Political Theatre category archive
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal has had enough of Elon Musk’s antics. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
Remember the porn bots? They’re everywhere now. And there’s a lot more vitriol and insults. Musk’s management has turned it into an angry, stewing right-wing playground. I logged in just now and the first notification I received was someone commenting, “Leftist filth destroys states and communities.” It was a reply to a picture I had retweeted of Maine Gov. Janet Mills dressed as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
This New Gilded Age 0
Thom follows the money.
Under a Spell 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robin Stern discusses a topic which methinks sheds some light on the appeal of Donald Trump.
Go give it a read.
In a similar vein, Michael in Norfolk addresses a contributing factor.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Mark Zuckerberg: Facts schmacks.
Here’s a bit from the CNN report:
Zuckerberg, however, acknowledged a “tradeoff” in the new policy, noting more harmful content will appear on the platform as a result of the content moderation changes.
Methinks “politically biased” in the passage above is Zuckerspeak for “keep calling out right-wing lies,” but that’s just me.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from the other side of the world.
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*Mark Twain.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” . . . 0
. . . was is the motto of The Washington Post.
Now you can meet the darkness.
Welcome to this New Gilded Age.
Via Juanita Jean.
The Crash This Time 0
PoliticalProf charts the course.
Courting Disaster, One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s misdirection play.
All the News that Fits 0
Amy Goodman and Juan González spoke with The Nation’s Chris Lehmann about Donald Trump’s efforts to stifle free speech and silence the press. Lehman notes that this is a long-standing tactic for Trump. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the full article.
(Broken link fixed.)
Devolution 0
In the midst of a longer article about Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy, AL.com’s John Archibald makes what methinks is a apt observation in this age of clicks and likes and X cretions (and X cretins):
Follow the link for context.
The Courage of His Conniptions 0
John Amato points out that a self-proclaimed “independent thinker” who proclaims that he will do as ordered is not that independent a thin–oh, never mind..
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation . . . .” 0
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