Political Theatre category archive
DOGE Bull 0
C&L follows the money.
The Lynch Mob 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch offers a theory as to why Congressional Republicans want to persecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for doing his job (and doing it quite well, I might add).
Methinks he’s onto something.
No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
The Promise Breaker 0
David wonders whether the Trumpettes are starting to realize that they’ve been conned. (Warning: Language in some of the clips David shows.)
The Hollow Man* 0
In the midst of a longer article about Donald Trump’s continuing cascade of lies, Jamie Stiehm makes a prescient observation:
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*With apologies to T. S. Eliot.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At my local rag, Ronald G. Shafer hears a rhyme from John Adam’s time. In point of fact, it reminds him of 1798’s Sedition Act.
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*Mark Twain.
The Fix Is In(cubating) 0
David discusses Donald Trump’s efforts to fix (or at least undermine) the 2026 elections and offers some suggestions as to what we can do to combat them.
Devolution 0
I never expected that my country would become a rogue state.
But it looks like it’s well on the way to being one.
Suffer the Children 0
As has been well established, that’s a Republican family value. Here, Emma talks with Katie Bergh about the damage that the Trump maladministration’s cuts to SNAP food benefits have done to families and children.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At the Psychology Today website, Willis Klein explores the appeal of conspiracy theories. He makes three main points:
- Conspiracy theories are linked with lower life satisfaction.
- Such theories are also associated with searching for meaning.
- The tendency to endorse conspiracy theories may be related to a threat-focused cognitive processing style.
Given the nature of dis coarse discourse, methinks his article a timely read.