Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez tell a tale of strange bedfellow united to fight the rule of lawless.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well demonstrated, that’s a Republican family value.
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Layla Sayed looks at the effects of the Trump maladministration’s actions on SNAP benefits. Here’s a tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):
These statistics are not just numbers — they’re people not being fed.
Before the new law, SNAP helped feed 41.7 million low-income Americans per month, 62% of whom were families with children.
Emoluments 0
David explains how Donald Trump is looking to profit from his “social” media posts.
Devolution 0
At the Hartford Courant, Dr. Michael Good marvels at the American regress. Here’s how his article begins:
In 40 years of medical practice I never saw a case of measles or cyclospora food poisoning.
When I started practice in 1983 we had an almost universally utilized measles vaccine that protected our children and an effective food safety public health system that prevented food contamination and halted contaminated food outbreaks while they were still limited in size.
After the dramatic cuts to public health made during the first year of the Trump administration, coupled with RFK Jr’s campaigns against vaccines, dangerous pathogens that have threatened us for millennia have once again been unleashed upon us.
Red Scare Redux 0
PoliticalProf dissects how the Trump maladministration defines “communism.”
Dis Coarser Discourse 0
PoliticalProf finds himself distressed? taken aback? saddened by news medias’ role in the normalization of nasty.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via Above the Law, Techdirt takes a deep dive into the Trump maladministration’s attempt to force ABC to toe their line.
The Art of the Deal 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz has a few thoughts about Trump’s deal with the Saudis. A snippet (emphasis added):
His entire article is worth your while.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Farron discusses how the Trump maladministration’s efforts to dictate how states run elections are blatantly unconstitutional.
But, of course, the Trump maladministration doesn’t care about the Constitution or the rule of law.
It cares about money and monacrhy.