Political Theatre category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
Via the Tampa Bay Times, Scott Maxwell writes of Florida International University’s attempt to withhold diplomas from students who had the unmitigated gall to protest silently and peacefully againstthe Trump maladministration’s secretive police ICE. A snippet:
But what they really mean is that Florida students should think the way they do or else shut the hell up.
Aside:
When I was a college student (mumble) years ago, I participated in many peaceful, usually silent protests, mostly against the war in Viet Nam (and history has proven us right, but that’s another issue).
My college officials I suspect–heck, I know–did not approve, but they never threatened to punish us for exercising our Constitutional rights in those unTrumpled times.
Emoluments, Reprise 0
Josh Gay follows the money.
Republican Thought Police 0
Now they are coming after the Smithsonian.
A Divider, Not a Uniter, Reprise 0
Steve M. points out that both sides don’t. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
And I think we can thank Newt Gingrich for embracing this strategy and making it the Republican modus operandi over three decades ago.
The Historical Scholar 0
PoliticalProf marvels at Donald Trump’s grasp of the past.
An Accidental Truth-Teller 0
See mouth. Insert foot.
The Me Veneration 0
The Rude One looks at Donald Trump’s conduct and concludes
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Voter Fraud Fraudsters 0
Steve M. decodes de code.
Jingo Jangles 0
At the Psychology Today website, Dominic Packer and Jay Van Bavel wonder at what point national pride morphs into a form of what they refer to a national narcissism. Methinks it a timely and worthwhile read in these Trumpled times. Here’s a tiny bit:
But here’s the twist: Once the researchers disentangled the healthy form of national identification from the narcissistic one (by putting them both in the same analyses), they found that people who felt a genuine bond with their nation were actually less willing to conspire against fellow citizens. National narcissists, on the other hand, were the ones willing to wiretap and lie. In short, these types of social identity predicted the exact opposite pattern of results.
Tool Time 0
David discusses J. D. Vance’s (somewhat poorly received) attempt to use America’s military as props for his propaganda. (Warning: Very short promo about halfway through.)
Afterthought:
That the pforces did not seem to pfall for his pfiffel gives me a straw at which to grasp
A Divider, Not a Uniter 0
In the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper points out that that has been the long-standing strategy of today’s Republican Party.
A Tune for the Time 0
Warning: Short promo at about the one minute mark.