Scott Pape combatting RWNJ hysteria about the CGT changes: a young investor with $50k in an Aust. index fund & sees it grow to $72k over 5 years would roughly pay $900 more tax when they sold, & that depends on future returns & inflation, they could “come out ahead”. www.news.com.au/finance/econ...

Greg Jericho: Last week’s budget has been met with absurd hysteria by vested interests, conservative politicians & the media pushing lies. You know conservatives are flailing when they start arguing a policy will work but there will be “unintended consequences”. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Release The Epstein Files NOW!

No one in this regime will face federal criminal accountability unless we reform the Supreme Court first. That's what folks should be running on. That should be the lesson of the Jack Smith prosecutions: it doesn't matter who the AG is.

Fox is not news, it’s evil entertainment for needy greedy trumplings

She has lived with us for four weeks and we have determined that Poppy is perfect, actually.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 380. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Laura Tingle’s analysis of the killing of journalists by Israel has been found to be “duly impartial” by the ABC ombudsman after a coordinated campaign of 56 identical complaints were emailed to the ABC board and executive. www.theguardian.com/media/commen...

“In high-quality solar and wind zones, optimally configured systems can already deliver round-the-clock electricity at costs below typical fossil fuel benchmarks – and at prices that, once the plant is built, are largely insulated from the fuel cost volatility and supply disruptions,” IRENA wrote.

A more succinct quote sums your point up nicely: “When you are accustomed to privilege, equality can feel like oppression” - Franklin Leonard.

The one who stays is the HERO.. .

Negative gearing compounds wealth for the top earners. The Parl. Budget Office found that 80% of the benefits from the capital gains tax discount accrue to the top 10% of salary earners, while 60% of the benefits of negative gearing find their way to the top 20%. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

You didn't "earn" a billions dollars, Jeff Bezos. You *took it* from your poorly paid workers.

Your honest opinion: Will the victims EVER get justice for what's in the Epstein Files?

10 Reasons to Love Solar Power 1. Zero CO₂ to run 2.Infinite fuel 3.sunlight 4Cuts air pollution 5.Creates local jobs 6.Low water use 7.Price keeps dropping 8.Powers homes + grids 9. Works off-grid too 10. Energy independence Future-proof tech

Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

Angus Taylor is following the Atlas Network, IPA, political agenda. Like Tony Abbott signed onto rewriting of history Western Civilisation version of truth. Then there is fact that one of biggest impediments to mining expansion is aboriginal land rights. Erasing that the intention. #auspol

White Americans who regularly get their political news from Fox News show much higher levels of support for the Great Replacement Theory than those who do not watch the network. Fox News viewership linked to belief in a racist conspiracy theory www.psypost.org/fox-news-vie...

TRUTH

Codifying Roe, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and holding members of this administration criminally accountable are important goals, but none of it sticks without Supreme Court reform.

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

Pete Buttigieg: “One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the National Electoral College”

How David Pocock reframed the tax debate on gas export profits www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

On this day 70 years ago-May 1, 1956-the polio vaccine was first made widely available to the public. The vaccine’s developer, Dr. Jonas Salk, did not patent the vaccine so that it would remain available to as many people as possible in the US and internationally. Image: Harvey Georges/AP.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin — the third-richest man on the planet — is reportedly spending $57M to defeat California's proposed billionaire's tax. So he and his fellow oligarchs can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem...

Scott Galloway recently told Derek Thompson on his podcast that childbirth is “disgusting” and “unnatural” for dads. I’ve studied fathers' experience of childbirth in my lab for years, and I think Galloway is wrong. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/scott-gall...

Gender differences may be over blown in studies open.substack.com/pub/thenoosp...

He's worse than Roger Taney now. He's the worst Chief Justice in history, I'd say.

Jim Allison, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work that led to CAR-T therapies, has been consistent and loud about the critical importance of public funding for fundamental research.

Sam Neill has announced he is cancer free after 5 years of battling blood cancer. “It’s time I did another movie.”

Yep. Australia led the world with plain packaging to end tobacco marketing & reforms to help under 16s avoid the worst of social media. #MurdochRoyalCommission has corrupted AU, UK & US media, & in turn society since the 1960s. AU should investigate before he dies of old age. ⚖️ 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

How is it even possible that One Nation has outperformed the Coalition for the first time? While the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups. This is RW media pushing her barrow. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Oh you think he was referring to you? That is the best question I have heard from the damn media for years.

The theory that men's attitude to tofu reflects their attitude to women www.reddit.com/r/vegan/s/0p...

AFL sacks Appeals Board Chair www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

"I can accept the decision and authority of the appeals board, but I cannot accept that racist, sexist and homophobic language is excused as ‘commonplace’ in a ‘highly competitive’ game" Mitch Brown www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Additionally, The emotionally twisted and mentally disturbed males of the Early Modern age (1500–1700) didn’t Burn Witches, they Burned Women!

"The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers – and the ultra-rich pay politicians." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I'm an ag person and I'm super proud that our farmers feed so many people in the world. USAID needs to come back and be expanded, for many reasons. But we also need to solve a prob of crop destruction when a farm takes an insurance payout. Whatever is left should be harvested and given away.