Change for Dutton is simply changing the narrative Asylum seekers become “illegals Children held become “guests”(ODT)

“This raid demonstrates a dangerous act of intimidation towards those committed to telling uncomfortable truths.”

Let News Corp bullies fulminate about intimidation, it’s all good publicity to Peter Dutton. Or the cat’s well and truly out of the bag. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) a military intelligence arm, will be empowered to spy on civilians, as Ms Smethurst said, a move which Dutton says on ABC Insiders Sunday, warrants “a sensible discussion”.

Dutton is of course not bound by fact and embellishes his interview with Annabel Crabb by claiming that “he’d got all children out of detention here in Australia”, whereas, at that very moment, two-year-old Tharunicaa is waiting to celebrate her birthday at the Melbourne Immigration Detention Centre. Her strawberry cheesecake birthday cake is refused entry in yet another reminder of the tenderness and mercy extended to those youngsters yet in Dutton’s care.

On the theme of sensible discussion, Rebekah Holt reports in Crikey that Border Force has previously disputed the definition of detention regarding baby Isabella and her mother Huyen, who are held in the same unit with Tharunicaa and her family. Lawyers and the UN agree, semantics aside, that Isabella is a detained child. Yet the Morrison government insists that the child and some others, be classified as guests to get around the law on detaining children.

via Dutton’s naked power grab – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Trump believes he needs a War to save him. False flags have saved past Presidents. (ODT)

via US announces more troops for Middle East and releases new images of oil tanker attacks it blames on Iran – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The man is a circus unto himself (ODT)

an agreement to talk about another potential agreement is not really a substantive concession from Mexico,

via Mexico Just Released the Full Text of the ‘Secret’ Deal Trump Said They Made | The Smirking Chimp

Trump needs to take credit for his economic brilliance in these matters (ODT)

Stephen Smith worked at an AT&T call center in Meriden, Connecticut, for over 20 years before the giant telecoms company announced it was closing the city’s three call centers in February 2019.

“At 46 years old, I’m looking for a new job,” Smith said. “They basically told us we either need to move south or lose our job. It was out of the blue. We had no idea.”

These sudden mass layoffs have become increasingly common for workers at AT&T and many other big firms. But it was not meant to be that way.

via Bosses pocket Trump tax windfall as workers see job promises vanish | Business | The Guardian

What Trump denies is where you will fin elements of truth that word which Trump runs from. Ratings is his call ratings are everything (ODT)

The polling data showed a double-digit lead for Biden in Pennsylvania 55-39 and Wisconsin 51-41 and had Biden leading by seven points in Florida. In Texas, a Republican stronghold, the numbers showed the president only leading by two points.

As ABC News noted, Trump had claimed that this internal polling, which had previously been reported on without the underlying numbers, didn’t exist at all. But Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale confirmed the data’s authenticity to the outlet, though he claimed it was “ancient.”

Just like with any leak, though, readers should be skeptical about why this particular information had been shared. Even if it is true, which it appears to be, selective disclosure can create a distorted perception.

Vox’s Matt Yglesias pointed out that ABC News only received a narrow set of topline numbers, not comprehensive file on the campaign’s polling.

“Someone on the Trump campaign specifically wanted to generate a ‘Trump is polling poorly against Biden’ story and did not want that fact to appear in a broader context,” Ygelsias said.

 

New Leaks from Trump’s Campaign Expose the Embarrassing Poll Numbers That He Said Didn’t Exist | The Smirking Chimp