Michael Taylor, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

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The MAGAs turn on Scotland

30 July 2025 Michael Taylor 14

For a brief, confused moment in July 2025, Scotland became the darling of the MAGA crowd. American far-right accounts gushed about its rugged beauty, its deep sense of tradition, and of course, its supposed love […]

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Review: Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitator (1991)

30 July 2025 Michael Taylor 4

Mr Neal is Entitled to Be an Agitator, directed by Daryl Dellora, is a compelling and thought-provoking documentary that chronicles the tumultuous career of Lionel Murphy, a polarising Australian High Court Justice whose progressive ideals […]

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Why the LNP Coalition will never amount to anything

28 July 2025 Michael Taylor 12

The LNP Coalition – the Liberal and National parties – are a movement in permanent decline. They once claimed to be the party of aspiration, enterprise and strong economic management. But today, they stand for […]

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Out of Step with the World: Australia’s Refusal to Recognise Palestine is a Moral Failure

27 July 2025 Michael Taylor 17

In a world that is finally waking up to the urgent need for justice and peace in the Middle East, Australia has chosen silence and hesitation. While 147 of the 193 United Nations member states […]

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Trump’s Scottish love affair: haggis, hatred, and hilarious hype

26 July 2025 Michael Taylor 8

Scotland, the land of lefties, lochs, kilts, and coos (that’s cows to you non-Gaelic speakers), is buzzing – or rather, bagpiping – with controversy. The Scots, known for their love of haggis and their left-leaning […]

The Epstein Files: Trump’s legal storm is only getting worse

26 July 2025 Michael Taylor 9

As the drip-feed of revelations from the Epstein files continues, a grim reality is settling over Donald Trump’s inner circle: the legal storm they once believed they could spin their way out of is now […]

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Chris Kenny criticises One Nation

24 July 2025 Michael Taylor 13

In a rare public rebuke coming from one of Australia’s prominent right-wing voices, Sky News’ Chris Kenny tore into Pauline Hanson and her three fellow One Nation senators for their symbolic gesture at yesterday’s first […]

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Trump, Bots, and the Battle for the Algorithm

23 July 2025 Michael Taylor 2

The ABC recently reported what many already suspected: bots are flooding social media platforms, and they’re doing it to boost Donald Trump. Prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, coordinated networks of inauthentic accounts were […]

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Rallying the Faithful: the MAGA Loyalty Test

22 July 2025 Michael Taylor 8

For a moment, it looked like Donald Trump was losing control of the MAGA movement. Days before he filed a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, murmurs of discontent were spreading through Trump’s once-unshakeable […]

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Trump vs the Media: When the Truth Becomes the Enemy

22 July 2025 Michael Taylor 7

When Donald Trump launched his first campaign in 2015, the media were an easy target. “Fake news” became his rallying cry, and reporters were branded the “enemy of the people.” But now, in 2025, the […]

Tony Abbott’s China critique reveals a deeper political alignment

21 July 2025 Michael Taylor 16

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has never shied away from controversy. But his recent criticisms of Anthony Albanese’s diplomatic outreach to China reveal more than just a policy disagreement – they expose a deeper ideological […]

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Accusing Obama of Treason? Trump’s Loyalists are Running the Old Playbook Again

20 July 2025 Michael Taylor 4

As Donald Trump faces mounting legal peril and renewed public scrutiny over his past associations, a familiar and incendiary claim has resurfaced in MAGA circles: Barack Obama committed treason. It’s a statement designed to shock, […]

Trump suing over Epstein letter – but could it backfire?

19 July 2025 Michael Taylor 17

A resurfaced 2003 letter, allegedly written by Donald Trump to the late Jeffrey Epstein, has triggered a legal and political storm. The Wall Street Journal, which published the letter, claims it reveals a once-cordial relationship between […]

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Trump urges MAGA to move on from Epstein – but why the rush?

17 July 2025 Michael Taylor 11

Yesterday, I wrote about how the Epstein scandal has fractured the MAGA movement. Today, I want to look at how President Trump is trying to heal that fracture – using his signature approach: deflect, dismiss, […]

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The Epstein Files: A Web of Hypocrisy, Denials, and a Fractured MAGA Movement

15 July 2025 Michael Taylor 16

In July 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI dropped a bombshell memo on the Jeffrey Epstein case, declaring no evidence of a “client list,” blackmail of powerful figures, or murder – findings that […]

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