New York Times: “The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.”
Trump Has Overwhelmed His Own Administration
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Quote of the Day
“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women. So they always try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something and actually want to achieve.”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), quoted by the Washington Post.
Trump to Award Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk
“President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor, to the assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday,” the New York Times reports.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
David Brooks: “For the United States, the question of the decade is: Why hasn’t a resistance movement materialized here? The second Trump administration has flouted court decisions in a third of all rulings against it, according to The Washington Post. It operates as a national extortion racket, using federal power to control the inner workings of universities, law firms, and corporations. It has thoroughly politicized the Justice Department, launching a series of partisan investigations against its political foes. It has turned ICE into a massive paramilitary organization with apparently unconstrained powers. It has treated the Constitution with disdain, assaulted democratic norms and diminished democratic freedoms, and put military vehicles and soldiers on the streets of the capital. It embraces the optics of fascism, and flaunts its autocratic aspirations.”
“I am not one of those who believe that Donald Trump has already turned America into a dictatorship. Yet the crossing-over from freedom into authoritarianism may be marked not by a single dramatic event but by the slow corrosion of our ruling institutions—and that corrosion is well under way.”
How Old Is Too Old?
CNN: “In many ways, Janet Mills is the ideal Democratic recruit to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a fifth-term moderate with a track record of beating well-funded challengers. Mills is a two-term governor with a history of outperforming her party and a record of pushing back against President Donald Trump.”
“But there’s one issue her detractors raise: She’s 77. If she beats the 72-year-old Collins next year, Mills would become the oldest freshman senator in history.”
“Mills’ formal entry into Maine’s Senate race Tuesday sets up one of several primaries that could be fought explicitly or implicitly on the issue of age. A series of midterm races will test whether Democratic voters are looking for proven commodities or a new generation of voices as they grasp for a foothold on Capitol Hill for the last two years of Trump’s presidency.”
Indonesian President Seeks Meeting with Eric Trump
“Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asked President Donald Trump on Monday if he could meet with Trump’s son Eric, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, according to comments by the leaders picked up by a microphone after Trump had addressed a Gaza-focused summit in Egypt,” Reuters reports.
Some Airports Won’t Air Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Video
“Airports in more than a half-dozen U.S. markets have declined to display a video in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames congressional Democrats for the government shutdown and any related travel delays, citing the political nature of its content, according to local authorities,” the Washington Post reports.
“Officials that oversee airports serving Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, said the video could violate internal policies that bar political messaging or contravene state or federal laws that prohibit the use of public resources for political activity.”
Jonathan Bernstein: “It seems like a bad idea for the administration to tie any unhappiness that people have with TSA and airline travel in general to the political system. After all, if they do that they may very well blame the president – instead of, say, blaming the airlines, or nameless bureaucrats, or just the way things are.”
What Comes Next in the Middle East?
Asked by the BBC about Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s call for a two-state solution, President Trump replied: “You’re talking about a different plan. I’m talking about rebuilding Gaza. I’m not talking about single-state, or double state or two-state.”
He added: “At some point I’ll decide what I think is right.”
Trump Takes a Victory Lap
Playbook: “Trump’s whirlwind victory lap of the Middle East gave the president everything he has craved — and everything which has eluded him — since he was first elected in 2016. Ownership of a historic diplomatic achievement; the respect of rich and powerful world leaders on a public stage; plaudits even from his political enemies (here’s Joe Biden; here’s Bill Clinton); wall-to-wall homages in almost every media outlet.”
“He even got a Time magazine cover better than the ones he faked. (Sadly, he’s still not happy with the photo.)”
“But here’s another truth: You won’t find many seasoned Middle East observers who are confident yet that any of this is for keeps.”
House Republicans Abandon the Capitol
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on MSNBC that Republicans are “nowhere to be found.”
White House Prepares for a Long Shutdown
Punchbowl News: “The White House is girding for a long shutdown and has found several new funding streams for critical programs…”
“The impact of these moves by President Donald Trump and senior White House aides show their determination to win this high-stakes faceoff with Democrats.”
“They’re employing a mix of hard-knuckled, hyper-partisan pressure tactics — canceling energy and infrastructure projects in blue states, firing thousands of federal workers — coupled with aggressive funding moves to hammer Democrats while ensuring that critical government operations don’t shutter. This all has the effect of prolonging the shutdown.”
Politico: Democrats are in a GOP shutdown vise.
Small Cracks of Dissent Emerge in Trump’s GOP
“As President Trump basks in his success in the Middle East, hairline fractures within his Republican base are cropping up on a smattering of domestic issues,” Axios reports.
“Republicans have been in near-lockstep with Trump in his second term. So the small pockets of resistance — on the National Guard deployments, free speech, the federal shutdown and more — signal concerns within the GOP as the 2026 midterms come into sight.”
Trump and Xi Spark Another Standoff
“President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest tit-for-tat showdown has both countries claiming the ball is now in the other’s court, with the clock ticking toward another escalation in import tariffs,” Bloomberg reports.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business that the two countries did talk over the weekend about how to dial tensions down.
Trump Ramps Up Trade War
“President Trump ushered in new tariffs on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets and lumber on Tuesday, adding a fresh round of levies as he once again threatened to expand his trade war with China,” the New York Times reports.
“Tariffs ranging from 10 to 50 percent on foreign wood products and furniture snapped into effect just after midnight. The tariffs are meant to encourage more domestic logging and furniture manufacturing. But critics say that the levies will raise prices for American consumers and could slow industries including home building that rely on materials from abroad.”
Senator Confused Why Anyone Would Protest Trump
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told Fox News the only reason one would protest President Trump is if one had a “deranged hatred” of Trump.
Said Mullin: “I’m kinda curious what they’re gonna protest. So here, you have a president that literally, the world is praising because he’s the president of peace. He’s literally leading the world now. And yet they are still going to protest him? Because why? The economy is so bad? Because their streets are safer? Because he’s bringing the hostages home? I mean, what are you really protesting against, other than your deranged hatred towards President Trump?”
There Have Been 337 Mass Shootings This Year
Axios reports that 337 mass shootings have occurred so far this year in the U.S. as of Oct. 11, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Any incident involving more than four people being shot, not including the shooter, is considered a mass shooting.
Trump’s Big Gamble on the Middle East
“President Trump wants to quickly pivot from a Gaza cease-fire to the thornier problem of a broader peace in the Middle East, betting that two years of war transformed the region so much that decades-old animosities can be set aside,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“It is a gamble that—much like the unorthodox diplomacy Trump used to secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas—flouts traditional thinking about the intractable problems at the heart of the region’s problems, and it risks inflaming tensions between Israel, Palestinians and the broader Muslim world.”
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