Political Theatre category archive
Scofflaw 0
In The Sacramento Bee, Erwin Chemerinsky makes a case that Donald Trump’s “Executive Order” to destroy the ACA is disordered (sort of like its signer). The short version is that a law cannot be overturned by Presidential fiat.
Here’s how he starts;
The plain truth that no one wishes to confront is that Donald Trump is walking the path to despotism.
“There Be Dragons” 0
The American Dream is endangered by a cataclysm of stupid and hate and bigotry and incompetence as it has not been endangered by before.
In the past, two or three of those characteristics have occupied that house from time to time. But not all four simultaneously.
Listen to the Silence 0
John Romano did, and he heard something.
Sometimes, the truth is in the silence.
You can learn more by what a person does not say than when they are shouting from a mountaintop. Or so it seems when it comes to Florida politicians.
Follow the link for what he learned.
The “Memory Hole” 0
Brian Klaas remembers George Orwell:
President Trump has brought the memory hole to the United States.
Follow the link to find out why Klaas said that.
Resumes of Ruin 0
Warning: Language.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At The Sacramento Bee, Shasha Abramsky points out that words matter.
Responsible Fiscals 0
Republican “fiscal responsibility” is a con for the rubes. Indeed, Republicans are quite happy to waste public money so as to con the rubes.