Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
9th December 2025
It’s Hard To Be a Trumpist In addtion to RINOs, there appear also to be TINOs.
How the Supreme Court is using Trump to grab more power for itself (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
Boasberg escalates contempt inquiry over Alien Enemies Act deportations (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
Trump Ban on Wind Energy Projects Ruled Illegal by US Judge (Bloomberg)
MAGA Pushes Racist Cinnabon Worker’s Fundraiser Past $100,000 (J.D. Wolf/MeidasTouch News) MAGA is the New Nigger.
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy (Associated Press)
Trump, 79, Jolts Awake After Nodding Off at Roundtable (Erkki Forster/The Daily Beast)
A Trump Doctrine of Contradictions (Wall Street Journal)
The POLITICO Trump interview (Politico)
Trump’s trade wounds force White House into action (Courtenay Brown/Axios) Wounds!
‘I Worry People Are Going to Get Hurt in the Short Term’ (Declan Harty/Politico)
Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century (New York Times) I like that idea.
Fact check: Trump denies saying something he said on camera five days ago (Daniel Dale/CNN)
There is a real chance of a US-Venezuela war — so why does it feel fake? (Joshua Keating/Vox) Perhaps because it is fake.
Vulnerable Republicans sweat amid GOP divisions on health care (Alexander Bolton/The Hill) They hope.
In Warner Fight, a Hollywood Plot That Makes Trump the Star (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)
At will? Whose will? — Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?) In the Executive branch, the President’s will. You might read the Constitution. Just a suggestion. (The only ‘nonpartisan government’ is government by the Deep State.)
Democrats Want Probe of Trump Officials and Immigration Deals (Fola Akinnibi/Bloomberg) Of coufrse they do.
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left (Martha Bebinger/NPR) Because, as we all know, breast cancer research is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government—and the Federal taxpayer.
Trump Reversing “Humphrey’s Executor” Is NOT Priced In
7 takeaways from POLITICO’s interview with President Trump (Megan Messerly/Politico) Getcher Narrative right here.
The Movement: Warning signs emerge for MAGA populism over ObamaCare (Emily Brooks/The Hill) MAGA is the New Nigger.
Capitol agenda: What Trump told POLITICO about health care (Calen Razor/Politico)
How Jared Kushner became Trump’s indispensable second peace envoy (Washington Post)
Cheryl Hines ‘Surprised’ Friends Dropped Her Over RFK’s MAGA Conversion (Tom Latchem/The Daily Beast) Trump Cooties.
‘Dishonors the decades-long bipartisan commitment’: Democrats slam Trump for his European takedown (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico) I.e. Republicans are no longer rolling over.
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State (Paul Krugman) Krugman has become a clone of Keith Olbermann.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again (Kim Wehle/The Bulwark)
US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive’ Trump actions (Maya Yang/The Guardian)
GOP lawmakers wary of Trump escalating beyond boat strikes in Venezuela (Washington Post)
Defense Bill Requires Trump Spy Agencies To Declassify COVID-19 Origins Intel, Chinese Obstruction Just the Trump Spy Agencies, mind you.
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent loses his shit.
New Illinois Law Limits Courthouse ICE Arrests God forbid ICE should get hold of an illegal immigrant with a criminal record—that would kill the whole Narrative.
DHS Nabs N.J. Twins in Plot to Shoot ICE Agents ‘on Sight’
Life Inside the Undocumented Underground (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
Greene: ‘I feel very sorry’ for Trump (Sarah Fortinsky/The Hill)
The Inevitable, Trumpian Betrayal of Ukraine (The Contrarian)
Clinton-Appointed Federal Judge Tosses Trump’s Order Halting Wind Energy Projects