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Melanie La'Brooy | The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) •
November 01, 2026 • 08:00 AM
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Melanie La’Brooy is an award-winning novelist who has lived in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and writes on politics and social justice issues.

Melanie La'Brooy | The Sydney Morning Herald

US tech billionaires like Marissa Mayer and Mark Zuckerberg have set their sights on our personal lives. Yet don’t seem to experience being human the way the rest of us do.

Since the US president’s re-election, no-one appears to know any more what the basic standards of character are for an elected representative.

The story that the far-right is telling is a compelling one. But its advocates are misidentifying who’s at risk. Since 2017, its believers have been responsible for over a dozen mass murders.

Donald Trump’s progeny are not missing the opportunity to leverage their father’s role as president to enrich themselves, with his favourite even sparking a revolution in Albania.

Two popular theories now circulating in the MAGA-verse are that the 2024 assassination attempt against Trump was staged and that Trump is the literal Antichrist.

Global affairs are in a bizarre state where the US president’s constant contradictions make us look to a murderous regime for the truth.

The US president has unleashed global chaos with his war on Iran. At this stage, the only geographical location that won’t be negatively affected is Epstein Island.

Racist memes and references to a mythical underground Aryan civilisation have become one of the Trump administration’s most potent forms of communication with its base.

In a disastrous month, the US president has repeatedly shot himself in the foot with his insult gun, and his old MAGA allies have turned their backs on him.

A decade ago, when I was living in Moscow, my Russian teacher explained to me her standard procedure if ever she was pulled over by traffic police.

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