Political Theatre category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
A U. S. District Court Judge has ruled that (gasp!) that it’s within the bounds of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech to criticize the American Stasi. Here’s a bit from the report; much more at the link.
“Streever has a right to express his political views through non-threatening speech, however degrading the speech might be,” (Judge Rudolph–ed.) Contreras said.
Ruining America Like One of His Businesses 0
Thom talks with Sabrina Haake about how the Trump maladministration’s fiscal incompetence will tank the economy. Haake minces no words, but she does mince Trump’s you-can-hardly-call-them policies.
Republican Thought Police 0
Sam and the crew discusses the Trump maladministration’s censorship of Jimmy Kimmel’s television show.
The Name Gamers 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses the TV show South Park’s renaming.
An Inquiring Mind Wants To Know . . . . 0
Sara Pequeño has a question:
Follow the link to see why she asks it.
The Rule of Lawless, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Thom discusses how the Trump maladministration is intentionally misinterpreting the equal time rule so as to exercise its freedom of repress (before moving on to a couple of other equally vile items).
Sloptocracy 0
Thom talks with Heidi Siegmund Cuda about how the Trump maladministration is using AI slop to pollute the polity.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Jim Hightower hears some rhymes with history in this new gilded age. Here’s a couple:
Follow the link for the context of his remarks.
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*Mark Twain.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
The Normalizers 0
In the midst of a longer article about Donald Trump’s trade war of choice (the man does like to start conflicts, does he not?), Rex Huppke offers a word of advice:
Treating Trump like he’s normal isn’t being objective. It’s irresponsible.
Follow the link for his reasoning.