Political Theatre category archive
Stray Thought 0
Today’s Republican Party does not want to govern.
It wants to dictate.
A Legend in His Own Mind, Reprise 0
In the midst of a longer article considering how we might resist the Trump maladministration’s march towards dictatorship, Timothy Snyder makes what I find a most appropriate observation:
Follow the link for context.
The Chaos Agent at Work 0
From the Youtube page:
Seth takes a closer look at the president posting an AI video of himself and threatening to send troops to yet another American city.
The Chaos Agent 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Dr. Richard A. French expresses some concerns about the effect that the Trump maladministration is having on the nation and the polity.
A Legend in His Own Mind 0
Brahma Chellaney takes a look at Donald Trump’s claim that he has ended seven wars and reminds us that
I commend the entire article to your attention.
And, while we’re on the subject of leadership . . . .
The Enemies List 0
Grung_e_Gene decodes de code.
Occupation Nation 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Daniel Oppenheimer offers some thoughts as to how to respond if when Donald Trump orders the National Guard to invade your city.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Trudy Rubin hears a rhyme in Donald Trump’s efforts to silence his critics. A snippet:
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*Mark Twain.
Escalation 0
From the Youtube page:
Seth takes a closer look at MAGA Republicans and Fox News hosts speculating that there was a nefarious conspiracy to stop Trump’s escalator at the United Nations.
The Privatization Scam 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Randy Stapilus voices his opposition to a bill designed to use public money under the guise of “tax credits” to support private schools. In the course of it, almost as an aside, he makes this observation. Methinks it an important point often overlooked in dis coarse discourse:
Private schools are there for private purposes, not public ones.
Recommended Listening 0
Bob Cesca’s interview with Hal Sparks.
Hal spends a lot of time in the darker corners of the inner webs and sheds a lot of light on how things work there. See the description at the link for more. (Warning: Hal tends to talk a blue streak, and I do mean blue.)
Devolution 0
Michael in Norfolk makes a frighteningly convincing case that the United States is going bananas banana republic.