Happy Friday, Wake Up Right fam! Exactly one year ago today, Donald Trump was convicted of a bogus crime in a biased New York City court — the first time a former president had ever been convicted.

Democrats wanted him in a prison cell. Instead, he woke up this morning in the White House. 🇺🇸 

• 🎤 Trump pardons rapper NBA YoungBoy

• 🤖 36% hide AI use at work for 'secret advantage'

• 🏠️ Median age of homebuyers: 56, was 31 in 1981

• 📉 Trump approval avg: 47.7% approve, 49.8% disapprove

• 💟 Former NYPD commish during 911 Bernie Kerik has died

^{Sources: Daily Wire, Axios, Unusual Whales, RCP, The National Pulse}

Trump State Department revokes Chinese student visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students as the Trump administration turns up the heat on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The details: Rubio says the revocations will focus on students “with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields” like engineering, physics, and biotech.

• The State Department will also freeze all new student visa interviews while it rewrites its entry rules.

Why? The U.S. says Chinese nationals have repeatedly engaged in espionage, from infiltrating labs to stealing military secrets. Some recent examples include:

• Yanqing Ye: The Boston University student and alleged Chinese military officer was accused of spying on U.S. scientists.

• Chaoqun Ji: Was convicted for gathering information on defense contractors while at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Zoom out: Roughly 275,000 Chinese students currently study in the U.S.

What is China saying? Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning called the move "unjustified" and said "exposes the U.S. hypocrisy over freedom and openness."

Real talk from G: Wanna know how many Americans study at Chinese universities? 800. Meanwhile, we are educating hundreds of thousands of Chinese who go back home to serve our number one geopolitical enemy. Good on Trump and Rubio.

[Source: Daily Wire, The National Pulse]

John Deere is investing in America’s future

For nearly 200 years, John Deere has been investing in American workers, factories, and communities with:

• 👨‍🏭 30,000 employees

• 🏭️ 60 factories and offices

• 🇺🇸 16 states

The next step: They're investing $20 billion in America over the next ten years.

MSNBC ratings bomb in May

MSNBC’s ratings are circling the drain, despite efforts from the rabidly anti-Trump network to revamp its lineup.

The numbers: MSNBC could not break the 1 million viewer mark in May, averaging just 887,000 primetime viewers — down 24% year-over-year. In the key 25-54 age demo, the network drew just 73,000 viewers — a 34% drop.

• Tacky Psaki: Former Biden White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's new 'The Briefing' bombed, averaging less than 1 million viewers and less than 50,000 in the key demo by late May.

• No Joy: 'The Weeknight,' MSNBC's new panel show [pictured above], which airs at 7 PM, averaged just 772,000 viewers — which is somehow less than the abysmal 955,000 ratings fired host Joy Reid was garnering in the same spot.

For perspective: Fox News viewership surged to 2.46 million primetime viewers — up 23% from 2024. And 262,000 in the 25-54 demo — up 32%.

• The Five averaged 3.77 million

• Jesse Watters Primetime averaged 3.24 million

• Gutfeld! averaged 2.92 million

Zoom out: MSNBC is struggling to find its way after Rachel Maddow cut her five-day schedule to just one show a week. Maddow’s show averaged 1.89 million viewers before cutting back.

CNN is still trash [In case you were wondering]: The left-wing network continued to struggle in May, averaging just 426,000 primetime — down 18% from 2024.

[Source: Daily Mail, Red State]

✅ BIG WIN: A federal appeals court reinstated President Trump’s reciprocal “Liberation Day” tariffs after a lower court blocked them. Read more.

📼 FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced the forthcoming release of video footage showing Jeffrey Epstein was alone in his jail cell before his death in 2019. Read more.

✅ The Trump administration released its new Merit Hiring Plan, which prioritizes merit over race or gender, replacing decades of DEI-focused hiring policies. Read more.

📚️ San Francisco plans to tackle declining student grades by lowering performance criteria in public schools and "grading for equity." Read more.

👩‍⚖️ A federal judge appointed by Obama blocked the Trump administration from pausing student visa applications for Harvard. Read more.

⏳️ President Trump has given Vladimir Putin a two-week deadline to prove he’s serious about ending the Ukraine war. Read more.

👍️ Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. will begin revoking visas held by certain Chinese nationals. Read more.

🎟️ The DOJ charged six people, including a federal employee named Arlasa Davis, with more than $66 million in food stamp fraud. Read more.

🧊 A 16-year-old illegal alien who received probation after killing a young woman in a high-speed crash in Colorado, was nabbed by ICE agents. Read more.

🎥 Megyn Kelly responds to Beyonce using her clip to play the victim. Watch.

🎥 LOL Doocy: Does Trump wish he became a judge instead of President? Watch.

🎥 Former Delta Force op recounts daring hostage rescue. Watch. Wow.

🎥 Highlight of Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary wrecking CNN panelists. Watch.

🎥 The internet is LOLing at how small FBI Director Kash Patel looks in this massive chair. Watch.

🎥 Steve Bannon fact-checks MSNBC lies on Trump "mass incarceration." Watch.

🎥 A massive glacier collapses and buries a Swiss village. Watch.

🎥 Press Sec. Leavitt stops a reporter in her tracks. Watch.

🎥 ICE conducts a massive bust of illegals on a construction site. Watch.

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