Good morning, Wake Up Right fam! A recent U.S. study found that declining birth rates are overwhelmingly on the progressive left, averaging 1.8 children compared to 2.7 for people on the right.

The study found that “the left’s lack of concern over falling birth rates is likely to be pushing societies in a more conservative direction.” Sounds good to me! 👍️ 

• ✅ Trump has slashed 10% of the federal workforce

• 💰️ Trump tariff revenues hit record $31B in August

• 🇺🇸 The Treaty of Paris was signed on this day in 1783

• 🚜 40% of U.S. farmland is owned by farmers over 65

• 🔵 Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler will step down in 2026

^{Sources: Partnership for Public Service, The National Pulse, History, USA Today, Daily Caller}

Rocket City

President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command will move its headquarters from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama – reversing a Biden-era decision that blocked the relocation.

The details: Speaking in the Oval Office surrounded by cabinet members and lawmakers, Trump announced Space Command’s move to Huntsville, saying it would “forever to be known from this point forward as ‘Rocket City.’”

The numbers: Trump noted the move will result in over 30,000 jobs for the state, and Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville noted that the relocation would save taxpayers $480 million.

Zoom out: Huntsville is home to the Redstone Arsenal U.S. Army base and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which already makes it a space and defense hub.

Back up: Trump first ordered the move during his first term after a lengthy Air Force review recommended the site. However, Biden reversed Trump’s order in 2023 after his military leaders claimed a relocation could “jeopardize readiness.”

The politics: Securing Space Command HQ is a major economic prize for its host state. Notably, Colorado is a blue state and Alabama is a red state.

• Trump quipped at the signing: "We love Alabama. I only won it by about 47 points. I don’t think that influenced my decision, though, right?”

Context: Space Command was established in 1985 to oversee U.S. military missions in space. In 2019, President Trump folded it into his newly created Space Force, focusing on satellites, missile defense, and space security.

[Source: The Post Millennial, NY Post]

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U.S. destroys Venezuelan drug vessel, killing eleven

President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces struck and destroyed a Tren de Aragua (TdA) vessel in the southern Caribbean, killing nearly a dozen narco-terrorists moving drugs toward the U.S.

The details: In a Truth Social post, Trump said the strike occurred “on my orders” in international waters within U.S. Southern Command’s jurisdiction and “resulted in 11 terrorists killed.” No American troops were harmed.

• Trump shared the news alongside a video of the vessel being taken out.

The target: TdA, designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by Trump earlier this year, is tied to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and linked to mass murder, sex trafficking, and drug smuggling across the Americas.

Maduro: Attorney General Pam Bondi said: “Maduro uses foreign terrorist organizations… to bring deadly drugs and violence into our country. To date, the DEA has seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates, with nearly seven tons linked to Maduro himself.”

• Last month, the U.S. doubled its bounty for information leading to Maduro's arrest – from $25 million to $50 million.

The numbers: Roughly 80,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2024.

Zoom out: In recent weeks, the U.S. Navy has deployed warships to the waters near Venezuela as part of Trump's mission to counter drug trafficking. Maduro, fearing a U.S. military operation against him, has deployed 15,000 troops to his border with Colombia.

Biden’s blind eye: Trump accused Joe Biden of letting TdA expand inside the U.S., saying cartels acted with “impunity” under his watch.

The last word goes to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who warned: “The President is going to be on offense against drug cartels.”

[Source: Daily Wire, Fox News]

🪫 A federal appeals court has overturned a federal district court's ruling that blocked President Trump's EPA from withholding $16 billion in climate change grants. Read more.

🤡 A Clinton-appointed federal judge ruled that President Trump illegally deployed the National Guard and Marines to LA during violent protests targeting immigration enforcement operations. Read more.

🍫 Food giant Nestlé dismissed its CEO, Laurent Freixe, after discovering he had an undisclosed relationship with a direct subordinate. Read more.

👨‍⚖️ Trump is deploying 600 military lawyers to serve temporarily as immigration judges to assist with the backlog of immigration cases. Read more.

⚧️ A trans-identifying man allegedly broke into a home in Ontario, Canada, and sexually assaulted and choked a toddler. Read more.

🇬🇧 Award-winning Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan said that he was arrested in London over posts on social media criticising transgenderism. Read more.

⚾️ President Trump will attend the New York Yankees game on Sept. 11, the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Read more.

🙏 Rudy Giuliani, former NYC mayor and Trump attorney, has been released from the hospital following a car crash that left him with fractures and a concussion. Read more.

🚨 The family of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the Russia investigation into President Donald Trump, has revealed that he has Parkinson's Disease. Read more.

💩 Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg released a woman arrested last month for threatening to murder President Trump, requiring her to wear an electronic monitor. Read more. The same judge tried to block Trump's deportations earlier this year but was overturned by the Supreme Court.

🎥 Trump addresses rumors that he was dead. Watch.

🎥 Tim Walz fantasizes about Trump dying. Watch.

🎥 Scott Jennings reacts on CNN to “piece of s***” Tim Walz. Watch.

🎥 A "knifeman" is gunned down by police after he stabbed five people in France. Watch. "Knifeman" is what they call imported terrorists in Europe.

🎥 This Polish CEO went viral for snatching a hat away from a kid at the US Open. Watch.

🎥 Chuck-E-Cheese gets arrested for credit card fraud. Watch.

🎥 Eric Trump gets rag-dolled by a sumo wrestler. Watch.

🎥 American living in London describes the Third World takeover she experienced. Watch.

🎥 Former commie NYC Mayor De Blasio can't name a single place where free buses are "proven to work." Watch.

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