Morning Minute: Dear Republicans… – RedState

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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TOP O’ THE MORNIN’

Red-Hot at RedState 

‘Politically Toxic’: Dems Already in Panic Mode As GOP Plans to Make Mamdani Face of Their Party Revealed

While the get together in energy traditionally loses seats in the first midterm elections, Mamdani’s rise as the true face of the Democrat get together might alter the calculus. 

Sydney Sweeney Breaks Silence on Freak-Out Over Jeans Ad: ‘It Was All Made Up’

When pressed if she wished to say one thing more about the advert and criticism that it wasn’t proper for “white people to joke about genetic superiority,” (actually, what?), Sweeney replied, “I think that when I have an issue that I want to speak about, people will hear.”

Ron DeSantis Has Hilarious Response to What He Would Do With NYC Refugees After Election

I’ve no downside saying this: If you’re somebody who is fed up with the residing/working state of affairs in a blue half of the nation, please do not transfer to purple cities and states if all you are going to do is spoil them for the people who already live there by advocating for the same varieties of issues that led your metropolis or state to grow to be a place you no longer need to live. 

Trending Across Townhall Media

UK Man Arrested for Possessing Gunpowder Recipe

We’re not as far-off from one thing like this as we would like to consider.

Democrats: I Hope You Are Proud That You Elected Jay Jones

What I did not count on was that the bulk of Virginians would truly say that they discovered his murderous musings to be no big deal at all. 

Touché, Lefties

Please, victorious Democrats, by all means, do that voodoo that you do so nicely. Enjoy your commie Christmas, NYC. Have enjoyable with hard-left social insurance policies sickening and saddening your kids, Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Show the nation how nicely your radical concepts play out. 

One Thing to Keep in Mind About Last Night’s Blowout GOP Losses

We must assume about the post-Trump second because proper now, JD Vance, ought to he grow to be the inheritor obvious in 2028, may have a powerful time preserving the Trump base together.

Delete Your Account: Morgan Freeman (Not That One) Posts Vile Reaction to Louisville Plane Crash

As Virginia sadly confirmed America last evening, leftists don’t care about human decency. They don’t care about their fellow Americans. And they actually don’t care about grieving members of the family who would possibly see or hear the repugnant issues they are saying. 

WHAT’S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill…

Vote #14 went the best way of its predecessors on the clean persevering with decision (CR) to fund/reopen the federal government on Tuesday. 

But what’s this we hear? Could Election Day’s passing imply the Schumer Shutdown’s end is close to? (Sorry — channeling my internal Dr. Seuss there…) 

You do not say? https://t.co/5fWKLdLIhs

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

READ MORE: Congratulations, Chuck! Your Schumer Shutdown Has Officially Made the Record Books

Democrats Are About to Experience the Pain of the Filibuster

The Senate did handle to affirm Joshua Dunlap as a United States Circuit Judge for the first Circuit on Tuesday, with a couple more teed up for Wednesday. 

Also on Wednesday: 

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Hearings to look at registered apprenticeship, focusing on scaling the workforce for the future
• Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Business assembly to take into account the nominations of Edward Forst, of Florida, to be Administrator of General Services, Charles Arrington, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and John Cuong Truong, Elana S. Suttenberg, and Stephen F. Rickard, each of the District of Columbia, all to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Hearings to look at the nominations of Ryan McCormack, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Daniel Edwards, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Transportation, and Trent Morse, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a time period expiring May 30, 2030
• Senate Indian Affairs — Hearings to look at S.107, to amend the Lumbee Act of 1956
• Senate Intelligence (Select) — To obtain a closed briefing on sure intelligence issues
• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Hearings to look at the nomination of Glen Smith, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development
• Senate Aging (Special) — Hearings to look at how the Older Americans Act uplifts households residing with aging-related illnesses
• Senate Veterans’ Affairs — Hearings to look at a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran’s success after service

White House What’s Up

After a semi-quiet Tuesday — though he did nominate (renominate?) Jared Isaacman to be the Administrator of NASA — President Donald Trump has a busy Wednesday, beginning off with a breakfast with Republican senators in the State Dining Room, where he’ll ship remarks. Then he heads to Miami, Florida, to ship remarks at the America Business Forum Miami, before returning to D.C. late in the afternoon.

Keeping Up With the Cabinet

Admin. Environmental Protection Agency – Lee Zeldin — Zeldin lately toured the Portland Harbor Superfund web site in Oregon and met with lumber industry leaders. 

I’m in Oregon, where the state’s two Democrat U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, have now voted 13 straight instances to keep the federal government shutdown. Yesterday, despite the chaos and dysfunction their Senators are demanding, I toured the Portland Harbor Superfund web site and… pic.twitter.com/Ol9iL5JRbz

— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) November 4, 2025

Full Court Press…

Today’s the big day at SCOTUS: Oral argument in the tariff instances. The consolidated instances are Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, and the query(s) introduced is: Whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes the president to impose tariffs, and if the IEEPA authorizes the tariffs, whether or not the statute unconstitutionally delegates legislative authority to the president.

The decrease courts turned in a couple of choices of observe on Tuesday: 

• ❌ State of California v. DOT (difficult withholding of DOT funding for non-cooperation with immigration enforcement) — Judge John McConnell Jr. (Rhode Island) GRANTS abstract judgment to plaintiff states, DENIES it to the Trump administration.
• ❌ National Association for the Deaf v. Trump (cancellation of ASL interpreters) — Judge Amir Ali (D.C.) GRANTS (in half) plaintiffs’ movement for preliminary injunction. [I predict the admin. won’t appeal this one.]

Also of observe on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26) filed articles of impeachment against Judge James Boasberg for his signing off on “frivolous nondisclosure orders to conceal the fact that sitting US Senators were being surveilled” in conjunction with the Artic Frost investigation.

READ MORE: Ted Cruz Gets His Wish: Rep. Brandon Gill Serves Articles of Impeachment Against Judge Boasberg

MORNING MUSING

Okay, so last evening stunk. I used to be holding out hope for at least one vibrant spot — a New Jersey gubernatorial pickup, a Virginia cut up ticket, perhaps even a gorgeous Mamdani swan dive. Nope. ‘Twasn’t to be. 

But, in case anybody’s in my two cents, I’ve some advice for Republicans: Learn from the Democrats — do not be like them, but study from them. We’ve been clucking at them for a 12 months now for failing to replicate on why they misplaced big in 2024. Republicans could be smart not to do the same. This handful of off-year races might not really inform us a ton, but there are classes to be realized from them still. Do it. 

Be smart as serpents, and innocent as doves. 

And lest you end up overly discouraged by Tuesday evening’s outcomes, keep in mind that today is the one-year anniversary of a major win, not just for Republicans, but for the nation as a complete. Focus on what’s proper and focus on what works. 

LIGHTER FARE 

Surprise!

Gotcha.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/61Vk1Zx8Vf

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) November 4, 2025

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