Political Theatre category archive
All the News that Fits 0
Robert Reich reviews how the Trump maladministration is working to exercise its freedom of suppress. A snippet:
What does “cooperation” entail? Silencing Trump’s potential critics.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Thought Police 0
Just when you thought things couldn’t get more Orwellian, they up and do.
The Golf Bull Lands in the Rough 0
Seth takes a closer look at why Donald Trump seems a bit grumpy after fleeing to Scotland to play golf, only to find himself confronted with questions about Jeffrey Epstein.
Freedom of Suppress 0
Farron discusses Donald Trump’s efforts to suppress voices that disagree with him.
Suffer the Children 0
In Lawrence County, Tennessee, it’s now against the rules for students to miss school because they are sick.
Under this policy, when I had measles (it was before the measles vaccine, when I was in the fourth grade, not after RFK Jr.), I could have been “referred to” the court for being home sick with a fever, for Pete’s sake.
We are a society in regress.
Hollow Days 0
If Donald Trump truly wants to eliminate some federal holidays, LZ Granderson has some suggestions for him.
Signs of the Times 0
Steve M suggests a revision.
All that Was Old Is New Again, Misdirection Play Dept. 0
Afterthought:
Right-wing nutbags have spent decades trying to convince us that the federal government cannot be trusted.
And now we know.
A federal government of right-wing nutbags most definitely cannot be trusted.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich looks how the Trump maladministration maladministrates and hears a rhyme from a long time ago:
“His Ministers, generals, mistresses, and courtiers soon found out his weak point, namely, his love of hearing his own praises. There was nothing he liked so much as flattery, or, to put it more plainly, adulation; the coarser and clumsier it was, the more he relished it. That was the only way to approach him; if he ever took a liking to a man it was invariably due to some lucky stroke of flattery in the first instance, and to indefatigable perseverance in the same line afterwards.”
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*Mark Twain.
What’s in a Name? 0
Froma Harrop looks at RFK Jr.’s regime as Secretary of Health and Human Services and concludes, well, not very much. A snippet:
Bobby is Exhibit A at what could go wrong when public servants are elevated by reason of birth.
Visit the link to learn why she says that.
Unwarranted Search 0
The EFF reports that, if foreigners want student or exchange visa, the Trump maladministration wants access to all of their “social” media. Specifically, they want all accounts set to “public.” The EFF notes that
Follow the link for more about why this is a very bad invasive intrusive dangerous idea.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Rebecca Watson bemoans the exploiting of staged debates, with a particular reference to the Jubilee Youtube channel, which has been in the news lately. She argues that they are devolving from a discussion of issues to a cage-match spectator sport in the pursuit of clicks and likes and lucre.
Or you can read the transcript.