Political Theatre category archive
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen tracks the collusion course.
Trumpling towards Totalitarianism 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu sees a trend. An excerpt:
Or is that a strongman?
Since taking the oath of office last year, Trump has repeatedly emulated the tactics of totalitarian leaders he seems to admire, including Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. He demonizes the free press as the enemy of the people and fake news purveyors, while waging disinformation campaigns against his perceived enemies.
I fear that she is quite correct.
Remember, experiments fail, even noble ones.
No Nunes Is Good Nunes 0
Mike considers the recently revealed remarks by Dennis Nunes regarding protecting Donald Trump. His remarks about Republicans who are retiring at about the five minute mark are spot on. (Warning: language).
Ryan’s Derp 0
Field points out that there’s no there there.
The Great Game 0
Michael Nance wonders whether Trump’s meeting with Putin was “a second Yalta.”
Both Sides Don’t, How the Spin Is Spun Dept. 0
A Pod of Peas 0
Jay Bookman, at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, expands on the theme. An excerpt:
Second, and more important: Every single thing that you can say about the idiocy of Trump’s decision to hire Omarosa as a senior White House adviser — the terrible judgment it reflects, the lack of seriousness, the utter shamelessness of putting a reality-TV personality at the heart of American government — is also true of the decision by the American people to put Trump in the Oval Office.
A Taylor-Made Tantrum 0
My Congress critter is affronted that local media had the unmitigated gall to talk about real stuff that actually happened, so he’s taking his football and going home.
Stray Thought 0
I can’t say I’m a Sasha Baron Cohen fan. I may have seen one of his clips back in the Borat days, and I don’t subscribe to any “premium” television channels. Indeed, I think “premium television” is ipso facto an oxymoron.
Nevertheless, I’m somewhat awed by the deep vein of white-wing stupid he has managed to tap into.
For the Record . . . . 0
Field draws on his personal experience to try to understand why Omarosa (and, he suspects, many others may be making dodgy, if not outright illegal recordings of events in the Trump White House. A snippet:
In short, there are a small number of reasons someone might record a conversation:
1. Profit
2. Blackmail
3. Ass Covering in an environment where illegal things are happening
Follow the link for the remainder of his analysis.
Russian Impulses 0
See Shaun Mullen suggests that Trump’s-Putin bromance isn’t working out as expected, for either party.
