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Much has been written about the US election already and I don't plan on adding anything with this post. I am though interested in the donation reform bill and the purported winners & losers.
I think we are on the right track in Australia presently in regards to a diverse parliament but I have read differing views about the proposed legislation.
The one thing I don't want to see though is further entrenching of the two major parties because clearly, as was seen in the US election, Jill & Joe Public are a tad over politicians & politics over there and I don't think we are far behind that being a reality here.
Is anyone willing to chime in on this?
The proposed appointment of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence for Trump will send the neo-cons absolutely ballistic. This position is a Cabinet level position and is in charge of 7 security agencies including the NSA. Gabbard is an interesting character. She is very much against the military industrial complex view of the world, she's an isolationist, she's extremely anti Muslim, pro Israel, and a supporter of an Australian style health system for the US. She does not support aid for Ukraine as far as I can see, and seems to take a position on Russia and Ukraine similar to Jeffrey Sachs. Check out her Wikipedia page. If she is appointed she will be a cat among the pigeons.