Political Theatre category archive
Gutting Out the Vote 0
LA Granderson has a question concerning the Speaker of the house:
(snip)
Johnson’s party has been working to suppress Black votes for decades, so what is he talking about when he trumpets “election integrity”?
Follow the link, where Granderson puts his question into context.
Patriot Gamers 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier takes at look at the behavior of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, particularly as regards aid to Ukraine. He is not sanguine. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Truth vs. Moscow Marge 0
David describes what happens when fiction meets fact. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy puts a Trump rally to music.
Patriot Games 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz asks a pertinent question.
The Greene Raw Deal 0
Retired Republican Congressman Ken Buck calls out Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading Russian propaganda. A bit of Buck’s remarks:
Follow the link for more of his remarks and a link to the video.
The Content of His Character 0
Bob Costas seems to have a fairly low estimation of Donald Trump. Rick Strom breaks down his remarks; I don’t agree with everything Strom says, but I think he makes some good points, especially when he discusses the far right’s scary “far left” bogeyman.
Twits Own Twitter X Offenders
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Elon Must styles himself as a “free speech absolutist” (unless, of course, someone tweets–or is it now Xcretes?–something with which he disagrees).
Au contraire, says the editorial staff of the Las Vegas Sun, which argues forcefully that Musk does not even understand what “freedom of speech” means.
Establishmentarians Look Eastward 0
The Washington Monthly’s David Atkins analyzes today’s Republican Party’s partiality for Putin. An excerpt:
Follow the link for context.
