Happy Day 1 of the Democrat shutdown, Wake Up Right fam! Yesterday, lawmakers on the left refused to vote to keep the government open – instead demanding funding for healthcare expansion that would let your tax dollars fund free medical care for illegal aliens.

In related news: It’s been revealed that when President Trump met with Democrat leaders [Schumer and Jeffries] this week, he generously presented them with Trump 2028 hats. 🤣 

• 🛑 65% of voters don't want Dems to shut down gov

• 🚗 Ford unveiled the Model T on this day in 1908

• 👩‍🍼 56% don't want gov encouraging having kids

• ⛰️ Yosemite National Park was established on this day in 1890

^{Sources: NY Times, History, Pew Research, History}

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Trump brings Big Pharma to heel

President Donald Trump rolled out his most aggressive move yet against Big Pharma – unveiling a landmark deal with Pfizer and announcing TrumpRx, a new federal platform to slash prescription costs by up to 85%.

The details: The rollout came in the Oval Office with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla at Trump’s side – along with key cabinet members like Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

• Pfizer pledged to sell Medicaid drugs at “most favored nation” prices – pegging U.S. costs to what wealthy countries like Germany and Japan pay.

• Pfizer also committed to investing $70 billion in bringing its manufacturing back to the U.S.

TrumpRX: Trump also announced TrumpRx, a new federal website that will let Americans buy prescription drugs directly from manufacturers at up to 85% discounts by cutting out the middlemen that drive up costs.

Zoom out: For decades, U.S. patients have paid the world's highest prices for prescription drugs – sometimes 3X higher than our European counterparts.

What they’re saying:

• President Trump: “This is one of the biggest things we’ll do. We’ll be reducing drug prices by 100%, 300% or more.”

• HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr: “Never has a president stood up so bravely for the American people with respect to health care.”

• Pfizer CEO Bourla: “Today we are reversing an unfair situation.”

Reality check: This deal will not affect the 2/3 of Americans who get their healthcare from private insurers. However, they already receive lower costs via co-pays.

Tariff pressure: Last week, President Trump announced we “will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America.”

Back up: In July, Trump sent letters to 17 major pharma companies, demanding price cuts. Since then, the following have announced lower-cost direct-to-consumer drugs: Pfizer, PhRMA, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Roche, Zealand Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Wisp, and AbbVie.

Pediatric cancer: Later in the day, Trump signed an executive order to provide funding and remove regulations to help unlock cures for pediatric cancer.

What's next? Trump Rx launches in early 2026.

[Source: NY Post, RSBN]

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Ending the war on warriors

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth laid out how the U.S. military is returning to “ruthless, common-sense standards” — recommitting to fitness and grooming standards.

The details: Hegseth spoke to military officials at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia yesterday about keeping standards “uniform, gender neutral, and high” and outlined new policies, which include:

• Return to a “highest male standard only” for combat roles – in other words, both genders will need to meet the highest fitness requirements. Hegseth said: “If you can’t meet the male level standard … find a new profession.”

• No more beardos: Hegseth announced new grooming standards, saying: "No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression... We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans."

• Physical Training requirements: Hegseth announced that every rank must pass fitness and weight tests twice a year and do daily "hard PT."

Throwback: Hegseth introduced a “1990 test,” demanding today’s standards match those from before diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) era reforms.

Back up: Last month, President Trump restored the Pentagon’s original name, officially rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

President Trump addresses the room: Trump attended the event and spoke for over an hour, at one point saying: "In this effort, we're a team—and so my message to you today is simple: I AM WITH YOU, I support you, and as president, I have your backs 100%.”

Big picture: President Trump and Hegseth have been determined to eliminate the DEI mindset that has festered in the Pentagon for decades and exploded under Joe Biden.

[Source: The National Pulse, Breitbart]

👨‍⚖️ A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s policy of deporting extremist foreign students, citing the First Amendment. Read more.

🇪🇺 European Union leaders will discuss a "drone wall" to protect the continent, days after unidentified unmanned aircraft forced a temporary closure of Danish airports. Read more.

🚨 The shooter at the LDS church in Michigan, who killed two, once described Mormons as "the antichrist." Read more.

👖 American Eagle CEO Jay Schottenstein brushed off criticism from the left over the brand's ad campaign with Sydney Sweeney, saying, “You can’t run from fear. We stand behind what we did.” Read more.

🧙‍♀️ Harry Potter star Emma Watson, 35, says the pressure on young people to get married by a certain age is "violence." Read more. One thing that drives me nuts is people who say everything that bothers them is “violence.”

🚙 Ford CEO Jim Farley expects demand for electric vehicles to be cut in half next month when federal tax incentives expire. Read more.

🔒️ Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge to lock Sean “Diddy” Combs up for more than 11 years when he’s sentenced on prostitution charges later this week. Read more.

🤖 OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is planning to launch an app for AI-generated videos. Read more.

🤡 The FBI raided a home in Portland linked to a suspect pointing a laser at a CBP helicopter, and the residents ended up being four illegal aliens who were detained. Read more. How stupid do you have to be…

🎥 Heart-warming: President Trump is left in awe by children cancer survivors. Watch.

🎥 Former leftist apologizes to MAGA. Watch.

🎥 Check out the latest transgender propaganda from Netflix. Watch.

🎥 Sen. Hawley confronts an ex-Biden staffer with his OWN woke words. Watch.

🎥 The U.S. has a new weapon that downed drones with a 100% success rate. Watch.

🎥 Pete Hegseth outlines new fitness standards for the military. Watch.

🎥 RFK Jr. sneezes behind Trump and hilarity ensues. Watch.

🎥 Speaker Johnson SCHOOLS hack CNN anchor lying about the Democrat shutdown. Watch.

🎥 Cartel member tells CNN that Trump is making his job difficult. Watch.

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