> Victorian MP Moira Deeming has won her defamation case against the state’s Opposition Leader John Pesutto.Ms Deeming brought the lawsuit claiming Mr Pesutto ...
ok, the adjournment is for deciding on aggravated damage in a few days. initial damage A$300k and she won for sure. finally some good news in down under
> A prominent staffer for Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi “regrets” saying the attack, which authorities have said is probably terrorism, could have been perpetrated by Zionists.
The Harris campaign and Joe Rogan, host of The Joe Rogan Experience, discussed an interview for weeks but couldn't settle on terms. A week after her loss, new details surfaced as a campaign official revealed that Harris' concerns about backlash from progressives ultimately led to canceling the plans. Rogan claimed the vice president was unwilling to address controversial topics.
"Some of our progressive staff pushed back, not wanting her on the show and worrying about backlash," Harris campaign adviser Jennifer Palmieri said on Wednesday at a New York conference organized by The Clearing House, a payments group owned by major U.S. banks.
Palmieri, as first reported by The Financial Times, also said that news leaking about Harris being in talks to appear on Rogan's show created a "very weird dynamic" with the podcaster.
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Harris' concerns mirror previous incidents in which Democratic leaders faced internal criticism for engaging with Rogan's audience. Senator Bernie Sanders faced backlash in 2020 after promoting an endorsement from Rogan.
While it's hard to argue that Harris' failed interview with Rogan and the subsequent Trump endorsement by the podcaster swung the election, it underscored Democrats' messaging challenges—a weakness seen throughout her five-month campaign.
Harris, favored by mainstream media, relied on traditional outlets like CBS, ABC, and NBC, even appearing on Saturday Night Live. Trump, meanwhile, focused his media strategy on podcasters and social media influencers like Rogan himself.
So on Joe Rogan, speaking to millions of people, Andreessen is confident enough in his knowledge of the CFPB to accuse it of debanking. Then, when people point out that what he’s said is wrong, he suddenly isn’t very familiar with the CFPB, its mission, and its stance on debanking (despite this being public information, and despite one of Andreessen’s companies having had a run-in with the Bureau). This tweet has more than a whiff of How should I know exactly what the deal is? I’m just a simple country tech billionaire. I know little of your “regulations” and “agencies.”
It’s exceptionally disingenuous, is what I’m saying.
Andreessen was aided in his attack on the CFPB by the fact that neither Joe Rogan nor his producer were in a position to push back. That’s one of the problems with Rogan’s show (which, full disclosure, I have been on). It has gotten very, very big, but Rogan is not a naturally skeptical person, so when someone comes onto his show with strong beliefs, an agenda, or both, he tends to get steamrolled by them. And it is hard to fact-check stuff like this in real time, especially if you don’t have any issue-area experts on hand, which Rogan never does. That’s why Rogan didn’t push back at all and accepted, at face value, Andreessen’s story about how the CFPB “terrorizes” people.
Kayla said all trans women were held in the male compound until September this year.
Instead of being moved in with the cisgender women, they were instead "segregated" to a separate, fenced-off area because operators didn't "feel comfortable" with the alternative, she said.
"Their toxic mindset that 'trans people are predatory' has prevented them from letting us live in the female compound," she said.
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