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When he was Treasurer Paul Keating complained that the resident galah in every pet shop across Australia was talking about microeconomic reform. Over the last few months the galahs have learned a new script: health reform. After years of largely benign neglect, it is now apparent that Medicare is failing to provide affordable access to Continue reading »

James Charles Ingram AO (27 February 1928 – 15 February 2023) was a senior Australian diplomat with a lengthy, varied and significant career. It began in 1946 when, equipped with a degree from the University of Melbourne, he was, at age 19, the youngest cadet selected for the then Department of External Affairs’ diplomatic cadetship Continue reading »

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Reacting to China’s announcement that it will be putting forward a proposal for a political settlement to end the war in Ukraine, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that if China begins arming Russia in that conflict this will be a “red line” for the United States. “We welcome the Chinese announcement that they Continue reading »

“It doesn’t matter what we think about the Internet,” the Supreme Court Justice said. “What does God think about it?”

He even went beyond Marge’s demands and delivered for proven liar Tucker Carlson Last week, America received proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Fox News is a dishonest institution that spread Donald Trump’s Big Lie knowing full well that he did not win the election. In a court filing from the defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Machines against the company, it was revealed that all of the top brass and their stars were fully aware that the election had not been stolen yet remained terrified of losing their deluded audience (which they had been instrumental in brainwashing) so they parrotted Trump’s bogus claims. In this specific case, they spread the falsehood that the Dominion machines were rigged for the Republicans. As Dominion argued in the filing: “Not a single Fox witness testified that they believe any of the allegations about Dominion are true. Indeed, Fox witness after Fox witness declined to assert the allegations’ truth or actually stated they do not believe them, and Fox witnesses repeatedly testified that they have not seen credible evidence to support them.” And they had the receipts.

You probably already know most of this if you have been following economic developments resulting from sanctions.

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By Blake Fleetwood / Original to ScheerPost The U.S. suffered worldwide embarrassment in the last two weeks while the American media and  Republican and Democratic politicians hyperventilated over four UFO balloons that turned out to be harmless. At first the military wanted to keep everything about the Chinese balloon flight completely secret, but they were […]

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Sevim Dagdelen takes the Scholz government to task for its lack of “strength and will” in responding to Seymour Hersh’s reporting on the U.S. sabotage of the Russian pipeline. Video and text of her Feb. 10 speech to the Bundestag.

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New START is the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia.

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And the (True) One-Party State in America.

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At the same time these companies are acting like their hands are tied by supply disruptions, their profits have skyrocketed.

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Otto English takes a deep dive into the chilling world of a big new theory that has caught the eye of libertarian influencers, extremists and members of the public alike

“Unlucky President, Lucky Man” Some guy from Georgia, a former governor, spoke at my university in 1975. Jimmy Carter. He seemed nice enough, but a long shot for the presidency. It wouldn’t be the last time I misjudged a candidate’s chances. James Fallows worked for him as a speech writer and reflects on the legacy of a lucky man and unlucky president. Jimmy Carter has always been the same person: Whatever his role, whatever the outside assessment of him, whether luck was running with him or against, Carter was the same. He was self-controlled and disciplined. He liked mordant, edgy humor. He was enormously intelligent—and aware of it—politically crafty, and deeply spiritual. And he was intelligent, crafty, and spiritual enough to recognize inevitable trade-offs between his ambitions and his ideals. People who knew him at one stage of his life would recognize him at another. Jimmy Carter didn’t change. Luck and circumstances did. Carter was easy to admire but harder to work for. He was driven to succeed and always engaging.

In a recent interview with Lee Camp, well-known police reform author and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project, Alex S. Vitale, sheds light on the recent murder of Tyree Nichols and America's ongoing fight for police reform.

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On this week’s Lever Time Premium: a summation of The Lever’s coverage of the train derailment in East Palestine; and an update from a reporter on the ground.

Yvette Cooper's plan to rebrand ASBOs as 'Respect Orders' may be good politics – but it's terrible policy, writes former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Nick Pettigrew

On this week’s Lever Time Premium: a summation of The Lever’s coverage of the train derailment in East Palestine; and an update from a reporter on the ground.

How the hell can we expect Americans to understand what the national debt means if the media doesn’t report it accurately?

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An unearthed paper suggests there are fears at the very top of Parliament that democracy is under threat, reports Josiah Mortimer

Türkiye's economy, reeling after the Feb. 6 earthquake, will need beneficial economic ties with Russia more than ever despite western pressure.

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