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The Left Is Rooting for Pond Scum—Literally

But please, explain to me again how Trump Derangement Syndrome isn't real.

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Jenna McCarthy
Jun 24, 2026
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Imagine your boss texts you on a random Tuesday morning and says, “You know what? You’ve been crushing it all month. Why don’t you take today off?” There’s no end to the many ways you could spend those eight to nine glorious, unexpected free hours. You could organize every junk drawer in your house. Rewatch Season 3 of Suits. Visit your grandparents. Treat yourself to a massage. Finally check out that new museum in town. Gather some friends and drive over to the National Mall to wave your pom-poms for the algae that’s slowly swallowing the Reflecting Pool.

This week, to the surprise of literally no one familiar with leftist lunacy, a group of unhinged, rainbow-haired, TDS-addled libs chose the last option.

Clearly, the algae has fans.

(In the protestors’ defense, they likely don’t have jobs, so that part was probably a stretch.)

Yes, I will pay actual money to read all about the clown show.

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