Political Theatre category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
Via The Charlotte Observer, Dion Lefler explains why Donald Trump is gunning for public broadcasting. A snippte:
Republican Thought Police 0
Robert Reich dissects the duplicity.
“Feed the Hungry” 0
Now that is scriptural.
It’s just contrary to Republican policy.
Afterthought:
The mean for the sake of mean leaves one somewhat taken aback, does it not?
That Was the Week That Was 0
Seth comes back from a break and sums what happened when he was away.
DOGE Bull 0
Sam and the crew talk with journalist Brandon Roberts about some of the havoc caused by DOGE and how AI was used to abet the destruction.
Suffer the Children 0
As we know, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy: Nathaniel Ross Kelly, who ran an orphanage in Sudan for five years, writes of the how the Trump maladministration’s decision to destroy USAID is likely to affect needy children arouond the world.
Republican Thought Police 0
I mentioned yesterday that today’s Republican Party seems to fear the educated.
Here’s another bit of circumstantial evidence in support of that position.
Republican Thought Police 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock wonders why today’s Republican Party fears the educated.
Trump and the Watergates 0
Emma and the crew discuss how the Trump maladministration’s actions helped stall FEMA’s response to the floods in Texas, how said maladministration is attempting to wiggle out from under the facts, and how FEMA money was misappropriated diverted to pay for Trump’s Florida concentration camp “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The Apostate 0
Via The Japan Times, Steve Pincus argues the Trump maladministration is busily abandoning America’s founders’ principles. Here’s how he opens his article:
As the United States celebrated its 249th birthday on July 4, the determination of President Donald Trump’s administration to abandon these founding principles has become starkly apparent.
Follow the link for his evidence.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Suffer the Children 0
Once again we are reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sam Goldstein explores how evolution has predisposed us to be susceptible to conspiracy theories. Given the current state of dis coarse discourse, methinks it a timely and worthwhile read. Here’s a tiny bit:
This creates fertile ground for pseudoscience and conspiracy theories. Considering the role of the “illusion of causality,” where people perceive non-existent causal links, especially in areas like alternative medicine and superstition, is critical (Blanco & Matute, 2018). These illusions persist because they exploit our evolved cognitive tendencies.
The rise of social media further worsens this problem.