Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
28th July 2026
As Bombs Fall in Iran, Trump Bombs in Washington (John F. Harris/Politico)
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway. (Elizabeth Williamson/New York Times) Gutted! Kennedy Center guts strewn all over D.C.! Carnage unimaginable!
The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice) Funny, I was under the impression that ‘governance by whim and meme’ was a Democrat habit.
Republicans worry about rising gas prices — but won’t blame Trump (Kevin Frey/MS NOW) No, we blame Biden.
Why Trump’s team is letting some Republicans distance themselves from him (Vaughn Hillyard/MS NOW) As if they had a choice. Democrats are totalitarians and so think the Republicans must be totalitarians too.
In Memphis, an ‘anti-crime’ task force quietly turned into an ICE crackdown (Kat Lonsdorf/NPR) Note the assumption that rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants is somehow different from ‘anti-crime’.
Capitol agenda: Thune tries to focus as Trump fumes (Politico)
Appeals Court Blocks Trump Mail-In Voting Order In 23 Democrat-Led States, Setting Up SCOTUS Fight
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It. (New York Times) The swine! How dare he not spend all of this Democrat money?
What’s the Worst Thing Trump Can Do in the Midterms? (Jeffrey Toobin/New York Times) Fail to kill himself?
The Ellisons Discover the Hard Way That Trump Is the Anti-Midas (Mark Gongloff/Bloomberg)
Trump aid cuts put HIV response at risk, reports show (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill) Because, as we all know, fixing a disease that is a problem only because homosexuals (3% of the population0 can’t be bothered take precautions is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government—and the Federal taxpayer.
Trump tries to sell an economy voters aren’t buying (Josephine Walker/Axios).
July 26, 2026 — From the time he took office in January 2025, Trump and his cronies … (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters …) Because, as we all know, only Trump has ‘cronies’.
After Trump meltdown, Cracker Barrel bends the knee and replaces CEO (Quispe López/Advocate)