John Nicolay
Sydney lawyer and poster. Mostly interested in politics, economics, law and sport. Results-oriented progressive. Pseudonym in order to express non-professional (and occasionally unprofessional) thoughts. LFC/SFC/NYY
- Bogie and Bacall chemistry levels, honestly. youtu.be/pKKHkamnxps?...
- 1. It is anti-Semitic to associate Jewish Australians with the crimes of the State is Israel. 2. Protesting the crimes of the State of Israel in the presence of the President of the State of Israel must be prohibited to protect the feelings of Jewish Australians. Heads I win, tails you lose.
- This is a terrific post by @kossamaras.bsky.social on the politics of being a governing party vs an insurgency. It’s about the mistakes the Libs and Nats are making right now, but it’s also instructive to contrast that with how Labor has dealt with the Greens. www.facebook.com/share/p/1KPg...
- Man City when?
- Reposted by John NicolayTrump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
- I mean, you didn’t have to be Nostradamus for this one…
- I’ve seen this a bunch of times, and frankly I had a hard time believing it’s true. But I’ve now seen independent reporting … it is.
- Brad Karp is not going to last the week.
- Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: ‘You’re amazing’ ft.trib.al/0dStAqB
- Correct take on Stancil, I think. Sometimes, I wish he could dial back the annoying, but I guess like most people, he comes as a package deal.
- A new masterpiece from the NYT’s “it’s cloudy and drops of water keep falling on my head; some Democrats say it’s raining” department.
- Reposted by John NicolayLook, it's been hard for me to figure out how to talk about the difference between healthy masculinity and bullshit, weak, fear-based control fantasies, but BOY HAS THIS WEEK MADE EVERYTHING MORE CLEAR.
- IYKYK
- There is no currency in the world worth less than Susan Collins’ concerns.
- The idea that embassies and consulates are sovereign territory of their owners is one of those mistaken ideas that is impossible to kill. But they *are* protected by international law: in this case Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
- A beautiful example of the genre:
- Reposted by John Nicolay"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised." Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
- Reposted by John NicolayBREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by John NicolayTrump tried to break the Twin Cities but we stood strong, and now *they* are backing down. Makes me feel proud to live here.
