Thursday, July 24, 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
Karoline Leavitt's Takedown of CNN Reporter Over Russia Collusion Hoax Docs Is a Thing of Beauty
"The only people who are suggesting that the Director of National Intelligence would release evidence to try to boost her standing with the president are the people in this room," Leavitt shot back. "Who consistently try to sow distrust and chaos among the President's cabinet."
Oh, what a tangled, some would say treasonous, web.
A Swiss Solution to Our Debt Crisis
Passage of the 18th Amendment could set a precedent for passage of a fiscal responsibility amendment to the U.S. Constitution, relying on citizens to propose and approve the amendment.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Sig's Issues After Latest Incident Least of Anyone's Concerns
This is on them, and they need to start doing something about it.
Hunter Biden Is Running For President
Hunter Biden might be the Democrats' best chance in 2028. He fits the brand to a T.
Everyone in the Neighborhood Knew Hillary Was Bats**t Crazy. Now the Intel Confirms It
How many Hillary Clinton foibles will it take before all but the true believers understand how corrupt many democrats are?
We Know What Happened After Bondi Reviewed the 'Truckload' of Epstein Docs
It’s knowing what belongs in the creep city pile and what doesn’t that liberal media and Democrats don’t seem to get.
Almost as if there were some seriously shady things taking place ... hrm, crazy talk.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
The House is essentially out now for a "District Work Period" until September 1, but the Senate is still plugging away, with several hearings/meetings set for Thursday, including several to consider nominations, as well as:
- Senate Appropriations — Business meeting to markup an original bill entitled, "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026", and an original bill entitled, "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026"
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Hearings to examine empowering workers by expanding employee ownership
- Senate Judiciary — Business meeting to consider S.1038, to direct the Attorney General to include a data field in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System to indicate whether the last known location of a missing person was confirmed or was suspected to have been on Federal land, S.1098, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, S.1528, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations, and the nominations of Kurt Alme, to be United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Nicholas Chase, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Lesley Murphy, to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Jeanine Pirro, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Daniel Rosen, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Erik Siebert, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Kurt Wall, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana
- Senate Foreign Relations — Business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, and to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the Rank of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations
- Joint Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) — Hearings to examine intercepting terror, focusing on strengthening Ukrainian air defense
White House What's Up
President Donald Trump will sign additional executive orders — and bills! — Thursday afternoon, before he heads to the Federal Reserve for a tour. I...don't suspect Jerome Powell will be the one providing the tour, but you never know...
Full Court Press...
The Supreme Court issued another ruling (and win) for the Trump administration on Wednesday, granting a stay in another case involving the removal of "independent" agency leaders.
READ MORE: Another Win: SCOTUS Grants Trump Admin's Application for Stay in Case on CPSC Appointees
Then there was the craziness surrounding the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the efforts to have the Epstein grand jury transcripts unsealed.
READ MORE: Federal Judges Rule on Efforts to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony
Maryland Judge Blocks ICE Arrest of 'Maryland Man' Kilmar Abrego Garcia - but There's an Added Twist
We had another ruling on birthright citizenship — this one from the 9th Circuit. Will have an article up on that shortly.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
We'll continue to watch the fallout from what I'm now referring to as "Swampgate," as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard continues to open the blinds and let the sunlight in, and Deep State actors recoil from it.
On Friday, President Trump heads to Scotland/the U.K.
MORNING MUSING
I may not be a fan of my physical gut these days (late-middle age plus working from home in a sedentary job are not its friends), but I've increasingly become one of my metaphorical gut. It turns out, trust in it is warranted. I can't catalog all of the instances where my gut instinct on a situation was later borne out, but I thought I'd share just a few:
- WMD (or lack thereof) in Iraq
- Benghazi (and Susan Rice's Sunday show lie-fest)
- Hilary's emails
- Jim Comey's shadiness
- Russia, Russia, Russia!
- Ukraine — Trump Impeachment 1
- COVID — its origins (Remember the Pangolin!) and mitigation measures
- Hunter's laptop
Now, a few caveats: First, I was hardly alone in these impressions/perspectives — I'm not claiming some special foresight superpower. Second, there are a couple I'm holding back still...because they've not fully been borne out, but when/if they are, I'll have a tweet or two (of mine) I can point back to with a flourish and a "Ta-dah!" Third, while these run largely in one (partisan) direction, I should point out that I was not sold on Trump when Russiagate first emerged. I wasn't sold on Russiagate, but I wasn't sold on him either. I hadn't voted for him, and I was still very unsure of what to expect from him. I just knew something about the whole thing seemed very...off.
If nothing else, what the past 15-20 years have taught me is that my gut is more reliable than the legacy media. So, yeah, the next time my gut's telling me the opposite of the preferred media narrative, I'll be listening to and trusting my gut, thank you very much.
LIGHTER FARE
Verifiably true.
— Respectful Memes (@RespectfulMemes) July 23, 2025
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