. Read more.

🚨 There was a 14.6% increase in strokes among young people (18-44) between 2020-2022, according to the CDC. Read more.

🪙 JP Morgan plans to let trading and wealth-management clients use some cryptocurrency-linked assets as collateral for loans. Read more.

🤡 Arizona Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs is facing backlash for vetoing a bill to prevent China from buying land next to U.S. military bases. Read more. She’s up for re-election next year.

🏀 The next NBA All-Star Game will feature U.S. players versus international players. Read more.

☎️ Vladimir Putin told President Trump he will 'have to respond' to recent Ukraine drone attacks, during an hour-long phone call yesterday where the two leaders also discussed Iran's nuclear ambitions. Read more.

🎒 The Department of Education initiated the process to remove Columbia University's accreditation over its antisemitism allegations. Read more.

🧊 ICE agents arrested a member of Al Qaeda in Philadelphia who entered the U.S. illegally under Joe Biden. Read more.

✒️ President Trump directed his administration to investigate whether Joe Biden’s aides “conspired to deceive the public” about his mental decline and used an autopen to sign documents without his knowledge. Read more.

🎥 Democrat lawmaker says we need illegals to "wipe asses." Watch. Wtf?

🎥 The Colorado terrorist accidentally setting himself on fire. Watch.

🎥 Marco Rubio: The 80s were the "best decade of all time." Watch.

🎥 I enjoyed watching Sen. Kennedy question Commerce Secretary Lutnick on Trump tariffs. Watch.

🎥 Tim Poole dominates a liberal comedian. Watch.

🎥 Tense exchange between Chicago's racist Democratic mayor and a reporter. Watch.

🎥 Sen. Chip Roy talks about the Muslim takeover of London. Watch.

🎥 Steve Moore: Trump is releasing the "animal spirit" of the economy. Watch.

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