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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🚨 A new report exposed the NSA's secret sex chats. Internal documents revealed that National Security Agency (NSA) employees used the agency's messaging system to engage in extremely explicit discussions about sex, polyamory, and transgender surgeries. These chat logs were an outgrowth of recent DEI initiatives from the agency, raising concerns about the professionalism and competence of its workforce. | 🍏 Apple to invest $500 billion in the US. Apple announced that it will invest $500 billion in the US over the next four years, creating 20,000 new jobs and expanding its presence in several states. This includes a new AI server facility in Houston and a significant increase in its US manufacturing fund, all aimed at countering the impact of Trump's proposed 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports. | 🚔 Texas teamed up with ICE to raid the state's largest migrant colony. Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a joint operation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Colony Ridge Subdivision near Houston. The raid, supported by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), follows ongoing concerns about criminal activity and predatory land sales within the 30,000-acre development, which has been linked to a significant population of illegals. | 🇷🇺 Russia is ready to cooperate with the US on mining rare earths. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed joint exploration of rare earth metals and aluminum production with the United States, aiming to boost economic ties between the two nations. He emphasized that Russia holds significantly more rare earth resources than Ukraine and suggested that Russian companies could supply up to 2 million tons of aluminum annually to the US. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Vivek Ramaswamy officially launched his campaign for Ohio governor. 58 percent of voters believe Donald Trump is doing a better job as president than Joe Biden. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) has an approval rating of just 6.6 percent. NYC Mayor Eric Adams (D) announced that the migrant shelter and arrival center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan will close in a few months.
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| | | CORRECTION | In yesterday's newsletter, we reported that Israeli brothers Kfir and Ariel Bibas were 2 and 5 years old when they were brutally murdered by Hamas. The forensic evidence actually showed they were just 9 months and 4 years old. | Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Trump shakes up military leadership in DEI crackdown | | What's happening | | The Trump administration, continuing its crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the military, recently took decisive action at the Pentagon by firing several senior military leaders, including Biden-appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. The administration is also pushing for mass layoffs in the civilian workforce and sweeping spending cuts. | | The facts | | → President Trump fired Gen. CQ Brown and appointed Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine, a veteran of national security roles including at the CIA, who Trump claimed helped to wipe out ISIS during his first term in office. | →The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as the top military advisor to the President, providing strategic guidance on military operations, advising on defense policy, and coordinating between the various branches of the US military. | → Gen. CQ Brown vehemently promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the Air Force, focusing on increasing minority recruitment to meet racial quotas. | → In a 2020 video, he stated his intent to "make improvements personally, professional, and institutionally, so that all Airmen … appreciate the value of diversity." | → In 2022, he discussed capping credits for the number of flight lessons or flying time for each airman candidate, essentially lowering the standards to ensure increased minority enrollment. | → Gen. CQ Brown also oversaw the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and a steep decline in military recruitment in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. | → The mainstream media and Democrats are furious over the move. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that Gen. CQ Brown's firing sends "a dangerous message to the military" because President Trump just wants loyalists. | → However, Brown's firing is part of Trump's broader military shake-up, including the firing of other high-ranking officials to ensure the military is focused purely on merit and warfighting. | | Our insights | | President Trump is making good on his promise to eliminate woke ideology from the military and the federal government more broadly. DEI detracts from the military's core mission of being an efficient and lethal fighting force, which is evident in plummeting recruitment numbers and lower admission standards. | Furthermore, China's military is growing rapidly. Its navy is the largest and most modern in the world. Their industrial base is far more expansive than that of the United States, with their shipbuilding capacity being 230 times greater. With China's expansionist ambitions, combined with the Islamist threat in the Middle East and increasingly in Europe, the US cannot afford to let DEI dominate its military. | |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Do you agree with the Trump admin.'s mass spending cuts in the military?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Do you approve of Dan Bongino's appointment as FBI Deputy Director? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (1,223)
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⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (75)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (Comment) (8) | 👍 Yes: "Let's clean house. Patel and Bongino will do it." — Phil 🤔 Unsure: "A better role might be head of Secret Service." — Tyson 💬 Other: "I would rather it be announced that the FBI will be dissolved than it gets a new deputy director." — Anonymous | | | | 1,325 votes |
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