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We're in a new era of communication, and only one side seems to be living in it. The old guard consultant class is about to be relegated to the dustbin of history.
If you think that high prices lost the election for the right, you don't understand marketing. Humans have no problem paying a premium for a good quality brand. Notice the word "brand", not "product". Are Nikes better than New Balance? Nope. But the brand is better. And notice what happened when they tinkered with the brand and screwed their core narrative? Nike stock fell through the basement. Did the product change? Nope. The brand did.
It's not the product, it's the brand. Results don't sell the product, the storytelling does. Will these newly-elected commies lower prices? Of course not. Are they gonna get you free healthcare? No, your insurance is gonna get even worse, just like it did the last time they tried socialized medicine. They're not going to do anything they've sold you, but...like Saul Goodman said: if you're committed enough, you can make any story work.
The committed storytelling of a couple insane podcasters was enough to fracture an entire political coalition from their own side in less than 2 years...they have zero power, zero credibility, they've never actually governed anything nor produced any results, but...they're good storytellers, and that's all that matters. Are they telling a good story? No, it's atrocious, but they're telling their atrocious story effectively and compellingly.
It is 100% true that everything's too damn expensive, and we all know that inflated prices are always sticky. Does anyone know that it's entirely the result of shutting down the global economy over the flu and (both naive republicans and democrats) printing infinity dollars for several years? Nope...because nobody has effectively told that story, and it's an unsexy story to tell. "Free stuff!" is a VERY easy story to tell, and when everyone's gotta take out a second mortgage just to pay their insurance premiums, "free healthcare" is an unbeatable story. It doesn't matter that "free healthcare" doesn't exist and socialized medicine is a terrible product...it's not the product, it's the brand. And "FREE!" is a great brand.
You can't get mad at people for having the financial literacy of a 9 year old. I mean, you can, but they outnumber you a million to one, so it's not going to be productive. You need to figure out how to make an unsexy story sexy, or else the "free stuff!" crowd is going to eat your lunch every time. If you give people a choice between earning a six pack on a treadmill or taking Ozempic, they're gonna choose Ozempic...they don't care about the side effects. If you give people a choice between fiscal discipline or free stuff...guess what they'll pick? They don't care about the side effects.
With projected growth of 5%, the economy right now is stronger than it's been in generations. Is that the story you hear? Nope. Is that the vibe you feel? Absolutely not, especially when every time you fill up your gas tank, it feels like a diesel enema.
It's not the product, it's the brand. A great product can fall into oblivion with bad messaging...a single bad review from one effective storyteller can tank a restaurant. The "influencer economy" is lucrative for a reason; everybody inherently understands the importance of effective storytelling...except the right. Zohran Mamdani gets it...he has an army of influencers on staff. In a perfect metaphor of this transitional phase of old guard vs new wave political messaging, Zohran nuked the Vice President into oblivion with maybe the biggest ratio in the history of the internet. By simply posting the subway assistant meme, Mamdani got 2 MILLION likes, quoting a post from the VP that had only 10K likes. If you're reading that sentence thinking "this is fucking ridiculous, you're talking about social media likes as political analysis now?"...you are the problem.
Yes, this stuff matters. Rizz matters. The President did a masterful job of this kind of retail politics in his historic 2024 campaign...you can be angry that this is what politics has been reduced to, but you can either adapt or die.
"No the problem is, you didn't deliver enough for the American people!" Are you a moron? Since when does anybody care about that? What have democrats delivered for Californians in the last 20 years? Unmitigated wildfires, homeless drug zombies everywhere, roads that look like Fallujah in 2004...people don't care about results. They think they care about results. That want you to believe they care about results, just as Nike wants you to believe their shoes are better than New Balance...but at the end of the day, all people really care about is the swoosh.
Adapt or die.
Guys, I hate to break it to you, but most political advisors are so bafflingly incompetent, it would make your head spin. All the talented communicators go work in Hollywood or at Saatchi and Saatchi, and these political bros never tap these agencies for help...I've connected several campaigns with literally the best marketing geniuses in the game, got them discounted rates, even...and they just never even bothered calling. It truly feels like a lot of consultants and candidates just want to lose.
You ever wonder how my ads went so massively viral, but there's not been a single candidate who's come close to it? It's their dumbass advisors. I didn't go with any political advisors, and they were SO mad about it. I partnered with a filmmaker and marketing wizard, instead of political grifters. Why? Because I wanted our messaging to be effective. Political ads suck. Nobody watches them. I wanted people to want to watch my ads. The fact that nobody else understands this is...I honestly don't know how to explain it, other than they want to lose.
There are a bunch of candidates who love it when their party loses power. It takes all the heat off them, because then they can't be expected to pass legislation when they're in the minority, plus they can fundraise way better off of the rage when the opposition is running roughshod over the country. Baffling to watch.
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Binance: Hackers stole $6.3 BILLION in crypto!
Meanwhile, in North Korea...
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The Carroll government has secretly wiped a $6m loan to the Victorian Pride Centre, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill just weeks before the state election. Read the full story: bit.ly/4suKNss
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Online misogyny causes sexual violence, say governments. But the science doesn't support such claims. Now, a new investigation reveals that mining titan Twiggy Forrest, who receives millions in subsidies, spent millions to pass censorship legislation.
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In 2020 Albanese and Labor insisted that Bridget McKenzie resign over $35,000 granted to a gun club she failed to declare membership too. Fast forward six years and Albanese has failed to declare membership to a golf club he gave a $6million grant to, and he owns a $3million+ house only 200m from the course!
Not to mention Albanese mislead parliament and repeatedly lied about what the grant covered stating that it was for sewerage works when it wasn't.
The only sewerage here is what's coming out of Albanese's mouth.
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BREAKING: A major civil war has erupted inside the Albanese Government, with a leadership spill officially brewing within the Labor Party.
In a stunning and unprecedented move, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has gone into survival mode, publicly pointing the finger directly at his boss, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as the primary reason Labor’s popularity has completely plummeted.
Make no mistake, the lines have been drawn, the factions are fracturing, and a leadership spill is coming.
Here is exactly how the civil war is playing out:
Jim Chalmers openly name checked Anthony Albanese and other senior ministers, declaring that everyone is responsible for their own “parts of the shop”
Translation?
He is refusing to take the sole fall for Labor’s catastrophic economic failures and tanking poll numbers.
In what is being viewed as direct code for internal warfare, Chalmers’ comments firmly dump the blame for Labor's cascading crises onto his colleagues:
He ripped into Finance Minister Katy Gallagher for the ballooning public service.
Had a dig at Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke for national security and immigration failures.
Blamed Foreign Minister Penny Wong for diplomatic blunders.
And then stunningly, Anthony Albanese for the absolute disaster of the lot.
With yet another interest rate hike tipped for Melbourne Cup Day, Chalmers is desperately trying to shield himself from the impending fallout of a faltering economy and soaring inflation.
And typically, as the domestic front burns, Albanese is preparing to jet off to Antigua and Barbuda, leaving behind an increasingly toxic, agitated cabinet and a deputy chair relationship that is completely fractured.
The defensive posture from Chalmers proves he knows the ship is sinking.
The blame game has begun, trust is entirely gone, and a challenge for the lodge is now inevitable.
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Voting Labor is like trusting an arsonist to put out the fire that they started. They just set more fires.
He can’t even acknowledge the problems in our state.
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The most hated politician in Victoria’s history is now the number 1 advisor to Anthony Albanese.
Let that sink.
An exclusive Newspoll has revealed the shift in public opinion regarding Daniel Andrews’ legacy, with 60% of Victorians now looking back unfavourably on his decade long premiership.
His net satisfaction rating has fallen to minus-24, a significant drop from when he left office.
The polling numbers highlight deep divisions:
70% of voters aged 50+ express dissatisfaction with his performance.
64% of regional Victorians deliver a negative verdict on his tenure.
Victorian Labor's primary vote has declined to 24%.
The data explains why new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll is running TV ads emphasizing a “new direction” including launching a royal commission into the signature Big Build program and cancelling plans for a statue.
As a senior Labor figure stated regarding the transition: “Daniel hand picked Jacinta Allan. She totally failed. Now his legacy is being tarnished by it”
Meanwhile, the man Victorians are rejecting has been in Albanese’s ear for years, long time mate, debate prep coach, regular presence in Albanese’s orbit.
Victoria’s verdict is clear.
Albanese is still taking notes from the guy who left the state broke, locked down, and furious.
This is the model for the whole country.
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Wow! Australia’s biggest news website news.com.au has just posted this on their Facebook page.
Do I need glasses???
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BREAKING: THE BIGGEST CLIMATE SCANDAL IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
The Albanese Labor Government has just been caught red handed. New forensic evidence suggests they are using a compromised Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to fabricate a climate crisis that simply does not exist.
A explosive forensic audit led by investigator Tom Berger and retired scientist Geoff Sherrington has uncovered widespread, systematic errors and fake readings within the BOM’s raw climate data.
We aren't talking about minor glitches, we are talking about copy and pasted data designed to make the past look cooler and the present look warmer.
The audit exposed blatant data manipulation at the Sydney Observatory:
•The Fabricated Data: Minimum temperatures from August 1907 were found completely duplicated and inserted into the August 1867 record.
•The Cover-Up: The Australian fact-checked the National Archives and confirmed this "double-up" does not exist in the original handwritten records. The online data used to justify sweeping climate policies is completely wrong.
For years, the BOM has operated on a “trust us” basis. Dr David Evans, the scientist who built Australia’s carbon accounting software, warns that this “secret climate business” mirrors the worst days of fraudulent medical drug trials, where researchers were under immense pressure to exaggerate results to fit a narrative.
Labor is terrified of an independent audit because they know their Net Zero house of cards will collapse if the public sees the real numbers.
Dr Jennifer Marohasy confirmed that outside of Adelaide, there has been no proper audit of Australia's weather stations.
If our historical data is corrupted with fake inputs, the AI forecasting models used for future planning become entirely useless.
The Albanese Government doesn't want the data audited because the data doesn't support their narrative.
They are destroying our economy, killing our energy grid, and forcing Net Zero targets on regular Australians based on copy and pasted climate fiction.
The question is simple, if the records are sound, why is Labor so opposed to an independent audit?
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Anika Wells is under pressure.
Calls are growing for the Communications Minister to kill off a new online safety bill.
Free speech advocate Michael Shellenberger says it “has to be scrapped”.
Listen to his conversation with Ben HERE.
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In Sept. 2025 Albanese came back from meeting the King and the British prime minister and used a press conference to say people can follow whatever religion they like. He then reminded everyone that when he was sworn in he chose not to put his hand on the Bible. Of course that line will be welcomed by voters who want religion kept out of the oath. My question is why the Governor-General did not expect the traditional Bible oath from a man who campaigns on his Catholic upbringing. He also signed off on her salary.. $709,017 a year, about $214,000 more than her predecessor. Draw your own conclusion about whose pocket that leaves her in. I know what I think.
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Melbourne has fallen.
On the third anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, I walked into a vigil for Hamas ‘martyrs’ as a proud Australian Jewish journalist.
Attendees turned violent.
But instead of arresting the violent terror supporters, police threatened to arrest ME.
One cop even grabbed me by the neck and said, ‘I live in Caulfield North [Jewish neighbourhood]... I’ll f**king see you around.’
I had SIX bodyguards with me today.
I needed every one of them.
Security costs thousands every time we hit the streets.
Help me keep doing this: ProtectAvi.com
Full video tomorrow.
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Very well said 🔥
We need to stop humouring people’s opinions that are completely insane.
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