Trump handed his own arse by appeals court
The stay on Trump’s Muslim Ban is upheld. He took it about as well as you would expect.
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Low bar diplomacy
So apparently the PM managed to get through a 15 minute call without “upsetting” Trump. That’s where we set the bar these days.
Kansas ANZUS.
What to do when your erstwhile ally loses the plot?
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Ouch Ouch Ouch!
Diplomacy in the age of Trump is going to be a real blast. Just ask Australia.
English condemned
Interim PM Bill English is getting a hammering for his “weak and indecisive” response to Trump’s Muslim ban.
The constitution is screwed
Trump goes full fascist and fires the acting Attorney General for daring to question his Muslim Ban order.
A PM but not a leader
Bill English has failed his first test of real leadership. Compare and contrast, English and Little’s responses to the Muslim ban.
Update: The image is Emmerson’s take in The Herald.
Will English speak up on Trump’s ban?
World leaders are condemning Trump’s Muslim ban. What does the PM of our country have to say on the matter?
Trump’s Muslim travel ban
Welcome to the new America.
Trump’s global gag law on abortion
“Donald Trump signs anti-abortion executive order surrounded by men”
Starting out with an obvious lie
The Trump / Spicer claim that the inauguration crowds were “the largest audience ever to witness and inauguration, period” are such an obvious lie that it seems unhinged. But there could be method to the madness.
(Update: Apparently in Trump speak these are “alternative facts”.)
Protest Marches
The Sister Marches have been a huge success worldwide.
You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are Boys ….
, Back in the US, back in the US…R
It Begins
Power Up!
Some moment in time will be that moment in time when reality’s faced; when both actions and words accord with it. That moment might as well be this moment as opposed to any other.
TPP: An epitaph for self-interested treaties done in secret
The misogynist buffoon, under-skilled charlatan and ignorant bigot that the Americans have elected to be their constitutional monarch for the next four years appears to have effectively killed the constraint of trade agreement known as the TPP. From a freer trade advocate, avid exporter, and labour movement supporter with a touch of green :- Good riddance.
As politicians go…(II)
Two paths. One choice.
I’m Arab and Many of Us Are Glad That Trump Won
A challenging and provocative piece on Trump’s election victory from an Arab perspective.
Oh noes! The world’s not going to saved now!
Bollocks. It was never going to be.
An interesting time for the Republicans
Trump is going to be a figurehead, not a president, leaving governance to an unfettered Republican machine. That machine is no friend of the disenfranchised, never was, never will be. How will Trump’s base react to being betrayed?
The Age of the Bitch.
– time for misogynists to feel our anger.
DNC Day 3. Biden, Obama, and Trump Jumps the Shark
Day 3 of the DNC. Biden and Obama to speak later, Trump wishes he hadn’t spoken earlier. In what looks to be an embarrassing gaffe, the candidate of the 1%ers has requested help from Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails. In a normal election, that would be political suicide. This year, who knows?
UPDATE: Barack Obama LIVE STREAMING NOW.
Jon Stewart on the Republican plan
“The Republicans appear to have a very clear plan for America…” Stewart on fire and funny.
Snakes and ladders
Yesterday was a big day for both UK and US politics. Brexit revealed the political consequences of social inequality. Meanwhile in America the Trump Train is derailing.
Trump overtakes Clinton on average of polls
For the first time Trump has overtaken Clinton on the average of polls. But don’t panic just yet.
Love Trump.
A class in political sloganeering 101. Read and learn.
Le Pen, Trump, dark times
As the world meets in Paris, in desperate need of sanity and unity, the tides of political madness seem to be rising everywhere.