Political Theatre category archive
This New Gilded Age 0
In addition to all the other stupid, petty, and destructive things this is, how is this not also theft of labor?
Tariff Tantrums 0
At Above the Law, Mark Hermann lists a litany of Trumpian tariff threats intended to bully other countries into doing Trump’s bidding.
It’s really worth a look. It’s a titanic tornado of toddler tariff tantrums.
History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Trish Fontana, whose family survived Fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, hears a rhyme with what’s happening in the U. S. today. She notes that
. . . fascism has become a polarizing force in our own nation today.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
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*Mark Twain.
Actions . . . 0
. . . have consequences.
Stray Thought 0
If Donald Trump is going to going to reinstate the Presidential Fitness Exam, perhaps he should take it himself to show the kids how it’s done. Or at least let the kids know how he did on it when he was in school.
And, yes, I remember taking it. It wasn’t such a big deal, but that was back in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un, and kids stilled played non-video games.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
Rebecca Watson takes a look at the psychology of persons who fall for embrace conspiracy theories. A quote:
He (Cornell University Professor Gordon Pennycook–ed.) found that, as Jamie (Bernstein–ed.) put it, “people who are more likely to rate a meaningless statement as profound are the same people who are more likely to have high religiosity, believe in the supernatural, believe in conspiracy theories, and think that alternative medicines such as homeopathy and reiki are totally legit. Additionally, the people who generally do better on analytical tests also tend to be more skeptical when presented with meaningless sentences made up of buzzwords.”
Or you can read the transcript.
Republican Family Values 0
They don’t seem to apply to families.
At the Detroit Free-Press, Debbie Dingell, who represents Michigan’s Sixth Congressional District, looks at the harm the Trump maladministration is doing to Americans’ health and health care. A snippet:
An estimated 17 million people could lose their health care as a direct result. And premiums for everyone will go up. Without enhanced premium tax credits for ACA marketplace plans, more healthy people will drop coverage, making the risk pool sicker on average and more expensive to insure.
Get Me Rewrite! 0
Mr. Newberger envisions a Trumpled Smithsonian.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Ring of Fire looks at some of the latest racist and bigoted antics out of Florida.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via WHYY, the AP looks at how the Republican thought police are leaning on learning.
American Stasi 0
Mary Trump, Donald Trump’s niece, discusses the Trump maladministration’s campaign against brown people immigrants.
Republican Thought Police 0
Dion Lefler has a memory:
What would I do if one day the government took control of the media, rewarding those who spread the leaders’ propaganda and silencing dissenting voices?
He goes on to argue that, thanks to the Trump maladministration, he now has to face that question directly. Follow the link for the rest.