Political Theatre category archive
Both Sides Don’t 0
F. T. Rea points out that one thing is not like the other thing. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Republicans like their labor cheap and hungry. So high un. employment is usually preferable. That was bullshit campaign promises to create new jobs have more traction, too. For Republicans, tax breaks for billionaires are more important than infrastructure maintenance and improvements.
Misdirection Play, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
Michael in Norfolk points out who actually disseminates the disinformation in dis coarse discourse.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Steve M. thinks he knows why the Supreme Court overturned North Carolina’s attempt to subvert elections.
He suggests that it was too obvious.
Mean Girls 0
Mike Littwin looks at the recent kerfuffle between Lauren Boebert and Margery Taylor Greene on the floor of the United States House of Representative; he argues that it was all about the Benjamins.
Here’s a bit from his article:
A Choice, Not an Echo 0
Tom Harper, in a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, thinks we have a clear choice in 2024:
Do you want a president who fully recognizes that no man is above the law, or an autocratic crook?
I find myself confronting an inability to take exception to his reasoning, which you may review by accessing the Uniform Resource Locator referenced herein above.
Base Desires 0
David Atkins suggests that those who believe that Donald Trump, billionaire donors, or even Fox News is in charge to the Republican Party are, as my old boss would have said, in error. Here’s a bit from his article:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Diogenes MAGA 0
Mark Hermann has a wonder:
I’m just a typical MAGA Republican searching for the truth. Whose word can I trust?
Follow the link to join him on his quest.
Incompetently Incongruously Assembled
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Sam and Emma marvel at a Republican Congressman Dan Meuser’s inability to grasp that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exists to protect (wait for it) . . . .
. . . consumers
The Rule of Flaw, Reprise 0
Thom suggests that the situation is much more subtle than is being suggested by the news coverage.
Sunk 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Pamela Rutledge looks at the reaction on “social” media to the sinking of the Titan submersible. She makes four main points (emphasis added):
- Disasters capture attention but stories keep us coming back.
- The Titan incident had all the elements of a blockbuster movie, it was too much for social media to resist.
- Social media is attention-driven and rewards extreme content and conspiracy theories.
- Continued speculation perpetuates the increasingly archetypal narrative, independent of actual facts.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each.
And, remember, “social” media isn’t.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
If you’re disabled, Texas Governor Abbot doesn’t want to make it any easier for you to vote.
More at the link.
