“Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) plans to force Democrats to vote next week on legislation to pay more than 1 million military service members during the government shutdown, doubling down on his strategy of highlighting the plight of military families,” The Hill reports.
Trump Has Ordered the Execution of 27 People
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New Maps Might Not Be Enough to Save House GOP
Charlie Cook: “With the ink not even on paper in some of these states’ redistricting efforts, it is impossible to say with any degree of certainty how this will play out in the House. I am skeptical that Republicans can redraw enough districts to insulate them from what looks like a pretty tough midterm.”
Trump Says Threatened Tariffs on China ‘Not Sustainable’
“President Donald Trump said high threatened tariffs with China were not viable as tensions between the world’s two largest economies intensify ahead of an expected face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “It’s not sustainable. But that’s what the number is, it’s probably not, you know, it could stand, but they forced me to do that.”
“The tariff clash between Washington and Beijing saw US import taxes on Chinese goods rise to as high as 145% in a tit-for-tat exchange that raised fears of a global downturn and a cutoff in trade between the two economies.”
How Would Putin Get to Hungary?
New York Times: “President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin say they plan to meet in Hungary in the coming weeks, but a potentially major roadblock stands in the way. To get there, Mr. Putin will need to pass through airspace over European countries that belong to the International Criminal Court.”
“And that court has a warrant out for the Russian leader’s arrest.”
The Shutdown Artist
Andy Kroll: “Russell Vought is using the White House budget office to lay waste to the federal bureaucracy—firing workers, decimating agencies, and testing the rule of law.”
Retribution
Out next week: Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America by Jonathan Karl.
“This is a story of unprecedented political plot twists, showing what happened behind the scenes as political fortunes fell and rose again, and as a new team coalesced around President Trump with the goal of creating an entirely new world order.”
Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
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- Karl, Jonathan (Author)
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- 448 Pages - 10/28/2025 (Publication Date) - Dutton (Publisher)
John Cornyn Holds Big Cash Advantage
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) “has nearly double the war chest of Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ Senate GOP primary after the third fundraising quarter of the year — though in the latest flare-up between the two, neither can agree on which funds count,” the Texas Tribune reports.
Britain’s Labour Party Plummets in the Polls
A new poll finds Britain’s Labour Party tied with the Greens at 15%, way behind the Reform Party at 32% and the Conservatives at 17%, the Telegraph reports.
Inflation Is the Most Likely Escape
The Economist: “It is increasingly likely that governments will… resort to inflation and financial repression to reduce the real value of their high debts, as they did in the decades after the second world war. The machinery for such a strategy is in place at central banks, which have a large footprint in bond markets. Already, populists such as Mr Trump and Nigel Farage in Britain attack their country’s central banks with proposals that would weaken the defenses against inflation.”
“Price rises are unpopular—just ask the hapless Joe Biden—but they do not need political support to get going. Nobody voted for them in the 1970s or in 2022. When governments cannot get their act together, and run economic policies that are unsustainable, bouts of inflation just happen. By the time markets wake up, it is too late.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“This is asinine. The very people who say the administration has too much power continue to give it to them. I am over this childish behavior.”
— Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), quoted by Semafor, after another failed vote to end the government shutdown.
Inside Putin’s Trump Strategy
New York Times: “Even as Mr. Putin has pounded Ukrainian cities and waged grinding warfare in the country’s east, he has invested dozens of hours into flattering Mr. Trump, dangling the prospect of Russian-American business deals and sending the message that Russia is open to talks to end its invasion.”
“The tactic has helped Mr. Putin head off repeated deadlines and sanctions threats by the American president without curtailing Russia’s war effort.”
Democrats Lead in Two Governor’s Races
The new Fifty Plus One polling averages show Abigail Spanberger (D) leading the Virginia governor’s race by 10 points and has Mikie Sherrill (D) leading the New Jersey governor’s race by 6 points.
Meanwhile, G. Elliot Morris explains how partisan polls can increase the bias of these averages.
China Ousts Top Military Official
China’s second-ranked military general has become the latest in a series of top brass to come under investigation for corruption, the South China Morning Post reports.
Trump Says $20 Billion Project Is ‘Pretty Much Dead’
President Trump said the government shutdown had given him license to eliminate “a $20 billion project” in Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’s home state of New York, without specifying which one, Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “We’re cutting Democrat programs that we didn’t want because, I mean, they made one mistake, they didn’t realize that. That gives me the right to cut programs that Republicans never wanted, you know, giveaways, welfare programs, etc.”
Republicans Grow Frustrated With Kristi Noem
“Members of Congress are growing incensed with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, claiming that necessary government contracts are being slow-walked and that her office has become difficult to communicate with,” NOTUS reports.
“This frustration among the Republican conference on the Hill has made its way to both GOP leadership and administration officials, sources told NOTUS. It’s reaching a boiling point.”
Joe Rogan Rips Trump for Setting ‘Dangerous Precedent’
Podcaster Joe Rogan ripped into President Trump’s deployment of troops onto the streets of U.S. cities, warning that it could have serious long-term consequences, the Daily Beast reports.
He added: “The military in the street, I think, is a dangerous precedent.”
America First Globalist
“There’s a shutdown in D.C., clashes in Chicago, and economic worries bubbling up all over the country — but at the moment, President Trump seems more focused on Gaza, Ukraine and Venezuela,” Axios reports.
“Trump’s foreign policy focus — and the peace deals he has secured — is the stuff of presidential legacy building. But the globe-trotting risks blurring his America First’ brand.”
Los Angeles Times: How Rubio is winning over Trumpworld on striking Venezuela.
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