Welcome back, Wake Up Right fam! I had to take an unexpected day off on Friday, so please pardon my absence. But we’re back at it with a lot of ground to cover, so top off your coffee and settle in. We’ve got some narratives to bust and corruption to expose!

• 🇺🇸 85% are proud to be an American, 7% are not

• ✅ 67% approve of GOP deal that ended the shutdowm

• 🏠️ Median first-time homebuyer today: 40, in 1991: 28

• 📉 Trump approval avg: 42.4% approve, 54.7% disapprove

^{Sources: Napolitan, Rasmussen, NY Times, RCP}

Trump’s Epstein offensive

President Trump is going on offense, calling for a House vote to release every Epstein Files and ordering his Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the late pedophile’s ties to top Democrats.

Democrat ties to Epstein: Trump said Friday he’s directing Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ, and the FBI to launch a full review into Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and other Democratic-aligned figures. In his post, he wrote:

• “Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his “Island.” Stay tuned!!!”

Full disclosure: On Sunday night, Trump urged House Republicans to “vote to release the Epstein files,” saying the GOP has “nothing to hide.”

• Good point: In his post, he refuted the left’s attempts to tie him to Epstein’s crimes, saying, “If the Democrats had anything [tying him to Epstein], they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory.”

Zoom out: Trump’s push comes as Democrats attempt to weaponize selective email leaks against him. As an example:

• Last week, House Democrats released an email between Epstein and Trump-hating author Michael Wolff – but they redacted the name of one victim, the late Virginia Giuffre, who has repeatedly said Trump “couldn’t have been friendlier” and was never inappropriate.

What’s next? House GOP leaders are aiming for a Tuesday vote on a bill to force the release of the full Epstein files to the public.

Real talk from G: I’m confident these files don’t touch Trump — and he’s right: if there were anything damaging, it would’ve leaked in 2020 or 2024. That said, he misread the room earlier this year when he tried to move on without releasing the Epstein files. Voters weren’t having it. The good news? He’s clearly listening now.

[Source: The Post Millennial, The Post Millennial]

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Bags of money and golden toilets

A massive corruption scandal has erupted inside President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle, uncovering bags of cash, gold-plated fixtures, and a $100 million kickback scheme tied to Ukraine’s energy sector.

The details: During a 15-month operation dubbed “Operation Midas,” Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) uncovered a massive bribery network inside the state nuclear company (Energoatom), which was giving kickbacks of 10–15% on contracts designed to protect power stations from Russian strikes.

• 💰️ Bags of cash & gold toilets: Investigators found duffel bags stuffed with cash and a gold-plated toilet in the apartment of Tymur Mindich, Zelensky’s longtime business associate.

• 🧺 The ringleader: NABU says Mindich ran the “laundry room” where the kickbacks were routed. He fled Ukraine hours before the raid, prompting speculation that he was tipped off.

• 🤔 Zelensky connection: Mindich lived in Zelensky’s building, and the president even celebrated his 2021 birthday in his apartment.

More of Zelensky’s inner circle: Former deputy PM Oleksiy Chernyshov – a longtime friend and ally of Zelensky – allegedly received more than $1.2 million in kickbacks. Wiretaps captured him using the codename “Che Guevara.”

What is Zelensky saying? He has demanded the resignations of Justice Minister Herman Haluschenko and Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk after evidence tied their ministries to the scheme.

The numbers: The U.S. allocated roughly $200 billion in funding for Ukraine under the Biden regime.

Zoom out: Ukraine hasn’t held a presidential election since early 2019, after Zelensky postponed them indefinitely under martial law.

On the battlefield: Over the weekend, Russia claimed its forces had advanced in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, taking over two new settlements.

The last word goes to a former Ukrainian official who spoke to Fox News under conditions of anonymity, who said: “People inside the country are already seeing this corruption, and this is just part of the corrupt swamp. Zelensky is part of the problem."

[Source: FT, Breitbart]

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