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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the Trump administration’s defiance of an explicit court order, deporting Venezuelans to a concentration camp in a third country, El Salvador—which also happens to violate a lot of really good international laws.

BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept. He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:

That's appalling. Also the Israel state has shot at, invaded, tortured, displaced Palestinians since its inception. Therefore their 'provoked' argument is invalid regardless.

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans "despite" court order. Meaning, of course: "in breach of". On the face of it, it looks like there is now a full constitutional crisis in United States, in that the executive is now freely ignoring court orders. Crisis point reached. www.bbc.com/news/article...

New bombshell UN report accuses Israel of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians mondoweiss.net/2025/03/new-...

Israel activists Ofir Birenbaum and Sophie Calland infiltrate Labor backed by far-right money to hit Greens. A Wendy Bacon & @yaakov-aharon.bsky.social investigation #auspol michaelwest.com.au/israel-activ...

A new UN report found that Israel carried out “genocidal acts” by deliberately targeting fertility facilities with the intention of preventing births among Palestinians in Gaza. The report also detailed systematic sexual abuse against Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/03/new-... #Palestine #Israel

Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY! That’s where we are now. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...

SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.

Australia’s media, politicians and universities have been played like fiddles. You can bet the hate speech laws won’t be repealed

Lendlease whistleblower Tony Watson has delivered $100m ($200m to come) by exposing the Lendlease tax scam. He lost his home. Tony writes here of the society cost of persecuting whistleblowers #auspol michaelwest.com.au/whistleblowe...

The cost of fish farms to Tasmania Tons of diseased fish now being dumped - but whi knows where? pulsetasmania.com.au/news/5500-to...

Amidst all the angst over what’s happening in US and Europe, Gaza, Ukraine etc, a searing report by Orla Guerin on the horrific tragedy unfolding in DRC. So many other conflicts get barely any attention at all. What is wrong with mankind? The inhumanity. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…

Nothing like a bit of dry British wit.

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Worth pointing out again that both of these individuals presented themselves as enemies of "cancel culture" and defenders of "free speech" and that some people even took that seriously

There are Jewish Australians who oppose the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Would these principled, good people be described as anti-Semitic? 🤔 #auspol #USPolitics #Israel #Palestine

Proud to be one of 500+ Jews to sign this full page newspaper ad in SMH / the Age calling on Australia to reject calls for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. 1/4

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In The Age today. If you can't get the editorial parts of the paper to acknowledge this reality, at least you can buy an ad.

Dr. Charles Drew was a Black American doctor who pioneered blood banks making it possible to store blood plasma for transfusion saving countless lives. Many believe that Drew’s death was a result of being refused a blood transfusion because of his color.

*Musk pushed for removal of FAA head that regulates one of his businesses *Planes crash *Musk says he will help FAA *FAA ends up purchasing products from another of Musk's businesses

Video by Lahen. "The suffering inflicted on children in Gaza is beyond measure.  Thousands have been robbed of their childhoods." Archived: August ‎11, ‎2024. I have hundreds of videos archived showing the effect of genocide on Gaza children. Most too long or big to post.

12 confirmed deaths from Listeria from frozen supplemental nutrition drinks served in Hospitals and Nursing Homes

"This most recent controversy – only the latest in a long series of pre-emptive self-censoring gestures by Australian arts organisations – suggests the direct threat facing the arts is from within." Louise Adler in the Guardian today on funding and the arts www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The US we knew is devolving into a nation forged in resentment, retribution, racketeering and racial supremacy. Australia can’t rely on such a country to spend a single cent, or a single drop of blood, on our protection, writes @keanebernard.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/19/a...

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KEPCO's attempts to renew coal exploration licences in the Bylong Valley must be rejected, and the valley must be allowed to return to the prosperous agricultural community it once was. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

"There was a protest at a gas conference, and the next day, the South Australian Parliament changed the law. The next day they criminalised protest. "If protest was ineffective, why would they do that?" - Executive Director @richarddenniss.bsky.social at our #ClimateIntegrity Summit 2025 #auspol

Reposting because no-one says it better, and we should not ... MUST not ... lose sight of these facts. #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

Also ICE targetting schools, hospitals, places of worship....what does this remind us of?