Political Theatre category archive
The War Gamer 0
The editorial board of the Japan Times looks at the statements and actions of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News weekend backbencher who somehow has ended up as Secretary of Defense (but who calls himself the Secretary of War), and argues that he is living out
Follow the link for their reasoning.
Real Big Men 0
Or so they think.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Cabinet Capers, Reprise 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Disinformation Distributors 0
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”
Apparently that is no longer the case.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Real Big Men 0
Methinks Atrios’s definition is quite en point.
Patriot Pariah Gamers
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I never expected to find myself living in a rogue state . . . .
The Rule of Lawless 0
Once again, the man who would be king demonstrates his contempt for the rule of law.
The Gaslight Pipeline 0
David parses the Trump maladministration’s doubletalk on tariffs, while noting the authoritarian aspect of expecting persons to believe stuff when their own day-to-day experiences are contrary thereunto.
The Entitlement Society 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, LZ Granderson argues that “(m)en like Trump represent what the founders were fighting against.” Here’s a bit of his argument:
Their aversion wasn’t to wealth and power. It was about what can happen to a person who grows up knowing nothing but wealth and power.
Follow the link for the rest of his reasoning.
The Man Who Would Be King 0
Michael in Norfolk nails it. A snippet:
Follow the link for context.
Behind That Curtain* 0
David notes that, thanks to Elon Musk’s new feature on Xitter (a feature which I suspect Musk now regrets), a number of MAGA “influencers” have been revealed to be–er–less than veracious (but most definitely voracious). (And this surprises you how?)
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
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*With apologies to Earl Derr Biggers.