2025 “He didn’t come during his first term as president, but American presidents will always be welcome here, as are other international visitors.” — Australian PM

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1966 “Outside Melbourne Town Hall, a carefully prepared civic welcome was swept aside in a minute. Civic dignitaries and their wives were crushed, bruised and pummeled by surging people.

Fist #fights broke out, and police, soldiers and American security men fought desperately, but vainly to keep the frenzied crowd clear of the President.

A number of people #fainted but the crush was so great they could not collapse underfoot…. Plastic bags of paint were #thrown at the President's car as it pulled slowly away from #ElmTree House. A bag burst over the windscreen and the canopy, splattering paint over three of the President's security guards.

The President's comment was: "I guess he just couldn't stand the size of that turnout." — referring to the size of his car.”

The “Bubble top” was down.

#AnthonyAlbanese / #labor / #AustralianLaborParty / #LBJ / #Vietnam <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/26/australia-politics-live-budget-reaction-chalmers-labor-coalition-election-us-trump-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67e396028f08134b916f2759#block-67e396028f08134b916f2759> / <https://archive.md/9V8vF> / <https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/from-the-archives-1966-melbourne-goes-wild-for-president-lyndon-johnson-20191018-p531yz.html> (paywall)

#Tax #Fights (only) for the (already) #rich and #wealthy

#Fund #cuts for the #weak and #poorest

#Justice according the #Trump and #Heilon #Musk

A certain idea of #democracy : only for the #strong as cruel as the hash law of nature. Not an inch of human evolution

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#Tax #Fights (only) for the (already) #rich and #wealthy #Fund #cuts for the #weak and #poorest #Justice according the #Trump and #Heilon #Musk A certain idea of #democracy : only for the #strong as cruel as the hash law of nature. Not an inch of human evolution www.instagram.com/reel/DGOJ7ro...

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Certification fights are already cropping up in battleground states

Georgia conservative Julie Adams spread #conspiracies about election workers,
concocted a baseless story about ballot couriers drinking #beer and doing #drugs while hoarding ballots,
and boasted of her contentious relationship with local election officials.

Then, in February, Adams was sworn in as a member of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections in Georgia.
In one of her first acts, she #sued the rest of the board and the elections director,
claiming she should not be forced to certify election results “without access to all elements of the election materials”.

The dustup in Fulton County is just one example of the election #certification #fights already cropping up in battleground states,
from Georgia to Michigan to Nevada this year.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/certification-fights-battle-ground-states/index.html