MARK JUDGE: The End of Trump’s Punk Rock Presidency.

In Taki’s Magazine, Steve Sailer compared Trump and his supporting political movement, the Alt-Right, to punk: “Hillary’s recent speech denouncing the alt-right has raised eyebrows. It was as if in 1976 progressive-rock titans Emerson, Lake & Palmer had released a double album devoted to excoriating this new band nobody had ever heard of before called the Ramones. If you can remember back four decades, it might strike you that the alt-right phenomenon of 2016 is basically political punk rock: loud, abrasive, hostile, white, back to basics, and fun.”

The fun’s now over. As I explained in a recent piece, in his book Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall, journalist Tim Mohr explores how the postwar communist German Stasi harassed, monitored, censored, and beat punk rockers. It’s notable how many times the word “fun” is used by the punks to explain their outlook. Between 1981 and 1985, one of the most popular bands behind the Iron Curtain was Wutanfall (“Tantrum”), a Leipzig six-piece that, Mohr writes, “represented a loose but dedicated opposition to the state.” The Stasi eventually shut them down. The Democrats are the American Stasi. They’re about to shut everything down — except transgender athletes.

There’s a whole lot of people coming to power in January who view The Lives of Others as a how-to guide for governance:

So what is “Trump’s Next Act?” That’s a topic that Glenn explores in his latest Substack column, with an assist from VDH:

🚨What happens if Trump loses the House and Senate?

Clinton & Obama already set precedent.
They weren't done at all in their last 2 years.

Victor Davis Hanson explains:

Clinton fell to 37% approval but left office at about 66%. In between, he was impeached but not convicted… pic.twitter.com/CekuPdKFP1

— Cecile Shaw (@CecileShaw) November 4, 2026