Political Theatre category archive
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
In the midst of a longer post about Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran, Atrios sums up Trump’s approach to foreign policy, or, for that matter, to just about everything:
Kleptocracy 0
Grung_e_Gene raises an interesting point: The Trump maladministration is interested, not in the public good, but only in the public’s goods
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration again exercises its freedom of repress.
Details at the link.
The Sycophancier 0
Steve M. offers a theory as to Donald Trump’s fascination with Natalie Harp:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mona Charen is less than sanguine at the prospect of Todd Blanche holding the post of Attorney-General. A snippet:
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
The Macho Man, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Thom sees a pattern.
Republican Thought Police 0
Exercise your Constitutional right of freedom of speech and you just might find yourself on ice ICE on you.
The Me Veneration 0
As far as U an concerned, this is a bridge too far.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: mild language.)
Arificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A tool for throttling the news? ArcaMax reports (emphasis added) that
The removal of these stories underscores mounting concern that federal copyright law is being used by people relying on automated, AI-driven and anonymous complaints to file fraudulent takedown notices, all in the name of suppressing headline news.
Remember, intelligence, real or “artificial,” and integrity are not the same thing.
Indeed, they are often completely unrelated.
The Greenland New Deal 0
Farron argues that it’s all about theft of resources. Methinks he has a point.
We are (mis)governed by a kleptocrat.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Las Vega Sun, letter-writer Mark Bird follows the money and reaches a depressing conclusion.