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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🇺🇦 Trump paused all military aid to Ukraine. President Trump ordered a pause on all US military aid to Ukraine following the unsuccessful Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The order halts all US military equipment not yet in Ukraine, including weapons in transit by aircraft and ships or awaiting shipment in Poland, affecting up to $3.85 billion in weapons inherited from the Biden administration. This move is a drastic shift in US strategy, as Trump is pushing harder for European allies to take a greater role in Ukraine's defense. | 🚔 Guatemalan man arrested for running a major human smuggling ring in the US. Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matu, also known as "Turko," has been arrested and indicted for allegedly operating one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the US, trafficking about 20,000 illegal aliens over five years. The ring reportedly facilitated smuggling between Los Angeles and Phoenix, with some victims held hostage in stash houses and others killed in a car crash in Oklahoma. This case highlights the ongoing impact of Trump's illegal migration crackdown, leading to increased scrutiny of sanctuary cities like LA where "Turko" was living. | 💰TSMC announced $100 billion US chip investment. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) confirmed plans to expand US manufacturing over the next four years. This investment builds on the $65 billion already spent on Arizona plants since 2020, with the first of three facilities beginning production last year and two more in development. This is part of the Trump administration's goal to bring manufacturing to the US from overseas. | 🇺🇸 Honda shifts Civic production to Indiana to avoid tariffs. The automaker will manufacture its next-generation Civic hybrid in Indiana instead of Mexico, targeting an annual output of 210,000 units starting in May 2028. Honda's move is the first major response by a Japanese car company to Trump's proposed 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports. This decision signals that manufacturers are taking Trump's tariff policy seriously and adapting accordingly. |
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| | | | Know what the power players are saying | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Volodymyr Zelensky, James Lankford, JD Vance, Mark Levin, and Eugene Kontorovich. |
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| | | | The media's latest lie | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Donald Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Gallup, and Atlas Intel. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Senate Democrats blocked legislation to prevent male athletes from competing in women's and girls' sports. The Senate voted 51-45 to confirm Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. Former vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) is considering running for president in 2028. FBI New York Chief James Dennehy resigned after the DOJ accused his team of concealing thousands of Epstein-related documents.
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Trump pressure is making the cartels sweat | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | President Donald Trump came into office threatening large tariffs on Mexico if the country failed to halt illegal border crossings and fentanyl sales. This has forced Mexico to ramp up pressure on the various cartels, which have essentially run large parts of the country for decades. The result? Some cartel members told The New York Times that, for the first time in years, they are afraid of arrest. | | _THE FACTS_ | → The White House reported last month that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) blocked 21,000 pounds of fentanyl from entering the country — with almost all of it coming from Mexico. That much fentanyl is enough to kill around 4 billion people. | → In 2006, the Mexican government declared war on the cartels, which act as unofficial governing structures in much of the country. The cartels are famously vicious and have no qualms about killing children and politicians who oppose them. | → In 2024 alone, 34 Mexican politicians or candidates were killed by cartel members. | → Cartels have recently attacked and killed Americans with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). | → Last month, President Trump ordered cartels to be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, which could provide a legal basis for expanded military and intelligence operations against them. | → Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently warned Mexico that the US military would take "unilateral action" against the cartels if the government did not do more. | → The Trump administration's tariff pressure has forced Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to crack down on the cartels. Since last October, Sheinbaum's administration made 900 arrests, including two major Sinloan cartel figures last week. | → Sheinbaum's government also recently turned over high-ranking Sinloan and Juarez cartel members to the United States for prosecution. | → But the Mexican government is still refraining from taking action against certain cartels; Breitbart reported that one cartel leader is good friends with Mexico's secretary of national defense. | → President Trump's unhappiness with Mexico's progress resulted in his announcement that he will proceed with 25 percent tariffs on Mexico (and Canada) later today. | _INSIGHTS_ | Since his first term, President Trump has been consistent in his desire to see Mexico crack down on the importation of drugs into the United States. Sheinbaum's administration has clearly had some success — drug cartel members do not often openly talk about being afraid of the Mexican government — but the cartels are so interwoven into Mexican society that it is unlikely that she could make serious, long-term dents in such a short amount of time unless the pressure intensifies even further. | With the Trump administration aware that they have fewer than four years in office, it is likely that America will ratchet up the pressure on the cartels and the Mexican government beyond just tariffs. Currently, the White House is debating whether to undertake military action in Mexico itself to fight the cartels. When asked recently what he believed was the best path to breaking their drug shipments, Trump tipped his cards, telling the interviewer, "You know what the only solution is." | |
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| | | | How left and right outlets frame Trump's tariffs on Mexico and Canada. | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Guardian, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, and The Daily Wire. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Which do you think is a more important priority?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Do you believe Trump is prioritizing billionaires over working Americans? | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (41)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (993)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (38)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (7) | 👍 Yes: "Billionaires' interests will never be ignored in national policymaking decisions." — Roddi 👎 No: "The billionaires working under Trump had brilliant business success and have the best knowledge to be great in his administration." — J.G. 👎 No: "I have seen zero evidence he is prioritizing billionaires. Last time I checked, most billionaires don't typically work for tips. No tax on tips can be huge for the lower and middle class." — Emily 💬 Other: "History has shown that the prosperity of the well-to-do parallels middle-class prosperity." — Weldon | | | | 1,079 votes |
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