Wake Up Right - March 13, 2025

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March 13, 2025

Look up! And stay up late tonight if you want to catch the first total lunar eclipse in three years.

Blood moon: As the Earth passes directly between the Moon and the Sun, the Moon will appear dark orange/red. Hence the nickname.

When: Totality happens at 2:26 AM EST.

  • ✅ GE Aerospace will invest $1 billion in US manufacturing

  • 🇬🇧 UK are 70% more likely to commit sex crimes than Brits

  • 🏡 US mortgage rate drops for 6th straight week

  • 😷 59% of Dems say level of Covid restrictions were 'about right'

The Schumer Shutdown looms

Sen. Chuck Schumer announced that Democrats plan to trigger a partial government shutdown on Friday, refusing to vote for a continuing resolution (CR) spending bill that would have funded the government at Biden-era levels until September.

Back up: Earlier this week, the House voted 217 to 213 to pass the CR. All Republicans except Rep. Thomas Massie voted for the bill, and all Democrats except Rep. Jared Golden voted no.

The details: Schumer took to the Senate Floor yesterday to declare: "Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate."

  • Instead, he pushed a Democrat-backed bill that would fund the government at current levels through April 11 — meaning we would be back in this same position in a month.

In his own words: Back in 2023, when Republicans threatened to vote to shut down the government, Schumer said: “The last thing Americans need right now is a pointless government shutdown. A Shutdown will hurt just about every American.”

Zoom out: The bill must receive 60 votes to pass in the Senate. Republicans have a 53-47 majority, so they need a handful of Democrats on board.

Calling his bluff: Senate Majority Leader John Thune is still moving to bring the bill to a vote despite Schumer's threat. This would force the Democrat senators to go on the record voting to shut down the government.

DOGE impact: Journalist Katie Pavlich made the point on X: “Schumer isn’t smart enough to understand dems not voting to keep the government open will backfire. A shutdown forces only essential employees to work and therefore, proves Trump, Musk and DOGE right about the size of the federal workforce.”

Big picture: This is likely just political theater by the Democrats to show their voters they “tried” to oppose the dastardly Trump agenda, but they’ll ultimately vote for the bill to keep the government open.

Real talk from G: Ironically, the bill Democrats are fighting to kill will keep government spending at Biden-era levels for the next six months [with minor tweaks, like adding border security funding]. Their logic is illogical. The truth is, the party is still lost at sea after losing the 2024 election, and they’re trying anything to inspire their voters.

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⏭️ Senate Democrats are threatening to plunge the federal government into a partial government shutdown rather than supply enough votes to pass the continuing resolution spending bill passed in the House. Read more. This bill essentially continues Biden-era spending for 6 months. They have no rational reason to vote against it other than to oppose Trump and sow chaos.

📉 Inflation dropped to 2.8% in February — President Trump's first full month in office — breaking a four-month streak of rising inflation. Read more.

🍺 Japanese beer maker Asahi will invest $35 million to build a factory in the U.S. to avoid Trump tariffs. Read more.

🦠 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel covered up a report from the country's intel agencies that concluded Covid originated in a Chinese lab. Read more.

🐢 An Oregon mental health advisory board panel includes one person who identifies as a turtle and uses "they/them/turtle" pronouns. Read more.

🤡 A masked man vandalized a Tesla charging station in North Charleston, SC, spray-painting pro-Ukraine, anti-Trump messages and accidentally setting himself ablaze with Molotov cocktails. Read more.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a department-wide review of military standards for fitness, body composition, and grooming. Read more.

🦘 Australia announced it would not escalate with retaliatory measures against the U.S. on April 2 when President Trump's reciprocal tariffs take effect. Read more.

💣️ FBI Director Kash Patel is handing over documents about the January 6 pipe bombs left outside the Democrat and Republican headquarters, which had been withheld from Congress by the previous head of the agency under Biden. Read more.

🎥 Border Czar Tom Homan calmly munches on an apple as a leftist mob freaks out around him. Watch.

🎥 Whoa. VA Sec. Doug Collins calls out a lying reporter right to her face. Watch.

🎥 Donald Trump jokes with the Irish Prime Minister about Rosie O'Donell's more to Ireland. Watch.

🎥 Trans guy points a gun in a street preacher's face. Watch.

🎥 LOL Trump gets distracted by JD Vance's shamrock socks. Watch.

🎥 TikTokers respond to the Breakfast Club radio show making fun of cancer survivor DJ Daniel. Watch.

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