Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Brutal KJP Interview With The New Yorker Has the Internet in Stitches
All I can say is thank God that Trump won, because the Democrats wanted to foist more of the confusion on us for another four years.
And it's not just "the left" but actual Democrat elected officials in positions of power, who give tacit endorsement of it by their refusal to condemn it and/or by playing "both sides" games.
Don’t diminish the legacy and memory of six million Jews by equating it with modern politics.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Air Force Vet Finally Freed From Massachusetts Jail After Arrest for Legally Owned Guns
Culotta's legal battle isn't over, however. He's due back in court for a pre-trial hearing in December, and prosecutors are vigorously pursuing charges of possessing a firearm without a license for the guns he lawfully purchased and legally possessed in Arizona.
Is the Climate Grift Collapsing?
So yes, we are winning this battle. But we will have to fight the dead-enders for years and rebuild what they have destroyed.
CNN Drops a Bombshell: The Shutdown Is Backfiring on the Democrats Big Time
Democrats have been holding the government hostage for nearly a month now, having voted down Republican funding bills 13 times while federal workers go without pay and air travel grinds to a halt.
House Republicans Just Cooked the Dems With This Line
The Democrats are trying to steal $1.5 trillion for NPR funding and health care for illegal aliens. The shutdown is hurting the Democrats, and their talking points are resonating. Don't fall for it, guys.
CNN’s Jake Tapper Cuts to Commercial As Katie Miller Shares the DEI Truth About Karine Jean-Pierre
Yes, identity is important to the left, but you’re not allowed to point out how overly important it is to them.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Lucky 13...it wasn't. The Senate again failed to pass the clean continuing resolution (CR) to fund and reopen the government, with no notable change in the vote lineup. So...I guess Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Senate Dems are intent on inflicting maximum pain on the American people in the hopes that it will harm President Trump and the Republicans politically. Cynical lot, aren't they?
In other Senate news, five Republicans joined with Senate Democrats to block the president's tariffs on Brazil. On a brighter note, Sen. Eric Schmitt called out the Dems' both-sides BS in a hearing on Tuesday, and the Senate confirmed Jordan Emery Pratt to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
READ MORE: Here Are the Five Republican Senators Who Voted With Dems to End Trump's Tariffs on Brazil
On Wednesday, there are several Senate hearings/meetings set, including:
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources — Hearings to examine the Section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Hearings to examine the future of biotech, focusing on maintaining U.S. competitiveness and lifesaving cures to patients
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Hearings to examine Big Tech and silencing Americans part 2
- Senate Indian Affairs — Hearings to examine impacts of government shutdowns and agency reductions in force on Native communities
- Senate Veterans' Affairs — Hearings to examine putting veterans first, focusing on the current VA disability system
White House What's Up
After an exciting and productive day in Japan on Tuesday, President Trump is headed to South Korea on Wednesday, where he'll deliver keynote remarks at the APEC CEOs luncheon, participate in a High Honor Presentation, and attend a dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae Myung.
Vice President JD Vance, who was just in Israel last week, remains optimistic that the Gaza peace deal will hold, despite Hamas' violation of the agreement and Israel's retaliatory strikes.
"The ceasefire is holding. That doesn't mean that there aren't going to be little skirmishes," says @VP.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 28, 2025
"We know that Hamas or somebody else within Gaza attacked an IDF soldier. We expect the Israelis are going to respond — but I think the President's peace is going to hold." pic.twitter.com/6J9PUeKc7Z
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Transportation - Sean Duffy — Duffy continues to call out Chuck Schumer and the Senate Dems over the shutdown.
The Schumer-Jeffries shutdown is having real consequences on hard-working Americans.
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) October 28, 2025
Air traffic controllers are driving for Uber to pay their rent, and many of their wives have to take a second job to afford childcare. @SenSchumer and @RepJeffries, stop hurting Americans and… pic.twitter.com/hu5xXOjJuC
Full Court Press...
We didn't get many notable decisions on Tuesday from the courts, but this one is sure to raise some eyebrows:
- ❌ State of Oregon v. Trump (National Guard Deployment) — 9th Circuit orders matter to be reheard en banc (thus vacating the panel ruling, which issued a stay pending appeal).
Now, that seems disappointing, after the prior panel ruling, but our friend Shipwreckedcrew has some ideas about what might really be going on — plus, we're still waiting on SCOTUS to weigh in on the Illinois case.
We also had this non-surprising ruling:
- ❌ AFGE v. OMB (shutdown layoffs) — Judge Susan Illston (Northern District of California) GRANTS plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction.
Also — finally got the 4th Circuit scorecard completed (and the tally is a bit surprising):
READ MORE: 4th Circuit Scorecard: The Trump Administration's Wins and Losses Before the Appellate Courts
COMING ATTRACTIONS
President Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Thursday. That should be interesting...
Still tapping my fingers, waiting for that Supreme Court decision in the Illinois National Guard case.
MORNING MUSING
You know the flip test, right? Where you take a scenario that's being discussed in the news and imagine how it would be covered if the parties of the key players were reversed. So...imagine the Schumer Shutdown...only it's the Republicans voting against reopening the government.
There's a Democrat president and Democrats control both houses of Congress, albeit with a slim margin. The authorization for funding has lapsed, the new appropriations measures aren't in place, and the Democrats have put forth a clean CR just to extend current spending levels — not increase them — for a few weeks. They got it passed in the House in September. But Senate Republicans are holding the filibuster over the Dems' heads, refusing to vote with them in sufficient numbers to pass the measure in the upper chamber.
The military, air traffic controllers, and federal employees aren't getting paid. SNAP benefits are about to run out. And the Republicans are saying they won't vote to reopen the government unless the Dems agree to cut $1 trillion from the budget.
Who's catching the blame there?
Yeah. I thought so.
LIGHTER FARE
Fact check: True.
— Heckin Good Dogs (@HeckinGoodDogs) October 26, 2025
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