Katie Porter Melts Down; Church Bomb Plot Foiled; and the Shutdown Rolls On

Democrats crack on camera, the media looks away from left-wing extremism, and the swamp finds out what life without government bloat feels like.

It’s Day Eight of the government shutdown, and by now you’d think the chaos in Washington would’ve forced at least one Democrat to admit what this fight is really about… forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for illegal immigrants’ healthcare. But instead, they’ve doubled down, pointing fingers and blaming Republicans for refusing to “compromise.”

Over on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Buck reported live from D.C., where he said the city feels “eerily calm.” With bureaucrats furloughed and traffic gone, he joked he could “hop on a scooter through Georgetown without stopping once.” But beneath that humor was the serious truth. This shutdown has laid bare how bloated the federal bureaucracy has become. “Rush warned us,” Buck said. He and Clay both reminded listeners that this isn’t new. Washington has been addicted to spending and government growth for decades.

That theme of government excess echoed through nearly every conservative show today.

On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn opened with what might be the most revealing political clip of the week. California Democrat Katie Porter melting down during a CBS interview when asked how she’d appeal to Trump voters. It was a simple question. “What would you say to Republicans to win their votes?” But Porter froze like a student caught without homework. Then, instead of answering, she accused the reporter of being “negative” and tried to end the interview. Megyn called it what it was: “a perfect snapshot of what happens when Democrats live in media bubbles that never challenge them.”

Michael Knowles took that story and widened the lens. On his show, he said Porter’s meltdown wasn’t an outlier. It was “a symptom of a party that can no longer speak to normal Americans.” But the headline from his episode wasn’t just political theater. It was horrifying. This past Sunday, 200 bombs were reportedly found at a church before what authorities believe was a planned left-wing attack. Knowles tied it to a disturbing trend he and others have warned about for months. Escalating violence against Christians while the media looks the other way.

Meanwhile, Matt Walsh hit hard on the Democrats’ continued attempts to spin the government shutdown. He called it “one of the biggest healthcare scams ever,” explaining how federal money gets laundered through state programs so that illegal immigrants end up with taxpayer-funded coverage. Walsh also reacted to reports of leaked messages about Charlie Kirk “leaving the pro-Israel cause,” noting that the left is quick to exploit internal conservative disagreements while ignoring its own moral free fall.

By the time Clay and Buck’s second hour rolled around, “Welfare and Warfare,” as they called it, the focus shifted back to California. Buck contrasted Steve Hilton’s grassroots run for governor with Porter’s meltdown and California’s broader collapse under Democratic rule. The conversation underscored a point that’s becoming impossible to deny. From Sacramento to D.C., the Democratic Party is out of answers and out of touch with reality.

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It’s fitting that as the political class sputters and the left tries to cancel everyone from pastors to parents, America’s most popular conservative voices are doing what our media used to. Calling out the lies, connecting the dots, and exposing the rot beneath the surface.

The truth is the government shutdown isn’t the real crisis. The real crisis is a ruling class that believes accountability is optional, and that faith, family, and freedom are expendable.

See you tomorrow night.