Cross Marian Wilkinson off

I'm waiting for Trump to claim that an Olympic medal is rightfully his.

An eye opening and opinion changing detailed analysis.

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

This heatwave has marked a historic turning point in the Australian energy grid - we used to have blackouts as everyone turned their AC's on, with pundits telling us that 'renewables aren't the answer'. No blackouts this time, and silence from the nay-sayers. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros," a group of extremely online young Christian men who want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.

"A UN Human Rights Office report has found Israel is ‘asphyxiating’ Palestinians...in constant violation of international law. Racial segregation and apartheid practices by the state of Israel has infected every aspect of Palestinian life." Is mentioning that antisemitic, Jillian Segal? #auspol

Comments from incumbent ministers of a federal govt, even those of claimed Jewish descent, should be secular & unbiased. Many Australians do not share the views of Zionists. Australia is multi-cultural & one’s faith or absence thereof should be a private matter #auspol m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbjX...

Also: you CANNOT fucking pull a gun on someone while filming on your fucking cell phone. If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life

It's all theatre now.

The take up of rooftop solar alone, Shows us Australians intuitively understand this truth. Renewable energy is cheaper energy. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders: -DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope! -But they were def part of Tren de Aragua -actually no -But TdA is real and active in Portland -We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city

She didn't cower in fear, so he murdered her. ICE agents are betas.

Virginia Democrats are openly expressing willingness to pursue a congressional redistricting plan that would create 10 out of 11 Democratic-leaning seats in the state’s U.S. House delegation — a move that could have major implications for control of Congress in 2026.

In the last 25 years, police in England and Wales have fatally shot 88 people. That's for a population of 59,000,000 people. www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police... In 2015 alone, over 1,000 people were killed by law enforcement in the USA (population 343,000,000). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...

ICE were able to shoot someone in the head at point blank range because ICE carry guns. You literally can't shoot someone without a gun. Not enough is being made of that key point by either side in the political debate, nor how extremely abnormal the USA is by global standards.

Ayatollah ass president

Hayes: The president was asked should they be sharing evidence—his response was no, because Minnesota's corrupt. Ellison: I will point out no president that I've ever heard of received a $400 million plane from a foreign country trying to curry favor with him, crypto deals, golf courses.

Where’s the lie

Keith Ellison: "They're simply trying to justify her killing. They're trying to convince the public through their rhetoric that it's okay that she's dead. And that is unacceptable and it's untrue. It's also cruel and completely unnecessary. This is a mother of three. This is someone's wife ... "

Normies are the bulwark of democracy

Wellesley College’s Stacie Goddard and Georgetown University’s Abraham Newman call this emerging order “neo-royalism,” and describe it as a global system dominated by rivalries between a small group of leaders and allied “hyper-elites,” all looking to gain wealth or status. .

Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question. Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response: "I can’t answer that."🤨

ICE is claiming that the officer feared that Renee Good was about to seriously injure or kill him at this moment.

Best of 2025 Chris Sidoti: We have clear obligations under international law, and we should be very clear that if anybody subjected to an arrest warrant from the ICC sets foot in this country, that person will be arrested. These are simple steps, not dramatic steps, that we must take. #auspol #NPC

I wouldn't be surprised if US authorities find an arbitrary way to force Pope Leo into religious exile like the Dalai Lama. I'm not Catholic, but gosh it's refreshing seeing a leader actually LEAD- with integrity, and fearlessly.

Just my daily reminder we don’t have the full Epstein Files released. Not even close. Despite a law requiring it to occur.

I wish I knew the Spanish translation.

lol what even are principles

Every Democrat should refuse to fund ice unless major changes are made period. Make them remove their mask,show identity and get rid of their immunity at the bare minimum.

As Trump prepares to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary, he seems to claim that U.S. boats were in Greenland 500 years ago. The president is mentally unfit, a danger to us all.

Nobel Peace prizes are non-transferable so as to prevent scalping.

For the first time in 30 years, we've made it cheaper to buy new contraceptives - and with our cheaper medicines bill, it's dropped to just $25 a script. Australian women asked for change. We've listened, and we're delivering it. Learn more: alp.org.au/news/austral...

We're delivering free GP appointments for long term contraceptives like IUDs, and more support for women experiencing menopause. We've already opened 22 new endo and pelvic pain clinics to help women get treatment sooner, and we'll open 11 more.

Strong piece by @richarddenniss.bsky.social: "Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not." #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.

Seeing exact same defences of X that we saw when there were calls to pull the plug on the dangerous poison that was Russia Today. I'm not even going out on a limb when I say that X is far, far worse than RT ever was and that's a very low bar indeed. The case for it to be shut down is a no brainer.

people are withdrawing from Adelaide writers week faster than can be reported. In addition to the names listed here are Ren Wyld, Emma Shortis, and Fiona Katsaukas. Important detail: the only creative, Stephen Page, has left the Adelaide Festival board. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.

Listened to this on the way to work this morning and it checks a bunch of crucial boxes for messaging. They are fundamentally saying that ICE cannot exist in a liberal democracy.

🚨🇵🇸 Palestinian Prisoners | More than 600 Palestinian minors were abducted in 2025 and are being held in Israeli prisons under harsh conditions, according to the Prisoners’ Media Office. One child has died in detention due to Israel’s policy of starvation.

#Trump has pulled USA out of 60 international organisations further isolating Americans from rest of humanity and allowing #China & #India to replace them. He is on his way to creating a nation of closed minds.

Oh, and if we could skip the spheres of influence stuff? Totally amoral mob bosses will take the pay-off wherever they can, and only respect the rival bosses that can do them damage (that'll be China, only)

Also why Trump is a unique challenge to the rest of the world. All US administrations have their problems for the UK / Europe / world, but no other would be so utterly contemptuous of decency.

Leaning into the President as lead mobster approach that is becoming the hallmark of this Trump term (but is under-written as it shouldn't be possible and doesn't fit any IR theories) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I wrote earlier about the catastrophic effects of pro-Israel pressure campaigns on our cultural institutions, but it seems no lessons have been learned open.substack.com/pub/nickfeik...