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The Vice-President is a ubiquitous agent provocateur who has done more in 45 days than Kamala Harris did in four years.
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Will Donald Trump’s war on woke topple Oscar?
The US President is intent on rewriting American culture but the Academy Awards line-up suggests Hollywood hasn’t got the memo. This first Oscars since Trump II (The Sequel) opened will presumably feature tribunes of left-wing causes.
Hyperbole makes Trump sound crazed but there’s method
Sometimes crazy ideas are just crazy. But successful leaders bend the world in their direction not by making incremental moves along the curve of conventional wisdom but by jumping off the curve completely.
Pray for surrender in Trump’s dumb trade war
After the tariff threat, Canada follows Mexico’s lead and gives him a deal to trumpet and a story to tell.
Strongman Trump erodes US liberal instincts
President’s vengefulness was never in doubt but the institutional willingness to restrain him appears to be fading.
Even for Trump, January 6 pardons are repugnant
The President’s self-belief will bring much-needed change but character flaws risk irreparable damage to the soul of America.
It’s Trump the sequel: this time his revolution may succeed
Eight years ago, the 45th US president was regarded as an alien usurper. When he takes office again on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), it will mark a shift in America’s view of itself.
No smoke without fire on Democrat failings
While some claims may be overblown, the truth is California governor Gavin Newsom has prioritised green policies over citizen safety.
This is no right-wing takeover, it’s a media reset
Collapse of trust in legacy papers and TV networks has been brought about not by tech villains but by outlets themselves.
Biden has already left the building: history will not be kind
Joe Biden’s presidency ending in failure is the climax of a career in which his defining objective was simply to be, not to do.
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