October 2, 2025

— Stephen Colbert, on his Wednesday night show.

The government shutdown is already taking terrible tolls,
Since Trump sicced Russ Vought on the government’s payrolls.
But there’s one silver lining
That journalists are finding:
The shutdown has cut the number of Trump’s press office trolls.

Shutdown Shit Show

October 2, 2025 Buck Banks

Government shutdowns like this aren’t good for anyone, bub,
And it’s not likely to expand the Donald Trump Fan Club.
But Trump and Republicans seem
To be fulfilling Grover Norquists’ dream —
Make the U.S. government small enough to drown it in a bathtub.

Most Blame Trump and Republicans for Shutdown

October 2, 2025 Buck Banks

47%

According to a new Washington Post poll, 47% of Americans blame President Trump and the Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Only 30% blame congressional Democrats, and 23% say they are not sure.

Republicans Growing More Pessimistic About Country’s Direction

October 2, 2025 Buck Banks

51%

Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62% to 75%, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The shift occurred primarily among Republicans. In June, 29% of Republicans said the country was heading in the wrong direction. That number is now 51%. The vast majority of Democrats have felt the country is headed in the wrong direction since Donald Trump won the election in 2024.

Americans Think SCOTUS Is too Conservative

October 2, 2025 Buck Banks

43%

A record number of Americans think the Supreme Court has tilted too far to the right, polling released Wednesday shows. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults described the court as “too conservative” in Gallup’s Sept. 2–16 Governance poll—the highest figure the organization has ever measured, surpassing the previous high of 42 percent recorded in 2022. By comparison, 36 percent said the court is “about right,” while just 17 percent labeled it “too liberal.”

Day: October 2, 2025

Colbert Mocks Shutdown

“Evidently, ‘The Late Show’ has outlasted the United States federal government, because we’re still open, and they done shut down.”

— Stephen Colbert, on his Wednesday night show.

Trump’s Memes Team Creamed

Shutdown Shit Show

Most Blame Trump and Republicans for Shutdown

47%

According to a new Washington Post poll, 47% of Americans blame President Trump and the Republicans in Congress for the government shutdown. Only 30% blame congressional Democrats, and 23% say they are not sure.

Republicans Growing More Pessimistic About Country’s Direction

51%

Americans Think SCOTUS Is too Conservative

43%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%