All articles tagged with #political intrigue
'Death by Lightning' is a four-part Netflix miniseries set in the 1880s that resembles a political drama like 'The West Wing,' featuring intense performances by Michael Shannon and Betty Gilpin, and exploring themes of ambition, betrayal, and political power through the lives of President James Garfield and Charles Guiteau.
The article discusses Donald Trump's recent activities, including his appointment as chairman of the Kennedy Center, his selection of award honorees, and his political maneuvers, highlighting his complex relationship with culture and politics amid ongoing national tensions.
The unexplained deaths of Russian elites, often involving falls from windows, are raising concerns about political purges, internal conflicts, and possible state involvement, with recent cases highlighting a pattern of suspicious fatalities among high-ranking officials and businessmen since 2022.
A massive leak of sex tapes involving Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a senior civil servant and nephew of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has sparked a scandal that may be linked to political maneuvering over presidential succession. Engonga, who was detained on corruption charges, is seen as a potential successor to the aging president. The leak, which includes videos of Engonga with women connected to the political elite, is suspected to be an attempt to discredit him. The scandal highlights the country's political intrigue and ongoing issues with corruption and human rights abuses.
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong discusses the decision to include a presidential election in the final season, citing the Roy family's news channel as their primary way of acting on the culture in the political world. The episode brings the drama between the three Roy siblings to a head in the backdrop of Waystar Royco’s news organization, ATN, calling the presidential election for Jeryd Mencken as a quid pro quo. The parallels to real-life recent U.S. elections and major news organizations are apparent. The episode ends with Tom being credited for ATN calling battleground states Wisconsin and Arizona for Mencken, with the news media questioning both Tom’s close relationship with the ATN president-elect and Tom’s own ambitions.