Political Theatre category archive
Gaming the Numbers 0
The Department of Commerce is attempting to screw with skew the census. Here’s a bit from the report. I’ve emphasized their lamer excuse, which almost implies that they are doing their arithmetic by hand:
The latest updates to the bureau’s plans are part of efforts to “accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our statutory deadline of December 31, 2020, as required by law and directed by the Secretary of Commerce,” who oversees the bureau, Director Steven Dillingham said in the written statement posted on the bureau’s website.
These last-minute changes to the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the U.S. threaten the accuracy of population numbers used to determine the distribution of political representation and federal funding for the next decade.
Noing Postal? 0
Warning: Short ad at the end.
See the news reports David refers to at these links:
USPS considering closing post offices ahead of presidential election
Postal Service says it has ‘ample capacity’ to handle election after Trump casts doubt
And here’s a related report I saw earlier today:
Postal Union Leader Warns Assault on USPS Puts US on “Path Toward Dictatorship”
The GOP Spinning Wheel 0
Job’s Anger.
Pandemic Politics, He Went to Jared Dept. 0
Sam speaks with Heather Digby Parton, of Hullabaloo and Salon, primarily about Donald Trump’s reaction inaction to COVID-19. It’s about half an hour, but well worth your while in these viral times.
Aside:
At about the 25-minute mark, Sam advances an interesting theory as to why Republican office holders are opposing Trump’s trial balloon about staging a coup postponing the election.
Going Viral 0
At AZCentral, E. J. Montini is raising Cain concerning communicating coronavirus in crowds.
Republican Family Values, Suffer the Children Dept. 0
AZCentral’s Elvia Diaz wants to know what ICE is doing to the children.