Dem messaging gurus, repeat after me: “The DEMOCRATS didn’t shut the government down. The REPUBLICANS shut the government down to cover up the death of the President.”

Trump's dementia is really getting out of control. No wonder no one has seen or heard from him since his slurring, low-energy speech last Tuesday

This is the second time Trump has disappeared from public view in last six weeks without an explanation.

As everyone else has noted, the ice stuff is just going to get worse and the dem plan of ignoring it isn't going to get better

Think it's reasonable to ask DC Republicans why they expect Democrats would vote for things now that passed without their votes just a few months ago. Was passing things in a Senate that requires 60 votes for final passage of a budget with 51 votes thru reconciliation smart? It seems stupid.

1. This is one of the most insane statements ever delivered by a presidential spokesperson in U.S. history. Totally disconnected from reality. 2. There is either going to be a civil war or abject Democratic surrender to autocracy. They are telling this you, to your face, in explicit terms.

"But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." Luke 14:13–14 Leavitt must have missed this quote before she put her cross necklace on

I heard that the ADP jobs numbers were so bad Trump plans on firing their CEO www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/p...

I mean,,,

This is where credulous, "unbiased" reporting gets you.

By the way, JD Vance says the hottest thing in this picture is the couch.

Again, the GOP has complete power to fund the government on its own terms, the only question is whether they have the will to exercise that power and own the consequences

To be clear, Dems can't just vote for a CR. There are no good options here, especially since Vought is operating outside of the law. prospect.org/politics/202...

Are we supposed to take this literally or seriously? Is he joking here or not joking? Is he just "saying stuff" or is this a plan for action? 10 years in and I still can't tell. We used to be lectured that "presidential words matter." I guess they don't unless the president is Black or a Democrat

Great job Joni Ernst. The culmination of a wasted 12 years in the Senate

I thought the Republican Party was the party of "personal responsibility." Now the Republican president can't take responsibility for the people he says he will fire.

Glad we spent tens of millions to bring people to see this low energy slurring speech

Taking the shutdown out of the 2026 electoral and the "who would be blamed?" contexts, it's pretty clear that a long shutdown is what Russ Vought wants. Democrats must never give Vought what he wants. open.substack.com/pub/firstbra...

Wait, I thought Donald was a dove.

Perfect image for this moment -- Pete Hegseth wasted millions of dollars flying military leaders from across the globe to hear him blather about gender-neutral physical fitness standards and appearance, and the chryon in the corner notes the government is about to shut down.

Who does Bibi think he is? Brendan Carr?

One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.

This is all true but underscores the limits of public opinion if the president and none of the political actors inside and outside the government react to it

And Youngkin never did this. Another Republican failure and fraud

This is really easy. If Republicans want to fund their authoritarian government and keep it open, they can end the filibuster. Just like how they put judges on the Supreme Court and cut taxes for billionaires www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

Good article but it refers to the "Department of Defense" multiple times. Trump named it the Department of War and we must tell the truth about what is happening: The President is ordering the Dept of War to occupy a US city against its will. Apparently it's the 1860s www.kgw.com/article/news...

Seriously. What the fuck is this?

Here is the front page of today's Washington Post. Each story is horrifying about the deep corruption of our government. What is the lead editorial? A criticism of Kamala Harris's book tour by someone who didn't read her book. Bezos needs to sell this paper.

Trump has gone completely mad. We have to force this conversation.

It's the lowest consumer sentiment reading of the last 50 years in this survey.

The shutdown can be avoided if Thune eliminates the filibuster and has a majority vote. Thune would rather shut down the government.

Some of these Cabinet members are dumber than doornails. Apparently if you repeat a lie enough times, you start to believe it. But we know how rotten their policies are when they can't stop lying.

Why did Trump’s escalator stop working? Because it became too woke.

Do we think that Vought is just holding back on these firings because there isn't a shutdown? That he would just do this if he could? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

Good news. The Trump regime is focused like a laser beam on lowering costs. newrepublic.com/post/200889/...

The forgotten man who is part of a multimillion $$ horseracing syndicate is forgotten no more by the GOP. Lots of grotesque stories to tell about the winners and losers they picked when writing the BBB instead of just reciting poll-tested talking points stephenclermont.substack.com/p/the-forgot...

This should be the moment where Republicans take stock. Trump is deeply unwell. His health is declining. He embarrassed the country today. He’s not capable of doing the job. We are here now. No bullshit.

8 months in and it's undeniable that the whole Trump 2.0 thing is a complete and utter disaster. We should not treat him any differently than any other unpopular president who is delivering poor results and has nothing to offer but lies and bullshit www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-v...

Unless I am missing something, Democrats wouldn't want anything in that upper left purple box and they don't have any issue there. I know the "out of touch" argument is centered on the lower right, but Dems are also perceived as caring about issues voters are most concerned with in the upper right

How it started // How it’s going

The head of the regime is having a coherence problem. What is anyone supposed to do with this other than end the filibuster and have the Republican put up or shut up?

Trump is degrading rapidly.

If Republicans want to keep the government open at the end of the month, they should nuke the filibuster like they just did to rubber stamp new apparatchiks for the regime. If they don't nuke the filibuster, Republicans don't want the government open. It's not any more complicated than that.

“There is definitely potential that Trump will destroy everything that makes the US economy unique and successful.” He definitely will destroy everything. Everything Trump touches turns to shit and he comes out smelling like a rose www.wired.com/story/silico...

checked with the professionals and the only response to this is "run anti-abortion candidates"

He also fused 501c3 tax exempt money with partisan political activity but I guess no one cares about that anymore as long as you are supporting the regime www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Trump is so sick and addled, he doesn't know much anymore, but I guess we are not supposed to admit it. Here's a thought - we stop electing narcissistic men in the late 70s.

If the "major concerns" are only expressed in private, they aren't really concerns. Anyone want to bother growing the fuck up?

Republicans unable to get much beyond 40% in Virginia. No "Kirk effect" either wset.com/news/local/a...