This week: contempt proceedings against the Trump admin, Elon Musk's Wisconsin election case, DOJ's retreat from corporate crime & ICE investigations, threats against state election officials & the Tate brothers' extradition. The dots connect. I connect them. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

🇩🇪 🔥 ouch — “Trump and Infantino — those two were made for each other… fascinated by power. And by themselves, too.”

"Inaction on Tomago is a price Australia cannot afford” writes Emeritus Professor Roy Green. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

"The inevitable collapse of Pilot Energy last week is a familiar story that leaves the fate of the $200 million clean up of the Cliff Head oil platform hanging in the balance” writes Amanda Holly, from The Wilderness Society Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

In his latest Vantage Point Essay, More Fool Me, Dr Richard Denniss explores how the global gas industry tricked Australia – and spells out the simple steps we need to take to fix it. 🛒 Preorder now: https://theaus.in/4vztN4l

“But while these are strong words, he did not spell out what action his government would take. Meanwhile, creators are already having their work plundered” writes @alicektg.bsky.social Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Shades of...

If you know, you know. 😉

It's time to take it to the people. Sign the petition calling for a plebiscite on a 25% gas export tax! ⤵️ ✍️ gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au

"What other countries have chosen to do is tax their gas industry. "What we've chosen to do is fall for the bluff and the bluster of the gas industry." -co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacked why Australia needs a 25% gas export tax on 3AW @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

Pauline is recognised by her smell by her faithful dog who promptly falls dead (Malcom Roberts) Finally she reunites with her son (James Ashby) and long suffering wife (Barnaby Joyce) Pauline and Barnaby get in bed with each other. The end

The ONyssey 2026 Pauline Hanson goes on an epic 10 day voyage where she encounters vicious mythical creatures (Tommy Robinson, Holly Valance), becomes the enslaved lover of Calipso Pants (Gina Rinehart) on a Mediterranean island. Finally returning to her racist roots in disguise…

Today, 7/20, is the deadline for Acting AG Todd Blanche to respond to my latest filing demanding: *specific documents from the Epstein Files be produced in the judge's chambers AND *for Blanche to pay a $1000 fine/day until he complies with the rest of the preliminary injunction entered in my favor

When someone says that God told them to kill a person, we call them a psychopath. When a nation says that God told them to kill millions of people, we call them Israel.

And I’m pretty sure Menelaus wasn’t a ginger.

I remember that scene. He's calling RuPaul to come to the victory feast.

Lookin good in Achilles heels

I wonder how the cell reception was in Troy.

You mean the luxurious Palace in the Sky that is costing us a fortune which he plans to keep for himself in 2 years after we’ve spent all this money to upgrade it?

Hunter Biden becoming a folk hero is a plot twist that would've gotten rejected for being too unrealistic five years ago.

Can someone put up a draft Labor platform that states that Israel can’t dictate Australia’s foreign policy please?

No autocorrect, I am not trying to type ‘area hole’. I am typing arsehole

Still from Night Of The Living Deadshit

I really pity the poor soul who had to sit next to Dave Hughes on the flight back to Australia. I hope they had noise cancelling headphones with them to block out the constant whine

#ClosePineGap #AusPol

Trump declares Spain's victory ”a tremendous win” for America.

Told the missus the new prime minister is a Catholic. She gasped, genuinely shocked, and said: "He believes in God?"

See, when Hunter Biden consorted with prostitutes, that was everybody's business, but Barron Trump palling around with accused sex traffickers is a private matter.

FedEx — $218,000 Enterprise Rent-A-Car — $213,000 Microsoft — $200,500 (3/3) Full report and methodology:

Consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress (2025-2026): SpaceX — $589,000 Home Depot — $536,500 Charter (Spectrum) — $407,000 UPS — $353,500 Chevron — $352,500 Walmart — $308,000 Valero — $297,500 New York Life — $295,500 Altria (Marlboro) — $279,000 Aflac — $278,000 (1/3)

"Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B.I. would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters"

19 year old Isabella Gonzales. Killed in Donald Trump’s endless war.

I think the problem with shows like The Audacity is reality is even stupider. Just like in politics, the antics on Veep look quaint now.

My Latest: It was only 15 words. And it wasn't what the legacy media focused on. But in his Friday address, following up on Donald Trump's deranged speech the night before, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin gave away the game. newsletters.democracydocket.com/markwayne-mu...

I joined forces with @dschulkin.bsky.social and Huzaifa Khan. “Zero Evidence”: How Judges and Grand Juries Have Rejected Trump Administration’s Efforts to Investigate and Prosecute We document EXTRAORDINARY number of subpoenas, indictments and more rebuffed. New searchable resource.

"The Arrested Tate Brothers Are Tied to the Trumps: Why Won’t Dems Exploit This?"

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Rep. Brandon Gill: "Whenever you live in America, especially if you grow up in America, it's really easy to get used to the level of affluence we take for granted every day -- that we drive in massive pickup tricks or SUVs everywhere we go that guzzle gas"

For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord

Tate looks like a Florida realtor who lists every house as having “strong masculine energy.”

According to a new ACLU report, 782 protesters, journalists, elected officials, clergy, and community observers; 214 children (including 32 U.S. citizens); and 155 U.S. citizens were documented as being detained, targeted, or subjected to misconduct by ICE agents.

Marjorie Taylor Greene calls out Pete Hegseth.

Things that did not age well:

Was he supposed to go back in time and stop the last 200 years of free market capitalism

NEW: Olympian Davey Hearn - charged with damaging the reflecting pool - has asked for the charges to be dismissed arguing the government destroyed exculpatory evidence when it drained the pool again. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

“Is there any more clarity on how he got his job considering the vetting concerns his wife has raised?” HOMAN: “That’s a question for ICE.” 🤷🏼

NEW EPISODE: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just gave away the game. His 15-word slip exposes the real goal of Trump's voter ID push. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZn4...