Trump’s Oval Office promotes the notion that tackiness is a sign of success.

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In case one or two missed this x.com/raiderscanbe...

DHS is a non-stop Kristi propagandizing operation 24/7. Despite everything the massive agency does every day, it’s all about Kristi all the time. Yesterday she rides horses. Today she’s signing stuff. Tomorrow she’s on a plane. Then new Kristi paintings. DHS - The Reality Show.

The name "Alligator Alcatraz" reminds us that America is currently run by adults who are like malicious, giggling children using magnifying glasses to burn ants.

So Trump wants to force the government to spend more on defence by threatening to abandon plan to spend more on defence.

This is sillier than all the TACO and chicken references but doesn’t counter them.

Hannah Ferguson calls for more regulation of paid political content on social media as she announces Senate tilt Content creator and youth media boss tells National Press Club influencer label is used to ‘invalidate and undermine’ young women

"Influencer’ has been the dirtiest word of this campaign.”
“They want to invalidate & undermine a group of powerful young women who developed the ability to communicate with audiences in a way that traditional media can’t.”
#Auspol
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Presumably Senator Price will list loyalty among her salient qualities.

Maureen Dowd NYT on defence sec Hegseth:

Trump, who often casts by looks, may have liked Hegseth’s slick style and pretty face. But even the Emperor of Chaos must realize this Princess of Chaos has to go.

Churchill had a diagnosis of Trump and Co’s endorsement of ignorance.

“Birds raised in a cage….think flying is a disease.”

Dutton’s backflipping and clumsy delivery has him spiralling in the polls. What happened? | Malcolm Farr At a time of global disruption, voters seem to want a calm hand on the tiller, not ‘punch-drunk’ policy on the run

Dutton’s backflipping and clumsy delivery has him spiralling in the polls. What happened? | Malcolm Farr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dutton’s backflipping and clumsy delivery has him spiralling in the polls. What happened? | Malcolm Farr At a time of global disruption, voters seem to want a calm hand on the tiller, not ‘punch-drunk’ policy on the run

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Dutton’s backflipping and clumsy delivery has him spiralling in the polls. What happened? | Malcolm Farr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dutton’s backflipping and clumsy delivery has him spiralling in the polls. What happened? | Malcolm Farr

Maggie Haberman of NYT says Trump wanted to do tariff tricks in first term.
Seems he was oppose by grown-up advisers who blocked his plan.
Now the grown-ups have been replaced by advisers practice in Harslikhan.

the smile on this idiot’s face will haunt US consumers.

Dutton has short selective memory after declaring himself today a champion of multiculturalism.

Despite his weaponisation and cruelty inflicted on the Tamil family as Home Affairs Minister. #auspol #qanda #abc730

Traveling to the U.S. Under Trump: Visas, Border Control and What to Know With increasing news reports of travelers being denied entry, understanding what might prompt extra scrutiny is key. Here’s what to know.

Best don’t go.

Despite what the expensive glossy leaflet says Curtin has no P&R facility and no rapid bus access.

Frozen hand AND a cold shoulder.

www.aec.gov.au/enrol/

May3 election means campaign all-but suspended for ANZAC Day and Easter. That probably better for Labor as limits Dutton, but still messy.

Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...

German magazine Der Spiegel finds mobile numbers, passwords etc online for Waltz, Hegseth, Gabbard & Co. The Russians must be wetting themselves.🤣

Facebook not a friend

Definitely not a cult full of weirdos.

Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die.

[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]

A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.

["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]

The insanity grows…

Trump’s parents migrated to USA. Marco Rubio’s parents migrated there. Elon Musk a foreigner. Prob others in Trump circle of sycophants. Yet his toughest MAGA appeal is anti-immigration.

How warped does your view of politics need to be to describe Guardian as "far left"? The Oz media writers really are quite odd humans