Time Is Up ⏱️
Can Trump do what Joe Biden could not?
Sound the alarms 🚨: Something really scary is happening — the Democratic Party is quickly turning against Israel – and by extension against Jews.
🗣️40 U.S. Democratic senators voted Wednesday to block sending bulldozers to Israel.
Note✏️: These bulldozers are used to protect soldiers from IEDs in the West Bank, southern Lebanon and Gaza.
Wow😱: The U.S. support for Israel has changed rapidly in just the past decade
Look back🔙: We warned of the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel and antisemitic protests after October 7 and were told they were just the fringe of campus loons — now, it’s 40 Democrat senators.
Now🤦: You can’t run for president as a Democrat without calling Gaza a genocide and wanting to defund Israel.
Words matter‼️: The genocide charge against Israel in Gaza is equally false, dangerous and powerful.
Who can be for a genocide? Even the accusation puts Israel on the defensive
It provides cover to demonize Israel.
It’s working‼️: We have never seen public opinion turn so quickly in America — and Democrats are showing absolutely no sign of turning back.
🎤Sen. Bernie Sanders: “I’m now forcing votes on the U.S. Senate floor to block nearly half a billion dollars in bombs and bulldozers to Israel. U.S. taxpayers are tired of Netanyahu’s extremist and illegal behavior. Congress cannot write another blank check to war criminals.”
🎤Rep. Ro Khanna: “These bulldozers are used to illegally destroy Palestinian villages. You are out of touch with the base of this party and with your own caucus, step aside.”
‼️Israel should be terrified
‼️The fact that you have a Hamas-adjacent, America-hating Arab on track to become the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan is scary — this is where the world is going
So weird🤔: This is happening when, for the first time, an American president has real influence over Prime Minister Netanyahu
Look back🔙: We told you back in June that every U.S. president since Clinton has wanted to tell Netanyahu what to do … only Trump has been able to
🗣️Trump today announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
Axios reporting shows he pushed both sides into it.
Must read: The New York Times op-ed originally published the headline: “Hasan Piker Is Not the Enemy” and then quietly changed it to “This is Why There’s No Liberal Joe Rogan”
‼️We told you about Piker yesterday — he’s among those claiming you can be anti-Zionist, even anti-Israel, without being antisemitic.
Note ✏️: War Notes started by providing moral clarity out of the October 7 attacks
We were the first to put pictures of October 7 side by side of those with the Holocaust.
This is what we were warning of.
Tonight📺: NewsNation’s political contributor Chris Hahn, host of “The Aggressive Progressive” podcast.
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Hello Las Vegas!! 🎰
‼️President Trump and the White House realize America’s patience with the economy is over.
Yes — many are doing better than ever, especially those already wealthy and heavily invested in the stock market.
Look back🔙: Bill O’Reilly told us last year that Trump had until April to turn the economy around — it’s April.
‼️State of play
Be fair⚖️: Manufacturing numbers are up — Trump’s promised investment is starting.
Be real⌚: Time waits for no man —
Look forward▶️: AI is doing to white-collar jobs what offshoring did to manufacturing in the 1980s
📰The Wall Street Journal headlines: “Has the Era of the Mega-Layoff Arrived?”
Possible🤷: That might help Trump more than it hurts.
✈️Trump is in Vegas today, pitching the success of no taxes on tips!
‼️Politico points out the irony — there are far fewer people in Vegas to tip right now!
Watch tonight📺: NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer as well as Scott Shellady and Caroline Sunshine on whether Trump is truly out of time.
Iran and China
🗺️The people who really decide if Iran makes a deal are not in Washington or Tehran — they are in Beijing.
Current spin🔄: The White House friends are all congratulating themselves because “we” control the Strait of Hormuz — in reality, both America and Iran mutually closed the strait.
Blockade brinkmanship🛢️: If only squeezing the Iranians economically but cutting off their oil exports would bring the Iranians to their knees —
Read📰: The New York Times’ “Why China Won’t Lean Hard on Iran”
💰Well, the Chinese can save and/or fund Tehran as long as needed.
Big Picture🖼️: China, like Iran, plays a 1,000-year game — they share a Marxist ideology and believe they are destined to rule (at least part) of the world to avenge past wrongs
They share a common enemy in the U.S.
China’s game♟️: They are happy to watch and see Trump’s tolerance for pain — it will tell them a lot about what happens if and when they try to take Taiwan
📰The Free Press headlines, “We’re Sleepwalking into a Taiwan Disaster”
Trump and Xi meet in May — what price will Xi demand for giving Trump a win in Iran?
Wait what🤔: Trump says Iran promises to hand over their enriched uranium
My thought💭: Maybe they will also give the White House a few extra rugs — I’ll believe it when I see it.
Watch tonight📺: Retired Brig. Gen. John Teichert and Gordon Chang
Texas Hold ‘em
🔵Every election, Texas draws Democrats from across the country into this pipe dream: turning Texas blue.
👀Just watch, this is what’s coming — there will be a bunch of Democrat megadonors that believe if only they spend enough money, they can turn Texas blue.
Already! 😱: The Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has already raised more than $27 million.
This far surpasses his Republican competitors, Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Seen this before🔙: During Beto O’Rourke’s run for Senate in 2018, he raised more than $38 million in the third quarter — yet still lost.
What’s really happening‼️: Political donations are effectively bets
👎If you lose, you get nothing.
👍If you win, your person gets elected.
🤷But just because you raise millions and millions of dollars doesn’t mean you will win.
Reality🤦: Democrat donors are really betting on whether Trump’s ego gets in the way.
😬Trump can put Republicans over a barrel by refusing to endorse in the Republican runoff
Ken Paxton, to put it nicely, is a seriously flawed candidate, but Trump can’t endorse Cornyn because his ego won’t allow it.
The Republican candidate runoff is in a dead heat
If it were held today, 44% say they would vote for Cornyn
43% say Ken Paxton
and 13% undecided
High Stakes🚨: If Paxton wins the runoff and loses a solidly red Senate seat, Trump will have nobody to blame but himself.