Political Theatre category archive
A Pillow of the Community 0
Farron discusses Mike Lindell’s attempt to phish Georgia election officials’ personal information.
The Chaos Agent 0
The Rude One thinks that Nikki Haley got one thing right. Here’s how he starts his article:
Follow the link for why she thinks she was right about that.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey envisions Donald Trump’s–er–vision for America. A snippet:
Follow the link and decide whether you think he may be onto something.
Twilight Time? 0
Robert Reich wonders why the media isn’t giving Donald Trump’s apparent mental lapses the same attention they gave to Joe Biden’s.
Or you can read the transcript.
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a self-proclaimed childless dog lady responds. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
There is truth in the idea that the United States isn’t supportive of families, but the solution isn’t to ban contraceptives and abortion or defund support systems for single mothers, as Roberts and his colleagues would do. Absurdly, the right-wing approach presupposes that a policy of forced birthing is preferable to bettering the lives of the people alive now through expanded educational and work opportunities, strict gun control to end school shootings, ample and paid parental leave and subsidized childcare.
Originalist Sin 0
It’s encoded in Cannon law.
“Tempered Rhetoric” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the Republican Party’s expressed desire to “tone donw the rhetoric.”
False Equivalence: Comparing Apples to Cow Pats 0
Colby Hall notes that (some) Trump is trying to blame Democrats’ rhetoric for the recent thwarted assassination attempt. They are equating claims that Trump represents a threat to democracy (he does) with Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen (it wasn’t).
Here’s tiny bit from his article:
The problem is that the comparison makes no sense. It is a brazen false equivalency that flat-out ignores the fact that what caused Jan. 6 — Trump’s false election claims and his continued spouting of them — is precisely the threat to democracy that Hume invokes.
Crucially, the difference between Hume’s examples of inciting claims is simple: one is true, and one is false. The claim that fueled Jan. 6, that the 2020 election was stolen, is false. If it were true, few would criticize Trump for complaining about it. It was not true.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Dion Lefler looks at the flood of mis- and disinformation flooding primarily “social” but also other media following last week’s presidential debate and concludes (emphasis added0:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron comments on J. D. Vance’s doubling down on his racist lies about Haitian immigrants..
PoliticalProf adds an observation.
As I have noted before, Richard Nixon’s southern strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
It is now the party of the New Secesh.
The Presidential Debase 0
The Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal makes a compelling case that it is not possible to have a meaningful presidential debate when one of the participants persons on the stage is Donald Trump.