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Today’s shake-my-fist-and/or-head post consists of an array of news headlines that have contained the words, “Trump Baselessly Accuses.”  They are sorted from present to past.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’…  New York Times, July 22, 2025.

• Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech… CNN, March 14, 2025.

• Trump baselessly accuses Ukraine of starting the war and claims Zelenskyy is a dictator… The Journal (Ireland), February 19, 2025.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Harris of Faking Crowd Size With AI… Drexel News, August 12, 2024.

• Convicted Felon Trump Baselessly Accuses VP, Former Prosecutor Harris of ‘Committing Crimes’…  Rolling Stone, July 24, 2024.

• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of being on Beijing’s payroll… AlterNet, May 21, 2023.

• Trump baselessly accuses John Fetterman of using heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl… The Independent, September 4, 2022.

• Trump baselessly accuses ‘nutjob’ Alec Baldwin of intentionally killing cinematographer… Raw Story, November 5, 2021.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Doctors of Overreporting Covid Deaths for Financial Gain… Forbes, October 30, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses Fauci of being a “Democrat”… Axios, October 15, 2020.

• President Trump baselessly accuses Biden of taking performance-enhancing drugs during primary debates… Business Insider, September 13, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses ‘Deep State’ at FDA of Delaying Clinical Trials for COVID Vaccine… Talking Points Memo, August 22, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses Biden of wanting to abolish suburbs and more… Daily Kos, July 15, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Bubba Wallace of Perpetrating ‘HOAX’ with Noose Incident… Talking Points Memo, July 6, 2020.

• Trump Baselessly Accuses Obama of ‘Treason’… HuffPost, June 22, 2020.

[Editor’s Note:  You’re right, you did see that headline before — it was the first one I cited. I could probably devote an entire post to the variant “Trump Repeats Baseless Claim” but even the most deranged TDS-sufferers among us might view that as overkill.  So, moving right along…]

• Trump Baselessly Accuses CNN and MSNBC of Hyping Up ‘Caronavirus’ to Tank the Economy… Mediaite, February 6, 2020.

• Trump baselessly accuses drug industry of fueling impeachment push… Politico, October 3, 2019.

• Trump baselessly accuses Democratic lawmaker of ‘violence’​​ in insane tweet… Raw Story, August 20, 2019.

• Trump baselessly accuses Ilhan Omar of ‘ungrateful US hate statements’… The Independent, April 15, 2019

• Trump baselessly accuses Democrats of inflating Hurricane Maria death toll… Axios, September 13, 2018.

I didn’t think I would make it to twenty, but Hurricane Maria (the occasion of Trump’s infamous paper towel toss) sealed the deal.

Recalling all his baseless accusations has been a real trip down Memory Lane, and by that I mean a dark and dangerous lane where, for years now, a hateful little bully has delighted in terrorizing the neighborhood.

“Fredo, you’re nothing to me now.”

Traditionally, those who occasionally enjoy Chinese take-out also engage in the game of opening their fortune cookies, reading their fortunes aloud and then appending the words “in bed” to whatever the fortune foretells. Hilarity and/or embarrassment entails, if the game goes according to script.

I’m here to present an updated version of this game, which I think will appeal equally to liberals and conservatives and those who dislike Chinese take-out, albeit for very different reasons.  Here is how you play my update of the Fortune Cookie Game.  After dinner (or whenever the group agrees that it is time to play), players visit the website of either the New York Times or the Washington Post and select a random headline — preferably one that doesn’t call for much scrolling or selectivity.

The player reads the news/editorial headline that he/she selected, then dutifully appends the words, “and Trump doesn’t care.”

Here are some examples pulled from today’s headlines, with my gameplay added:

“Trump Order Could Cripple Federal Worker Unions Fighting DOGE Cuts… and Trump doesn’t care.”

“The gutting of U.S.A.I.D. is likely to hinder recovery efforts in Myanmar… and Trump doesn’t care.”

“Nearly All Institute of Peace Staff in the U.S. Are Fired… and Trump doesn’t care.”

“Secret Pentagon strategy memo on China, homeland defense has Heritage Foundation fingerprints… and Trump doesn’t care.”

“The president promised scientific breakthroughs.  Researchers say he’s breaking science… and Trump doesn’t care.”

“A militant Zionist group threatens activists online with a ‘deport list’… and Trump doesn’t care.”

See how easy this is?  It’s almost as easy as falling into bed.  When appended to a liberal newspaper headline, the phrase “and Trump doesn’t care” turns a troublesome assertion into a profundity that is liable to find support from both sides of the political spectrum.  There is power in this.

So, can my “And Trump Doesn’t Care” party game help unite liberals and conservatives in a light-hearted re-examination of our partisan divide?

Nah, I don’t think so and I doubt you do either.  What a waste of a good game idea, in bed.