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🇨🇺 FBI rescued a kidnapped boy taken to Cuba for sex change surgery. The FBI rescued a ten-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his transgender-identifying father and his father's partner and taken to Cuba for sex change surgery without the mother's knowledge. Investigators found evidence of an elaborate, multicountry kidnapping plot, including $10,000 in cash, instructions from a “gender-affirming” therapist, and plans to empty bank accounts. Both adults are now in federal custody. |
🛒 "Microlooting” is progressives’ favorite new trend. A New York Times Opinion podcast featured guests, including socialist streamer Hasan Piker, defending shoplifting from corporations as a moral protest, with writer Jia Tolentino admitting to stealing from Whole Foods "on several occasions." They argue that because large companies use self-checkout machines and “steal” from employees with low wages, it is morally acceptable to steal from stores. |
🏛️ Speaker Johnson faces "hell week" as Republicans defy Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is struggling to wrangle votes on three contentious measures: FISA reauthorization, the farm bill, and Senate-passed funding for ICE and Border Patrol. Conservatives are demanding warrant requirements for FISA and a more ambitious reconciliation package, setting up a headache for Johnson as he attempts to wrangle together the slim GOP majority. |
🗽 Mamdani to veto a school-protest buffer-zone bill. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will reject legislation that would have created protest restrictions around educational institutions, explicitly citing the need to protect anti-ICE and pro-Palestine demonstrations. Jewish groups, including the ADL, condemned the veto as "a profound failure" to prioritize safety amid concern over rising anti-Jewish violence. |
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CORRECTION |
We had a big blunder yesterday. In our quick note about the assassination attempt on Trump, we wrote that it happened at the White House. It actually happened at the Washington Hilton hotel. That was a clumsy error, and we regret it.
In the next week, I’m bringing on another editor to ensure this newsletter is more reliable, more readable, and more worthy of your trust. Our goal is to write the best newsletter available. We’re always striving for that. Thank you especially to our paid readers — your support is what lets us keep improving the product, build the team, and do this the right way. |
— Ariel |
Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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WORLD NEWS |
Iran’s president stifles US negotiations |
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Behind the paywall: Trump on removing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, new political opposition for Benjamin Netanyahu, and a deadly weekend for Ukraine and Russia. |
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HOAX TRACKER |
The View host makes outrageous claim on the cost of the Iran war |
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INSIDER EXCLUSIVE |
IRGC hardliners take control in Iran |
With Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei absent from public view — and possibly even dead — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has consolidated control over the country's wartime government… |
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THE MAIN STORY |
Leftist attempts a third Trump assassination |
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_WHAT’S HAPPENING_ |
A gunman opened fire Saturday night at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, injuring a Secret Service agent and triggering the evacuation of President Donald Trump, Cabinet members, and lawmakers… |
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_IN THIS ARTICLE, WE COVER:_ |
Who the shooter is and his prestigious background What he said in his manifesto and who he was targeting The conspiracies he believes — and how they’re similar to mainstream media talking points His left-wing associations and troubling history And how this assassination attempt represents failure on multiple fronts
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What do you find most troubling about this assassination attempt? |
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EDITOR’S NOTE |
When they try to tear it down… |
Which assassination attempt on the President is this? It's a sad time when you're not even sure if it's the third or fourth. (It's the third.) |
This isn't normal. But political violence is becoming normal, and a philosophy that rationalizes it has been creeping into the mainstream. I'm pointing to everyone who supported the killing of the healthcare CEO, who cheered on the assassination of our friend Charlie Kirk, who helped thrust figures like Nick Fuentes and Hasan Piker into the zeitgeist. |
Still, for some reason, we were chosen to live through these radical times. And like all radical movements, this one seeks to displace what we seek to conserve — our tradition. So if they're going to tear it down, the minimum we should do is embrace it. Proudly. |
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TODAY’S DEBATE |
📊 What is the most alarming aspect of the attempted assassination?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. |
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POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY |
Which do you prefer to lead Iran? |
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🕌 The Ayatollahs (16)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🪖 The IRGC (23)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🤷♂️ Doesn't make a difference (386)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (90) |
🪖 The IRGC: “With IRGC in charge, Iran is no longer is Iran a theocracy … Harder to overthrow but easier to contain.” — Mike 🤷♂️ Doesn't make a difference: “Neither of them are suitable leaders. That's like asking if one prefers Hitler or the SS to lead Germany.” — Chris 🤔 Unsure: “Both the Ayatollahas and the IRGC have proven themselves to be intractable. Neither are going to lead Iran into reasonable governance.” — Weldon |
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POP QUIZ |
Which piece of legislation is the House NOT currently considering? |
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