Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
28th October 2025
Will 9th Circuit Care That DOJ Lied Its Face Off In Oregon Invasion Case? (Law and Chaos)
Johnson backs Trump’s plans not to tap contingency dollars for food aid ahead of funding cliff (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico) The whole point of shutting down the government is to put pressure on the people who are holding out. In this case, that’s the Democrats. Food aid supports most of the Democrat base, so it would be foolish for Trump to mitigate that in any way.
Another shutdown consequence: Democrats can’t visit ICE detention facilities (Politico)
A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal–It Would be Dangerous (David A. Graham/The Atlantic) Especially to statists, like most Democrats.
Psaki Pushes Conspiracy Theory: Trump Trying to Suppress Voters, Steal Election
Former DOJ officials say Comey case is vindictive, call for dismissal (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
ICE Barbie Deports Trump-Fanatic Cuban Immigrant to Africa (Laura Esposito/The Daily Beast)
NBC Is the ONLY Legacy Nightly Newscast to Report Bondi Murder Bounty
When SNAP benefits run out, ‘people can die,’ say health experts (Sarah Todd/STAT) Tell Chuck Shumer.
Behind the Curtain: The power to do almost anything (Axios) It always frightens the Chattering Class when Trump acts like a Democrat.
The Coming Election Mayhem (David A. Graham/The Atlantic)
Doctor Identifies Possible Reasons for Trump’s Secret MRI (Josh Fiallo/The Daily Beast) It wasn’t secret. If it were secret, you wouldn’t know about it.
Hegseth Is Waging War Against the Laws of War (Andreas Kluth/Bloomberg)
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer. (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent loses his shit.
The Hunger Games Begin (Paul Krugman) All because of Democrats and their thirst for power.
Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want (David Dayen/American Prospect) More mind-reading in service to the Narrative.
Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy (Ewan Palmer/The Daily Beast)
Trump threatens to send ‘more than National Guard’ to US cities (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
Calling This Court “Supreme” Is Obeying in Advance (Michael Podhorzer/Weekend Reading) Yeah. That’s what the name means. Got it in one. Good job.
The DOJ’s “election monitoring” is really voter suppression (Lisa Needham/Public Notice) Yeah–it suppresses dead voters, non-citizen voters, fraudulent voters….
CNN Fearmonger’s Trump’s “Despot” Talk Of Third Term Is “A Serious Threat”
Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine (Reuters) The envy is strong in this one….
Major Labor Unions Urge Senate Dems to End Shutdown
New Yorker: Trump Tore Down East Wing to Display Arbitrary Power over Presidency
The Administration’s Ghastly Game Plan for Savaging Abrego Garcia (David Kurtz/Talking Points Memo) Who is still an illegal immigrant and ipso facto a felon.
Trump, 79, Wanders Off While Meeting Japanese Prime Minister (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic) Apparently he forgot to check in with The New Republic. A serious fault.
MSNBC hosts criticize owner Comcast for donating to Trump ballroom (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration for Unlawfully Suspending November SNAP Benefits (State of California) If they don’t have an appropriattion, then there’s no money to pay.
Fact check: 11 false claims Trump made to the troops in Japan (Daniel Dale/CNN)