Dave Earley
@earleyedition.bsky.social
Audience Editor @australia.theguardian.com. Previously digital editor Quest Newspapers, engagement editor Courier Mail, online news editor 7News Brisbane and more. Social media, journalism, analytics, audience engagement, etc. All the digital news things
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🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏
The head of Australia’s largest veteran organisation has categorically rejected Trump’s claim that allied soldiers “stayed a little back” from the frontlines when they supported the US campaign in Afghanistan, calling the comments “unfathomable”.
‘Unfathomable’: Australian veterans disgusted by Trump’s claim allied troops ‘stayed a little back’ from frontline
In casting doubt on Nato’s reliability, US president references Afghanistan campaign – which involved 40,000 Australian troops and left 47 dead
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January 24, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The head of Australia’s largest veteran organisation has categorically rejected Trump’s claim that allied soldiers “stayed a little back” from the frontlines when they supported the US campaign in Afghanistan, calling the comments “unfathomable”.
ICYMI, since I posted very late last night, @australia.theguardian.com was the 4th biggest news website in Australia in December
🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏
January 24, 2026 at 1:57 AM
ICYMI, since I posted very late last night, @australia.theguardian.com was the 4th biggest news website in Australia in December
🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🚨 BREAKING* 📈 Australia's Top News website rankings from December came out on Friday, and GuardianAustralia is now the 4th biggest news website in the country. Grateful to the 8.4 million Australians who visited GdnAus in December 🙏
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem, writes Mehdi Hasan
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
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January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem, writes Mehdi Hasan
Reposted by Dave Earley
The White House posted a digitally altered photo of a woman arrested by ICE, to make her look like she was sobbing when she was not. They also appear to have given her darker skin in the edited image they posted on social media. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The White House posted a digitally altered photo of a woman arrested by ICE, to make her look like she was sobbing when she was not. They also appear to have given her darker skin in the edited image they posted on social media. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The White House posted a digitally altered photo of a woman arrested by ICE, to make her look like she was sobbing when she was not. They also appear to have given her darker skin in the edited image they posted on social media. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The White House posted a digitally altered photo of a woman arrested by ICE, to make her look like she was sobbing when she was not. They also appear to have given her darker skin in the edited image they posted on social media. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
EXCLUSIVE: Before the US kidnapped Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration, sources involved with the discussions told the Guardian.
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture
Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly pledged US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departure
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January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Before the US kidnapped Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration, sources involved with the discussions told the Guardian.
After months of denials, the Trump administration has finally acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for DOGE, Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation, accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data
Doge improperly shared sensitive social security data, DoJ court filing reveals
Trump administration acknowledges that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting operation accessed Americans’ sensitive data
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January 22, 2026 at 12:35 PM
After months of denials, the Trump administration has finally acknowledged in a federal court filing that employees working for DOGE, Elon Musk’s supposed cost-cutting operation, accessed and improperly shared Americans’ sensitive social security data
Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched #Davos speech
Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech
President’s anti-Somalia tirade and insults to European leaders were in line with aide Stephen Miller’s worldview
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January 22, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched #Davos speech
From 🥴 to 🤥🤥🤥 Factchecking just a couple of claims Trump made in his rambling, racism-drenched Davos speech. www.theguardian.com/...
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM
From 🥴 to 🤥🤥🤥 Factchecking just a couple of claims Trump made in his rambling, racism-drenched Davos speech. www.theguardian.com/...
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent said.
ICE agents arrested a five-year-old preschool boy in Minnesota as he came home from school, then disappeared him and his father to a Texas detention center.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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January 22, 2026 at 9:27 AM
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent said.
Reposted by Dave Earley
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 AM
ICE detained a 5-year-old Minnesota boy coming home from school + took him and his dad to Texas, school officials say. The family has an active asylum case + entered the US at a port of entry.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
"They’re taking children. They're not violent criminals. They're little kids," the superintendent told me.
Reposted by Dave Earley
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 AM
a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project
Breaking news: Two women and a man are dead after a shooting at Lake Cargelligo in central western NSW. Police have urged locals to remain indoors. www.theguardian.com/...
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Breaking news: Two women and a man are dead after a shooting at Lake Cargelligo in central western NSW. Police have urged locals to remain indoors. www.theguardian.com/...
ICE agents arrested a five-year-old preschool boy in Minnesota as he came home from school, then disappeared him and his father to a Texas detention center.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:18 AM
ICE agents arrested a five-year-old preschool boy in Minnesota as he came home from school, then disappeared him and his father to a Texas detention center.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
The boy's older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing.
Australia’s federal treasurer says Canadian PM Mark Carney’s “stunning speech” denouncing Trump’s assault on the global rules-based order was being “widely shared and discussed” inside the Australian government.
Jim Chalmers says Canadian PM’s ‘stunning’ denunciation of Trump is being widely discussed in Australian government
Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos
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January 22, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Australia’s federal treasurer says Canadian PM Mark Carney’s “stunning speech” denouncing Trump’s assault on the global rules-based order was being “widely shared and discussed” inside the Australian government.
🤔 hm, has Trump tried to claim powers “that presidents don't usually have”, as this New York Times app notification says, or has he tried to claim powers “that are illegal”?
January 22, 2026 at 2:43 AM
🤔 hm, has Trump tried to claim powers “that presidents don't usually have”, as this New York Times app notification says, or has he tried to claim powers “that are illegal”?
talking about Iceland when he means Greenland...?! This interminable trainwreck
Davos live: Trump calls for ‘immediate negotiations’ on Greenland as he hits out at Europe and green energy policies
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president is addressing world leaders
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January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
talking about Iceland when he means Greenland...?! This interminable trainwreck
I'd really like to see the faces of the people listening to this…. Davos live stream as Trump rambles
Davos live: Trump calls for ‘immediate negotiations’ on Greenland as he hits out at Europe and green energy policies
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president is addressing world leaders
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I'd really like to see the faces of the people listening to this…. Davos live stream as Trump rambles
BREAKING: Coalition in crisis as Nationals quit frontbench en masse after division over Labor’s hate speech laws www.theguardian.com/...
January 21, 2026 at 8:55 AM
BREAKING: Coalition in crisis as Nationals quit frontbench en masse after division over Labor’s hate speech laws www.theguardian.com/...
This is going to be an unmitigated train wreck. Follow it live, I guess?
Trump to address world leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos.
Trump to address world leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos.
Davos live: Trump to address world leaders amid Greenland standoff after ‘minor electrical issue’ on Air Force One
Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This is going to be an unmitigated train wreck. Follow it live, I guess?
Trump to address world leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos.
Trump to address world leaders at World Economic Forum in Davos.
Reposted by Dave Earley
Canadian PM Carney: "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... You cannot "live within the lie" of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."
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Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Canadian PM Carney: "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... You cannot "live within the lie" of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Pep Guardiola gets existential: “Why should I not see the sky and see how beautiful the universe is?”
‘I am at the best club in England’: Guéhi seals £20m move to Manchester City
Marc Guéhi has completed his £20m move to Manchester City from Crystal Palace, after almost joining Liverpool in the summer
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January 20, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Pep Guardiola gets existential: “Why should I not see the sky and see how beautiful the universe is?”
‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
Red caps are becoming a symbol of protest in Denmark as Donald Trump ratchets up the pressure on Greenland
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January 20, 2026 at 5:50 AM
‘Make America Go Away’: spoof Maga caps soar in popularity amid Greenland crisis
Is there a German word for when their industry body for engineering is angry?
“If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the US president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs” buff.ly/JKaW1Bm
“If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the US president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs” buff.ly/JKaW1Bm
European industry hits out at Trump’s ‘ludicrous’ demands over Greenland
EU should issue ‘smart’ response to US president’s threat of tariffs against several countries, say business leaders
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January 20, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Is there a German word for when their industry body for engineering is angry?
“If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the US president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs” buff.ly/JKaW1Bm
“If the EU gives in here, it will only encourage the US president to make the next ludicrous demand and threaten further tariffs” buff.ly/JKaW1Bm