Julie Bishop did not take long to don the hard hat so she could act Prime Ministerial



Tony Abbott has hailed the rise of a new conservative movement prepared to fight for Western culture and religious freedom as a ­result of the same-sex marriage campaign and warned Liberals the “activated” voters will wonder “who will represent them in the years ahead”. ... In a speech to be delivered in New York overnight to the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom group, Mr Abbott will say thousands of young people had sprung to defend marriage ­despite attracting “an instant ­social media storm and reputational death”. “Such robust characters, once activated, are unlikely to fade away; and could continue to make their presence felt (even after marriage is no longer an issue) because they’ve had the guts to campaign for a cause they believe in,” he says.
The Alliance Defending Freedom wants to take America back to the 3rd century. Literally. On the website for its legal fellowship program, the organization explains that it “seeks to recover the robust Christendomic theology of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries.”
“This is catholic, universal orthodoxy and it is desperately crucial for cultural renewal,” the explanation goes on. “Christians must strive to build glorious cultural cathedrals, rather than shanty tin sheds.”
Here Are Some of the Social Media Posts That Russia Used to Meddle in the 2016 Election - Slate
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released a trove of screenshots showing Russian-linked ads, events, memes, pages, and petitions that had been disseminated across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The content appears aimed at further inflaming recent debates in America. Some targeted issues like immigration that came up repeatedly during the campaign. Others focused on Bill and Hillary Clinton.



Who can fill the role of Tom Lehrer today? - The Economist
He was the master of song as satire, from porn to drugs, from race to nuclear war. An era facing those things again could use another such voice

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