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Twitter escapee. Lecturer and researcher in communication, media and its influence on democracy. Post in my personal capacity.
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

Notice how Trump is only deporting immigrants who come from non-Anglo non-white backgrounds? No matter how long they’ve been in America. This deportation agenda is organised racism. It’s white supremacy. Why doesn’t the media call it for what it is?

What with Antoinette Lattouf’s victory in her unfair dismissal case against the ABC, it’s a good time to repost this piece I wrote arguing it’s time the ABC resisted external threats and attacks. independentaustralia.net/business/bus...

Layers of misogyny from Chris Kenny here. The two women are completely unrelated. The editorial reason for placing them together is meaningless, except to reveal Kenny’s nastiness and hatred of women with an opinion.

The ABC is so disappointing: "The [$5mil] isn't only being used to fund their retirement. The plan is for it to help fund the inheritances of their other children without necessitating selling off the family farm." SUPER SHOULDN'T BE A TAX DODGE FOR INHERITANCE! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

When is the mainstream media going to properly confront the problem of Trump lying? They all report what he says - stenography - and then when it’s found to be a lie, don’t actually call it that. Trump plays the media like a violin 🎻

In other words New York Times, Trump lied 🤥

Why can’t the media just day that Trump is a liar, is delusional, creates absolute mayhem because he’s incompetent, and has no clue what he’s doing. Why can’t they just say it? Why do they insist on normalising and legitimising everything he does? Why?!?!

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Hang on, I thought Trump had brokered a peace agreement! Oh, right, Trump is a liar 🤥

“Current and past Liberal politicians were quick to offer their strong support for the [Trump] strikes [on Iran], calling on the government to do the same.” You see this is why the Liberals are unelectable. They’re determined always to be on the wrong side of history www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

We have to stop talking about him as if he is he is a man who has the ability to understand diplomacy or military tactics….or anything else for that matter. He is a pathological narcissist with limited cognitive functioning. No one should discuss him with any other lens.

Look at the way New York Times is aiding and abetting Trump to use unlawful attacks on Iran to make himself look like a “strongman”. Studies have shown news outlets like this failed to call out Bush’s WMD lies when he sent US to war in Iraq and here we have history repeating itself. They never learn

Another example of a journalist refusing to just say it themselves so instead relying on a Democrat to say it, and then quoting Democrat as if it’s just someone’s partisan opinion and not the truth. So sick of the cowardly media which helped get us to this point. Too cowardly to defend democracy.

Trump voters want all government spending cancelled except the government spending they receive. Stupid, selfish, hypocrites!

People who condone families being ripped apart - who vote for that - are dead inside.

I fully support Alex Antic in his quest to MAGAfy and thus destroy the Liberal Party. As a fellow South Australian, I particularly find it amusing that Antic is fighting against net zero when SA are only a couple of years away from 100% renewable energy. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

The cruelty and racism of the Trump movement is disgusting. People who’ve lived in America for 30 years are being dragged out of their homes as a performative stunt so Trump can make his supporters feel good about being white. That’s what’s happening. Trump voters chose this because they’re insecure

“This is what he does. He bluffs. He stalls. He blue-balls the nation with performative nonsense and calls it leadership. He governs like a sweaty improv comic on Ambien…” open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

These examples show how most journalists just quote Trump when he promises to do things in “two weeks” without also pointing out that - like every other times he’s promised that - it is not going to happen. See how stenography is not the same as journalism?

Disappointing to see Peta Credlin is lying by implying Albo dodged Trump when of course the reality is quite the opposite. Credlin and News Corp are manipulative hacks.

The MAGA movement constantly show they are heartless, nasty people with no empathy. When Biden announced his cancer diagnoses, they mocked Jill Biden. When one of their crazies assassinated a Democrat senator and her husband, they mock Democrats and lie that the killer was a Democrat. Sociopaths.

Journalists wait for someone like Obama to warn Trump is damaging US democracy, but don’t just say it themselves. Every day they see evidence of democratic backsliding but are apparently too cowardly to report it. They use proxies instead, framing it as contested idea www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

If Harris had been elected instead of Trump, there would be hundreds of thousands of children who hadn’t starved to death or died of treatable AIDS and we wouldn’t be on the verge of war with Iran. Anybody who doesn’t acknowledge this as a starting point has nothing to say worth hearing.

As Trump builds his power on a foundation of racism and authoritarianism, mainstream media’s silence speaks louder than ever. He is my analysis of journalists' failure to hold Trump accountable as he crushes American democracy. You have one job people! independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Everyone from The Australian to the Guardian are framing Trump's rude and undiplomatic refusal to meet with Anthony Albanese like it's Albo's fault - not the fault of Trump. Australia is meant to be a key ally to the US, and Trump is treating us terribly. Yet, the media NEVER hold Trump accountable.

Mike Lee is being confronted by Democrat Tina Smith. Great to see her taking the initiative. In a civil and responsible administration, the President would be the one confronting him. But that’s the problem, his vile tweets are endorsed by Trump - the king of trolls.

The Trump MAGA movement are revolting people. A Republican senator has mocked the victims of an assassination and his Republican colleagues have said nothing about it. All the condemnation is from Democrats. This shows Trump’s Republicans are a despicable, toxic, immoral bin fire. Shame.

So much audible squeaking! youtube.com/shorts/1R5q7...

Very proud be Australian today. #auspol

See, unlike in North Korea, you can’t force Americans to turn up to an authoritarian military parade.

Is it going to hurt the Republicans politically that one of their MAGA extremists has gone on an assassination spree against Democrats? Trump supposedly got political cred for surviving a shooting during the Election. When are pro-gun extremist Republicans going to wear any political consequences?

Of course he was.

Everything wrong with Trump supporters in one exchange. What can you even say about these people?

I stand in solidarity with Americans as they fight for their democracy #NoKings

Sharri Markson pretends to be doing serious journalism and analysis but we all know she’s just a Murdoch hack campaigning against Labor. She’s offensive to actual journalism.

Superannuation was never meant to be a tax-evasion tool for the mega wealthy. Super is for retirement savings, not a low-tax vehicle for intergenerational wealth inheritance. Everyone is more than welcome to be massively wealthy, they just have to pay their fair share of tax! Simple!

I’m going to need to know which idiot nominated Scott Morrison for an Order of Australia (was it Jenny?), and how the 19 members of the Council for the Order of Australia thought it was a good idea to award him a prize. Makes a mockery of the entire award.