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Let’s not hear any more moral lecturing from so-called conservatives. When the test came in the US (but here too) a clear choice between institutions and chaos, democracy and their own system-wrecking advantage, most either actively cheered, or stayed silent. Authority gone.

Mark Kenny

Morrison's holidays is when he does nothing in a different location.

Strolling rabbi of no fixed address

Biden’s task

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The election of Donald Trump and the behaviour of him, his family and his appointees have demonstrated the shortcomings of the democratic system of the United States. Their constitution was…

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PM's anthem, verse 3:
I'm s'posed to be accountable
But I don’t give a toss
Rupert still supports me
and Albo's a dead loss
Funding cuts for the auditor
and that pesky ABC
I don't accept the premise
of our democracy.
In joyful strains then let me sing
No-one can question me.

Simon Rosenberg

Trump came to power as the repudiation of the Republican establishment. But the conservative political class and the new leader soon reached an understanding. Whatever their differences on issues like trade and immigration, they shared a basic goal: to strip-mine public assets for the benefit of private interests.

George Packer

The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglects the destitute) and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest transformation in human history.

Rainn Wilson