Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
Josh Marshall reports on This Week in Lawless.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Elie Mystal comments of the Trumpling of the FBI. A snippet:
I think not. I think the “rule of law” stage of America is over, and we are entering a stage of “rule of man.”
Follow the link to learn why he says that.
Path to Pariah 0
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No Immunity 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., points out that it can happen here (an almost has). Here’s a bit:
Well, if Trump’s rise proves nothing else, it proves that it could happen here. It even shows how. Meaning that, more than any other single event, his presidency has forced us to see our vulnerability to new media manipulation and disinformation. Tweet by agonizing tweet, he has embodied the frightening possibilities of this new idea that truth can be whatever you need it to be.
The Genius Has Left the Stable 0
In the Bangor Daily News, Robert Klose makes the case that Donald Trump is a genius, in one particular way. Here’s a bit of the piece (emphasis added):
Refer again to my comment about a genius being someone who possesses exceptional abilities or insights in a specific field. In Trump’s case, it is his genius for reading people. An inveterate New Yorker, he knew better than to lay his toxic bait in the cities, where urbanites had long ago pegged him as a charlatan. Rather, he went on safari and found appetites for his vulgar hogwash in the rural American underbelly.
An Appropriate Standard 0
Sean Wilentz suggests that the best way to evaluate the performance if Donald Trump is not to compare it with that of the nation’s best presidents, but with that of the worst.
Aside:
He makes Warren G. Harding look good.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Frank Harris, III, bemoans the descent into debasement. A snippet: