Welcome back, Wake Up Right fam! I’m coming at you super late today, so let’s cut the pleasantries and get right into the news! We have a lot to cover.

• 📉 Just 30% view Democrats favorably

• 🕊️ Trump hosts Netanyahu today for peace talks

• 📊 51% view J.D. Vance favorably, 43% unfavorably

• 🍂 51% say fall's arrival improves their mood, 11% say worse

^{Sources: Quinnipiac, Guardian, Rasmussen, Rasmussen}

Dems face lose-lose situation as shutdown looms

President Donald Trump will huddle with top Congressional leaders at the White House today in a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown, warning that if Democrats force a shutdown, he will use it to expedite his firing of federal workers.

The details: With government funding set to expire at the end of the day tomorrow, Trump will meet with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Democrats – House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

What Republicans want: They want a short-term 'Continuing Resolution’ (CR) that will continue to fund the government at current levels through November 21, so both sides can have more time to negotiate a full bill.

What Democrats want: They’re trying to use the occasion to squeeze more funding into ObamaCare.

Trump's cudgel: Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told federal agencies to prep Reduction in Force (RIF) notices for programs, effectively turning a short shutdown into permanent cuts.

• Programs that support the Trump agenda (border, immigration, defense) will be spared.

The numbers: A recent poll found that 38% of voters would blame Democrats for a shutdown, while 29% would blame Republicans, and 21% would blame President Trump.

Real talk from G: This is a lose-lose for Democrats. Republicans aren’t asking for anything except the status quo for another two months. If they oppose it, they will bear the brunt of the blame for a government shutdown. If they vote with Republicans, they will feel the wrath of their bloodthirsty, radical base.

[Source: Axios, The Hill, Washington Post]

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Mass shooting at church in Michigan

Several worshipers were left dead or injured after a mass shooting at a church in Michigan – the latest in a growing epidemic of attacks on Christians across the United States.

The details: The shooting took place during Sunday mass at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

• Around 10:30 AM, the shooter rammed his truck into the building where hundreds of worshipers were attending mass. He opened fire, hitting ten people; four have died.

• The church was set on fire during the rampage. It has not been confirmed how, though evidence suggests the shooter used an accelerant like gasoline.

• Police confirmed the shooter was confronted in the parking lot and shot dead.

• Improvised explosive devices were found at the scene.

What we know about the shooter: He's been identified by authorities as Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old U.S. Marine veteran who lived nearby.

• I have seen conflicting reports that he is a MAGA supporter and a MAGA hater. As of the time of this post, I have not been able to verify either claim.

Back up: This follows last month’s shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, where a transgender shooter targeted Christians.

Zoom out: Violence against Christians has surged, with 430 churches and Christian properties attacked or destroyed in 2023 — an 800% increase compared to just five years ago.

President Trump weighed in, posting on Truth Social:

• “This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America... PRAY for the victims, and their families. THIS EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY MUST END, IMMEDIATELY!”

[Source: Washington Examiner, NY Post]

❎ The FBI has fired the agents who were infamously photographed kneeling during George Floyd protests in 2020. Read more.

🗽 Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of New York City’s mayoral race in a last-ditch attempt to clear the field and stop socialist Zohran Mamdani from winning. Read more.

💊 "The weight of the evidence is starting to feel heavy to me." Tylenol privately acknowledged the likelihood of an association between its drug in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism in children seven years ago, company documents reveal. Read more.

🆘 Federal prosecutors charged Howard Rubin – a top George Soros money manager – with running a decade-long sex-trafficking operation. Read more.

🇬🇾 The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools was arrested after federal agents discovered he was in the country illegally with a deportation order — and in possession of a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash, and a hunting knife. Read more. How do they hire an illegal alien to run the school district?

👿 An HHS official assisting Secretary RFK Jr. was assaulted at the UN after being harassed and followed into a bathroom by a woman calling her a "fascist" and "Nazi.” Read more.

🏛️ The U.S. Supreme Court overruled radical left-wing judge Amir Ali, ruling the Trump administration can block nearly $5 billion in congressionally appropriated foreign funds. Read more.

🚻 A Virginia school dismissed concerns from its female students about a male peer with facial hair being allowed in their locker room — even after accusations that the boy would just stand there and watch them. Read more.

✈️ President Trump has ordered the declassification of all government records about aviator Amelia Earhart. Read more.

🇬🇧 Trump-ally Nigel Farage is in the lead to become the UK's next prime minister, as new polling shows his upstart Reform party wiping out the Labour party. Read more.

🎥 President Trump gets a warm welcome from fans at the Ryder Cup. Watch.

🎥 Disgusting: Houston family stages a Halloween display with hanging effigies of Trump supporters. Watch.

🎥 WTF... A Soros-funded Florida state attorney says a man caught masturbating in front of kids at a park is "wrong" but "not illegal." Watch.

🎥 Dad plays guitar as surgeons remove a tumor from his brain. Watch.

🎥 ICE agents clash with protesters in Chicago. Watch.

🎥 Erika Kirk reveals plans for the future of TPUSA. Watch.

🎥 CBS asks Dana White if there's too much masculinity. Watch.

🎥 Aerial footage of the Grand Blanc church on fire. Watch.

🎥 Bill Maher's monologue called out his fellow leftists. Watch.

🎥 Go long: This is sort of random, but I really enjoyed listening to Theo Von’s podcast with Pete Davidson. Watch.

🎥  Go long: I also enjoyed Tucker Carlson talking to actor Charlie Sheen about his infamous “tiger blood” breakdown. Watch.

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