Political Theatre category archive
Collateral Damage 0
Farron discusses how the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” has harmed health care.
The Grand Plan 0
Afterthought:
I never anticipated in my wildest dreams that I would find myself a citizen of a rogue state.
Mullen It Over 0
Seth takes a closer look at Trump’s replacing Kristi Noem with Markwayne Mullen and the chaotic incompetence associated therewith.
A Lesson Unlearnt 0
Methinks that the Trump maladministration is unaware of this distinction.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Pam Bondi: La loi, c’est moi.
“There Is No Plan” 0
Mary Trump offers her take on why Trump mongered a war.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Writing at the Psychology Today website, Chester H. Sunde argues that the writings of Plato can help us understand today. The whole article is quite interesting, but this bit, in which Sunde lists Plato’s hierarchy of governments, caught my eye:
Where are we on the scale?
Republican Thought Police 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains what “best qualified applicant” means under the Trump maladministration. A snippet:
An email sent to Liberty University School of Law students over the weekend lays out, in refreshingly unvarnished terms, what the administration’s hiring pipeline actually looks like. And it’s exactly as bad as everyone suspected:
The two most important requirements are you MUST be aligned politically with President Trump and his administration and you must be willing to work hard. Don’t be scared off by the transcript requirement. GPA is not a strong factor. If you meet those two requirements, you have a shot.
Just Desserts 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper reminds us that
Signs of the Times 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire sees an ominous sign: the banner of Dear Leader Donald Trump hanging from the Department of (sic) Justice. A snippet:
Below his face, the banner says, “Make America Safe Again.”
Somehow, though, the banner doesn’t evoke safety. I can’t think of another instance in history when heads of state hung pictures of themselves from the sides of public buildings that didn’t end badly.
If you know of an exception, please share it with me.
Stray Thought 0
For the half of the electorate who did not vote in 2024:
If you let an idiot win an election, don’t act surprised when you end up with an idiocracy.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom talks with Mary Trump on what happened to objective, fact-based broadcast news.
Afterthought:
I think Thom makes a great analogy about hoarding disorder.
The Medicine Show 0
Rebecca Watson finds herself–er–somewhat taken aback by the Trump maladministration’s willingness to put the public’s health in the hands of quacks.
Or you can read the transcript.