Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Democrats Scramble to Figure Out Why Young Men Hate Them, and the Findings Are Comedy Gold
Obama screams a lot of things. Overwhelming masculinity isn't one of them, and if he's the only name the focus group participants could come up with, that should be a blaring red siren to Democrats to change course.
Now we know why the numbers exploded. Thanks, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, thanks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, thanks, former President Joe Biden and all your “progressive” brethren. You earned this.
New: The Story Behind the No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day North Carolina Democrats Had
All in all, it was a normal one for North Carolina Democrats on the whole who, this time around, have their colleagues - and not Republicans - to blame for losing. Again.
Trending Across Townhall Media
The School Massacre Anniversary Everyone Forgot
We think of modern mass murders, and understandably so, and we debate whether or not laws could have stopped those horrific incidents from happening, but we also forget that murder has been around since the dawn of man.
I will insist to my dying breath that this is a cultural problem and not primarily a racial one--a culture of permissiveness brings out the worst in people, and there have been plenty of cultural contexts that have enabled hideous violence from other racial groups, including white people.
Voter Fraud Suspected in NYC Primary as Dead People Reportedly Cast Ballots
“This is a classic case of ballot stuffing, where one or more bad actors attempted to mix in 22 fake ballots with legitimate votes,” said Foldenauer.
Progressive Host Obliterates Left-Wingers Freaking Out Over Sydney Sweeney's Jeans Ad
There was a “backlash” over this ad—no one thought it was Nazi propaganda. Only you mental invalids did. It’s a jeans ad.
Leftist Meltdowns INCOMING: The White House Parodies Jet2Holidays Commercial for Deportations
Deportations are not going to stop. Not even slow down. If anything, now that ICE is fully funded thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill, they will only speed up.
Today on Capitol Hill...
Though the House is out, the Senate continues to plod along. Yesterday, they advanced several nominations, including confirming Sam Brown for Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Emil Bove as a Third Circuit judge. And President Trump is encouraging the Senate — in particular, Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) Judiciary Committee — to keep the pedal to the metal.
READ MORE: More Winning: Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Emil Bove As Federal Judge Despite Democrat Histrionics
There are multiple hearings/meetings set Wednesday as well, including:
White House What's Up
On Wednesday, President Trump has a bill signing at 1:00 PM Eastern, and then later in the afternoon, he delivers remarks on Making Health Technology Great in the East Room. By the way, did you hear that, in addition to the flag pole installation and Rose Garden improvements, he's having a ballroom added to the White House? Imagine it will be a dandy!
READ MORE: Trump Reveals More Changes Coming to the White House - Cue Dem and Media Meltdown
Full Court Press...
As noted above, former Trump attorney and principal associate deputy attorney general Emil Bove has now been confirmed as a judge for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. In mid-July, Whitney Hermandorfer was confirmed to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, with two to three more circuit-level nominations in process. A week later, three district court judges were confirmed for the Eastern District of Missouri (yay!), and there are presently eight more district court nominations in process. We're getting there...
The release of the annex to the Durham Report is reportedly imminent.
My default setting is "lover, not a fighter," and I'm all for traditions and niceties...to a point. But it seems as though we may have reached that point in terms of President Trump's nominees and the efforts of Senate Democrats to drag that process out. As noted, President Trump has strongly encouraged Senator Grassley that it may be time to stop playing nice-nice with the whole blue slip tradition.
Additionally, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) is pushing to take the gloves off and push past the obstruction tactics of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). He's calling it Schumer's "Find Out Moment," and recess appointments or some other approach are likely in the works.
Looks like it's time to go bare knuckle. And I'm good with that.
Always with the muffin-making!
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