Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
20th May 2025
South Africa’s President to Challenge Trump on Afrikaner Refugees (John Eligon/New York Times)
Scoop: Vance decided against Israel visit due to new Israeli operation in Gaza (Barak Ravid/Axios)
Trump DOJ changes to civil rights division spark mass exodus of attorneys (Ryan Lucas/NPR) Saves the effort of firing them.
Trump Has His Law Firms Right Where He Wants Them (Jeffrey Toobin/New York Times)
What you — yes, you — should know about interacting with ICE (Philip Bump/Washington Post) Never take advice frsom a rabid proglodyte ‘journalist’.
Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC (John Hendel/Politico)
Will Anyone Take the Factory Jobs Trump Wants to Bring Back to America? (Wall Street Journal) No, because all of those people are already on the government dole.
Head of CBS News to Depart Amid Tensions With Trump (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
Donald Trump Jr. Mocks Biden Cancer Diagnosis in Heartless Post (Troy Matthews/MeidasTouch News)
Republicans are raiding childcare funding – to push women out of the workforce (Moira Donegan/The Guardian) Because, as se all know, childcare funding is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)
‘Sesame Street’ Saved, Inks New Streaming Deal With Netflix (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
Transcript: Trump’s Threats to Defy Courts Suddenly Get More Dangerous (New Republic)
The Real Threat of the Nonprofit “Terrorism” Provision in Trump’s Big Bill (Shirin Sinnar/Slate) Terrorism!
Lawyers seek to force Trump to return Guatemalan deportee (Nate Raymond/Reuters) Good luck with that.
Supreme Court Backs Trump on Ending TPS for 350,000 Venezuelans
Trump threatens ABC News over Qatar jet coverage (Dominick Mastrangelo/The Hill)
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Proceed With Plans to Remove Temporary Legal Status for Venezuelans
Supreme Court Lets Trump Lift Deportation Protections for Venezuelans (New York Times)
Grounded by Bureaucracy: Trump’s Chance to Ditch the Feds, Commercialize the Skies
Judge Bars DOGE’s Ending of Institute of Peace
Appeals court allows Trump’s anti-union order to take effect (Lindsay Whitehurst/Associated Press)
Guess Who Democrats Blame For The Mexican Pirate Ship Smashing Into Brooklyn Bridge…
Federal judge overturns Trump’s efforts to take over and cripple US Institute of Peace (CNN)
A Tiny Bank in Trump Tower Is Enriching the President’s Sons (Bloomberg)
Scoop: First flight leaves U.S. under Trump’s $1,000 “self-deport” deal (Axios)
Whoopi Claims: No Biden ‘Health Cover-Up,’ Trump Could Be Deported
Trump’s FBI bosses are angering the MAGA media bubble they once stoked (Brian Stelter/CNN)
Leavitt: Trump Committed to ‘Obtaining Greenland’
Republicans Are Making Their Politically ‘Suicidal’ Medicaid Cuts Even Worse (Rolling Stone)
Big, Beautiful Bullshit (Jay Kuo/The Status Kuo)
Scoop: Schumer to seek vote on blocking Qatar’s gift to Trump (Stephen Neukam/Axios)
Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid to Revamp Institute of Peace
Trump Admin Assails Walz for ICE-Gestapo Comparison
350,000 people are losing protection from deportation (Patrick Reis/Vox)
Sources contradict Trump narrative about Qatar offering plane as ‘gift’ (CNN) Sources! That proves it!
Judge strikes down DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)
Trump Signs Controversial Law Targeting Nonconsensual Sexual Content (Paresh Dave/Wired) Controversial!
The Supreme Court Has Officially Had Enough Of Donald Trump’s Excuses (Paul Blumenthal/HuffPost)
The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial (David Gelles/New York Times) Denial!
The Inside Story of Trump’s Search for a New Air Force One (New York Times)
The Trump-Supporting Christians Accusing Jews of Antisemitism (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)
Schumer Proposes Ban on Foreign Air Force One Planes
White House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working. (Washington Post)
Alien Enemies Act Deportations on Hold in California
Justice Dept. to Use False Claims Act to Pursue Institutions Over Diversity Efforts (New York Times)
Trump’s Pick to Lead I.R.S. Promoted a Nonexistent Tax Credit (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
Donald Trump and the power of the big (fake) number (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
Words & Phrases We Can Do Without (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian) Jennifer Rubin votes for censorship.
New York Times: Trump’s Approval Still Up Because of ‘Lower-Information’ Voters
Trumpism’s growing split: Bannon vs plutocrats (Edward Luce/Financial Times) There is no such thing as ‘Trumpism’, and if there were Bannon would be no part of it.
Insider Advantage Poll: Trump Approval Up to 55 Percent
Trump tries to persuade, and threaten, GOP to support his budget bill (Washington Post)
Noem botches habeas corpus questions at Senate hearing (April Rubin/Axios)
Kristi Noem flunks an important test on the basic meaning of habeas corpus (Steve Benen/MSNBC)
Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption (Chris Lehmann/The Nation)
DOGE sought access to Government Publishing Office (Katherine Tully-McManus/Politico) I guess that comes as a surprise to some people.
Republicans keep clinging to Biden’s health to ignore Trump’s decline (Rex Huppke/USA Today) He looks pretty active to me.
Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is (Jonathan Chait/The Atlantic)