Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
26th October 2026
Trump dials up Islamophobia against Abdul El-Sayed at Michigan Senate rally (Al Jezeera). ‘Islamophobia’ is a made-up term so that Muslims can claim to be victims. In truth, fear of Islam is entirely rational, based on 1400 years of history.
What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Like the Midterm Results? (New York Times) Hand-wringing and pearl-clutching by the Narrative Media in the run-up to the election.
Trump’s Urban Approval Climbs 20 Points in Echelon Polling
Democrats take legal action against Trump bid ‘to rig’ Alaska Senate race (Clarissa-Jan Lim/MS NOW)
YIKES: Politico Admits They Promoted the Fake Wedgewood Polls
In Second Term, Trump’s Justice Dept. Submits to His Election Demands (New York Times) Apparently they’re supposed to tell him No.
She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched. (Jessica Contrera/New York Times) They never do.
ICE’s Cruelty Is Becoming America’s M.O. (Adrian Carrasquillo/The Bulwark)
Obama Storms Onto Campaign Trail With Harsh Words for Trump (Wall Street Journal) My, what a surprise.
CNN’s Cornish Falsely Claims Trump Didn’t ‘Back Away’ From ‘Access Hollywood’ Video
These are the midterm deciders: They voted for Trump and now disapprove of him (Washington Post) And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one.
The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President (Barton Gellman/New Yorker)
Democrats ask judge to dismiss Trump administration’s challenge to Alaska Senate race (NBC News)
Pennsylvania House Race Tests If Republican Distance From Trump Works (Liz Skalka/Bloomberg)
Automating the Bribe State (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
Obama Sharply Criticizes Trump on Campaign Trail (Julie Yoon/New York Times)
GOP Closes Campaign With Unapologetic Bigotry (Jonathan Cohn/The Bulwark)
PHOTO ESSAY: A Texas Trump voter, struggling with cancer and medical bills, breaks party ranks (Associated Press) Hey, kids! Let’s push the Narrative!
Blanche: Alaska Senate race is ‘not a fair fight’ to Trump (Finya Swai/The Hill)
Epstein Haunts GOP in Midterms as Democrats Vow Fresh Probes (Josh Wingrove/Bloomberg) EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….)
Trump fails to change economic headwinds facing GOP candidates (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
US voters worried about corruption under Trump — FT poll (Financial Times) More fake polls.
House Dems Target Hegseth For Impeachment If They Win Midterms Of course they do.
Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)
Trump leans into Islamophobic rhetoric at Michigan rally (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
Rep. Crow: Ousting Hegseth Top Priority If Dems Win House Political theater—they can impeach him, but it’s just virtue-signaling without the votes in the Senate to convict.
In Islamophobic Rant, Trump Seeks to Stir Republican Base in Michigan (New York Times)
Republicans struggle for an answer to Democrats’ Medicaid attacks (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill) Not a struggle at all, except inside of the Narrative.
“Zero” signs that Kennedy is leaving post-midterms (Caitlin Owens/Axios) Although they’d love him to do so.
Obama Unleashes Attacks on Trump Over Corruption, Incompetence; Trump Fires Back
Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections (Associated Press) No President can ‘stop inflation’; that’s the job of the Federal Reserve, and one it does badly.
House Judiciary Democrats want a special counsel to investigate Trump’s ties to Epstein (Chris Marquette/Politico) EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….)
House Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein files (Lisa Rubin/MS NOW) EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….) Gotta love those ‘unsigned staff reports’.
Exclusive: Democrats lay groundwork to probe Trump’s diesel deal (Ben Geman/Axios)
Trump’s Vile Persecution of Ilhan Omar Is About to Run Into a Wall (Greg Sargent/New Republic) Greg Sarggent loses his shit.
As Trump brags about U.S. oil and gas company profits, his stocks gained millions during Iran war (Kathryn Watson/CBS News) As did mine. Go, Trump!
Trump’s Rallies Have Become What He Covets: Ass (William Kristol/The Bulwark) You can’t get a much bigger ass than Bill Kristol.
Pete Hegseth Reportedly Angling For Blackburn’s Senate Seat To Avoid Impeachment (Ron Dicker/HuffPost) That would be clever.
Anthropic to investors: Trump hates us so much (Maria Curi/Axios) BOO HOO….
House Democrats Seek Trump-Epstein Special Counsel EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….)
Powerful executives cozied up to Trump. Now they fear a reckoning. (Washington Post) Sure, I believe that.
Lula’s Upset Is a Win for the Rule of Law and a Blow to Trump (Perry Bacon/New Republic)
MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke (Amanda Marcotte/Salon) Amanda Marcotte loses her shit. (MAGA is the New Nigger.)
Trump DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules (CNBC)
‘MAGA-Coded’ 60 Minutes Bashes Deportation of Illegal Immigrant, Promotes Colorado Democrats
Vanity Fair’s Kushner Conundrum (Natalie Korach/Status)
Trump admin illegally fired Maurene Comey, judge rules (Erica Orden/Politico)
DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules (Avery Lotz/Axios)
Spurned by Trump, these outgoing Republicans aren’t helping their potential successors (Politico) RINOs gotta RINO.
Lawsuit argues Trump’s media ban hurts news consumers (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
Donald Trump Is Bad at Politics (Chris Lehmann/The Nation) And yet he keeps on winning. What a puzzle.
Massie says he’ll move to impeach Hegseth if he’s not gone after midterms (Ellen Mitchell/The Hill) RINOs gotta RINO.
House Democrats call on DOJ to name special counsel in Epstein case (NBC News)
New Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump Revealed in House Democrats’ Epstein Report (Philip Wang/Time) EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….)
Democrats Level New Rape Accusation Against Donald Trump (Arthur Delaney/HuffPost) EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN?! EPSTEIN! (Uh, Martha, I don’t think beating that dead horse is going to get it to move….)