Good morning, Wake Up Right fam, and welcome to Day 2 of the Democrat shutdown!

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• ✡️ Wishing the Jewish fam a blessed Yom Kippur

• 📊 2026 Generic Midterm Ballot: 47% GOP, 41% Dems

• 💟 Conservationist Jane Goodall has died at 91

• 📈 S&P 500 hits new record high above 6,700

• 💰️ Elon Musk became the first person with $500 billion

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FBI cuts ties with woke ADL

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the bureau is cutting ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) – following reporting of an ADL database that branded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and other conservative groups as “extremist.”

Back up: The FBI first established its partnership with the ADL under the crooked former FBI Director, James Comey.

The details: Patel said the former director "disgraced the FBI” and accused him of using the ADL’s characterization of conservative groups as "extreme" as a pretext to spy on Americans.

The glossary: The ADL maintained a "Glossary of Extremism and Hate" which was more than 1,000 entries long and listed entities and phrases like Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA and "America First" while excluding left-wing groups like Antifa.

Damage control: After Elon Musk and GOP lawmakers spotlighted the glossary on social media, backlash forced the ADL to backpedal – retiring it and dismissing many entries as “outdated.”

Zoom out: The Department of Justice recently indicted Comey for making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding while testifying about the now disproven Trump-Russia “collusion” hoax.

Real talk from G: The ADL is just one cog in a broader left-wing machine – enabling and mobilizing radicals by branding conservatives as “extreme” or “hateful” and fueling the surge of left-wing violence this year.

[Source: The Post Millennial, Fox News]

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Immigration fraud in Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district

Federal agents uncovered rampant immigration fraud in Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Minneapolis district – with nearly half of the cases flagged for sham marriages, visa scams, and forged documents.

The details: Operation Twin Shield was a nine-day operation involving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), ICE, and the FBI, investigating over 1,000 cases across more than 900 homes. Evidence of fraud or security risks were found in 44% of cases. Offenses included:

• marriage fraud

• visa overstays

• claims of employment at fake businesses

• forged death certificates

• abose of H-1B and F-1 visas

For example: In one case, a Kenyan man faked his wife’s death to remarry in the U.S. – even though she was alive in Minneapolis with five kids.

Zoom out: The Twin Cities are home to more than 82,000 Somali immigrants, represented by Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is herself accused of marrying her own brother so he could receive U.S. citizenship. She has called the accusations “false and ridiculous.”

What they’re saying: USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow says: “Immigration fraud undermines the integrity of our lawful immigration system, harms those who follow the law, and poses risks to national security and public safety.

More fraudsters: Last month, eight people in or around Omar’s district in Minnesota were charged with massive Medicaid fraud, totalling $8.4 million in stolen funds. All eight appear to be of Somali or West African origin.

What happens next? Edlow warned: “This is the first of many. Any city should be prepared to be the site for an operation of this magnitude.”

[Source: NY Post, Fox News]

❎ Senate Democrats killed a vote to reopen the government on Wednesday, defeating the bill 55-45. Read more.

🪫 The Trump administration has announced it will cancel $8 billion in green agenda projects across 16 states in light of the ongoing government shutdown. Read more. Good! Cut a new left-wing program every day the government is shut down.

🆘 At least two victims have died and three others are in a serious condition after a car and knife attack outside a synagogue in the U.K. on Yom Kippur. Read more.

🚽 CNN and MSNBC continue to lag in primetime ratings. From Sept. 15–21, CNN averaged 570K viewers, MSNBC 854K – while Fox News drew 2.67M, more than double their combined audience. Read more.

🛒 Walmart announced it will no longer use synthetic dyes in its private-label food products as of January 2027. Read more.

💘 Barron Trump recently took a date to Trump Tower and had an entire floor shut down for the meet-up. Read more.

🏛️ The Supreme Court will allow Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to remain on the board until it considers President Trump’s request for her removal in January. Read more.

🚔️ NBC’s crime drama ‘Law & Order: SVU’ portrayed ICE officers as villains who invade ongoing court proceedings, are seen arresting New York Police officers, and are accused of protecting rapists. Read more. My wife and I watch reruns on Hulu. The old episodes are great. The stuff after 2010 is woke trash.

🇮🇱 President Trump reportedly gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum over the weekend: accept his peace deal with Arab nations or have the U.S. "walk away" from Israel. Read more.

🎥 Joe Rogan endorses Pete Hegseth's military cleanup. Watch.

🎥 Wow. Chris Cuomo put a leftist YouTuber in his place for pushing lies about Charlie Kirk. Watch.

🎥 Dems are furious at Rep. Shri Thanedar for admitting Democrats shut down the government. Watch. Also… this dudes hair and painted-on eyebrows. Wtf?

🎥 Human Events reporter Katie Daviscourt was assaulted by ANTIFA and left with a black eye. Watch.

🎥 Check out Zohran Mamdani join the hags on The View. This guy is a scripted demon hiding behind a fake smile and false sincerity. Watch.

🎥 CNN confronts Chuck Schumer with his own words over past government shutdowns. Watch.

🎥 LOL: C-SPAN caller cracks up over Trump's meme featuring AI video of Democrats. Watch.

🎥 TikToker loves watching Trump deploy troops to "radical leftist violent hellholes." Watch.

🎥 Border Czar Tom Homan gets emotional talking about Charlie Kirk. Watch. I love this guy. He’s on my Mount Rushmore of MAGA.

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