Friday, November 7, 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
If Democrats want a crumbling, socialist, failing society in certain places, give them one. Let it be contained. Let it be visible.
Army Professor Launches Info War on Conservative School Board Members
Voters and morally principled magistrates have agency and responsibility to force accountability and reject the use of efforts aimed at blocking responsible deliberation in local school districts. The real question is whether or not they will.
Whoa: 2nd Circuit Issues Stunning Decision on Trump's NY Criminal Case
What does that mean? It means the district court has to revisit the issue and consider that the case should have been removed to federal court — meaning it was improperly tried in state court — which could mean that the convictions ultimately don't stand. (That's not guaranteed, but it could very well be the outcome of this.)
Trending Across Townhall Media
NAGR's Post in Response to Bearing Arms Story is Perfection
Whether they intended it to have all the layers I'm seeing or not is irrelevant. If it's just trolling stupid UK laws and nothing more, it doesn't matter. It's still perfection, and I have to acknowledge this one.
Mamdani Madness, 36 Hours Later
If things get real dicey, New Yorkers, you can always look for the Kurt Russell-looking fellow with the eye patch. He may be your last chance to escape from New York.
Will There Be Any Purple States in 10 Years? 5 Years?
The Colorado thing really got me going. Also, I've seen a lot of people on both the left and the right openly fantasizing about, or advocating for, the Balkanization of the United States. Peaceful coexistence doesn't seem to be on the table at the moment.
Is There Something Fishy With New Jersey's Latest Election Results?
It certainly raises some eyebrows. That’s all I’m going to say about that right now.
Obamacare is a disaster. Of course, Democrats are blaming Republicans for its failure despite none of them voting for the scheme. It’s all Democrat lies. Where are lightning bolts when we need them?
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
It's Day 38 of the Schumer Shutdown, but there are rumblings...
SEE: Here's the Scoop After Dems Meet to Discuss Ending Shutdown
House GOP Group Backs Proposal That Could End Schumer Shutdown
Also, the Senate voted down a motion to discharge Sen. Tim Kaine's (D-VA) War Powers Resolution from the Foreign Relations Committee regarding the use of force against Venezuelan drug dealers.
White House What's Up
President Donald Trump had another busy day on Thursday. (Does he ever not?)
READ MORE: Trump Announces Weight-Loss Drug Deal With Pharma in WH Event Marked by Scary Medical Issue
New: President Trump Welcomes Kazakhstan to Abraham Accords
On Friday, he will greet and hold a bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán before he heads off to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend.
Vice President JD Vance touted the success of the Abraham Accords and Kazakhstan's joining of them.
.@VP: "The momentum of the Abraham Accords is alive and well in the second Administration." https://t.co/aovoVpTPJR pic.twitter.com/NnpGzS3dKy
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 7, 2025
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Dir. Central Intelligence Agency - John Ratcliffe — Ratcliffe recently weighed in on President Trump's announcement regarding testing of our nuclear weapons.
.@realDonaldTrump is right. pic.twitter.com/Y8LO5CEIpj
— CIA Director John Ratcliffe (@CIADirector) November 3, 2025
Full Court Press...
Thursday was a wildly busy day in the courts:
- ✅ State of NY v. Trump (falsification of business records) — 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals VACATES district court order denying Trump leave to file second notice of removal (removing case from state court to federal court).
- ✅ Orr v. Trump (transgender passport policy) — Supreme Court GRANTS administration's application for stay.
- ❌ Chicago Headline Club v. Noem (National Guard deployment/immigration enforcement) — Judge Sara Ellis (Northern District of Illinois) GRANTS plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction, as well as plaintiffs' motion for class certification.
❌ Rhode Island State Council of Churches v. Rollins (SNAP benefits) — Judge John McConnell Jr. (Rhode Island) GRANTS plaintiffs' motion to enforce TRO and for second TRO.
Federal Judge Orders USDA to Fully Fund SNAP Program
MORNING MUSING
They say you can't get blood for a turnip, but Rhode Island District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. is doing his damnedest. As we reported yesterday, McConnell issued another order in the case regarding SNAP benefits, this time, insisting that the Trump administration fund the SNAP program — in full — by today.
READ MORE: Federal Judge Orders USDA to Fully Fund SNAP Program
Never mind that this would entail forcing the USDA to pull money from other programs. Never mind that the SNAP program itself arguably ceased to exist as of September 30. Never mind that, even if it were legal and appropriate to combine the contingency fund with funds from WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), that would deplete those programs/funds and do nothing to address following months. Never mind that the sole reason the program's funds are not available is that Senate Democrats won't vote to reopen the government.
No. Forget all of that. Judge McConnell has decreed that the USDA must cobble together funds — legal and practical impediments be damned — and do it now.
The administration has — rightly, in my view — appealed McConnell's orders to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, and we can expect, at minimum, a ruling sometime today on an administrative stay. (The appellate court should issue one, but this is a court that hasn't been ruling in favorable fashion to the administration, so I'm not holding my breath on that.)
And it isn't that I'm heartless or want people to go hungry. It's that I want our Constitution and our laws to be followed. I want Congress to do its job. And I want the judiciary to do its job. Because if they continue on this path, they're going to force the administration to call their bluff. And when/if that happens, it's not going to be pretty. The system works (somewhat) when the branches stay in their lanes and use their lawful powers to check one another. But of the three branches, it's the judicial branch that, truth be told, has no teeth. And McConnell and his indignant cohorts are about to expose that for all the world to see.
LIGHTER FARE
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