Political Theatre category archive
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Sweet Caroline now has new lyrics especially for the orange menace, Donald Trump.
Maybe you’re like me and this revulsion of him comes in stages. I’ve disliked him since The Apprentice, knowing he was a shady character before then. Then, when I saw how his response to COVID, that dislike turned into disgust, which has only grown as I’ve seen his narcissism, treatment of women, people in general, corruption, idiocy and utter contempt for anything that doesn’t either stroke his ego or line his pockets.
When he became president again, this was joined by a deep sadness, because I saw so many seem to love the guy, and I know so so many more will be hurt by him being in the role. It still makes me mourn for society. We could be so much better than this.
Now I’m angry AND not wanting to give him or anyone on his team the satisfaction of seeing people like me feeling beaten. Normally, I’d like to think I’m not a person who insults or is mean to others. But gloves off for this guy. He deserves all the ridicule he can get because he’s a narcissist and hates that not everyone worships the ground he walks on.
So that’s the card I’m playing for this song. I want to sing it triumphantly, jabbing and mocking him. If any of you are rally-goers, hey, this might become an anthem you want to sing together at them. At any rate, it felt good to write, good to sing, and it would be the BEST if it could reach that idiot’s ears and rattle his ego. That’s my hope anyway! Get ready for a karaoke-ish track and SING ALONG!
The Casting Grouch 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini thinks he knows why Donald Trump is filling his maladministration with unqualified Fox News personalities. Here’s a bit of his theory:
A Trumped Up Case 0
At the Washington Monthly, former federal prosecutor James D. Zirin argues that
Follow the link for his reasoning.
A Notion of Immigrants Meets the Rule of Lawless 0
Shorter Steven Miller: Constitutional rights? We don’t care about no Constitutional rights.
An Ode to Greased Palms 0
- Everything is pay to play
In Donald Trump’s USA.
“The Response Generator” 0
Yastreblyansky parses the pattern in the president’s prattle.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration seems to have decided that it would be a darned shame if members of our military had access to ideas that said maladministration wishes to suppress.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
At the Charlotte Observer, Gene Nichol lists four lessons learned from the thwarting of the recent attempt by North Carolina Republicans to steal the election of a justice of the N. C. State Supreme Court through bogus charges of voter fraud.
But it seems that the voter fraud fraudsters just won’t give up.
DOGE Bull and the Rule of Lawless 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jim Jones explains why he is concerned how Elon Musk’s DOGE has been sweeping up data from federal agencies in violation of laws designed to protect the privacy of citizens’ day. Methinks he raises legitmate concerns. Here’s a couple of snippets from his piece:
(snip)
There is great concern that the targeting of migrants with the powerful master database could be a test run for using that system against U.S. citizens who oppose Trump policies.
The Crypto Conman 0
Aside:
As far as I can tell, crypto is the most fiat of fiat currencies.