Wake Up Right - November 21, 2024

Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! This was too good not to share. Below is a real video of Trump’s new Secretary of Education (Linda McMahon) and the mayor of Knoxville, TN (Glen Jacobs, aka Kane) back when they were both part of WWE. 🤣 

If you grew up watching WWE [like me], this is awesome.

  • TK

  • 🏠️ Average age of homebuyers in 2024 was 56, all-time high

  • 💉 3.3% of kindergarteners got vaccine exemptions last year

  • 📱 68% support banning cell phones in middle/high school class

Sources: TK, National Association of Realtors, Axios, Pew

Laken Riley killer found guilty

A Georgia judge found Venezuelan illegal alien Jose Ibarra guilty on all charges in the brutal murder of nursing student Laken Riley, whose death sparked a national debate about illegal immigration.

The details: Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard delivered the guilty verdict, convicting Ibarra on all ten charges, including malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and aggravated assault with intent to rape.

  • A mountain of evidence, such as Ibarra’s DNA under her fingernails and scratches on Ibarra’s body.

  • Prosecutor Sheila Ross said: “She marked him for everyone to see.”

Back up: Riley, a nursing student, was abducted and killed while jogging near the University of Georgia campus on February 22. Investigators determined she died of blunt force trauma.

New details: Prosecutors revealed during the trial that Riley fought for her life for 18 minutes before Ibarra brutally killed her.

The sentence: Ibarra was given life in prison without the possibility of parole. Georgia has the death sentence, but radical left-wing DA Deborah Gonzalez elected not to make that an option because [brace yourselves] it would create “collateral consequences to undocumented defendants.

Open border: Immigration became a lynchpin in the 2024 election, often rated as voter’s #2 issue. Since his re-election, Donald Trump has appointed immigration hardliner Tom Homan as his ‘Border Czar’ and has suggested he plans to issue a national emergency to mobilize the U.S. military to assist with his plan for mass deportations.

The last word goes to Donald Trump, who wrote:

  • “JUSTICE FOR LAKEN RILEY! … Although the pain and heartbreak will last forever, hopefully this can help bring some peace and closure to her wonderful family who fought for Justice, and to ensure that other families don’t have to go through what they have. We love you, Laken, and our hearts will always be with you. It is time to secure our Border, and remove these criminals and thugs from our Country, so nothing like this can happen again!”

[Source: Daily Caller]

Jaguar’s woke rebrand

Jaguar was the butt of many hokes online after the iconic car brand abandoned its James Bond aesthetic and gave itself a woke, high-fashion makeover dubbed “a new era.”

The details: The luxury carmaker revealed its new look in a 30-second video posted to social media that featured several emotionless actors dressed in bright, ridiculous outfits straight out of a Wes Anderson movie.

  • The post’s caption reads, “Copy nothing.” while the video featured slogans like "create exuberant" and "delete ordinary" flash on screen.

Something missing: One thing is missing from this car commercial… Cars.

Critics were quick to call out the carmaker on social media:

  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote: “Do you sell cars?”

  • Valuetainment CEO Pat Bet-David wrote: “Copy Apple’s 1984 commercial with an LGBTQ twist.”

  • Popular X user @WarClandestine wrote: "I’m not sure you all heard, but we aren’t doing that liberal artsy bullshit anymore. Read the room."

The numbers: Jaguar’s sales have bombed over the last few years. In 2016, they sold 31,243 cars in the U.S. In 2023, they sold just 8,348 cars.

What Jaguar is saying: Their Chief Creative Officer Gerry McGovern says the brand is “making it relevant for a contemporary audience."

What is the long game? The brand teased the reveal of a new concept car at Miami’s Art Basel next month.

Real talk from G: This looks more like Ru Paul’s Drag Race than a car you’d see at a drag race. I don’t think there are enough wealthy transgender artists to make this relaunch successful.

[Source: Fox Business]

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🛢️ Donald Trump plans to revive the Keystone XL oil pipeline on his first day back in the White House. Read more.

🚻 House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that people who use restrooms in the House of Representatives must use the one that matches their biological sex. Read more.

🆘 A would-be terrorist, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, was arrested for planning to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week. Read more.

🇺🇦 The Biden-Harris regime is moving to forgive $4.7 billion in loans we gave Ukraine. Read more. I predicted this a month ago.

🤣 Ellen DeGeneres and her wife have moved to London "to get the hell out" of the U.S. after Trump's election win. Read more.

💵 California voters have turned down a proposal to raise the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour in a narrow vote. Read more.

🏝️ Kamala Harris, who's been MIA since losing to Trump, is heading to Hawaii with her husband as party leaders seethe, "it's fitting that she'd slink off to Hawaii while the party falls apart." Read more.

🚨 ICE arrested three illegal aliens in Boston, two who have been charged with child rape, and a third who raped a child in Brazil. Read more. BTW, Mass. Gov. Maura Healey just said she would not cooperate with Trump to deport illegals.

👀 Vladimir Putin is ready to discuss a ceasefire deal in Ukraine with Donald Trump, several Kremlin sources have claimed. Read more.

🚦 NY Gov. Kathy Hochul revived the "congestion pricing" tax, which will charge commuters $9 for driving through midtown NYC. Read more. She stopped the bill a few weeks before the election to help NY Dems win their elections. But it’s back.

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🎥 Go long: This was the best interview with Tulsi Gabbard I've seen yet. Marissa Streit gets the REAL TALK from our next Director of National Intelligence. WATCH! *[1hr]

🎥 EPIC! Scott Pressler calls out the Bucks County, PA Commissioner, right to his face. Watch.

🎥 California student-athletes say they don't want to compete against biological men. Watch. The future is bright!

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🔎 WOW... This is perfectly sums up the scheme between Big Pharma and Big Government. See the evidence for yourself *[1hr]

🎥 The hags on The View were forced to issue a "legal note" for their slander against Matt Gaetz. Watch. Hahahahaha!!!

🎥 Heartbreaking: Laken Riley's stepfather reads one of her final diary entries in court, addressed to her “future husband.” Watch.

🎥 Former late-night comedian Jay Leno's whole face is bruised after taking a fall. Watch.

🎥 Mike Rogers is reportedly being considered for Trump's FBI Director. Based on these video clips, I hope that's not true. Watch.

🎥 Alexis De Tocqueville accurately predicted what American tyranny would look like. Watch.

🎥 Joe Rogan unloads on the New York Times' BS "fact-check" against RFK Jr. Watch.

🎥 Throwback Thursday: One of our greatest economic minds, Milton Friedman, laid the blueprint for Elon & Vivek over 50 years ago. Watch.

🎥This is Snow White actress Rachel Zegler's "apology" for a hateful anti-Trump comment she made. Watch.

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