Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
3rd August 2026
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (New York Times) If there were a Democrat President, of course, all would be fine.
Trump’s promise of an economic ‘golden age’ collides with reality (Paul Waldman/MS NOW) More accurately, the Narrative that Trump hasn’t brought any economic benefits collides with reality—like gas prices.
Trump slashes Medicare drug subsidies, cutting against affordability message (Mallory Wilson/The Hill) Medicare drug subsidies don’t ‘cut drug costs’, they merely shift the costs to the taxpayers. That’s not what Trump promised to do.
Is MAGA Melting Down? — MAGA continues to be powerful, but we may be in the last months of the height of its powers. (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?) MAGA is the New Jooz.
2028: Trump’s final act begins (Jim VandeHei/Axios) Narrative Media mind-readers get a lot of mileage out of their fantasies.
Pre-Trump GOP is coming for Vance (Mike Zapler/Axios) Sorry, Narrative, the Wall Street Journal hasn’t been ‘the standard bearer of traditional conservatism’ for at least a decade. Next, you’ll try to pretend that David French is a conservative … Oh, look: World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out (David French/New York Times)
Even Republicans in Congress can see how unpopular Trump’s immigration agenda is (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers) Unpopular with whom? The Usual Suspects? It certainly seems popular with ‘Republicans in Congress’.
Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration is “flailing” in Iran and “has to try to figure out a way out of this” (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News) Compared to what Biden and Obama did, he’s been pretty successful. Of course, a Democrat Senator can’t even hint at that….
MAGA Rep Accused of Wife Beating Streams Jaw-Dropping Attack on Her (Laura Esposito/The Daily Beast) MAGA is the New Jooz.
Media shifts to more aggressively fight Trump in courts (The Hill) Since their lapdogs the Democrats dont’ appear to be having much luck.
Did Trump Finally Find an Offramp for the Iran War? (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal) The ‘off-ramp’ has always been there; Iran has just refused to take it. You would think that a writer for the Wall Street Journal would be paying better attention….
Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules (Moriah Balingit/Associated Press) Wow, look at all those preschool standards guts all over the place…. Of course, as we all know, letting states set any standards is TOTALLY reprehensible. That would be (whisper it) democracy! Why, they might be Republicans! WE CAN’T HAVE THAT!
MAGA vs. Mullin (Politico) MAGA is the New Jooz.
This Sleazoid MAGA Congressman May Just Have Turned a Red Seat Blue (Michael Tomasky/New Republic) MAGA is the New Jooz.
Let’s Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles (Martin Austermuhle/NOTUS) If a Democrat President had proposed it, of course, he’d be the new FDR.
Trump denigrates fellow golfers as lacking ‘talent’ as he boasts about winning trophy on his own course (Ariana Baio/The Independent) I guess Britain has high-school journalism as well.
Trump Gets To Keep Tax Immunity Under DOJ Deal With Republican Senators (Arthur Delaney/HuffPost)
Iran denies Trump claim that new talks will start Monday after he called off attacks (NBC News) Lucy with the football. I hope Trump has a plan.
‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention (Jos?? Olivares/The Guardian) I’d let them starve, but ICE can’t do that in this degenerate bleeding-heart world.
For Iran, Trump’s Reversal on Escalation Shows Who Has the Upper Hand (Erika Solomon/New York Times)
Trump’s Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future (M. Gessen/New York Times) Of course, the NYT assumes that The Future is Woke.
Senate Republicans see Trump as a growing political liability (Alexander Bolton/The Hill) He’s getting in the way of the Uniparty. Can’t have that….
Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief’s Tax Crimes (emptywheel) Don’t hold it in; tell us how you really feel.
MS NOW Host Ali Vitali Frets Trump’s ‘Otherizing’ Illegal Alien Truckers, No Mention of Deaths
Trump’s Meddling in Justice Dept. Causes Problems of His Own Making (Alan Feuer/New York Times) It’s All About Trump.
For Trump, the Year Is Always 2020 (Katie Rogers/New York Times) Yeah, that’s when you guys pissed him off.
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief–and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sargent loses his shit. (MAGA is the New Jooz.)
Lincoln Project’s Clout Fades in Trump’s Second Term
Sen. Warren Cites Trump in Push to ‘Scrap’ Debt Ceiling We mustn’t let him keep us from spending money.
Dem States Sue to Challenge Trump’s Latest Tariffs He can’t tax American business. Only WE can tax American business.