Political Theatre category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Gene Nichol hears a rhyme:
Follow the link for the rest.
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*Mark Twain.
Cancel Culture 0
Chris Hayes dissects the Trump maladministration’s actions to cancel voices that hurt Donald Trump’s fee-fees.
The Waste Land 0
No, not the poem by T. S. Elliot, though it is indeed an excellent poem.
Our environment, once Donald Trump finishes ravaging and ravishing it.
The Greased Palm, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
Trump decrees that they can pay to play.
One Think Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice debunks (some of) de bunk spreading on “social” media about the Trump maladministration’s decision that Jimmy Kimmel’s freedom of speech shall be abridged.
Facebook Frolics 0
The Crypto Con 0
Seth takes a closer look at a major investigation by The New York Times revealing that Trump secured billions in crypto investments from a foreign country while simultaneously giving that country access to valuable computer chips. The relevant portion of the video starts at about the six-minute mark.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Mike Littwin hears a rhyme–a rhyme he did not expect.
What I didn’t know was that JD Vance, Stephen Miller and the rest of the Trump team would go full McCarthy on us.
Follow the link for his parsing of the poesy.
And, in related news . . . .
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*Mark Twain.
Republican Thought Police 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, neuroscientist James Hyman points out that
(t)he current (Trump–ed.) administration is clearly hostile to academia.
Follow the link for his discussion of his reasons for saying that and the implications of said hostility.
Aside:
Methinks the reason for said hostility is quite simple.
Facts, knowledge, and truth are inimical to Stephen Miller’s the Trump maladministration’s agenda.
The Art of the Con, Reprise 0
Thom discusses Republicans’ biggest con.
Republican Thought Police 0
They are patrolling dis coarse discourse with truncheons raised and gags at the ready
Republican Family Values 0
Brian Kilmeade apologizes for letting the mask slip saying homeless persons should be executed.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration to scientists:
- Climate change? How dare you do scientific research on that thing that I say doesn’t exist because it might cut into the profits of my corporate supporters.