Thursday, August 7, 2025
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TOP O’ THE MORNIN’
Red-Hot at RedState
Watch: Obama Gives the Game Away in 2016 NPR Interview
Why, it’s almost like President Obama was prescient!
And not so much a skilled communicator.
Trump Orders a New Census Prepared, and Democrats Are Already Flipping Out
Why would you count people who can’t vote to allocate electoral votes? We all know the answer.
One wonders if Mayes would still be touting Ortiz’s alleged “free speech rights” to out ICE agents and their locations if, God forbid, one of the agents got hurt or killed as a result of Ortiz’s campaign?
Trending Across Townhall Media
At Least Five Soldiers Shot In Active Shooter Incident at Georgia Army Base ***UPDATED***
Authorities say Radford used a personally owned handgun, not a military-issued weapon, in the shooting, which left five soldiers injured. Despite previous reports by some media outlets, base officials say no one was killed in the shooting.
Today’s Mystery: What Did the FBI Say to Cornyn About Texas Fleebaggers?
The only mechanism that will bring these fleebaggers back is their instinct for self-preservation.
“This is not fear-mongering. I’m not being hyperbolic,” she warned. “These unintended consequences are terrifying, and they are unavoidable.”
There’s really no need to commemorate this, guys. Any sane person would tuck this away in a drawer forever, but here we are.
Wesley Yang Exposes Left’s Math Meltdown: ‘Female’ Prodigy Is a Boy, and the Woke Can’t Cope
The issue has to be acknowledged before it can be fixed.
WHAT’S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill…
They may not be holding hearings or votes, but that doesn’t mean that various Congress critters aren’t still hard at work. Quite a few are in Israel at the moment, but back in D.C., the Oversight Committee continues to interview witnesses regarding the Biden presidency.
READ MORE: New Oversight Committee Revelations: A Ridiculous Biden Debate Excuse, More on Autopen Scandal
And while Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may be the darling of the national media, it seems that some of her constituents aren’t quite as enamored.
READ MORE: AOC’s Constituents Fed Up With Her Mugging for National Cameras While Her District Stays a Nightmare
White House What’s Up
President Donald Trump is set to sign executive orders at noon on Thursday. He’ll then deliver remarks (topic unclear) in the East Room at 4:00 PM. Of course, he kicked off the day (and kicked over a hornet’s nest) by ordering a new census. Bonchie’s got that story.
Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance knows for sure he’s made it — our Nick Arama will have more on that shortly, as well.
Full Court Press…
The courts have been a wee bit quiet the past couple of days, but my spidey senses tell me we’re about to get another Supreme Court order on a stay application in the companion cases regarding denial/withholding of federal grants by the NIH/HHS.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
One never knows, but President Trump has been busy this morning on Truth Social, posting about:
- Billions in tariff revenue
- A new census
- The Abraham Accords
- The CEO of Intel
Oh — and he’s reportedly going to be meeting with Vladimir Putin soon.
MORNING MUSING
Young Edward Coristine, just 19, had already made a name for himself as a DOGE staffer soon after Trump was sworn in — that name (nickname) being “Big Balls.” Coristine has been back in the news this week as he suffered a nasty physical attack in the nation’s capital while attempting to assist a woman who was being assaulted, prompting both Elon Musk and President Trump to call for the federalization of D.C.
READ MORE: Irate Trump Threatens to ‘Federalize’ D.C. After Brutal Beating of DOGE Staffer
But what I (and most others, I’m sure) did not realize until I happened upon this tweet this morning, is that Coristine is — apparently — the grandson of a famous double-agent who was executed in Moscow in 1987.
Big balls is the grandson of a famous double agent for the CIA against the Soviets and was executed in Moscow. https://t.co/6hvE719GnW
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) August 7, 2025
In another interesting twist, in 2011, Coristine’s father, Charles, a former bond trader, purchased a snack company named “LesserEvil” that was founded by — kid you not (unless Wikipedia is full of it — which I can’t totally rule out) — Michael Sands, Gene Hackman (yes, that Gene Hackman), and Jim Cramer (yes, that Jim Cramer).
I have a somewhat interesting family history. But Ed “Big Balls” Coristine has got me beat by a mile. And his own contributions to the family lore have only just begun!
The BigBalls Movie is going to be Epic pic.twitter.com/LCj9hNQBSj
— Base ⚡️ (@basedmemetic) August 7, 2025
LIGHTER FARE
Cue the Peter Gunn theme…
After watching mission impossible..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/9mynhPUtEd
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 6, 2025
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