Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
Bruce Schneier has a wonder:
It’s hard to know how much the Constitution matters in the US right now.
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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Listening to Donald Trump’s attempt bring back the Red Scares of America past, Michael Hiltzik hears a rhyme. Here’s a tiny bit from his article, in which he references Democrat Al Smith’s campaign for New York Governor in 1928:
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*Mark Twain.
Red Scare Redux 0
Thom argues that what Donald Trump calls “communism” could more appropriately be labeled the “radical middle.”
American Stasi, Republican Thought Police Dept. 0
Deport them if they dare to disagree.
In these Trumpled times, it seems that’s the new American way.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye and Andrew Torrez tell a tale of strange bedfellow united to fight the rule of lawless.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well demonstrated, that’s a Republican family value.
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Layla Sayed looks at the effects of the Trump maladministration’s actions on SNAP benefits. Here’s a tiny bit from her article (emphasis added):
These statistics are not just numbers — they’re people not being fed.
Before the new law, SNAP helped feed 41.7 million low-income Americans per month, 62% of whom were families with children.
Emoluments 0
David explains how Donald Trump is looking to profit from his “social” media posts.
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.