Monday, March 31, 2025
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
Lawmakers, they said, had “blinded Americans to the many moments” when their “personal finances clash with their public duties.”
This is mind-blowing stuff that needs to be addressed for all to see, to answer all these questions.
Second 'Big Law' Firm Hoists the White Flag and Makes Peace With Trump
At least for the next four years, these huge law firms will not be the focal point for lawfare against the administration and people associated with President Trump.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Media Needs to Stop Putting Words in Mouths of All Parkland Parents
I'm more than a little bothered at how they didn't seem interested in talking with any of the pro-gun parents like Andrew Pollack or our own Ryan Petty. Funny, that.
Yes, The Left Supports Domestic Terrorism; Liberals Remain Silent About It
No conservative will take you seriously if you simultaneously proclaim the importance of "norms" while supporting Brownshirts. It sounds like BS to us.
The New York Times Drops a Massive Truth Bomb on the Democrats
Without identity politics, what do Democrats even have? Strip that away, and all that’s left is a pile of failed policies and a party with nothing to fall back on—no distractions, no scapegoats, no emotional manipulation to cover for their incompetence. It’s the only playbook they know, and without it, they’re completely exposed.
Pro-Kamala Auto Union Chief Just Obliterated the Left's Narrative on Trump's Tariff Policy
Short-term pain for long-term gain, and it’s mostly a negotiating tactic. It’s not like this was some surprise domestic agenda item—Trump said he would do this.
Catherine Herridge Drops Receipts and Sinks Hillary Clinton's Trumped-Up 'Signal-Gate' Outrage
Lucky for Clinton she's totally bereft of self-awareness or this kind of thing might sting a little.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
There's only one official meeting set for Monday on the Hill: The House Rules Committee convenes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern to address the following:
H.R. 1526 – No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025; H.R. 22 – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act; S.J. Res. 18 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions’’.; S.J. Res. 28 – Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to ‘‘Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications.’’
This will also be where they decide the fate of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's (R-FL) discharge petition over proxy voting for new parents/expectant mothers.
White House What's Up
This is interesting — President Donald Trump has two items on his official schedule today: signing executive orders at 1:00 p.m. ...and signing executive orders at 5:30 p.m. We'll have to see what that's all about!
Full Court Press...
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases on Monday:
- Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. WI Labor Review Comm'n. — (1) Does a state violate the First Amendment's Religion Clauses by denying a religious organization an otherwise-available tax exemption because the organization does not meet the
state's criteria for religious behavior? (2) In addressing federal constitutional challenges, may state courts require proof of unconstitutionality "beyond a reasonable doubt?" - Rivers v. Guerrero — Whether § 2244(b)(2) applies (i) only to habeas filings made after a prisoner has exhausted appellate review of his first petition, (ii) to all second-in-time habeas filings after final judgment, or (iii) to some second-in-time filings, depending on a prisoner's success on appeal or ability to satisfy a seven-factor test.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
This is Tariff Week, as several of Trump's proposed tariffs are set to go into effect on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, two special elections for congressional seats in Florida (replacing Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz) are set, along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. All three of these races are critical in terms of helping the GOP maintain control of the House, so if you know anyone in those Florida districts or Wisconsin who isn't already planning on voting, please urge them to get out and vote. Turnout is the name of the game here, and the GOP needs it.
MORNING MUSING
I hate dusting. Of all household chores, it's probably my least favorite — so tedious and bleh. Consequently, I don't do it as often as I should, which, in turn, makes it even less appealing to do. And having tons of little knick-knacks in/on various cabinets to work around makes it even more of a chore. The obvious solution there, of course, is to have fewer knick-knacks. I contemplated that as I dusted my way through/around them all on Sunday. But, the thing is, those knick-knacks are part of what makes a house homey. And as I picked each up yesterday to dust it off and put it back in its rightful place, I was reminded of the story behind it — the person who gave it to me or from whom I inherited it.
A lot of my knick-knacks are from my grandmother or great-grandmother — both long gone. I never knew my great-grandmother as she passed nearly a decade-and-a-half before I was born. But I knew my Grandma well — was fortunate to have her in my life into my late thirties. And I have so many memories of time spent with her at her farmhouse when I was little, entertaining myself (when I wasn't outside playing with all the barn cats) by looking at all her little curios and pretend-playing with the delicate cups and saucers or old perfume bottles. There's an old set of binoculars, too, that reminds me of looking out into the fields — and a ceramic "muckle coo" that Grandma picked up somewhere during her travels, along with shells I collected over the years. And there are framed photographs – my own Mom as a little girl and then my great-grandmother, holding either my grandmother or her brother.
Each item has a special memory or meaning attached, and as I thought about the people they connect me with — people who helped make me who I am and who I won't see again this side of Eternity — well, I think a bit of dust might have gotten in my eyes.
LIGHTER FARE
Too cute!
Those little paws..🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/lAqbIvLiRK
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) March 31, 2025
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