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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🔫 Gunfire was exchanged at the southern border. A gunshot fired from Mexico toward American Border Patrol agents in Fronton, Texas, prompted US authorities to return fire, according to law enforcement officials. The attack is suspected to be cartel retaliation for President Trump's recent border crackdown, though no agents were injured. | 🏙️ House Oversight Committee targets sanctuary city mayors. The mayors of Boston, Chicago, Denver, and New York City have been summoned to testify before the House Oversight Committee on February 11 regarding their sanctuary city policies. Chairman James Comer (R-KY) accused these cities of obstructing ICE operations and shielding dangerous criminals, calling their policies an "abject failure to comply with federal law." | 🚨 Trump reverses policies to protect women in federal prisons. President Trump issued an executive order mandating that biological sex, not gender identity, determine inmate housing in federal prisons, reversing Biden-era policies. The decision affects roughly 1,500 male prisoners identifying as women, who currently make up 15 percent of the "female" federal prison population. | ⚖️ Trump DOJ moves to end the weaponization of the FACE Act. The Department of Justice issued a memo to halt the "weaponization" of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, dismissing three ongoing cases. The FACE Act, originally designed to protect access to abortion clinics, pro-life pregnancy centers, and churches, has disproportionately targeted pro-life advocates, with 97 percent of prosecutions since its inception aimed at them. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | The Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary by a 68-29 vote. Do you have thinning hair? This home remedy may be worth a try–it could even start working over the next week or two.* ICE made nearly 1,200 arrests on Sunday, far outpacing the average under President Biden. Non-governmental organizations are distributing "Defeat Donald Trump" flyers outside New York City migrant shelters, giving migrants information on escaping ICE. Google announced it would change the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" in its maps app. The most clicked link in our last newsletter was The New Yorker's magazine cover in the event of a Kamala Harris victory.
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| *Indicates content from our sponsors | | | MY THOUGHTS | Beware of the AI elite | Good morning. Elon Musk used to be close friends with Google co-founder Sergey Brin. That friendship ended when Musk discovered Brin's vision of the future: a world where humanity is replaced by technology — pure anti-humanism. That idea terrified Musk, prompting him to dedicate himself to saving humanity. | It also inspired him to co-found OpenAI with Sam Altman. The idea was to build AI transparently, ensuring it served humanity rather than working against it. But as we know now, Altman took OpenAI private, made billions from it, and envisions a future where much of humanity is replaced. | Altman's reputation as the most ambitious man in Silicon Valley, with an uncanny skill for "accumulating power," fits perfectly with this trajectory. | Now, other billionaires like Larry Ellison — a Trump ally advocating for massive AI investments like the Stargate initiative — are pushing for AI-powered systems that keep citizens in line through constant surveillance. | The takeaway? Beware of the AI billionaires. Their visions for the future might not include us. | |
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| | | TODAY'S FEATURED STORY | Sweeping policy changes seek to give the military new life | | What's happening: A wave of new executive orders from President Trump and recently minted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are sweeping in, aiming to reshape and improve the US military. | Rolling back Biden: These latest actions target policies implemented during the Biden-Harris administration, focusing on eliminating what Hegseth calls "woke ideologies" that affect military cohesion, preparedness, and recruitment.
| The new orders: Donald Trump signed into law a ban on transgender-identifying individuals from military service, a roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) provisions in the Pentagon, and a reinstatement of 8,000 troops dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine with full back pay and rank. Hegseth also insisted on pursuing an Iron Dome for America — a campaign promise of Trump. | | Hegseth's agenda: "Our job is lethality and preparedness and warfighting," announced Hegseth on the steps of the Defense Department. He also referred to "Fort Bragg" and "Fort Benning," which were renamed in 2023 to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore, respectively, as part of a Biden-era initiative to remove Confederate names from American military installations. | Deep State retaliation: Some within the federal bureaucracy, in this case, the Air Force, retaliated against Hegseth and his anti-DEI policies by attempting to ban teaching about the Tuskegee Airmen to undermine him — though Hegseth quickly reversed their actions.
| Hard truths: Under President Biden, recruitment numbers hit their lowest levels since 1940, a trend Hegseth and Trump attribute to the "woke assault" on the armed forces and policies that made the military unappealing to young men. | Why it matters: These policies represent a fundamental shift in how the military operates, with a renewed emphasis on warfighting capability and national security. Trump's and Hegseth's reversal of Biden-Harris policies are intended to better deter threats from America's adversaries — though only if the federal bureaucracy complies. | | 360 Media View | | From the left: The progressive magazine The Nation aggressively went after Hegseth, claiming that his goal is fire racial minorities and women "to deter any officer from calling for greater diversity in the officer corps." | | | 🔒 360 Media View: Members-Only | See how different media outlets across the spectrum are framing this story. | |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 What do you think is the best new military change?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Which of the newly declassified docs do you think will be the most revealing? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy (567)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⚖️ Robert F. Kennedy (44)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🎤 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (163)
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⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (34) | 🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy: "I was in grade 4 when JFK was assassinated. I still recall the shock we all felt. Our school closed and sent us all home for the day. Very sad day indeed." — Angie ⚖️ Robert F. Kennedy: "The assassination of RFK, while investigated, has not received the scrutiny JFK's assassination received." — T.W. 🎤 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: "I think the King assassination is the one that has been studied the least." — B.D. 🤔 Unsure: "There is probably a lot more about RFK and MLK than JFK, which is contrary to what most people would think." — Elizabeth 💬 Other: "I'm sure most of the damning evidence will have long since been altered!" — Chase | | | | 917 votes |
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