Morning Minute: Flashback Friday - What Were We Focused on This Time Last Year?


Friday, January 2, 2026

Good morning and welcome to RedState’s “Morning Minute”—your quick briefing on the stories making waves today and a preview of what’s on the horizon. Consider this your essential news roundup to get your day started right.

TOP O’ THE MORNIN’

Trending Now on RedState

Watch: Mamdani’s Stark Inaugural Speech Signals Potential Turmoil Ahead

Tim Walz Throws a Fit After Daycare Funding is Cut, Faces Backlash

President Trump Promises U.S. Action if Iran Targets Peaceful Protesters: ‘Ready and Prepared’

Walz can throw all the tantrums he wants, but he can’t escape his own actions.

President Trump Vows US Intervention If Iran Kills Peaceful Demonstrators: ‘Locked and Loaded’

With the regime weakened by economic crisis, lost allies like the Assad government in Syria, and internal dissent, some analysts believe these protests pose the most serious threat to the Islamic Republic in years.

Trending Across Townhall Media

NSSF Applauds Court for Finally Tossing 26-Year-Old Lawsuit Against Gun Industry

Gary and the other cities that tried this, or are still trying it, aren’t really blaming manufacturers for their problems. They simply want to make it so you can’t buy guns, and if they can make it too expensive for these companies to sell to people like you or me, then they don’t need laws in place to prevent you from buying one.

Ohio Governor: Fraud Is ‘the Cost of Doing Business’

More and more Americans are fed up, as they should be. No doubt some people who genuinely need help will now slip through the cracks as part of the backlash, and liberals will point to them as proof that we are way too cruel. 

CNN Humiliates Itself With Hilarious Attempt at ‘Investigative Journalism’

This is what counts as investigative journalism at CNN: calling up an accused fraudulent daycare and just asking them if they’re fraudulent. Give this woman a Pulitzer Prize!

What the Hell Is Going on in Iran?

Happy New Year, everyone—Iran could be imploding.

Carol Roth Hilariously Notices Something About Mamdani’s Coronation

But we love Darth Vader, he brings us power from the Dark Side of the Force. If it weren’t for those damned Jedis and that convicted felon, Luke Skywalker, we’d have everything we ever dreamed of. Darth Sidious 2028!

WHAT’S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill…

One more day of quiet critters — they’re back in action next week. But as Speaker Emeritus San Fran Nan (CA-11) prepares to close out her long — very long — House career, she has some…thoughts on retirement and her legacy. 


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