Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
3rd November 2025
Trump held ‘Gatsby’-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off (USA Today) If USA Today ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.
President Donald Trump: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview (CBS News)
Democrats Urge Trump to Engage in Talks as Shutdown Closes In on Record (Wall Street Journal) They want him to pressure Republican Senators to cave to Democrat spending demands, a trick that has often worked on Republican Presidents in the past. (Trump: I ‘Won’t Be Extorted’ by Democrats)(Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: “If they don’t vote, that’s their problem” (Norah O’Donnell/CBS News))
US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal (Financial Times)
This Is the Way You Beat Trump — and Trumpism (Ezra Klein/New York Times) To the Left, every time somebody does something they don’t like, it’s an ‘-ism’.
What it’s like being wrongly charged by Trump’s Department of Justice (Sidney Reid/MSNBC)
ICE Blamed for Drop in Chicago Holiday Festivities
The Meltdown at Heritage–and the Fight for MAGA’s Future (Eli Lake/The Free Press) There’s that MAGA guy again. MAGA is the New Nigger.
Trump’s Next Defense Strategy Risks Leaving the U.S. Underprepared (The Bulwark)
Sabotage? Portland ICE Building Plunged Into Darkness After Suspicious Power Blackout
Government Shutdown Could Become Longest Ever
We’re Number Two! — Does Donald Trump realize that he has ceded world leadership to China? (Paul Krugman) Does Paul Krugman realize that this is the first time he has ever shown that he gives a shit about America?
CBS Cuts Trump’s Corruption Tantrum From ’60 Minutes’ Edit (Cameron Adams/The Daily Beast)
In Redistricting Battles, Here’s How Trump, Republicans and Democrats Are Faring (New York Times) I wasn’t aware that Trump had a dog in that particular fight.
Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power (Ann E. Marimow/New York Times) Confronts! (Officials Expect Supreme Court to Uphold Trump’s Tariffs)
The Monthslong Legal Battle to Save Foreign Aid (Zach Montague/New York Times) Proglodytes are deeply invested in giving away YOUR money.
‘Utterly shameful’: Congress to crush US record this week for longest shutdown (Politico). Thank you, Chuck Schumer.
Poll finds most Americans doubt Trump’s commitment to free speech, fair justice (Washington Post) My, what a surprise.
Virginia and New Jersey can show that Trump isn’t inevitable (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)
? Factchecking Trump on ’60 Minutes’ (Mehdi Hasan/Zeteo)
How the U.S. Economy Has Defied Doomsday Predictions on Tariffs (Konrad Putzier/Wall Street Journal)
Why DOJ election monitors in California and New Jersey are setting off alarms (Hayes Brown/MSNBC) They must be catching Democrats cheating.
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force (ProPublica) And being shot randomly by black teen gangbangers made youi feel safe?
Trump’s politicizing of the U.S. military is accelerating (Max Boot/Washington Post)
‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,’ Justice Department aide said of Trump (MSNBC)
Under Trump, the Law Is Just a Speed Bump (William Kristol/The Bulwark)
7 of the Biggest Lies So Far From Trump’s Homeland Security Mouthpiece (Prem Thakker/Zeteo)
Trump’s university backlash drives US researchers towards Europe (Financial Times) Fine. Let their taxpayers pay for Grievance Studies.
The Ballroom Blitz Should Be a Bigger Scandal (Jonathan Chait/The Atlantic)
NY Times 12-Part Anti-Trump Editorial ‘Are We Losing Our Democracy?’ FLOPS in Hypocrisy
Whistleblower Claims BBC Doctored Trump Footage to Skew Jan. 6 Coverage
Exploit The GOP’s Nazi Meltdown (Brian Beutler/Off Message)
Exclusive: BBC ‘doctored’ Trump speech, internal report reveals (Gordon Rayner/Telegraph)
Slaughter on the High Seas (John McCormack/The Dispatch) A dozen drug smugglers is not a ‘slaughter’.
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ’60 Minutes’ (Daniel Dale/CNN)
Donald Trump Is a Commie (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark) Jonathan Last is a moron.
Dem Attorneys General Sue WH Over Student Debt Relief
Is Nov 5th’s ‘Trump Must Go Now’ Action Set To Kick Off Civil War 2.0?
Rev. Al Sharpton Rips Trump Over ‘ALLEGED’ Killing of Christians in ‘Non-White Countries’