Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
2nd October 2025
Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Pull NYC Transit Funds
Trump Cuts Funding to 16 Blue States That Didn’t Vote for Him (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic) I suggest that the fact that they are Blue States is more significant than the fact that they might not have voted for him.
Trump administration uses government websites and email messages to pin the shutdown on Democrats (NBC News) As Democrats always did with Republicans. They act as if this were a New And Strange Thing.
We asked 1,000 Americans who they blame for the shutdown (Washington Post) It’s never about the shutdown–it’s always about the blame game.
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes (Tony Romm/New York Times) As every Democrat administration has done in the past.
Google joins presidential bribe club (Liz Dye/Public Notice)
Head of Eisenhower library resigns after sword spat with Trump administration (Ed O’Keefe/CBS News)
Trump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants (Mike Ludwig/Truthout) What a great idea! Deport Antifa!
Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump’s Nutjobs to Kill Democrats (emptywheel)
Trump Finds a New Way to Use the White House for Tacky Racist Trolling (Tom Latchem/The Daily Beast)
Trump Quietly Grants Defense Guarantee To Autocracy That Gave Him A Luxury Jet (S.V. Date/HuffPost)
Late Night Shows Receive Their Shutdown Talking Points
More Americans blame Trump, Republicans for shutdown than Democrats: Survey (Tara Suter/The Hill)
Public Trust in News Media Drops to Another New Low in Gallup Poll (Even Among Dems!)
Google News Shifts Blame for Gov’t Shutdown
Trump’s ‘Shoot the Hostage’ Shutdown Strategy (Andrew Egger/The Bulwark)
Trump’s Flood of Emergency Appeals Is Straining the Judicial System (Lydia Wheeler/Wall Street Journal) Much like all the bogus suits against Trump.
No Matter Who Controls What, the Media Will Blame the GOP if the Government Shuts Down