Let’s be clear: This is illegal and unconstitutional. The American people had voted. The courts had ruled. The Electoral College had met and voted. The Governor in every state had certified the results and sent a legal slate of electors to the Congress to be counted. The Vice

BREAKING -- Springfield Mayor tells me he believes that yesterday and today's threats are directly related to unsubstantiated claims about Haitian migrants. Law enforcement has swept and cleared the targeted facilities listed on today's threat. "We need help not hate"

I mean, if Dr. Jill Biden was openly living over 1000 miles from her husband, the news would mention it. If Doug Emhoff was living in another state and refused to show up anywhere with Kamala Harris, I feel like Fox would be covering it for hours a day...

Trump and Vance's demagoguery is disgusting. But what strikes me is the reaction from Trump's cultured apologists and sophisticated enablers, in magazines and in boardrooms. What reaction, you ask? That's the point. There's none. Just pitiful silence in the face of rank bigotry.

Final robo-debt probe to keep names unnamed – again. (#Robodebt was one of, if not the most appalling public policies ever — and it ends with a whimper. Illegal and unconscionable, this policy tormented vulnerable people. ) theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Can’t tell you how happy this makes me. First season was the best show of the year. Global smash #Deadloch heads to the tropical north for second season theage.com.au/culture/tv-and…

Social media encourages users to make assumptions based on headline + thumbnail image. Choosing a photo of an Indigenous man to frame an article about a white man's atrocities is such a blatant & deplorable attempt to misinform

Fave bit from this banging op-ed by Ebony Bennett

Oh, Giants. Gawd that’s tough. Was hoping they would hold on.

Proud Boys now marching in Springfield. Recall CNN town hall, Kaitlan Collins asked if Jan 6th pardons include Proud Boys "convicted of seditious conspiracy?" Trump: "I don’t know. I’ll have to look at their case, but I will say in Washington, DC you cannot get a fair trial."

Today, Scott Morrison's announcement of the AUKUS submarine pact is 3 years old. If it's ever realised, that deal will cost at least $368 billion. Australia is already the 6th biggest spender on defence in the OECD. Does it really make us any safer? #auspol #insiders

So called ‘self funded’ retirees cost the budget $54 billion in tax concessions last year…most of these tax concessions go to men & high income earners…mainly men Our tax system generates an enormous amount of inequality in retirement #insiders #auspol australiainstitute.org.au/post/superannu…

Trump can’t accept his poor debate. So he’s spiralled into conspiracy theories theage.com.au/world/north-am…

When you hear the “gas shortage” pantomime, remember multinational corporations export 80% of Australia’s gas, get most of it FOR FREE, use more gas just running their export terminals than we use for electricity and price gouge us for our own gas. And they still whinge!

Ronald Reagan's former staff back Harris-Walz ticket: "Today is a choice between integrity and demagoguery." cbsnews.com/news/ronald-re…

The Murdoch family arrives for their day in court. Attempting to change an "irrevocable family trust". theage.com.au/business/compa…