News Roundup

Let’s have ourselves an old-fashioned roundup of the newsworthy, newsy and newsable.

Just look at this pair of clowns

First up:

Monday’s column asked if Donald Trump would have the last laugh.

And then this happened:

Trump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest People

Former president joins Bloomberg’s list of 500 richest people

Trump Media merger adds billions of dollars to paper fortune

Bill Maher and his team weren’t happy:

Bill Maher and company melting down because Trump's stake in DWAC is worth billions and everyone who tries to take him down loses. pic.twitter.com/7thVONdEQL

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 23, 2024

UPDATE: "Cash!" Please click for additional Trump hilarity.

In Australia, the good news is that Chris Bowen has been temporarily shoved aside as our EV dictator.

The bad news is his replacement:

Anthony Albanese has stepped in to overhaul Labor’s fuel-efficiency standards plan ...

Under pressure from motoring groups, farmers, car manufacturers and trading partners to water-down the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, federal cabinet on Monday night was expected to endorse a revamped plan taking into account Joe Biden’s softening of US rules.

A multi-brained strategy involving Bowen, Albanese and Biden. What could possibly go wrong?

Say what you will about recent events in Melbourne, but at least Victorian police are taking on blokes their own size these days.

Makes a change from the old-lady-bashing Covid era:

Violence broke out at a rally in Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday, where pro-transgender counter protesters clashed with frontline police and other activists.

Now: Police have deployed capsicum spray and pinned trans rights activists at a protest outside parliament.

In the process, a news photographer has been pushed to the ground and been capsicum sprayed. pic.twitter.com/Gh5x7jJVUZ

— Mitch Clarke (@96mitchclarke) March 23, 2024

The violence was sparked after transgender rights activists allegedly tried to break a police line to get closer to a women’s rights demonstration on the steps of parliament.Two women were arrested, and are expected to be charged on summons.

They’re not women. They’re ladies.

UPDATE. Australia's hell-woken eSafety Commissioner is having a red-hot go:

The Australian government has ordered my tweet below to be taken down. @X can face a fine of up to $782,500 AUD if they do not comply.

I don’t know if any civil action or fine can be directed at me under that law.

A delegate for the eSafety Commissioner says “an ordinary… https://t.co/AApAMktPwR pic.twitter.com/2iqfsKA1uC

— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) March 26, 2024

Click to read the whole thing - and then scroll down to see what our eSafety commander is so upset about.

UPDATE II. Just another reminder that the UN needs to be destroyed:

.@UN dep spox on @UNRWA terrorists: "Terror is not something for which there's any particular definition at the UN... It would be a question of opinion about what those attacks would be."
Past time to #DefundUNRWA pic.twitter.com/xRS9WkpTkC

— Merav Ceren (@MeravCeren) March 22, 2024

UPDATE III. This'll cheer everybody up. Play the whole clip:

Florida has a different approach:

"If someone is breaking into your house, you're more than welcome to shoot. We prefer you to do that, actually." pic.twitter.com/eAL3DGcfpV

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 24, 2024