Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! This morning, I walked down the driveway to grab the newspaper [A local newspaper. I don’t pay for mainstream media slop], and the cool air hit me as leaves crunched below my feet, and it finally sunk in: Fall has arrived.

Hope you’re enjoying the fall vibes this morning, however you prefer – maybe a pumpkin spice latte or a warm apple cider donut. Me? I’m just thrilled it’s hoodie season again.

• 🤡 70% of Dems want amnesty for illegal aliens

• 🍎 On this day in 2001, Apple released the iPod

• ⏹️ 67% support ending gov subsidies for big business

• 🎦 OnlyFans paid $25 billion to creators since 2016

^{Sources: Ramussen, Britannica, Rasmussen, Bloomberg}

Trump tightens the screws on Putin

The U.S. imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies Wednesday – as President Donald Trump seeks to pressure the Kremlin into a peace deal.

The details: The Treasury Department sanctioned Rosneft Oil Company and Lukoil OAO, along with dozens of subsidiaries, under Executive Order 14024. The move blocks access to U.S. financial systems and prohibits U.S. entities from doing business with them.

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the penalties respond to “Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process.”

Zoom out: The sanctions come days after a planned summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was scrapped amid stalled negotiations.

U.S. allies are the key: Bessent warned U.S. allies to “join us or risk secondary sanctions.” So far, the European Union and the United Kingdom have rolled out matching sanctions packages.

• China is the largest purchaser of Russian energy. Behind them are India, Turkey, and the EU. Trump is exerting strong pressure on India – including through tariffs – to break its dependence on Russian energy, but it has not budged.

Back up: The war in Ukraine has been going on since February 2022.

Battlefield influence? The National Pulse reports:

• “Russia may be stalling because it believes it is close to a significant military breakthrough in a war that has been stalemated for months, with reports indicating that Ukraine may be on the verge of retreating from the lynchpin fortress city of Pokrovsk, in the hotly contested Donbass (Donbas) region.

Real talk from G: Remember that everything Trump does is a negotiation. This doesn’t mean peace talks are done. He’s tightening the screws.

[Source: The National Pulse, Daily Wire]

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LA teacher tells people to shoot ICE officers

When I first started this newsletter, there used to be a ‘Donkey of the Day’ section. If that were still around today, this fool would be today’s winner.

A Los Angeles high school teacher and anti-ICE activist is under fire after appearing to endorse shooting federal immigration agents – just hours after a shooting involving ICE officers and an illegal immigrant.

The details: Ron Gochez, a teacher at Maya Angelou Community High School in Los Angeles made the remarks during a press conference Tuesday criticizing the Trump administrations use of ICE raids to arrest criminal illegal aliens.

What did he say? Gochez warned that ICE agents “are not the only ones with guns in this city,” and added that “people have every right to defend themselves against masked, unidentified gunmen.”

Back up: His comments came shortly after an ICE operation in South L.A. where an illegal alien from Mexico rammed federal vehicles before being shot by agents. A ricochet bullet also struck a U.S. Marshal.

City pushback: Local officials and parents have condemned the remarks as “reckless,” prompting the Los Angeles Unified School District to review the incident.

Big picture: This rhetoric is the dangerous new norm that we’ve come to expect from the left. Gochez’s words are going to get his people killed.

[Source: The Post Millennial]

🗺️ Republicans in North Carolina passed a new Trump-backed district map that could give the GOP an additional House seat in the 2026 midterms. Read more.

🇷🇺 The Trump administration imposed new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies – citing its "lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine." Read more.

🏀 Trail Blazers coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with an FBI sports betting probe. Read more.

💉 The man who stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska to death on a Charlotte light rail train has been indicted on federal charges that could make him eligible for the death penalty. Read more.

✅ Trump's economic policies have put the U.S. on track to narrow its deficit through a mix of spending cuts and tariff revenue. Read more.

👜 ICE raided unauthorized sidewalk vendors on Canal Street in NYC, arresting nine illegal aliens with criminal records. Read more.

🦃 Walmart’s annual Thanksgiving meal basket will cost less than $4 per person this year – the lowest price since it launched the program in 2022. Read more.

💸 The DNC is still paying off the debt from Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign, forking over another $1.6 million last month. Read more.

😨 The DNC is pumping another six figures into the New Jersey governor's race over fears that Republican Jack Ciatterelli could upset Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the blue state. Read more.

🇸🇪 A Swedish court ruled that an African refugee convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl will not be deported after his prison sentence because the “duration” of the rape was not long enough. Read more.

🥤 Coca-Cola began rolling out soda made with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup after urging from President Trump. Read more. 

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🎥 Democrat admits families "are going to suffer" due to the Democrat government shutdown. Watch.

🎥 Trump warns "thug" president of Colombia to watch his mouth. Watch.

🎥 Bada$$: Secretary of War experiences U.S. air maneuvers firsthand. Dept. of War drops clip of Sec. of War Pete Hegseth experiencing U.S. air maneuvers. Watch. You think Lloyd Austin would do this?

🎥 Mark Cuban surprisingly praises TrumpRX. Watch.

🎥 Obama’s hideous library vs. Trump’s White House ballroom. Watch.

🎥 Ron DeSantis destroys Zobo Mamdani. Watch.

🎥 One of the hags on The View says she has to protect her son from "racist" White neighbors. Watch.

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