Monday, May 11, 2026
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Mark Kelly Sets Internet Ablaze With Claim About Our Munitions, Hegseth’s Response Is Pure Fire
Sounds like Kelly just walked right into it again.
Democrats Plot Coup Against Virginia Supreme Court in Redistricting Fight
Whatever Democrats decide, the calendar is not on their side.
Iran’s Drone Games Are About to Backfire
If the Iranian regime isn't getting the message, maybe patience should be at an end. They keep waving a flag that says, "Pound us into oblivion." And we are perfectly capable of obliging them. They keep demonstrating they do not learn.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Bearing Arms — New Jersey’s Second Amendment Catch-22
Seriously, I can't remember the last time I read a legal brief that was so downright gleeful in rebutting virtually every execrable argument advanced to diminish our Second Amendment rights.
HotAir — Iran’s Peace Proposal to United States Basically Calls for Our Surrender
Trump believes he has all the cards. The Iranians think they do. If Trump wants to win this game he needs to start using some of those high cards.
PJ Media — Bombshell Evidence About the 2020 Election Is Coming
But a reckoning is coming. There are now search warrants, grand jury subpoenas, and federal prosecutors involved. The truth will come out.
Townhall — Last Week Was a Keg of Lib Tears and It’s Time to Party Down
We’re finally fighting back, without apology and without quarter.
Color us extremely skeptical of Newsom's "FACTS."
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
The Senate is back in session on Monday.
At 5:30pm, on Monday, May 11th, the Senate will proceed to two roll call votes on the following:
— Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) April 30, 2026
1. Adoption of Executive Calendar #5, S.Res.690, En Bloc Nominations.
2. Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #728, Kevin Warsh, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of…
The House returns to the fray on Tuesday.
White House What's Up
Going to be an extra busy week for President Trump with the upcoming travel to China. Here's what he has in store for Monday:
- 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
- 10:30 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Maternal Healthcare Event — Oval Office
- 1:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 3:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT signs Executive Orders — Oval Office
- 4:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT hosts the 2026 National Football Champions, Indiana University — The White House
- 5:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 7:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Rose Garden Club Dinner — Rose Garden
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Dir. Federal Bureau of Investigations - Kash Patel — Patel has an OpEd out today regarding how the FBI is using AI to get the job done.
When I first arrived at the FBI, AI had no role at the Bureau.
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 11, 2026
Now, AI is central to everything we do - and every day it’s helping us triage tips, stay ahead of threats, crush violent criminals, and be more accountable to the taxpayer.
My op-ed on how we took this FBI out of… pic.twitter.com/0GqvZU1yrT
When I first arrived at the FBI, AI had no role at the Bureau.
Now, AI is central to everything we do - and every day it’s helping us triage tips, stay ahead of threats, crush violent criminals, and be more accountable to the taxpayer.
My op-ed on how we took this FBI out of the past and into the AI Age.
Full Court Press...
There were a few court decisions of note in recent days, including this one:
❌ In Vizguerra-Ramirez v. Choate (habeas/removal of protesters), Judge Nina Wang (Colorado) ENTERS judgment in favor of plaintiff.
The Supreme Court is expected to hand down additional opinions on Thursday.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
President Trump heads to China later this week.
MORNING MUSING
I hate to break it to whichever health officials or political powerbrokers are banking on Hantavirus being COVID Redux, but it ain't happening. I have no doubt that this rodent-centric bug is nasty and that I (and most sane people) want zero to do with it. But the pandemic porn ship has sailed. Maybe in another decade or so, our feeble, easily distracted memories will have moved on enough that it will work again. But right now, there are far too many of us still dealing with the aftereffects — and, frankly, the psychic trauma — of what was done to us in the name of "safety" and "science."
We're not doing this again.
SEE: You Won’t Believe How a Simple Birdwatching Stop Created the Hantavirus Outbreak
LIGHTER FARE
This was not my actual alarm this morning, but it might as well have been. #Rude
It's Monday.. wakey-wakey..🐕🐾⏰😅 pic.twitter.com/rnW3xYWDfe
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) May 11, 2026
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