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History doesn’t happen like it used to. The attempt on Trump’s life proves it

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump is already fading, despite the media’s attempt to make it last. But that doesn’t matter to the Republican nominee, who is surging to victory either way.

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Trump picks JD Vance as VP nominee

Donald Trump has picked his vice-presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention, and Clare O’Neil has warned democracy is under threat across the world.

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Dutton and Albanese have addressed migration more than a hundred times so far this year

As the country gears up for what the federal opposition hopes will be an immigration election, Crikey brings you the key figures on the issue.

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Political violence is far from ‘unheard of’ in the United States

Joe Biden’s claim that political violence is ‘unheard of’ in the US is a far bigger gaffe than getting a name wrong.

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Shooting will arm Trump to take America into the authoritarian darkness

The failed assassination of Donald Trump gives him cover to pursue a crackdown on his critics if he returns to the presidency.

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Australia’s pro-Trump media are already blaming Biden and left-wing opponents for the assassination attempt

Apparently accusing Trump of being a ‘threat to democracy’ is incitement, but sending a mob to ‘stop the steal’ at the Capitol isn’t.

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Australia should let all residents vote — not just citizens

Should citizenship really be a requirement for voting? Why not enfranchise all residents?

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ANZ bonds scandal gets worse and worse, but its Suncorp grab is safe

ANZ, which is under investigation for ripping off taxpayers, should not have been allowed to take over Suncorp’s banking arm. The approval points to big flaws in the way bank deals are examined.

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Fear not the hung parliament, say Crikey readers, unless it concentrates power

In today’s Your Say: the value of hung parliaments, Labor’s caucus rules, journalist Cheng Lei, and the NSW premier’s stance on greyhound racing.

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No, Dutton’s government-intervention plan is not illiberal

There may be many good reasons to oppose nuclear power, but liberal ideology is not one of them.

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Donald Trump assassination attempt condemned

Leaders around the world have condemned the attempt on Donald Trump’s life, and Tony Burke has said he could deregister the construction division of the CFMEU if union misconduct isn’t addressed.

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Payman saga proves politicians and journalists are weaponising religion without understanding it

What is the point of boasting support for the first hijabi woman in Parliament only to reject the very system of meaning that inspires her to wear the hijab?

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Joe Biden’s press conference will resolve precisely nothing

US President Joe Biden needed a flawless performance in his first press conference for eight months. He did not deliver.

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Yet another huge procurement bungle has been unearthed. Guess where?

A procurement process so blatantly rotten that the beneficiary itself tried to stop it? It could only happen in Defence.

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No, Labor shouldn’t ditch its caucus rules — they’re compromised and collectivist but more democratic

Arguing for the negative in this week’s Friday Fight: Crikey’s political editor Bernard Keane.

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Yes, Labor should ditch its caucus rules — if it wants to avoid becoming a shrinking cult

Arguing for the affirmative in this week’s Friday Fight: columnist Rachel Withers.

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Dutton doesn’t realise importing US politics means the death of the Liberal Party

As the Liberal Party has moved to the right, compulsory preferential voting has enabled the moderate centre it once represented to find new candidates.

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News Corp’s child sexual offender list is a bad, not ‘especially effective’ idea, experts say

The Advertiser has put together a database of child sexual offenders in South Australia. Is that a good idea?

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We’re beyond the culture wars now people, and it all kicked off with big inflatable baby Trump

Donald Trump started it. Boris Johnson gave it a red-hot go. Now the Coalition is having a crack. Across the Anglosphere, right-wing leaders are playing with traditional ideology in pursuit of working- and middle-class voters.

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Albo announces fresh candidates

Anthony Albanese is ramping up Labor’s election preparation with the announcement of new candidates, and Australia announces $250m in military support for Ukraine.

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Reader reply: Journalism too important to be left to the likes of Assange

To enable good, trustworthy journalism, we need whistleblower protections that work, not a ‘dropbox’ platform that makes whistleblowing indistinguishable from state-sponsored hacks.

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Reader reply: I’ve experienced state-backed hacks. Assange’s ‘journalism’ is dangerous

To enable good, trustworthy journalism, we need whistleblower protections that work, not a ‘dropbox’ platform that makes whistleblowing indistinguishable from state-sponsored hacks.

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Clooney’s Biden intervention is about to make showbiz for ugly people even uglier

George Clooney has written an op-ed calling on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race. But he’s far from the first A-lister to try to influence US politics.

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Facebook won’t block ads for deepfake nude apps but it did block my article about them

Meta decided a Crikey article about its deepfake nude app problem qualified as spam.

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Under Minns, NSW is driven by gambling, shock jocks and idiocy

In another demonstration of the power of gambling interests in NSW, the Minns government is refusing to close the NSW greyhound industry.

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