Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
7th September 2026
ABC Hosts Disgraced Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to Frame Hit Against President Trump
Trump Floats ‘New America’ Name for New Mexico Ah, ah, ah, ah, yankin’ their chains, yankin’ their chains…. Funny how the same people freaking out over Trump playing with them are the ones who spent Obama’s and Biden’s administrations attempting to erase the names of famous Americans and replace them with obscure members of Fashionable Minorities. Compared to those efforts, Trump is a piker. (‘Oh Hell No!’ Democrats Object to Trump’s Suggestion to Rename New Mexico (Jenna Monnin/NOTUS))
For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation (Peter Baker/New York Times) Of course, only Republicans are deserving of such obloquy.
John Eastman Was Disbarred—Larry Krasner Got a Laugh If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all.
BAD-FAITH FRAME: ABC’s Rachel Scott Repeats ‘No End in Sight’ to Iran War
Why Did Trump Order Up 660 Million Pounds of Mystery Meat? (Eric Schlosser/New York Times) Not difficult to find a ‘mystery’ to the New York Times.
As War Grinds On, Trump Relishes Renovation Projects (New York Times)
Neo-Nazis and the Impotence of Trumponomics (Paul Krugman) The vacuum has given up any pretense of being an economist and embraced his role as Leftist shill.
Trump’s colonialist Venezuela fever dream (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice) Noah Berlatsky loses his shit.
The federal government is falling apart (Thor Benson/madness) As it habitually does.
Trump suggests renaming New Mexico amid torrent of online memes and taunts (Dan Diamond/Washington Post) The Gossip Girls at the Washington Poop are in rare form today.
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report (Melody Schreiber/The Guardian) ‘Trans support’ IS totalitarianism, straight up.
Government Employees Fight Trump’s Reforms From Within the Executive Branch
It’s a tough time for unions in the age of Trump — cities and states can help (Terri Gerstein/The Hill) A definition of ‘help’ that turns reality on its head.
Trump Threatens to Bar Sale of Canadian Bombardier Jets in US (Jennifer A Dlouhy/Bloomberg) Let the hand-wringing commence.