Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
27th September 2025
Comey’s indictment is a warning to the Supreme Court justices (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
Trump demands Microsoft oust president over Biden-era ties (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)
Donald Trump’s US attorneys, unvetted by the Senate, move full steam ahead (Politico)
About those unconfirmed US attorneys (Politico)
Supreme Court clears way for Trump to withhold $4B in foreign aid approved by Congress (Politico)
The Charges Against Jim Comey Are Even More Bogus Than You’d Imagine (Slate)
Ice detains superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district (Maanvi Singh/The Guardian)
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order (New York Times)
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship (CNN)
Musk, Thiel And Bannon Mentioned In Latest Epstein Files From Oversight Committee (Arthur Delaney/HuffPost) OH, NO! TRUMP COOTIES!
U.S. preparing options for military strikes on drug targets inside Venezuela, sources say (NBC News) Sources say! That proves it!
James Comey’s Indictment–and the Danger of Political Prosecutions (Jed Rubenfeld/The Free Press) Funny how this never came up when Obama and Biden were doing it.
False statement charge against Comey appears to center on Hillary Clinton email probe (CNN)
Scoop: Congressional trips cancelled ahead of potential shutdown (Axios) The horror!
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Curb Birthright Citizenship (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
Clarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents (Edith Olmsted/New Republic) Good. There are a lot of bad ones out there, starting with the case the imposed birthright citizenship.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say (Eric Tucker/Associated Press) Sounds like a step in the right direction.
Why the case against James Comey may end in humiliation for Trump’s DOJ (Politico) Or might not.
On NPR’s ‘Fresh Air,’ Ex-WashPost Editor Compares Kimmel Suspension to McCarthyism Of course.
Justice Department Seeks Information on Georgia D.A. Who Prosecuted Trump (New York Times)
FBI fires agents who kneeled at protest after George Floyd’s death: Sources (ABC News)
Trump’s Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left (New York Times) I would imagine that it does.
Economic anxiety grows under Trump, creating a new political liability for the GOP (NBC News) Or at least that’s what they’d like you to believe.
Epstein calendar released by Democrats mentions Elon Musk, who denies visiting his island (David Ingram/NBC News) Tentatively expected! That proves it!
Trump Displays Little Interest in Fostering Unity Amid Political Violence (Jeremy W. Peters/New York Times) Neither do Democrats, but of course the NYT can’t be expected to mention that.
“The first domino”: Comey indictment sets MAGA retribution in motion (Axios) You mess with the bull….
The Tax on Being a Girl — President Trump’s cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people. (Nicholas Kristof/New York Times) Because, as we all know, providing ‘humanitarian assistance’ to girls around the world is TOTALLY the resposibility of the U.S. govenment–and the U.S. taxpayer.
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship (Associated Press) Note the slanted phrasing. Your Narrative Media at work.
Trump’s fuzzy math (Josephine Walker/Axios) Not to be confused with Axios’ fuzzy math.
The real cost of Trump’s $100,000 visas (Vox)
F.B.I. Fires More Agents, Including Those Who Knelt During Racial Justice Protests (Devlin Barrett/New York Times) And rightly so, since the demonstrated themselves to be Woke partisans.
An Ugly American berates the United Nations — and shames the rest of us (Chauncey DeVega/Salon)
Hegseth’s mystery military meeting broadcasts a damaging message of U.S. instability (Claire McCaskill/MSNBC) Much like the ‘journalism’ of MSNBC.
FBI Fires 15 Agents Who Knelt At 2020 George Floyd Protest Note that they are all female.
Protesters Chant ‘Shoot ICE’ in Suburban Chicago
Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland to protect ICE facilities (Kit Maher/CNN)
John Roberts Wrote Trump a Permission Slip to Indict Comey (Cristian Farias/New York Magazine)