‘Here for the long term’: US seeks to entrench presence in Australia under AUKUS

Australian officials are preparing for the US to seek to lock in a long-term Australian presence for its nuclear-powered submarines through a review into AUKUS.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

They 𝘮𝘢𝘺 have been drug runners, they 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 have been a boat load of refugees seeking asylum, we'll never know; during his first term, #Trump wanted the US military to sink refugee boats, so the latter is entirely possible and highly likely.

Nuts to see the widespread media backpatting of Albanese after he ensures Aus critical minerals will be

- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition

- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal

Call me cynical it you want, but it really doesn't look to me like #Trump is planning on leaving in three years time.
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We just adopted our 19th sanctions package.

It targets Russian banks, crypto exchanges, entities in India and China, among others.

The EU is curbing Russian diplomats’ movements to counter the attempts of destabilisation.

It is increasingly harder for Putin to fund this war.

Jesse Watters Boasts ‘Trump Is So Unconstrained’ That ‘Nothing They Can Do Can Check His Power’

Q: Do you owe it to the American people to at least negotiate?

THUNE: Well, I think we have negotiated. I don't know what there is to negotiate.