Political Theatre category archive
Sound like Anyone You Know? 0
Melissa Burkley offers simple guidelines for spotting a psychopath.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At The Charlotte Observer, Isaac Bailey finds Donald Trump’s assertion of absolute power over the Department of Justice troubling. A snippet (emphasis added):
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Any president who declares he has absolute power – which is what Trump’s admission amounts to, given that the ability to shut down any investigation means he can always protect himself and friends, no matter what kind of wrongdoing they commit – is a threat to the country’s foundation. In less than two and a half centuries, we’ve gone from a president who freely gave up power so there would be no kings in America, to one who wants to be treated like one.
Methinks he is correct to be troubled.
Credit Where Credit Is Don’t, Reprise 0
Robert Reich does the recap.
Credit Where Credit Is Don’t 0
Rex Huppke analyzes Donald Trump’s rules for patting himself on the back. A snippet:
1) If it happened any time after Inauguration Day 2017 and it was good, Trump is responsible for it.
2) On the off chance it’s something not good, Trump is responsible for it only if it can be framed in a way that makes it seem good.
Follow the link, if only to read the most apt title of the article.
Twits on Twitter, the Art of the Con Dept. 0
George Lakoff and Gil Duran consider Donald Trump’s tactical twits. They suggest that he uses twitter to control the discourse and distract the polity. Here’s one of their points:
Trump isn’t a genius. He’s a super salesman, and has been for most of his life.
Now he’s president, and our gullibility to his antics threatens our democracy. That’s because Trump often uses social media to distract from what he’s actually doing, like dismantling our government and robbing the working class to pay off the rich. He often uses his tweet tantrums to “step on” big developments in the Russia investigation, creating a bigger story (“nuclear button!”) to distract attention.
Undiscovered Country 0
Will Bunch decides to cover the uncovered–non-Trump voters. He explains his reasoning:
Follow the link for his findings.
Step One. Step Two. Ste . . . 0
Elie Mystal offers a formula for analyzing the Trump administration’s legal maneuvers.
Dialectic 0
Jay Bookman identifies the tragic and dangerous internal contraction of Trumpery. A snippet:
A Trumpled Christmas 0
Thom runs down some of the actions of the Trump administration while you were celebrating the holidays.
