Political Theatre category archive
“Show Us Your Papers Please” 0
Thom talks with Greg Palast about strategies Republicans may be intending to use to gut out the vote.
(There seemed to be some audio gliches when I watched the video, so I recommend turning on the closed captions.)
If the Truth Hurts, Hurt the Truth 0
The Trump maladministration once again exercises its freedom of repress.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via the Miami Herald, Mireille Rebeiz hears a rhyme in Donald Trump’s obsession with marking his territory like my old dog Beau spreading his taint renaming stuff.
Here’s a quatrain from the sonnet:
Sadly, history is rife with examples of dictators and fascists renaming things to glorify themselves, with dangerous consequences.
Follow the link for the–er–rather disturbing but quite a propos examples.
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*Mark Twain.
Emoluments 0
It appears that Donald Trump may be presidenting for profit.
Who’s Macklemore? 0
Inquiring minds want to know. Emma explains it to Sam.
“Barefoot and Pregnant” 0
At the Des Moines Register, Rehka Basu looks at recent remarks by J. D. Vance about the role of women in families and decodes de code.
Republican Thought Police 0
A U. S. District Court Judge has ruled that (gasp!) that it’s within the bounds of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech to criticize the American Stasi. Here’s a bit from the report; much more at the link.
“Streever has a right to express his political views through non-threatening speech, however degrading the speech might be,” (Judge Rudolph–ed.) Contreras said.
Ruining America Like One of His Businesses 0
Thom talks with Sabrina Haake about how the Trump maladministration’s fiscal incompetence will tank the economy. Haake minces no words, but she does mince Trump’s you-can-hardly-call-them policies.
Republican Thought Police 0
Sam and the crew discusses the Trump maladministration’s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel’s television show.
The Name Gamers 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses the TV show South Park’s renaming.