Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
9th June 2025
Border czar says top California officials could get arrested if they impede raids (NBC News)
National Guard Faces off With Protesters Hours After Arriving in LA
Speaker Johnson: Dems Would Immediately Impeach Trump if House Flips You know they would.
Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest Newsom and LA Mayor (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast)
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA (NBC Los Angeles)
Latinas for Trump Co-founder Slams ‘Unacceptable’ Migrant Arrests
Latinas for Trump co-founder blasts ‘inhumane’ immigrant arrests (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)
2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility (New York Times)
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which could limit low-income students’ college access (NBC News) Because, as we all know, providing low-income students access to college is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
The Deportation Wars Begin (Wall Street Journal)
Stelter Spews Vastly Peaceful Talk, Accuses Trump of Violence-Stoking Authoritarianism
‘Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.’: Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar’s threat (MSNBC)
What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear (Ruth Ben-Ghiat/Lucid) Another Narrative Media mind-reader with a straw man to pummel.
Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration (Tyler Pager/New York Times) Jumps!
Gov. Newsom: Calif. Will Sue Over Guard Deployment
Silicon Valley’s not crying for Musk (Scott Rosenberg/Axios)
Amid Trump’s order, California tries to not play into his hands (Los Angeles Times)
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency (New York Times)
Playbook: Trump: ‘BRING IN THE TROOPS’ (Politico)
A felon in the White House is making crime legal (David R. Lurie/Public Notice) Oh? Did Hunter Biden sneak back in.
What Trump’s national emergencies could mean for American democracy (Kat Lonsdorf/NPR) They mean the Narrative Media will be beating their straw men (including ‘American democracy’) into dust until Trump leaves town.
Newsom Sues Trump Over National Guard Deployment As Media Calls LA Riots ‘Peaceful’
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state (Robert Reich/The Guardian)
How Trump defanged the Justice Department’s political corruption watchdogs (Reuters) Seeing as how such ‘watchdogs’ were mainly chewing on Republicans, I’d say that’s a good thing.
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research (Associated Press) Because, as we all know, once someone has received money from the Federal government, they are ENTITLED to that money (ors more) forevermore.
Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition (Paul Krugman) MAGA is the New Nigger.
Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV (CBS News) Perhaps that will teach him not to intrude himself into the line of fire.
ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots (Harold Meyerson/American Prospect) I see: Attempting to enforce the law is ‘inciting riots’. Good to know.
The Most Dangerous Week in American History (So Far) (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark) More dangerous than Gettysburg? Seems to be that the Kristol Krew need to go back to school and learn some history.
Donald Trump vs. California (and everywhere else) (Philip Bump/Washington Post) Philip Bump loses his shit.
The big, beautiful bill is bad news for student loans (Abdallah Fayyad/Vox) Because, as we all know, helping students who ought not to be in college in the first place suffer from crushing student loan debt (or sticking the taxpayers with it) is TOTALLY the job of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
California to sue Trump administration amid LA protest standoff, Newsom says (Avery Lotz/Axios) Trump sends troops, Newsom sends lawyers. Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Pointing to protesters, but not ICE agents, Trump demands arrests of those in masks (Steve Benen/MSNBC) As if there were no difference between the two. The Narrative is strong in this one….
Trump’s Cuts Imperils Funding for a Levee Project in Washington (New York Times) Because, as we all know, levee projects in Washington state are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government – and the Federal taxpayer.
“Trump is doing exactly what the voters want him to do”—American Scholar and Author Mark Bauerlein
Illegals Help Film Republican Presidential Campaign Commercial (Babylon Bee)
Schumer: Trump’s Moves in LA a ‘Diversion’ And it’s working. Say what you will about Trump, he’s in control of the political agenda in this country – and they have to respond to him, rather than him having to respond to them. He has the initiative, and I’ll bet you he’s going to keep it.
Why Is Tom Homan Going Full Fidel? (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo) The arrested adolescents of the left just can’t refrain from Mean Girl remarks. No wonder they’re dying.
GOP leaders cite L.A. immigration protests to push for quick passage of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News) And you idiots gave them that photo op Well played.
CA Democrat claims ICE agents were first to ‘escalate the situation’ amid LA riots (Jenny Goldsberry/Washington Examiner) Sure, I believe that.
California AG says he is suing Trump over ‘unlawful’ National Guard order (NBC News) I’m sure Trump cares.
Schumer: National Guard deployment to LA ‘unnecessary, inflammatory, and provocative’ (Al Weaver/The Hill) And effective.
Trump Says He ‘Would’ Arrest Newsom, Heightening Tensions (Bloomberg) I doubt that Newsom’s dick is long enough to get in this particular pissing contest.
Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear (Politico) Yeah, no more pandering to the lawless elements of the radical left. I can see where ‘legal scholars’ would be disturbed by that.
My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country (Arlie Russell Hochschild/New York Times) Yet another pseudo-anthropological journalistic journey among the Dirt People. “See how quaint and disgusting these redneck goobers are! I’m sure glad we’re all urban progressive yuppies!”
Labor unions around US demand release of union leader arrested in LA protest (Michael Sainato/The Guardian) My, what a surprise.
Trump lied about LA protests to deploy the National Guard. He wants violence. (Rex Huppke/USA Today) No, they want violence, and they started it. He wants an end to it.
California says Trump’s deployment of National Guard violates state sovereignty (Politico) What sovereignty? States haven’t been sovereign since the Civil War.
WATCH: Media Shrug Off LA Rioters as ‘Peaceful People’