Political Theatre category archive
The Crypto Con 0
From the Youtube page:
A story broke this weekend which exposed that the founder and leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, had been gifted £5 million by a Thai cryptocurrency billionaire shortly before announcing his intention to stand for election. It is another example of how while claiming to be a man of the people – Farage is actually raking it in, and beholden to the super-rich and exploiting their resource and control of media to make a bid for power and policies that will benefit them. On Sunday he withdrew from a BBC interview at the last minute, hoping that avoiding questions (before Thursday’s local elections across the UK) will allow him to benefit from voters’ anger at the failings of the main two parties.
Turnabout 0
As my old professor of the early federal period, Professor Shade, was fond of saying, “History is irony.”
Republican Family Values 0
Thom talks with Alex Lawson about how Republican policies are destroying rural hospitals and eroding health care to enable billionaires to buy more yachts.
The Disqualifier 0
Robert Reich offers a theory as to what would disqualify someone from being a member of Donald Trump’s cabinet. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
You can be in charge of public health and cause measles to reemerge as a major hazard to Americans, and still keep your job.
You can be illegally enriching yourself and your family as Commerce Secretary, and still keep your job.
But you’ll be fired for actively and unnecessarily getting bad press.
Stray Thought 0
Under a properly run government, citizens are not continually surprised by what their government just did and don’t find themselves worrying about what the heck it’s going to do next.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well established by now, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
Actions Have Consequences* 0
David points out that isolation is not the same as independence.
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*That is, of course, a concept foreign to Donald Trump as, throughout his life, his actions have never had consequences that he was unable to wiggle out of.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Stephen L. Carter has a message for Donald Trump:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
You know I’ve been around a long time, but I have never lived through what we are living through now. The great Woody Guthrie wrote this song many years ago. I changed some of the words to fit our times, and I hope you’ll sing it when you are marching. Because sometimes people, sometimes you just gotta SING OUT!
The Blame Game 0
Mary Trump discusses who is the actual enemy within.
The Art of the Con, Misdirection Play Dept. 0
The Trump maladministration now claims that, because a half-baked assassination attempt against Trump was thwarted at the Washington Hilton, Trump should therefore be permitted to proceed with further defiling the East Wing of the White House.
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino marvels at the misdirection play.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes.”* 0
Emma talks with Gil Duran about the implications of the Palantir Manifesto and hears a rhyme that sounds a lot like “Mussolini.”
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*Mark Twain.