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It’s hard to comprehend that a republic such as the #USA, that is so self-congratulatory, has such an indolent #democracy. Turnout is chronically low. About 64% in 2024. Australia hasn’t dropped below 90% since 1925. Often higher. A kind of nihilism infects the US polity? rss.com/podcasts/tra...

#Trump #fascism #journalism

Who really knows what the scope & depth of the “Trump effect” will be within the US & beyond? We can see the contours of it already. History in real time. Surely, the long tail of the #Trump, RFK insanities around #publichealth will be profound & long lasting? How much will they impinge on us here?

“Kennedy, the secretary of the #USA Department of Health and Human Services, recently slashed the routine childhood immunization schedule in an unprecedented move.” Anti- vaxx #Trump. Global consequences, incl for us here in Australia? #publichealth #vaccines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

OPINION @joannacoles.bsky.social & @djrothkopf.bsky.social. As a key part of his #fascism project, #Trump is curbing, controlling, crushing #USA #media (despite also needing them, to be the centre of attention as his cocktail of toxic pathologies dictate). #journalism #GOP youtu.be/-PcJeHOIgk8?...

“The #USA delegation walked out of a UN Security Council meeting on Monday, in protest at comments made by France that compared Washington's voting on human rights to that of authoritarian states.” #Trump #fascism #EU flip.it/cQvxg1

You are not alone in that.

“‘Daggermouth’ has spent months on USA Today’s best-seller list & is ranked No. 1 in Amazon’s ‘science-fiction romance’ genre. It also tops a less prestigious list, one compiled by academics studying #AI writing.” REACTIONS? #writing #fiction #creativity flip.it/xF_XUi

Yes. We remember well. “Herd immunity” and all. Mind you, Scott Morrison here was all over the shop too. The state premiers, especially before vaccines became available, strong armed the PM via the national cabinet.

OPINION @nicollewallace.bsky.social The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, take two, was a travesty wasn’t it? #Trump bombed dismally “comedy” wise. But what illusions, delusions animate that DC #media cohort to stage this performative hate & hypocrisy? #fascism #journalism youtu.be/0t_lA3DiY6U?...

During the #covid pandemic, Anthony Fauci, in his personal journal, branded #Trump “‘rambling’, ‘crazy’, ‘desperate’, ‘bumbling’, ‘incompetent’, ‘an idiot’, ‘a true embarrassment’, ‘totally nuts’ & ‘truly an obnoxious adolescent’”. #publichealth #epidemiology #USA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

. @cnn.com journalist, @kaitlancollins.bsky.social with Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com. I think this is worth watching. Collins is notably rigorous in her approach to the process of #journalism. #ethics #Trump #democracy youtu.be/wJiBtLAzKPs?...

Keep watching the @katiephang.bsky.social v Todd Blanche case as his confirmation vote as #USA AG looms. #Epstein #Trump #ruleoflaw

“Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner has welcomed the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court, which upheld the finding that One Nation Leader #PaulineHanson unlawfully breached the Racial Discrimination Act.” #ruleoflaw #bigotry #racism theaimn.net/race-discrim...

Extraordinary stuff. #Epstein #ruleoflaw #Trump

The Emily Wilson, stringent critique of “The Odyssey” directed by Christopher Nolan. #cinema #mythology www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

OPINION “The Odyssey”. #cinema #writing www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

OPINION “An exorbitant war that is with each day rearranging geopolitics, domestic budgets & household ones, is once again, a new normal. #Trump is stuck. Unable to swallow the unpalatable price of peace. And everyone else pays the cost.” #Iran #fascism #democracy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#AI

#Trump