Political Theatre category archive
Devolution 0
At the Hartford Courant, Dr. Michael Good marvels at the American regress. Here’s how his article begins:
In 40 years of medical practice I never saw a case of measles or cyclospora food poisoning.
When I started practice in 1983 we had an almost universally utilized measles vaccine that protected our children and an effective food safety public health system that prevented food contamination and halted contaminated food outbreaks while they were still limited in size.
After the dramatic cuts to public health made during the first year of the Trump administration, coupled with RFK Jr’s campaigns against vaccines, dangerous pathogens that have threatened us for millennia have once again been unleashed upon us.
Red Scare Redux 0
PoliticalProf dissects how the Trump maladministration defines “communism.”
Dis Coarser Discourse 0
PoliticalProf finds himself distressed? taken aback? saddened by news medias’ role in the normalization of nasty.
Republican Thought Police 0
Via Above the Law, Techdirt takes a deep dive into the Trump maladministration’s attempt to force ABC to toe their line.
The Art of the Deal 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz has a few thoughts about Trump’s deal with the Saudis. A snippet (emphasis added):
His entire article is worth your while.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Farron discusses how the Trump maladministration’s efforts to dictate how states run elections are blatantly unconstitutional.
But, of course, the Trump maladministration doesn’t care about the Constitution or the rule of law.
It cares about money and monacrhy.
See Foot. Shoot Foot. 0
Michael in Norfolk makes the case that Donald Trump has hoisted himself on his own petard.
Stray Question 0
When an executive unilaterally imposes taxes without consent of the legislature, is that not a text-book case of taxation without representation?
Reflection Deception 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay looks into the Reflecting Pool and sees reflections of Trump’s lies.
Unbalanced and Unchecked 0
At the Des Moines Register, veteran attorney and long-time civil servant Dean Lerner argues that America’s system of checks and balances is broken and offers a theory as to who broke it.
Methinks he makes a strong argument. Read it and see what you think.