Political Theatre category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh G. discusses the Smithsonian’s struggle to resist the Trump maladministration’s attempt to erase history.
Aside:
Early my career, I lived in Northern Virginia and worked in downtown D. C. The commute was not pleasant (I’m sure it’s much worse now), but being able to visit the Smithsonian on a regular basis was one of the great pleasures of living in the D. C. area.
To see Donald Trump attempt to spread his taint over the Smithsonian disgusts me beyond words.
The Cost of Kleptocracy 0
Mona Charen asks, then answers, a question. Here’s the question; follow the link for her answer.
Republican Thought Police . . . 0
. . . Meet Facebook Frolics.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy sings of the dynamics of the Trump maladministration.
“The Stew of Aggrievement” 0
Sam and the crew argue that today’s Republican Party is all about the grievances, using a Republican congress person’s obnoxious response to a letter from a fourth grader as a springboard.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
What would you think, for example, when this is the company that they keep?
The Acolytization Process 0
At the Psychology Today website, John Tsilimparis notes that “(a) cult is categorized by a strict, hierarchical system of totalistic authority.” He then goes on to explore how that authority is perpetuated.
Go read his article and consider whether it reminds you in any way of any current political phenomena.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Thom wonders, “What happens when a President stops following the Constitution?”
Case Flaw 0
At Above the Law, Kathryn Rubino reports that, in its effort to gut out the vote, the Trump maladministration’s Department of (in)Justice “can’t keep its own cases straight.”
The Job Requirement 0
In a longer article by John Young about the defilement of CBS, this comment particularly caught my eye:
It stands for “finding useful idiots.”
Methinks he has a point. Go read the article and see what you think.
The Comey-uppance, Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s vendetta (my word, not his) against James Comey and the implications thereof.