The latest polling from the Public Religion Research Institute provides a stunning reflection on how Americans now regard Trump. (more…)
Category: USA
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Gunboat hypocrisy in the Caribbean
Even as Donald Trump crisscrosses the globe, bringing his purported peacemaking skills to parts of the world that did not even know they were at war, his administration has openly been preparing for militarised regime change in Venezuela. Neighbouring Colombia too isn’t safe. (more…)
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Trump’s risky American economy
Trump’s tariffs, migration and fiscal policies are endangering the American economy, and risk destroying American claims to global leadership. (more…)
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Why the Coalition can’t win without losing itself
The Coalition faces not a messaging challenge but a structural impossibility. Voters abandoning them won’t be satisfied by marginally tougher rhetoric. (more…)
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From illusion to real peace: Trump’s test in Gaza and Ukraine
Real peace demands Palestinian statehood, Ukrainian neutrality and the courage to defy the war lobby. (more…)
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As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted
It’s hard to tell who will ultimately win the tech race, but this year’s Nobel economics prize gives us some clues. (more…)
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On No Kings day, a new America came to life
This is who we are. And this is what our country must be: people with a soul-deep love for Planet Earth and all who inhabit it. (more…)
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‘Pro-Trump propagandists’ take over Pentagon Press Corps after signing loyalty pledge
Critics called the department’s announcement “deeply weird and awful”, “so Orwellian”, and “real textbook fascism beginning to end”. (more…)
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Trump, Xi and the ‘green paradox’: How China is building a climate-proof future
Ambitious transformation of the country’s energy consumption and urban planning makes economic sense too, analysts say. (more…)
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A Supreme Court showdown looms for Trump’s tariffs. Will it limit presidential power?
On 5 November, the US Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments about the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. As important as the tariff issue is, the stakes are much higher than that. (more…)
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Republicans ‘holding US economy hostage’ as nearly half of states face recession
“At a time when costs are rising and tariffs are wreaking havoc on people’s pocketbooks, Republicans are doubling down on their agenda of raising healthcare costs on millions of Americans.” (more…)
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The crumbling illusion: Why American public opinion on Israel is shifting
For the first time in decades, the public in the United States and across the West has begun to see Israel’s wars and occupation for what they truly are: acts of systemic injustice driven by malevolence and impunity. (more…)
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Albanese and Rudd sold out freedom of the press this week
Many Australian journalists think Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ambassador Kevin Rudd did a wonderful job this week in handling the corrupt narcissist who runs the United States, Donald Trump. (more…)
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The Pope, the media and the ‘normalisation’ of Trump
As world media and leaders normalise US President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour, Pope Leo XIV must resist and keep his distance. (more…)
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Trump CIA intervention in Venezuela risks another US war of choice, experts warn
“Using covert or military measures to destabilise or overthrow regimes reminds us of some of the most notorious episodes in American foreign policy,” said a former adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders. (more…)
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Grieving for the US
I recently viewed the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting. The final shot is a widescreen view of an old car driven through a verdant landscape, as the hero, who happens to be a mathematical genius (Matt Damon), drives into his future, having resolved his issues, seeking new opportunities in California. (more…)
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These are fighting words
As political violence escalates in the United States, chaos is spreading and democracy itself is under threat. The words of anger, ill-considered and increasingly crude, are accelerant on the American bonfire. (more…)
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The UN in Trump’s world and the implications for Australia’s independence
Unfair criticism has often been levelled at the UN. None has been so gratuitously nasty than President Trump’s 23 September 2025 General Assembly address. (more…)
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Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza
The US pundit’s “dead Gaza baby” joke was not a slip of the tongue, but a window into a media culture that trivialises Palestinian suffering and deflects responsibility. (more…)
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The return of the KKK?
President Donald Trump is imposing a right-wing political ideology and practice that increasingly resembles what Christ Hedges has dubbed “Christian fascism”. (more…)
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Our American obsession
I have spent seven years of my life in the United States and much of my writing has been influenced by the US. (more…)
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Campus leaders mobilise to battle Trump’s anti-education ‘Compact’ tooth and nail
“Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming together to fight for a higher education system that actually works for all – one that is affordable, strengthens freedom and democracy, and stands up to its public mission.” (more…)
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Between two wounds: Gaza confronts Trump’s plan to end the war
On a cold morning in central Gaza City, Nevin Al-Barbari, 35, sat in what remained of her family home, watching her two-year-old daughter, Reem, explore the rooms she had only recently come to know. (more…)
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Palestinians out by 7 October?
No wonder Israel’s prime minister was grinning. He had his fourth meeting this year with President Trump. He also got what he came for: permission to “finish the job”. (more…)
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The malignant minds taking over the American health sector
“He enjoyed showing people how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks.” It was a striking description of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., written by his cousin, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy. (more…)
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Dementia president: Could it be that Trump has truly lost his mind?
Given his behaviour, it could very well be that the president of the United States is going nuts. (more…)
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Bernie and AOC explain how Trump and GOP are about to double insurance premiums for millions of Americans
“This messaging is approximately 142 times better,” said one political observer, “than Democrats are getting from leadership.” (more…)
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Erasing Gaza’s ecosystem
Israel is rightly known for its technological prowess, not least when it comes to making war. (more…)
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Is this the beginning of the end for US democracy?
In Portland, in 2025, we hear echoes of the same beginnings of dictatorships everywhere: protesters recast as “terrorists,” and enemies within, and federal troops poised to turn against us. (more…)
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Trump-Netanyahu plan: Reproducing occupation under the name of ‘peace’
What was recently proposed by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the title “peace deals” is nothing but a rearrangement of the cards of power in the region, far from addressing the core of the Palestinian issue: justice. (more…)