Political Theatre category archive
Courting Disaster 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Supremacist Court seems to have some wounded fee-fees.
The Prediction 0
At the Kansas City Star, Roger C. Barnes and Don C. Smith argue that a Kansas newspaper editor predicted Donald Trump nearly a century ago. A snippet:
Then, in early 1943, White wrote to a friend: “The pretension that a candidate’s utterances are omniscient when everyone (knows) he is talking damned nonsense is one of the large reasons why the American people lose faith in democracy.”
Follow the link to learn why they think those words are coming true.
The Invalid Syllogism 0
Michael in Norfolk is perplexed.
More perplexity at the link.
The Self-Made-Up Man 0
Lee Camp tells the story of Elon Musk.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini opines that, in an attempt to smear her opponent, Kari Lake stumbled into an accidental unintentional compliment.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers recaps Republican strategy.
Deportation Nation 0
Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Viola, reportedly responded to Carter-Goodheart, “I’m so sick and tired of this liberal bull (expletive). Why don’t you go back to where you came from?”
Per the news report, Trish Carter-Goodheart is of Native American descent. Her ancestors were here a millennium before Foreman’s.
The stupid. It burns, and the hate, well, it metastasizes.
Republican Thought Cookie Police
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Just when you thought dis coarse discourse couldn’t get any stupider . . . .
The Past Is Prologue . . . 0
. . . but, as Thom points out, we keep forgetting the past.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts thinks that the Lake effect may be at an ebbing point.
The Art of the Steal 0
Emma takes a long look at Jack Smith’s recent filing regarding Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 election.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Thom marvels as to why CBS agreed not to fact-check J. D. Vance during the recent debate and then catalogs (some of) Vance’s lies.