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By appealing to Trump's vanity about his legacy, perhaps we can prevent his presidency from being a geopolitical nightmareThe nightmare has arrived. Trump's America First" norm-flouting was bad enough the last time around, when a collection of traditional Republicans in senior positions moderated his worst impulses. No such grown-ups are expected to return.Our only hope may be that Trump no longer must worry about re-election. Instead of pandering to - and promoting - the worst instincts of his base, Trump, long preoccupied by his image, may begin to contemplate his legacy. Will history mock or admire him? The greater his concern with his lasting reputation, the better our chances of averting disaster.Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch from 1993 to 2022, is a visiting professor at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs Continue reading...

With president-elect likely to use DoJ to crush enemies, only hope lies in staffers refusing to carry out illegal ordersAs Donald Trump moves fast to expand his influence over prosecutorial and legal decisions while revamping the US justice department, concerns are rising quickly about how he may abuse his powers to target political foes for retribution" as he often suggested during his campaign, say ex-federal prosecutors.Fueling those fears was the president-elect's stunning decision to choose ultra-loyalist and firebrand Florida representative Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general and help fight what Trump calls a weaponized government" that he says baselessly used a special counsel to file criminal charges against him for trying to subvert his 2020 election loss. Continue reading...

I've had enough of depriving myself. Give me a holiday, give me Campari, give me a soft, happy bodySupport for seasonal self-love comes from an unexpected quarter: the French daily Liberation has issued a plea for us to embrace our winter buddy". That's a soft, friendly winter body, forged of chestnut-based desserts, cheese and chouquettes, those sugar-topped mini choux buns they sell by the dozen in French bakeries (I've never seen a basket of them that didn't make me yearn to unhinge my jaw and consume it in one gulp, like a python with a nest of bird's eggs).This winter buddy stuff is pure French fancy. The article conjures a wild, wish-fulfilled universe, in which having a bit of solstice padding makes you sexually irresistible rather than drawing barbed comments from your mother-in-law. I bet French intellectuals will remain whippety slim and elegant, though it's reassuring to realise they're probably dreaming of raclette, that nutritionist's nightmare of molten cheese, potato and charcuterie. Continue reading...

Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shunMany observers breathed a sigh of relief earlier this year when the mainstream, pro-EU alliance - of centre-left, centre-right and liberal parties - held on to its majority in the European parliament elections. These parties, which have governed Europe for the past four decades, are to endorse Ursula von der Leyen's new European Commission by the end of the month, with the declared goal of making the European economy greener, more competitive and more secure.Yet behind this business as usual account of EU political power lies a different, less reassuring reality. Von der Leyen's commission has not even taken office yet, but already the far right is punching well above its weight. And it will be emboldened by the return of Donald Trump to the White House.Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet professor of EU law at HEC Paris and visiting democracy fellow and scholar at Harvard University Continue reading...

No politician can win without a coalition of voters. Do Democrats know who theirs are?In September 1981, 10 months after Ronald Reagan's sweeping 44-state victory over Jimmy Carter, 100 leading elected Democratic officials privately convened to formulate a response to Reaganism. Alan Cranston of California, the Senate minority whip, began the meeting with a fundamental question: If our party is a coalition, unlike the Republicans, who tend to represent a single group, what are the common denominators, transcending regional differences and local interests, which make us a national party?"In the four decades since the fracturing of the New Deal order, an answer to this question has largely eluded the Democratic party. Of the United States' 20 highest-median-income states, Kamala Harris won 18; of the 20 lowest, Harris won just three. Democrats reliably win the counties that produce the majority of American economic output; Harris's losing base consisted of counties collectively representing 60% of the GDP. Yet the Democrats continue to depend upon some portion - smaller and smaller each election - of the less-affluent denizens of metropolitan America. The result is a deeply bifurcated coalition with little by way of a unifying common denominator".Alex Bronzini-Vender is a writer living in New York Continue reading...

On an afternoon that saw Pittsburgh hold off Baltimore and Buffalo end Kansas City's perfect season, the AFC's top tier appears even more tightly packed than beforeThere were two games on Sunday that allowed fans and analysts to get a very good read on the AFC. In the early slate, there was the now 8-2 Pittsburgh Steelers v the now 7-4 Baltimore Ravens. In the late slate, it was the Kansas City Chiefs v the Buffalo Bills.Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been great against most opponents as a passer, but the Steelers have had his number. In six previous career games against Baltimore's most prominent divisional opponent, Jackson had completed 78 passes on 132 attempts for 870 yards, four touchdowns, seven interceptions, and a passer rating of 66.8 - by far his lowest against any opponent. And against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Jackson completed just 16 of 33 passes for 207 yards, one touchdown, one interception, and a passer rating of... 66.1. Pittsburgh has a knack for forcing Jackson to stay in the pocket, compressing things with pressure, and blanketing his receivers with tight coverage. Continue reading...

It's not hard to draw a line between Trumpism and the rise of Jake Paul, another boastful celebrity who keeps insisting he is the best until huge segments of the population believe himDo not dismiss Jake Paul as the butt of the joke. The YouTuber turned boxer earned a reported $40m after for meeting Mike Tyson on Friday night in a highly anticipated fight in Arlington, Texas. More than 60 million households worldwide tuned in to watch the mismatch between 58-year-old Tyson and the 27-year-old Paul, according to Netflix. The fight went the full eight-round distance, but from the opening minutes it was evident Tyson would lose. His legs clung to the canvas while he bit his glove like a child dependent on a thumb, even as Paul's hands frequently dropped to his waist. Paul did not win the bout because he is a great boxer; he won because Tyson was far too old. This narrative may sound eerily familiar. Donald Trump did not win the presidency because he was an infallible candidate; he won because Biden was too old to run again - and Biden didn't realize that, much like Tyson, until too many rounds in.Like Paul, Trump has long been the punchline of jokes. Until he pivoted to his current career, the reality TV star was underestimated due to his cringey persona. But as Americans have learned over the last decade, when Trump says he will do something, he will genuinely try to do it, and as the most recent election results have proven, he may very well succeed. The boastful celebrity who keeps saying he is the best until large segments of the population believe him is a rhetorical strategy no so different than what's been attempted by Paul during his own pivot from influencer to professional boxer. In 2017, Paul cultivated the fastest-growing channel in YouTube's history at the time, in part simply by declaring he would and manifesting it into existence. Continue reading...

They called me wormy' in the playground - but I've come to see that while it isn't pretty, it's mineWormy! Wormy! Come here, Wormy!" I'm seven years old, arms wrapped across my legs like a protective shield, while a group of older kids tease me in the playground with the unflattering nickname that would plague my childhood.A moniker derived from my surname, Worman (pronounced War-mon," not Worm-man," although such nuances eluded my classmates in the 90s), the simple act of rescuing a worm from being unceremoniously cut in half would earn me the unfortunate title for nearly a decade. How clever they must have felt when they put two and two together, and how infuriating it was for me. From then on, I hated my rare surname and the joking that came with it.Evelyn Rose Worman is a writer who has previously worked in advertising Continue reading...

As authoritarians triumph by lying and scapegoating, there is no hope for centrists doubling down on a broken neoliberal systemThe most useful lesson of growing up under a dictatorship is that dictatorships are never absolute. Sometimes they are even democracies - ones that thrive by co-opting those with proximity to power and managing those who do not benefit. That management is often through brute oppression, but mainly it is through securing consent by convincing enough people that things are about to get really great. Any minute now, once the enemies of the people are thwarted, a corner will be turned. Authoritarian democracies recognise anger, foment it, then bottle it for their own purposes.The trick is to always have a horizon, distant but in sight, beyond which things will get better. While this happens, the trappings of national success assuage the masses and give a sense of power, prosperity and momentum. In Egypt, as the jails swelled with political prisoners, the military government erected grand pharaonic monuments and embarked on a colossal construction project in the capital. In India, Narendra Modi entrenched authoritarianism while he wooed big business and launched enormous infrastructure projects and Hindu temples. Dictators establish themselves as both great modernisers and stabilisers, promising both conservatism and futurism. They emphasise traditions and values but wrap these up in technology, urbanisation and even a certain aesthetic - clean lines, mirrors, glass and steel skyscrapers.Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

The US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has described her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr's views on vaccines as 'dangerous'. 'I would say that our family is united in terms of our support for the public health sector and infrastructure and has the greatest admiration for the medical profession in our country,' she said at the National Press Club. 'And Bobby Kennedy has got a different set of views.' Donald Trump, the US president-elect, has nominated RFK Jr to oversee the country's key health agencies

Outgoing US ambassador to Australia discusses Trump's pick for health secretary, and concedes climate action under president-elect may not be as fast'The outgoing US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has labelled her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr's views on vaccines dangerous".After a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia on Monday, Caroline Kennedy took aim at a number of Trump administration appointees including Tulsi Gabbard, warning that her appointment would obviously ... be of great concern". Continue reading...

Speaking at the National Press Club, Caroline Kennedy says the US has no more trusted or capable ally' than Australia. 'Australia may be a middle power but to the United States, you are number one,' Kennedy says. 'We have no more trusted or capable ally. In every dimension of our relationship, I have seen the United States rely on Australian leadership and experience' Continue reading...

Carr has claimed Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft censor' Americans and criticized NBC for letting Harris appear on Saturday Night LivePresident-elect Donald Trump will tap Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and big tech, as chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), he has said in a statement.Carr, 45, is the top Republican on the FCC, the independent agency that regulates telecommunications. Continue reading...

US president-elect Donald Trump attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event with billionaire friend Elon Musk and cheering fans at a heavily guarded Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday night. He was greeted by UFC personalities Joe Rogan and Dana White.

California-based Grimmway Farms recalls carrots amid 39 reported illnesses in 18 states, including 15 hospitalizationsA California-based farm is recalling its carrots, including whole and baby organic carrots, following an E coli outbreak that has infected multiple people across the country.In a statement on Saturday, Grimmway Farms in Bakersfield said that it has issued its recall of the carrots that should no longer be in grocery stores but may be in consumers' refrigerators or freezers". The recall comes amid 39 reported E coli infections across 18 states, including 15 hospitalizations and one death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading...

Pollster announces she's moving on to other ventures' after poll wrongly predicted strong shift in state to Kamala HarrisJ Ann Selzer, the celebrated Iowa election pollster, announced on Sunday that she is moving on to other ventures and opportunities", two weeks after her survey in the state wrongly predicted a strong shift to Kamala Harris in the days before the election.That poll, which projected a 47% to 44% lead for the vice-president over Donald Trump on the back of older women breaking for Democrats over the issue of reproductive rights, came three days before the national vote, giving Democrats false hope that Harris could win the White House decisively. When the votes were counted, Selzer was off by 16 points as the former president won the state decisively. Continue reading...

Richard Besser criticizes Trump's health secretary pick, and says falsely linking vaccines to autism is a cruel thing to do'The former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has criticized Robert F Kennedy Jr's nomination by Donald Trump as secretary of the country's health and human services (HHS), calling his false vaccine theories cruel".In a new interview on ABC, Richard Besser, who led the CDC during Barack Obama's administration, called Kennedy's push to falsely link vaccines to autism a cruel thing to do", adding, There are things we do for our own health, but there are things we do that are good for ourselves, our families and our communities and vaccination falls into that category." Continue reading...

The world No 1 became the first Italian to claim the season-ending title, in front of his home fans in Turin, with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 winThe players haven't arrived on court yet but there's already been a spine-tingling moment with Virginia Bocelli, the 12-year-old daughter of the Italian great Andrea Boccelli, signing a rousing version of You Raise Me Up. Sinner and Fritz should be out in a few minutes.Fritz says:I trust my game and I trust my level. I don't feel anywhere near as uncomfortable in these situations any more because I've been putting myself in these situations against the top guys at big events a lot lately. I'm really confident in my game.The US Open final felt like I was kind of just trying to keep myself in with my serve, stay alive, win points by hitting big shots or playing off of his errors. Kind of just like not repeatable, consistent ways to win points. Continue reading...

Markwayne Mullin says Senate should have access' to file on Trump's AG pick, who was accused of sexual misconductDiscussion on Donald Trump's selection of Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who had been accused of sexual misconduct, for US attorney general continued on Sunday, with Republican senator Markwayne Mullin calling for an unreleased ethics report to be released to the Senate.Mullin told NBC's Meet the Press that the Senate, which will oversee Gaetz's confirmation hearings to become attorney general, should have access to that" but declined to say if it should be released publicly. Continue reading...

Peter Hegseth, pick for defense department, says encounter was consensual but woman was paid undisclosed sumPeter Hegseth, the military veteran, Fox & Friends chat host and Donald Trump's pick to head the department of defense, reportedly paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault - an encounter that he insists was consensual.According to the Washington Post, the unnamed woman was paid an unknown sum after signing a nondisclosure agreement. Continue reading...

Musk's comments on X in support of candidate comes amid anxiety over entrepreneur's proximity to TrumpElon Musk has publicly weighed in on Donald Trump's choice for US treasury secretary, one of the remaining key incoming cabinet nominations the president-elect will make in the coming days.Musk urged followers on X to support a candidate that would not be business as usual" and will actually enact change" as he threw his support behind Trump's transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the treasury department. Continue reading...

Incoming first lady is planning to split her time between New York and Florida during her husband's presidencyMelania Trump will probably not be returning to the White House for the next four years with her husband, multiple sources told CNN this week, but rather will be splitting her time between Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City, where Barron is going to college.For many observers it is unclear who might be more relieved by that decision: Melania, who famously did not love her life in DC the first time around, or the White House itself, where Trump's wife once expressed her discontent by filling the halls with blood-red Christmas trees and destroying the historically beloved Rose Garden. Continue reading...

Attorneys and lawmakers who oppose pardons for Capitol rioters would not be able to stop him, legal analysts warnlf Donald Trump follows through on his promise to pardon people who participated in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, attorneys and lawmakers who oppose such moves would not be able to stop him, according to legal experts.If Trump does issue the pardons, it could indicate to many of his supporters that there was nothing illegal about the riot to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and would undermine the US constitution, the experts said. Continue reading...

City subjected to false rumors from Trump loses residents integral to community over mass deportation fearsFrom a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome bureaucratic red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little bit easier.But Koveleski - whose family is Haitian - has noticed a major change recently. Continue reading...

Exorcisms are booming, witchcraft is having a moment, Tucker Carlson says he was attacked by a demon. It makes as much sense as anything at a time of climate crisis, war and TrumpHow good must it feel to gather up physical manifestations of your anxieties, shove them in a giant papier-mache demon and set fire to them? Wonderful, surely. The citizens of Santa Fe, New Mexico, think so: it was recently described in the New York Times as their secret to happiness". Every year, they stuff the Zozobra with glooms" - representations of their fears - before burning them. These days, anything clogging your psyche can go in there: wedding albums; medical bills; report cards; loved ones' ashes; parking tickets".My fascination with folklore was nourished by a decade in Belgium, where I was initially baffled by, then sought out, the country's best bits. I watched my sons' primary school headteacher gleefully set fire to a Zozobra-adjacent humanoid - bonhomme hiver - to banish winter; dodged carnival figures in straw-stuffed tunics, blank white masks and vast ostrich-plume headdresses hurling oranges into crowds; and heard children cry in real terror at the prospect of being stuffed in a sack and dragged to Spain by Saint Nick's nasty sidekick.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

Americans who elected a leftist Democrat and a Republican president say the pair share an anti-establishment spiritPolitics makes for strange bedfellows. US political minds will be reminding themselves of this fact as the dust settles on America's election, with some results showing that a few voters were able to simultaneously support Donald Trump and progressive-leaning Democratic candidates.In the Bronx in New York, a strongly Black, Asian and Latino community, Trump's support jumped 11 points to 33% over 2020, one of the largest margins citywide. At the same time, the leftwing firebrand Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez secured 68.9% of the vote, returning her to Congress for a fourth consecutive term. Continue reading...

He says his goal is to Make America healthy again". But behind the laudable slogan there's a morass of conspiracy theories

Make America pro-life again' legislation includes banning abortion pills entirely and outlawing telehealth abortionsThe anti-abortion movement is ready for its comeback in 2025.With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, complete with a Republican-dominated Congress, anti-abortion groups are unfurling ambitious lists of policies they hope to see enacted under a sympathetic administration. Continue reading...

Focus on A-list talent such as Swift and Beyonce may have reinforced an out-of-touch vision, or maybe celebrity support holds no political powerThe names read like a who's who of A-list talent about to walk a red carpet or attend Vanity Fair's famous post-Oscar party. Oprah Winfrey, Megan Thee Stallion, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Springsteen and many, many more.These are just some of the bold-face name celebrities who backed Kamala Harris's failed run for the White House, making it one of the most star-studded political campaigns in US history. Even the world's biggest current star - singer Taylor Swift - got behind Harris. Continue reading...

This week a flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump's cabinet came at a hectic pace with a level of provocation that made heads spinWelcome back," Joe Biden told Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor, as the pair shook hands in the Oval Office. For Biden, it was important to show the world that America can still conduct a peaceful transfer of power. A transition that's so smooth it'll be as smooth as it can get," Trump said.It was an outward show of permanence and stability. But behind the two men a fire was burning fiercely in the grate. TV comedian Stephen Colbert observed: I do think it was fitting that they held the meeting in front of a roaring metaphor for the future." Continue reading...

Terrier is a break-out star on social media after absconding from the second-story window of his guardian's houseThere are escape artists, and then there is the elusive dog from New Orleans known as Scrim.A local pet-adoption service owner rescued the terrier from a dog pound where he faced the possibility of euthanasia - but Scrim then fled the home of a family that adopted him and spent about six months on the run before an elaborate effort to capture him succeeded in October, according to media outlets, including Nola.com. Continue reading...

President-elect took eight counties that went for Biden, and economic discontent appears to have been a key driverDonald Trump on 5 November expanded his coalition across the United States, and he did so even in deep-blue California.While Kamala Harris unsurprisingly beat out Trump in the Golden State - receiving about 60% of the vote - the former president nonetheless pulled off a victory, winning eight counties that supported Joe Biden in 2020. Continue reading...

It's difficult to face the fact that those who call themselves Christian can abuse, and hard to believe anyone thought silence was the right responseIt has been an unprecedented 10 days for the Church of England. The Makin report into abuse by John Smyth, barrister and Church lay reader, was leaked and landed a week ahead of its scheduled date, but still more than four years behind the original timetable.Much of the content is familiar to anyone who read Andrew Graystone's 2021 book Bleeding for Jesus. Justin Welby had been at the same Iwerne Trust Christian camps for boys as Smyth, sometimes at the same time, and seems to have heard rumours well before 2013, when he became officially aware of the abuse. His response was to announce that he had taken advice, and would not resign as archbishop of Canterbury; then, less than a week later, he did.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk Continue reading...

A documentary about unionising the company's Staten Island warehouse reveals new ways of negotiating with oppressive bossesThe union wants to protect workers. The employer wants to protect workers. How do I choose between them?" So asks one young worker in Union, a documentary about the battle to unionise an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York. It is a telling comment on the confusion today about what it means to defend working-class interests and the difficulties in trying to build working-class organisations.Directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing, two of the most engaging and innovatory documentary film-makers today, Union opens with a huge cargo ship piled high with containers, sailing slowly into view. The film then cuts to a line of people, half asleep in the early hours of the morning, waiting to be transported to an Amazon fulfilment centre" - a vast warehouse stuffed full of commodities, both goods and humans. It cuts again to a shot of the Blue Origin rocket carrying Amazon owner Jeff Bezos and a few friends and fellow billionaires into space. It is a visual metaphor for the disparity of power that lies at the heart of the story. Continue reading...

In offending Australia's First Nations people, the chef is at least offering a cautionary tale for other celebrity authorsShare the adventure of a lifetime in this incredible addition to the popular series, Reading with the Stars!It's almost Christmas and Jamie and his best publishing friends, Penguin, Random and House, are looking forward to selling lots of his latest adventure story, and discovering along the way just howmuch fun it is to make parentslooksilly! Continue reading...

The comeback of the legendary boxer, 58, against former YouTuber Jake Paul drew 120 million virtual viewers - and condemnationMike Tyson's return to professional boxing after nearly two decades generated considerable public attention before Friday night's comeback fight against the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, but the reviews were not kind.The 58-year-old former heavyweight champion's lamentable performance in a dull defeat by a unanimous decision elicited disappointment and condemnation as boos rained down from the crowd of more than 72,000 spectators at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, about 20miles west of Dallas. Continue reading...

Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect's favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the regionRightwing settlers and extremist nationalist Zionists in Israel have described top officials in Donald Trump's new administration as a dream team" which will offer a unique and special opportunity" to expand Israel's hold on occupied territory and permanently end any prospect of a Palestinian state.Palestinian groups and leftwing NGOs in Israel have been shocked by Trump's appointment of outspoken supporters of the projects of far-right Israeli activists and say the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has been emboldened by Trump's victory. Continue reading...

They celebrated his victory - but Trump's trade tariffs and America first policies could backfire on the likes of Orban, Meloni and WildersIn the end Viktor Orban didn't, as he'd promised, celebrate Donald Trump's win with several bottles of champagne". He was in Kyrgyzstan, he apologised, where they have different traditions" - so it was vodka. But it was still a fantastic result".History has accelerated," Orban crowed at an EU summit in Budapest last week. The world is going to change, and change in a quicker way than before. Obviously, it's a great chance for Hungary to be in a close partnership and alliance with the US." Continue reading...

China's leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with US President Joe Biden but was already looking ahead at president-elect Donald Trump and his 'America first' policies, saying Beijing 'is ready to work with a new administration'. Without mentioning Trump by name, Xi appeared to signal his concern about the incoming president's protectionist rhetoric, saying that a 'small yard, high fence' approach was not what a major country should pursue.

Karolyi trained multiple Olympic gold medalists and help turn the US into an international gymnastics powerBela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the US into an international power, has died. He was 82.USA Gymnastics said Karolyi died Friday. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...

The two leaders also agreed humans, not artificial intelligence, should maintain control over nuclear weapons use in last meeting before Trump assumes US presidencyChinese leader Xi Jinping has said he is ready to work with the incoming US administration of Donald Trump as he met with outgoing president Joe Biden for what is expected to be the final time.China is ready to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences, so as to strive for a smooth transition of the China-US relationship," Xi said, as the pair met for about two hours on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. Continue reading...

PM silent on demands for envoy's apology over past remarks calling Donald Trump the most destructive president in history' and the village idiot'

Jose Zamora, 14, of Santa Clara had been spat on and hit on the back of the helmet by students, says Jose BautistaA teenage boy in Santa Clara, California, has taken his own life after being bullied by other students for being unhoused, his father said.Speaking to KTVU, Jose Bautista, the father of 14-year-old Jose Zamora, said his son died last Tuesday after being taunted by students, including those on his junior varsity football team. Continue reading...

Does self-protection have to mean rejecting men and sex and joining the 4B movement? Of course not - but it does mean recognising the power of cultural persuasionYour body, my choice," wrote the troll on a post about my mother dying. It was meant to intimidate me. Instead, it's launched me into strategy mode, thinking through how women and their friends may build the cultural resilience to survive this neo-Trumpian era.The slogan was coined by the white supremacist, antisemitic, misogynist Nick Fuentes. It's everywhere online. Hateful extremists of his calibre once struggled to find an audience among leprous worms. Fuentes dined with the new president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, as recently as November 2022. This is the reality we live in now - US women directly, the rest of us by association.Van Badham is a Guardian Australia columnist Continue reading...

The president-elect's cabinet nominations have raised fears of an extremist agenda You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...