Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
10th January 2026
Democratic Leaders Hesitant to Wage Shutdown Over Disagreements With Trump Administration (NOTUS)
Minnesota officials open their own probe of ICE shooting as protests spread (Reuters)
Five States Sue Trump Admin Over $10 Billion Freeze In Child-Care, Family-Assistance Funds
Maduro in Minneapolis — The shadow of Maduro hangs over Minneapolis. (Timothy Snyder/Thinking about)
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump’s Wild West doctrine freezes European brains (Tim Ross/Politico) Ah, ah, ah, ah, yankin’ their chains, yankin’ their chains….
Newsom calls for Noem’s resignation (Sophie Brams/The Hill) And Noem ought to call for Newsom’s resignation. Sauce for the goose ….
220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency (New York Times) A good start.
ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests (April Rubin/Axios) All in Blue-pustule urban areas, all managed by the protest-industrial complex.
Right-wing media villainize and blame Renee Good for her own death in Minneapolis ICE shooting (Gideon Taaffe/Media Matters for America) She fucked around and found out.
Stephen Miller Is Taking His Fascist Horrorshow International (Tim Dickinson/The Contrarian) I guess Miller is the New Nazi.
Threat Made Against WH Press Secretary Leavitt on X That’s what proglodytes do.
The Hole in Trump’s Rationale for Acquiring Greenland (The Atlantic)
Trump Goon Delivers Bonkers Excuse for Grim Jobs Report (Vic Verbalaitis/The Daily Beast)
Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote (Al Weaver/The Hill) And apparently The Hill was listening in.
The Poison Always Drips Through (Ned Resnikoff/Public Comment) Mostly on a Narrative Media page.
Renee Nicole Good is ALL OF US (The Contrarian) “Us” meaning proglodytes like The Contrarian, that is.
Kristi Noem and DHS do not deserve the benefit of the doubt (Philip Bump/MS NOW) Philip Bump loses his shit.
Judge Blocks Trump Order Impacting Vote-By-Mail States
Trump’s plan to strong-arm insurers into lower prices is met with skepticism (Cheyenne Haslett/Politico) Of course, if a Democrat President did it, they’d be kissing his ass.
Trump, Venezuela and the doctrine that wouldn’t die (Greg Grandin/Financial Times)
Brooks: Won’t Judge Minneapolis, But ICE Has Acted ‘Like Thugs’
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)
Anti-ICE Mob Takes Protest Inside Minneapolis Hotels Good way to get more people shot—which is what they want.
Democrats Say Things Would Be Much Safer If Law Enforcement Would Just Stop Trying To Enforce The Law (Babylon Bee)
Is It Good Politics to Defend a Harmless Woman Getting Shot in the Face? (Josh Marshall/Talking Points Memo) Not when she hit an ICE officer with her car—except on Planet Proglodyte.
From “America First” to “Manifest Destiny”: MAGA eyes foreign expansion (Tal Axelrod/Axios) And the mind-readers from Axios are on top of it.
Trump’s Married Labor Boss Accused of Booze-Filled Fling With Staffer (Catherine Bouris/The Daily Beast) The best of American high-school journalism.
Widow Who Urged Wife To ‘Drive’ In Deadly ICE Incident Rakes In $1.5M In Donations
Minneapolis City Officials Dismantle ‘No-Go Zone’ Set Up By Anti-ICE Agitators
Tim O’Brien on the decline of The Donald (Public Notice)