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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🚢 US forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. President Trump announced the seizure of a large Venezuelan tanker, with video showing FBI, Homeland Security, Coast Guard, and War Department teams seizing the ship, which was allegedly being used to move sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. | 📈 Minnesota Somalis have sky-high welfare use. Census data reveals 81 percent of Somali-headed households in Minnesota use welfare, compared to 21 percent of native-born households. The figure rises to 89 percent for Somali families with children. | 📱 Trump proposal would vet visitors' social media. The Trump administration proposed requiring foreign visitors on the Visa Waiver Program to disclose five years of social media history. Border Patrol said the rule aligns with Trump's executive order on protecting the US from foreign terrorists and security threats. | 🏫 Study finds lockdowns unequivocally harmed children. A California study found school closures increased spending on children's mental health treatments, as kids were 43 percent less likely to need care after reopening. A co-author said these concerns were dismissed as hyperpartisan during the pandemic. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Scott Bessent's accusation against Democratic governors | | Insiders behind the paywall: Scott Bessent, Rand Paul, Anthony Fauci, Andrew Kolvet, and John Phelan. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | "The View" reduces Somalia–Norway differences to race | |
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| | | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | President Trump officially launched the Trump Gold Card immigration program. A deeply divided Federal Reserve approved a quarter-point rate cut. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced legislation to withdraw the US from NATO. The Health Department confirmed the FDA is investigating deaths "across multiple age groups" potentially linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. The most clicked link in our last newsletter was extremists attacking European nativity scenes and Christmas markets.
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| | | INSIDER EXCLUSIVE | MAHA and the EPA clash over pesticides | The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) coalition now finds itself at odds with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin over deregulation…. | Read Now → |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Why Republicans orchestrated a Jasmine Crockett Senate run | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) orchestrated a months-long campaign to push Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) into Texas's 2026 Senate race. |
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| _FACTS AND INSIGHTS_ | | | Exclusive analysis and uncensored facts behind the paywall: How the NRSC pushed Crockett into the race, how Texas Republicans and President Trump are responding, and how this echoes the Democrats' 2022 strategy. |
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| | | _JOIN THE DISCUSSION_ | Do you think Crockett's candidacy helps Republicans? | |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame Jasmine Crockett's Senate run | | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Washington Post, Politico, UnHerd, and The Washington Examiner. |
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| _THE DAILY DEBATE_ | 📊 Do you think the GOP boosting progressive Democrats is risky?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. | |
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| POLLS RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Should states be allowed to designate foreign terrorist organizations independently of the federal government? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (1,356)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (215)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (123) | 👍 Yes: "The federal government is too slow to react to more localized problems, even when the same problem is occurring in multiple states." — John 👎 No: "This only creates chaos." — Thomas 🤔 Unsure: "While I agree with the designation of CAIR by Florida, I can see liberal states putting similar designations on legitimate conservative groups." — Mary | | | | 1,694 votes |
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| _POP QUIZ_ | What did Rep. Thomas Massie's new legislation propose? | |
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