Employees at the federal tech unit 18F say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back.
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The page went dark as Columbia caved to the Trump administration’s anti-Palestinian and anti-immigrant attacks.
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National Park Service workers who care for the White House were exempt from a wave of mass firings that gutted the agency.
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The DEA ignored the internal alarm about its mass phone data collection program, according to newly revealed details in a government report.
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18th of March 2025 My Lords, last Thursday, the noble Lord, Lord Howell, asked the House to take note of the UK’s international position. My purpose today is narrower but more urgent; to ask the Government what their Ukraine policy now is. It is urgent because the Trump Administration have torn up the familiar script. … Continue reading Lord Skidelsky to ask His Majesty’s Government what is their policy with regard to the Ukraine war following the new policy of the government of the United States of America.
Gina Rinehart’s hand picked choice for Prime Minister, Dodgy Peter Dutton, is today tipped to launch the Liberal party’s election campaign slogan, ”Policy Free Since ’03.” ”It’s a great slogan that really feeds off of the energy of Kevin ’07... Read More ›
In what some are calling a lover’s tiff, Opposition leader Peter Dutton, has angrily accused his biggest fans, the Australian media, of discriminating against his glass jaw. ”They know I’m sensitive to criticism, so what’s with all the questions,” whined... Read More ›
Is Trump mad? If declining to share the joys and troubles of the whole human race, to decline a seat at humanity’s common table is a form of madness – then yes, Donald J Trump is mad. What is madness? To order the confinement of a person for their safety and well-being, as well as Continue reading »
It is 22 years since Rachel Corrie was killed by the Israeli military as she defended a Palestinian home against a bulldozer. Adam Bandt on ABC’s Insiders says the priority should be to end AUKUS. Bombing continues in Yemen where Ansar Allah is maintaining a blockade in the Red Sea. The Australia Institute calls out Continue reading »
Why does Australia continue to have a rampant cost of living crisis? That’s the $300 billion question. The hard men of Australia’s economic press claim it’s because of inflated wages and low productivity. Yet evidence suggests it’s mainly because of our big four banks. We have a stubborn “cost of living crisis” as mainstream media Continue reading »