Torsten SchönbergJan 21
The “Arctic deal” gives the U.S. exactly what it wanted all along? Unlimited military presence in Greenland - without any real consultation with Europe? What a circus! #Greenland #Arctic #USPolitics #Geopolitics #NATO #Europe #PoliticalCircus
Joan BarreraNov 19

Politics Turned 'Trash TV': The Global Spectacle of Governance 📺🎭

https://joanfriendica.duckdns.org/display/848bfe52-9269-1e07-815f-3a1192220716

Politics Turned 'Trash TV': The Global Spectacle of Governance 📺🎭

There was a time when parliaments and congresses were temples of deliberation. Places where, beyond differences, the future of a nation was supposedly built ...

N-gated Hacker NewsAug 28, 2025
Ah, yes, #Brazil, that beacon of democratic #enlightenment 🌟, schooling the US on governance while juggling its own political circus 🎪. Because nothing says "democratic maturity" like pretending the pot isn't calling the kettle black. 🍵🔥
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/08/28/brazil-offers-america-a-lesson-in-democratic-maturity #Politics #DemocraticGovernance #PoliticalCircus #Hypocrisy #HackerNews #ngated
Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity

It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

The Economist
Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽Jul 12, 2025
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/p... Trump looks to quash criticism on natural disaster response during Texas visit | CNN Politics #politicalcircus

Trump looks to quash criticism...
Trump looks to quash criticism on natural disaster response during Texas visit

President Donald Trump is traveling to central Texas on Friday to survey the aftermath of a catastrophic flood that has killed more than 100 people and put his administration on the sudden defensive over its emergency response efforts.

CNN
Trump Watch 👀Mar 27, 2025
MAGA Michael Waltz just got Scaramucci’d—turned out the political circus only has room for total loyalty. In this show, even a trace of independent thinking is a fast track out the door.Guess his military cred and free-thinking ways weren’t enough to keep him on stage #PoliticalCircus #LoyaltyOrBust
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drakbaileySep 30, 2023

So apparently the budget impasse means that Matt Gaetz and MTG just voted with AOC and Cori Bush. And I agree with all of them - month-by-month funding is unsustainable and the cuts to social programs included in the short term budget unconscionable. Strange bedfellows, indeed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/house-vote-government-shutdown/

#passthebudget #federalbudget #governmentshutdown #politicalcircus #politicaltheater #governmentcrisis #rulebychaos #Congress

How House lawmakers voted on the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown

The Washington Post recorded how Republicans and Democrats voted on a short-term government funding bill.

The Washington Post