Message from the editor-in-chief: Genocide is not newsworthy in The Australian Our mainstream media have manufactured public consent to the genocide.The Australian has become a parody of a newspaper.

Our media have decided that the murder of 60,000 brown Muslims is of no concern. What a disgrace that genocide is not considered newsworthy. John Menadue

We have 3 branches of federal government. Usually, if one is not working properly, the other 2 can step in.

Have we ever had another time in our nation's history when *none* of the branches were working?

Yes, the judiciary seemed prepared to step into the breach--until SCOTUS ruined things again.

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire independent regulators The Supreme Court’s decision on whether Trump can remove the pair will test the boundaries of presidential power and have broad implications for at least two dozen other agencies.

Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire independent regulators
The cases test the boundaries of presidential power and involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New on @MSNBC: The White House will not release the list of 75 countries that have reached out on trade deals, despite requests from NBC News.

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
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When newspapers began shutting down in big numbers a decade ago, it was hoped that moving online would broaden news diversity and ownership.
Sadly, the opposite has happened, research by @australiainstitute.org.au‬ has found.

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In these turbulent times I'm grateful that Angus Taylor placed Australia's strategic oil reserve in Texas.

I kind of want to go

Is diseased salmon reaching supermarket shelves, and is it a health risk? Tasmanian salmon farming is facing criticism, with an MP and environmental groups calling for an inquiry into the industry and whether diseased fish are being sold to the public.

Tasmanian salmon is a classic case of why industry needs strong regulations to succeed. Tasmanian and federal regulators have failed to rein in the worst excesses of the fish farm industry. The industry is now under threat, because its products are toxic www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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Coalition rethinks its return to work mandates Policy feared to be unpopular in seats with high numbers of working professional women now only applies to Canberra-based bureaucrats

If you don’t like our policies just wait a day or two and we’ll have opposite ones

Back to Back Barries: Trump tariffs wreak havoc on week one Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the impact of new tariffs on Australia, debate Dutton’s plan to cut public sector workers, and wonder: is it too much to ask for some big ideas?

Finding a moment to have a listen today.
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The White House just issued this statement:

“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”

How’s this real life?

The Don't Tread on Me Gadsden flag with a penguin

I am obsessed with the penguin Gadsden flag

💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff

The Germans are seeing all of this. 🇺🇸

How two presidents honored America's fallen soldiers.

Lithuania's president stood at attention at the funeral procession. America's went golfing.
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Pasadena knows.

remembering fondly when people were like "don't promote 50501, it's not real, it's a psyop"

Just to give you a sense of the political breadth of today’s #HandsOff event in DC today, I would like to note that there were people carrying the flag of Greenland there today.

Keep downplaying the protests at your own peril.

Keep threatening Americans.

The protests will only get bigger.

Trump is hated.

Musk is hated.

The political winds have shifted.

People are fed up.

This is only the beginning.

Sign says “flippers up! Don’t Tarif on me. We waddle at dawn”

A sign from the protest in Berkeley, California.

(Pic courtesy the awesome B.)

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Dutton is finally being tested this election, and he's not passing Maybe the first time in his political career, Peter Dutton is being tested. And so far he doesn’t seem to be passing.

I write a column for the New Daily now - www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Did you know (from his published transcripts) Dutton did just 16 press conferences in Canberra while opp leader? And just three in the last year. But guess how many times he was on 2GB and Sky!

This lady at a Hands Off! protest is my spirt animal.

I wanna be just like her when I grow up!

Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders Amnesty International describes legislation as ‘full-frontal attack’ on country’s LGBTQ+ population MPs in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them, in…

Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders

Canada announces A$6.6bn deal with Australia to develop Arctic radar missile-detection system Canadian PM Mark Carney says deal on ‘over the horizon’ radar is part of effort to assert Canada’s sovereignty over Arctic as US priorities shift * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily…

Canada announces A$6.6bn deal with Australia to develop Arctic radar missile-detection system

Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’ Fired members of Federal Trade Commission confirmed to be Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter Donald Trump has fired the two Democratic commissioners on the US Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, further blurring the lines of bipartisanship at…

Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’