Just when you thought the political circus couldn't get any more unhinged, Australia's deep state has decided to drop some actual, terrifying black pills. ASIO's chief spook, Mike Burgess, crawled out of his security bunker to warn everyone that the country’s security level is officially "degraded." Apparently, foreign regimes—specifically Iran—are getting ready to spawn-kill Australians on our own streets. We aren't talking about cyber-attacks anymore; we are talking about actual targeted hits on prominent figures and regular people minding their own business.

But instead of securing the borders or dealing with the fact that hostile foreign actors are operating with impunity, our beloved political class is doing what they do best: crying about identity politics. The Opposition leader caused an absolute meltdown in the media by stating the incredibly controversial opinion that he wants "Australia to look like Australia." The comment immediately triggered the establishment media, who started hyperventilating about "dog whistles."

Then came the absolute comedy hour with Angus Taylor. The Shadow Treasurer managed to completely NPC-glitch when asked a basic question comparing Australia to Japan's monocultural setup. Rather than giving a straight answer, Taylor went full defensive mode, proving once again that career politicians are completely incapable of navigating simple conversations without their teleprompters and media minders.

Naturally, the left-wing commentariat immediately ran to their keyboards to declare that "modern Australia is multicultural Australia," treating the entire country like a giant economic zone rather than a sovereign nation with actual history. It’s the same old script: ignore the literal foreign hit squads operating in our backyard so we can argue about diversity quotas and hurt feelings.

To top off the absolute state of our politics, Pauline Hanson is out here playing career coach, publicly offering Nine Network's Karl Stefanovic a job after his time at the network ends. You honestly cannot make this stuff up. While the country is apparently on a hit list for Middle Eastern autocracies, our political elite are busy treating federal politics like a reality TV crossover episode.

This entire situation shows just how disconnected Canberra is from reality. The government is failing at its most basic job—keeping citizens safe from foreign assassination squads—while the opposition is terrified of its own shadow whenever the media asks them about demographic changes.