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George Rennie
PhD Candidate, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Politics & Society
Donald Trump and the uneasy alliance
As the pressure on President Donald Trump increases with a second US appeals court ruling against his travel ban, it’s the internal rifts between the alt-right and alt-lite factions within his administration that could create seismic friction in
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Politics & Society
The creeping influence of lobbyists in Washington
Rather than “draining the swamp”, the Trump administration is opening the White House’s doors to corporate interests
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Politics & Society
Trump + Twitter: Unfettered honesty or unchecked vitriol?
America’s next President uses 140 characters to set policy, but also malign his opponents. Whether he’ll be reined in is anyone’s guess.