Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
13th October 2025
Jewish Chamber Defends RFK Jr. Over Circumcision, Antisemitism Claims
NY Times Blames ‘Conspiracy Theorists,’ ‘Right-Wing Influencers’ for Antifa Violence
Maduro Doubts Trump Will Do Anything in Venezuela
Trump’s 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing (Phelim Kine/Politico)
Trump’s Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy (Asawin Suebsaeng/Zeteo)
Denmark Commits $4.2B to Arctic Defense, Backs Trump’s Security Vision
Trump’s claims about violence are falling apart in court (Aaron Blake/CNN)
J.D. Vance Tried to Evade Journalists’ Questions. It Did Not Go Well (Peter Wade/Rolling Stone)
CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals (Axios)
Why Republicans’ attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring (Washington Post)
Inside Trump’s “funny numbers” on mass deportations (Brittany Gibson/Axios)
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education (Cory Turner/NPR)
Republicans embrace hardball moves as shutdown enters Week 3 (Politico)
How Trump Is Making China Great (Paul Krugman)
Historic wave of retirements is putting huge strains on the government (Washington Post) And relieving a lot of strain from taxpayers.
Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
Obama rips concessions that businesses and others have made to Trump (Edward-Isaac Dovere/CNN)
Trump Cuts Dem Federal Programs: ‘They Made a Mistake’ Nothing is more common than a dozen different government programs, each supposedly dealing with the same “problem” and each with its attendant plethora of bureaucrats who all naturally vote Democrat. Don’t think that this is by accident.
Vice President Vance Calls Out NBC News for Noting Bibi Boos, Skipping Trump Applause
It Turns Out, Americans Don’t Want a Police State (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian) Jennifer Rubin is so wrapped up in her own little fantasy world that she can’t tell what’s actually going on.
Naked bike riders demonstrate against federal troops in ‘quintessentially Portland’ protest (Associated Press) Tom Lerer: “They may have won all the battles/But we had all the good songs!”
Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement (William Kristol/The Bulwark) The Kristol Krew succumb to Progressive Projectionism.
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump (Lisa Friedman/New York Times) Because, AS WE ALL KNOW, coal miners are TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer. (Maybe they could hit up George Soros; I hear he has some loose funds available.)
Is America on the brink? Political violence isn’t new in America. But the reaction to it today feels different. (Sean Illing/Vox) Of course it does. “MOMMMEEE! Donald hit me back!”
Shutdown polls show Democrats’ economic messaging still falling flat (Lisa Kashinsky/Politico) Only the Democrat base is as stupid as Democrats expect everybody to be, and that isn’t enough any more.
Obama: ‘Inherently corrupting’ for a president to use military ‘against their own people’ (Max Rego/The Hill) When Democrats won’t enforce the law, there is little choice.
The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump (Jeet Heer/The Nation)
Moment Heckler Interrupts Trump Knesset Speech
Donald Trump Heckled During Speech in Israel
People Who Have Been Calling For A Ceasefire For Two Years Denounce Ceasefire (Babylon Bee)