John Lewis

“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).

I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”

Australia’s trust deficit is a failure of governance Public trust in Australian politics is wearing dangerously thin. Restoring it will require clear standards, real accountability and decisions that can be traced, justified and owned.

Australia’s trust deficit is a failure of governance johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

The 2026 budget is Labor’s real reform test The 2026 federal budget offers a rare opportunity to begin rebalancing tax, lifting productivity and tackling long-term pressures on living standards.

The 2026 budget is Labor’s real reform test johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

Marles’ Defence overhaul raises an awkward question: why AUKUS at all? Australia’s new Defence Delivery Agency may finally expose an uncomfortable truth – that Australia already has formidable deterrent capabilities through the Royal Australian Air Force and emerging dro...

Marles’ Defence overhaul raises an awkward question: why AUKUS at all? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

As the U.S. deadline for disarming Hezbollah approaches, Lebanon remains deadlocked on next steps The U.S. set a deadline for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by the end of December. But as the deadline nears, it is unclear what Lebanon will do, given the challenges of disarming the gro...

As the U.S. deadline for disarming Hezbollah approaches, Lebanon remains deadlocked on next steps mondoweiss.net/2025/12/as-t...

"Shoebridge was once a member of the Labor party’s Stanmore branch
...he watched the branch pass resolutions for progressive change, which were ignored...members told him they were always ignored, but persisted anyway."

That was 30 years ago.
Labor members are now just window dressing. #auspol

Musk is not an expert in anything
Musk is given massive US government contracts
Musk has contracts with the CIA
Musk largest investors Israeli, Russia, Saudi
Musk did not create his own wealth
Musk somehow bypasses all regulations

How did this idiot get so big? 👇

Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...

He says the men they murdered are on a list.

Let’s see the list.

Let’s hear their names.

Show us the evidence.

If you have any.

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Another fabulous conversation, please watch and share.

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Ditto, but I haven’t since Bill Shorten was replaced by ‘do nothing Albo’.

"Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.

But that doesn’t mean all is lost."

Australia refuses to repatriate citizens from Syrian camps despite US warning leaving them there ‘compounds risk to all of us’ US offers to get Australians out of camps if they are issued with travel documents, but Labor has said ‘this is not something the government is considering’

Doesn't say much for Australia's security if we can't bring 40 kids and their mothers home.
Even less for our humanity.
Bring them home @albomp.bsky.social

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This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.

Sudan, Venezuela, And Other Notes Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

Sudan, Venezuela, And Other Notes
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Exclusive: NACC secretly finds Home Affairs Chief of Staff Stephanie Kolobaric acted corruptly Former Department of Home Affairs Chief of Staff Stephanie Kolobaric was found by the National Anti-Corruption Commission to have “engaged in corrupt conduct by abusing her office and by misusing offi...

Exclusive: NACC secretly finds Home Affairs Chief of Staff Stephanie Kolobaric acted corruptly kangaroocourtofaustralia.com/2025/12/07/e...

Slow learners England burn Ashes dream with brain fades Ollie Pope's daft dismissal has summed up why England are on the cusp of falling 2-0 behind in the Ashes series after playing into Australia's hands.

England burn Ashes dream with brain fades

www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/cricke...

Slow learners England burn Ashes dream with brain fades Ollie Pope's daft dismissal has summed up why England are on the cusp of falling 2-0 behind in the Ashes series after playing into Australia's hands.

England burn Ashes dream with brain fades

www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/cricke...

First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within Labor has the space to do what it wants – and what it wants, apparently, is to be the Liberal Party of the 1990s.

First hints of Labor discontent come from within

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When machines make the art, what’s left for human creativity? As AI and automation take over more of the labour once central to artistic practice, creativity is shifting from making to selecting. The question is whether human expression survives that shift – or ...

When machines make the art, what’s left for human creativity? johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

History, memory, and pain: Fifty years after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor On 7 December 2025, fifty years since Indonesian troops invaded East Timor, survivors and their descendants continue to live with the legacy of occupation, violence and loss – and to insist that remem...

History, memory, and pain: Fifty years after the Indonesian invasion of East Timor johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

Bill Gates knows the climate and poverty facts but misses the politics Bill Gates downplays climate catastrophe, wolves are blamed – or credited – for ecosystem repair, and China’s energy surge defies Western narratives.

Bill Gates knows the climate and poverty facts but misses the politics johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

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‘Bazball ’has revolutionised English cricket – Australia should be nervous England’s ultra-aggressive “Bazball” approach has transformed its Test cricket record. Historical data suggests it could also give England its best chance in 15 years to reclaim the Ashes in Australia...

‘Bazball ’has revolutionised English cricket – Australia should be nervous johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

Ceding the future to China Delivered as remarks to Brown University’s Watson School during its “China Chat” series, Chas Freeman reflects on China’s return to global prominence and the United States’ accelerating retreat from t...

Ceding the future to China johnmenadue.com/post/2025/12...

Groundbreaking ‘NYT’ Op-Ed lays bare the Democrats’ internal battle over Israel As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Hurwitz blame the rising support for Palestine within the Democratic Party on social media, former Obama staffer Ben Rhodes makes clear why Democrats are turning on Israel...

Groundbreaking ‘NYT’ Op-Ed lays bare the Democrats’ internal battle over Israel mondoweiss.net/2025/12/grou...

‘A new form of genocide’: Gazans feel little relief from Israeli strangulation since the ceasefire Most Palestinians in Gaza say they don’t feel the relief they expected after the ceasefire. Israel keeps blocking aid into the strip, delaying reconstruction efforts, and leaving hospitals short on su...

‘A new form of genocide’: Gazans feel little relief from Israeli strangulation since the ceasefire mondoweiss.net/2025/12/a-ne...

Book Review: The weight of witnessing Wasim Said’s “Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza” documents a genocide that continues to unfold. It is a record of what the world allowed to happen, and what the world will con...

Book Review: The weight of witnessing mondoweiss.net/2025/12/book...

How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣

Albo like to come across as benign and friendly, when in fact, he's a two-faced, treacherous, unprincipled, and deceptive.