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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🇺🇸 Marc Fogel is back home after Trump negotiated a deal. After his 2021 arrest for possessing medically prescribed marijuana, Fogel has been released from Russian detention through a deal brokered by the Trump administration and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who flew directly to Moscow for negotiations. After being left out of the Biden-Harris administration's 2024 prisoner swap, Fogel is now being released as part of a prisoner exchange, though it is unclear of yet who Russia is receiving. | 🇺🇦 Trump demanded $500 billion in rare earths from Ukraine. President Trump demanded $500 billion worth of Ukraine's rare earth minerals as compensation for US aid in its fight against Russia. Trump emphasized that the US cannot continue funding Ukraine without receiving something in return, with Ukraine's vast mineral resources seen as a key bargaining chip. | 🏫 DOGE eliminated $900 million from the Department of Education. Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slashed nearly $900 million from the Education Department's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), eliminating 169 contracts in total. These cuts sparked outrage from education advocates who warn it could harm students' progress, though Musk's team defended the move as a necessary reallocation of funds. | ✂️ Trump cut the federal workforce with a new executive order. President Trump signed an executive order directing agencies to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to significantly reduce the federal workforce. The order mandates that agencies hire "no more than one employee for every four employees" who are terminated, with exceptions for public safety and law enforcement. |
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| | | WHAT POWER PLAYERS ARE SAYING | 🔒 This section is for members only | See important takes and insights from the voices influencing our politics. | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Dan Bongino, Glenn Beck, David Sacks, Tom Cotton, Kash Patel, JD Vance, Elon Musk, and Pete Hegseth. |
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| | | THE LATEST MEDIA SPINS | 🔒 This section is for members only | See the media's latest spins and political half-truths. | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Washington Post and Trump supposedly attacking religious liberty. |
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| | | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | President Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), five years after commuting his 14-year sentence for political corruption. Fight winter joint pain with NativePath Antarctic Krill Oil! Packed with powerful omega-3s, this soft gel reduces inflammation and improves circulation, keeping you active and comfortable. For a limited time, get 66% off, free shipping, and a free gift! FEMA fired four employees who went around leadership to approve payments for illegal migrant housing in a New York hotel. And just yesterday, President Trump called to terminate the agency. Threats of Chinese espionage against the US escalated over the past four years, according to a "threat snapshot" conducted by the House Committee on Homeland Security. Ari was interviewed by Aiden Buzzetti about the state of the media following the 2024 election.
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| | | MY THOUGHTS | Did Musk kill cancel culture? | Good morning. Young, precocious 20-somethings at DOGE are living the anti-establishment dream, gutting the federal government. One of them — a brilliant former engineer at SpaceX and X — was quickly dismissed after old, inflammatory tweets resurfaced. Some were likely jokes, but they were undeniably illiberal statements: "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity" and "Normalize Indian hate." | Then, Musk brought him back. | The online discourse was clear: if Musk caved, he'd be giving his opposition more power. Firing the engineer wasn't about condemning his words — it was about submitting to a power structure Musk fundamentally opposes. So, he rehired him. | Musk wasn't endorsing the statements. He was rejecting cancel culture. | And maybe — just maybe — he killed it. | |
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| | | CORRECTION | In last Thursday's featured story, we mistakenly reported that President Trump wouldn't allow Palestinians back into Gaza, though he did not actually say this at the time. Then again, there has been no formal communication of a plan from the administration. It's just Trump speaking. And what he says and thinks often changes. | Corrections are included in newsletters for transparency. |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | The looming conflict between the Trump administration and the judiciary | | What's happening: The Trump administration has been dealt a series of legal defeats regarding the president's flurry of executive orders. However, some in the administration may be laying the groundwork to ignore the federal courts' rulings. | Catch up: Judges have temporarily blocked several key Trump actions, such as eliminating birthright citizenship, freezing federal funds, transferring transgender-identifying men out of women's prisons, blocking the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to Treasury Department data, and more.
| Defiance: Vice President JD Vance has been reposting remarks from individuals like Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermule, Yale Law Professor Jed Rubendeld, and conservative columnist and lawyer Kurt Schlichter, all of whom support Vance's view that federal court rulings are "illegal" when they interfere with "the executive's legitimate power." | Musk goes further: DOGE leader Elon Musk exclaimed that Judge Paul Engelmayer is "a corrupt judge protecting corruption," adding, "He needs to be impeached NOW!" Engelmayer blocked DOGE from gaining access to Treasury Department data. Unitary executive theory: The pushback comes from the fact that many conservatives subscribe to the "unitary executive theory," which holds that the president has full control over the executive branch — meaning he can hire, fire, and command executive branch officials at will.
| A Constitutional crisis? Many in the media believe that if the Trump administration starts ignoring court orders or defying the judiciary, it will create a constitutional crisis that challenges the separation of powers and the fundamental checks and balances in the US government. | However, as conservatives like Vice President Vance and CNN panelist Scott Jennings assert, the constitutional crisis has already arrived — but it's the federal judges who have created it by overstepping — not the Trump administration.
| Why it matters: Vance and Musk sounding off on the legality of the courts' decisions might just be setting the groundwork for the administration — and future presidents — to ignore certain rulings. Although they throw the blame back at the judiciary, defying the federal courts could have far-reaching consequences for the balance of power in the federal government. | |
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| | | BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame the Trump administration and judiciary tension | 🔒 This section is for members only | | Mentioned behind the paywall: NBC News, The New York Times, Breitbart, and The Daily Caller. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Do you think Trump should ignore the federal courts and proceed with his executive orders?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Do you think Hamas will release the hostages by Trump's Saturday deadline? | 🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (292)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (568)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (144)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (Comment) (6) | 👍 Yes: "Without Trump's influence, the current ceasefire would not exist. Hamas takes Trump seriously." — Em 👎 No: "They want war and they will do anything to accomplish it." — S.J. 👎 No: "Terrorists can't be trusted with anything." — G.N.S. 🤔 Unsure: "I can't help but wonder if there are any hostages still alive." — Anonymous | | | | 1,010 votes |
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