Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
29th April 2025
Canada’s Mark Carney prepares to take the west’s anti-Trump mantle (Financial Times) Which is, apparently, going to be his main job. Forget governing Canada, let’s concentrate on the important stuff, sticking it to Trump (Oh, and the U.S. too).
Sarah Smith: Trump’s breakneck start is fraught with political risk (BBC)
American Battleground: Resistance and revenge in 100 days of Trump (CNN)
Trump lashes out against “fake polls” as his approval ratings sink (Axios) You can almost hear the rubbing hands.
Trump’s Fury at Bad Polls Boils Over as Allies Rush to Calm Him Down (The New Republic)
More give Trump an F than any other grade for first 100 days, poll finds (NPR)
Trump Teases The Atlantic About ’28 Run The Narrative Media will believe anything.
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts (Washington Post) Good riddance.
Trump Floats Improbable Income-Tax Cut Tied to Tariffs (Richard Rubin/Wall Street Journal)
Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.’s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’ (Devlin Barrett/New York Times) I guess they’re disapppointed that hating white people is no longer on the menu.
Coming for the Judges (The Status Kuo) When they break the law, sure.
Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute (The Guardian)
Dem Says ICE Took Florida Mom From Baby, Unlawfully Deported Her To Cuba (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost) Dem says! That proves it!
US Dismisses All Authors of National Climate Assessment
In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism (Michael Tomasky/New Republic)
Fact-Checking the Left’s 3 Claims Denouncing the Trump DOJ’s Arrest of Judges
CNN Poll: A growing majority says Trump has made the economy worse, with most skeptical of his tariff plans (Ariel Edwards-Levy/CNN) CNN Poll! That proves it!
Republicans tee up federal worker benefit cuts to pay for tax cuts (Erich Wagner/GovExec.com)
Are You Better Off Than You Were 100 Days Ago? (John Avlon/The Bulwark) Yup.
Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration (New York Times)
I Can’t Believe Anyone Thinks Trump Actually Cares About Antisemitism (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times) Astonishing, considering the other bullshit she apparently believes.
ABC News Insists on Pushing Debunked ‘Deported Citizen Babies’ Hoax
At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble (Wall Street Journal)
Why the MAGA world won’t turn its back on Hegseth (Tal Axelrod/Axios) Another attempt at mind-reading by a Narrative Media scribbler.
Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada: POLL (Steven Sparks/Reuters) Poll! That proves it!
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm (New York Times) Worse than Ten Percent For The Big Guy?
Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says (Russell Contreras/Axios) Poll! That proves it!
Mark Carney: democracy’s unTrump (Edward Luce/Financial Times) i.e. a servant of the Deep State, posing as a Champion of Democracy.
Trump’s team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say (Lisa Mascaro/Associated Press) Well, that’s kinda the point….
Most take Trump’s Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds (Scott Clement/Washington Post) Most are stupid, and are made stupider by reading the Narrative Media.
The Longest 100 Days — The clash between Donald Trump’s determination to rule and his inability … (Jonathan Chait/The Atlantic) Those that can, do. Those that can’t do, teach. Those that can’t teach, opine.
The thermostat comes for Trumpism (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
Trump’s polling has already collapsed (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)
Congressional watchdog agency will investigate Trump’s hollowing out of CFPB (Tierney Sneed/CNN)
550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump’s antisemitism policy (Yonat Shimron/RNS) There’s no pleasing some people.
Remembering Paul Volcker amid today’s destruction of government (Norman Ornstein/The Contrarian)
Trump vowed to end wars, equalize trade. He’s delivered something else. (Eli Stokols/Politico)
Trump’s federal return-to-office orders are massively backfiring (Gleb Tsipursky/The Hill)
Trump Is More Likely to Get a Third Impeachment Than a Third Term (Jill Lawrence/The Bulwark) Oh, he will certainly get a third impeachment. You can depend on the Dramacrats for that.
A 100-Day Honeymoon from Hell (William Kristol/The Bulwark) I can feel it working….
MAGA’s Premiere Conspiracy Theorist Becomes the Target of One (Will Sommer/The Bulwark)
Trump is the Godfather in Reverse (Paul Krugman) And Krugman is Friedrich Hayek in revrse.
Michelle Obama Ripped for Deportation Hypocrisy
220 lawsuits in 100 days: Trump administration faces unprecedented legal blitz (Peter Charalambous/ABC News) That’s the busiest Democrats have been since they started spending our money.
Trump Is a Triple Loser in Canada’s Election (Ed Kilgore/New York Magazine) Gee, I didn’t know he was a candidate.
Trump’s team war-gaming for an impeachment fight (Axios)
Trump Displays Criminal Alien Images On White House Lawn; Guess What MSNBC Does…