Friday, July 10, 2026
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
You Get What You Pay For: London Descends Into Chaos After Morocco Loss in World Cup
For this, and so many other reasons, it certainly feels like we’re watching the end of an empire in real-time. Put Britain on suicide watch, because they’re slowly killing themselves.
Katie Porter’s Raging Karen Yelp Meltdowns Are Exactly What You’d Expect: ‘Horrible Experience’
Other than that, she seems like she'd be fun at parties.
State Dept Responds Accordingly to News of Mamdani Official's Plan to Meet With Iran's UN Ambassador
Relatedly, I couldn't help but contrast news of the almost-meeting with the ambassador for the murderous Iranian regime with the fact that Mamdani came into office vowing to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he ever set foot in New York City.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Bearing Arms — New Jersey Lawmakers Scramble to Defend 'Gun-Free Zones' After SCOTUS Decisions
In short, instead of going directly to the case that handled sensitive locations that the high court did rule on, they opted to ram a square peg into a round hole by referencing the marijuana and possession prohibition case.
HotAir — Will Platner Destroy the Maine Democratic Party on the Way Out the Door?
Platner is stoking that anger, and since he is an angry guy with nothing to lose—every bridge to the Democratic Party is burned anyway—he has zero incentive to change course.
PJ Media — QUELLE SURPRISE! NY Times Blames Platner on — You Guessed It — President Trump
At this point, the Dems sound like a woman who has been divorced for 20 years and still blames all of her current relationship woes on her ex-husband. If she goes to therapy and the therapist points out that the ex isn't the problem, she finds another therapist.
Townhall — That Gay Cruise Turned Away by Turkey Was Denied Docking in a Second Country
Tolerance is purely a concept born of Western civilization's small-L liberal rights and freedoms. Islamic nations do not have such tolerance, and yet the Left refuses to acknowledge this.
We're certain that she will not stop defaming Charlie and Erika Kirk with her baseless conspiracies.
But we're grateful for the fact that, when she does, Data Republican will be right there to absolutely destroy her, likely with her own words.
And she will begin, as always, with that wonderful 'Hello.'
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Those critters will be back at it come Monday — and there are a number of hearings teed up already. We'll be back to giving you the daily rundown of those next week.
White House What's Up
President Trump has his Friday lined up like this:
- 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
- 1:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 3:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Swearing-In Ceremony for the Special Envoy for American Landowners — Oval Office
He'll remain in D.C. over the weekend and has Executive Time scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, as well.
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Dir. National Intelligence - Bill Pulte (Acting) — Pulte has been somewhat quiet of late, but made a point ahead of the America 250 celebrations that his focus is on keeping DNI apolitical.
I just left the wonderful 250 Year Anniversary Event at U.S. National Intelligence DNI. It was a wonderful evening filled with fellow Intel Members, the President’s Cabinet, and Agencies from across the Globe. My message was simple, we are focusing DNI on being an apolitical…
— DNI Pulte (@DNIPulte) June 26, 2026
I just left the wonderful 250 Year Anniversary Event at U.S. National Intelligence DNI. It was a wonderful evening filled with fellow Intel Members, the President’s Cabinet, and Agencies from across the Globe. My message was simple, we are focusing DNI on being an apolitical intelligence agency that gives the President the best intel and operates based on the law and the statute. Thank you to everyone who came. The future of DNI is bright!
The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to meet on July 15 to consider Jay Clayton's nomination for the permanent spot.
Full Court Press...
The courts were fairly quiet on Thursday, though there was a significant 2A decision out of the 7th Circuit.
🚨 In a 2-1 vote, the Seventh Circuit upheld Illinois's ban on AR-15-style rifles and large-capacity magazines, reversing a federal judge who had struck down the state's Protect Illinois Communities Act after trial. pic.twitter.com/o8zIViXiGM
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 9, 2026
Expect that one to be knocking on SCOTUS' door soon.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Congress will be back at it next week. Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are slated to testify before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Senate Appropriations Committee next week. And, as indicated, Jay Clayton's committee hearing for the DNI nomination is set for Wednesday.
MORNING MUSING
California got at least one thing right — as screwed up as the Golden State seems to have become in recent years, voters recognized the disaster that is Katie Porter and said, "No, thank you" to handing her the executive reins to the state.
There was nothing — nothing — more predictable about Katie Porter than her turning out to be a Turbo Karen https://t.co/t4DoPZY7q2
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) July 9, 2026
Well done, California. Perhaps there's hope for you yet!
LIGHTER FARE
I couldn't choose between these, so today, y'all get a bunny twofer:
This is the cutest thing you’ll see today pic.twitter.com/ppn5MwAnA7
— Antidepressant Content (@depressionlesss) July 10, 2026
I'm speed..🐇😅 pic.twitter.com/Ta5X59zR4G
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) July 10, 2026
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