Morning Minute: I'm Going All-In on America 250 - and You Can't Stop Me

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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Sweatin' and Squirming: SPLC Boss Wilts Under Jim Jordan's Rapid‑Fire Judiciary Grilling

Watch Interim SPLC President and CEO Bryan K. Fair squirm and sweat as Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) rapidly fires questions at him, very few of which Fair could or would answer. If you want a textbook case of someone giving the appearance of lying straight to your face, Fair is your shining example.

Rioting Taking Place in Northern Ireland in Protest Against Knife Attack by Immigrant

One cannot blame the rioters in Northern Ireland for having reached the breaking point. It remains to be seen whether the anger presently being expressed in the streets will result in the people voting to save themselves from a government perfectly content to watch them bleed out on the sidewalks as long as it ensures their staying in power.

Trump Admin Rejects Somali Referee Tied to Suspected Terror Groups

If Omar Artan has ties to terrorist groups, or if he has expressed sympathy for terrorist groups, then he was rightly denied. End of discussion.

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Bearing Arms — When Locking Up Guns Isn't 'Common Sense'

Securing guns when you don't need them is common sense. Mandating they be secured except when the state decides you should have access is the opposite of that.

HotAir — Here Come the Riots

It didn't have to be this way.

PJ Media — All It Took Was a Single Non-Woke Word for This Man's Life's Work to Come to the Brink of Ruin

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Why, don’t you realize that everyone must love Islam, and that it’s racist not to do so? Don’t you realize that all the bloodshed, all the jihad, all the oppression of women, all the rage and hate, all the antisemitism, all the glorification of violence has nothing, really nothing, to do with the beautiful religion of peace that justifies all of that and more in its sacred texts? Get with it, or you’ll be the next one to face the wrath of the woke, you racist.

Townhall — The Free Press: 'Graham Plattner's Ex-Girlfriend Wants to Set the Record Straight'

The thing is, most of the Platter's bad press is coming from Democrat opposition research. The GOP has yet to fire its salvos. Your own party found all this dirt on you, Graham. You can see why Maine Democrats are uneasy.

Twitchy — Jasmine Crockett Hijacks Grieving Metcalf Family’s Pain Insisting Black Women Suffer More and WTF?! (Vid)

Oh, she probably has a bunch of gigs lined up where she can go on TV and say more stupid crap like this but YES, thank God she's done being an elected official very soon.

WHAT'S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill...

The critters will be busy Wednesday with multiple hearings/meetings set, including:

  • Senate Armed Services — Closed business meeting to markup the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.
  • House Judiciary, Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee — “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”
  • House Agriculture — "Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA"
  • House Science, Space, and Technology — An Overview of the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request
  • House Financial Services, Housing and Insurance Subcommittee — Examining Local Needs in Disaster Recovery
  • Committee on House Administration — Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing: “Preventing Fraudulent Donations: Transparency, Verification, and Accountability”
  • House Ways and Means, Social Security Subcommittee — Joint Social Security and Work & Welfare Subcommittee Hearing with the Commissioner of Social Security, Frank J. Bisignano
  • Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — An oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  • Senate Environment and Public Works — Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Senate Energy and Natural Resources — An oversight hearing to examine the Colorado river basin, including post-2026 operations negotiations
  • House Education and Workforce — "Breaking Trust: Attacks on Parental Rights, Inappropriate Content, and Legal Abuses in America’s Schools"
  • House Energy and Commerce, Health Subcommittee — "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency." H.R.5582, H.R.9117

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    And...at long last, they finally got 'er done — ICE and CBP are funded now until 2029. Yeesh.

    READ MORE: House (Finally) Hands Trump a Big Immigration Win With Reconciliation 2.0

    Now, to celebrate, they can play the annual Congressional Baseball Game this evening at Nationals Park. Grab the peanuts and Cracker Jack!

    White House What's Up

    President Trump’s Wednesday schedule includes:

  • 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
  • 10:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT signs The Secure America Act — Oval Office
  • 4:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Greeting with the Presidential 1776 Award Finalists — Oval Office
  • 5:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office

    • Keeping Up With the Cabinet

    Dir. Federal Bureau of Investigations - Kash Patel — Patel was out west on Tuesday, meeting with regional partners. 

    In Denver today meeting with some of our regional partners from the Colorado and Wyoming area – represented by 25 different federal, state, and local agencies. Giving law enforcement across the country a bigger voice in D.C. continues to be a tier 1 mission for this @FBI. 

    We discussed a host of important issues including our Homeland Security Task Force model crushing violent crime, following the money fueling violence in local communities, protecting kids online from Nihilistic Violent Extremism, our work using AI to triage tips, counter UAS mitigation and drone detection, and more. 

    These are the men and women helping this FBI deliver the most prolific run of crime reduction in American history – including an over 13% decrease in violent crime right here in Colorado last year.

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    Full Court Press...

    I hesitate to say it, but the courts have been a tad quiet of late, at least in terms of releasing substantive orders. I expect we'll have some to chew on here soon — particularly tomorrow, as I anticipate that's when SCOTUS will be handing down more opinions (though it could be Friday), AND when Judge Mehta is likely to rule on the UFC-on-the-White-House-Lawn case. Be ready!

    COMING ATTRACTIONS

    President Trump is heading to Wisconsin for a roundtable discussion on Friday. He's set to attend the G7 Summit in Évian-Les-Bains, France, in mid-June.

    Before that, however, he'll be celebrating his 80th birthday (on June 14), complete with a UFC match on the White House lawn...we think.

    MORNING MUSING

    One of my earliest school-related memories is learning about the founding of our nation — the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary War. Those were fairly basic, easy-to-understand (and embrace) concepts for a grade school kid. I remember watching the movie "Johnny Tremain." I recall there being a huge Bicentennial celebration in 1976, which, come to think of it, must have been before the 4th of July because we had a big parade at the school, and we wouldn't have been in school mid-Summer. 

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    They're brief snapshots in my mind's eye from 50+ years ago, so they're incomplete, but they left a lasting impression — as did my parents' own patriotism and involvement in the political world. 

    All of which is to say: I love this country. I've always loved this country. I love the way we were founded — the complexity of it; the improbability of it; the beauty of it. Of course our nation has its flaws — it's manmade. That doesn't make me love it less. 

    And so, I'll make no apology for the fact that I am going all-in on celebrating the nation's 250th birthday — UFC match, cleaned up reflecting pools, statues, and fountains, road trips, Americana, eagles soaring, flags waving, fireworks, odes to Founding Fathers, all of it. 

    Bring on the Red. White. And Blue. 🇺🇸

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