Trump Taunts ‘Kamikaze’ Dems as Shutdown Drags Into Week 3
Welfare cuts, street protests, and faith wars — the system’s cracking and Trump’s smiling.
Good Morning, it’s Monday, October 20, 2025.
The federal shutdown is now deep enough to have its own zip code, the left’s “No Kings” protests just exposed their training manual, and elite theologians are suddenly diagnosing Christianity like it’s a lab specimen. Meanwhile, Trump’s turning gridlock into leverage — and the establishment is realizing he plays better in chaos than they do in order.
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Trump Calls Dems ‘Kamikaze Pilots’ as Shutdown Drags Into Week 3
President vows to kill off welfare programs “Republicans never wanted.”
President Trump took a Sunday swing at Democrats on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, accusing them of dragging the shutdown for political theater — and handing him a weapon in the process.
“The Democrats are kamikazes right now. They have nothing going. They have no future,” Trump said.
He wasn’t done. Trump claimed the impasse gives his administration power to freeze or scrap “giveaway” programs Republicans have long targeted — welfare and Medicaid expansions among them.
The battlefield:
Shutdown Day 20: Hundreds of thousands of feds are still unpaid.
Trigger fight: Democrats demand a deal that extends ACA subsidies before November’s open enrollment.
White House move: Using “shutdown authority” to suspend programs — a legal gray zone likely to spark court challenges.
Trump’s leverage play: “They didn’t realize this gives me the right to cut programs… permanently.”
The political fallout:
Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, accuse Trump of “holding the economy hostage” to gut healthcare.
The White House counters that Dems are pushing Medicaid for illegal immigrants, which Trump says would “jeopardize Americans’ healthcare.”
Markets are showing nerves: Treasury yields spiked on Friday as another missed-payroll week looms.
Meanwhile in New York…
Trump even waded into the NYC mayoral race — calling Democratic socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani a “communist mayor in waiting.”
“He’s slick, but he doesn’t have what it takes,” Trump said, warning the city would be in “big trouble” if Mamdani wins.
Mamdani, for his part, tried to cool things down, apologizing for past anti-police remarks and saying he’d “work with anyone” — including Trump — to make NYC affordable.
Bottom Line:
Trump’s daring Democrats to blink — betting that economic pain will outlast their political will. But every unpaid worker and unfunded program raises the stakes. If this standoff goes another week, it’s not just a shutdown — it’s a showdown for 2026.
“No Kings” Protester Accidentally Outs Left’s Training Camp
Antifa-linked demonstrator admits protests were “organized and trained.”
A viral clip from D.C.’s “No Kings” rally just blew a hole in the Democrats’ favorite fairytale — that anti-Trump street protests are “organic uprisings of democracy.”
A pink-haired protester told Newsmax’s Alana Austin that she and others were “trained” on how to act during the demonstrations — adding they were instructed to “be peaceful” and “deescalate.” Cute — but it also confirms what everyone already knew: this wasn’t a spontaneous flash mob; it was a playbook operation.
The receipts:
The “No Kings” protests are being coordinated by over 200 groups, including Indivisible, the same outfit that fueled the 2017 anti-Trump marches.
George Soros’ Open Society Foundations reportedly funneled millions into the organizing coalition.
Indivisible’s own network spans thousands of chapters across all 50 states — all tied to centralized “education and training” hubs.
The same playbook — fake grassroots energy, real top-down money — is being used to flood GOP town halls with “concerned citizens.”
The woman’s slipup on live TV may have been unintentional, but it perfectly framed the movement’s reality: this isn’t Woodstock — it’s a funded field op.
Bottom Line:
The left’s “No Kings” movement looks less like a rebellion and more like a rehearsal — and someone just admitted they got the script.
Most people won’t read this report.
And they’ll stay unaware, unprepared, and easy to profile. But if you’d rather know the playbook — and how to move smarter because of it — you’re one click away.
The Great Lie of ‘MAGA Christianity’
Elites can’t stand a faith that doesn’t kneel to them.
Georgetown’s Paul D. Miller just penned a sermon disguised as a think-piece — a pearl-clutching essay accusing millions of believers of practicing a “deviant” form of Christianity. He calls it “MAGA Christianity.” Translation: faith that refuses to ask permission from the ruling class.
Miller — a former Bush official turned academic moral referee — used a memorial for Charlie Kirk as his launchpad to scold conservatives for mixing faith and politics. His essay reads like theology by focus group: big on moral superiority, light on scripture.
The spin vs. the scripture:
Miller brands populist Christians as “emotional” and “unmoored.”
He offers no doctrinal proof, just snobbery wrapped in citations.
He sneers that “real” believers don’t show up at Trump rallies — as if attendance determines salvation.
His version of Christianity worships hierarchy, not humility.
What he calls “anti-elitist” faith is the same bottom-up gospel Christ built with fishermen and outcasts. MAGA Christians aren’t storming cathedrals; they’re defending families, unborn life, and the right to pray without apology.
The irony? Miller accuses them of arrogance while preaching from a tenured pulpit to half the country he doesn’t understand.
Bottom Line:
“MAGA Christianity” isn’t a cult — it’s a conscience. The left writes about Christianity; these believers live it.
1. SNAP Crackdown Incoming.
The feds are now tying food stamp funding to each state’s “error rate” — and several blue states are on the chopping block for massive clawbacks. 👉 Read more ›
2. The ‘No Kings’ Coup That Wasn’t.
A billionaire-backed “color revolution” meant to look radical turned into a parade of aging liberal boomers in matching T-shirts — the revolution will not be televised, but apparently it will be sponsored. 👉 Read more ›
3. Speaker Johnson Draws a Line.
House Speaker Mike Johnson blasted the “No Kings” protests as Astroturf chaos designed to distract from Democrats’ shutdown failures. 👉 Read more ›
Together with The Ledger
Trump’s Kamikaze Comment Wasn’t an Insult — It Was Intel
“The Democrats are kamikazes right now.”
That wasn’t bluster. It was battlefield language.
Trump’s turning the shutdown from a stalemate into a test — how much fake compassion can D.C. afford before it runs out of other people’s money?
This Sunday’s Ledger unpacks how every “crisis” becomes a cash grab — until someone finally cuts the cord.
👉 The receipts are waiting.
The longer this shutdown drags, the clearer the divide becomes: one side builds its outrage in classrooms and nonprofits; the other in pews, paychecks, and patience. Trump isn’t just fighting Democrats — he’s exposing who still runs the country when the lights go off. Spoiler: it’s not the bureaucrats.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
P.S. Tomorrow’s going to be a knife fight on the Hill — budget backroom deals, media spin, and one very nervous Fed.
Hit reply: Who do you think blinks first, Trump or Schumer? Your answer might make Wednesday’s Briefing.
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