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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Consumer Price Index, Australia – for the March-quarter 2025 today (April 30, 2025). The data showed that the inflation rate rose by 0.9 points in the quarter but over the 12 months was stable at 2.4 per cent . The inflation rate has been within…

Can the Western museum be decolonised? This is the question posed by Françoise Vergès in A Programme of Absolute Disorder: Decolonising the Museum, which takes its name from French Afro-Caribbean Marxist philosopher Frantz Fanon’s invocation of anti-colonial practice in his influential 1961 book The Wretched of the Earth. In her book, first published in France […]

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“Trump’s 41 percent approval rating is the lowest for any newly elected president at 100 days dating back at least to Dwight Eisenhower—including Trump’s own first term.” —CNN

We see the low approval ratings, yes. We understand. Our administration’s first one hundred days were the least popular in the past seventy, eighty, nine hundred years. But we just want you all to know: You can’t phase us. We were ready for this type of public reaction. Because our policies are very, very bad.

Listen, we knew it wouldn’t go over well when we intentionally tanked the global economy. And to be honest, it would have been weird if it went over well, because it wasn’t good for anybody. Not even rich people, which is how you know we’re serious about having lousy policies. So no, your little stat that voters would “rather have the Fyre Fest guy in charge of tariffs” doesn’t bug us. Not one bit.

Despite the new Government giving teachers a 5.5% pay rise last year - pay is still one of the key reasons for recruitment failures, the Department for Education said

I was not invited to the meeting where the left coordinated their war on water pressure. Sadly, then, it was over before I even knew it was happening. One of those American executive orders (and gosh we’re getting tired of those, even from the other side of the world) to – seriously – make showers […]

The wife of Opposition leader Peter Dutton has denied that her husband is a monster who prowls the neighbourhood after dark feeding on small mammals, saying he is just a misunderstood knockabout bloke who loves making dad jokes with the... Read More ›

Doctor Who two-episode Season 2 finale ("Wish World" & "The Reality War") will get theatrical screenings in the UK and Ireland on May 31st.

Under Trump’s leadership, Washington’s reputation around the world has suffered significantly. His protectionist policies and strained ties with traditional allies have knocked confidence in the US as a stabilizing economic force. The Trump administration’s skepticism toward climate change and international institutions like the IMF and World Bank has worsened doubts about America’s commitment to global […]

Accelerated after October 7, a growing network of laws across the Western world threatens free expression by conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism — a trend years in the making.

The post From the United States to Europe, Criticizing Israel Is Becoming a Crime appeared first on MintPress News.

“National Immigration Project said on Friday the New Orleans ICE Field Office ‘deported at least two families, including two mothers and their minor children—three of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7.’” — Axios, 4/27/25

“The White House has been fielding proposals aimed at persuading people to marry and have children… One such proposal that has been pitched to White House advisers is a $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ to every American mother after she gives birth.” — ABC News, 4/23/25

Hitting the road again! Making some special stops in Stockholm. The usual blog posts will be back before you know it.

The president is eyeing rescinding the tax-exempt status of nonprofit groups he disagrees with.