August 2, 2025 • 17 mins
In this episode, I’ll cover the Israel-Palestine conflict, illegal immigration-related news, tariffs and trade, interest rates, MAHA related news, the midterm election and redistricting, Congressional stock trading, and Russiagate. Of course, I’ll end with the noteworthy tidbits.
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(00:09):
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update.
In this episode, I'll cover the Israel Palestine conflict,
illegal immigration related news, tariffs and trade interest
rates, Maha related news, the midterm election and
redistricting, Congressional stock trading, and Russiagate.
Of course, I'll end with the noteworthy tidbits. the US
Senate rejected to block certainarms sales to Israel, and
(00:30):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned the Palestinian
Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization members
for their support of terrorism, denying their visas.
Rubio explained. It is in our national security
interest to impose consequences and hold the PLO and
Pennsylvania accountable for notcomplying with their commitments
and undermining the prospects for peace.
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Canada, the UK and France have all officially recognized the
State of Palestine and the WhiteHouse said that President Trump
opposes recognizing the state ofPalestine because it rewards
Hamas. President Trump called for Hamas
to surrender and release the hostages so that the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza can end.
And Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Israel Ambassador Mike
(01:10):
Huckabee traveled to Gaza to inspect the food drop offs with
the intentions of sending more. When asked about what's
happening in Gaza, President Trump said, oh, it's terrible
there. What's occurring there, it's a
terrible thing. People are very hungry. the US
gave $60 million for food. I don't see the results of part
of the problem is Hamas is taking the money, taking the
food. Let's take a hard switch to
(01:32):
illegal immigration. Related News Florida Governor
Ron De Santis called on the federal government to redo the
US Census, saying California would lose a lot of seats due to
a high illegal alien population.And the Miami Herald falsely
reported that there is no formalhurricane plan for Alligator
Alcatraz. An illegal alien was granted A
restraining order by a San Francisco judge, preventing ICE
(01:53):
from arresting him. Two weeks later, the illegal to
steal a car with a three-year old inside, among other crimes.
Footage has been released of an illegal alien kidnapping a young
girl from a Virginia mall and luckily he was caught.
ICE busted an organized crime ring targeting multiple States
and in Colorado, two people tried to ram their vehicle into
ICE agents during an immigrationoperation.
(02:15):
An ICE agent shot their firearm into the vehicle, causing the
suspects to flee and a search isunderway.
As of the time I'm writing this,one suspect has been arrested
and the other is still at large.Onto tariffs and trade.
The August 1st tariff deadline arrived and no extension was
granted. President Trump placed a 25%
tariff on India plus a penalty because, in his words, while
(02:36):
India is our friend, we have over the years done relatively
little business with them because their tariffs are far
too high, among the highest in the world, and they have the
most strenuous and obnoxious nonmonetary trade barriers of any
country. Also, they have always bought a
vast majority of their military equipment from Russia and are
Russia's largest buyer of energyalong with China at a time when
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everyone wants Russia to stop the killing in Ukraine.
All things not good. Trump met with the South Korean
trade delegation and struck a deal in which South Korea will
pay the United States $350 billion for investments owned
and controlled by the United States and selected by Trump.
South Korea will also purchase $100 billion in liquefied
natural gas or other energy products and will be open to
(03:20):
trade with the United States accepting American products,
including vehicles and agricultural products.
South Korea will be charged a 15% tariff and America will not
be charged further. Details of the trade deal will
be sorted out when the presidentof South Korea visits the White
House for a bilateral meeting. Pakistan will be working with
the United States to develop their massive oil reserves, and
(03:40):
Trump said they're in the process of choosing the oil
company that will lead this partnership.
As for Mexico, President ClaudiaSheinbaum and President Trump
agreed to continue their currentdeal in which Mexico pays a 25%
fentanyl tariff, a 25% tariff oncars, and a 50% tariff on steel,
aluminum and copper. Mexico agreed to terminate its
non tariff trade barriers and the US and Mexico will talk over
(04:02):
the next 90 days with the goal of signing a complete trade
deal. Trade deals with China and
Canada are still in the works, however, with Treasury Secretary
Scott Besant saying he and Trump's team severely pushed
back on China during their tradenegotiations, but he believes
they have the makings of a deal.President Trump said that with
Canada recognizing Palestine as an official state, it will be
hard for the United States to make a trade deal with them and
(04:23):
raised tariffs on Canada from 25percent to 35%.
Let's shift to interest rates. The second quarter GDP came in
at 3%, surpassing the expected 2.3%, and inflation is down to
2.1%. Considering these good numbers,
President Trump yet again calledfor Fed Chair Jerome Powell to
cut interest rates, but Powell left the interest rates
unchanged. Powell said that Trump's tariffs
(04:46):
are making some goods more expensive and that inflation
expectations have moved up as a result of the surveys.
Federal Governors Waller and Bowman dissented to Powell on
the board's decision, which is arare occurrence, with the last
time 2 governors dissented to such a decision being in 1993.
President Trump pointed out thatwith keeping interest rates
where they are, Powell is costing the US hundreds of
(05:07):
billions of dollars. Azoria Capital, the group suing
Powell, formally requested he released the transcript of the
interest rates meeting with CEO James Fishback, saying For the
first time in 32 years, 2 sitting members of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors publicly dissented from the
sitting Fed chair by voting against Powell and voting for an
immediate rate cut. This unprecedented dissent was
(05:28):
brushed aside by Fed Chair Powell at Wednesday's press
conference. Powell was asked directly why
two of his own board members voted against him.
He refused to answer. Housing Director Bill Pulte has
accused Jerome Powell of massivefraud following their $2.5
billion Fed renovations tour, demanding he resign immediately.
Secretary Besant said Powell's replacement is probably coming
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within a few months, with a goodlist of candidates already in
the making. Switching to news related to the
Make America Healthy movement, Health and Human Services
Director RFK Junior and the Trump administration will be re
implementing the presidential fitness test in America's
schools. Trump signed the executive order
alongside Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Bucker, WWE
(06:09):
chief content officer Triple H, former New York Giants
linebacker Lawrence Taylor and professional golfer Bryson
Dechambeau. Dechambeau will serve as
chairman and the council consists of up to 30 members
appointed by Trump, including those I just mentioned.
President Trump also said they're going to be working on
college football. It's a mess what happened?
Players are being taken from team after team and being traded
(06:31):
around like playing cards. These people behind me are going
to be very much involved in figuring that whole thing out.
Dechambeau said. We have an opportunity, it being
the 70th anniversary of the President's Council on Sports,
Fitness and Nutrition, to literally change the fabric of
kids lives. Another news item somewhat
related to the Maha movement is that President Trump sent a
letter to 17 major big pharma companies issuing a demand that
(06:55):
they lower pharmaceutical pricesby the end of September.
Trump warned. If you refuse to step up, we
will deploy every tool in our arsenal to protect American
families from continued abusive drug pricing practices.
Accordingly, I'm calling on Eli Lilly and Company and every
manufacturer doing business in our great country to take the
following actions within the next 60 days.
(07:15):
Extend the most favored nation pricing to Medicaid.
Guarantee most favored nation pricing for newly launched
drugs. Return increased revenues abroad
to American patients and taxpayers.
Provide for direct purchasing atmost favored nation pricing.
The President's team, including Secretary Kennedy and
Administrator Oz, stand ready toimplement these terms.
Americans are demanding lower drug prices and they need them
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today, moving on to the midterm election and redistricting.
Kamala Harris announced she willnot run for governor of
California this election, and Congresswoman Nancy Mace teased
a possible run for South Carolina governor.
According to Punch Bowl, the new2026 Texas U.S.
House redistricting map has beendrawn and it will add five
Republican seats just in time for midterms.
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California Governor Gavin Newsomexpressed anger about this,
saying the 2026 election is being rigged and California
won't sit back and watch this happen.
However, California does not allow the governor and
legislature to redraw districts,so Newsom plans to call a
special election this November to approve a new congressional
map adding Democrat seats. Governor DeSantis is still
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looking at redistricting Floridaand receiving much encouragement
to do so, a move that would add even more Republican seats.
Let's shift to congressional stock trading.
Nancy Pelosi came out in supportof the congressional stock
trading ban, called the Pelosi Act, which passed out of
committee. President Trump demanded an
investigation into Pelosi for insider stock trading, saying
Pelosi has the highest return ofpractically anybody in the
(08:42):
history of Wall Street, save a few, and she ought to be
investigated. Unfortunately, Senator Josh
Hawley blocked the review of Pelosi stock trading, prompting
an angry rant from President Trump.
But Hawley also called for Pelosi to be prosecuted for
insider stock trading, saying Pelosi shouldn't just be
investigated, she should be prosecuted.
And we need to make what she is doing and other members of
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Congress is doing illegal. Holly did confirm that he spoke
to President Trump after Trump'sangry rant on Truth Social.
So it sounds like they're working their issues out.
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt spoke on Pelosi, saying her
portfolio outperformed every single major hedge fund, doubled
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
She makes $174,000 per year and her net worth is 413 million.
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Congresswoman Anapolina Luna said House leadership is trying
to pressure her into not bringing a petition to pass a
ban on congressional stock trading, Saying I can tell you I
got a lot of pushback from leadership.
I received calls from other members of Congress as well
saying that what we are doing was going to hurt people.
I'm trying to do a discharge petition because Congress has
continuously messaged on this but refuses to bring a bill to
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the floor that Wood Forest members to vote.
Either put it on the ground and let us vote, or you can continue
to lie to the American people onyour position on thinking you
should defend insider trading when everyone knows it's
bipartisan and needs to stop switching to Russiagate.
FBI Director Kash Patel said they found thousands of Trump
Russia collusion hoax documents in burn bags in a secret room
(10:09):
within the Bureau, according to Fox.
And President Trump said it's time to indict Obama the
traitor, for treason. The Durham NX has been
declassified and released, exposing a Clinton campaign plan
to falsely tie President Trump to Russia in 2016.
Senator Chuck Grassley, who was instrumental in releasing the
newly declassified annex, said based on the Durham annex, the
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Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate
intelligence reports showing theClinton campaign may have been
ginning up the fake Trump Russianarrative for Clinton's
political gain, which was ultimately done through the
Steele dossier and other means. These intelligence reports and
related records, whether true orfalse, were buried for years.
History will show the Obama and Biden administration's law
(10:51):
enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against
President Trump. This political weaponization has
caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the
biggest political scandals and cover ups in American history.
The new Trump administration hasa tremendous responsibility to
the American people to fix the damage done and do so with
maximum speed and transparency. Newly declassified files show
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Hillary Clinton personally signed off on the plan to link
Trump to Russia in 2016, which kicked off a years long coup and
constituted A treasonous conspiracy against the Republic.
Director Patel announced more damaging files will soon be
released. Let's move on to the beat down
at the Cincinnati Jazz Festival.I hadn't mentioned it previously
because it wasn't political, butnow that it's been politicized,
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I'll proceed with the story. Cincinnati Council member
Victoria Park said that she's grateful for the beat down by a
black mob against white people at the Jazz Festival.
She has since deactivated her exaccount.
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno released a photo of one of the
victims with her permission, showing the gruesome aftermath.
Senator Moreno plans to freeze all federal funding from
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Cincinnati if they do not immediately restore law and
order, saying I'm giving the leaders of Cincinnati one month
to come up with a plan for them to protect civil rights for
their citizens. And if they don't do it, I'm
going to ask these agencies to suspend all federal funding
because they're not going to putup with this.
He further explained they're down to 100 police officers.
The police chief blames social media.
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The City Council person blamed the victim.
The mayor went to a misfit mayor's conference and then took
a vacation to Canada, Hasn't been back in town since then.
This is a total travesty. I'm not going to put up with it.
Ohio deserves better and Cincinnati certainly does too.
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All right, let's get back to thetidbits.
Brown University will be paying $50 million due to the crackdown
on their DEI policies. They will now ensure admissions
are merit based, will ban men from women's sports, and will
not tolerate anti-Semitism or anti Christian activity on
campus. Education Secretary Linda
McMahon said the Trump administration is forming
agreements with American universities to ensure they stop
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taking in so many Chinese Communist Party linked students,
balancing admissions to be America First.
Vasis Cyralta was confirmed as the US Marshals Service director
and Joe Kent was sworn in as thedirector of the National
Counterterrorism Center by Director of National
Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whose office he will now be
working in. Auto production in the United
States has skyrocketed to 36%. IRS Commissioner Billy Long is
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removing two top IRS officials who are Democrat holdovers and
their conduct against Republicans is being
investigated. The Trump administration has
imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandra
de Moore, who has targeted free speech against multiple people,
including Elon Musk. His assets have been frozen and
he can't do business with US entities because, as Secretary
(14:32):
Besant explained, his actions threaten US interests and the
freedoms of our citizens. President Trump signed a new law
that helps American veterans purchase and keep their homes by
creating a permanent partial claims program within the VA
Home Loan program. President Trump launched a new
plan to allow American patients to send their records from one
doctor to another electronically, even if they're
on different networks. Americans will no longer have to
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spend forever filling out forms when they go to a new Doctor.
According to The Telegraph, the Trump administration has warned
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stop threatening US
tech companies as part of his censorship efforts.
The UK's new Online Safety Act has gone so far as to restrict
what people can see on X. According to Pew Research, men
aged 18 to 29 have swung 44 points to Republican from 2023
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to 2025, and women in the same age group have switched to red
by 14 points. Starting next year, many
American seniors will be able toclaim another $6000 deduction on
top of the existing deduction, adirect result of President
Trump's policies under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
BOX is reporting that President Trump is open to meeting with
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Kim Jong Un to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea.
The construction of President Trump's personally funded
ballroom is beginning. It will be about 90,000 square
feet with the seating capacity of 650 people, a significant
increase from the 200 person capacity in the East Room.
The liberal media is reporting that President Trump lied about
ending 6 wars in his first six months in office.
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And I do believe that some of these smaller wars don't get
hurt about much. So here's the six he helped with
Thailand, Cambodia, Rwanda, Congo, India, Pakistan, Serbia,
Kosovo, Egypt, Ethiopia and Israel.
Iran Director Gabbard revealed she is trying to shut down
Operation Mockingbird within theCIA and Intel community.
It's a propaganda program that never ended.
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The Daily Beast retracted their story that attempted to link
Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
They claimed Melania was introduced to Donald via a
modeling agent connected to Epstein.
The Daily Beast apologized for any confusion or
misunderstanding. Firstly, Governor DeSantis
ordered flags be flown at half staff for Hulk Hogan's passing,
saying he was a true Floridian through and through.
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To commemorate his life and legacy, I hereby declare August
1st, 2025 as Hulk Hogan Day in Florida and direct the flags of
the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half
staff at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, FL and at all local
and state buildings, installations, and grounds
throughout Pinellas County from sunrise to sunset on Friday,
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August 1st, 2025. I personally am disappointed
that just a few days after I visited Hogan's Hangout,
DeSantis and Hogan were there together.
Hogan's passing is not only sad for Floridians, but for all the
80s and 90s kids like me that grew up watching him.
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a great day.
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update.
In this episode, I'll cover the Israel Palestine conflict,
illegal immigration related news, tariffs and trade interest
rates, Maha related news, the midterm election and
redistricting, Congressional stock trading, and Russiagate.
Of course, I'll end with the noteworthy tidbits. the US
Senate rejected to block certainarms sales to Israel, and
(00:30):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned the Palestinian
Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization members
for their support of terrorism, denying their visas.
Rubio explained. It is in our national security
interest to impose consequences and hold the PLO and
Pennsylvania accountable for notcomplying with their commitments
and undermining the prospects for peace.
(00:50):
Canada, the UK and France have all officially recognized the
State of Palestine and the WhiteHouse said that President Trump
opposes recognizing the state ofPalestine because it rewards
Hamas. President Trump called for Hamas
to surrender and release the hostages so that the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza can end.
And Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Israel Ambassador Mike
(01:10):
Huckabee traveled to Gaza to inspect the food drop offs with
the intentions of sending more. When asked about what's
happening in Gaza, President Trump said, oh, it's terrible
there. What's occurring there, it's a
terrible thing. People are very hungry. the US
gave $60 million for food. I don't see the results of part
of the problem is Hamas is taking the money, taking the
food. Let's take a hard switch to
(01:32):
illegal immigration. Related News Florida Governor
Ron De Santis called on the federal government to redo the
US Census, saying California would lose a lot of seats due to
a high illegal alien population.And the Miami Herald falsely
reported that there is no formalhurricane plan for Alligator
Alcatraz. An illegal alien was granted A
restraining order by a San Francisco judge, preventing ICE
(01:53):
from arresting him. Two weeks later, the illegal to
steal a car with a three-year old inside, among other crimes.
Footage has been released of an illegal alien kidnapping a young
girl from a Virginia mall and luckily he was caught.
ICE busted an organized crime ring targeting multiple States
and in Colorado, two people tried to ram their vehicle into
ICE agents during an immigrationoperation.
(02:15):
An ICE agent shot their firearm into the vehicle, causing the
suspects to flee and a search isunderway.
As of the time I'm writing this,one suspect has been arrested
and the other is still at large.Onto tariffs and trade.
The August 1st tariff deadline arrived and no extension was
granted. President Trump placed a 25%
tariff on India plus a penalty because, in his words, while
(02:36):
India is our friend, we have over the years done relatively
little business with them because their tariffs are far
too high, among the highest in the world, and they have the
most strenuous and obnoxious nonmonetary trade barriers of any
country. Also, they have always bought a
vast majority of their military equipment from Russia and are
Russia's largest buyer of energyalong with China at a time when
(02:57):
everyone wants Russia to stop the killing in Ukraine.
All things not good. Trump met with the South Korean
trade delegation and struck a deal in which South Korea will
pay the United States $350 billion for investments owned
and controlled by the United States and selected by Trump.
South Korea will also purchase $100 billion in liquefied
natural gas or other energy products and will be open to
(03:20):
trade with the United States accepting American products,
including vehicles and agricultural products.
South Korea will be charged a 15% tariff and America will not
be charged further. Details of the trade deal will
be sorted out when the presidentof South Korea visits the White
House for a bilateral meeting. Pakistan will be working with
the United States to develop their massive oil reserves, and
(03:40):
Trump said they're in the process of choosing the oil
company that will lead this partnership.
As for Mexico, President ClaudiaSheinbaum and President Trump
agreed to continue their currentdeal in which Mexico pays a 25%
fentanyl tariff, a 25% tariff oncars, and a 50% tariff on steel,
aluminum and copper. Mexico agreed to terminate its
non tariff trade barriers and the US and Mexico will talk over
(04:02):
the next 90 days with the goal of signing a complete trade
deal. Trade deals with China and
Canada are still in the works, however, with Treasury Secretary
Scott Besant saying he and Trump's team severely pushed
back on China during their tradenegotiations, but he believes
they have the makings of a deal.President Trump said that with
Canada recognizing Palestine as an official state, it will be
hard for the United States to make a trade deal with them and
(04:23):
raised tariffs on Canada from 25percent to 35%.
Let's shift to interest rates. The second quarter GDP came in
at 3%, surpassing the expected 2.3%, and inflation is down to
2.1%. Considering these good numbers,
President Trump yet again calledfor Fed Chair Jerome Powell to
cut interest rates, but Powell left the interest rates
unchanged. Powell said that Trump's tariffs
(04:46):
are making some goods more expensive and that inflation
expectations have moved up as a result of the surveys.
Federal Governors Waller and Bowman dissented to Powell on
the board's decision, which is arare occurrence, with the last
time 2 governors dissented to such a decision being in 1993.
President Trump pointed out thatwith keeping interest rates
where they are, Powell is costing the US hundreds of
(05:07):
billions of dollars. Azoria Capital, the group suing
Powell, formally requested he released the transcript of the
interest rates meeting with CEO James Fishback, saying For the
first time in 32 years, 2 sitting members of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors publicly dissented from the
sitting Fed chair by voting against Powell and voting for an
immediate rate cut. This unprecedented dissent was
(05:28):
brushed aside by Fed Chair Powell at Wednesday's press
conference. Powell was asked directly why
two of his own board members voted against him.
He refused to answer. Housing Director Bill Pulte has
accused Jerome Powell of massivefraud following their $2.5
billion Fed renovations tour, demanding he resign immediately.
Secretary Besant said Powell's replacement is probably coming
(05:49):
within a few months, with a goodlist of candidates already in
the making. Switching to news related to the
Make America Healthy movement, Health and Human Services
Director RFK Junior and the Trump administration will be re
implementing the presidential fitness test in America's
schools. Trump signed the executive order
alongside Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Bucker, WWE
(06:09):
chief content officer Triple H, former New York Giants
linebacker Lawrence Taylor and professional golfer Bryson
Dechambeau. Dechambeau will serve as
chairman and the council consists of up to 30 members
appointed by Trump, including those I just mentioned.
President Trump also said they're going to be working on
college football. It's a mess what happened?
Players are being taken from team after team and being traded
(06:31):
around like playing cards. These people behind me are going
to be very much involved in figuring that whole thing out.
Dechambeau said. We have an opportunity, it being
the 70th anniversary of the President's Council on Sports,
Fitness and Nutrition, to literally change the fabric of
kids lives. Another news item somewhat
related to the Maha movement is that President Trump sent a
letter to 17 major big pharma companies issuing a demand that
(06:55):
they lower pharmaceutical pricesby the end of September.
Trump warned. If you refuse to step up, we
will deploy every tool in our arsenal to protect American
families from continued abusive drug pricing practices.
Accordingly, I'm calling on Eli Lilly and Company and every
manufacturer doing business in our great country to take the
following actions within the next 60 days.
(07:15):
Extend the most favored nation pricing to Medicaid.
Guarantee most favored nation pricing for newly launched
drugs. Return increased revenues abroad
to American patients and taxpayers.
Provide for direct purchasing atmost favored nation pricing.
The President's team, including Secretary Kennedy and
Administrator Oz, stand ready toimplement these terms.
Americans are demanding lower drug prices and they need them
(07:37):
today, moving on to the midterm election and redistricting.
Kamala Harris announced she willnot run for governor of
California this election, and Congresswoman Nancy Mace teased
a possible run for South Carolina governor.
According to Punch Bowl, the new2026 Texas U.S.
House redistricting map has beendrawn and it will add five
Republican seats just in time for midterms.
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California Governor Gavin Newsomexpressed anger about this,
saying the 2026 election is being rigged and California
won't sit back and watch this happen.
However, California does not allow the governor and
legislature to redraw districts,so Newsom plans to call a
special election this November to approve a new congressional
map adding Democrat seats. Governor DeSantis is still
(08:20):
looking at redistricting Floridaand receiving much encouragement
to do so, a move that would add even more Republican seats.
Let's shift to congressional stock trading.
Nancy Pelosi came out in supportof the congressional stock
trading ban, called the Pelosi Act, which passed out of
committee. President Trump demanded an
investigation into Pelosi for insider stock trading, saying
Pelosi has the highest return ofpractically anybody in the
(08:42):
history of Wall Street, save a few, and she ought to be
investigated. Unfortunately, Senator Josh
Hawley blocked the review of Pelosi stock trading, prompting
an angry rant from President Trump.
But Hawley also called for Pelosi to be prosecuted for
insider stock trading, saying Pelosi shouldn't just be
investigated, she should be prosecuted.
And we need to make what she is doing and other members of
(09:03):
Congress is doing illegal. Holly did confirm that he spoke
to President Trump after Trump'sangry rant on Truth Social.
So it sounds like they're working their issues out.
Press Secretary Caroline Levitt spoke on Pelosi, saying her
portfolio outperformed every single major hedge fund, doubled
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
She makes $174,000 per year and her net worth is 413 million.
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Congresswoman Anapolina Luna said House leadership is trying
to pressure her into not bringing a petition to pass a
ban on congressional stock trading, Saying I can tell you I
got a lot of pushback from leadership.
I received calls from other members of Congress as well
saying that what we are doing was going to hurt people.
I'm trying to do a discharge petition because Congress has
continuously messaged on this but refuses to bring a bill to
(09:49):
the floor that Wood Forest members to vote.
Either put it on the ground and let us vote, or you can continue
to lie to the American people onyour position on thinking you
should defend insider trading when everyone knows it's
bipartisan and needs to stop switching to Russiagate.
FBI Director Kash Patel said they found thousands of Trump
Russia collusion hoax documents in burn bags in a secret room
(10:09):
within the Bureau, according to Fox.
And President Trump said it's time to indict Obama the
traitor, for treason. The Durham NX has been
declassified and released, exposing a Clinton campaign plan
to falsely tie President Trump to Russia in 2016.
Senator Chuck Grassley, who was instrumental in releasing the
newly declassified annex, said based on the Durham annex, the
(10:30):
Obama FBI failed to adequately review and investigate
intelligence reports showing theClinton campaign may have been
ginning up the fake Trump Russianarrative for Clinton's
political gain, which was ultimately done through the
Steele dossier and other means. These intelligence reports and
related records, whether true orfalse, were buried for years.
History will show the Obama and Biden administration's law
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enforcement and intelligence agencies were weaponized against
President Trump. This political weaponization has
caused critical damage to our institutions and is one of the
biggest political scandals and cover ups in American history.
The new Trump administration hasa tremendous responsibility to
the American people to fix the damage done and do so with
maximum speed and transparency. Newly declassified files show
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Hillary Clinton personally signed off on the plan to link
Trump to Russia in 2016, which kicked off a years long coup and
constituted A treasonous conspiracy against the Republic.
Director Patel announced more damaging files will soon be
released. Let's move on to the beat down
at the Cincinnati Jazz Festival.I hadn't mentioned it previously
because it wasn't political, butnow that it's been politicized,
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I'll proceed with the story. Cincinnati Council member
Victoria Park said that she's grateful for the beat down by a
black mob against white people at the Jazz Festival.
She has since deactivated her exaccount.
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno released a photo of one of the
victims with her permission, showing the gruesome aftermath.
Senator Moreno plans to freeze all federal funding from
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Cincinnati if they do not immediately restore law and
order, saying I'm giving the leaders of Cincinnati one month
to come up with a plan for them to protect civil rights for
their citizens. And if they don't do it, I'm
going to ask these agencies to suspend all federal funding
because they're not going to putup with this.
He further explained they're down to 100 police officers.
The police chief blames social media.
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The City Council person blamed the victim.
The mayor went to a misfit mayor's conference and then took
a vacation to Canada, Hasn't been back in town since then.
This is a total travesty. I'm not going to put up with it.
Ohio deserves better and Cincinnati certainly does too.
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All right, let's get back to thetidbits.
Brown University will be paying $50 million due to the crackdown
on their DEI policies. They will now ensure admissions
are merit based, will ban men from women's sports, and will
not tolerate anti-Semitism or anti Christian activity on
campus. Education Secretary Linda
McMahon said the Trump administration is forming
agreements with American universities to ensure they stop
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taking in so many Chinese Communist Party linked students,
balancing admissions to be America First.
Vasis Cyralta was confirmed as the US Marshals Service director
and Joe Kent was sworn in as thedirector of the National
Counterterrorism Center by Director of National
Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whose office he will now be
working in. Auto production in the United
States has skyrocketed to 36%. IRS Commissioner Billy Long is
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removing two top IRS officials who are Democrat holdovers and
their conduct against Republicans is being
investigated. The Trump administration has
imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandra
de Moore, who has targeted free speech against multiple people,
including Elon Musk. His assets have been frozen and
he can't do business with US entities because, as Secretary
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Besant explained, his actions threaten US interests and the
freedoms of our citizens. President Trump signed a new law
that helps American veterans purchase and keep their homes by
creating a permanent partial claims program within the VA
Home Loan program. President Trump launched a new
plan to allow American patients to send their records from one
doctor to another electronically, even if they're
on different networks. Americans will no longer have to
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spend forever filling out forms when they go to a new Doctor.
According to The Telegraph, the Trump administration has warned
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stop threatening US
tech companies as part of his censorship efforts.
The UK's new Online Safety Act has gone so far as to restrict
what people can see on X. According to Pew Research, men
aged 18 to 29 have swung 44 points to Republican from 2023
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to 2025, and women in the same age group have switched to red
by 14 points. Starting next year, many
American seniors will be able toclaim another $6000 deduction on
top of the existing deduction, adirect result of President
Trump's policies under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
BOX is reporting that President Trump is open to meeting with
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Kim Jong Un to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea.
The construction of President Trump's personally funded
ballroom is beginning. It will be about 90,000 square
feet with the seating capacity of 650 people, a significant
increase from the 200 person capacity in the East Room.
The liberal media is reporting that President Trump lied about
ending 6 wars in his first six months in office.
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And I do believe that some of these smaller wars don't get
hurt about much. So here's the six he helped with
Thailand, Cambodia, Rwanda, Congo, India, Pakistan, Serbia,
Kosovo, Egypt, Ethiopia and Israel.
Iran Director Gabbard revealed she is trying to shut down
Operation Mockingbird within theCIA and Intel community.
It's a propaganda program that never ended.
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The Daily Beast retracted their story that attempted to link
Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein.
They claimed Melania was introduced to Donald via a
modeling agent connected to Epstein.
The Daily Beast apologized for any confusion or
misunderstanding. Firstly, Governor DeSantis
ordered flags be flown at half staff for Hulk Hogan's passing,
saying he was a true Floridian through and through.
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To commemorate his life and legacy, I hereby declare August
1st, 2025 as Hulk Hogan Day in Florida and direct the flags of
the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half
staff at the State Capitol in Tallahassee, FL and at all local
and state buildings, installations, and grounds
throughout Pinellas County from sunrise to sunset on Friday,
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August 1st, 2025. I personally am disappointed
that just a few days after I visited Hogan's Hangout,
DeSantis and Hogan were there together.
Hogan's passing is not only sad for Floridians, but for all the
80s and 90s kids like me that grew up watching him.
That's all I have for today. I'll be back with another update
soon. Until then, please like,
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