Well if he’s happy I’m hapoy

We are stuck with a RB that can’t read the economic cycle correctly

The RBA seems unlikely to do another rate cut – meaning they’re betting the economy is better than the data says | Greg Jericho Michele Bullock doesn’t think our current cash rate is ‘very restrictive’. Do the figures back her up?

My column on the RBA decision

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US government shutdown live: first closure since 2018 begins after funding bill fails Competing bills rejected in Senate as Republicans and Democrats accuse each other of partisan politics. Follow the latest news and updates after the US government shut down * US government shuts down * Tracker: how each US senator voted This shutdown is expected to be worse than previous ones. The impact on federal workers could be even more severe. Before Trump’s most recent threat of mass layoffs on Tuesday, a memo released last week by the White House’s office of management and budget told agencies not just to prepare for temporary furloughs but for permanent layoffs in the event of a shutdown. Continue reading...

US government shutdown live: first closure since 2018 begins after funding bill fails

Benjamin Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president For all US President Donald Trump's boasts about ending wars and being a worthy candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, he has failed to end the war in Gaza and build a sustainable future for both Israelis and Palestinians. At least for now.

For all US President Donald Trump's boasts about ending wars and being a worthy candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, he has failed to end the war in Gaza and build a sustainable future for both Israelis and Palestinians. At least for now.

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says columnist Nesrine Malik

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

Grow up

He’s been diagnosed ?

Toxic emissions • Peter Brent The Australian’s Greg Sheridan is backing Matt Canavan’s electorally dangerous campaign against renewable energy to the hilt

“Hunt is long gone, and these days the object of Sheridan’s besottedness seems to be Matt Canavan, the coal-revering Queensland LNP senator”
Sez me
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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Selling immigration • Peter Brent The weekend’s protests are a reminder of Australia’s distinctive record

Me on immigration as a political issue and Related Matters. Keywords: White Australia, Ruddock, Megalogenis, Trump, boats …
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RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode They're failing — so far.

"The GOP is signing on to mass murder of children based on the novel theories of a man who has no party ties except a single Trump endorsement. It is a measure of the party’s utter hollowness, brokenness, and evil that even in this case, it can barely find the resources to demur."

No mention of the fact that they were the ones that financed ie paid for the gas industry in Aus.

Love Kos. Him and Doug Cameron used to jump on x and bemoan the loss of all those manufacturing jobs decades ago. The fact that nobody wants to work in a textiles factory anymore didn’t seem to bother them

You can see how he shoot’s a “68” at a championship course

Trump’s Texas gerrymander Is supercharging a new war on democracy Texas Republicans just unveiled a shocking plan to give their party five new House seats.

Trump’s Texas gerrymander would give Republicans nearly 80% of seats in state where he got 56% of vote

This is direct result of John Roberts & conservative SCOTUS majority gutting Voting Rights Act & refusing to stop blatant partisan gerrymandering www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I hope they enjoy opposition

Correct.

Why Trump can’t shake Epstein And the gerrymandering arms race.

New @davidnir.com and Rupar is live: We go deep on why Trump can’t shake Epstein

Its PRRT which is additional tax on top of company tax. The chart still is apples and oranges.

This is ridiculous analysis. One is a tax. One is a loan repayment

Listen up, weaklings: there’s no Epstein client list. Why are you so obsessed? Yours, Donald J Trump | Marina Hyde It’s the bonfire of the Maga hats. The real mystery is where their wearers got the idea of a paedophile conspiracy from in the first place, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Highly recommend, as always, but especially the last few pars of this one....

Thanks RBA

A straightforward recitation of the Trump administration sounds completely deranged and implausible.
Australian journalist Mark Kenny
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Thirty years ago we said never again, Srebrenica. How much longer before we declare: never again, Gaza? | Ed Husic When it comes to the horrors of genocide we say these words with an ironic frequency. How do we short-circuit the re-run of this pitiful, shameful cycle?

"Thirty years ago we said never again, Srebrenica. How much longer before we declare: never again, Gaza?" Ed Husic

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Nope: “The 11 IHRA Examples
1. Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion.”

Clearly context matters little to you guys.

rooted in prejudice or hatred

The IHRA instructs that the overall context must be considered. Criticism of Israeli government policies, or calls for equal rights within Israel, are not automatically antisemitic unless they invoke classic antisemitic tropes, stereotypes, or deny Jews’ right to self-determination in a way that is

If you have that example - please share