Political Theatre category archive
Parks and Wreck 0
Via The Denver Post, Alex Johnson is not optimistic about the future of our national parks under the Trump maladministration.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Surprisingly enough, one can make a convincing case that “Donald Trump” rhymes with “Neville Chamberlain.”
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*Mark Twain.
The Piece Taker 0
A piece of this, a piece of that . . . .
The Rule of Lawless 0
Michael in Norfolk explains why Donald Trump accused six Congresspersons, all of whom have distinguished records of serving in the military or intelligence ranks, of sedition for reminding military personnel that they need not obey illegal orders.
It’s quite simple, really:
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
All the News that Fits 0
Michael in Norfolk bemoans the false equivalence in dis coarse discourse. A snippet:
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Farron points out that Donald Trump has been quite happy to hire immigrants to work at his resorts even as he has derided them to attract support from racists and bigots (my words, not Farron’s).
When Fact Follows Fiction 0
Dave Zorin wonders, “How the heck did we end up with President Tony Soprano?“
Emoluments 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Jamelle Bouie follows the money and concludes
Follow the link for his evidence.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Disgusted but not surprised at Trump’s latest response to a female reporter the other day – ‘Quiet, Piggy.’ And this is the leader of the US? He’s revolting and more pig-like than anyone else I can think of. So, of course I had to bring out my inner-teacher and her fairy-tales again. Enjoy.