Political Theatre category archive
Underqualified
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s cookie crumbles.
Watch What They Do, Not What They Say 0
Shorter Law Vegas Sun editorial: Actions speak louder than words.
“True Enough” 0
David and his guest, Harvard professor Nancy Rosenblum, discuss the malignancy of “conspiracism” and its appeal to the culpable gullible.
Presidented 0
The North Jersey Record takes a look at the time the state of New Jersey “fired” Donald Trump and sees in it the seeds of his behavior as President.
Russian Impulses 0
Sean Mullin brings us up to date.
The Failure of Facts 0
The Colorado Independent syndicates a column by David Barker and Morgan Marietta exploring why facts don’t matter. A snippet:
But it turns out that the roots of such divergent views go much deeper. We found that voters see the world in ways that reinforce their values and identities — irrespective of whether they have ever watched Fox News or MSNBC and regardless of whether they have a Facebook account.
For example, according to our data from five years of national surveys from 2013 to 2017, the most important predictor of whether a person views racism as highly prevalent and influential is not her partisan identification. It is not her general ideological outlook. It is not the amount or type of media that she consumes. It isn’t even her own race.
It is the degree to which she prioritizes compassion as a public virtue, relative to other things like rugged individualism.
The Party of Stinkin’ 0
SNL captures the essence of today’s Republican Party.
A Rally Big Moment 0
Stephen dissects Trump’s Texas rally.