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Cam from down under 🇦🇺
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husband | father | history teacher | regen ag farmer | progressive | anti-fascist | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia |

wtf America?
Do you miss America? The America we used to know?
Seems like this song from 1970 could have been written for these days...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AABT...
Miss America
YouTube video by Mark Lindsay - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The story behind the iconic song. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...
In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Generals getting lectured by a draft dodger and a drunk.

Welcome to MAGAmerica.
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
View from Australia:
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy
Under the Trump administration, the widespread, coordinated suppression of dissent is ripping apart the fabric of American political life.
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Trump lies about everything.
Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months?
Of course not.
theconversation.com/did-trump-re...
Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out
Trump is keen to portray himself as a global peacemaker.
theconversation.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Overwhelmingly negative views on Trump around the world, and this was before his 'Liberation Day' tariffs!

Full report from Pew: www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
June 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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🕸️🃏 "Zelensky has no cards…" they said
June 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I wish we had more data beyond falling sales for Tesla in Australia, but my gut feeling is that most Australians would agree with this NYT article’s conclusions about Musk.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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May 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Trump Yoga - created six years ago by Australian comedian Sammy J - still just as relevant and funny today as it was then...
youtu.be/Ec02r_Zqqqk?...
Trump Yoga - Sammy J S1 (ep41)
YouTube video by ABC iview
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Australian ABC analysis of the future of Trump's involvement in the war in Ukraine.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Played by Putin, a 'weary' Trump could walk away from Ukraine
Vladimir Putin was trained in the KGB world of working out the psychology of your opponent, so it is not surprising he is outfoxing Donald Trump. The US president is now talking about walking away fro...
www.abc.net.au
May 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A well crafted and succinct history of the Magna Carta and its connection to today - especially in the US.
Thanks again, Heather Cox Richardson.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 15, 2025 (Thursday)
Perhaps in frustration, this season’s writers of the saga of American history are making their symbolism increasingly obvious.
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Now I understand why they call him ‘The Boss’
Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.
May 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
From the NYT Poll Tracker (22 April 2025), Trump clearly in negative territory in recent polls. Still incredible that his approval ratings are in the 40s!
April 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The story of Paul Revere and the Boston uprising, told so well, as always by Heather Cox Richardson. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
April 18, 2025
Tonight I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking at the anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church, which happened 250 years ago tonight.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Purely defensive Patriot missile systems that save the lives of innocent Ukrainian people - Trump won't even sell them to Ukraine (let alone provide them in an assistance package). Wonder why?
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
The USA Is Running Down Ukrainian Air Defense in Coordination With Russia
open.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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How in the fuck do we live in a world where so many Americans care deeply about the Constitutional amendments which promise them the right to bear arms but not at all about the Constitutional amendments which promise them the right to due process under the law?

#NewsCorpse
April 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Poll shows Australians hate Trump policies and have lost trust in US, but still strongly believe in alliance theconversation.com/poll-shows-a...
Poll shows Australians hate Trump policies and have lost trust in US, but still strongly believe in alliance
A new Lowy poll shows Australians are losing faith with the American government but still value the alliance.
theconversation.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yep. Trump is political poison in Australia - now for both major parties. General election less than 3 weeks away.

wapo.st/4jDx4u1
Trump ties become liability for Australia’s conservative party leader
From government efficiency to DEI, Australia’s right-wing leader — and prime ministerial hopeful — Peter Dutton was emulating Trump. Then along came tariffs.
wapo.st
April 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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It’s all a matter of angles.

And from this angle, it makes total sense.

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April 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Oh MAGA, bless yer hearts.
April 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM