Friday, October 24, 2025
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Hoo Boy: Chelsea Clinton Jumps Into the White House Ballroom Debate, and She Really Shouldn't Have
If there was one family in presidential history who should sit all the way down about how the White House was treated, it's the Clintons.
Democrats continue to support illegal aliens while viewing law enforcement as the true criminals deserving of arrest. They are sick.
Schiff Isn't Going to Like This: Todd Blanche Pours Cold Water Over New Report About DOJ Case
But there was a small problem with this story, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. The meeting "never happened," he said. He completely obliterated the story.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Bizarre Incident in D.C. Suburb Highlights Importance of Our 2A Rights
It could be that this was just meant to be a prank, but these individuals caused legitimate fear and terror to their targets.
White House Rebuts Democrat Freakout With the Perfect Troll
Obama adds a basketball court to the White House, adding an urban flair. But Trump is adding a ballroom? It is the same as crapping in a baptismal font.
Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Graham Platner: The Rise of the New Age Nazis
Weird, huh? After ten-plus years of calling Trump a Nazi (and Elon Musk… and Steve Bannon… and JD Vance…. and pretty much every non-Democrat), Democrats now have a senate candidate with a literal Nazi tattoo on his chest!
Fat Loser Generals Can Get Bent
There’s been a change of command, with a new command climate. If you can’t stand the Hegseth heat, get out of the Pentagon.
'It Do Be Like That': Will Stancil Launches a Viral Meme Storm Over White House Renovations
Just like Hakeen Jeffries and his sombrero, 'It do be like that' is now stapled to Stancil for the foreseeable future, if not forever.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Day 24 of the Schumer Shutdown, and the critters have taken their leave. The Senate held a vote yesterday on Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI) bill to pay essential government workers, but that measure failed as well.
READ MORE: Meting Out the Pain: Senate Dems Nuke Pay Bill for Government Workers
The Senate did manage to confirm Stephen Meredith as U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky before they skedaddled. And they're set to vote Monday on two more judges: Rebecca L. Taibleson to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit; Bill Lewis to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama.
White House What's Up
President Trump's schedule is fairly open on Friday, but he's set to leave late Friday night for his trip to Asia. First stop: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Just as the president is leaving town, Vice President JD Vance is returning from his trip to Israel.
Vice President Vance and @slotus visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher today, on the final day of their trip to Israel pic.twitter.com/eLqEOxE7eb
— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) October 23, 2025
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Labor - Lori Chavez-DeRemer — Chavez-DeRemer shared her recent appearance on Mornings With Maria on Fox Business to push Senate Democrats to reopen the government so her department can get back to work on "Making America Skilled Again."
AI is here to stay—and it’s critical that we prepare our workforce with the skills needed to thrive in this high-tech environment.
— Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (@SecretaryLCD) October 23, 2025
That’s why Senate Democrats need to reopen the government and let @USDOL get back to work on our Make America Skilled Again push. pic.twitter.com/6kvDvoj2ZF
Full Court Press...
Not as many court rulings of note on Thursday:
- ❌ Media Matters v. FTC (restricting press freedom) — D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals DENIES admin's motion for stay pending appeal.
But there was a big win for Tennessee (and 14 other states...and science) as a district court struck down Biden-era regulations regarding the Affordable Care Act that redefined "sex" to include "gender identity."
READ MORE: TN Scores Big Win - Court Strikes Down Biden Title IX Rule Expanding 'Sex' to Gender Identity
COMING ATTRACTIONS
President Trump heads out tonight for his trip to Asia.
I still think we'll see a ruling from the Supreme Court on the application for stay in the Illinois National Guard case soon.
MORNING MUSING
It's Friday, so I'm going to indulge my tendency to think in lyrical/musical terms: All this hubbub over the construction of the new ballroom at the White House is a hoot, and it calls to mind a song I was introduced to very early in my law school career by a punk rock, bada** gal from L.A. with short, spiky, magenta hair, multiple piercings, and Doc Martens. Felicia, one of my new classmates, intimidated the heck out of me — until I got to know her. Then I learned she was a real sweetheart. Sadly, she passed away several years ago. But I will never forget watching her rock out to this song I'd never heard before in the bar in our dorm — yes, law school had its perks. (We won't get into the fact that one of my other classmates was none other than JB Pritzker.)
Anyway, the point I'm trying to get to here is that, at first blush, Felicia was tough and full of sharp edges — she was a slam dance, not a waltz. But then I came to see her as the beautiful, fun, quirky, clever soul she actually was.
And the man at the back said, "Everyone, attack"
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
All the conniptions the Dems and the professional Left are throwing over the demo part of the renovations at the White House...
This is what I voted for🤣 pic.twitter.com/ICKbK18e7E
— 💋Elissa4Real💋 (@EL4USA) October 23, 2025
...what's going to happen when the rubble is cleared — when the new ballroom is actually complete and looks fabulous? When the White House hosts large, elegant events no longer in tents? I know, I know, they'll refocus their energy on griping about the style of it and the way it was funded (even though not at taxpayer expense).
It'll always be something for them.
Well, that's fine. They can have their little freakout over a People's House upgrade. Me? I look forward to maybe dancing there one day. (Probably not slam dancing, though.)
LIGHTER FARE
Whee!
It’s Friday! 😂 pic.twitter.com/a8z6SU8Lgp
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) October 24, 2025
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