Political Theatre category archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy mourns the passing of Robert Mueller.
The Privatization Scam Goes Postal 0
Farron discusses how the Republican Party is working, and has been working for a long time, to destroy the U. S. Postal Service, which was established according to the Constitution of the United States.
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing which no longer embraces the concept of the common good.
Stray Question 0
Is it not ironic that the very persons who have long claimed that the federal government can’t be trusted have given us a federal government that can’t be trusted?
But, as Professor Shade was fond of saying, “History is irony.”
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Psychology Today website, T. Alexander Puutio explores how partisanship (he uses the term “politics,” but partisanship would be more accurate term) debases dis coarse discourse. He makes four main points (emphasis added):
- Politics hijacks identity, making us protect group belonging over truth or accuracy.
- Partisan cheerleading leads us to knowingly defend false claims to signal loyalty.
- Motivated reasoning lets us justify beliefs first, then construct logic afterward.
- Better thinking starts with distance, deeper reading, and seeking opposing views.
Methinks his piece a timely read, as we are seeing what he describes happening even as I type this.
Devolution 0
Farron looks at the damage that the Trump maladministration has done to medical research and the public health.
All the News that FIts 0
The EFF is joining the fight against the Trump maladministration’s attempts to turn television news networks into its personal P. R. pimps.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
David listens to Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation testimony and hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper argues that Donald Trump doesn’t realize that “that bullying, arrogance and going it alone doesn’t get the job done . . . ..”
Methinks he has a point.
Afterthought:
Probably because, as Mary Trump pointed out in the previous post, it’s always worked for him in the past.
The Rule of Lawless 0
It appears that we can now look forward to the initiation of the inquisition.
Courting Disaster 0
Above the Law reports on an attorney-at-flaw.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mild language.
All the News that Fits 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s celebrating his efforts to suppress freedom of speech.
The Rule of Lawless 0
My heavens. What is going on here?