Blanche: "I want to make sure the American people know that this administration, when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, has been more transparent than any past administration, than Biden was or anybody else. We complied with the law."

Morning risers lean conservative, while late risers lean liberal. Peer-reviewed political psychology studies demonstrate a robust statistical correlation between a person’s chronotype (natural sleep-wake preference) and their political ideology. [1, 2, 3]  
## The Core Correlation: "Larks" vs. "Owls"
Researchers tracking the intersection of sleep and politics have documented consistent patterns in how biological clocks align with voting booth preferences:
 
* Morning Types (Larks): Studies across American and British samples show that individuals who naturally wake up early score significantly higher in political conservatism and right-leaning social ideologies. [1, 4]  
* Evening Types (Owls): Those who prefer to stay up late and wake up later are heavily correlated with liberalism and left-leaning political orientations. [5, 6, 7, 8]  
 
## Why Does This Mismatch Exist?
Political scientists and psychologists highlight three main theories explaining why wake-up times and political ideologies map onto each other:
 
   1. Shared Psychological Traits: Morningness is historically linked to higher levels of conscientiousness, respect for structure, and a preference for routine. These exact traits strongly predict conservative social values. Conversely, night owls often score higher in openness to experience, a trait deeply tied to liberal ideologies. [1, 9, 10, 11, 12]  
   2. Social Conformity and Institutions: Traditional societal schedules—like corporate 9-to-5 setups and early-morning religious services—reward early risers. Conservatives may intentionally or biologically align with these institutional norms, while liberals may feel less pressure to conform to structured timeframes. [1, 5, 13, 14, 15]  
   3. The Geographic and Urban Split: Geography is a massive confounding variable. Rural environments require earlier wake-up times for agricultural and community schedules, and rural areas vote overwhelmingly conservative. Cities, which lean progressive, feature heavy light pollution and nightlife, naturally pushing populations toward later sleep-wake cycles. [2, 4, 16, 17, 18]  
 
## International Nuances
While the "conservative lark" rule holds strong in Western democracies like the U.S., the U.K., and Switzerland, it is not entirely universal. Comprehensive multi-national studies spanning ten countries discovered that local context matters. For example, data showed that in a few specific countries—most notably Russia—the correlation reversed, and morning chronotypes actually leaned more liberal. [1, 5]  
If you are looking at a specific demographic or country, let me know. I can share how age or urban-rural splits alter these sleep-politics dynamics!
 
[1] [https://experts.illinois.edu](https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/conservative-larks-liberal-owls-the-relationship-between-chronoty/)
[2] [https://academic.oup.com](https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/34/3/edac020/6808983)
[3] [https://www.journals.uchicago.edu](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/705927)
[4] [https://verso.uidaho.edu](https://verso.uidaho.edu/view/pdfCoverPage?instCode=01ALLIANCE_UID&filePid=13342469900001851&download=true)
[5] [https://verso.uidaho.edu](https://verso.uidaho.edu/esploro/fulltext/journalArticle/Linking-sleep-political-ideology-and-religious/996829588001851?repId=12342469910001851&mId=13342469900001851&institution=01ALLIANCE_UID)
[6] [https://las.illinois.edu](https://las.illinois.edu/news/2020-10-27/politics-sleeping)
[7] [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11644948/)
[8] [https://www.sciencedirect.com](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030105111000116X)
[9] [https://www.bps.org.uk](https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/early-risers-are-more-proactive-evening-people)
[10] [https://time.com](https://time.com/6282822/better-to-be-morning-person/)
[11] [https://www.sciencedirect.com](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886907000475)
[12] [https://www.sciencedirect.com](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656625000868)
[13] [https://www.utoronto.ca](https://www.utoronto.ca/news/early-bed-early-rise)
[14] [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33949834/)
[15] [https://www.cannelevate.com.au](https://www.cannelevate.com.au/article/chronotypes-morning-evening-types-daily-performance/)
[16] [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4356625/)
[17] [https://www.linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/early-bird-phenomenon-who-wakes-up-its-impact-iqh2c)
[18] [https://academic.oup.com](https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/34/3/edac020/6808983)

Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expressed enthusiastic support for the “Make America Healthy Again” movement during a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
 
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. popularized the MAHA movement during his presidential campaign, calling for reforms to cut down artificial ingredients in foods, reduce medical prescriptions and restrict environmental toxins.
 
“I am all in on the ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda,” Schwartz told senators on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee.

Dr. Erica Schwartz, the nominee to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told senators Wednesday that she agrees with President Donald Trump that there are issues within the World Health Organization.
 
Schwartz, a Navy and US Coast Guard veteran, has worked on disease outbreak responses including the West African Ebola outbreak, and disaster responses including the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
 
The United States formally withdrew from WHO in January.
 
“I think the World Health Organization does amazing things, but I also agree with President Trump that it was incredibly bureaucratic, and the Center for Disease Control was doing the heavy lifting throughout the, you know, time of World Health Organization,” Schwartz said in response to a question from Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat from New Jersey.
 
Schwartz went on to say that Trump created the “brilliant” America First Global Health Strategy, “and that’s better than being a part of the World Health Organization.”
 
Asked by Kim if she believes the country is better off after WHO withdrawal, she said, “we are protecting the taxpayers.”

Todd Blanche likely fueled the most potent criticism against him Wednesday with a gaffe that may haunt him beyond his ongoing confirmation hearing to become the next attorney general.
 
Asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) if Blanche and President Donald Trump are friends, Blanche replied, “I’m his lawyer” — before quickly correcting himself to say, “was his lawyer, and now I’m the deputy attorney general.”

La fortune du président américain et de ses proches a bondi depuis son retour à la Maison-Blanche. Les Américains sont spectateurs d’un système décomplexé, étalé au grand jour, où le pouvoir est mis au service des intérêts financiers de sa famille.