Trump Derangement Syndrome

No TDS Like NYT TDS – As Trump Returns to Power, Allies and Adversaries Expect a Wave of Revenge

On the night he recaptured the presidency, Donald J. Trump declared that “it’s time to unite” and “put the divisions of the past four years behind us.” That was then. It took only 55 hours for him to begin threatening again to use his newly reclaimed power to investigate those who anger him.

Peeved at what he called “fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors” that he might sell shares of the social media platform that has become a prime source of his wealth, Mr. Trump went online to deny such plans and demanded that those spreading such speculation “be immediately investigated by the appropriate authorities.”

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FEMA Fires Manager Who Told Relief Workers To Avoid Homes With Trump Campaign Signs

A Federal Emergency Management Agency worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting President Trump, the agency’s leader said in a statement Saturday.

“This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said. “This was reprehensible.”

h/t  Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

Only At The Guardian … Trump’s win has given angry incels enormous power

The incels are in charge now

Well that didn’t take long, did it? As soon as it became clear that Donald Trump had won the election, social media saw a major spike in gleeful misogyny. And it seems Trump’s army of angry incels have found a favourite new catchphrase to taunt women with: “Your body, my choice.”

While the phrase has been kicking around in far-right circles for a few years, the notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes has breathed new life into it. “Your body, my choice. Forever,” Fuentes tweeted late on Tuesday night, a few hours before Trump officially won. Shortly after that, he repeated the phrase in a live stream reacting to the results of the election, where he also said things like: “We control your bodies. Guess what, guys win again, okay. Men win again … There will never ever be a female President. It’s over. Glass ceiling? It’s a ceiling made of fucking bricks.”

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Article No. 473 In The Star’s ‘No One I Know Voted For “TrumpHitler” Series’

All the president’s men: Donald Trump’s support from the manosphere is clear, even if it’s confounding

What do a mixed martial arts promoter, social-media stars, an attempted assassin, and a golfing legend’s genitalia have in common?

They all played some role in securing Donald Trump’s re-election.

Trump’s ability to win over men — particularly younger white and Latino men — was key to his successful campaign.

With the votes now counted, the influence of the manosphere — and Trump’s ability to appeal to traditional concepts of masculinity — in sending Trump back to Washington is coming clear, even if it is confounding.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, President Trump, The F$CKING Toronto Star, Trump Derangement Syndrome

From ‘maple syrup MAGA’ to ‘Team Canada’: Why Liberals shouldn’t count on Poilievre as they navigate Trump

OTTAWA — If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is counting on his Conservative opponent to offer support as the Liberals navigate a second Donald Trump presidency, he shouldn’t.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has spent the days since the president-elect’s win taking aim at how Trudeau handled his last administration. He lambasted policies like the carbon tax as making Canada less competitive, and said Trudeau was too weak to stop the U.S. from reimposing tariffs on softwood lumber, amid anxieties about Trump’s threat to slap a 10 per cent one on global imports.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA

Canadian mainstream media reacts with disdain to Trump victory in US election

While it is no surprise most U.S. legacy media outlets melted down when it became clear Donald Trump won Tuesday’s presidential election, state-funded Canadian media outlets had meltdowns of their own, with some even going as far as saying his campaign was “directly out of Hitler’s playbook.”

Trump’s massive and historic victory on Tuesday had some Canadian legacy media pundits lash out at Trump, showing obvious favoritism to Kamala Harris, who lost the popular vote by a wide margin.

Is this the CBC Prez? She sounds like Canadian media.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Hollywood Elites Who Vowed to Flee U.S. Mocked After Trump Wins Again: ‘Don’t Go to Canada with Your TDS. They’ll Recommend Suicide’

Remember the gilded Hollywood elites who vowed they would flee the country if former President Donald Trump won the election and returned to the White House?

They included Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Samuel L. Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lopez, Miley Cyrus, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Amy Schumer, and Lena Dunham. Even Barbra Streisand vowed to move to Australia or Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, Election 2024, Hollywood, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Celebrities, your endorsements didn’t work – now get back to the day job

Oh dear, gorgeous George, what have you gone and done? Single-cat-lady Taylor, you’ve lost it; not sure how you’ll shake this off. Lady Gaga? Stick to the day job, love, while the US goes to hell in a handcart.

The post-election blame game has begun and a slew of Democrat-supporting celebrities are first in the firing line. From Clooney to Beyoncé, they were supposed to dazzle swing voters with their star power.

Not even Harrison Ford’s buccaneering archaeologist could prevent Indiana falling into the (disturbingly tiny) hands of Donald Trump.

Why is DeNiro not in a camp?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Why the 4B movement of women boycotting sex, marriage and childbirth has gone viral since Donald Trump’s re-election

In the days after U.S. election, the South Korean feminist 4B movement has gone viral online, fuelled by American women dismayed at the re-election of Donald Trump, a man who has been found guilty in a civil court of sexual abuse.

The 4B philosophy urges women to boycott dating, sex, marriage and childbirth with men as an act of resistance against misogyny.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

Your Morning TDS: How misogyny, racism and character impacted Trump’s return to the White House

Kamala Harris’s loss this week to Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, had me thinking about sexism, race and the issue of character.

It’s now clear that the cost of living, crime and border/immigration anxieties soured voters on the Democratic party, Biden and Harris. She carried that baggage to a humiliating defeat. But as several pundits and everyday citizens also declared before and after election night, “America just isn’t ready for a female president.”

Toxic misogyny runs deep and is so bred into the body politic in the U.S. that it can’t be discounted as impacting Harris’ fortunes significantly.

She seems nice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome

Harvard Professors Cancel Classes as Students Feel Blue After Trump Win

At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Sophia R. Mammucari ’28 woke up to a phone call from her mom — and the news that Donald Trump had been officially reelected.

“I still had some hope that she was going to win by a small amount. And then I woke up this morning, and that’s not what happened,” Mammucari said. “I probably cried for like an hour.”

On election night, students gathered at viewing parties hosted by friends, House tutors, the Institute of Politics, and the Harvard Republican Club to watch results roll in.

Random TDS sufferers … I got a kick out of Bubble woman

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024, Trump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?

Looking at Trump’s victory, I couldn’t stop thinking about Doug Ford and bike lanes

As the results rolled in on Tuesday night and it became clear that the United States was moving back toward Donald Trump, I thought about Doug Ford and bike lanes.

The Ontario premier has moved with great haste to implement a quasi-ban on the construction of new bike lanes in the province, and in the city of Toronto he has gone further, moving to tear out existing lanes on three busy downtown streets. No one can seriously believe that removing some bike lanes will make a noticeable difference on traffic. If anything, it will just invite more cars into an already-choked downtown. What will the Premier say when the gridlock doesn’t improve?

This guys gonna have a TDS seizure …

Majority support Doug Ford’s plan for bike lanes, poll suggests

Ontarians support Premier Doug Ford’s controversial bid to curb municipal bike lanes by a two-to-one margin, a new poll suggests.

Abacus Data also found 72 per cent of respondents back Ford’s $200 “tax rebate” cheques, although about half believe the $3 billion would be better spent on improving public services such as health care or education.

A majority — 55 per cent — approved of the premier’s proposal to force municipalities to get provincial approval for bike lanes that would interfere with vehicular traffic.

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