How Trump’s Second Term Tilted the Scales in the 2025 Australian Election It’s not every day that American politics reshapes an entire election cycle halfway across the globe, but then again, it’s not every day… The Global Spread of Trumpism: Trump’s Impact on Australia’s 2025 Election
Not Just Another Bad Headline I know it’s been a couple weeks. I’ve been buried under the avalanche of chaos—Signal Gate, the spiraling economic crisis triggered by Trump’s tariff tantrums, that mysterious “pause” in tariffs… Deport Now, Ask Questions Never: The Trump Policy No One is Talking About
How Trump’s January 6th pardons exposed GOP hypocrisy on “Law and Order” and shattered my faith in America’s imperfect justice system. While this issue first came up what seems like an enternity ago (2 months).… The Great Double Standard: Trump’s Pardons of Capitol Rioters and the GOP’s Double Standard on Law and Order
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a massive undertaking by the Trump administration to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” (another dog whistle phrase) in the federal government. The department, supposedly (and likely) led by… DOGE’s Government Workforce Cuts: Efficiency or Just a Wrecking Ball
I made the mistake of watching Trump’s address to Congress live on a sunny afternoon here in Sydney, as if I had anything better to do with my time than subject myself to that circus.… Trump’s Congressional Address: More of the Same, Just Louder and One Stunning Admission
From the very beginning of the 2024 Presidential campaign, opponents of Donald Trump warned that democracy itself was on the chopping block if he were re-elected. To many voters, though, this sounded like the political… Nothing to See Here, Just Democracy Circling the Drain
As an American living in Australia, I’ve unwittingly become the unofficial translator of U.S. political madness. Nearly every day since January, someone has asked me the dreaded question, “So, what do you think about what’s… How to Explain U.S. Political Insanity Without Losing Your Mind (Spoiler: You Can’t)