| | | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | ☎️ Trump pressured Bezos over Amazon's tariff label plan. President Trump was reportedly furious as he called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos after reports surfaced that the company would display tariff costs on product listings on the Amazon website. The White House denounced the idea as a "hostile and political act," though Amazon backtracked, insisting the plan was never approved. Their swift retreat shows how direct White House intervention can shape corporate decisions. | 🎓 House GOP advanced student loan repayment overhaul. House Republicans introduced a bill to reform the federal student loan system, aiming to cap undergraduate loans at $50,000 and graduate loans at $100,000. The proposal would also eliminate current repayment plans and penalize colleges for burdening students with unaffordable debt. Republicans are now championing student loan legislation after the Democrats took the lead in recent years. | ⚖️ DOJ Civil Rights Division saw a mass exodus. Hundreds of lawyers have left the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division since conservative lawyer Harmeet Dhillon took over as chief. Dhillon welcomed the departures, arguing the division had prioritized "woke ideology" over enforcing federal civil rights laws. The shakeup potentially signals a sharp pivot back to the division's original mandate and away from partisan litigation. | 🚗 Trump offered automakers relief from steep tariffs. The administration announced it will reimburse automakers up to 15 percent of tariffs paid on foreign auto parts used in US-assembled cars, dropping to 10 percent next year. The original tariff rate was 25 percent, prompting warnings from manufacturers about potential economic fallout. This move buys time for automakers to shift supply chains into the US. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Stephen Miller blasting a Democrat for "inciting violence" | | Insiders behind the paywall: Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, and Howard Lutnick. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Iraqi authorities arrested an ISIS terrorist accused of inciting the New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 and injured dozens more. Harvard University rebranded its DEI office as "Community and Campus Life" to protect it from public scrutiny. House Republicans proposed charging asylum seekers $1,000, with higher fees for sponsors and work permits, aiming to deter fraudulent claims and fund border enforcement. A new study found that nearly 11 percent of women who took the mifepristone abortion pill experienced serious complications, far exceeding the FDA's reported rate.
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Green revolution cripples Spain's power grid | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | Spain and Portugal experienced widespread power outages on Monday, plunging tens of millions into darkness after the power grid suddenly failed. The unprecedented outage paralyzed transportation systems, shut down digital payment networks, and knocked out communications across the Iberian Peninsula. | Just six days earlier, Spain celebrated operating entirely on renewable energy during a weekday for the first time. But their over-reliance on volatile renewables was likely a key factor in making their power grid vulnerable to complete collapse. | | _THE FACTS_ | At the time of the blackout, around 80 percent of Spain's power grid was comprised of solar and wind energy. Portuguese grid operator Rede Eléctrica Nacional claimed the blackout was due to a "rare atmospheric phenomenon," causing the Spanish grid's electrical systems to fail. Fossil fuel energy systems can continue to function after shocks, while solar and wind energy sources lack this resilience. Spain has aggressively expanded its renewable energy capacity, with solar installations doubling between 2023 and 2025. The country has shut down more than half of its coal-fired power plants since 2020 and plans to phase out nuclear power by 2035. The blackout affected critical infrastructure, including hospitals — which switched to emergency generators — while thousands were trapped in elevators and subway tunnels. Over 500 flights were disrupted at Spanish and Portuguese airports, with air traffic control systems operating on backup power. Spain's renewable energy plan aims to generate 80 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030.
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame Spain's blackout | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Bloomberg, Politico, Just The News, and The Washington Free Beacon. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 Regarding energy, the US should:Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | What do you suspect cost Canada's Conservatives the election? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🇺🇸 Trump's Annexation Threats (423)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💸 Trump's Tariffs (209)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 📉 Poor Candidates/Poilievre (233)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (107)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (85) | 🇺🇸 Trump's Annexation Threats: "Canadians are Canadian on purpose… even conservative Canadians don't want to become a part of the USA." — Nathan 🇺🇸 Trump's Annexation Threats: "As a Canadian, I can tell you, this was absolutely unthinkable to Canadians. It has me very frustrated to this day!"— M.H. 📉 Poor Candidates/Poilievre: "…he couldn't cut it, but, of course, it's all Trump's fault." — Boris 💬 Other: "The media's framing." — Anonymous 💬 Other: "Election fraud or just a lot of unwise Canadians. Remember, California voters had a chance to recall Governor Newsom and failed." — Jordan | | | | 1,057 votes |
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