5 d. ago Australians now ‘more open’ to overseas aid – especially those aware of Trump’s brutal cuts

29 per cent of people says Australia spent too much on aid, compared with 40 per cent last year, survey says

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1 week ago Donald Trump's latest brutal move could see millions deported

Donald Trump's administration has ordered for the records of 55 million foreigners who hold visas to be reviewed - with the view to deport them from the United States

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1 week ago Satire at its finest: South Park takes on Trump’s martial takeover, AI and tech bros

No show has ever worked harder to have its finger on the nation’s pulse than Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s long-running comedy – and it really showsEarly on in its 27th season, South Park has garnered more controversy than it has in years (possibly ever), along with some of its highest ratings.Last week’s episode took aim at the Trump administration’s brutal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids, poked fun at secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s penchant for puppy murder and cosmetic surgery (Noem has since climbed atop her moral high horse and accused the show of sexism), and of course, Donald Trump himself. Along with Trump’s martial takeover of Washington DC, this week’s instalment, titled Sickofancy, takes aim at artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT) and the larger tech-bro industry. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump and Zelensky press conference backlash after brutal comment no one was supposed to hear

Trump has met with Zelensky and other European leaders to try and find an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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1 week ago MAGA ‘South Park’ actor responds to show’s brutal take on Trump administration

‘They’ve been going after everybody. Red or blue – it don’t even matter,’ actor Janeshia Adams-Ginyard said

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2 w. ago Latest South Park episode’s brutal mockery of Trump sets new record for the show

Huge amounts of viewers continue to tune into the new season of the long-running show

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2 w. ago Trump places $5m bounty on brutal warlord ‘Barbecue’ who burned 70 people to death

Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier has been indicted on charges of conspiring to transfer funds from the United States to fund gang activities in Haiti and now has a $5 million bounty on his head

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3 w. ago Donald Trump snubs Zelensky from Putin meeting in brutal 'nothing happened' slam

Donald Trump is set for a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday, but appears to have sidelined Volodymyr Zelensky from this week's discussions

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3 w. ago Donald Trump swears on live TV AGAIN in brutal Gavin Newsom swipe

The US President, who has sworn in public more than once since taking office, went off-script again during his latest press conference announcing federal control in DC

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3 w. ago JD Vance responds to South Park’s brutal takedown of Trump admin

‘Well, I’ve finally made it,’ Vance writes on X after mini-version of vice president seen waiting on Trump in animated episode

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4 w. ago The US immigration system is being militarized. Now is the time to stand up | Kica Matos

Trump’s budget bill is turbocharging an already brutal enforcement operation. We must meet the momentOn the Fourth of July, President Trump signed his sweeping signature domestic policy bill into law. He called it “beautiful”. I would call it a grave and existential threat to our already precarious democracy.Perhaps the biggest headline to emerge from this bill is that it tears giant holes into our social safety net to ensure our nation’s wealthiest could benefit from additional tax breaks. But for those of us on the frontlines of the fight to protect immigrants’ rights, it signaled the further entrenchment of an authoritarian regime being created on the backs of immigrants. Irrespective of our immigration status or views on immigration, we should all be concerned because we will all be affected: the sheer quantity of resources set aside for immigration enforcement will turbocharge the militarization of our country.Kica Matos is president of the National Immigration Law Center Conti...

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