Political Theatre category archive
Republican Family Values 0
Rebecca Watson cites statistics showing that state that recently enacted strict anti-abortion laws are experiencing significant increases in infant and maternal mortality.
Of you can read the transcript.
The Bell Tolls . . . . 0
Jim Wright is, let’s see here, somewhat pessimistic.
Donald Trump Meets Mr. Wizard 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects the Supreme Supremacist Court’s duplicitous doubletalk crowning Donald Trump (or, for that matter, any President, including Joe Biden, though methinks he would decline the privilege, as he believes in the rule of law) as 
a king somehow above the rule of law.
The Founding Fathers, who, granted, had many flaws, not the least of which was tolerance of chattel slavery, wished to escape the rule of a sovereign,
Today’s Republican Party wishes to crown one.
Disinformation Nation 0
In an absolutely wrenching article, Jessica Piper describes how her now late father went down the rabbit hole of Trumpism.
No summary or excerpt will do it justice.
Just go read it.
Documented Devolution? 0
Does evolution work backward?
Exhibit One:
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bence Nanay discusses a study that found that macaque monkeys’ social ties and level of social tolerance increased with the scarcity of resources.
I rest my case.
Hysterical Over-Reactors 0
Methinks Grung_e_Gene makes some good points.
Honest to Betsy, we seem to have forgotten that substance should surpass superficiality.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
All the coverage I’ve read and heard about the recent presidential debate–well, almost all–seems to focus on appearances, on how persons looked and sounded.
Very little seems to concern what persons actually said.
Methinks it more important to focus on the substance, which leads in a much different direction.
“Insane from the Top Down” 0
Methinks Farron may be onto something.
Unprecedentedly Partisan 0
Michael in Norfolk, a lawyer with decades of experience, notes that
Follow the link for context.
“The Man Who Would Be King” 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey posits that we face a stark choice in November: democracy or autocracy.
State of Secrecy 0
Scott Maxwell discusses the underhanded strategies that Florida’s Governor DeSantis is using to keep Florida’s citizens from knowing the state’s public employees are doing. Here’s a tiny bit:
(snip)
Fortunately, the court system has so far rejected DeSantis’ secret-keeping scheme involving records his staff created while plotting to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
The Match-Up 0
No, I will waste my time watching the debate, as I already know who I’ll be voting for (and I already know who I would not under any circumstances vote for).
I’ll read about it in the morning,