Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasts he’s nixing contracts and grants amid DOGE’s cost-cutting campaign. But those trims won’t hit SpaceX.
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You can’t do it differently until you imagine it differently. By George Monbiot, adapted from a BlueSky thread, 2nd April 2025 One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools – neoliberalism and fascism – it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task […]
It has two main strategies, and you can see them both at work, right here, right now. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th March 2025 The democratic recession does not begin when a far-right party takes office. It begins when a centrist party crushes hope in democracy. When Keir Starmer’s government takes a […]
Aspiring Mr Harbourside Mansion, Peter Dutton, has called for Parliament to be moved from Canberra and placed in the town that bids the most to host it, like the NRL do with their Grand Final. ”Who wants to go to... Read More ›
The Trump administration’s detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk rests on an opinion article she wrote in 2024, her lawyers said in a filing.
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“Do your job!” the crowd chanted, urging Rep. Victoria Spartz, one of the most outspoken DOGE supporters, to rein in Elon Musk.
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Australia’s next PM, according to the Nation’s journalists, as opposed to opinion polls, Peter Dutton, has announced that he will, within his first week of being PM rename the Great Australian Bight, the Great Australian Gina. ”It’s high time we... Read More ›
Trump wants Gaza for real estate deals, but Mike Huckabee’s all-inclusive Israel tours erase Palestinians for a higher purpose.
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The law behind the warrants bars concealment of people in the country illegally, yet the students were legal residents living on campus.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers pulled one unexpected rabbit out of his hat in Tuesday’s 2025-26 federal budget. This was a 1 percentage point cut in the bottom marginal tax rate, from 16% to 15% from 1 July next year, and a further 1 percentage point cut to 14% from 1 July 2027, resulting in a tax Continue reading »