Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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TOP O’ THE MORNIN’
Red-Hot at RedState
Spencer Pratt May Have Just Pulled Off What Every LA Insider Said Was Impossible
If the numbers hold, Los Angeles is headed for a November showdown between a career politician defending a troubled record and a political outsider who lost his home in a fire she failed to prevent.
Joe Biden Crashes Jill’s Book Interview With Incredibly Cringey Comments
This was the guy they had been trying to sell to us to vote for initially in 2024. Had they pulled it off, can you imagine what would be going on now?
DHS Sec. Mullin Delivers Epic Takedown of Chris Murphy and His Attack on the DHS
He does it because the Democrats are desperate to attack President Donald Trump and wrest power from the Republicans. And that’s despicable. But Mullin, Murphy’s former colleague, brought Murphy up short with a little reality. Murphy deserves this, and so much more.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Now that it’s unlikely that Hollywood is going to cast the 65-year-old actress as Jane Wick, suddenly her principles won’t let her take part in violent films.
Convenient.
HotAir — CBS Fires Scott Pelley After Pelley Tries Very Hard to Get Fired
Bilton is running this show now, Weiss is running CBS News, and David Ellison is running the outfit that cuts their paychecks every fortnight. If you don’t like it, the door is right there. That’s a necessary beginning for reform.
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PJ Media — CBS Fires Professional Prevaricator Scott Pelley
It has taken a while for Bari Weiss to get things moving at CBS News, but she’s coming into her own now. She’s engaged in a corporate version of draining the Swamp and it’s not easy. It’s looking more and more possible every day, though.
Townhall — John Cornyn Is Crashing Out Over His Horrendous Electoral Loss
While Cornyn spent the day lamenting his own failure, Paxton and Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick met with President Donald Trump to discuss strategy to ensure that the GOP retains control of Texas.
It probably won’t be long until Pelley joins Acosta and Don Lemon on their podcasts to whine about getting canned by Bari Weiss and CBS News.
WHAT’S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill…
LOTS going on on Capitol Hill on Wednesday — there are multiple hearings/meetings set, including:
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Hearings to examine college sports, focusing on supporting student athletes and fair competition.
- House Homeland Security — “A Review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security”
- House Foreign Affairs — Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
- House Small Business — “Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.”
- House Transportation and Infrastructure, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee — “Future of United States Maritime: Review of Fiscal Year 2027 Maritime Administration and Federal Maritime Commission Budget Requests”
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Hearings to examine gender transition procedures on minors.
- Senate Environment and Public Works — Hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Federal Highway Administration.
- Senate Finance — Hearings to examine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury.
- House Education and Workforce, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee — “Building an AI-Ready America: Higher Education in the Age of AI”
- Committee on House Administration — Committee on House Administration Full Committee Hearing, “Oversight of the Architect of the Capitol: Addressing Past Lessons, Present Projects, and Future Challenges”
- House Appropriations — Fiscal Year 2027 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill
- Senate Judiciary, Constitution Subcommittee — Hearings to examine protecting American citizenship, focusing on denaturalization and its constitutional limits.
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — Hearings to examine COVID-19 injections and attacks on scientific publications.
- Senate Appropriations, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee — Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of State.
- Senate Aging (Special) — Hearings to examine the human cost of dangerous foreign drugs.
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And, of course, we’re seeing the midterms take shape following Tuesday’s primary elections in a number of states.
White House What’s Up
On tap for President Trump today:
- 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
- 11:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 2:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 3:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT signs Executive Orders — Oval Office
- 4:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 7:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Rose Garden Club Dinner — Rose Garden
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Sec. Veterans Affairs – Doug Collins — Collins recently highlighted the multiple new health care facilities opened up by the VA.
The @DeptVetAffairs has opened 36 new health care facilities during the second Trump Administration! pic.twitter.com/X0L3lEZ700
— VA Secretary Doug Collins (@SecVetAffairs) June 2, 2026
Full Court Press…
The Supreme Court hasn’t formally announced its next decision day, but the Court did issue a critical ruling Tuesday evening.
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.
MORNING MUSING
I was busy serving as a panelist for the St. Charles County Executive debate Tuesday evening, so was a bit late to the news of Scott Pelley’s well-deserved canning by CBS News. Clearly, this was his desired result based on his reported actions over the past few days. But there is an interesting aspect to his apparent self-sabotage: It appears to stem, at least in part, from some extraordinary hubris. It’s almost as if Pelley thought that he ran the show. He didn’t. And now he really doesn’t.
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It’s a similar concept for elected leaders: When they forget who works for whom, the voters occasionally quite happily remind them.
That’s as it should be.
LIGHTER FARE
I’ve heard of goat yoga before, but this is a whole new level…
Personal trainer..🦭😍 pic.twitter.com/on6CL34GJe
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 3, 2026
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