If you were wondering just how much offal goes into the sausage-making for a Senate bill to be passed through an obstructive Senate - this is the best explanation of the process I have ever seen. x.com/SenWhitehouse/…

For those who haven't wasted enough hours of the week listening to me rabbit on, you can hear John and I trying to explain Australia to Americans here -> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pla…

Our complete interview with Hussein Ibish about Israel/Gaza facebook.com/abcplanetameri… This is a hard topic to get across, and I personally found this interview quite useful. So if you want an independent, considered perspective, check it out.

It's been 9 days but it feels like we've missed 9 years of news. So LET'S GET PEPPY!! PEP 125 -> youtube.com/watch?v=NCMFMD… Fingers crossed I'll be back early next week with Melina, cause there's still so much to talk about!

I reckon one of the worst covered topics in US politics is the Southern Border. The left completely ignore it, and the right endlessly builds an 'open borders' narrative. The facts though are complicated and hard to find. I did my best in <10 mins. fb.watch/nngO1oEwDS/

@TwitterAU @twittersecurity hi there my friend Chas Licciardello (who also operates Chas Licciardello and is a presenter at abctv) had his account and many followers stolen by @ps5xboxhelp - can you please help him recover it? If you DM me, I can put you in touch. We are both from The Chaser also.

Seems that the GOP fundraising apparatus has learnt its lesson from being exposed last week as a giant fraud: that lesson being to double down! thebulwark.com/the-nrcc-carri…

We decided to wrap last week cause we figured all the real action was over & this week would just be an embarrassing shitshow that would demean everyone involved. Just checked in to see what I missed, & am feeling pretty jazzed I chose the “Watching Ozark and Mrs Maisel” option!

ARRGGHHH!! It's a fake! A very funny fake, but still a fake! This is my 'Hitler's Diaries' moment! NO ONE does Live News worse than John and I!! #FakeNewsPlanetAmerica

See? Someone does Live TV worse than John and I do! twitter.com/PatrickSikler/… #PlanetAmerica

By the way, keep an eye on Georgia (which currently has a 1% R margin with 95% counted). Because that's the state that gives Biden the presidency WITHOUT PA and NV (which are the 2 states Rs are going to try to challenge in court). If Dems take GA, court challenges are pointless.

Arizona called by FOX. That's a pretty big tick on my Presidential Checklist.

Well that was way too much fun! #BrokeAntonysWall

Following a US election cam be incredibly complicated. So I've tried to boil Wednesday's viewing down to 3 states for the Presidency and 3 for the Senate. Here's your checklist - Happy Viewing! facebook.com/abcplanetameri…

These are incredible stats from Factba.se - In that 1st Debate there were 1210 speaker transitions. Out of those, 741 were interruptions. The average period of speaking before transition was 4.67s, or 17.4 words. Yes - it WAS as dysfunctional as it seemed!

Thank You, USA Today factcheckers! Now do 'Veep'! usatoday.com/story/news/fac…

From tonight's #PlanetAmerica (at 9.30pm) - @johnnyd23 gives us an insight into how the President might be entertaining himself during the Democratic Convention. (Written by Tom Cashman )

Well, now I'm genuinely frightened. Update your will John Barron !