January 1, White House Cuts, Synagogue Attack, Hollywood Divides

Wyatt’s Take

• The shutdown heats up as the White House pushes for deep cuts to federal agencies.
• A terror attack strikes a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur, highlighting rising antisemitism.
• Leonardo DiCaprio’s new film sparks political debate across the country.

Day three of the government shutdown sees President Trump threatening to fire federal workers, blaming Democrats for blocking his plans to cut taxpayer-funded benefits for non-citizens.

The White House says Democrats want $200 billion for illegal immigrants’ healthcare, a fight Trump insists Americans elected him to stop.

“Trump ran on the promise to end taxpayer-funded benefits going to illegal aliens, and tens of millions of Americans voted him back to this beautiful White House to implement that promise … and now Democrats want to undo it — and they’re holding our country hostage.”

Officials warn the shutdown could cost $15 billion a week, and government sites now blame Democrats for the freeze, featuring banners that read: “Democrats have shut down the government … websites are not currently updated.”

President Trump has called for gutting “non-essential” agencies, meeting with Russ Vought to target which ones to axe, calling many a “political SCAM.”

Across the Atlantic, terror struck Manchester as a British man of Syrian descent killed two and wounded four outside a synagogue on Yom Kippur.

The suspect, Jihad al-Shamie, rammed into pedestrians before stabbing victims, but was stopped by security and shot dead by police in minutes.

He could not enter the synagogue due to locked doors, likely saving even more lives.

Antisemitism has surged across the UK since Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, with over 1,500 incidents reported this year alone.

Back in the States, a new movie called “One Battle After Another” starring Leonardo DiCaprio is splitting opinions with its political edge.

Reviewers say the film is based on Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland” and follows burned-out radicals clashing with autocratic thugs, using satire to explore the aftermath of violent activism.

“I think the film’s political sympathies are obviously with the progressive left. At the same time, though, I wouldn’t necessarily call it a political movie. I would look at it more as Antifa Star Wars, as a friend told me, where the politics and the radicalism is kind of used as a vehicle to tell a father-daughter story.”

The movie peppers in dark humor and generational struggles, but some believe it’s another example of Hollywood’s wedge politics.

Stay tuned with us, as the real story is always about Main Street, not Hollywood or Capitol Hill.

Wyatt Matters

Everyday Americans want safety, secure borders, and leaders who put citizens first. As elites feud and movie stars play politics, families in the heartland continue to face real struggles caused by chaos abroad and dysfunction in Washington.

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