Take a minute to [un]wind with our Sunday morning newsletter. Grab a cup of coffee (make it iced, because it's hot as Hades) and catch up on what you may have missed from [un]Divided this week – plus, all the anti-fringe news that’s fit to print.

Don’t miss our monthly live Q&A: Tonight!

https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2457553/monthly-subscriber-q-a-sunday-july-24-8pm-pt

Make sure to catch our July subscriber Q&A, tonight at 8pm PT on Locals. Bring your best questions! If you can’t make it, feel free to leave your questions in the comments and I’ll try my best to get to all of them.

Defund the police is now idea non grata:

Apparently, it took an election year for Democrats to start caring about public safety. It also took reaching a record high homicide rate and the lowest number of police officers per capita in the United States. As I detailed on the show this week (1:10 mark), Washington Governor Jay Inslee finally came out against the defunding movement – two years too late. He also announced a new effort to recruit more police officers across the state (after firing almost 80 Washington State Patrol Troopers over the vaccine mandate). While I am happy Democrats are suddenly on the side of common sense, their motives are questionable at best and duplicitous at worst. I’d be more apt to believe their sincerity if the sudden about face came with an apology.

https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2464346/un-divided-welcome-to-the-fight-what-took-you-so-long-video

Trump says he’d rehire soldiers fired over the vaccine:

Former President Donald Trump, who seems like he’s racing toward a 2024 announcement, is redoubling his call for service members fired over the federal vaccine mandate to be reinstated.

“We have to abolish all COVID mandates and lockdowns,” Trump said during an appearance at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit (1:10:50 mark). “Rehire every patriot who was shamefully fired from the military, with an apology — we have to give them an apology — and all of their back pay.”

https://rumble.com/v1dd7jx-live-now-president-donald-j-trump-on-stage-at-sas-2022powered-by-turning-po.html

Around 98% of servicemembers got the COVID-19 vaccine, but hundreds refused and were separated from the military – including around 350 elite Marines.

While I want Trump to run in 2024 about as much as I want a steaming hot poker shoved in my eye, this proposal has my enthusiastic support.

Speaking of Trump ... the J6 hearings continued this week:

The eighth J6 hearing was held Thursday in prime time. It detailed what former President Donald Trump did (and did not do) in the 187 minutes after he gave a speech to his supporters – many of whom then marched up to the Capitol.

As a riot unfolded, Trump was glued to TV news and mostly ignored pleas from his staff, politicians in the Capitol, and prominent conservative media figures who begged him to tell the crowd to back down.

Perhaps the hearing was effective, because it prompted two newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch to issue scathing op-eds against the former president. The Wall Street Journal called him “The President who stood still.”

"He didn't call the military to send help. He didn't call Mr. Pence to check on the safety of his loyal VP. Instead, he fed the mob's anger and let the riot play out."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-president-who-stood-still-donald-trump-jan-6-committee-mike-pence-capitol-riot-11658528548

The New York Post said Trump’s inaction should preclude him from ever holding the nation’s highest office again.

https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/trumps-jan-6-silence-renders-him-unworthy-for-2024-reelection/

"It's up to the Justice Department to decide if this is a crime. But as a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country's chief executive again."

“Swing Seat Showdown”

In case you missed it, be sure to watch our [un]Divided Special Report: Swing Seat Showdown. I sat down at length with three candidates vying for one of the most critical swing seats in the entire country: Washington’s 8th Congressional District. Even if you don’t live in the 8th, the same dynamics are playing out in Suburban seats across the country: Abortion, inflation, crime, and Biden’s low approval ratings. If GOP candidates have a strong showing in the August 2 primary, it could spell disaster for Dems in their struggle to hold onto the House.

https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2455297/un-divided-swing-seat-showdown

Subscriber note: There will be no show on Monday, August 1. Instead, we will have a live stream after the first ballots drop on Tuesday night (Primary Election night). Ballots are expected to drop around 8pm PT. Stay tuned for special coverage.