Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
New: Pam Bondi Just Exercised the Nuclear Option on the Judges Who Removed Alina Habba
So what happens now? That's the big question. Theoretically, since the position has just been vacated, another 120-day window for a temporary appointee should be on the table. That would allow Trump to put whoever he wants there, with the hope that the Senate will actually hold a vote on Habba during that time.
New York Man Arrested After Planting IEDs Throughout Manhattan, Had Message for President Trump
Tucked away in the indictment is the revelation that Gann posted a comment to President Trump in late March. The remarks, incoherent on some level, address use of the National Guard and building a wall.
Dems May Be in Big Trouble for Midterms With These Stunning New Financial Numbers
Gee, who would have thought that complete Biden administration failure, a cover-up of his cognitive decline, embracing illegal aliens, demonizing law enforcement, as well as a slew of other extremist positions wouldn't be a good idea?
Trending Across Townhall Media
Details of ATF Raid Sound Like a Deadly Version of Keystone Cops
It's embarrassing to know my tax dollars pay these people.
Trump (Hilariously) Calls Obama a Traitor
Sure, he cares about Obama's treasonous acts, but he seems almost as offended by what he sees as Obama's poor taste in art, which is a bit more subdued than Trump's
Tulsi Is About To Drop More Evidence Against Barack Obama
No matter how hard Obama’s lackeys try to spin it, accountability is coming. And they know it.
The Two Words This Ex-Rolling Stone Editor Had for the New Comey Docs
Even former Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi found the trove to be “bizarre,” adding that a lot of it reads like “keystone cops.”
Bill Kristol Wakes Up From His Apparent Coma to Worry About Accusing a Former President of Treason
Self-awareness is not something you are allowed to have if you are a leftist like Kristol. It is fundamentally incompatible with the ideology.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Plenty of activity on the Hill Wednesday, with multiple hearings/meetings scheduled, including:
- House Armed Services — Reforming Defense Acquisition to Deliver Capability at the Speed of Relevance
- House Transportation and Infrastructure, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee — "Fixing Emergency Management: Examining Improvements to FEMA's Disaster Response"
- House Small Business, Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations — “American Resilience: Examining SBA Disaster Assistance Programs”
- House Agriculture — "An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12"
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party — United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources — Hearings to examine challenges to meeting increased electricity demand
- House Oversight and Government Reform, Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee — “Catch and Release, Lose and Forget: Addressing the Crisis of Unaccompanied Alien Children – Part I”
- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship — Hearings to examine innovation in the crosshairs, focusing on countering China's industrial espionage
- Senate Environment and Public Works, Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee — Hearings to examine the road ahead, focusing on proposals to improve America's transportation infrastructure
White House What's Up
President Donald Trump had a banner day trade-wise on Tuesday.
READ MORE: Trump Announces Historic Trade Deal With Not One but Two Major Countries
On Wednesday afternoon, he's set to deliver remarks and sign executive orders at the AI Summit.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will also hold a press briefing at 1:00 PM Eastern.
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance headlined a successful fundraiser on Nantucket on Tuesday.
READ MORE: Stunning Images of JD Vance's Arrival on Nantucket As Leftists Commence With the Meltdowns
Full Court Press...
The Trump administration has (unsurprisingly) appealed the preliminary injunction entered by Judge Indira Talwani in the Planned Parenthood funding case. The administration also picked up a nice, albeit minor, win in the Associated Press case, with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals declining to grant the AP's petition for a rehearing en banc (by the full court) regarding its stay of the lower court's injunction pending appeal.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
President Trump heads to Scotland on Friday. In the meantime, his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, promises more document disclosures...TODAY.
MORNING MUSING
Perms, braces, raglan concert (or Moosehead Beer) tees. The sounds of warning bells ringing and locker doors slamming shut. I will never hear the song "Crazy Train" and not be immediately transported back to junior high school. I entered 7th grade in the fall of 1980 (we were still in junior high/7th through 9th grade mode at that point) and finished up 9th grade in the spring of 1983. There are countless songs that evoke that era, but none so much as "Crazy Train."
READ MORE: 'Prince of Darkness' Ozzy Osbourne Dead at 76
In part, that's because of its popularity — yes, it got overplayed (like most hits did back then), but it had a staying power. In my mind, I can hear it blasting from someone's boom box in the locker bay still. And, I will always be reminded of a favorite pom pom routine. The juxtaposition of a bunch of 13-14-year-olds in cheerleading outfits performing extraordinarily tame dance routines to the "Prince of Darkness" howling about madness...something about that just sort of sums up the early 80s, doesn't it?
I spent much of my Tuesday incommunicado — yours truly was summoned to jury duty. In a stunning turn of events, the former lawyer/current political writer and radio host got tossed back (and liberated from having to serve). But this limited my exposure to a (typically) busy news day. I did, however, see the headlines flash about Ozzy Osbourne's passing. No — it doesn't come as a terrible shock, but it definitely is a gut punch to this child of that era.
So, I can't resist sharing this classic.
Oh, and this one...
Old school… pic.twitter.com/GOZOr8zdta
— Susie Moore ⚾️🌻🐶 (@SmoosieQ) July 23, 2025
LIGHTER FARE
I think we all know what his name is...
Picture of the day ❤😊 pic.twitter.com/Pot9eqw2lJ
— Tweets of Dogs (@TweeetsOfDogs) July 22, 2025
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