Friday, September 19, 2025
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Red-Hot at RedState
The Monarez Senate Testimony and the Ploy to Derail Changes to the Childhood Vaccine Schedule
Monarez came off as duplicitous, self-righteous, and just as untrustworthy as Kennedy painted her in his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee earlier in September.
Trump Slams ‘Scum’ Ilhan Omar After Failed Censure Vote, Has a Better Idea for Her Punishment
Aside from the disgusting comments in the wake of Kirk's killing, the Squad member has been accused of repeated anti-Semitism, and once dismissed the 9/11 terror attacks as "some people did something."
Other than that, she's a charming patriot.
Tipping Point: Chaos Erupts on Capitol Hill After Tlaib's Dangerous Comments About Republicans
Given that all these blowups happened just days apart, one has to wonder if we are approaching some kind of tipping point for Democrats. Republicans have had it with going along to get along.
Trending Across Townhall Media
This Couple Won't Visit U.S. Because of 'Gun Violence'. Guess Where They Went Instead.
Reporter Nathan Diller spoke to a whopping two people to make the case that tourists are avoiding the United States because of concerns about violent crime.
ABC Yanked Kimmel Before He Could Double Down: CNN
Kimmel is clearly in third place in a declining/dying genre, and second place got the steak knives in its back this summer.
It’s early yet, so we have no substantial data from which to draw, but the effect of all this on the voter registrations cannot be looking good for Democrats.
Independent Journalist Nails What's Led to the Left's Frenzy for Political Violence
The Democrats have a problem, but it’s also a monster of their own making.
Rachel played a stupid game and won a stupid prize. She was ratioed into oblivion. Sadly, she probably doesn't possess the self-awareness to realize how badly she embarrassed herself.
Today on Capitol Hill...
No meetings or hearings are set for Friday on the Hill (though it's been quite the busy week for them), but it will be a big day nonetheless. The House will be voting mid-morning on a continuing resolution to fund the government until November 21.
On Thursday, the Senate confirmed 48 of President Trump's nominees in one vote. They also unanimously agreed to designate October 14 (his birthday) as a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.
READ MORE: Breaking. Thune Uses Nuclear Option to Confirm 48 Trump Nominees in a Single Vote
Unanimous! Senate Passes Day of Remembrance Resolution for Charlie Kirk
White House What's Up
President Trump is back from his trip to the U.K. He'll receive his intelligence briefing late Friday morning and sign executive orders in the afternoon. Both he and Vice President JD Vance are scheduled to attend the memorial service for Kirk on Sunday in Arizona.
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Interior - Doug Burgum — Burgum recently shared a post regarding numerous reforms being implemented by the Interior Department.
He's also touting "energy diplomacy."
Full Court Press...
The Trump administration has filed an application for stay in the Supreme Court on the Lisa Cook removal (from her role as a Federal Reserve governor) case. Won't surprise me if we see an order on that sometime today.
There were a couple of decisions of note on Thursday, including:
SEE ALSO: Federal Judge Rules That Maps for Alabama's Largest County Must Be Redrawn
Trump Appointee Slaps DHS with Preliminary Injunction Regarding Guatemalan Children, and He's Right
As noted above, we've got a vote on a CR coming up in the House. Assuming that passes, there will be a showdown in the Senate over it.
Also, as noted, the memorial service for Charlie Kirk will be held on Sunday.
I know I've shared this here before. Most days, I get to this part of the column and already have an idea of what I'm going to write about. But some days, I get here and...crickets. This is one of those days.
I don't think I should be all that surprised by that, though. The past couple of weeks have been full of emotional upheaval on a societal and personal level, and I think the creative juices are just sort of spent for the moment.
But just for the moment. I'm sure I'll be back with some incisive and witty observations come next week. For now, this is what I'm hearing in my mind:
Too cute!
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