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• 🤡 AOC plans to run for President or Senate in 2028

• 📊 51% say Trump's D.C. crime policies are a success

• 📈 Trump approval avg: 46.3% approve, 51.2% disapprove

^{Sources: Axios, Rasmussen, RCP}

Explained: The U.S.-U.K. Tech Prosperity Deal

President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled a sweeping $350 billion agreement meant to strengthen the "special relationship" between the two nations across advanced technology and science.

The details: The “Tech Prosperity Deal” seeks to accomplish two goals: strengthen American tech leadership abroad and strengthen ties to one of its closest allies.

• 🧰 Jobs & energy: Starmer said the deal would create 15,000 British jobs and fund 12 advanced nuclear reactors to power both nations. Trump said it will deliver $50 billion in U.S. economic value, add 2,500 U.S. jobs, and power 1.5 million homes.

• 📶 Sectors targeted: The agreement focuses on AI, quantum computing, fusion energy, 6G, and civil nuclear technology.

• 💾 Big tech backing: Companies like Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, and Salesforce pledged to support the projects.

Some specifics:

• 🤖 A new U.S.-U.K. flagship program will use AI for biotechnology and precision medicine, focusing on cancer and chronic disease.

• 💻️ A joint task force will set interoperable standards across quantum hardware, software, and algorithms.

• ☢️ Regulators also pledge faster licensing for nuclear reactor designs and site approval.

Zoom out: The U.S. and U.K. already shared $340 billion in trade in 2024.

Geopolitics: This deal specifically aims to help the U.K. "achieve full independence from Russian nuclear fuel by the end of 2028." President Trump recognizes that as countries like China and Russia forge stronger alliances against the West, it's crucial for the U.S. to strengthen its ties with allies like the U.K.

[Source: Fox Business, White House]

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The real reason ABC canned Jimmy Kimmel

Despite the whining from the left, Disney’s suspension of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ wasn’t about caving to Trump-world pressure. It was about protecting ABC’s business – affiliates, advertisers, and viewers.

Back up: This week, Disney put the far-left late-night host on ice after his distasteful remarks about the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk sparked outrage.

First, let’s look at…

What the left is saying: Former President Obama summed up the left’s attack in a post on X, writing:

• “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.”

• This is, of course, incredibly hypocritical coming from the party that used the government to shut down conservatives – including Trump – on social media.

Now, back to reality…

What it’s really about: In short, Disney didn’t think Jimmy was worth the trouble.

• Customer revolt: ABC affiliates Nexstar, Sinclair, and dozens of other stations threatened to pull the show after the backlash. At one point, 66 of 200 stations said they wouldn’t air it. Advertisers also began calling Disney directly to complain.

• The numbers: Ratings were already sliding: Kimmel averaged just 1.1M viewers in August, down 43% from January. The key 18–49 demo coveted by advertisers fell to just 129,000 viewers — less than half June’s peak.

• Dead weight: Kimmel's 1.1 million viewers pales in comparison to competitors like Fox News' Gutfeld! who pulled 2.8 million in August.

Jimmy wouldn’t play ball: Disney urged Kimmel to "take down the temperature," but instead, he planned to "fan the flames" in his next episode.

• Disney CEO Bob Iger reportedly decided not to let him back on TV and suspended him as a "last resort."

Are there other motives? Disney is reportedly looking to buy NFL streaming assets like NFL Network and NFL Redzone – a move that could face antitrust roadblocks from the Trump administration. It’s also been reported that Nextstar is eyeing a multibillion-dollar acquisition of rival Tenga and would need the Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission to sign off on the deal. They may be sacrificing Kimmel and his low ratings to smooth their pathways to a deal.

Back up: During the Biden regime, Disney sacrificed conservative actors like Roseanne Barr and ‘The Mandalorian’ actress Gina Carano to appease the party in power.

Big picture: If Jimmy Kimmel was worth fighting for, Disney would have.

[Source: NY Post, The Hollywood Reporter]

🤝 President Trump and U.K. PM Kier Starmer signed a $350 billion "Tech Prosperity Deal" centered on artificial intelligence and nuclear power. Read more.

🤮 The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk played a pornographic online game called 'Furry Shades of Gay' and followed artists who drew explicit cartoons associated with pedophilia. Read more.

🧠 Joe Biden had difficulty remembering names and dates, and often required extra meetings to make decisions in the final years of his presidency, his former chief of staff Jeff Zients admitted to Congress. Read more.

🇫🇷 Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte will present photographic and scientific evidence to prove she is a woman in her defamation suit against Candace Owens, who claims she is a man. Read more.

🆘 An illegal alien from Honduras was charged with murder for intentionally ramming into a 16-year-old girl who denied his sexual advances. Watch.

🎟️ The FTC filed a blockbuster lawsuit accusing Ticketmaster of profiting from steep fees and ignoring rampant bot-driven ticket resales, leaving millions of customers stuck with inflated costs. Read more.

🏛️ President Trump petitioned the Supreme Court to let him remove Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook, testing presidential authority over the central bank’s powerful interest-rate setting body. Read more.

🇦🇫 President Trump says he’s trying to get the former U.S. Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan "back" from the Taliban after Biden gave it up. Read more.

🥦 Scientists have found plastic nanoparticles in the edible parts of vegetables for the first time. Read more.

🎥 Rep. Jazzy Crocket proves she's even dumber than we think. Watch.

🎥 Rep. MTG fact-checks Jazzy Crockett. Watch.

🎥 Rep. Rashida Tlaib screams like a lunatic at Rep. Byron Donalds. Watch. This woman has zero impulse control and a low IQ… Bad combo.

🎥 The White House's beautiful tribute to Charlie Kirk. Watch.

🎥 Local kids restore a Charlie Kirk memorial vandalized by POS leftists. Watch.

🎥 Ilhan Omar calls Charlie Kirk a "hateful man" after his assassination. Watch. Trump’s response is spot on. Watch.

🎥 Trump: Charlie Kirk could have been president. Watch.

🎥 Gutfeld on the left's sympathy for the Kirk shooter. Watch.

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