08/24/2026 05:10 CDT
SHOWDOWN LOOMING OVER MAIL BALLOT RULES
TODAY’S TOP TEN
TRUMP MOVES AHEAD WITH MAIL BALLOT RULES
USPS FINALIZES RULE requiring states to provide voter lists for mail-in ballots. Just the News.
NATIONAL MEDIA REFUSE to cover extreme pro-abortion law in Massachusetts. Real Clear Politics.
DAVID CROWLEY’S COSTLY construction projects are breaking Milwaukee County. Restoration News.
NEW YORK TIMES LOSES defamation case for first time in more than 50 years, ordered to pay smeared basketball player more than $9 million. RedState.
DATA CENTER BACKLASH gives GOP an opening in Wisconsin governor’s race. The Daily Signal.
REPUBLICANS HOLD MAJOR cash edge over Democrats heading into midterms. Fox News San Antonio.
NEW JERSEY’S BLUE GOVERNOR Sherrill still ducking on noncitizen voting scandal. New York Post.
CHINA-BACKED GROUPS continue their influence campaign on U.S. judiciary. Restoration News.
TWO VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICERS sue department after being fired and suspended for objecting to male recruit “identifying as a woman” leering at women in women’s locker room. Restoration News.
TURNING POINT USA to hold Charlie Kirk memorial at UVU on anniversary of his murder. The Post-Millennial.
COMMENTARY WORTH READING
Remembering Ronald Reagan’s greatest speech. Tevi Troy.
Your son doesn’t want you to complain about his deployment. Chris Bray.
I resigned because the liberal Seattle Times censored my columns. Matt Calkins.
VIDEO WORTH WATCHING
President Trump in South Carolina: Have you ever seen a happy communist? Real Clear Politics.
MS Now worried that Cuban in Florida are confusing communism and socialism. MS Now.
Hugh Hewitt: I believe Bessent that Economic D-Day is coming on Monday. Real Clear Politics.
LATEST ROA PODCASTS
Host Hayden Ludwig interviews author Seth Keshel about the election vulnerability nobody is talking about. Restoration Spotlight.
Host Grace Reilly says Bernie Sanders is the real oligarch he keeps warning you about. Restoring America with Grace Reilly.
In episode 6, Doug Truax and Will Thibeau discuss America’s military readiness crisis. Restore the Military podcast.
OFFBEAT BEAT
Archeologists may have found lost Egyptian city with ties to Biblical Exodus. Breitbart.
TWEETS OF NOTE
(@BreannaMorello) It’s been 578 days and not a single Democrat from the Obama-Biden regime has been arrested. Tweet.
(@FoxNews) “America, we have lost this city.” Pastor Lorenzo Sewell unloaded during a Dearborn, Michigan, city meeting, accusing the city of operating under Sharia law. “This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore,” Sewell said. “Enough is enough.” The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview, views Sewell believes are at odds with the vast majority of the country. Tweet.
MOST CLICKED ITEM FRIDAY
AFTER RESTORATION NEWS expose, “LinkedIn for Illegals” website disappears, but we saved the receipts. Restoration News.
BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL
Trump Admin Set to Make Huge Election Integrity Move Ahead of the Midterms BONGINO REPORT.
DOGE SAVINGS
$215 billion. DOGE website.
POLYMARKET PREDICTION MARKET
Will Democrats control House after 2026 midterms? 88%.
Will Republicans control the Senate after the 2026 midterms? 51%
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