Michael Taylor, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

JD Vance’s gratitude for the Second Amendment: bloodstained and blind

17 December 2025 Michael Taylor 9

On December 14, 2025, as families gathered at Bondi Beach to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah, terror struck. A father-and-son duo, allegedly inspired by Islamic State ideology, opened fire on the crowd. Fifteen lives […]

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What Trump wants to be remembered for – and what history will likely record

11 December 2025 Michael Taylor 8

If there’s one thing President Trump thinks about more than governing, it’s his legacy. He speaks of it constantly – the greatest, the strongest, the toughest, the most successful, the most historic. In Trump’s own […]

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A line crossed, a standard shattered

3 December 2025 Michael Taylor 14

In the stark, unforgiving waters of the Caribbean, the United States crossed a line from which it will be difficult to return. That line was crossed with two chilling words allegedly spoken by Secretary of […]

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The escalating retribution

29 November 2025 Michael Taylor 10

The tantrum that won’t go away When six Democratic lawmakers – veterans and intelligence professionals all – released a 90-second video on November 18 reminding U.S. military and intelligence personnel that they have a duty […]

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The threats that didn’t fade

24 November 2025 Michael Taylor 3

When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on. Following President Trump’s November 20, 2025, […]

The USA: A democracy on life support

21 November 2025 Michael Taylor 13

When a President Demands the Death Penalty for His Opponents, Democracy Is Already on Life Support There are moments in political life so shocking, so fundamentally corrosive, that they should stop a nation in its […]

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The unbearable weight of the pointed finger

17 November 2025 Michael Taylor 6

We have become numb to the spectacle. The daily barrage of insults, the performative outrage, the gleeful savagery of one politician attacking another. We scroll past it, we change the channel, we dismiss it as […]

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The great Australian discontent: a government and an opposition struggling to make their case

16 November 2025 Michael Taylor 9

As the next federal election drags through its long, low-boil prelude, a quiet unease is settling over Australian voters. It’s not the usual tribal brawl of competing visions; it’s a hollow space where inspiration ought […]

Pauline Hanson: the voice that echoes, but delivers little

13 November 2025 Michael Taylor 3

In 2017, a commenter named Zathras cut to the heart of Pauline Hanson’s political brand with a single sentence: “The problem with Hanson is that she moans about what she doesn’t like but never says […]

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The Trump presidency, redux: a continued inversion of public service

12 November 2025 Michael Taylor 7

As someone who grew up watching American politics from afar, I held a certain image of the U.S. presidency. It was an institution, steeped in symbolism and guarded by norms that, while unwritten, seemed as […]

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A court’s cold comfort: the human cost of a political game

10 November 2025 Michael Taylor 3

This is cruelty on a grand scale. In the marble halls of the Supreme Court, a temporary order has told 42 million low-income Americans: wait longer. Go hungry a little more. The Court has ruled […]

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It is true: a government is only as strong as its opposition

8 November 2025 Michael Taylor 6

You’ve likely heard the old maxim, or some version of it: “A government is only as strong as its opposition.” For decades, it rattled around in my mind like loose change – familiar, but never […]

When empathy has a guest list

4 November 2025 Michael Taylor 8

On November 2, aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump was asked about King Charles stripping Prince Andrew of his last remaining royal title. The president’s response was swift and unambiguous: “I feel very badly… It’s […]

The party at Mar-a-Lago and the price of ‘a bit of fun’

2 November 2025 Michael Taylor 5

While the gates of Mar-a-Lago glittered with pumpkins and laughter echoed through its gilded halls at the “A little party never killed nobody” Halloween bash, a far darker haunting gripped the nation beyond. For millions […]

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America: The “Greatest Country” Chant Is Loud – But Is It True?

31 October 2025 Michael Taylor 6

There’s a pervasive narrative in American media and entertainment, driven especially by political pundits, that monotonously proclaims the nation’s supremacy – be it as the “greatest country in the world,” the “world’s envy,” or the […]

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