Political Theatre category archive
Discarding People 0
Thom discusses how Republicans are rebranding health care as welfare.
In the Capital, There Was Gerry Mander (and His Entire Staff) 0
A bit or good news on the Republican gut-out-the-vote front:
Facebook Frolics, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Audrey Cooper comments on the Zuckerborg’s latest stunt to shape (I originally typed “shave” and am wondering whether that was a typo or a Freudian slip) its news they-laughingly-call-it-a “feed.” A snippet:
The thing is, my relatives will still share fake news on Facebook, and it will show up in my “news” feed under your new rules. I’ll still see the partisan opinion pieces that my friends share. But I won’t see posts from responsible news outlets I choose to follow unless I take several steps to force the newsfeed to prioritize it.
Do please read the rest.
Meatless Monday 0
Badtux reviews the menu.
Imagine . . . 0
Bret Stephens plays “imagine.” A snippet:
Would conservative pundits and politicians:
(a) Praise President Clinton for abandoning her old habits of secrecy and standing strong on the side of transparency in government?
(b) Call for her impeachment on grounds that she had compromised national security for shamelessly self-serving political reasons?
Imagine, too, that after firing James Comey for insufficient loyalty, President Clinton had asked the deputy director of the FBI how he had voted in the election in an Oval Office meeting. Imagine, in this same connection, that the effort to oust the deputy director was only a warm-up to getting rid of the deputy attorney general, a well-regarded, straight-shooting Democrat who had appointed the special counsel looking into Clinton’s Russia ties.
Follow the link for more imaginings.
