Yours truly, yesterday:

The problem I see with the MacBook power adapter situation in Europe is that while power users — like the sort of people who read Daring Fireball and Pixel Envy — will have no problem buying exactly the sort of power adapter they want, or simply re-using a good one they already own, normal users have no idea what makes a “good” power adapter. I suspect there are going to be a lot of Europeans who buy a new M5 MacBook Pro and wind up charging it with inexpensive low-watt power adapters meant for things like phones, and wind up with a shitty, slow charging experience.

Actual email, from actual reader D.B. today:

Anecdotes to support your point about normal customers not knowing which power adapter to pick, I’ve had both my mother and a mid-level IT director at my work complain that their Macs no longer hold a battery. In both cases, they were using a 5 watt USB-A charger.

It’s hard for people to understand that not all USB chargers are the same.

And from actual reader D.K.:

My mother in law called me to ask why her MacBook Air no longer turned on. She had called AppleCare and they told her to bring the computer to a store for repairs. Turns out she was using a very old 5 watt USB-A iPhone charger.

And of course, the real danger isn’t using an underpowered charger. It’s thinking you can save a few bucks by buying a cheap high-watt third-party charger and then burning your house down.

"The advocates of annual increases in the quantity of money never mention the fact that for all those who do not get a share of the newly created additional quantity of money, the government's action means a drop in their purchasing power which forces them to restrict their consumption. It is ignorance of this fundamental fact that induces various authors of economic books and articles to suggest a yearly increase of money without realising that such a measure necessarily brings about an undesirable impoverishment of a great part, even the majority, of the population."

~ Ludwig von Mises from an interview 'On Current Monetary Problems'

There is a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS. Just ask Michael Rapaport.

The actor/comedian slammed President Donald Trump for years via his podcast and social media posts. Few were as loud, or as harsh, as the “Beautiful Girls” alum.

Then, slowly, Rapaport had a change of heart. He began listening to different points of view. He questioned the media accounts flooding his smartphone screen.

One example? He apologized for believing the “very fine people” hoax. The Legacy Media, along with a certain former President, continue to promote that bald-faced lie.

Now, he’s not MAGA by any stretch, and he likely has reservations about the Trump agenda. He simply has a realistic, nuanced view of the complicated leader.

That hasn’t happened to the following celebrities yet. 

They still rage against President Trump as if every absurd charge against him were 100 percent true. Their anger remains white hot, and it’s driven them to sad emotional states.

But who has the most severe case of TDS?

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Could it be Kathy Griffin? She’s the OG TDS sufferer, courtesy of her infamous Trump decapitation photo. The “D-List” alum apologized for the video before she un-apologized. Her career capsized at the time, a cultural moment when fantasizing about a dead president led to societal shunning.

She wouldn’t suffer as much professional blowback had she shared that photo today. Yes, the cultural decline is real.

Her career has yet to fully recover. Most recently, Griffin claimed that President Trump didn’t actually win the 2024 election. He stole it. She admits saying so aloud is crazy, but she went there all the same.

She’s a strong contender, but not the winner of this dubious contest.

What about Robert De Niro? He has spent a full decade shrieking about President Trump from every platform possible … even the Tony Awards.

He’s still profanely attacking the president, most recently on MSNBC.

“Trump does not understand anything about humanity, people,” De Niro said on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “He has no empathy. I don’t know where — what he is, but he’s an alien, and he wants to hurt this country.”

The Oscar winner is a strong contender, but he’s reading from the same tired playbook. He also continues to work at a steady clip.

What about Rosie O’Donnell? The former “View” host hates Trump so much she literally left the country. She now calls Ireland home, but her new address hasn’t dimmed her TDS.

Instead, it may have gotten worse.

She’s a possible winner, but her career hasn’t been impacted by her TDS. She isn’t the cultural force she once was.

Which leaves … Jimmy Kimmel.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host has cried on-air over President Trump’s re-election. That a former “Man Show” host would weep like that is beyond embarrassing.

Kimmel has turned his show into a one-stop TDS forum. Night after night. Monologue after monologue. Kimmel rages against all things Trump-related.

He’s more obsessed than even Stephen Colbert, and that’s saying something.

Most importantly, Kimmel nearly lost his career because of TDS. Last month, he tried to pin Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Trump’s MAGA movement, a claim so foul it sparked a week-long ABC suspension. He could have apologized the following night for his comments, and the matter would have been settled.

His TDS wouldn’t let him set the record straight like any responsible broadcaster would. He reportedly planned to double down on the misdirection before ABC briefly pulled the plug on his show.

And, when he came back on the air, Kimmel refused to take the lie back. Later, he claimed the Right miscontrued his comments to twist their meaning.

That was another lie.

He’s doubled down on his far-Left partisanship since returning to ABC. That has helped him shed all the new listeners he collected following his high-profile suspension.

Kimmel currently stands as the celebrity with the most severe case of TDS. We still have three-plus years of Trump’s second term ahead of us, so anything can change moving forward.

Agree? Disagree? Share your comments below.

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