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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Party conference season is here and it's a spectacle beyond redemption | Zoe Williams

Party conferences are largely performative spectacles that rarely change public perception, policy outcomes, or everyday realities.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

Trump Is Playing Right Into Our Enemies' Propaganda

Renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War is performative, dangerously shallow, historically inaccurate, and contradicts claims of peacemaking while signaling aggressive posturing.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

MSNBC Stars Psaki And Hayes Stunned By RFK's Bonkers Hearing: Performing' Just For Trump

Hey, Chris. I feel like you and I watch, I don't even know, hundreds of different hearings between the two of us, probably. And today, sometimes you watch them today was one of these examples where you were like, does this guy know the microphone is on? And, like, all of us out here can hear him? And these things are easy to check if he's stating facts?
US politics
Europe politics
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Brendan O'Connor: Politicians experience a rush of blood, but this presidential election is still looking anaemic

A staged, pre-decided competition makes the campaign feel dull and exposes performative politics, leaving contenders appearing foolish.
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