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| | | | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🇪🇺 European leaders hosted a summit for Zelensky, pledged support. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to support and defend a peace deal for Ukraine, including sending them 5,000 additional air defense missiles. In addition to a peace deal, Starmer called for European allies to increase their defense spending — a sign that Trump's message for peace has won out over perpetually funding the war. | 🤝 Zelensky agrees to sign mineral deal after White House meeting fallout. Following the tense Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Vice President Vance, Ukrainian President Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine is "ready to sign the minerals agreement," marking the first step toward security guarantees. Zelensky reiterated Ukraine's need for peace and stronger security assurances, while Trump expressed doubts about Zelensky's readiness for peace with US involvement. | 📉 Illegal border crossings drop to their lowest in 25 years. In February 2025, Border Patrol apprehended only about 8,450 migrants at the southern US border, marking the lowest monthly total since at least 2000. This decline follows strict border enforcement measures under President Trump, including military support and expedited deportations. | 🔎 Homeland Security is seeking IRS records for 700,000 migrants. The Trump administration has pushed the IRS for the addresses of illegal migrants, but the tax agency has reportedly refused, citing privacy law concerns. This request is part of the Trump administration's effort to enlist the IRS in deportation operations as they attempt to fully mobilize the federal government for mass illegal migration. |
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| | | | Know what the power players are saying | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Donald Trump, Pete Hegeth, Elon Musk, Mike Lee, Keir Starmer, Josh Hammer, and Volodymyr Zelensky. |
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| | | | The media's latest lie | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The media's false claims over Trump and Vance pre-planning an attack on Zelensky. |
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| | | MY THOUGHTS | Trump and Zelensky are worlds apart | Good morning. According to The New York Times, last Friday's White House fiasco was just more proof that Trump wants to turn Russia into an ally. But that ignores what Trump has been saying from the beginning, since 2022: "I want peace." | There are countless geopolitical problems America needs to address, and the Ukraine-Russia war has been stuck in a bloody stalemate, with casualties rising on both sides. Trump wants to broker peace and move on. Zelensky wants to keep fighting — with America's help and funding. Meanwhile, Putin isn't putting up the same resistance to negotiations. | It's fine to see Zelensky's determination as heroic, but this fundamental difference in leadership goals is what led to the outburst in Washington — not, as the media claims, some secret desire by Trump to befriend Putin. | |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Bernie Sanders is succeeding while Democrats flounder | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | With the Democrats having lost control of both Congress and the White House, the party has found itself rudderless and with a record-low approval rating. Democrats' latest attempt to pick up steam was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' new nickname for Trump — "Captain Chaos" — which was mocked ruthlessly from both sides of the aisle. | One individual, however, has been seeing massive success in spreading his message against the Trump administration: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). | | _THE FACTS_ | → Sen. Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist, has been touring the country for the past few months, campaigning against "oligarchy." He has taken his message to places like Omaha, Nebraska, and Iowa City, Iowa. | → Most recently, he announced he would tour Republican-held congressional districts in Wisconsin, which will host an election next month to decide who controls the state's top court. | → Sanders' viewership often reaches six figures, and a recent video of his resonated with nearly 3 million people. | → The left's claims that the United States is an oligarchy gained new energy when former President Joe Biden, in his farewell address, claimed "an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead." | → While Biden immediately left the political stage, Sanders has taken the baton and run with it, highlighting cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). | → Sanders has critiqued the imagery of the Trump administration as the president surrounds himself with billionaires like Musk, Howard Lutnick, and Linda McMahon. | → He has also highlighted the Trump administration's plans to lock in the 2017 tax cuts, which Sanders portrays as more favorable to the rich than to the working class. | → The Vermonter is campaigning with individuals affected by Musk's cuts, such as former park rangers. | → Sanders has taken to the airwaves in a series of to-the-camera videos and national interviews, such as one last month with CNN's Anderson Cooper, where he critiqued Musk's cuts to USAID, calling them unconstitutional. | _INSIGHTS_ | While Donald Trump was able to capture the Republican Party in a grassroots, populist tide, the much more powerful Democratic establishment successfully blocked Sanders from the nomination twice. Although he is gaining massive attention around the country, at 83, Sanders is older than former President Biden and will not be able to lead his movement into the future. His natural successor, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), may not have the same appeal nationwide, nor the approval of party insiders. | The Trump administration and MAGA movement should take note of Sanders' success. President Trump has sought to refashion the GOP into a worker's party; he selected the labor-friendly Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor, reached out to unions like the International Longshoreman's Association, and gained support from the Teamsters. But if Trump allows Musk to continue his sometimes unfocused cuts, they could open a path for Sanders and his acolytes to resonate with enough Americans to reject the current administration. | |
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| | | | How left and right outlets frame the Trump-Zelensky meeting | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Guardian, The New York Times, Breitbart, and The Daily Wire. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Do you believe Trump is prioritizing billionaires over working Americans?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Do you think Republicans' budget cuts are too risky? | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (122)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (1,163)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (196)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (14) | 👍 Yes: "They are firing people way too fast in way too many areas. What will the result be for the functioning of the government?" — Cindy 👎 No: "Cut it. Then repair any problems that arise." — Bonny 🤔 Unsure: "There may be some risk involved, but it's long past time someone took the ax to the budget. Bottom line: we're spending more than we make and that's just not sustainable. " — Anonymous 💬 Other: "Less chainsaw, more carving knife please." — Kyle | | | | 1,495 votes |
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