Thursday, May 8, 2025
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These are people who want to pound their chests and play tough, but the moment their lawlessness might cost them something, they demand to be able to flee the consequences.
Oh My: If CBS Had Any Credibility Left, They Just Killed It With Jaw-Dropping Remark About Conclave
CBS had already driven its credibility into the ground with things like the edited "60 Minutes" interview of Kamala Harris. This lack of sense didn't help them if they had a shred of credibility left.
New: Trump 'Making Plans' to Release Infamous Biden Audio, and Journalists Are Already Lashing Out
I think the implication here is that mainstream media journalists don't want this stuff to come out because they were complicit in the cover-up.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Alabama Governor Blasted By Pro-Gun Advocates Over Latest Proposal
Gov. Ivey, a Republican, has been strangely fixated on guns. Sure, most of these measures are trying to target actual criminals, but maybe it's time to look at some crime prevention efforts instead?
CFTC 'Staff' Placed on Leave Amid Investigation
Could be a serious house cleaning coming.
Western Canada Puts the Rest of Canada on Notice
The original slogan of the Western provinces lobbying for their share of political authority and economic substance, coined by Manning, was “The West Wants In.” Now it sounds a lot more like “The West Wants Out."
FBI Director Kash Patel Took This House Dem to the Woodshed Over Her DOJ Weaponization Nonsense
Nothing Democrats hurl against us works. We’re winning. We’re in charge.
Smoke Signal? Motorcyclist Records Mysterious Black Ring Hovering In Sky Over Kansas (WATCH)
We immediately thought Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren was communicating by smoke signal, but checked her schedule and she was not near Kansas on Wednesday.
Today on Capitol Hill...
There have certainly been some rather...interesting exchanges during committee hearings this week on the Hill. There are a handful more set for Thursday:
White House What's Up
President Donald Trump teased late Wednesday that there would be a big trade announcement on Thursday morning. That's set for 10 AM Eastern. (We now know it involves the UK — and, as Trump indicates, it's the "first of many.") At noon, he and First Lady Melania will participate in a Celebration of Military Mothers.
Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Munich Leaders Meeting on Wednesday.
Full Court Press...
The court rulings so far this week have been a bit of a mixed bag. There were the positives:
Breaking: Supreme Court Hands Down Momentous Decision on Transgenders in the Military
And then...the not-so-positives:
Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Begin Processing 12,000 Refugees in Next 7 Days
And that big ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over the weekend regarding the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) cases...just hit a snag, which I'll be detailing a bit later this morning.
President Trump will be gearing up for his Middle East trip next week.
We've got his big announcement this morning regarding a trade deal with the UK, followed by meetings over the weekend between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer and Chinese negotiators in Switzerland.
There's also the "earth-shattering" announcement that Trump teased earlier in the week. (Was that about the UK trade deal? He said it wasn't about trade, so...hard to say.)
I have a long, complicated history with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — it was her dubious claims regarding her heritage and subsequent ridiculous stunt regarding her DNA testing that prompted me to do my own DNA dive, which, in turn, led to the happy discovery of some bonus family members (along with confirmation that I have twice as much Native American ancestry as she does). But that's not where I'm going with this.
Remember the movie "Dances With Wolves"? The wolf who befriends Kevin Costner's John Dunbar in the movie was affectionately known as "Two Socks." Well, I think we could apply a similar nickname to Sen. Warren: "Two Faces." Below is just one example of Warren changing her tune depending on the circumstance. (And yes, she's far from alone in this — this is just a shining example of political duplicity.)
Okay, I'm glad we're done with snow for now, but this looks fun!
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