Recent electoral developments at the federal level:
• The population statistics that will be used next month to calculate state and territory House of Representation seat entitlements have been published, and as Antony Green reports, they establish that New South Wales and Victoria will each lose a seat, putting them at 46 and 38 respectively; Western Australia will gain one, putting it at 16; and the others will remain unchanged at Queensland 30, South Australia 10, Tasmania five, the ACT three and the Northern Territory two. The vagaries of rounding mean the total size of the House will be down one to 150. Redistributions will duly be required in three states – Antony Green has a further post looking at the specifics in Western Australia, where the new seat seems likely to be in the eastern suburbs of Perth.
• Matthew Killoran of the Courier-Mail reports a view that right-wing Liberal National Party Senator Gerard Rennick will “narrowly see off” challenges to his third position on the Queensland Senate ticket from Nelson Savanh, who works with strategic communications firm Michelson Alexander and appears to be an ideological moderate, and Stuart Fraser, director of a private investment fund.
• Jamie Walker of The Australian reports speculation that Pauline Hanson will shortly retire from politics, with her Senate vacancy to be filled by her chief-of-staff, James Ashby, who first came to public attention when he brought sexual harassment allegations against Peter Slipper, then the Speaker and Ashby’s boss, in 2012. Hanson spoke to The Australian of her frustration at being sidelined by a Labor government that prefers to negotiate with Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock to pass contested legislation through the Senate.
• The Guardian has launched an Indigenous Voice poll tracker. Meanwhile, academic Murray Goot has things to say about Newspoll’s recent result and The Australian’s presentation of it.
• Paul Sakkal of the Age/Herald reports the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters will shortly recommend donation and spending caps and bans on false information in political advertisements, which have the broad support of the government and the relevant minister, Special Minister of State Don Farrell. Labor’s new draft national platform says it will work towards reducing reliance on donations and move to an expanded public funding system, much of the impetus coming from Clive Palmer’s extravagant electoral spending. Donation caps are opposed by Climate 200 and the Australia Institute, which argue that donor-funded campaigns provide the only opportunity for new entrants to take on incumbents. Donation caps at state level of $6700 a year in New South Wales and $4000 in Victoria were seen as inhibiting teal independent efforts to replicate their successes at federal elections.
• This week’s federal voting intention numbers from Roy Morgan have Labor’s two-party lead out from 55.5-44.5 to 56-44, from primary votes of Labor 35%, Coalition 33.5% and Greens 13.0%.
State by-elections latest:
• The Victorian Liberals will choose their candidate for the Warrandyte by-election on Sunday. Rachel Baxendale of The Australian reports the outcome is “far from clear”, with 22-year-old law student Antonietta Di Cosmo di Cosmo reckoned as good a chance as any out of the field of nine candidates. Conservative allies of Deakin MP Michael Sukkar are reportedly split between former Institute of Public Affairs executive director John Roskam and former Pentecostal pastor Nicole Ta-Ei Werner, while the opposing factional claim is divided between KPMG director Sarah Overton, tech business founder Jason McClintock and former Matthew Guy staffer Jemma Townson. Meanwhile, The Age reports Labor MPs are pressing for the party to field a candidate. Confirmation of a date for the by-election is still a while off, with outgoing member Ryan Smith not to formally resign until July 7.
• In Western Australia, Josh Zimmerman of The West Australian reports Labor’s administrative committee has confirmed party staffer Magenta Marshall as its candidate to succeed Mark McGowan in Rockingham on July 29. Rather surprisingly, the Liberals have committed to field a candidate in a seat McGowan won in 2021 by 37.7%.
I see that David Van is taking at least a weeks leave this week. As I don’t think there is going to be a pair that reduces the numbers needed in the senate to ALP + Greens + 1.
So either Lambie, Lambie 2 or D. Pocock.
Oz: Liberals must reject politics of woke: Abbott
Tony Abbott has issued a veiled rebuke of his own party and the Morrison government for an attack on personal freedoms during the pandemic while warning that the Liberals must tackle the woke movement.
will marise payne leave the senate she has been there since 19967 and is not offering much any more she was foriegn minister and now a back bencher she seemed very low key and in effective as foreign minister it seems stuart ayres her partnerformer junier state nsw minister cant find a job after barilarow scandle
“I wasn’t at all fussed if Labor ran a candidate in Warrandyte, but after the Tories s elected that dud, not only do I think Labor should run, I also think they would be a big chance to win. Labor should really try to get a a big name to run for them.”
There has got to be a very obedient, not demanding, non-questioning, factional child who has never held a real job they can drop in.
I still think that the most likely candidate Labor would run if it is would be Naomi Oakley, who was the 2022 candidate, but only if she wants to.
I read that Steve Bracks ran as the Labor candidate for Ballarat North twice in 1988, for both the by-election in July and the general election in October and he found it utterly exhausting, so I wouldn’t blame her if she declined. Although interestingly Bracks got a swing of 3.6% toward him at the second attempt, which was above average for Labor in that state election (overall swing was 1.2% to the Coalition).
Still, Mary Doyle won Aston that way in April, so if she really wants to have another shot, the opportunity’s there.
From Oakley’s 2022 candidate page, she seems like a fairly strong local candidate for the area.
https://www.danandrews.com.au/naomi-oakley
What is the woke movement?
Can the Liberals just stop the virtual signaling.
Tony Abbott is sooooo unoriginal.
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Labor should run a candidate.
The libs are on the nose, they have just preselected a Fundie and, as they say in the classics – never give a sucker an even break.
The Age’s poll the other day gave the Libs just 23% across the state – a significant drop since the last election, so that seat is well and truly in play.
If the ALP win it, they would in fact be helping Pesutto as it would decrease the fundies’ numbers in his caucus.
The Libs really do think Victorians want to live in Sith Gilead.
I was amused by a comment I read somewhere that Joe Biden’s general unattachment to the right wing culture wars could turn out to be an advantage for him if he’s the candidate for the 2024 election, and they came up with a debate scenario example.
Dan Balz, Ann E. Marimow, and Perry Stein of The Washington Post point out that the Trump indictments and his candidacy for the presidency are contributing to the continued erosion of trust in American political institutions.
Not since the Vietnam War in the 1960s or perhaps the mid-19th century before the Civil War has the country’s governing structure faced such disunity and peril, given the unprecedented nature of a federal criminal indictment of a former president compounded by the fact that Trump has been charged by the Justice Department in the administration of the Democrat who defeated him in 2020 and who is his likeliest general election opponent in 2024, if Trump is nominated again by the Republican Party.
Scholars, legal experts and political strategists agree that what lies ahead is ugly and unpredictable. Many fear that the 2024 election will not overcome the distrust of many Americans in their government and its pillars, almost no matter the outcome. “A constitutional democracy stands or falls with the effectiveness and trustworthiness of the systems through which laws are created and enforced,” said William Galston of the Brookings Institution. “If you have fundamental doubts raised about those institutions, then constitutional democracy as a whole is in trouble.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/17/trump-indictment-candidacy-democracy-institutions/
Putting it out there; The ALP should contest the Warrandyte election.
WWP: “There has got to be a very obedient, not demanding, non-questioning, factional child who has never held a real job they can drop in.”
ha. “old looking child”.
The Yes campaign for the Voice needs to reject the premise that there is a binary between power and powerlessness, and stop trying to argue that the Voice important/significant while having “no real power”. That just comes across as slippery.
There are degrees of influence, and they should just say so directly:
– Some (maybe not all) politicians will listen to it, and adjust policy accordingly.
– Some (maybe not all) voters will listen to it, watch how politicians act, and adjust their votes accordingly.
– Some (maybe not all) groups/organisations/individuals will listen to it, and adjust their campaigning/advocacy accordingly.
It will have a function, even if its narrow. It will have a value, even if only as one small step. It will have influence and through that influence the power to inform and change a person’s beliefs, attitudes and behaviour. This is *real* power because *all* political power is granted by other people.
“ha. “old looking child””
Yeah, a lot of them should have grown up decades ago.
Q: On a bright winter’s afternoon, Sydney’s Olympic legacy is a ghost town.
These stories annoy me- Olympic Park is Sydney’s celebration and events space, by definition it is empty and quiet much of the time!! Every major city has a dedicated area like this, and Sydney’s events space is world class, and the venues highly used.
Not every square inch of a city needs to be bustling with activity 24/7, in fact Olympic Park is supposed to be a quiet oasis in the middle of Greater Sydney.
As a historical note on the Trump situation – President John Tyler would have been convicted of treason if he had been caught before he died. He was backing the confederacy when he died of a stroke in 1862. He was not mourn in Washington at the time of his death.
Only Australians cheat in cricket, apparently.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/moeen-ali-penalised-for-using-drying-agent-on-his-hand-during-the-ashes-without-notifying-umpires-1382042
Kirsdarke @ #559 Sunday, June 18th, 2023 – 8:45 pm
It has been observed that one of the best weapons that the Democratic Party has right now is that the GOP is completely preoccupied with a niche right wing culture war. A skilled Republican candidate of not too long ago would be hammering the “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” line and pushing a message which speaks to the pockets of middle class suburban voters. Instead, the GOP platform will be preoccupied with banning pronouns and drag queens, and their presidential candidate will be incoherently boasting about how awesome he is at treason.
2022 should have been a bloodbath for the Democrats and it wasn’t because the Republicans were failing at messaging (including deciding to lean into the unpopular overturning of Roe.) The only place they did better than expected was in NY because the NY Republican Party was laser-focused on crime (while many among the Democrats went a little too hard into the ACAB stuff), which scared a lot of middle class suburban voters into their column.
yabba says:
Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 7:45 pm
Olympic centre…
If you look at the Google map image .. Olympic Centre is like a shag on a rock.. totally isolated from the surrounding residential areas.. most of which are plain low density suburbia.. the area to the north is also a mix of medium density & over scaled retail complex..
The original town planning should have allowed for the high density residential to filter through the Sporting Zone.. eliminate the car parking & rely on good public transport to access the area..
I guess there’s levels of cheating at cricket.
There’s maybe forgetting to ask umpires for permission to put some spray on your sore finger and doing it in full view of everyone at the ground.
And then there’s getting some sandpaper and getting the most junior member of the team to use it to rough up the ball and when he’s caught coming up with a story about it being a bit of adhesive tape lying around the dressing room. And dob the bowlers in as well.
And when you are banned for a couple of years you dodge responsibilty and tell anyone who will listen that one day the truth will come out. And somehow you are a victim. Can’t wait for that version of the truth.
I reckon I know who cheated.
Scientists hope Euclid telescope will reveal mysteries of dark matter
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/18/scientists-hope-euclid-telescope-will-reveal-mysteries-of-dark-matter
It is Ali’s second offence so the penalty is likely to be harsh. It however will not view as a deliberate act of ball tampering as he does have an issue with the finger and can plead forgetfulness in failing to ask permission.
BS
He has been fined 25% of his match fee.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/18/england-moeen-ali-australia-fined-first-test-ashes
By any rational criteria, the US Republicans should be out of the contest for 2024. They’re main man is an ex-President who’s administration was chaotic and grossly incompetent, a narcissist who acts like a mafia boss, a dodgy businessman who didn’t pay his bills, a con artist, a racist, almost certainly a criminal, even a traitor. The Republican’s main alternative is an authoritarian religious crackpot. No one else is making much impact at this stage.
While Joe Biden may not be setting the world on fire, he gives every impression of being rational, competent, a leader whose administration seems to be free of serious corruption, and generally a safe pair of hands. You’d think that Joe Biden would be a shoe-in for re-election given the likely alternatives.
But the USA’s democracy is seriously flawed and Trump might be back next year.
Q: If you look at the Google map image .. Olympic Centre is like a shag on a rock.. totally isolated from the surrounding residential areas.
Of course it is…..how many people want to live next door to a 80.000 seat stadium or the two weeks of noise of the Easter Show or nightly concerts in the 20,000 seat arena?
I have been to most Olympic venues and sites around the World….and Sydney’s is probably the best outside London 2012 and Melbourne for activation. All of them sit isolated and quiet to some extent- many are much more isolated. Have a look at the new LA SoFi stadium if you want to see what car parking looks like!
Sydney Olympic Park is situated on an area which prior to the 1990s was effectively a large blank space on maps. A peninsula on the lower reaches of the Parramatta River, with chemical plants, a radio transmitter, mangrove swamps, railway yards and stock yards adjacent to Bovine University / a large abattoir. Courtesy of Union Carbide, much of the precinct was toxic.
The area now has a large sporting complex, Sydney’s biggest stadium and some beautiful parklands. It also has suburbs stuck on an isolated peninsula, but Sydney has lots of those.
WWP is right though. Both QLD and WA are late to the party with renewables. There’s a question to be asked about whether it was the state controlling energy that led to that lethargy? That’s one for the PhD’s. But once the state decides to switch to do something, they don’t have the same barriers for changing. They should overtake the southern states in renewables generation, sooner rather than later. Unless the greens fuck it up of course.
On another note, it makes me happy that they stuck with Khawaja. He carved himself out that spot.
With their massive own goal with TextGate, the Liberal-NewsCorp coalition are now playing the race card. From the Daily TeleCrap:
” Migrant free-for-all as illegitimate asylum seekers stay in Australia
Would-be asylum seekers whose claims of persecution have been found to be illegitimate face little risk of being deported, new figures have shown.”
Billed an an “exclusive”, but these days it’s not a drop from the PM’s office now that Newscorp’s political wing is out of power. Just some crap they made up.
No link.
Is any channel doing the test match tonight?
Bystander
Nine Gem. Rained off atm.
Thanks Steve
Anne Davies and Lisa Cox drill down deep into the documents:
‘The Top End carbon bomb
‘Revealed: Documents detail key players behind vast Australian fossil fuel expansion
‘A group of former politicians and executives has propelled the Northern Territory’s Middle Arm hub from dream to likely realisation’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/revealed-documents-detail-key-players-behind-vast-australian-fossil-fuel-expansion
“I bet you’re asking what you can do to make sure elitists like Lisa Wilkinson don’t ruin our country with this referendum and what you can do to help beat the divisive voice.”
Er, that’d be a losing bet, Senator.
‘Nampijinpa Price’s office told Guardian Australia that donations from the fundraising drive would go to the Fair Australia campaign, to help the senator promote what she described as a “message of unity”.’
War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Division is Unity.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-no-campaign-using-lisa-wilkinson-comments-about-jacinta-nampijinpa-price-to-fundraise
Steve777 @ #577 Sunday, June 18th, 2023 – 11:22 pm
Of course, no reference back to the ATM government who let in hundreds of thousands of ‘students’ to undercut wages.
The very perceptive Nick Bryant:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-s-says-no-with-an-american-accent-20230616-p5dh5m.html
It seems as though The Greens are doubling down on their Rent Freeze malarkey. With approximately no one supporting them:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/greens-renew-push-for-rent-freeze-as-housing-bodies-say-time-is-of-the-essence-to-pass-labor-bill
Ai yay yay!
Blimey So appropriate for the party of business.
Former pastor Nicole Werner wins Warrandyte Liberal Party preselection
The former youth pastor will contest the upcoming by election for the Liberals in what is seen as a high-stakes contest for Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/former-pastor-nicole-werner-wins-warrandyte-liberal-party-preselection-20230618-p5dhfy.html
C@tmomma @ #188 Monday, June 19th, 2023 – 6:27 am
Privilege: The White Man’s Burden”.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers. It’s Minimalist Monday!
Newly independent senator David Van is staring down calls to quit federal politics following accusations of sexual harassment, but will take leave and miss the final week of sitting before the winter break, reports James Massola.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/van-refuses-to-quit-over-sexual-harassment-allegations-but-will-take-leave-20230618-p5dhh6.html
If failing to expose senator David Van earlier is a crime, then culpability extends across the whole parliament, says Phil Coorey.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/van-allegations-expose-the-wisdom-of-hindsight-20230618-p5dhfi
Josh Butler reports that the No campaign for the Indigenous voice referendum is fundraising off the back of comments made by The Project host Lisa Wilkinson about the shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, in a leaked recording of conversations with Brittany Higgins.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-no-campaign-using-lisa-wilkinson-comments-about-jacinta-nampijinpa-price-to-fundraise
Maybe Lowe should stay on as governor to clean up any spilt milk, opines Ross Gittins.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/maybe-lowe-should-stay-on-as-governor-to-clean-up-any-spilt-milk-20230618-p5dhg8.html
Alan Kohler says the RBA hasn’t broken its habit of making horribly wrong interest calls.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/06/19/reserve-bank-wrong-again/
A uniquely Australian debate over the Indigenous Voice to parliament is sounding strangely American. Indeed, often it feels as if an IV line has been laid along the bed of the Pacific through which toxicity flows directly into the national bloodstream, writes Nick Bryant who looks xlesely at Dutton’s tactics on the Voice.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-s-says-no-with-an-american-accent-20230616-p5dh5m.html
The campaign for the Indigenous Voice has reached a point of no return after five years of stubborn argument for the peak body to be enshrined in the constitution, writes David Crowe who says that this is crunch week for Albanese with no turning back on Voice referendum.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/crunch-week-for-albanese-with-no-turning-back-on-voice-referendum-20230618-p5dhfa.html
Secrecy and the need to ensure natural justice for Peter Collins & other PWC Australia staff who received or used confidential information, prevents disclosure of the specific offences being investigated by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). But there will be no shortage of possible offences to investigate. They range from a breach of tax secrecy laws, making false or misleading statements, obtaining a financial advantage by deception, general dishonesty, to conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth, and money laundering, explains Chris Douglas.
https://johnmenadue.com/is-pwc-australia-a-criminal-organisation/
Bob Katter is not known for his searching socio-economic analysis, but when he rails in Parliament that it is an indictment of Australia’s banana republic economy that Coles and Woolworths have long toppled manufacturing companies as the largest private sector employers in Australia, it is hard to argue with his logic, writes Frank Kerrigan.
https://johnmenadue.com/coles-and-woolworths-the-deadly-duopoly/
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has requested a briefing from ABC management after the public broadcaster announced that its planned restructure will see up to 120 roles made redundant, including its political editor, Andrew Probyn.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/communications-minister-seeks-briefing-from-abc-management-on-cuts-20230618-p5dhf8.html
Amelia Maguire reports that a key gambling regulator will conduct a comprehensive review of all television, radio and social media gambling ads after uncovering alleged breaches of the federal government’s enforced gambling harm taglines just three months after they were introduced.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/gambling-ads-under-review-after-alleged-breaches-of-anti-harm-tagline-rules-20230616-p5dh6p.html
Victorian state high schools are being urged to adopt more generic uniforms and end their branding war with private schools as more families than ever seek financial help. Makes sense.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/end-the-branding-war-state-schools-urged-to-reduce-uniform-costs-20230615-p5dgqe.html
News Corp’s Australian business is relying on deeper cost cuts and higher print advertising sales to make up for lower-than-expected digital advertising and subscription revenues, internal documents show.
https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/news-corp-digital-and-subscription-revenues-sag-in-a-tough-year-20230616-p5dh2o
“Why do politicians think voters lean more to the right than they do?”, wonders Torsten Bell.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/18/voters-not-as-rightwing-as-politicians-believe-new-research
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That’s some bit of Bothsidesism from Phil Coorey!
Michael Gove has apologised for a new Partygate video that shows Conservative officials dancing and laughing as they broke Covid lockdown rules, deeming their actions “terrible” and “indefensible”.
The video, obtained by the Mirror, shows members of staff drinking alcohol at the gathering in London on 14 December 2020, and mocking lockdown rules the public were following at the time. At least 24 people were in attendance, including Shaun Bailey – made a peer in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list – whose campaign team organised the event. He left before the video was taken.
Ben Mallet, who was awarded an OBE in Johnson’s honours list, is pictured wearing Christmas braces and a blue tie. Mallet was the Conservatives’ campaign director for the 2021 London mayoral election and is running Moz Hossain’s mayoral campaign.
In the video, two people appear to dance past a sign saying “Please keep your distance” before colliding with a table full of buffet food. In the background, someone can be heard saying: “As long as we don’t stream that we’re like, bending the rules.”
Gove, the levelling up secretary, told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday show: “The fact that this party went ahead is indefensible,” but insisted it would not be right for him to say whether the Metropolitan police should reopen their investigation into this lockdown-breaking event.
Donald Trump was indicted federally last week, leading New York Attorney General Letitia James to announce she would give preference to the feds trying their case. But when it came to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, she said that her case was entirely separate from the documents case.
Willis has already asked for security assistance starting at the end of July so they will be prepared for the indictment she expects in the first week of August.
Former Republican Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) told MSNBC on Sunday afternoon that he assumed the only reason Trump was actually running for president again was to be able to pardon himself and dodge other legal problems.
On Sunday, Trump took to his social media site to complain again about the 2020 election saying that others “cheated” and implied that he only “reported on” or “questioned” the alleged cheating.
“THEY DON’T GO AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO CHEATED IN THE ELECTION, THEY ONLY GO AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO REPORT ON, OR QUESTION, THE CHEATING,” Trump wrote in all-caps.
Trump didn’t merely claim there was a conspiracy, and he launched over 60 lawsuits that were thrown out of court. One of his lawyers, Sidney Powell, who pushed the conspiracy, was sanctioned by a Michigan court for her involvement in the lawsuits. In May, Wisconsin sanctions were upheld by an appeals court as the governor attempted to recoup $106,000 in legal fees from Powell.
Donald Trump’s posts are the social media equivalent of the old man shouting at the clouds. 😐
#weatheronPB
The thin haze above,
faded out effortlessly,
to bright perfection.
”
C@tmommasays:
Monday, June 19, 2023 at 6:54 am
It seems as though The Greens are doubling down on their Rent Freeze malarkey. With approximately no one supporting them:
The Greens will continue to push for a national freeze on rents and interest rate rises, declaring there is more the Albanese government can do to address Australia’s housing cost crisis.
………..
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I think the federal government will not give anymore concessions than already made to the he Greens Political party. That is the reason they went ahead with this $2 billion offer to States and territories gambit. If the Greens political party don’t accept the Housing policy in Senate then that is that.
Painting him as a security risk, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday added his voice to those critical of former President Donald Trump for his handling of classified information after his presidency.
Esper, who served in Trump’s Cabinet, said: “People have described him as a hoarder when it comes to these type of documents. But clearly, it was unauthorized, illegal and dangerous.”
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Esper compared Trump’s legal case — he was recently indicted on 37 charges related to his post-presidency handling of secret documents — to that of Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of posting secret and sensitive military documents on social media. Teixeira was indicted Thursday.
“Why do politicians think voters lean more to the right than they do?”, wonders Torsten Bell.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/18/voters-not-as-rightwing-as-politicians-believe-new-research
Indeed, Vote Compass consistently shows Australian respondents clearly to the left of the parties they nominally support.
Oliver Sutton
Perhaps the media’s input needs to be considered.
Trump forced to wish himself a happy Father’s Day after Ivanka snub
Ivanka Trump has been absent from events at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign announcement and at any events where her father has been forced to face off against “the law.” Reports last week even claimed that the eldest Trump daughter was keeping away intentionally.
Just a few days ago, Ivanka wished her father “the happiness you deserve” on his birthday, leading to questions about whether there was an ominous message in the post.
Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, went so far as to suggest that Ivanka and Jared Kushner could even have turned into moles for the FBI to save themselves.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-lonely-fathers-day/
‘Ivanka wished her father “the happiness you deserve” on his birthday’
Ouch!
#weatheronPB. Quite chilly in Sydney this morning with a number of sites in the outer West dropping as low as -2°. Sydney Olympic Park dropped to 1.8°.