George Santos prosecutors seek seven-year prison term for campaign fraud https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/george-santos-prosecutors-campaign-fraud #HouseofRepresentatives #Republicans #USpolitics #USCongress #Worldnews #NewYork #USnews
She’s a waitress raised on a farm – can Rebecca Cooke win a key Wisconsin seat? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/rebecca-cooke-democrat-wisconsin-race #HouseofRepresentatives #USpolitics #Wisconsin #Democrats #Worldnews #USnews
New House Republican proposal seeks to exempt many toxic Pfas from review https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/republican-proposal-exempt-pfas #HouseofRepresentatives #Republicans #Environment #USnews #PFAS
Australia gets its affluence from China.
Australia is impoverished by the United States of America*.
*and stupid free trades deals done by both sides of government.
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Republican backlash to Trump tariffs grows as Senate rebels decry ‘bad policy’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/republicans-rebuke-trump-tariffs-canada #HouseofRepresentatives #Trumpadministration #Trumptariffs #Republicans #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USCongress #Worldnews #USeconomy #Economics #Democrats #Business #Tariffs #USnews
Poverty is a policy choice.
We don’t need to protect private and profit making companies from citizen advocacy, democracy and good governance.
We need to protect citizen advocacy, democracy and good governance from private and profit making companies.
As most dictators, including Trump and his handlers, know.
A healthy, well educated and informed citizenry is a threat to the abuse of power and corrupt governance.
Dutton is working from the same manifesto.
He is not interested in you or democracy, his only goal is unfettered power and influence.
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Edit: corrected typo
Go on Peter.
You know you want to say it.
Just say it.
Here let me prompt you.
“I will shirt front Mr Trump”
See, not that hard is it?
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/election-albanese-dutton-donald-trump-tariffs/105126362
Florida special election: Republican Randy Fine wins Waltz’s former House seat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/republicans-florida-special-elections-results #HouseofRepresentatives #Republicans #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Democrats #Florida #USnews
Capitol Hill hearing on ‘censorship industrial complex’ under Biden based on ‘fiction’, says expert https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/capitol-hill-hearing-biden-censorship-trump #HouseofRepresentatives #Bidenadministration #USpolitics #USnews
US House Democrat blasts Trump for using ‘antisemitism’ to attack universities https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/jerry-nadler-trump-antisemitism #HouseofRepresentatives #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews
House revolt over Republican attempt to stop proxy voting for new parents https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/house-revolt-republican-proxy-voting #HouseofRepresentatives #Trumpadministration #Republicans #USpolitics #USCongress #Democrats #Worldnews #USnews
US lawmakers to vote on bill targeting noncitizen voting: ‘There would be extensive uncertainty’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/save-act-republicans-trump-noncitizen-voting #HouseofRepresentatives #Trumpadministration #USvotingrights #Republicans #USpolitics
The a Liberal party is now of the belief that ‘on water’ matters should be loudly and widely discussed at the earliest opportunity.
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If you need a postal vote apply directly to the #AEC.
https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2025/03-31a.htm
Be wary of unsolicited postal voting approaches mail, email. SMS, social media they want your information.
Clean energy spending boosts GOP districts. But lawmakers are keeping quiet as Trump targets incentives https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/31/clean-energy-spending-republicans-trump #HouseofRepresentatives #Trumpadministration #Bidenadministration #Climatecrisis #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Environment #USpolitics #Employment #Democrats #Lobbying #Energy #USnews
US House to vote on ‘reckless’ $1bn budget cut to Washington DC https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/us-house-washington-dc-budget #HouseofRepresentatives #WashingtonDC #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USCongress #USpolitics #Democrats #USSenate #USnews
If you substitute Australia for Britain in this article it loses no relevance.
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe
(Notwithstanding the bizarre reference to Napoleon)
