As threats against polticians rise, should taxpayers foot the bill for security?
By Keane Bourke

As threats against elected officials grow, so too is a question in the mind of many politicians β€” should the public pay for home security for our elected representatives?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-31/security-fears-as-threats-against-politicians-increase/106734732

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As threats against polticians rise, should taxpayers foot the bill for security?

As threats against elected officials grow, so too is a question in the mind of many politicians β€” should the public pay for home security for our elected representatives?

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Zionism was able to take hegemony because the whole world decided to betray Jewish refugees [after World War 2]. They specifically made laws to keep out the majority of Jewish refugees. This is what allows violent [ethnic] ideologies like Zionism to take root. Jews were not the only group of traumatized refugees, rotting in camps, radicalized into movements that promise redemption through violence. It is a common tale. This is the story of the twentieth century.

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Minority rule (noun): an irrational fear fuelled by right-wing pundits, lobby journalists and billionaires, that minority groups are displacing majority populations.

We all know that the modern world i...

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On October 25th, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late...

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Ohio Is Spending $20 Million to Thwart a Statewide Vote on Abortion

Protesters flooded the Statehouse rotunda as Republicans moved to make it harder for an abortion rights ballot measure to pass in November.

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Republicans Can't Win the Youth Vote, So They're Trying to Stop Voting on College Campuses

"They basically put the polling place next to the student dorm so they just have to roll out of bed, vote, and go back to bed," a strategist lamented to donors.

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