It’s probably true that the narratives being bandied around about Trump’s win and Corbyn’s win are completely wrong.

http://insidestory.org.au/another-blow-for-populism

The Murdoch press is dying.

Obama

Ok I’m onboard with this. Never again shall I fly Qantas Airlines.

Originally shared by David Cameron Staples

“Australia is being urged to ban Qatar Airways and sever economic ties with the country, which has been accused of sponsoring terrorism in the Middle East.” … by Saudi Arabia. Think about that for a second.

FTFY. This all came out of nowhere, just after Trump visited Saudi Arabia, the home of Salafism and Wahhabism. If you wanted to nail down the origin of the wave of Islamist fundamentalist terrorism around the world right now, there are worse places to look that the house of Saud funding Salafist Madrassas around the Muslim world.

And what does Qatar produce? Oil and Al Jazeera. I’m sure that’s a co-incidence.

Plus, of course, that Cori Bernardi wants something is a really good first-pass filter that it’s a very bad thing, and he should on no account be allowed to get it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-14/australia-should-sever-ties-with-qatar-cory-bernardi-says/8618094

Brexit made politics suddenly real to the younger people in the UK. Gen-X naturally had no opinion.

Originally shared by Jeff Zahari

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-centrism-w487628

Two bits of Democratic legislation by Rep Mike Quigley

Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness (MAR-A-LAGO) Act

Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement (COVFEFE) Act

Of course fighting rather than caving over the AHCA act might be time better spent.