Political Theatre category archive
“Show Me the Money” 0
Congressman Ralph Ellison explains that the numbers don’t lie.
The Panderers’ Party (Updated) 0
In the Portland Press-Herald, Roger Bowen reflects on the Republican Party’s denial of objective facts. He starts with Republicans’ denial of climate change, when is already affecting Maine’s lobster industry, and moves on to other issues. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
No surprise – America’s voting public is polarized, and partisan stances on climate change is but one example. . . .
To deny climate change is to repudiate the former president, much in the same way as to deny the beneficial effects of Obamacare, such as providing health insurance for the poor, is seen as an opportunity to reverse Obama’s success. If today’s Republican Party stands for anything, it stands for undoing Obama’s contributions to advancing the public good.
Customer Satisfaction 0
Bob Heghmann, 70, filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court, saying the national and Virginia Republican parties and some GOP leaders raised millions of dollars in campaign funds while knowing they weren’t going to be able to overturn the law also known as Obamacare.
This suit doesn’t have a prayer, of course, as it is completely detached from objective reality.
As are most Trump supporters.
Details at the link.
How Stuff Works, Faking the News Dept. 0
At The Local, James Savage recounts how that website got embroiled in a fake news story. A snippet; follow the link for the full story (emphasis added):
The story was piffle. And despite appearances, it was not on The Local. Someone had cloned The Local, using a similar web address, and had published the story. Reuters and other international media had picked it up and re-reported it, citing The Local. The story didn’t sound outlandish and its apparent appearance in mainstream media gave it credibility.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again.
It beats the hell out of me how persons will unquestioningly believe stuff they see on their computer tablets when they would unhesitatingly question the same stuff if Moses brought it down from Mt. Sinai on stone tablets.
“In the Pentagon, There Was General Consternation (and His Entire Staff)” 0
I’d be happier if Farron gave the source of the report to which he prefers, but I have found his facts to have been reliable in the pasto
“The Apes Are Already Here” 0
Pauly Shore channels Steven Miller (warning: language):
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
Jim Wright examines the delusions of Republicans and their apologists who keep hoping that Donald Trump will act like anyone else but Donald Trump. An excerpt:
All the warning signs were there, the sexist behavior, the tempter tantrums, the bruises and the black eyes, but they thought, you know, once we’re married he’ll come around, he’ll be okay, he’ll stop acting like this.
But Donald Trump is the very same guy today that he was yesterday, that he was two years ago, that he was a decade ago.
Donald Trump is the same horrible person he’s been his entire life.
He’s an obnoxious, ignorant, abusive blowhard enabled by wealth and privilege and if you think for one minute the power of the presidency is going to do anything but exacerbate that, then you are a goddamned fool.
Or a Republican.
How Stuff Works, Fake News Dept. (Updated) 0
Dick Polman dissects the production of a bit truly fake news, that is, news that is made up out of whole cloth to achieve a political end, or, in this case, made up from Fox fur (as opposed to the more common “fake news = news I don’t like”). A snippet:
Addendum, Just a Bit Later:
Shaun Mullin has more. A nugget: