Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome: Starting the Year on the Hate Foot
2nd January 2026
Jim Jordan Buries His Own Cowardice in a Cowardly Document Dump (emptywheel)
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To. (Parker Molloy/The Present Age) After all, your tiny brains might get the Narrative wrong. Can’t have that.
MAGA Voters F-Ed Around. In 2026, They’re Finding Out. (Julie Roginsky/Salty Politics …)
Another Trump Tariff Retreat (Wall Street Journal) Mistaking a maneuver for a retreat suggests that these people really haven’t been paying attention.
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes (Ali Swenson/Associated Press) I guess the Affordable Care Act wasn’t really all that affordable, was it. “Here, Lucy, hold this football for me.”
‘Mighty mad’: Democrats prepare to harness public anger over expired Obamacare subsidies (Nicholas Wu/Politico) Guess they aren’t getting the Free Stuff that the Democrats promised them.
Medicaid, ICE and a ticking clock for undocumented Californians (Rachel Bluth/Politico) Bias? What bias?
Why Trump Is Quickly Losing Hispanic Support (Wall Street Journal) Is he really? Or is that just your wishful thinking expressing itself?
Trump’s wealth grew in 2025, but his investors took lumps (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)
After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It. (Matthew Purdy/New York Times) No, Republican Presidency was tamed. Democrats have always done whatever they wanted. Now the shoe is on the other foot, and it’s proglodyte ass that is getting kicked.
Elon Musk created a monster that’s tearing the right apart (Andrew Prokop/Vox) Sure he did.
The Worst Foreign Policy Blunders of 2025 (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.
Maduro urges Trump to abandon ‘illegal warmongering’ and start ‘serious talks’ (Tom Phillips/The Guardian) Don’t hold your breath.
The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives (Lisa Needham/Public Notice) I guess that’s the New Narrative.
Trump gives away the game on his motivations for the first vetoes of his second term (Steve Benen/MS NOW) If you think you understand Trump, you don’t understand Trump.