Thursday, February 5, 2026

Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day. 

TOP O' THE MORNIN'

Red-Hot at RedState 

Chief Justice Roberts Finally Moves to Secure Supreme Court Processes; Leaky Media Hardest Hit

Much like what is transpiring over at the Pentagon, the SCOTUS is working to batten down and say less, while ensuring the work actually gets done. 

Why Are Democrats Trying to Protect Illegals at Polling Places? GOP Senator Demands Answers

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Why would Democrats be adamantly against immigration enforcement at polling places and/or anywhere that election results are being tabulated? Why would illegals be sauntering around within 40 feet of a polling place to begin with? Those, as you might imagine, are rhetorical questions.

Troubling Allegations Against Roy Cooper Related to Zarutska Case Rock North Carolina Senate Race

Though his staff eventually put out a tepid tweet condemning what happened, the lion's share of it was devoted to attacking his critics for pointing out Cooper's soft-on-crime record, which GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley has hammered Cooper on since the murder.

Trending Across Townhall Media

Anti-Ice Protester in Indiana Arrested After Showing Good Way to Get Shot at Protest

How in the hell were these people claiming that the presence of guns pointed in a safe direction a little over five years ago was an act of intimidation, now turning a blind eye to one of their own literally threatening people with a firearm?

Chinese Biolab in Vegas Was Attached to Airbnb, Multiple Renters Sickened

I may have too limited an imagination, but I cannot think of an innocent explanation for the pattern we are seeing here. Biolabs filled with dangerous pathogens, Airbnbs next to military bases, Chinese nationals smuggling biological agents into the country...that sure looks like a pattern, and a really big threat to the security of the nation. 

Tom Homan Pulls 700 Agents Out of Minnesota. Here’s Why That’s Bad News for Democrats.

In other words, the Trump administration has persuaded Walz and Frey to allow local law enforcement to assist ICE agents, making it easier and safer for them to do their jobs.

We Know Why Dems Are Freaking Out About This Election Integrity Stuff

They know what lies ahead: the 2030 census could end the Democrats’ reported advantage in the Electoral College. The blue wall will be rendered irrelevant, as a new red wall could emerge in Georgia, North Carolina, and Arizona. That development, plus new laws to ensure voter integrity would certainly kneecap Democrats in elections.

LEEEEEEROY JENKINS! Kamala HQ Account Gets Dragged for 'Tomorrow' Teaser Video

Shhh. 

Let them cook.

WHAT'S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill...

Just a handful of hearings/meetings are set for Thursday on the Hill:

Wednesday featured some spicy moments in hearings — particularly in the House Financial Services Committee hearing, where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was downright savage with some of the Democrats during his testimony.

READ MORE: Priceless: Bessent Completely Levels the Democrats in Fiery Hearing on Tariffs, Other Financial Issues

Legend: Bessent Bodies Yet Another Dem in Hilariously Brutal Exchange During Hearing

White House What's Up

President Trump's Thursday starts bright and early with the National Prayer Breakfast. Later in the morning, he'll receive his intelligence briefing. At 7:00 PM Eastern, he'll make an announcement from the South Court Auditorium.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hosts a press briefing at 2:00 PM Eastern.

Vice President JD Vance and his family have landed in Milan, Italy, to attend the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Keeping Up With the Cabinet

Admin. Environmental Protection Agency - Lee Zeldin — Zeldin is following through on President Trump's charge that he help bust through the red tape holding up rebuilding efforts in southern California following last year's devastating fires. 

Full Court Press...

Some of Wednesday's court decisions:

Then, too, the Supreme Court weighed in (sort of) by declining to grant the California GOP's application to stay a lower court ruling upholding the latest redistricting shenanigans. And we saw President Trump's would-be assassin sentenced in Florida. 

READ MORE: Breaking: SCOTUS Won't Block California Redistricting Effort

Breaking: Judge Lowers the Boom on Trump's Would-Be Assassin, Ryan Routh

COMING ATTRACTIONS

The Winter Games opening ceremony is Friday, though curling and some other events are already underway. 

And the U.S. and Iran are set to hold talks on Friday in Oman. 

MORNING MUSING

So, the Democrats are out with their list of "demands" for DHS reforms. Our friend Kurt Schlichter has a great explainer here about why the insistence on judicial warrants is horse hockey:

And why exactly would there be concern over immigration enforcement operations in/around polling places, since we're assured that illegal aliens don't participate in our elections?

Then, too, as Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13) notes, it's quite rich that Democrat leaders are calling for immigration enforcement officers to ID themselves — but not voters.

Things that make you go, "Hmmm...." 🤔

LIGHTER FARE 

Unbearable cuteness.

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