Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
23rd May 2025
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (New York Times) Because, as we all know, ‘science funding’ is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal tazpayer. And, as we all know, without ‘Federal funding’, no funding will be available for ‘science’ anywhere anytime from anybody.
Trump Thinks It Was ‘Stupid’ Not to Cash in Harder on His First Term. He’s Making Up for It (Tim Dickinson/Rolling Stone) The simple fact is that nobody writing for the Rolling Stone has a clue as to what Trump actually ‘thinks’; all they know is the fantasies that they project onto him as a launching point for whatever hatred they want to throw his way.
The Republican Party’s Populist Betrayal (William Kristol/The Bulwark)
The Profound Inhumanity of ICE Raids (Margaret Renkl/New York Times)
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king (Robert Reich) Robert Reich never got over the fact that being a Climton crony never got him the wealth and fame that he deserved. As long as the Narrative Media can depend on him for deranged hatred of Trump in particular and Republicans generally, he will always get a platform.
Trump undermined Biden’s FEMA in North Carolina. Now the cleanup is lagging on his watch. (Zack Colman/Politico) Because, as we all know, cleanup after storms is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
Charlie and the Ambassadorship Factory (Elizabeth Spiers/The Nation) Apparently Trump Cooties are spreading far and wide. Not only must Trump be trashed, not only must his family be trashed, but anybody connected to him (‘linked’) must be trashed. It’s a moral imperative!
Trump Family Turns Presidency Into Most Lucrative Venture Yet (Bloomberg)
Disney CEO Told ‘The View’ to Temper Trump Bashing Good luck with that.
Chicago Mayor Rips Trump as ‘Monster’ Of course he does.
Trump’s $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond (Associated Press) There is no possible way that anybody writing for the Associated Press has a clue what Trump’s plans are; all they can write about is what they guess his plans are, typically based on what they are afraid he’s going to do, or what they would do were they in his position.
Trump dines with top meme coin holders, shrugging off ethics concerns (Washington Post) After all, he doesn’t have the whole Narrative Media covering for him as the Biden Crime Family did.
Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie (Chris Lehmann/The Nation)
Donald Trump Stages an Oval Office Mugging (Susan B. Glasser/New Yorker) Apparently pointing out that another government is conducting racist genocide is a ‘mugging’. Good to know.
PBS Twists Democratic Shoving, Discrimination Into Trump Punishing ‘Political Adversaries’ Whose turn is it to be the victim?
Why Pete Hegseth leading a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon is so problematic (Steve Benen/MSNBC) Come and get yer Narrative, right here.
Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency. Trump Is King (Kate Riga/Talking Points Memo)
Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump’s Political Nemeses (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic)
The Party of ‘Denihilism’ — THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” is big, at over a thousand pages. (Jill Lawrence/The Bulwark) I’ll bet they think they’re clever with that title.
Kristi Noem’s proud MAGA bimbo act builds on the legacy of Sarah Palin (Amanda Marcotte/Salon) Amanda Marcotte loses her shit.
Trump’s Angry New Attack on Harvard Is About to Blow Up in His Face (New Republic) Greg Sarggent loses his shit.
Trump administration seeks to end basic rights and protections for child immigrants in its custody (Maanvi Singh/The Guardian) A rather trandparent lie.
‘Say Good Bye To Grandma’: Kimmel, Daily Show Continue Attacks On BBB
Night of 220 $TRUMPETS (video) (Greg Olear/PREVAIL)
A Permanent Stain on Our History (William Kristol/The Bulwark) He’s talking about Trump, not student pro-Hamas terrorism and riots. In case you were wondering.
Kristi Noem’s Needlessly Cruel Diss to Deported Migrants (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast) Josephine may even cry.
Trump Resumes Effort to Destroy Economy (Nikki McCann Ramirez/Rolling Stone) I’d be happy with him just destroying the Narrative Media.
CBS’s Pelley Gives Hateful, Pompous Commencement Speech Smearing Trump, MAGA
PolitiFact Declines To Give Schumer a False Label For False Claim About DOGE
Trump doesn’t understand business — his tariff tantrums make that clear (Chris Truax/The Hill) If Chris Truax is such an expert on business, why isn’t he a billionaaire – like Trump?
Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque (Greg Sargent/New Republic) And Greg Sargent’s lies are more grotesque yet.
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Today in Democrat Lawfare
Federal judge blocks Trump admin moves to dismantle Dept of Education (Anders Hagstrom/Fox News)
Judge Blocks Trump Admin Plan to Gut Education Department
Judge blocks Trump bid to dismantle Department of Education (Politico)
Judge halts dismantling of Education Department, orders fired workers to be reinstated (NBC News)
Judge blocks Trump administration from closing the Education Department (Nicole Cohen/NPR)
Judge says she is inclined to further pause layoffs at most major agencies (Eric Katz/GovExec.com)
Trump to sign more executive orders as courts continue to halt some of his actions (Washington Post)
HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMIN OVER INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT BLOCK (The Harvard Crimson)
Judge extends order blocking Trump’s mass federal worker layoffs (Victoria Craw/Washington Post)
Judge extends block on Trump’s DOGE plans for mass firing of federal workers (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking Harvard enrollment of foreign students (Reuters)
Fired Copyright Office head sues Trump administration over removal (Andrew Limbong/NPR)