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via Dave Toller #BreakingTheSiege

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"History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone." #TrumpTyranny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I don't disagree at all but we've just watched Israel murder over 200 journalists so I'm hard pressed to believe for a moment that anyone including most journalists in Australia give a flying shit about "freedom of the press" and/or press safety.

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“This interception, carried out outside Israeli territorial waters, constitutes a blatant violation of international law ...The arrest of the crew members and the confiscation of aid intended for a population in immediate humanitarian distress is unacceptable.” #Madleen

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At precisely 15 seconds in, you can see someone in uniform deliberately aim at and shoot the reporter. Trump's America.

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#Madleen #StopIsrael #FreePalestine

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Lots of talk today about the demise of BlueSky. For whatever it's worth, it's been a boon to indie publishers like us. Twitter and Facebook have pretty much silenced us, so the engagement here has, and continues to be, wonderful.

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"The revelation that Scott Morrison is to be appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia should mark the end of the honours system altogether." #auspol newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-honour...

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🚨BREAKING: Israeli speedboats have arrived and intercepted the Madleen Freedom Flotilla, and five of them are currently circling the flotilla. “They are intercepting our boat right now. We are not a threat; we have no weapons and are only carrying humanitarian aid,” said Yasmeen Acar.

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Dr Assal Rad— “Saying the “weaponization of activism” to defend Israel’s actual weaponization of hunger is really something.”

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So every media organization will play this clip repeatedly like the the one time it happened to Joe Biden, right? Endless days of "Trump is old" coverage, right?

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Seems to be a lot of headlines today saying something like: "Israel warns Greta" If only we had "Western nations warn Israel". #StopIsrael #FreePalestine www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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"Australia needs to rethink its relationship with the US. We've done quite well maintaining a wary, non-trusting trade relationship with China. We now need a wary, non-trusting security alliance with the US, if that's even possible." @alankohler.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

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The Albanese govt also contracts Elbit Systems - the weapons tech company implicated in the murder of so many Palestinians, and Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom. Until that link is severed, any 'condemnation' of Israel's war crimes is obscene hypocrisy. #auspol mondoweiss.net/2025/06/afte...

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The empire’s violence abroad always comes home. The same system backing genocide in Gaza is unleashing ICE raids in LA and calling in the National Guard on protesters here. Oppression isn’t contained—it boomerangs.

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"there is a strong argument that what is occurring [in Gaza] is an act of aggression. The international community has rightly condemned Russia’s invasion as an act of aggression in Ukraine. Will it now do the same with Israel’s conduct in Gaza?" - Donald Rothwell theconversation.com/can-israel-s...

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It's an obvious point that National Guard personnel need to be loyal to the US Constitution. It's even more obvious when the tyrant-president who is violating the constitution is so dangerously unhinged.

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"As with previous meetings with US counterparts, Australian officials were there to capitulate rather than assert, jump on command rather than stay firmly grounded" One of the biggest threats to Australian national security is Marles sucking up to the odious Hegseth. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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Fair question. I was in NY as a tourist a few weeks ago, and so many New Yorkers reassured me that even though Trump is a dangerous autocrat, New York is safe. One Manhattanite said; "We like to think of ourselves as an island a little bit off the coast of Europe". Clearly not.

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Where's the trigger warning with any report on Scott Morrison's gong? Imagine the retraumatization for people who faced the bureaucratic terror of #robodebt. For families of people driven to suicide. None have received justice. His award compounds the dehumanizing of welfare recipients. #auspol

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January Trump approval on the economy: plus +8.24 points Today Trump approval on the economy: minus -15.75 January Trump approval on inflation: plus +1.99 Today Trump approval on inflation: minus -22.24 So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.? www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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"Your small group is willing to stand up against one of the most murderous military regimes, supported by the world's great powers. You are carrying all of humanity with you." #Madleen #FreePalestine

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"We know that many in our community have been reluctant to publicly criticise Israel, hoping the war will end soon. But what is happening in Gaza is so catastrophic to Palestinians and Israeli hostages, that any constraint against open criticism is no longer tenable." johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06...

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Check out the part where the White House says they have zero tolerance for violence against law enforcement. They left out a footnote: Except for pardoning people who did that on J6.

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Final meeting of the Awards Committee: 'OK, #robodebt was an awful illegal scheme that caused misery to thousands and drove many to suicide. And #ScottyFromRobodebt has never been held to account. We know that victims and their families never got justice. So, how can we publicly insult them?'

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Weird how he didn’t call up the National Guard on January 6th.

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If many Americans do this it could help when Americas version of the Nuremberg trials happen

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This is what fascist regimes do when they are looking for an excuse to impose martial law. #TrumpTyranny

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Why hasn't the University of Melbourne ended all collaboration with the genocidal Israeli state, instead punishing students who protest it. www.wsws.org/en/articles/... #BDS #Israel #auspol

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Important story, well reported. But why, @theguardian.com, is your headline writer so keen on using the passive voice? It is ISRAEL who set those traps. It is ISRAELI forces who are shooting civilians. It is ISRAEL who is deliberately starving Gazans. Say it. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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Must read 🧵from Eric. We do need "to scrutinize the Brethren’s secretive support of conservative politicians, and whether disclosure requirements have been met." And the bigger issue; connections between key members of the Coalition, and a range of Christo-fascist cults with #AtlasNetwork links.

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So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?

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Zionist 'humour'.

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More than 200 counties voted for Obama twice and then voted for Trump, who has since increased his margins among working class people of color — and yet liberals somehow still argue that Dems lose elections mostly because of racism, not because they suck. ballotpedia.org/Pivot_Counti...

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ICE targeted an elementary school graduation to target allegedly undocumented parents. ICE is arresting US citizens & documented immigrants, all without a warrant. Now as people peacefully organize against ICE fascism, Trump deploys the National Guard against us. Fascism isn’t coming. It’s here.

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“Scott Morrison will be joining the honours list along with Bettina Arndt and George Pell” @instanterudite.bsky.social The #SundayShot panel reacts accordingly! #auspol

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#ZionistMcCarthyism strikes again. Boycott Nike.

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“The charges against Richard Boyle show just how broken are our #whistleblower laws. …the Albanese government has simply avoided real reform on integrity issues” @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social #SundayShot

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