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**DOJ INVESTIGATING ILLINOIS SCHOOLS FOR INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN WITH RADICAL LEFTIST GENDER, SEXUAL IDEOLOGY**

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==**TODAY’S TOP TEN**==

**DOJ LOOKING AT RADICAL SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS**

**DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION** investigating Illinois schools for imposing radical gender ideology on students without opt-out options. _[Fox News]([link removed])_.

**TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT** reassures Americans that “help is on the way” on gas prices. _[Just the News]([link removed])_.

**SPLC INDICTMENT SHOWS** partisan activists were running the FBI domestic terror program. _[The Federalist]([link removed])_.

**JUSTICE ALITO SETS ASIDE** Louisiana appellate court block on abortion pills for a week until SCOTUS decides what to do next. _[CBS News]([link removed])_.

**TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER** provides a back door to election integrity if Congress fails to act. _[Restoration News]([link removed])_.

**WASHINGTON POST ADMITS** many Democrat voters can’t prove they’re citizens. _[The Federalist]([link removed])_.

**MICHIGAN’S MEDICAID FRAUD** schemes operating brazenly in the open. _[Restoration News]([link removed])_.

**SWEDEN STOPS USING** propaganda phrase “Islamophobia” as Islamic immigrant rape cases accelerate. _[Power Line]([link removed])_.

**FBI CONTINUES TO SHIFT** agents outside of Washington D.C. as overhaul continues. _[Legal Insurrection]([link removed])_.

**“MODERATE” GOVERNOR SPANBERGER** won’t rule out taxes on gym memberships, streaming services in Virginia. _[Fox News]([link removed])_.

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==**COMMENTARY WORTH READING**==

* American renewal requires going back to our foundations. _[Jay Cost]([link removed])_.

* SPLC finally faces a reckoning. _[Curtis Hill]([link removed])_.

* Is a property tax rebellion brewing in America? _[Aaron Gifford]([link removed])_.

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==**VIDEO WORTH WATCHING**==

* 11-year-old shares how Charlie Kirk inspired his faith. _[Fox News]([link removed])_.

* Mark Penn: Voters think Democrats have drifted too far left. _[Real Clear Politics]([link removed])_.

* Mark Halperin: NRSC says it has killer oppo on Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner. _[2Way]([link removed])_.

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==**LATEST ROA PODCASTS**==

* Host Hayden Ludwig interviews Gabriella McIntyre, legal counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, about the case that could devastate the abortion industry. _[Restoration News]([link removed])_.

* Host Grace Reilly talks to Hannah Faulkner about IVF, surrogacy, and conversations the Church needs to have. _[Restoring America with Grace Reilly]([link removed])_.

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==**OFFBEAT BEAT**==

* Augmented reality bringing Revolutionary War to life at Army Museum. _[Military Times]([link removed])_.

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==**TWEETS OF NOTE**==

* (@tylerbowyer) In the handful of counties that Democrats need to manipulate to control the country, Democrats are intentionally making cities miserable for Republicans to live in so they will have no opposition to the manipulation. _[Tweet]([link removed])_.

* (@TeeplesCY) Poor Americans who attend church regularly are happier than rich Americans who never go. Behavioral scientist William von Hippel thought he'd made a coding error. He hadn't. “Regularly attending services has a bigger impact on your happiness than wealth,” he writes. “Money buys a fair bit of happiness but connection gives you more bang for the buck.” What's happening? Rich people already have most of what money buys. What they lack is what churches provide for free: weekly, repeated contact with people who know your name. Von Hippel is direct about the cost: “I suspect that wealthy, educated urbanites are paying a steeper price for their lifestyle than they realize. Many of us have paid too great a price in connection for our increased autonomy.” _[Tweet]([link removed]'d%20made%20a%20coding%20error.%20He%20hadn't.%0A%0A%22Regularly%20attending%20services%20has%20a%20bigger%20impact%20on%20your%20happiness%20than%20wealth,%22%20he%20writes.%20%22Money%20buys%20a%20fair%20bit%20of%20happiness%20but%20connection%20gives%20you%20more%20bang%20for%20the%20buck.%22%0A%0AWhat's%20happening?%20Rich%20people%20already%20have%20most%20of%20what%20money%20buys.%20What%20they%20lack%20is%20what%20churches%20provide%20for%20free:%20weekly,%20repeated%20contact%20with%20people%20who%20know%20your%20name.%0A%0AVon%20Hippel%20is%20direct%20about%20the%20cost:%20%22I%20suspect%20that%20wealthy,%20educated%20urbanites%20are%20paying%20a%20steeper%20price%20for%20their%20lifestyle%20than%20they%20realize.%20Many%20of%20us%20have%20paid%20too%20great%20a%20price%20in%20connection%20for%20our%20increased%20autonomy.%22)_.

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==**MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY**==

* **MORE FEDERAL JOBS** moved from D.C. Swamp to Iowa and Georgia. _[Just the News]([link removed])_.

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==**BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL**==

* CENTCOM Fires Back Truth Bomb After Iran Claims It Struck U.S. Ship _[BONGINO REPORT]([link removed])_.

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==**DOGE SAVINGS**==

* $215 billion. _[DOGE website]([link removed])_.

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==**POLYMARKET PREDICTION MARKET**==

* Will Democrats control House after 2026 midterms? 83%.

* Will Democrats control the Senate after the 2026 midterms? 51%

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