Political Theatre category archive
Reality Bites 0
David discusses how the Trump maladministration’s you-can’t-really-call-erractic-whims policies are not playing out as the Trump maladministration promised, but rather exactly as competent persons foresaw.
Birds of a Feather 0
In the Las Vegas Sun, letter writer Tom Harper observes that Donald Trump has but one interest. A nugget:
It appears somehow appropriate that he now commands leads a political party that seems no longer to care for the common good.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mr. Newberger salutes the Squeaker of the House.
That Was the Week That Was 0
Mary Trump looks back at last week’s Trumpling.
From the Youtube page:
This week Mary unpacks the GOP’s Gaslight Playbook — the upside-down rhetoric that flips truth into lies. From Speaker Mike Johnson and Karoline Leavitt to Fox State TV, we show how Republican doublespeak fuels chaos. Plus, a look at Donald’s East Wing demolition at the White House, the perfect symbol of broken institutions and twisted narratives.. It’s Trump Trolls Trump Week 39.
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . can be summed up in the immortal words of Marie Antionette: Let them eat cake.
A Pillow of the Community 0
David posits that Mike Lindel, aka Mike Pillow, personifies the MAGA business model.
The Rule of Lawless 0
SFgate’s Drew Magary is somewhat distressed at the realization that we are now living in a (my words, not his) klepto-idiocracy.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Jackie Calmes hears a rhyme:
Follow the link for a parsing of the poesy.
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*Mark Twain.
**Whoopsies! But I arill think Calmes makes valid points.
The Man Who Would Be King 0
Seth takes a closer look at the “No Kings” rallies and Republicans’ reaction to it.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via Breaking Defense, a site that specializes in military news, Valerie Insinna and Theresa Hitchens that they’re now coming for the military brass. A snippet:
All the News That Fits 0
Methinks this article sheds a light on how right-wing media (e. g., Fox News, OAN, etc.) works.
Putting the “Demo” to Democracy 0
Aside:
I was pondering a post about how what Trump’s doing to the White House is analogous to what he’s doing to democracy, when I found that Bill Bramhall had done it far better than anything I had come up with.
Redemption 0
That is, the type of redemption that happens when you cash in those bonus points.