Of all the schisms which cleave contemporary America, few are more stark than the divide between those who consider themselves to be victims of US history and those who fear they will be casualties of the country’s future. My long read..... abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

America can’t escape the shadow of its history: Two different versions of the US are on the table, but both of them are captive to the past. Nick Bryant is exceptional. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

David Crisafulli to silence Indigenous Truth-Telling. The Qld LNP OL reiterated on Monday that he will repeal the Path to Treaty Act if he becomes premier in October. It's legislation he helped enact in 2023 but reneged on just 5 months later. #qldpol nofibs.com.au/crisafulli-to-…

"If you read only one book about America, what drives it and what pulls it apart, make it this excellent work by Nick Bryant." What a lovely review from Pearls and Irritations who calls The Forever War "masterful." johnmenadue.com/the-forever-wa…

SA Libs want to amend state abortion law forcing those seeking a late abortion, which is rare & carefully managed, to have their pregnancy induced. That means a forced birth & a hard abortion ban past 28 wks. Abortion is a health issue. Keep your culture wars off our bodies.

John Barron abctv It should not, and I would hope, will not come down to the debate. People need to look more deeply. Why not invite Maddow onto your show? youtu.be/VeVhHNSe9Ks?fe…

My interview today with Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast talking about the toll for Palestinians of Israeli violence in Gaza and beyond and the need for sane Jewish voices (ie. Jewish Council of Australia) in a time of mass slaughter: abc.net.au/listen/program…

Kamala Harris just released the best political ad that I’ve ever seen in my life.

Excessive but very generous……

Michael Wolff, the explosive chronicler of Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, has released what he says is a recording of Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, discussing Trump’s then White House team in detail. trib.al/cmP7tv9

Jeffrey Epstein details close relationship with Trump in newly released tapes dlvr.it/TFyCwH

Tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s social media posts have had a ‘sudden boost’ since July, new research reveals. theconversation.com/tech-billionai…

Thanks for sanewashing & normalising Trump, western media. You failed to honour basic journalism & delivered potential, indescribable chaos to the world. But hey, there’ll be plenty to write about. “Hold truth to power,” my arse.

The tyrant doesn’t need a pretext for tyranny. And there is no point in appealing for justice when the oppressor intends on being unjust. True in Aesop’s time. True now

Who do we seek to persuade? Wrote this interview with Winnifred Louis back in 2017 after #Trump was first elected and Pauline Hanson had done so well in Australian elections. Still has relevance I think. westendstreaming.com/seek-persuade-…

"X is no longer a social-media site with a white-supremacy problem, but a white-supremacist site with a social-media problem," Charlie Warzel writes. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

This is not the way to go. Labor will lose votes Anthony Albanese - there are other, smarter ways to protect children.

According to experts from @unimelb and @sydney_uni we need to get ready for an alarming future, where truth and science no longer matter. theconversation.com/if-trump-puts-…

.Antony Loewenstein on weaponising anti-Semitism - interview with investigative journalist, author and film-maker Antony Loewenstein on Israeli football hooligans in Holland and the dangers of weaponising anti-Semitism. Senator Penny Wong youtube.com/watch?v=THMQcb…