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NEW: The Newest Oldest President Donald Trump has not faced the same scrutiny for his age as Joe Biden did. For now. But as Trump is poised to turn 80 next month, questions about his health and increasingly erratic behavior are growing theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…


After being born in India, at 6-years old, Neha’s parents decided to move to Australia to GAIN FREEDOM AND WEALTH. It was at that time, Neha then ‘feared for her life’, decided she had nowhere to go, and made Australia her enemy. She is an activist causing decohesion. Byee👋


Another thing which, to my eyes, feels like electoral suicide. What am I missing?


Dario Amodei: Ideology Won't Survive the Reality of AI "We're going to find that ideology will not survive the nature of this technology. The things I'm talking about are gonna become bipartisan and universal because everyone will recognize the necessity of it." — @DarioAmodei


I don’t think people realize what an existential threat to civilization this is.


"... If it is a cake shop, a cake from a cake shop that has sales tax, and it's decorated and has candles as you say, that attracts sales tax, then of course we scrap the sales tax, before the GST is..."

John Fetterman National Favorability Favorable: 29% Unfavorable: 28% —— Net Favs 🟢 Republicans: +33 🟤 Democrats: -30 @EchelonInsights (A) | 5/14-18 | LV







A Liberal senator condemned his own party - "It seems Coalition policy is now that we will have two types of community members. Despite both paying tax and contributing to the wealth of the nation, only one class has access to certain benefits." #LNPfail abc.net.au/news/2026-05-1…


🔴 Liberal senator McLachlan rejects Taylor welfare ban for non-citizens Senator Andrew McLachlan broke ranks to condemn Angus Taylor's plan to restrict the national disability insurance scheme and 17 welfare programs to Australian citizens only, warning it creates "two types of members of the community" and is "not the Australian way." Taylor's budget reply speech promised to bar migrants—including permanent residents—from jobseeker, age pension, disability support, parenting payments, and the NDIS, even if they paid tax. The policy ties temporary immigration intake to housing construction.


Businessman Frank Lowy tells the extremists in our country “if you don’t like Australia, leave”. In a submission to the Royal Commission into anti-Semitism, he believes deportation may be the only solution to stop the cancer spreading here. I couldn’t agree more. That, & being very selective about who is allowed to live here. @australian tells us more of his views

A Nine investigation has found Illegal alcohol is flooding the Australian market. Around 30 per cent of bottle shops are stocking dodgy booze, according to new research by the national drug research institute. Full details tonight #9News at 6pm. @gillianlant

The state government's flagship sobering up facility has been branded a failure and is set to close after just four years. The sobering news comes amid revelations the $79 million centre has sat mostly empty with more staff than clients. @LauraTurner_7





“It seems to be entirely lost on the government . . . that Australia’s natural gas does NOT belong to them. "Australia's natural gas resource belongs to ALL Australians." – Andrew Wilkie MP ✍️ Sign to support a 25% gas export tax ➡️ theaus.in/4dA4uYZ



I’ve written a lot of words about how Gina Rinehart splashes money in politics. Still it’s a bit much for a recipient of her patronage to show off her merch on TV (she owns S.Kidman). Don’t think even Trump would do morning TV hits in a Tesla hat.


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