Political Theatre category archive
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy puts a Trump rally to music.
Patriot Games 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz asks a pertinent question.
The Greene Raw Deal 0
Retired Republican Congressman Ken Buck calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading Russian propaganda. A bit of Buck’s remarks:
Follow the link for more of his remarks and a link to the video.
The Content of His Character 0
Bob Costas seems to have a fairly low estimation of Donald Trump. Rick Strom breaks down his remarks; I don’t agree with everything Strom says, but I think he makes some good points, especially when he discusses the far right’s scary “far left” bogeyman.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Elon Must styles himself as a “free speech absolutist” (unless, of course, someone tweets–or is it now Xcretes?–something with which he disagrees).
Au contraire, says the editorial staff of the Las Vegas Sun, which argues forcefully that Musk does not even understand what “freedom of speech” means.
Establishmentarians Look Eastward 0
The Washington Monthly’s David Atkins analyzes today’s Republican Party’s partiality for Putin. An excerpt:
Follow the link for context.
The Chaos Agent 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Bryan Greenspun argues forcefully that, thanks to Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers, America’s new normal is chaos. Here’s part of what he says:
Every day of the four years produced one form of chaos or another as norms were upended, laws were ended and civility expunged from the daily discourse.
All that ended with the election of Joe Biden. Normalcy was certain to return and the bananas-like blip in the American psyche could subside. Or so we thought.
What the entire world didn’t count on was that Trump and his cult would not do the honorable thing and just go away.
He did the opposite.
This New Gilded Age, Suffer the Children Dept. 0
Sam and the crew talk with Terri Gerstein, director of the Wagner Labor Initiative at New York University, about efforts to bring back industrial child labor.
Russian Impulses 0
Republican Ken Buck, who resigned his post in the House of Representatives in disgust, comments on the Greene raw deal.
Via C&L, which has commentary.