Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
3rd March 2026
Iran is not Venezuela as much as Trump wants it to be (Politico)
Death toll rises in Trump’s ‘Epic Fury’ military campaign (Ellen Mitchell/Associated Press) Soon they may match the typical transgender or Muslim mass shooting.
Trump: Dems Would Back Iran Strike If Not Done By Me Of course they would; who doesn’t know that?
Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square (Drop Site News) You’d think they would jihadist terrorists or something.
Doctors Sound Alarm on White House ‘Secrecy’ Over Trump’s Neck Rash (Laura Esposito/The Daily Beast) Maybe they ought to worry about him getting athlete’s foot, too. I mean, all that golf….
MAGA Already Hates Trump’s Iran War (Will Sommer/The Bulwark) As if anyone writing for the Bullshitwark has a clue as to what MAGA hates. (Hint: The Bullshitwark.)
MS NOW Itches for High Casualties to Hurt Trump, All Operation Plans
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus (Jonathan Larsen/Jonathan Larsen’s …) Ah, ah, ah, ah, yankin’ their chains, yankin’ their chains….
Box-Cutter Thug Gets 16.5 Years In Prison After Framing Immigrant With Fake Trump Death Threats
‘Pretty Bad for Vance’: The VP’s Silence on Iran Peeves Allies (Ian Ward/Politico) Boy, this molehill sure looks like a mountain if you squint properly.
Clinton says Trump told him of ‘some great times’ with Jeffrey Epstein (Andy Sullivan/Reuters) Epstein! Epstein! Epstein!
Is America sliding into autocracy | FT #shorts
Rubio’s war remarks blow open MAGA’s Israel divide (Axios)
Trump’s Iran War and the Article One crisis (Lisa Needham/Public Notice) What crisis?
Minnesota Sues Trump Admin Over $243M Medicaid Freeze
Donald Trump’s dangerous ‘war of whim’ (Edward Luce/Financial Times) The Financial Times is what the Wall Street Journal would be if it were run by the staff of Mother Jones.
Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent loses his shit.
We’re witnessing the birth of the Trump Doctrine (Marc A. Thiessen/Washington Post) At least that’s what we’re going to tell you.
In Plunging Into a Mideast Conflict, Trump Gambles His Presidency (Tyler Pager/New York Times) A gamble that no Democrat would risk, even one that was compos mentis, as Joe Biden notoriously was not.
On MS NOW, Reza Aslan Compares ‘Authoritarian’ Trump to Iran Regime
In Anti-Trump Rant, Politico Finally Admits Biden Administration Was ‘Dysfunctional’
Comedy Shows Claim Iran War Is a Distraction From Epstein EpsteinQ Epstein! Epstein!
What Is the Point of This War? ??? A vignette from the end of the U.S.-led global order, per Reuters: (William Kristol/The Bulwark) Wonder of wonders: Bill Krisol has found a war he doesn’t like. History is being made.
FAKE NEWS: ABC’s Bruce Falsely Claims Rubio Said Israel Dragged U.S. into Iran War
Chris Hayes Compares Trump Bombing Iran to 9/11 Terrorists
Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran (Sidney Blumenthal/The Guardian) Didn’t know that Sid Vicious was still alive. He and Robert Reich must have a lot to talk about.