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Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! How about a fun history fact?
On this day in 1754, the first blood of the French and Indian War was spilled in southwestern Pennsylvania. A Virginia militia killed 10 French soldiers, including the commander, Coulon de Jumonville.
That Virginia militia was under the authority of a 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel named... George Washington. 🇺🇸
🛢 Oil prices sank to $89/barrel, down from $107
🏀 Trump plans to attend a Knicks NBA Finals game
🦆 DuckDuckGo app jumps 30% after Google pushes AI search
🚘 On this day in 1937, Volkswagen was founded by the Nazis
The left loses it over Jaxson Dart introducing Trump
Giants QB Jaxson Dart politely introduced President Donald Trump at a New York rally – and the sports media class melted down while a who's who of NFL legends rushed to back him up.
The details: Dart introduced Trump at a "Fighting For American Workers" event in Suffern, New York last weekend, calling it "an honor" and "a privilege" to introduce the 45th and 47th president. He didn't endorse policy. He didn't campaign. He said Trumps’ name into a microphone. This set off a firestorm.
A who’s who of left-wing losers took to the airwaves to try and cancel the young QB:
🤡 Joy Behar (The View): "For somebody to back a guy like Trump… when [Dart's] on a team that's 55%-60% of the NFL, that much percentage of black people – that is just the definition of stupidity and racist in my opinion." She added that Dart "needs a little extra padding" – implying Black players might target him on the field.
🤡 Dan Le Batard (ultra-woke former ESPN host) said: "He deserves to be made uncomfortable if he's going to support this particular presidency during a deeply uncomfortable time."
🤡 Abdul Carter (Jaxson's teammate) posted on social media: "Thought this s—t was AI, what we doing man," before saying he spoke to his QB and they cleared the air.
🤡 Jemele Hill (ultra-woke former ESPN host) said: "This was an unforced error by Jaxson Dart. Donald Trump is historically unpopular. You are the quarterback of the New York Giants. What was the point?" She also defended Carter, citing his identity as Black and Muslim as justification for publicly attacking a teammate.
The cavalry arrives: Former NFL legends stepped in to defend the young QB.
🏈 Brett Favre (Hall of Fame QB) co-signed a tweet reading "In a world of Megan Rapinoes, be a Jaxson Dart" with one word: "Agreed."
🏈 Boomer Esiason (MVP QB and Radio host) said: "This was a real error on the part of Abdul Carter, not on the part of Jaxson Dart. Jaxson Dart was asked to introduce the President of the United States. How many people get an opportunity to do something like that, regardless of who the president is?"
🏈 Tiki Barber (Giants all-time rushing leader): Told people offended by the decision to “Get over it.”
Zoom out: The same people complaining today yawned when NBA players hugged Barack Obama at All-Star Weekend. The rule is simple: Democrat support is principled. Republican support is a moral failing requiring "consequences."
The last word goes to OutKick’s Clay Travis, who summed it up perfectly: "Dart introduced Trump on his own time. He didn't campaign for him, endorse him, or advocate for any policy position. The introduction was not partisan. It was patriotic.
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Space Race 2.0 heats up
NASA unveiled three new Moon missions that are planned to launch by the end of 2026 – all part of a sprint to build a permanent American outpost called "Moon Base" before China can stake its own claim.
The details: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman laid out the plan this week at NASA headquarters. Each of the three missions will use a commercial lander to drop cargo, science gear, and rovers near the lunar south pole — the same region where astronauts will eventually land.
🌒 Moon Base I: Launches no earlier than fall 2026. Blue Origin's lander will drop science gear near the Moon's south pole to scout future landing sites.
🌓 Moon Base II: Launches later this year. Astrobotic's lander will deliver over 1,100 pounds of cargo, including a rover to test how vehicles handle the lunar surface.
🌔 Moon Base III: Intuitive Machines' Nova-C Trinity lander will carry NASA's science payload – plus instruments from European and Korean partners – to study mysterious bright swirls on the Moon's surface.
Quote: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responded to the news on X, writing: "This will be awesome!!"
The numbers: NASA also rolled out the contracts to make it all real.
Astrolab and Lunar Outpost won $219 million and $220 million, respectively, to build the first crewed lunar rovers, due by 2028.
Blue Origin landed a $188 million contract – with an option period worth $280.4 million – to deliver those rovers to the surface.
The scope: Phase 1 of Moon Base alone calls for 25 launches, 21 landings, and roughly four metric tons of cargo delivered to the Moon.
Backup: President Donald Trump signed his "Ensuring American Space Superiority" executive order in December, directing NASA to land astronauts by 2028 and build a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
Geopolitics: This push comes as China openly targets its own crewed Moon landing by 2030. Whoever gets there first sets the rules for resource extraction, base placement, and the south pole's prized water-ice reserves.
The last word goes to President Trump, who in his 2025 executive order said: "We will lead humanity back to the moon, and the United States will be the first nation to land an astronaut on Mars."
👏 The Trump administration is giving NATO freeloaders a wakeup call, with plans to reduce the number of strategic bombers and warships it provides to the Europeans for security. Read more.
✈ The Department of Homeland Security is drawing up plans to suspend international flights into “sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Read more.
🚨 The California State Assembly passed a controversial piece of legislation dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” which effectively criminalizes journalists who try to uncover immigration fraud. Read more.
👽 A whistleblower has accused the CIA of attempting to use sites like 23andMe and Ancestry.com to uncover people with extraterrestrial DNA in their makeup. Read more.
🎗️ Former Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed she's been quietly battling thyroid cancer since shortly after leaving DOJ in April. Read more.
🩺 Jill Biden told CBS she thought her husband was "having a stroke" during the 2024 debate against Trump – two years after she stood next to him at the after-party praising him for "answering every question." Read more.
🤡 Alabama Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was suspended for making racial remarks about a white court clerk and postponing hearings for hospital patients so she could walk her dogs. Read more. We have a big judicial problem in the U.S.
🦖 Sotheby’s will auction “Gus,” a 67-million-year-old T. rex found in South Dakota, with estimates of $20 million to $30 million — the highest ever for a dinosaur fossil. Read more.
🇪🇸 Spain’s anticorruption police raided the ruling Socialist Party’s Madrid headquarters Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez amid a widening corruption storm involving key allies. Read more.
🆘 The US Border Patrol caught six special interest Chinese illegals trying to sneak into the country undercover while dressed in camouflage. Read more.
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🎥 AOC wears a hijab at an Islamic event in NYC. Watch.
🎥 NY Gov. Hochul tries to insult Trump's claim he's a longtime Knicks fan... She blows the punch line. Watch. Spoiler: The Knicks didn’t win a championship in 1993. They last won in the 1970s.
🎥 Conservative female comedian: The truth about liberal feminist girlbosses. Watch.
🎥 DHS Sec. Mullin on ICE detainee hunger strike: If you want your ethic food, go back to your country! Watch.
🎥 Joe Rogan highlights the epidemic of transgender school shooters. Watch.
🎥 Cop pulls over woman for using phone with her right hand... Turns out her right hand is amputated. Watch. He still gives her a ticket. I think at this point, even if she was using the left hand… You gotta take the L, bro.
🎥 Trump and his cabinet give Tulsi Gabbard a round of applause before she leaves to care for her cancer-stricken husband. Watch.
