Bruce Williams
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“Democracy may die in darkness. It may die in despotism. Under Trump, it’s just as liable to die in dumbness.” Bret Stephens
“He wakes up angry, demands attention and then spends the rest of the day shitting the bed. It’s going to be a nice break being at home with an infant"
Karoline Leavitt Quits White House To Focus on Motherhood: “There Will Be Fewer Diapers To Change” — The Shovel
“He wakes up angry, demands attention and then spends the rest of the day shitting the bed. It’s going to be a nice break being at home with an infant"
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump's monetized the presidency, political power and public policy in ways no other president has achieved. In the 1st term, he created the thinnest of firewalls between his business and policy. In the 2nd term, he's smashed all guardrails that existed.
Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level
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Trump pocketed $2.2 BILLION in 2025 while American families lost $219 BILLION to rising costs, according to a stunning new report. The numbers tell the story.
Trump Pocketed $2.2 Billion in 2025 While American Families Lost $219 Billion to Rising Costs, New Report Finds
New calculations from the Joint Economic Committee, Minority, show a staggering gap between how President Trump fared financially in 2025 and how ordinary
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Bad enough Trump is spending $900M on White House vanity projects, with taxpayers funding a huge chunk of the bill. But remember that big corporations are also chipping in, and some have since received govt contracts or had federal regulatory actions against them dropped. Everything is for sale.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Jillian Segal said there should be more "good news" stories about Israel - is this one of them?
Israeli troops force families from homes amid settler terror campaign in West Bank
Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians
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www.theguardian.com/business/gro... For the first time in 25 years, an Australian government actually did something about housing based on the idea that the only way to make houses more affordable is for house prices to fall. They stopped pretending there was another way.
Isn’t it amazing what a policy that actually tackles the cause of outrageous house prices can do? | Grogonomics
Labor has shown what a government can do to improve housing affordability, exposing how pathetic previous attempts had been
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Don't worry! It only takes a few hundred thousand dollars to take Centrelink to court? A couple of million if it goes to the Supreme Court? Can you ask your accountant for a guarantee?
Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious. Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious. But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION. Boycot #delta
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Bragg says lower-income earners should accept substandard housing - what an arsehole. Accessibility, energy efficiency and basic liveability are not luxuries. They are the minimum standards people should be able to expect from their homes!
Bragg says lower-income earners should accept substandard housing as colleagues rebuke his migration target
Angus Taylor publicly cautions NSW senator for diverging from opposition policy in National Press Club speech as Nationals warn against any changes to working holiday visas
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A One Nation WA candidate of Indian origin says gay people have a mental illness. Now remind me that One Nation is not racist, xenophobic and homophobic. Is there any group in society that they don't have a problem with? Oh, apart from white, 'straight' as a die, real Aussies! Phillip Riley X
Peggy Flanagan: "We need to rip ICE apart and stop from them from terrorizing our communities"
If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Traditionally high levels of US public sympathy with Israel are on the wane. Mr Trump has a choice: he can continue to accept being played by Israel’s prime minister, or he can exert the kind of pressure that could bring genuine relief to Gaza.
The Guardian view on the failed Gaza peace plan: Trump’s hollow claims are ignored in Jerusalem | Editorial
Editorial: Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has no interest in agreeing to a deal. For relief to come to Gaza, real US pressure must be exerted
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The use of suppression orders by convicted rapists will be banned in Victoria, premier Ben Carroll has announced, with his government committed to “closing every loophole” accused people currently “abuse and exploit” to hide their identities in the state’s courts.
Victoria to ban suppression orders for rapists following Ralph Carr, Tom Silvagni convictions under new pledge
Premier Ben Carroll promises if re-elected to ‘close every loophole’ used by high-profile accused and convicted criminals to hide their identities in the courts
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The cool and good thing about c'link debts is that you're guilty until proven innocent. I have no idea what's going on with the 40 year old case, but imagine if it went to court. "Do you have any evidence that you don't have the debt?" "No. My house burned down in '93 for a start."
My accountant says I only need to keep my records for five years. But what if c'link decides to raise a robodebt or something?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Centrelink is pursuing $4.93bn in unpaid debts, with the oldest dating back more than 40 years, despite the government agreeing to implement a six-year statute of limitations on debt recovery.
Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears
Advocates and legal bodies want the debt to be made ‘out of bounds’ given how hard it is to determine its accuracy
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Prioritising the profitability of sport, broadcasting and gambling corporations is a befuddling approach from the federal govt, which's being at best pig-headed and at worst negligent as families face collapse caused by the toxic normalisation of betting on sport
Australian families are losing loved ones to gambling. The industry’s ‘I know nothing’ defence beggars belief | Zoe Daniel
Australians are the biggest gambling losers in the world. Labor’s feeble ‘reforms’ aren’t close to good enough
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The energy minister, Chris Bowen, says the federal government will override state governments that oppose new national rules on datacentres, with legislation forcing new AI datacentres to be powered by renewable energy and banning those fuelled by gas.
Chris Bowen vows to override Queensland and NT to force renewables-powered AI datacentres
Energy minister says Australian households and energy reliability will be protected by new federal legislation
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities.
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
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Exclusive: Tony Abbott’s ICAC comments a ‘warning’ to News Corp thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... “As the figurehead of the entire broad Liberal church, not just the backer of a NSW right-wing conspiracy to take over the party, he can’t hold such an important position.”
Exclusive: Tony Abbott’s ICAC comments a ‘warning’ to News Corp
As the ICAC hears evidence of a $2 million conspiracy to take over the NSW Liberal Party, federal MPs believe Tony Abbott’s involvement means he should resign as party president.
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The latest in the new WH hair styles mandated by Trump himself
