If Australia says nothing about that batshit crazy trump press conference then that is our shame. Forget allegiances. We are beyond that now. The time for etiquette and politeness is well past. #Auspol.
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I have no expectation that gonad-challenged Albo will say anything critical of Dump. Why would he when his reaction to genocide has been nothing more than 'meh'?
Albanese should be ashamed. He and his government support a petson, who is convicted felon, paedophile rapist, and who. Just gave confirmation of an illegal removal of a whole population.
"Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.”Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch.
Trump has threatened to take Gaza, Greenland & Panama Canal, to bomb Iran & cut aid. Not sure how he will annex Canada. He has threatened to take Ukraine because it has rare minerals. If they are lucky they might get scraps.
Where are dissenting voices on any one of these points? They're all evil
Saying the quiet parts outloud means he no longer has judgement, or filters. No sarcasm. This is sad, serious no matter who anyone voted for. This is not normal behavior & most of us in the US & world know this, or will soon.
Stopped praying years ago, time to start up again. Praying 4 sanity.
I accept that it might require some careful wording. But the message is clear.
Alliances are untenable with nations that commit crimes under international law.
Forced displacement is unconscionable.
Actions that could radically destabilise a region for decades to come must be denounced.
Australia must leave AUKUS and diplomatically cut many of our ties with the US. 🍊🤡 is not an ally to anyone other than himself.
@jimchalmers.bsky.social Please convey our messages to Albo who, for some reason does not yet have an account here which is a mistake.
Politicians rarely follow many people - SM is more about an information dissemination and PR platform for them.
Their SM account managers don't have the time.
I concur - Chalmers is intelligent, highly competent, skillful, experienced and adept at taking on the likes of fascist Dutton. Also, younger and progressive. Albo should step aside and @jimchalmers.bsky.social should run as the Labor candidate in the next federal election.
Sure and that's not the point of my conversation with @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social
We are both suggesting and in agreement that he would be a great PM and could run.
He would have to be accepted within the party and then throw his hat in the ring as the next Labor candidate for PM. I hope it happens - so much better than albo.
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
Well I think Albo has done a great job and been a very strategic leader. He has let awesome people like Jim do their thing. The list of achievements in just 3 years is amazing, May it continue
Trouble is no one believes him because 2 out of 3 of the things he says never happen plus this Gaza plan needs a third country willing to take 2 million Palestinian refugees. For 60 years neighboring states have refused to help Israel with ethnic cleansing. Why would they help now.
I’m 65 female US citizen. We are just trying to figure out how to fight this. I’ll stand butt naked in -30 F weather singing God Bless America with a protest sign if it helps. This may actually scare enough people to actually work. Suggestions on what I put on the sign and if I should wear makeup.
You'd think so. You'd think we'd scrap AUKUS, charge the US "Trump-like" for the presence of Marines, B52s, & use of spy bases like Pine Gap on our soil. Then again I would've thought this Govt would have been well on their way to fixing poverty & homelessness on their watch but here we are.
I could not agree more. Pundits here are still employing head-in-the-sand rhetoric, which only drags us further and further into the quicksand. The time to stand against this insanity is now..
This is a dark day for the world. Power hungry idiots who live their lives falling upwards are dooming us all. It’s like they have no awareness of history, not to mention science, basic decency and a teeny tiny glimmer of humanity.
Penny Wong and PM Albo need to get in front of the cameras and tell the truth.
That is, what Don and Bibi really mean by this Riviera idea, is to obstruct the rebuilding of Gaza for the Palestinian people.
I watched that presser. He did not decline to comment at all. He said at least 7 times the govt supports a 2 state solution. He said he won't do a daily commentary on Trump and frankly I don't want any PM doing kneejerk gotcha commentary on our behalf in response to lunatics.
He’s insipid and a ditherer! Will do nothing and say whatever he thinks will give him a second term.
At best Labor will be in a minority government.
Sad it’s come to this but not surprising given his lack of courage. I won’t listen to anything he mumbles about. Greens & Teals getting my votes.
Have voted Labor since arriving here 38 years ago. Former ALP member and gave out how to vote cards for ALP at 1993 election in Kooyong. True Believer….then!
The fact that Albanese has lost me…is a worry for ALP!
Many in the US believe in the two-state solution. Hell, T**** discussed it in his previous term. Look, some of us are just trying not to get mugged by a Musky MAGAQ. If it weren’t for our kids being here, we’d be in another state, if not country.
Our government is going to have to walk a tightrope.
Dutton is going to come out and say Trumps brilliant with the full support of the media and the media will call Albo weak because obviously Albo can't back Trump.
The lefts reaction to this could put the nail in Albo's coffin.
As long as albo stays away from Trump and condems his craziness...he will do great with the Labor supporters and independent voters..if dutton wants to emulate Trump, let him. It will not garner the votes he thinks it will...the majority of voters in Australia hate Trump.
Regional Australia are fed pure right wing propaganda in every format.
From their local Facebook community pages, radio, TV and printed news.
Trump is a hero to them.
Racism is on steriods at the moment.
This election is going to be extremely telling.
Dutton will just grandstand from the margins while Albo’s managing the volatility of the US alliance & Trump’s thought bubbles. Yes it’s a tightrope - people wanting him to come out and criticise Trump immediately but it takes careful planning. It’s frustrating I know but that’s the reality.
Why? Because Albanese is scared of the media and Dutton? Or is he afraid of trump? Or is he scared of the lobbyists and corporate puppet masters, particularly those arms dealers and manufacturers that Labor seem so cosy with? So tell me again, how Albo is managing this? or is he just hiding?
All I’m saying is that as a leader of a middle power he needs time to reflect on our response. In a matter as sensitive as this can’t just shoot from the hip without a carefully worded response preferably backed by our other allies. He said 2 states but he needs time to word it properly.
Yes. Trump’s thought bubbles & volatility, with no one in his administration willing to rein him in are a whole new problem for the international community. He will only get the message if a bloc of countries show solidarity otherwise Trump will condemn & isolate them.
oh I see, he needs time to figure out how to slither out of saying something meaningful and decisive, and instead come up with a mealy mouthed nothing burger? lol other allies? Who would that be? Genocide isn't a "sensitive matter" .
NZ, Canada, UK, France for a start. I think Trump’s position is repugnant but if we want to force him to change his position press conference sound bites which make us all feel better are not the place to do it. I know we want instant responses but I also want considered leadership.
Trump is proposing to break international law, ignore UN resolutions, support ethnic cleansing, and undermine human rights in about 17 different ways.
In 'partnership' with a genocidal war criminal who should be arrested on an ICC warrant.
The Australian government must choose, and lead. #auspol
Absolutely. I don't want our people nor politicians taking this lightly. He is a madman and civilised countries must do more to call this nonsense out.
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We may become targets under AUKUS.
Scarier each day.
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Where are dissenting voices on any one of these points? They're all evil
He’s not just an ass, he’s a Russian asset.
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Stopped praying years ago, time to start up again. Praying 4 sanity.
Alliances are untenable with nations that commit crimes under international law.
Forced displacement is unconscionable.
Actions that could radically destabilise a region for decades to come must be denounced.
@jimchalmers.bsky.social Please convey our messages to Albo who, for some reason does not yet have an account here which is a mistake.
@albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social is that really Albo's verified account here on Blue Sky?
Their SM account managers don't have the time.
We are both suggesting and in agreement that he would be a great PM and could run.
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
Australia should be distancing from the US - leave AUKUS
Mark my words, he’s up for an Iron Cross 🤪
That is, what Don and Bibi really mean by this Riviera idea, is to obstruct the rebuilding of Gaza for the Palestinian people.
Albo needs to wake up and stand up to these fools
At best Labor will be in a minority government.
Sad it’s come to this but not surprising given his lack of courage. I won’t listen to anything he mumbles about. Greens & Teals getting my votes.
The fact that Albanese has lost me…is a worry for ALP!
Melbourne and Adam Bandt this time and will check out Senate Independents on offer. ALP just LNP lite now…sadly!
Dutton is going to come out and say Trumps brilliant with the full support of the media and the media will call Albo weak because obviously Albo can't back Trump.
The lefts reaction to this could put the nail in Albo's coffin.
From their local Facebook community pages, radio, TV and printed news.
Trump is a hero to them.
Racism is on steriods at the moment.
This election is going to be extremely telling.
It's called diplomacy.
The leader of the free world has given notice of his plan to invade a country, steal its land and build a resort there.
Hitler at least pretended it wasn’t all about money.
There. Fixed it.
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https://bsky.app/profile/greatgenes.bsky.social/post/3lhf5ei664c2a
Israel does not exist without the full backing /funding of the mighty US war machine & its military bases
“Mr Trump, fuck off”. This is what the world needs to do with that bastard.
https://bsky.app/profile/demwar.bsky.social/post/3lhdj7oukhs2i
In 'partnership' with a genocidal war criminal who should be arrested on an ICC warrant.
The Australian government must choose, and lead. #auspol