Political Theatre category archive
The Peacefaker 0
Warning: Mild language.
Republican Thought Police 0
Mike Littwin reports that the Trump maladministration is now coming for Park Rangers who have the unmitigated gall to speak truth about America’s history.
All the News that Fits 0
A caller calls out Jake Tapper for his recent book about Joe Bidden and Tapper tries to weasel-word himself out her criticism. David Shuster dissects the dissumulation.
All the News That Fits 0
Sam Goldstein, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, looks at how fiction can masquerade as fact. He notes that
He goes on to discuss how this effect also manifests itself in “social” media and “news” coverage.
In this age of mis- and disinformation, his article is well worth a read.
The Contestant 0
In the course of a longer article in which he expresses–er–some concerns over Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, Field describes how he sees Donald Trump’s approach to governance:
Methinks he is onto something.
“The Same Thing Harder . . . .” 0
Farron is not sanguine.
Running the Government like a Business 0
Apparently, Donald Trump thinks that he has the power to sell U. S. residency and maybe even citizenship to the highest bidder.
Phoning It In, Reprise 0
“Mr. President, Emoluments calling on line two.”
Twits on Twitter X Offenders
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Sam and the crew discuss a disgusting Xcretion from Utah Senator Mike Lee (then veer into a brief discussion of the split over Iran in right-wing what-passes-for discourse).
One more time, “social” media isn’t.