Political Theatre category archive
Devolution 0
We seem to be going from a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, to a governemt of the Donald, by the Donald, and for the Donald.
Election Defiers 0
Thom talks with Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for Michigan, about what it was like when armed Trump supporters turned up at her house because Trump lost the 2020 election and about what may motivate such extremism.
Hmmmm. Seems Sort of Familiar. 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
And pretending oherwise won’t make it go away.
Deportation Nation 0
Farron discusses the Trump maladministration’s plan plot to denaturalize naturalized citizens because they have the unmitigated gall to exercise their rights as American citizens.
Ironically, my local media celebrated a naturalization ceremony at Fort Monroe that took place on the Fourth.
News You Could Lose 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire notes that some government officials and agencies, including the Trump maladministration, are suddenly interested in freedom of repress. He gives several examples of government threats against reporter for, well, reporting.
Here’s a tiny excerpt, in which he talks about Trump’s threatening to sue news agencies for reporting that his bombing of Iran may not have been the glorious shattering victory that he claimed it to be (emphasis added):
Follow the link for the rest.
“Get Me Rewrite” 0
For those who haven’t read it, the Declaration of Independence is primarily a list of grievances directed at King George III. (If you have read it, you know that, after the preamble, it becomes a rather tedious read.)
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth suggests an updated list for today’s wannabe king.
No excerpt of summary would do his article justice. Just go read it.
The Privatization Scam 0
In the midst of a longer article about a school voucher scheme buried in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bilk, Monica Dickson, almost as an aside, gets to the heart of the privatization scam:
Define Your Despot 0
At the Des Moines Register, Steve Corbin offers a taxonomy of tyrants.
Go read it and ask yourself whether any one of them sounds familiar.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Kansas resident Dion Lefler listens to Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and hears a big ugly rhyme from Kansas’s recent past.
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*Mark Twain.
This New Gilded Age 0
John Oliver rips Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and how it will make the rich richer and the poor even poorer. (Warning: Mild language.)
Via C&L, which has commentary.