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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Good morning, and welcome to RedState’s “Morning Minute” — a transient glimpse at which tales are trending at the second and a look forward at what the day could deliver. Consider this your one-stop store for news to kickstart your day. 

TOP O’ THE MORNIN’

Red-Hot at RedState 

The Incredibly Ironic Request Mamdani Has of His ‘Working People’ Supporters

Unfortunately, for New Yorkers, they’re going to discover out in short order that nothing is free, and they are going to pay a heavy price for the dangerous alternative they made on Tuesday.

‘Game Changer’: DHS Puts Masked Portland Wacktivists on Notice With Latest Announcement

If it is like all the pieces else, the new coverage absolutely shall be challenged in the courts. In the meantime, at least ICE brokers now have more instruments at their disposal to fight the agitators and quell the lawless mobs that Democrats keep telling us do not exist.

Breaking: Massive Vehicle Explosion Rocks Bronx, Injures 7 Firefighters – What Caused It?

Because of the dimension of the blast, questions are certain to be requested, but authorities haven’t revealed whether or not they assume the detonation was a purposeful act or just kind of some weird accident.

Trending Across Townhall Media

Anti-Gunners Have Lost the Debate Over the Right to Carry

The gun control foyer misplaced the legal struggle over hid carry three years in the past, but it misplaced in the court of public opinion long before then.

No Enemies to the Right? Wrong!

I do not need to have to reply for Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, or the new Tucker Carlson. I do not acknowledge myself in them.

Trump Just Gave the Finger (Again!) to the Space Establishment

Long story short, Athena was Isaacman’s plan for cutting prices at NASA and restoring the company’s “mission-first” tradition — and getting us back to the Moon, at a price we are able to afford and before China does. Needless to say, Athena concerned upsetting an terrible lot of well-anchored apple carts and taking method some gold-plated iron rice bowls. 

Is This Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Going Crazy?

Georgia statewide is useless, but she may be setting her sights larger. We have rumors that she’s mulling a 2028 run for president. 

Escape From New York: X Gives Hilarious Relocation Advice to Dems Fleeing Commie Mamdani’s NYC

Good luck, New York. You’re going to need it.

WHAT’S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill…

Day 37 of the Schumer Shutdown is right here and, so far, there’s no real motion on it, though there are murmurs. On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Eric Chunyee Tung to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. They also confirmed Caleb Orr to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs). (Interestingly, Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Angus King (I-ME) crossed over to vote yay on the latter.)

On Thursday, there are a handful of hearings/conferences set: 

• Senate Armed Services — Hearings to look at the nominations of Michael Payne, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Alexander Velez-Green, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Timothy Dill, of Ohio, and Maurice Todd, of Florida, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense
• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Hearings to look at reforming financial transparency in larger training
• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Hearings to look at the nominations of John DeLeeuw, of Texas, Richard Kloster, of West Virginia, and Michelle A. Schultz, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board
• Senate Judiciary — Business assembly to take into account S.1884, to make clear the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, to appropriately restrict the utility of defenses based on the passage of time and other non-merits defenses to claims under that Act, and the nominations of Robert P. Chamberlin, and James D. Maxwell II, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, Thomas Ferguson III, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, James Kruger, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, Scott Leary, of Mississippi, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Andrew Duva, of Florida, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, William J. Crain, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Alexander C. Van Hook, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, and Ryan Anthony Kriegshauser, of Kansas, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Hearings to look at assessing Obamacare

White House What’s Up

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump celebrated the one 12 months anniversary of his profitable reelection and addressed Senate Republicans at a breakfast.

READ MORE: Trump at Senate GOP Breakfast Calls Once Again to Nuke the Filibuster and Push His Agenda Through

A Huge Anniversary Reminds Us Why We Should Still Be Smiling Despite Tuesday’s Election Setbacks

On Thursday, he is set to make an announcement from the Oval Office at 11:00 AM Eastern. In the afternoon, he’ll take part in multilateral conferences with Central Asian international locations, adopted by a dinner in the East Room. 

Keeping Up With the Cabinet

Admin. Small Business Administration – Kelly Loeffler — Loeffler lately joined Maria Bartiromo on Mornings With Maria to spotlight how the Schumer Shutdown is harming American small companies. 

.@SBA_Kelly: “This federal shutdown is brought to you by the Senate Democrats. It’s the Party of defund the police — it’s now defund America… over 8,000 small businesses have not been able to access their SBA loans.” pic.twitter.com/NSncUHxNOY

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 5, 2025

Full Court Press…

I wasn’t ready to pay attention to the full oral argument on the tariff circumstances before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, but I did catch roughly the first hour, and I’ve gotta be sincere: I did not assume it went notably nicely for the administration. You never know for sure — and the ultimate dedication could also be a split-the-baby compromise that leaves no one ecstatic — but here is one key takeaway I had: 

⚖️Something today’s oral argument before SCOTUS reaffirmed for me:

I sometimes have hassle distinguishing Kagan’s voice from Sotomayor’s. (Apparently, CJ Roberts could have the same issue.😂)

Same goes for Alito and Roberts.

The other 5, I can readily pick.

— Susie Moore ⚾️🌻🐶 (@SmoosieQ) November 5, 2025

MORNING MUSING

Elections should not be reputation contests — we should not be selecting our elected representatives based on how they give the impression of being or how we really feel about them. In the ideally suited world, we would make rational decisions based on their talents, monitor report, and said agendas. 

But who am I kidding? We do not live in an ideally suited world, and many — if not most — of us vote for a “team” or a character. Platforms and messaging are important, but in the end, the key issue behind most profitable candidates is this: power — or what some would possibly take into account charisma. 

People gravitate in the direction of energetic, charismatic figures. So, if you need a preview of who, on the Democrat aspect, is probably going to be the “future” of that social gathering, take a gander at who generates the buzz on that aspect. That means, whether or not you prefer it or not, people like AOC and Zohran Mamdani. The Dems, in explicit, are long overdue for reinvigoration and an ushering out of the outdated guard. Who’s excited about Chuck Schumer? Steny Hoyer? Nancy Pelosi? Unfortunately, for the relaxation of us, that means we’re going to see them leaning even more durable into a more progressive agenda with their far-left mouthpieces main the method. That’s where the power is. 

The good news for Republicans is that we now have a respectable bench of energetic, charismatic figures, many of them on the youthful aspect. (Donald Trump being the exception on that latter issue, but I believe we are able to all agree that he is distinctive.) The key, of course, is to harness that power and charisma and connect it to sound, sane, efficient insurance policies.

The backside line is this: If you need to know where either social gathering is headed, observe the power. 

LIGHTER FARE 

Subtlety is not in my canine’s lexicon, but this one has it down. 

Dog politely drops hints that he is in strolling..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/yRMCaZ7p6e

— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) November 6, 2025

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Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is right here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats compelled a authorities shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.

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