Thursday Morning Minute: Wouldn't It Be Nice?
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at the moment and a look ahead at what the day may bring. Consider this your one-stop shop for news to kickstart your day.
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Air India 787 Crashes After Takeoff, Horrific Videos Released
Multiple videos of the crash and aftermath have now been released. This is the first 787 to crash since its first flight in 2009.
How the Association of Plastics Recyclers Manufactures a Crisis for Profit
It’s time for brands, regulators, and consumers to ask harder questions about who writes the rules—and who benefits when we follow them.
Greg Gutfeld Owns Legacy Media After Noticing Disturbing Trend In Their LA Riots Coverage
"What I find interesting is how come the networks aren't interviewing the protesters? There's a selective shielding going on," Gutfeld told the panel. "They know the protesters are the worst spokesmen for the protest."
Trending Across Townhall Media
The Four Resolutions Raised at the 2025 NRA Annual Meeting
The nature of what passed might be an indication that the members are more interested in moving forward and engaging in restorative measures, rather than dwelling in the past.
The destruction of the past and remaking of the future is the essential goal of leftism. They are at war with all that exists today. Our task is to recognize that and fight back, defending civilization.
Karoline Leavitt Goes Beast Mode on Reporter Defending Violent Rioters
Karoline Leavitt’s fiery defense of the president’s actions made it clear that this White House has zero patience for media gaslighting when it comes to violent left-wing agitators. It’s absolutely sick.
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Watch the Expressions of These Libs As Batya Ungar-Sargon Explains Trump's Mandate on Immigration
“The elites are the consumers of low-wage labor, and when you guys say they’re taking people from the community, what you mean is they’re taking people from the workforce, people who undercut the wages of American workers,” she said.
It’s not the end of the world and we don’t believe the judge would even entertain the thought of striking it from the docket for that reason. But when you write anything you hope that the reader forgets that a fallible human being has written it.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
Another quite busy day on the Hill today. The House will be voting on the $9.4 billion rescissions package sent over by the White House. Here's a quick rundown on that:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the DOGE Cut Bill in the House Today
DOGE targeted tens of billions of dollars in what it deemed waste, fraud and abuse.
But that means nothing unless Congress acts.
For the first time in three decades, lawmakers will vote today to claw back money…
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 12, 2025
There are some notable hearings set for Thursday as well. These include:
- House Intelligence (Permanent Select) — FY 2026 Budget Request for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (CLOSED) [DNI Tulsi Gabbard to testify]
- House Natural Resources — Oversight hearing titled “Examining the President's FY 2026 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior” [Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to testify]
- House Armed Services — Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request [SecDef Pete Hegseth and JCS Chairman Dan Caine to testify]
- House Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee — “Security to Model: Securing Artificial Intelligence to Strengthen Cybersecurity”
- House Financial Services, National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee — Evaluating the Defense Production Act
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