Starting at about 8.20 pm (NT time) last night the ABC broadcast an interview by Sarah Ferguson and Bridget Brennan with NT Senator Jacinta Price after the Coalition’s devastating – to put it mildly – loss at the 2025 Australian Federal election. Make of the interview what you will but I think it was a [...]
Nicolle Wallace and Malcolm Turnbull in March 2024. Image: MSNBC Nicolle Wallace hosts the early evening 90-minute MSNBC show Deadline: White House. Wallace’s Australian talking-head-of-choice appears to be former—as in very former—Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. I’ve been listening to the podcast version of Deadline on and off for the past year or so and don’t [...]
Vice-president Kamala Harris. Photo: supplied A few hours ago I received an email from Jen O’Malley Dillon, Campaign Chair for Harris for President. Unlike earlier emails—and these past few days there’ve been more than a few—this latest was upbeat and has shrugged off the underdog tag the Harris campaign has worn to date. O’Malley Dillon’s [...]
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. 27 October 2024 Singing In the Rain. Jelly Roll ©Bob Gosford This is more than just music.This is more than just a concert.Tonight is about redemption, recovery and freedom.Tonight is about breaking generational curses and breaking chains.Tonight is about letting go with the past, tonight is about focusing on our [...]
Following is the lightly edited text of Governor Chris Christie’s speech at a Town Hall meeting at Windham, New Hampshire on 10 January where he announced his withdrawal as a Republican Party candidate for the 2024 election. As with President Jospeh Biden’s speech launching his re-election bid (see The Northern Myth post here) at Valley [...]
President Joseph Biden’s re-election campaign speech earlier today US time at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania was a speech for the ages and has set the tone for the campaign that will run for the next 10 months until election day. Hang on, it will be a great ride. At nearly 4,000 words the transcript is a [...]
