Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
28th May 2025
Trump Border Czar’s Cash-In With Key ICE Contractor Unmasked (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast) Unmasked!
FEMA at ‘high risk’ of disrupting ‘life-saving’ disaster relief, per internal memo (Marisa Kabas/The Handbasket) Because, as we all know, disaster relief is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
Trump Reportedly Pauses New Student Visa Interviews–Latest Threat To International Students Who Add $44 Billion To U.S. Economy (Sara Dorn/Forbes) And cost how much extra spending on the part of the Federal taxpayers? As Thomas Sowell is fond of saying, there are no solutions, only tradeoffs.
Judge approves Treasury DOGE team’s access to sensitive data systems (Michael Stratford/Politico)
Marshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges (Mattathias Schwartz/New York Times)
Trump’s Tirades Aren’t Swaying Putin (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)
Cognitive Decline? Trump Repeatedly Fumbles in Multiple Weird Rants (Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling/New Republic) They’re desperate to deflect attention from Biden’s defects by attributing the same to Trump. (Call me when Trump falls when getting into or out of an airplane.)
Wall Street Investors Mock Trump With A Brutal 4-Letter Code Word (Ed Mazza/HuffPost) I’m sure Trump is deeply wounded. “They may have won all the battles, but we had all the good songs!” — Tom Lerer
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard (New York Times)
Back at SpaceX, Musk says in interview DOGE became D.C.’s ‘whipping boy’ (Christian Davenport/Washington Post) As is obvious to the most casual observer.
Trump oversight picks include scandal-hit ex-lawmaker, antiabortion lawyer (Washington Post) The swine!
Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food (Mary Hudetz/ProPublica) I guess “tribes” = “America” ?
Green Giants vs. Trump: Billion-Dollar Enviro Groups Fight to Save Wind Power
‘Truth Teller’ Bruce Springsteen Slimes Trump as Treasonous
America Turns Its Back on the World (Paul Krugman) Instead of kissing the world’s ass – like Paul Krugman.
Rubio’s claim that it’s ‘a lie’ that people have died from foreign-aid cuts (Glenn Kessler/Washington Post) No people that it’s our government’s job to save.
The two strongest points in NPR’s lawsuit against the Trump administration (Jessica Levinson/MSNBC) 1. He’s Trump and 2. They’re not.
‘TACO’: Wall Street Mocks Trump With 4-Letter Code to Call Bets Against Him (David Gilmour/Mediaite) The adolescence is strong in this one.
Trump’s Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged–and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent loses his shit.
Trump’s attack on Harvard hampered by his inability to STFU (Liz Dye/Public Notice) Which is, indeed, a problem that the Narrative Media has in spades.
Trump Makes Wild Claim Canada Is ‘Considering’ Becoming U.S. State (Josephine Harvey/The Daily Beast) Let’s keep yanking their chains, shall we?
ICE, Shifting Tactics, Detains High School Student at N.Y.C. Courthouse (New York Times)
Trump’s military parade doubles as a birthday party (Brett Samuels/The Hill) Yeah, for the Army.
RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here (William Kristol/The Bulwark) Bill Kristol loses his shit.
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill American Higher Education (Daniel W. Drezner/Drezner’s World) Apparently Harvard is the only ‘higher education’ in the country. No wonder it’s so hard to get in.
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist (David Frum/The Atlantic) David Frum loses his shit.
Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week (Ben Johansen/Politico) Where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
MSNBC’s Glaude: Trump’s Harvard Moves In Line With William F. Buckley’s ‘Assault’ On Yale Which didn’t work either.
The View Claims Trump Pardons ‘Not Ethical,’ Praised Hunter Biden’s Well, Hunter was an actual criminal.
Stocks Rally on the ‘TACO Trade’ (Jason Karaian/New York Times)
Retiring Capitol Police Chief: Jan. 6 Pardons a “Slap in the Face” He actually deserves a good spanking, but a slap in the face will have to do.
How to Turn the Middle Against Trump (New York Times) Come up with proof that he’s a Jew?
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations (ProPublica) Because, as we all know, protection from death, sexual violence, and ‘trafficking’ around the world is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer. The gravy train is over, guys.
Yale Dean Emails Everyone Anti-Trump Essay: “I Know You Share My Concern”