The Huffington Post provides the mandatory context for stories involving Donald #Trump.

#journalism

Great piece. Nailed it.

“America under Trump is no longer the guarantor of our security, our trade, or the international rules-based order, and has demonstrated it will be disloyal to even its closest allies … It’s no longer to our global advantage to be regarded as a close US ally.”

#AusPol

😂 My aunty used to joke about the Tontine Fairy smothering my uncle for his snoring.

AI image reminiscent of Trump’s post of himself as Jesus. In this one, Jesus is smothering someone with a pillow while surrounded by people of all the world’s nationalities. They’re all smiling and looking hopeful. Jesus is bathed in light and there’s a US flag in the top, left corner.

Harsh but fair.

Word of the day.

Pseudologia fantastica:

a mental disorder characterised by persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive lying.

Used in a sentence:

Donald Trump probably has pseudologia fantastica. I wish he’d shut up.

Thank you for remembering him. And thank you for reminding me why I despise Michaelia Cash.

He married again quite quickly - from a man who cheated on every wife with his next ‘wife’. 😂

Finally, it’s my time to shine. 😀
#HoneTheCrone

SA2026 – it turns out the count ain’t over Just when you thought counting was over for the SA election, it turns out another box of absent early votes has been located. The votes were cast at the Port Pirie Early Voting Centre in the electo…

While writs have been returned for the SA election, the discovery of an unopened absent early ballot box from Port Pirie is causing problems. The votes match the roll mark-off, with 81 for Narungga where One Nation won by 58 votes. I've just posted on the subject. antonygreen.com.au/sa2026-it-tu...

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go? Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members

Great journalism from Sarah Martin - www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Agree 100%.

Yep, I was working at La Trobe during the whole Safe Schools debacle. News Corp is fucking evil.

The hatred is News Corp’s raison d’être and The Oz is the worst. Business owners, academics and ordinary Aussies are all open targets for Murdoch-trained journalists.

News Corp also loves to do the bidding for right-wing politicians. The LNP loves to feed the hate machine with bodies.

Pauline, Please Explain | The West Report - Michael West It's David v Goliath, the case of the coal miner versus BHP and the politics behind it. With the Labor Government close to the unions, and big mining, and the Coalition tight with BHP and the coal lob...

Pauline Hanson, please explain. The political intrigue behind the case of the coal miner v BHP. They've been keen to bury it but now there's a class action looming with estimates in the billions for casual miner wage theft
#auspol
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An excellent article from Grace Tame for The Shot.

“Ours is a world where child sex offenders are not only living and working among us, they’re cocooning and controlling us in a veil of false comfort woven from the top down. By design, we depend on them.”

#AusPol

SCAG pics.

Lol, she was pretty chatty on that NPR podcast recently.

Agreed. And it’s a lie that he didn’t partake in illicit activity. Hanging around with a convicted child sexual abuser is illicit.

Also it’s irrelevant that he didn’t have a sleepover. Wtf is that supposed to mitigate? 🤮

Like others before him, Gates isn’t taking responsibility. He’s just trying to rehabilitate his reputation.

Like Chomsky, Gates claims he was aware of some "18-month thing" that had limited Epstein's travel, but he didn't properly check his background.

Didn’t bother to check?

#AbsoluteBollocks

All the big issues are covered when the LNP and Nine collaborate. Hundreds of academics attended the Universities Australia Solutions Summit to share their expertise across multiple subjects so Nine Entertainment interviewed Julian Leeser about group assignments.

When News Corp writes about ex-premier Andrews, it’s called a Dantrum.

Yep, it’ll be a 24/7 money laundromat.

He’s such a turd.

And the resort will be named Pedo Palisades.

I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News" How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.

That’s exactly what his brand represents. I wouldn’t want that name anywhere near me.

Nasty, cowardly and corrupt - could be the Gold Coast developers new slogan.

I think he’s doing it for love and money. The “wellness” grift is huge in the US.

Exactly. At this stage it’s all fantasy created by greedy developers.

If it ever goes ahead. It sounds like a money laundering operation to me. Also Crisafulli recently overturned the ban on property developer donations for state elections so it might have a dual purpose.