Monday, November 24, 2025

Good morning! Welcome to RedState’s “Morning Minute,” your quick guide to the top stories making waves today along with a preview of what’s on the horizon. Think of it as your essential morning digest to get the day started right.

Top Stories Heating Up at RedState

TOP O’ THE MORNIN’

Could This Be the Most Absurd Anti-ICE Protest to Date?

JD Vance Criticizes Anti-Trump Democrats for Urging Military Disobedience: ‘Inherently Illegal’

I guess the best thing you can say is that it wasn’t violent. So there is that.

JD Vance Slams Anti-Trump Dems Who Urged Military to Defy Trump’s Orders: ‘By Definition Illegal’

Slotkin admitting that she is “not aware” of any illegal orders has created further trouble for the band of self-styled resistance warriors. If there is nothing out there demonstrably unlawful to defy, then anybody who defies orders would be engaging in illegal activity themselves. 

It Would Be Nice If the Democrat Elites Would Stop Undermining the Republic

It is hard to believe that the Democrat elites are not doing all this with an intention to overwhelm the American political system, in a manner like what was proposed by leftists, including Saul Alinsky, Richard Cloward, and Frances Fox Piven. They should stop doing this, now.   

Trending Across Townhall Media

First Test of Canada’s Gun ‘Buyback’ Scheme Looks Like a Resounding Failure

Whatever the reason, I’m absolutely delighted to see how the Liberals’ gun ban efforts are playing out.

‘Nobody Is Above the Law’ Never Applies to the Left

Democrats normalized members of the Executive Branch disobeying the president in his first term, lionizing the #resistance. Their goal was to render the 2016 election as irrelevant as possible. Sure, Trump was elected, but the goal was to make it impossible to be the Chief Executive. 

The Skies Empty Over Caracas As the Dictator Dances

Sunday is actually Maduro’s birthday, and the Donald Trump administration handed him the gift of a ghost town airport and more pressure than the one working gas pump in Caracas.

Scott Bessent Explains Why the Dems Shut the Government Down in Less Than a Minute

“Democrats haven’t been able to stop President Trump in the courts, they haven’t been able to stop him in the media. So they had to harm the American people,” Bessent said.  

Glenn Beck Explains in DAMNING Detail Why 6 Dems Telling Troops to Disobey ‘Illegal Orders’ Is a BIG Deal

In other words, these six Democrats done screwed up. Big time.

WHAT’S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill…

It being Thanksgiving week, the critters are largely back in their districts or headed there. No hearings/meetings are set. The big news, of course, came Friday evening with Republican Rep.  Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) announcing her intended departure in January.