Political Theatre category archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy envisions Trump’s replacement for the Department of Education.
A Tune for the Times 0
The Parody Project points out that the art of the steal is the Trump new deal.
Breaking Trust 0
Donald Trump demonstrates how to lose friends and alienate people, in this case, European countries with whom we have been allied decades.
Stray Thought 0
It should surprise no one that Donald Trump has set his sights on the Department of Education.
After all, he’s on record that he loves the poorly educated, so, clearly, in Trump world, it makes sense to promote poorer education.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy envisions what the Kennedy Center will be like under Trump’s stewardship sewership.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Thom discusses Donald Trump’s decsion to defy a court order.
He is somewhat perturbed.
So am I.
Facts Schmacks 0
David explains why MAGA eschews reality and rejects facts. I think he makes some valid arguments. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
Republican Thought Police 0
Journalism professor Rob Miraldi looks at Donald Trump’s decision to punish the Associated Press for not bending to his will refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America; he fears that it is but a beginning. Here’s bit from his article:
Trump would not only go after freedom of the press. “Any effort to eliminate freedom of press,” he warns, “is the first step to eliminate freedom of speech.”
The Squandering 0
Michael in Norfolk mourns America’s loss of respect and respectability. Here’s a bit:
Methinks he has a point.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Robert Reich hears a rhyme. Here’s the opening couplet:
Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with.
Follow the link. The verse gets worse.
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*Mark Twain.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
After years of warning us that the federal government cannot be trusted, the right-wing and the Republican Party have succeeded in giving us . . .
. . . a federal government that cannot be trusted.
Market Farces, Reprise 0
David points out that, “(n)o matter what MAGA tells you, not buying a Tesla is not ‘cancel culture,’ it’s capitalism.” (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
