Marylyn Sendah

Nov 10, 2024 | thebigsmoke.com.au | Rebecca Reid |Vivienne Pearson |Deb Turney |Marylyn Sendah

Trump knocked the Democrats out of office by tapping into the narrative of how Americans feel. Now history will get the chance to judge him. It’s a funny and weird thing watching the leaders of the herd mentality at work. Usually a band of overhyped celebrities who come out of their pampered bubbles to engage with the great unwashed, this time it was not to tell them about their new movie, album or tour but how they should go about living their comparatively miserable lives.

Nov 7, 2024 | thebigsmoke.com.au | Vivienne Pearson |Deb Turney |Marylyn Sendah

This time, it’s Trump. But there are many other similar people out there who will be emboldened by the events of the 2024 election. As Kamala Harris concedes defeat, I can’t stop thinking about a key player behind the television show The Apprentice, who says they deeply regret the false image of Trump that they created and portrayed.

Nov 6, 2024 | thebigsmoke.com.au | Deb Turney |Marylyn Sendah |Paul A. McDermott

Featured Politics Politics Politics & Social Justice The Big Smoke’s Lead Communications Manager, David Clarke charted the 2024 Election Day emotional roller coaster as it unfolded in New York. The last 105 days of political campaigning in the United States have been a wild and often tumultuous time.

Nov 4, 2024 | thebigsmoke.com.au | Deb Turney |Paul A. McDermott |Marylyn Sendah

The US election nominees are immersed in branding, and here’s what each of their campaigns is actually selling us. We’ve been watching the US election campaigns with our trademark Big Smoke cynicism, because, why not? Amid the theatre of promises, power poses, and slow-motion flag waves, it’s clear the campaign videos are now (almost) the equivalent of Super Bowl ads.