Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
7th May 2025
Trump Finds Solution to Aviation Woes–Fire a Democrat (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast) That’s actually not a bad plan. It works more often than not.
Judge Asks If Reinstating Fired Govt Workers Is Proper
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce trans military ban (The Hill)
‘It’s All Cronyism Going Forward’ (Katherine J. Wu/The Atlantic) Just like Democrats!
N.Y. judge finds Alien Enemies Act use illegal, blocks removals to ‘evil’ jail (Washington Post)
Trump Demands Release Of Election Denier ‘Hostage’ Convicted By Colorado Jury (Matt Shuham/HuffPost)
Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows (Benjamin Mullin/New York Times) Because, as we all know, funding “childrens’ shows” is the responsibility of the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer.
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program (New York Times) Because, as we all know, energy efficiency certification is the responsibility of the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer.
58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) Which is all Trump’s fault, of course.
Columbia Lays Off Nearly 180 People Because of Trump Research Cuts (Sharon Otterman/New York Times) Because, as we all know, funding research at Columbia is the responsibility of the Federal govvernment–and the Federal taxpayer.
Kari Lake says OAN’s far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America (David Folkenflik/NPR)
The anti-abortion movement readies its gameplan for Trump 2.0 (Alice Miranda Ollstein/Politico)
White House Chief Of Staff Clarifies “Due Process” For Deporting Illegals In 4 Words… “Are you here illegally?” A simple question.
‘He can, in fact, be stopped’: Buttigieg exhorts Democrats to show voters more in fight with Trump (MSNBC) But not, I suspect, by Mayor Buttplug.
Employers worry over immigration crackdown as labor shortage fears loom (Emily Peck/Axios)
Republicans to Pay for Trump Tax Cuts With Sales of Public Land (Ari Natter/Bloomberg) More accurately, it isn’t ‘public’ land, it’s government land, that the public gets no use from except in treehugger NGO brochures.
Inside DeSantis’ “made-for-TV” fall in Florida (Marc Caputo/Axios)
Donald Trump can’t figure out how to lie about Medicaid cuts (James Downie/MSNBC)
Judge Blocks Department Of Education From Canceling COVID-Related School Aid
A federal court is about to decide whether to strike down Trump’s tariffs (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies (Holly Hartigan/Cornell Chronicle) If it’s so important, let Cornell pay for it themselves.
Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent projects his own pedo fantasies onto Trump.
‘What’s the Benefit For Me’: A Kennedy Ally Suggests She Can Help Make Connections, For a Return (Margaret Manto/NOTUS) Apparently she thinks that Kennedy is still a Democrat, where that sort of thing is important.
US Intel Agencies Ordered To Target Greenland As Takeover Plotting Intensifies Plot!
Colbert and Maddow Claim GOP Wants To Get Rid of Elections Because that’s what they’d do if they had the power.
RFK Jr. May Have Inspired Acting US Attorney’s Harassment of Medical Journals (Dan Friedman/Mother Jones) May have! That proves it!
Joe Biden on Trump: ‘What president ever talks like that? That’s not who we are’ (Nick Robinson/BBC) The ‘we’ in question being Democrats, obviously. And he’s right about that.
Donald Trump’s Information Warfare Against America (Jill Lawrence/The Bulwark)
Trump’s tariffs hit baby industry hard, threatening parents with price hikes, shortages (Washington Post) I’ll bet you didn’t know that there waa a ‘baby industry’, and that the Washington Poop gives a shit about parents.
Watch: MSNBC Admits Trump Is Right…
MSNBC’s New Show Asks If Trump Defunded PBS Because He Thinks Elmo Is Black
Federal judge orders Trump admin to immediately resettle 12K migrants (Stephen Sorace/Fox News)
“Two dolls” for Christmas: Trump resorts to sexism to sell tariffs (Amanda Marcotte/Salon) Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.