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riccairns.bsky.social
Progressive political dreamer working in brand and marketing in Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. Imaginative enough to think we can make politics better. See voicesforfremantle.org
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"In [the US Defence Secretary's] long presentation that catalogued a host of initiatives with America’s Asian allies, #AUKUS was not mentioned once." #auspol www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

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Time to be fearless, America.

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Americans who remember what their country should be.

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No way?!?! What a surprise……

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It’s disheartening to see independent institutions bending the knee to this ignorant autocrat - but with 2/3 of your funding at stake, it’s hard to resist. Time will tell if it was worth it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/a...

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What an excellent idea. As they say, tax things you want less of; subsidise things you want more of. @australiainstitute.org.au

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Trump’s review of AUKUS is a chance to escape what was always going to be a disastrous deal for Aus. Former PM Malcolm Turnbull called it at our event last year! "I do not believe we will ever get any nuclear submarines... "The deal is so bad. Because we have no agency, no leverage." #auspol

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"It’s time to recognise that since the AUKUS deal was announced, circumstances have changed dramatically. A grown-up country would respond accordingly." "Donald Trump has given us an opportunity to get out. We should take it." @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol

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All dressed up and nowhere to go.

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Paul on #AUKUS : “...hurriedly scribbled on the back of an envelope by Scott Morrison, along with the vacuous British blowhard Boris Johnson, and the confused president, Joe Biden – put together on an English beach, a world away from Australia’s strategic interests.” tinyurl.com/92zkjkca

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Double.

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Isaac Asimov on, "If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted?"

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Marines, uphold your oath. substack.com/@1stcavalryg...

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LAPD when they think nobody is watching

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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.

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Michael Moore shares a searing piece by Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges. The tough message: it’s already too late for the United States. open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

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What's worse than denying climate change? Accepting it and still doing nothing to stop it. #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/02/n...

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These percentages being touted for the ‘vital’ increase of Australia’s defence spending are BS. We already spend more of our GDP on the military than China does - more than Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei, PNG, Fiji, and East Timor combined. #auspol

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Australia cheats. Simple as that. We do it knowingly and with support of fossil fuel industry and Climate Change Authority, Bowen and Albo. 100% offsets and dodgy HIR ACCUs is perfect for Woodside’s purposes. #auspol

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If one is censured by a nation's Parliament for behaviour officially found to be "corrosive of trust in government", and is referred to an anti-corruption commission for misleading its Cabinet about the "crude and cruel" Robodebt scheme, how is one then eligible for said country's highest honour?

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I didn’t think awards could get more farcical than when Tony knighted Prince Phillip. I was wrong.

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The third and final part of the Burrup Hub is yet to be approved - the drilling at Scott Reef🤬. Submissions to the EPA close June 10. Here's a guide on Google Docs, with text to use for your submission (personalise if you can). Takes 10 mins. Could you submit one? 🙏 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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🍿🍿🍿 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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Humanity standing up.

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I can’t speak for anyone else, but this analogy of “Lady Liberty’ held captive, is exactly how I feel about this presidency & administration and what their attempting to do with our rights and freedoms… The New Yorker captured the feelings perfectly… One word, UNACCEPTABLE!

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I’d call this a police state except the ‘police’ are just behaving like a gang of thugs.

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Gittins pulls no punches. www.smh.com.au/business/the...

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Educators are scrambling to deal with Ai. Thoughtful piece by @404media.co

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'Juukan Gorge a thousand times over.' A great short doco explaining the horrific steady destruction of *human heritage* by the NW Shelf project - completely unnecessarily. youtu.be/Bj9VOMKYxSI?...

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This was 18 months in the planning and took out a third of the Russian strategic bombing fleet in a single stroke. Extraordinary, and with no help from the US or anyone else. David's looking a helluva lot smarter than Goliath right now, and I am so here for it. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2...

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Me, too. No we’re looking down the barrel of three more years of gutless incrementalism.

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Words of wisdom from someone who’s seen it all in politics. We’re going to miss her commentary on #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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"A uniquely powerful Labor government that is using all its political capital, not to stand up to the reactionary forces of capital and enact progressive reform, but to...reward the industries at the heart of climate change [by extending] the North West Shelf..." open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...

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Another leftie activist whining about the resources industry.

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Wall Street’s given the Great Dealmaker a new nickname, because they’re seeing that Trump Always Chickens Out.

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The old playbook: put the focus on individuals to distract from the primary polluters. Gen Z ain’t buying it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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This.👇

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And... the massive expansion of the North West Shelf gas project out to 2070 has been approved. The betrayal of our children, and the world's cultural heritage, is complete. #woodside @albomp.bsky.social #Burrup #scottreef

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Help out a female small business person in the Pacific with a micro-loan. She's good for it. Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. www.kiva.org/invitedby/ri...

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Narrator: he didn’t

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