memeorandum: One Reason the Trump Fever Won't Break (David French/New York Times)

1:15 PM ET, October 1, 2023

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Aileen Graef / CNN:

Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week — Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.

Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Insider, USA Today, The Messenger, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, National Review, Mediaite, New York Post, Breitbart, Washington Examiner and RedState

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:

Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust McCarthy for Working With Democrats — A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, CNBC, CBS News, The Messenger, Raw Story, CNN, Financial Times, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, The Capitolist, Althouse, Sacramento Bee, Political Wire and Fox News

Washington Post:

Gaetz says he will force vote to oust McCarthy as House speaker — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Sunday that he is determined to try to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as House speaker after McCarthy passed a stopgap measure to fund the government with Democratic support.

Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and Washington Times

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Who is this man and what has he done with Kevin McCarthy? — For eight months, there were no adults working in the House Republican day-care center. — Day after day, the toddlers of the far right threw tantrum after tantrum. But instead of giving the brats in his caucus a timeout …

Discussion: CNN, The Messenger, Washington Times, Fox News and Raw Story

Paul Kane / Washington Post:

McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses — The House speaker and Senate minority leader faced rejection on different fronts: McCarthy forced into leaning on Democrats to keep the government open and McConnell defied by GOP senators on Ukraine — Congressional bureau chief

Discussion: The Hill, Roll Call, The Guardian, Reuters, Balloon Juice, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, ZeroHedge News and Political Wire

Annie Karni / New York Times:

Inside McCarthy's Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk — The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever.

Discussion: CNN, Punchbowl News, The Guardian, Mercury News, Washington Times, The Western Journal, Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Raw Story

Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Ukraine aid is dropped from government funding bill. That raises questions about future US support

Discussion: The Hill, Insider, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Breitbart, Fox News, TASS, Politico, Bloomberg, Florida Phoenix and The Messenger

Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Gaetz says he'll push to unseat McCarthy this week

Discussion: Axios, Fox News, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, NBC News, Bloomberg, ABC News, RedState, New York Post, CNN, Associated Press, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Messenger, ZeroHedge News and Breitbart

Associated Press:
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

Politico:
‘It is a surrender’: Why McCarthy reversed with his survival uncertain

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, Progress Pond, The Status Kuo, Insider and The Daily Caller

Erin B. Logan / Los Angeles Times:
Kevin McCarthy avoided a government shutdown. But the fiasco shows he's weaker than ever

NBC News:
McCarthy compares Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a fire alarm to Jan. 6 rioters

David French / New York Times:

One Reason the Trump Fever Won't Break — The more I consider the challenge posed by Christian nationalism, the more I think most observers and critics are paying too much attention to the wrong group of Christian nationalists. We mainly think of Christian nationalism as a theology or at least as a philosophy.

Discussion: Raw Story

Tara Suter / The Hill:

Fetterman: 'I'm done normalizing this dysfunction' — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday.

Discussion: RedState and New Jersey Globe

Tara Suter / The Hill:
These Republican senators voted against the government funding bill

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Nation, Breitbart, New York Times and TASS

Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Jeffries: House stopgap bill ‘total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans’

Discussion: C-SPAN.org, RedState, Mercury News, The Daily Caller, Roll Call, The Messenger, Washington Times and KTSM-TV

Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Vivek Ramaswamy slams House-passed stopgap measure to fund the government

Discussion: Daily News and The Hill

Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:

The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity — The “Banality of Crazy” has warped American politics, as few voters recognize just how deranged, delusional, and dangerous Donald Trump is...because the press rarely reports on his routine insanity. … Sometimes, you have to write when you're angry.

Discussion: Plain Dealer and Digby's Hullabaloo

Eva Surovell / The Messenger:

Trump Campaign Leaves Actual Birdcage at Nikki Haley's Hotel Door as Part of ‘Birdbrain’ Attack — It's unclear why Trump chose the nickname for the GOP presidential hopeful — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …

Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire

Matt Holt / The Messenger:
Poll: Trump Maintains Commanding Lead After Second GOP Debate (Exclusive)

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill and Florida Politics

The Daily Beast:

Meghan Markle Linked to Run for Dianne Feinstein's Senate Seat — Plus, hackers crash the royal website, Harry and Meghan backstage at Invictus Games, stay at Diana's childhood home, and why does runner William want to trademark race numbers? … Meghan “long-shot” replacement for Feinstein seat

Discussion: New York Post, Daily Mail, UPROXX, The Mirror, Fox News and Raw Story

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

How the right's elevation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could now backfire — The American right's efforts to elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were as transparent as they were cynical. The idea, as advanced by Stephen K. Bannon and the like, was clearly to try to embarrass President Biden in the Democratic primary.

Discussion: ZeroHedge News, The American Spectator, Mediaite, HotAir, RedState, Power Line, TMZ.com and ABC News

Erica Orden / Politico:

Trump goes to trial in New York before a judge who just ruled he's a fraud — The $250 million civil trial starts Monday — and Trump may be there in person. — NEW YORK — Donald Trump is set to go to trial Monday in New York's civil lawsuit accusing him of extensive business fraud …

Discussion: NBC News

Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:

Newsom vetoes bill that would allow striking workers to get unemployment checks — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have allowed workers on strike to become eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. — In his note to the California State Senate …

Discussion: HotAir, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Variety, Sacramento Bee, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and ABC7, more at Mediagazer »

Edward Malnick / Telegraph:

Grant Shapps to ramp up support for Volodymyr Zelensky — UK to boost training for Ukrainian soldiers and Navy may help protect grain vessels — Britain will ramp up its training programme for Ukrainian soldiers under plans being discussed with military chiefs, the new Defence Secretary has disclosed.