Political Theatre category archive
All the News that Fits 0
Thom and his caller discuss the tactics of the right-wing radio entertainment indoctrination complex.
Legacy, Reprise 0
At Chron.com, Alison Medley interviews Yale Professor Bandy X. Lee, editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” about the long-term effects of Trump and the Trumpettes.
It is a short article and worth the read.
Spoiler Alert:
The Lord Emperor of Dunes 0
Take the quiz and see how much you know about the duffer-in-chief.
Strategization 0
Along the same lines, David Atkins tries to make sense of what’s happened to the Republican Party. A nugget:
Image via Juanita Jean.
“Pointing and Laughing” 0
Warning: Short commercial at the end.
We are a society of stupid.
Facebook Frolics 0
When I first saw headlines about this lawsuit, I had mixed feelings about it.
There are no good guys in this picture, at least not so long as the Trump you-really-can’t-call-it-an Administration keeps lowering the Barr.
The Poison of Positive Thinking 0
Steven M. suggests that Donald Trump doesn’t believe in truth, at least not as some sort of objective thing. A nugget (emphasis added):
Trump literally doesn’t believe in truth, at least not the way you and I do. He believes he has the ability to alter reality with his mind. He takes Norman Vincent Peale’s Power of Positive Thinking far too seriously. (On the other hand, he’s a lousy businessman who’s lived like a billionaire his whole life, so maybe he does have at least some power to warp reality in his favor.
The entire piece is worth a look.
A Glimpse into a Void 0
Buried in a column about Donald’s being “the sorest loser ever,” John Huey asks a question which I suspect no one, not even Donald Trump, can answer.
Lowering the Barr 0
In related news, Charles Blow reminds us that Donald Trump’s presidency was precedented.
The Rule of Lawless, Unpardonable Dept. 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., notes that some persons think that, as Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, so too should Joe Biden pardon Donald Trump. He observes
Pitts goes on to argue that the two situations, America after Watergate and America after a litany of Trumpgates, are in no way analogous, advancing four reasons why pardoning Donald Trump for his conduct while president would be a travesty. He makes his case far more cogently than I can paraphrase or summarize it.
I commend his article to your attention.
Aside:
Along the lines of emphasizing how the times of Trump and the times of Nixon diverge, I call your attention to this dystopian possibility raised in all seriousness by Eric Haseltine over at Psychology Today Blogs.