Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
29th June 2025
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system (NPR) They say that like it was a bad thing. And to them, it is: Any tool that makes it easier to determine whether an individual is a citizen is a finger in the eye for those who want to obfuscate that knowledge and make it easier for illegal immigrants to travel ‘under the radar’.
NPR Champions ‘Joyful Blowout’ of Drag Queens for Climate Activism NPR’s mission appears to be to promote degeneracy wherever they find it.
Political Violence Is Part of the American Story. It Is Also Changing. (Shaila Dewan/New York Times) But it’s always Trump’s fault.
To fight Trump’s funding freezes, states try a new gambit: Withholding federal payments (Adam Edelman/NBC News) Works for me. Starve the beast.
CNN’s Stelter Argues CNN Questioning Trump’s Success In Iran Bombing Is Uber-Patriotic The Seinfeld character speaks.
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data (NPR) Because, as we all know, the U.S. Defense Department is TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE for providing weather data, and NOBODY ELSE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD can do so.
A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. (Jonathan Cohn/The Bulwark) God forbid that anybody who has ever received money from the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer–should be forced to get by on less.
Trump goes scorched earth on Thom Tillis over “big, beautiful bill” (Justin Green/Axios)
The first rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write anything down (Hannah Natanson/Washington Post)
Axios Explains: Inside ICE’s superpowers (Russell Contreras/Axios)
Appeals Court to Consider Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act (Alan Feuer/New York Times)
Cross the Courts Off the List (Hamilton Nolan/How Things Work)
“When is cancer political?” Medical researchers, patients decry Trump admin’s layoffs, budget cuts (Ted Koppel/CBS News) When it serves as an excuse to spend YOUR money.