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So apparently after all that the only thing that we know about the talks in Switzerland is that the US has agreed to reduce its tariffs on Chinese incoming goods to 30% and China has reduced its tariffs on US goods to 10%, essentially the US has caved and achieved nothing, and keep in mind even if ...

Trump administration ‘actively looking at’ suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says

In response to a question from a blogger for the far-right Gateway Pundit about when the Trump administration could start “suspending the writ of habeas corpus to take care of the illegal immigration problem ...

stevebrooks wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 3:00 pm
Yes it's that insane woman from the Fox news panel, the one that seems to know nothing about the legal system in the US actually works.

Sounds like she'll fit right in.

I think Trump pardoned her tax evading husband at the end of his first term?

Got a nice close up of an Aussie Ibis this morning. They don't raid bins in Victoria, or at least it's very rare. Not their culture here. They just hang out anywhere near water. I think they have a real beauty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/07/india-pakistan-strikes-warfare-normalised

This of course has the potential to surpass Gaza and Ukraine combined. Neither Pakistan nor India under Modi are entirely hinged to the anchor of sensible. So what's the plan here? India turns Pakistan's side of ...

Depending on who they elect as leader, and how they perform in the senate, they have a strong chance of attracting ALP voters who will inevitably be disappointed by labor's environment and climate change policies over the next term. Climate change is not going away. It will get worse and its ...

Greens are gone, all of them, it's now 89-40 in favour of Labor, that's a party wrecking result.

Maybe, but not necessarily. They'll still have 11 senators, holding the balance of power. They narrowly lost their lower house seats, were close to picking up a couple of new ones. Their vote ...

I finished Moral Ambition today. It's not as weighty as Humankind, but it's very inspiring and it's a must read for younger people starting out in a career, in my opinion.

Early on he poses a question which gets to the gist of the whole book. Why do 80% of Harvard law graduates go on to represent ...

She's the poster child for people who think they are smart because they are rich.

That's a very big call Wolty, given the competition. But you might be right.

It's odd that Gina would hold up Hungary and Italy as places we should look to for guidance! Really?

The push from Gina and other ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies

The most idiotic of decisions so far. Firstly, how the fuck is it going to be implemented? You double the prices for foreign films at the cinema? How do streaming services deal with this, i wonder. Hilarious. But lets not ...