Bruce Williams

Eek. Trump is a disaster 🙄

‘Beggars belief’: calls for federal intervention after extension to ‘carbon bomb’ open-cut coalmine approved by Queensland government Hail Creek is responsible for about 20% of Australia’s coalmine methane, while only producing 1% of the country’s coal

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Hail Creek is Australia’s most methane-intensive open-cut coalmine. It is responsible for about 20% of Australia’s coalmine methane, while only producing 1% of the country’s coal.

Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ laws likened to Bjelke-Petersen era anti-protest regime Health minister Tim Nicholls corrects claim alleged Bondi terror attack gunman Naveed Akram used controversial phrase, as laws roundly criticised

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The controversial hate speech laws have all the hallmarks of an authoritarian police state, with the police all too happy to act as the thought police on behalf of the LNP QLD government” - clearly channelling the Hillbilly Dictator, Bjelke-Peterson.

Is Australia at war with Iran? The fine line between ‘defensive operations’ and complicity While its weapons, materiel and personnel are on their way to the conflict, Australia finds itself part of a coalition of the reticent, insisting its role is purely defensive

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“This's not a war about democracy or freedom, those claims were always a lie.

“Make no mistake, the Australian government isn't helping a friend here, they are delivering for Trump and protecting a customer for Australian arms sales.”

Trump’s war in Iran marks the culmination of his imperial presidency | Mohamad Bazzi The path to this reckless war was paved by the collapse of accountability in Washington

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Emboldened by the lack of domestic constraints on his power, Trump became intoxicated with the overwhelming US military capabilities at his disposal. And with his embrace of the imperial presidency, Trump will avoid attempts to restrain that ultimate power.

Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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To confront the Iranian regime was to walk, with a lit match, towards a tinderbox soaked in gasoline.
Trump blundered in, crushing and trampling all before him. He doesn't deserve his war to be assessed charitably. He deserves our contempt.

Australians are right to ask ‘is this good enough?’ when it comes to the Nacc’s final robodebt report | A J Brown The anti-corruption watchdog’s long-awaited findings provide some answers, but raise even bigger questions about what exactly the body is for

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It's disappointing the Nacc has continued to assess that it has nothing further useful to say about what if anything remained to be done by way of justice for victims, or ensuring this type of dishonest behaviour never happens again.

The US is no longer directing the war against Iran If there ever was a strategy behind Donald Trump's decision to blow up the Middle East, it is lying in tatters as the second week of the Iran war draws to a close.

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Not only are Trump and the US not in control of what's happening, but they now have little chance of getting it back under control, particularly when it comes to the energy market.

‘It’s all a bit weird’: Inside Matt Canavan’s ascension As the Nationals remain puzzled over David Littleproud’s resignation, Matt Canavan prepares the party to fight One Nation.

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Backers of the new Nationals leader Matt Canavan say the “gloves are off” and it is “war”. Their principal focus: One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce...ho hum!

Canavan is a climate sceptic and a social reactionary. He is anti-abortion, anti-marriage equality, anti-trans rights. He supports costly policies to keep mothers at home. He wants more babies and more jokes. He wants as much of the past as he can get.

Heidegger’s jughead This is a remaking of Australian politics. It has happened so slowly, and from materials so scant, that it has been possible not to notice. The people involved are all insubstantial. They are linked n...

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Taylor and Canavan represent the Coalition’s answer to One Nation. Together they promise an opposition that is crueller, smaller minded and more willing to indulge the ugliest corners of the country.

Once again, the rich and powerful making decisions to protect the rich and powerful.
Nobody is being made accountable for this most disgusting scheme which hurt so many innocents.
Shame doesn't cover it!

Sounds about right all round.

“There’s a perception we only represent big coal lobbyists. I want to change that. I want to lead a party that also stands up for medium coal lobbyists, boutique coal lobbyists, and the next generation of coal lobbyists coming through the system”

Josh Frydenberg is a fake Jew, the same as former Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a fake Christian Former federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who wants to be elected to federal parliament again, is a fake Jew, the same as former Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a fake Christian with both […]

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Morrison getting off scott free bodes very poorly for the possibility of NACC ever holding any politician to account, especially if they can hide behind the inglorious ranks of “responsive” public servants.

NACC's robodebt investigation conjures offensive and stupid excuses for letting Scott Morrison off The NACC report on robodebt is out and it exonerates Scott Morrison, with a series of excuses and a justification of extraordinary offensiveness.

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If there was ever a moment for Australia’s shift to renewables and EVs, this is it Yes, Australia needs fuel. But the Middle East war also shows the necessity of setting ourselves up for the future

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“The one form of energy which Putin or a Middle Eastern crisis can't interrupt is the flow of sun and the flow of wind”, and Australia is better prepared for a disruption in the gas and oil market now than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

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Well, there goes the NACC's last shred of credibility.

Woolworths trumpeted eight consecutive quarters of price declines. Here’s why that claim doesn’t pass the pub test To truly pay less than two years ago, a family might need to make dinner from washed potatoes, cheese slices, white sugar and long grain rice

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To truly pay less than two years ago, Woolworths shoppers will need to stick to the actual items that are now cheaper – meaning a family dinner consisting of washed potatoes, cheese slices, white sugar and long grain rice may need to suffice.

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

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Trump’s White House increasingly resembles a madhouse. War aims shift daily. A clueless, rambling president insists he must help pick Iran’s next ayatollah. Meanwhile, his “secretary for war”, Pete Hegseth, rants manically about killing without mercy.

Australia’s blind refusal to question Trump’s bombing of Iran risks ensnaring us in a dangerous folly | Paul Daley Appeasing the White House at all costs indulges little but a sentimental notion of a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists

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As the illegal American-Israeli air war on Iran spreads its treacherous dangers virus-like across the globe, Australia, despite its limp rhetoric of non-involvement, risks increasing ensnarement in a hyper-macho Trump folly with no apparent endgame.

From Bush Sr to Trump: the risks, lessons and legacy of US interference in the Middle East While there are similarities with the wars against Iraq, the Iran conflict may prove to be the most dangerous and consequential yet

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This is the third Gulf war and umpteenth outbreak of conflict since the United States took over as the dominant power and influence in the Middle East at the end of the cold war. And it is arguably the most dangerous, consequential and confused of them all.

I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

Our troops are dying this isn’t a video game. The White House is posting so-called “hype” videos that mix real footage from the war in Iran with clips from movies and video games like Call of Duty. It’s an absolute disgrace.

DOJ #CoverUp

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

BREAKING:Democrat Alex Holladay defeats Republican Bryan Renshaw in the Arkansas House District 70 special election, flipping the GOP-held suburban Little Rock seat from 🔴 to 🔵.

Still one of the coolest covers ever.

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact.

How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.