Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
25th November 2025
Ex-feds join forces to reimagine government post-Trump (Sean Michael Newhouse/GovExec.com) The Deep State strikes back.
Scarborough Ooze: Democrats ‘Brilliant,’ Republicans Stuck Defending Illegal Orders
Trump’s revenge campaign falls flat (Cameron Peters/Vox)
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for “Living Hell” Under Trump (Bolts)
The Incomprehensible March Toward Regime Change in Venezuela (Michelle Goldberg/New York Times)
Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around (Thomas B. Edsall/New York Times)
Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures (Edith Olmsted/New Republic)
Trump’s lawfare takes a big L (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
DOGE Was a Harbinger of Trump’s Assault on Decency and Privacy (Paul Krugman)
Trump’s weird war on “terrorism” (Joshua Keating/Vox)
Trump’s DOJ purge backfires as courts toss Comey, James cases (Andrew Pantazi/Axios)
Kimmel, Meyers: Mamdani Proves Trump Works With ‘Human Vomits’ And ‘Charmless Goons’
Trump’s Broken Promise to Confront Corporate Power (New York Times)
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming. (Matt Gertz/Media Matters for America) There’s that MAGA guy again. He sure gets around.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge (Popular Information)
What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign? (Maura Judkis/Washington Post) I’m happy that they have nothing more important to write about.
Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. (The Bulwark)
Trump Is Usurping Congress’s Power of the Purse (Mark Sandy/Lawfare)
Why a BBC libel suit could be risky business for Trump (The Hill)
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths (Amudalat Ajasa/Washington Post) Which rule was overly restrictive.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters (ProPublica) Maiming Protesters sounds like a great name for a video game.
Concha: Media’s ‘Death-By-Innuendo’ Attack on Trump Will ‘Boomerang’ on Democrats