Australia has done what it does best today, which is to throw its weight behind a flawed but familiar larrikin simply because he’s being sued by a bigger and worse cunt from overseas.

News broke this morning that US President Donald Trump has launched a $15 billion lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch over a Wall Street Journal article reporting on his alleged involvement in a bizarre birthday tribute to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

While Murdoch has long been accused of corrupting global democracies, manufacturing moral panics and platforming people who would’ve been fed to bears for entertainment in the Middle Ages, the fact that Trump is now suing him has flipped the public’s view of “our Rupert.” [...]

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[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's also the monkeys holding the money here ):

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

money not to scale

@zero_gravitas@aussie.zone

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

you madlad

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 3 days ago

One American sues another American, why would Aussies have anything to do with that?

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i hope they both step on a land mine

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

^this, but two land mines

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Reminds me of the last NRL grand final where I wanted both teams to lose for different reasons...