| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🎤 Bad Bunny's halftime show sparks backlash. The Super Bowl halftime performance by Bad Bunny, conducted almost entirely in Spanish, ended with him spiking a football, reading "Together, We Are America" after listing Latin American countries. President Trump described it as "an affront to the Greatness of America" and "a slap in the face to our Country." | 🎓 Pete Hegseth cuts ties with Harvard. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the War Department will cut ties with Harvard for active-duty service members starting in 2026–27, despite noting the school's long military tradition. He slammed his own alma mater as "woke" and accused the university of harboring "hate-America activism," partnering with the Chinese Communist Party, and celebrating Hamas while attacking Jews. | 🕵️ Tulsi Gabbard denied wrongdoing over whistleblower complaint. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rejected accusations that she slow-walked a highly classified whistleblower complaint filed against her last May, which accused her of wrongdoing, from being sent to Congress. Gabbard said she never had possession of the complaint, which remained with the intelligence community and the inspectors general. | 💰 Nancy Guthrie ransom note demands $6 million in Bitcoin. Multiple ransom notes have been sent to media outlets demanding $6 million in Bitcoin for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, who was kidnapped last week. The Guthrie family has agreed to pay the ransom as the FBI searches for a suspect. |
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| | | CORRECTION | In our Redshift newsletter, we reported that President Trump posted a brief clip depicting the Obamas as apes; but the longer video actually portrayed multiple Democrats, including Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, AOC, and others as various animals, and Trump as a lion — in a broader "Lion Sleeps Tonight" meme. You can read more on this in our "Hoax Tracker" section. | Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | The biggest stories underreported on the left and right | | | Behind the paywall: Four major stories that were overlooked by both left and right news outlets. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | Trump posts a supposedly racist meme | President Trump was accused of sharing a racist video of the Obamas depicted as apes. But the brief clip appears to have auto-played at the end of a screen recording of an election-fraud video Trump actually shared, indicating it was an unrelated reel rather than content he deliberately selected. The full clip shows multiple Democratic figures portrayed as animals, with Trump later depicted as a lion, being the "king of the jungle," rather than a video focused solely on the Obamas. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Democrats flip another deep red seat | |
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| | | INSIDER EXCLUSIVE | Dan Bongino returns with a bang | Dan Bongino returned to podcasting on Monday after stepping down as FBI deputy director last month… | Read Now → | This article was in our members-only Redshift newsletter, released every Sunday. |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Republicans push sweeping election integrity bill | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | House Republicans are moving ahead with a vote on the SAVE America Act, a voting integrity bill that would require proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to vote in federal elections. |
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| _THE FACTS AND OUR TAKE_ | The original SAVE Act passed the House last year with all Republicans and four Democrats voting in favor. Republicans see the SAVE America Act as a way to force Democrats into an uncomfortable political position of having to defend noncitizens voting…
| | Behind the paywall: Why Republicans are forcing a vote on sweeping voter ID and citizenship requirements, how the bill is designed to put Democrats on defense, and how it relates to an ongoing filibuster fight. Plus, our thoughts on the story. |
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| | | Is it a smart political play for Republicans to push the SAVE America Act through? | |
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| | | WORLD NEWS | Japanese conservatives sweep into power | | Behind the paywall: High-level British resignations, Israel's Olympic team targeted, and Prime Minister Netanyahu's DC visit. |
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| | | EDITOR'S NOTE | Bad Bunny sends a clear message | The worst part of my Super Bowl experience wasn't even watching my beloved Patriots get humiliated by the Seahawks. It was Bad Bunny sending an unmistakable message to America that it's his country now, not ours. | The world-famous pop star spoke not a single word of English. Nada. Zilch. The performers and dancers played out something like a Puerto Rican street scene, spotlighting farmers, utility workers, and convenience store owners — perhaps those he views as overwhelmingly targeted by ICE. | The end of the performance saw him lead a caravan of people holding the flags of Central and South American countries as they marched down the field — straight at the viewer — toward the end zone, where Bad Bunny spiked a football that read, "Together, We Are America." | To Mr. Bunny, America is not people of many backgrounds coalescing under the American banner. It's his people marching in and overtaking. It was a shocking scene that played out at America's biggest event of the year, and a reminder of what Americans — those who want to unite under a single common culture — are up against. | | Submit your question here. Request topics to cover here. |
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| TODAY'S DEBATE | 📊 Should proof of citizenship and photo ID be required to vote in federal elections?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. | |
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| POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Where do you prefer to see Dan Bongino? | 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🚔 FBI deputy director (120)
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🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (142) | 🚔 FBI deputy director: "I'd rather have him actually fixing the FBI rather than just talking about fixing things." — Tracy 🎙️ Podcast host: "He has far more influence behind a mic." — Steve | | | | 1,139 votes |
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