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Your First Look at Today's Top Stories
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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Don't miss The Daybreak Daily — scroll to the bottom of these top news stories
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Majority of Americans Believe US is Weak
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Just the News: A clear majority of Americans consider the nation to be in a weak position as President Joe Biden prepares to address the country in his upcoming State of the Union speech. Nearly two-thirds, 62 percent, of respondents in a recent Marist poll indicated that the Union was either “not very strong” or “not strong at all,” compared with just 36 percent of those who said it was “strong” or “very strong.” Independents held the most sour view, with 72 percent of that group concerned about the strength of the country, compared to 69 percent of Republicans and 48 percent of Democrats ( Just the News). Marist Poll: President Biden’s job approval rating among Americans is 43%, identical to his rating in December 2022. 48% of residents disapprove, and 9% are unsure. While 19% of Americans strongly approve of Biden’s job performance, 36% strongly disapprove ( Marist Poll).
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Poll: Americans Say Top Problem in Country is Government Leadership
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New York Post: Americans now say that a lack of leadership from President Biden and the Congress is the country’s biggest problem — outpacing inflation, the immigration crisis and the state of the economy, according to a poll released on Monday. Despite Americans getting socked in the wallet, “the government/poor leadership” took over the No. 1 spot from inflation over the past year, with 21% of Americans naming it as the “most important problem facing this country today” compared to the 15% who said so last year ( New York Post).
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CNN Reaches Lowest Ratings in Nine Years
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Spencer Brown: It’s not news, necessarily, that CNN is not keeping up with the post-Trump administration times we live in — despite a change in course directed by new boss Chris Licht following a merger between CNN’s parent company and Discovery. But when tanking ratings continue to sink to levels not seen in nearly a decade ( Townhall). Wrap: CNN just notched its lowest ratings in nine years across all its day parts for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, 2023, averaging just 444,000 viewers in primetime, 93,000 in the all-important age 25-54 news demographic and 417,000 in viewers and 80,000 in the demo for total day. It’s the first time since May 2014 that the network failed to reach 450,000 viewers ( Wrap).
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Pro-Life Activist Acquitted, Was Charged with Violating FACE Act
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National Review: A federal jury on Monday acquitted Catholic pro-life activist Mark Houck, who was charged with violating the FACE Act over a 2021 skirmish with a Planned Parenthood volunteer outside a Pennsylvania clinic. The FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.” Houck was accused of physically assaulting Bruce Love, a 72-year-old clinic escort, in October 2021. However, Houck said he spoke outside of abortion clinics each week and sometimes brought his 12-year-old son along. He said he shoved Love after the clinic escort invaded his son’s personal space and yelled at him ( National Review). Greg Price: Over a dozen pro-life activists still face federal charges brought about by Merrick Garland and Kristen Clarke’s DOJ for peaceful protests outside abortion clinics some of whom also had their homes raided by the FBI ( Twitter).
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Minnesota Passes Extreme Abortion Bill
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Fox News: The Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act passed the Minnesota Senate 34-33 Saturday after Republicans had unsuccessfully tried to amend the bill 35 times. The bill states that “every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about the individual’s own reproductive health.” Opponents disagree, arguing the bill establishes a right to abortion up until the moment of birth. Republicans had attempted to amend the bill with “guard rails” that would restrict abortions in the third-trimester, but the newly-elected Democratic majority blocked their amendments ( Fox News). Daily Wire: Late term-abortions are often performed by using gruesome procedures that can include crushing or dismembering the baby before it is removed from the mother’s body, or in some cases, injecting a lethal drug in to the baby’s heart ( Daily Wire).
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DOJ Requests Revision to Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bail Condition After Discovering He Reached Out to Witnesses
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Fox News: DOJ prosecutors filed the request late Friday with U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan after they discovered a message from Bankman-Fried to the general counsel of FTX on the Signal messaging app, according to their letter to the judge. The prosecutors interpreted that exchange as a sign Bankman-Fried may try to influence witnesses in his upcoming trial that have incriminating efforts against him. They requested that the judge revise the conditions of his bail to prohibit communications with current or former employees of FTX or Alameda Research – the hedge fund he founded that is also in bankruptcy proceedings – unless the DOJ waives the restriction or a lawyer is present for the exchange ( Fox News).
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Investment Managers to Invest Under ESG Regulations, Republican States Sue
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Katie Pavlich: A number of Republican led states are suing the Biden administration over a new rule that forces retirement investment managers to favor leftist Environmental, Social and Governing (ESG) friendly companies over profits or return on investment for retirees. This of course puts the retirement of millions at risk and turns retirement accounts into a social experiment for rabid climate activists ( Townhall). Fox News: It is now facing a lawsuit from Utah and two-dozen other states, who argue that it violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974, which says retirement plan assets must be held for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants in the plan, and that fiduciaries must act solely in the participants’ interests. The GOP-led states say that by focusing on social and political agendas, plan managers will be compromising the growth potential of participants’ accounts ( Fox News).
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West Point Reimposes Rules on Unvaxxed Cadets
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Washington Examiner: The U.S. Military Academy is reimposing restrictions on cadets who haven’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 in line with an Army guidance, despite the Department of Defense’s reversal on the mandate. West Point implemented a policy preventing cadets from traveling for sports or other events at the height of the pandemic, though it had been lifted last semester, before being reimplemented, Just the News reported. Military attorney R. Davis Younts told the outlet that restarting the rule “feels like coercion” to force vaccination on the cadets ( Washington Examiner). Just the News: Despite the lifting of the vaccine mandate, unvaccinated military members are still facing repercussions, including denial of benefits, ineligibility for promotion and/or deployment, and potentially diminished employment prospects for those already discharged ( Just the News).
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Ford Cuts Prices on EV Following Tesla
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Wall Street Journal: Ford Motor Co. said it is boosting production and cutting prices of its electric Mustang Mach-E crossover up to 8.8% on some versions. The move comes weeks after Tesla Inc. slashed prices on a number of its models. The auto maker said its supply chain for its electric vehicles is coming online, and it is seizing on streamlined costs to lower prices. Ford also said the price cuts are a part of the company’s plan to keep the vehicle competitive in a rapidly changing market. In dollar terms, that is about $600 to $5,900 less than the previous sticker price on the sporty SUV, a model that hit the market in late 2020 and is a direct competitor to Tesla’s Model Y ( Wall Street Journal). CNBC: GM is expected to guide toward a roughly 20% decline in adjusted earnings per share for the full year 2023. Ford’s 2023 EPS is expected to fall by nearly 16% compared with 2022 ( CNBC).
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US Stocks Fall Just as Fed Meeting Begins
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Wall Street Journal: U.S. stocks fell Monday, with investors growing cautious at the start of a bumper week of central-bank meetings and corporate earnings. Stock markets have been volatile in recent weeks, driven by signs of softening inflation and hopes that the Federal Reserve will continue to moderate—and eventually halt—its interest-rate increases. U.S. indexes registered solid weekly gains last week, with the S&P 500 adding 2.5%, the Nasdaq Composite jumping 4.3% and the Dow industrials rising 1.8% ( Wall Street Journal). CNBC: The Fed is expected to hike rates by one-quarter of a percentage point. Investors will be looking for clues about how much higher the central bank will take rates in the fight against inflation ( CNBC).
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Dennis Prager talks with statistics expert and Wall Street analyst Ed Dowd about his new book, “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022"
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Dennis Prager: A very important guest, author of a very important book. Ed Dowd, a global investment firm partner, Phinance Technologies. He’s not a doctor, but he’s an expert in numbers. Actually, he’s an expert in truth. His book is “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021...
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Hugh Hewitt talks to Montana Senator and NRSC Chairman Steve Daines about GOP prospects for 2024 and beyond
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Hugh Hewitt: Steve Daines is the Senator from Montana. He’s been selected by his colleagues in the GOP conference to run the National Republican Senatorial Committee, NRSC.org, for 2024. And the map looks good.
Senator Daines, welcome. I hope this is a regular call as we check up on your efforts....
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Julie Hartman shares the story of her frightening encounter with a homeless man and exposes the severity of America’s growing crime problem
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Julie Hartman: I want to tell you a personal story about something that happened on Friday night that I’ve been thinking about and wanting to share with you. And it has to do with the broader issue of crime in America.
So I was invited to go to a dinner on Friday night, and I was in charge of...
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Sebastian Gorka and Devin Nunes trace the roots of government corruption in light of the Biden classified documents scandal
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Devin Nunes, can you give us your take as somebody who’s been responsible for matters of national security, especially in the intelligence community for oversight in this ever-burgeoning scandal?
Every day, there seems to be another iteration, another facet. First it was the...
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Charlie Kirk applauds Kevin McCarthy for standing up to intrenched Democrats and putting national security first
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Charlie Kirk: There is this constant controversy about whether or not Eric Swalwell, who almost assuredly slept with a Chinese spy, and Adam Schiff, who is just a pathological liar, should be on the House Intel Committee.
Now, Kevin McCarthy — who many of you in this audience, you were rather...
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Brandon Tatum cites some alarming statistics about illegal immigration and argues for coming together on the issue or risk losing our country
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Officer Tatum: Terrorist watchlist arrests are soaring under the Biden administration. “Arrests on the southern border of people on the U.S. terrorist watchlist are skyrocketing under the Biden administration from zero in 2019 — before the Covid-19 pandemic — to 98 last fiscal year, according...
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Mike Gallagher turns to Dark Wars host and Fox News contributor Sara Carter for a glimpse into the tragic world of cartels and drug addiction playing out in the streets of America
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Mike Gallagher: It’s fun to be able to spend time with people you admire greatly. And this platform gives me the opportunity to do so. Sara Carter, of course, is a Fox News Channel contributor. She’s an investigative journalist. She’s the host of the Sara Carter Show, which is her wildly...
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Dinesh D’Souza weighs the pros and cons of Kevin McCarthy’s proposal to replace the income tax with a national sales tax
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Dinesh D’Souza: Kevin McCarthy and some House Republicans are floating a new and interesting idea. And this is an idea that should not be considered seriously as a proposal that is going to go through and become law. Why? Because as we’ve discussed on the podcast before, the Republicans control...
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Eric Metaxas talks with journalist Andrew McDiarmid about how screens and gadgets are virtually taking over our lives
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Eric Metaxas: Right now, we have Andrew McDiarmid. Welcome to the program.
Andrew McDiarmid: Thank you, Eric. Thanks for having me. …
Eric Metaxas: I want to talk to you about this article you’ve written about technology that appeared in the New York Post a couple of days ago. If people want...
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