Honest question, who's Ted O'Brian?

Happy Birthday!!!

Yes I think this nails it. The Law, Justice etc should mean something but the failure to hold Trump accountable for J6 did horrible damage to this.

One thing I feel more and more convinced of is the "left" need to pick more villains. Immigrants unfortunately make a great villain for lots of people. But guess who also make great villains; corporations, tax dodgers, environmental wreckers etc. Direct the public anger at those who deserve it.

Chip: "My brain told me I was being sexist, but in my defence maybe sexism is correct?"

The clip in the article reminds me of this incredibly awkward moment

This is a good lesson for Australia. If you can't do anything in a 3 year term, you can't do it in 4, or apparently 5. The problem is not the term length, the problem is the culture and incompetence of the politics of the people who rise to the top in our parties.

Me Too gets talked about as a reaction to Trump’s first election in quasi-psychoanalytic terms, like it was a repressed confrontation with an unreachable, displaced enemy. But you could also see it as a very straightforward and conscious retort to Trumpism’s professed values!