Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
18th May 2025
Walz calls Trump a “tyrant” who abuses power and violates rule of law (CBS News) Like many Democrats, Walz has a string coming out of his back – pull the ring and his mouth spouts the latest party line.
How a tornado tested a Kentucky weather office that cut its overnight staff (Scott Dance/Washington Post) Because, as we all know, tracking the weather is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
Food For Millions Rots in Storage After Trump’s USAID Cuts (Jack Revell/The Daily Beast) So why wasn’t it distributed? This food didn’t just appear in warehouses when Trump was elected.
NY Times, Back on Censorship Kick, Frets Over Trump’s ‘Misinformation Research’ Cuts
Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions (Perry Stein/Washington Post) This office was weaponized by Democrats when Trump was elected to his first term. Now that Republicans have their fingers on the trigger Democrats are suddently deeply concerned.
NIH Could Be Directed To Study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
The $7 Billion We Wasted Bombing a Country We Couldn’t Find on a Map (Nicholas Kristof/New York Times) The fact that Kristof can’t find Yemen on a map says more about Kristof than on the American public.
Meet the small-business owner suing Trump over tariffs (Washington Post) So she doesn’t really make anything, she just sells stuff made in China. Tariffs are certainly going to put pressure on these arbitrageurs.
The Coalition That Powered Trump to Victory in 2024 Is Starting to Fray (Wall Street Journal) They hope, they hope, they hopw.
One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention (Ruth Igielnik/New York Times) More to the point, they’re not believing Narrative Media lies.
America chose wrong. Sanders would’ve been a better president than Trump or Biden. (USA Today) America has ‘chosen wrong’ since Eisenhower. America dodged a bullet by not electing Sanders.
Donald Trump keeps declaring national emergencies. Why? (Vox) Because Democrats have loaded the statute book with legislation allowing (presumably Democrat) Presidents to ‘declare an emergency’ and then rule by decree – which we say on display with Obama and Biden. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, they have found a Strange New Respect for the separation of powers in the Constitution.
2M New Yorkers could lose health coverage under GOP’s ‘beautiful bill,’ estimates show Because, as we all know, New York health coverage is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
Thousands of federal employees are on a roller coaster of being fired, rehired (Dinah Voyles Pulver/USA Today) Rather than soaking in the warm hot-tub of invincible government employment. Yeah, my heart breaks for them.
How to Take Medicaid from Millions of Americans, in Less Than 72 Hours (Jonathan Cohn/The Bulwark) Because, as we all know, people are ENTITLED to having their medical care paid for by the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
SCOTUS to Trump: Due Process! (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse …)
Bruce Springsteen Again Calls Out ‘Unfit President’ Trump at Second Manchester Concert (Daniel Kreps/Rolling Stone) No doubt Trump is cut to the core by the disapproval by a superannuated musician.
Springsteen, Undeterred by Trump, Keeps Up War of Words From Foreign Stage (Wall Street Journal) Such people suffer from the delusion that everybody cares what they think, or that it will change people’s minds. Neither is correct.
Exclusive: Al Green on Trump Impeachment Push–‘Don’t Wait’ for ‘Tanks’ (Peter Aitken/Newsweek)
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints (Robert Tait/The Guardian) Democrats have been ‘cooking the books’ for decades. Why all of this hand-wringing all of a sudden?