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Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, is a gender extremist | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/08/mike-johnson-house-speaker-republican?CMP=share_btn_tw
The revelations that have emerged about Mike Johnson since his ascent to the speakership paint a picture of a fevered zealot: in thrall of baroque and morbid religious fantasies; beholden to a regressive, bigoted and morbid worldview; and above all, obsessed – with a lurid and creepy enthusiasm – with sex, and how he thinks it should be done.
Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, is a gender extremist

Gender conservatism does not tend to attract as much notice as the other pillars of the far-right ideology, but it is central to the Republican ideology

The Guardian
Mike Johnson, theocrat: the House speaker and a plot against America

Second-in-line to the presidency, the Republican makes claims about the constitution and Christianity, and his wish to impose his faith on others, that do not withstand serious scrutiny

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Choice shames Coles and Woolworths with Shonky award for ‘cashing in during cost-of-living crisis’

Supermarket duopoly among consumer advocate’s list of 2023’s worst products and services, alongside rental platforms and a mini-fridge

The Guardian
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott says climate warnings are ‘ahistorical and implausible’

Speaking in London, Abbott criticises the ‘emissions obsession’ of a ‘climate cult that will eventually be discredited’

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/01/former-australian-pm-tony-abbott-says-climate-warnings-are-ahistorical-and-implausible?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Can we please arrest the climate change deniers instead of those protesting for action?
What Abbott is doing is the real crime.
Former Australian PM Tony Abbott says climate warnings are ‘ahistorical and implausible’

Speaking in London, Abbott criticises the ‘emissions obsession’ of a ‘climate cult that will eventually be discredited’

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/01/dp-world-port-operator-australia-zero-tax?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
How is this even possible, and why do we not run our own ports?
It's incomprehensible to any average tax paying citizen.
Major multinational port operator paid zero tax in Australia while raking in billions

Exclusive: DP World, part-owned by the Dubai government, may have ‘artificially reduced profits’, a new report claims

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Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds

Climate Analytics says onshore emissions of proposed fracking understated by up to 84% in ‘a rosy picture that simply doesn’t reflect reality’

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Doctors from around the world unite to call for urgent climate action

Health bodies demand all governments immediately cease expansion of new fossil fuel infrastructure and production

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Australia needs ‘drastic’ renewables boost as nuclear not an option for decades, says centre-right thinktank

Exclusive: Blueprint Institute says nuclear ban should be lifted, but disagrees with Coalition opposition to green energy rollout

The Guardian
McCarthy was mildly sane, but this guy's a full on religious nutcase.
This is not moral conservatism, it's extreme sexism, bigotry and white supremacy. With guns.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-value-moral-conservative-republican?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
New House speaker Mike Johnson praised ‘18th-century values’ in speech

Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

The Guardian