Political Theatre category archive
Constitutional Frights 0
Sam and the crew discuss the Trump administration’s desire to suspend habeus corpus, among other Constitutional Rights, and their apparent ignorance of what the Constitution actually says.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture.
That’s Republican policy.
Running Ruining the Country Like a Business
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Rick Strom at TYT Sports suggests that Trump and the Trumpettes are–er–pursuing counterproductive policies.
In an Alternate Universe 0
What would it have been like had a Donald Trump been our first president?
Inquiring minds don’t really want to know, but now they do.
Via Job’s Anger.
Republican Thought Police 0
The EFF looks the latest Republican strategy to squelch dissent: To give the executive branch power to unilaterally strip the tax exempt status from organizations it doesn’t like by dubbing them “terrorist supporting organizations.” Here’s a bit from their article (emphasis added):
“Get Me Dewrite!” 0
It would appear that the Trump maladministration believes that what we don’t know can’t hurt it.
The Storms This Time 0
Thom wonders why the Trump maladministration is gutting the federal agencies that exist to keep Americans safe, such as NOAA. From the Youtube page:
Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE are gutting the programs scientists use to predict the weather, now Americans are in danger of dangerous storms, fossil fuel companies and oligarchs can hide information from the public and the billionaires will be able to buy property cheap after hurricanes wipe communities off the map.
PoliticalProf has more relevant to this topic.
Afterthought:
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that today’s Republican Party is no longer committed to promoting the general welfare.
The Entitlement Society 0
F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as having said, “The rich are different than you and me.”
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ronald E. Riggio argues that this is indeed the case labels it “Affluency Syndrome.” He goes on to argue that
Rich and powerful people are prone to affluency and can believe that they are above the law.
Follow the link for his reasoning. Then just look around.
Methinks he makes a pretty strong case.
Hoist on His Own Petard? 0
Is turnabout fair play? Farron delights in the possibility.
His Finger Is Pointing in the Wrong Direction 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz makes a valid point.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Sweet Caroline now has new lyrics especially for the orange menace, Donald Trump.
Maybe you’re like me and this revulsion of him comes in stages. I’ve disliked him since The Apprentice, knowing he was a shady character before then. Then, when I saw how his response to COVID, that dislike turned into disgust, which has only grown as I’ve seen his narcissism, treatment of women, people in general, corruption, idiocy and utter contempt for anything that doesn’t either stroke his ego or line his pockets.
When he became president again, this was joined by a deep sadness, because I saw so many seem to love the guy, and I know so so many more will be hurt by him being in the role. It still makes me mourn for society. We could be so much better than this.
Now I’m angry AND not wanting to give him or anyone on his team the satisfaction of seeing people like me feeling beaten. Normally, I’d like to think I’m not a person who insults or is mean to others. But gloves off for this guy. He deserves all the ridicule he can get because he’s a narcissist and hates that not everyone worships the ground he walks on.
So that’s the card I’m playing for this song. I want to sing it triumphantly, jabbing and mocking him. If any of you are rally-goers, hey, this might become an anthem you want to sing together at them. At any rate, it felt good to write, good to sing, and it would be the BEST if it could reach that idiot’s ears and rattle his ego. That’s my hope anyway! Get ready for a karaoke-ish track and SING ALONG!
