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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🔫 The UnitedHealthcare CEO was murdered outside of his apartment. Surveillance footage shows the killer calmly approaching CEO Brian Thompson and shooting him with a silenced handgun; investigators later found the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" written on the bullet casings. Some have noticed those words resemble a 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend, which discusses why "insurance companies don't pay claims and what you can do about it." | 🧑⚖️ SCOTUS hears the Tennessee trans case. During oral arguments in a case on whether Tennessee can uphold bans on child sex-change surgeries and access to puberty blockers, Justice Samuel Alito pressed ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on whether child sex-change surgeries reduce suicide. Strangio admitted there's no evidence these procedures lower the risk of completed suicides, contradicting a core claim of trans activists. | 🛡️ Biden considers pardons for Trump's potential targets. Senate Democrats, led by Ed Markey, are asking President Biden to issue preemptive pardons to shield figures Trump has criticized, including Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney, and Gen. Mark Milley, from possible investigations under his administration. | 💊 Mexico seized a record amount of fentanyl under US pressure. Mexican troops confiscated over a ton of fentanyl in Sinaloa, the largest seizure in the nation's history. This record haul comes just days after President-elect Donald Trump vowed steep tariffs if Mexico and Canada fail to curb drug trafficking. |
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| | | WHAT WE'RE HEARING | Justice Sotomayor compared the dangers posed by sex-change surgeries for minors to that of taking aspirin. Jesse Kelly asserted that the Iranians allegedly hacking Kash Patel is really just the FBI digging up dirt on him to sink his nomination. Sarah Isgur called the Biden administration considering preemptive pardons for itself a "dangerous precedent." Michael Knowles expressed how modern transgender dogma stems from liberal social ideology going back a half-century.
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| | | IN THE LOOP | An Ohio woman was sentenced to a year in jail for killing and eating a cat in front of her terrified neighbors. The final House race was called last night for a California Democrat, leaving Republicans with a majority of 220-to-215. Still hunting for the perfect gift? Inspire economic and civic truths that challenge media narratives and political agendas. There's 1 day left to save big on The Tuttle Twins!* Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) is pushing a vote to release the House Ethics Committee's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Donald Trump will sit down with NBC News' Kristen Welker for his first interview since winning the presidency, to air on Sunday.
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| *Indicates content from our sponsors | | | WASHINGTON | Tulsi Gabbard smeared as a "Russian asset" for challenging US foreign policy | | President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence has reignited familiar accusations from her critics on both the left and right: that she is a "Russian asset." These claims, however, crumble under closer examination of her record and foreign policy vision. | Gabbard's opponents have long accused her of being sympathetic to Russia, with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) recently calling her a "likely Russian asset" and Hillary Clinton suggesting that Moscow was "grooming" her with no evidence. | Even Republican Nikki Haley accused the former Hawaii congresswoman of being "a Russian-Iranian-Syrian-Chinese sympathizer." | In a recent profile, The New York Times acknowledged that Gabbard has never "collaborated in any way with Russia's intelligence agencies." The paper also noted that her geopolitical views stray from American norms by prioritizing ending conflicts quickly rather than prolonging them, including the Russo-Ukrainian war. | Some point to Gabbard's foreign policy stances as aligning with Moscow's interests, particularly her call for diplomacy in Ukraine and skepticism toward NATO expansion. Her stance reflects a populist critique, shared by both left and right, that the US often involves itself in international conflicts under the banner of moral principles, overlooking the heavy costs of war, both in blood and treasure. | Another frequent criticism concerns Syria. Gabbard's 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad drew sharp criticism, with detractors accusing her of legitimizing his Russia-backed regime that has killed hundreds of thousands of its citizens, per the UN. | Gabbard defended the meeting as part of her broader effort to foster dialogue between the US and its global adversaries. Her stance has been consistent: rather than signaling support for enemy regimes, she argues that open communication and diplomacy — rightly or wrongly — can help de-escalate conflict and promote peace. | Ultimately, Gabbard's views challenge Washington's foreign policy orthodoxy, but there is no evidence to question her loyalty to the United States. She served in the US military for over 20 years, and currently holds the position of Lt. Col. in the Army Reserves. The baseless claim that Tulsi Gabbard is a "Russian asset" only serves to underscore how she has made the right enemies. | |
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| | | OUR QUESTION TO YOU | 📊 Which conflicts should the US continue to support?Results will be in Monday's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Who do you prefer for secretary of defense? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎖 Pete Hegseth (677) | 🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🪖 Ron DeSantis (431) | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👨💼 Someone Else (Comment) (44) | 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (132) | 🎖 Hegseth: "The claims against him are complete BS." — Tony 🪖 DeSantis: "Both he and Hegseth are respected, but DeSantis does not have the baggage." — C.F. 👨💼 Someone Else: "Hands down, Mike Pompeo has the military, political, and bureaucratic experience to reorient DoD. Trump needs to get over whatever grudge he has." — F.G. 👨💼 Someone Else: "Someone without a horrific immoral history (Hegseth) and someone who doesn't remove an effective governor (DeSantis)." — Cory | | | | 1,284 votes |
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