Charlie Lewis

Australia is constantly shocked and/or stunned. Be it by haircuts, a woman aging or a lamp shade

Aussies STUNNED by tabloid headline FURORE!

Australia is constantly shocked and/or stunned. Be it by haircuts, a woman aging or a lamp shade If the headlines are anything to go by, Australia is a nation in a perpetual state of utter incredulity.

Sometimes the only thing to be is absolutely ludicrous.

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Tonight is the last spin of Spin Cycle for the year on @3rrrfm.bsky.social in which @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I look back on 2025 in wonderment at how deranged it got. Tune in at 7pm.

'This was a wanted pregnancy': The mothers facing prosecution in Trump's America In the wake of widespread abortion bans, US prosecutors launch hundreds of cases charging people with crimes related to their pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or birth.

“How dead did I need to be?” America’s war on pregnant women — a must read by @ginarush.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Why Donald Trump is a very worthy recipient of FIFA's 'peace prize'

Cosying up to authoritarian leaders with blotted human rights records? That’s the FIFA way, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

Why Donald Trump is a very worthy recipient of FIFA's 'peace prize' Giving Donald Trump a lovely made-up trophy is miles from the worst thing FIFA has done.

It may soon be lost to history, as the ironies of the Trump era pile up. But over the weekend, the political expression of the “facts don’t care about your feelings” set, Donald Trump, got his very own made-up participation trophy.
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RFK & Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘digital’ affair + Cops search for Dezi Freeman’s body

One of my primary complaints was that none of this seemed to cost anyone anything -- it will be interesting to see if this morning's development proves me wrong in the long term. open.spotify.com/episode/0bXM...

Always a delight to chat with
The Briefing, this time about the still unfolding Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK jnr saga

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“Liz Truss, the woman whose stint as UK prime minister is dwarfed by the life span of the average pygmy goby reef fish.” Thank you @theshufflediary.bsky.social

A matter of Truss: The strange afterlife of a short-lived PM — as she launches her own show Liz Truss is constantly being silenced, across stages and media platforms the world over. But, thank God, no more.

Liz Truss, the woman whose stint as UK prime minister is dwarfed by the life span of the average pygmy goby reef fish has anew online show:
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Help Crikey News choose the Arsehat of the Year for 2025. The link has an article on the award by @theshufflediary.bsky.social where you can submit your vote. #auspol #CrikeyNews www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we have double the awesomeness, with @daanysaeed.bsky.social AND @crystaljane.bsky.social joining us to talk Kerry O’Brien, Tassie stadium drama and media highlights for the year. Tune in 7pm! With @theshufflediary.bsky.social

Heads-up. 3RRR's #SpinCycle with @jessielilley.bsky.social and @theshufflediary.bsky.social is outstanding tonight. I just caught 10min on my work break. Looking forward to listening after work. 📻 #auspol

Vote now for Crikey's 2025 Arsehat of the Year — and boy, it's a crowded field What a time its been. Even with an extended list of nominations to honour our 20th anniversary, Crikey's Arsehat of the Year faces one of its most competitive fields ever.

Vote now for one of the most competitive fields the awards have ever seen: www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/03/v...

Tonight on Spin Cycle on @3rrrfm.bsky.social we talk to Ben Smee from @australia.theguardian.com about their 2-yr investigation into alleged failures by police and courts in QLD DV deaths. And tomorrow we join Walk Against Family Violence. With @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social

As Trump's focus on Venezuala intensifies, a look back at America's role in Latin America We need not valorise Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to predict how badly US meddling might end up.

We need not valorise Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to predict how badly US meddling in Latin America ends up.

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The award that inspired the unforgettable response from the desk of Gina Rinehart: “Surely you can and should do better, instead of wasting your time and agenda proving you are the ones who should be the recipients of your own childish award?”

Shake-up at Sydney Morning Herald as Shields departs; Jordan Baker appointed editor In a note to staff on Tuesday, Shields said he would step aside as editor of Nine’s Sydney metro masthead to focus on his health and wellbeing.

via @johnbuckley.bsky.social

Now wait just a minute ...

Beyond supporting independent media, if I get less sign ups than @daanysaeed.bsky.social I'll never hear the end of it ...

Also, if you're not a subscriber, now is a *great* time to put that out. We've got a sale on and you can get it for 14 months if you sign up using the promo code CHARLIE2025EOY
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'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year

On the 20th anniversary of Crikey’s end of year awards, help us pick candidates for the prestigious and sought after Arsehat of the Year.

'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the Year We are determined, with your help, to never keep a prime candidate like Gina Rinehart waiting so long for a nomination ever again.

This is the 20th year of Crikey's end of year awards, and the first year anniversary of some of the greatest correspondence we've ever received. Get involved! www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/25/a...

Australia has been key in undermining COP from the very start

Australia has more than played its part in undermining COP climate change summits over the years, @theshufflediary.bsky.social writes.

Cool Calm Pete: demolition My beloved Cool Calm Pete is back, and I took five months to write about it. It’s a strange and beautiful album that get’s better with every listen.

So one my favourite artists of all time, Cool Calm Pete, put out his first record for 20 years earlier this year. It took me this long to work out exactly what I made of it.
Basically, its fucking great:

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No guest on Spin Cycle tonight because @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I are going all in on the Olivia Nuzzi story. Like spectators in the American journalism zoo, we’ll try and work out… why? 7pm on @3rrrfm.bsky.social

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office before signing the funding bill from Congress that reopens the government. NEW EPISODE | "Anti-achievement" Democrats let pressure off Trump Listen to After America now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

The longest government shutdown in US history is over, but Democrats got nothing much to show for it.

@theshufflediary.bsky.social joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss what this means for already-appalling health insurance costs. Plus: the CIA & the Whitlam dismissal.

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Trump's desperation on the Epstein files has cost him the support of Marjorie Taylor Greene. What about his base?

If Trump has lost Marjorie Taylor Green, is his base lost too? @theshufflediary.bsky.social examines the sudden shift in MAGA rhetoric.

Trump's desperation on the Epstein files has cost him the support of Marjorie Taylor Greene. What about his base? Are the most loyal Trump fans in Congress finally turning on him?

Marjorie Taylor Green represented the moment that sincere, organic Trumpism entered congress; if she goes, does the base go with her?
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