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“In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we were talking about the end of history, the triumph of liberal democracy, whereas in 2025 we are confronting the end of America as we have known it since the end of World War II.” My column. www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

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“A contingent of up to 40 Australians was present, including Gina Rinehart & Teena McQueen, a former Liberal Party vice-president.” “CPAC Australia co-founder Andrew Cooper & chairman Warren Mundine spoke on stage..,in front of an electronic sign that misspelled the country’s name as “Austrailia”.”

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▪️ “It’s drawn the leading lights of the Australian conservative intelligentsia over to Britain like moths to a flame“ Incl., Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin, John Anderson, Peter Costello & other contributors - Scott Morrison, Nyunggai Warren Mundine & Chris Uhlmann #auspol www.smh.com.au/cbd/nsw-libe...

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“[Dutton] has blamed much on immigration, opposed cultural diversity spending &… Voice to parliament. It’s naive – or disingenuous – to treat these as isolated policies,each to be evaluated only on its merits; they form a pattern,just as the rhetoric Dutton uses today echoes his rhetoric from 2016.”

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New, from me: Unpacking the Friday night news: The military purges have begun - why do they also include lawyers? A Judge is allowing the dismantling of USAID to proceed. This reflects a pattern where Judges are ignoring the broader democratic risks. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Hamas says Israel's “failure to comply with the release of the seventh batch of prisoners in the exchange deal at the agreed-upon time constitutes a blatant violation” of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dwcxlp

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“Though Musk alleges that the government is rife with incompetence, he & his DOGE team appear most incompetent of all, having created a website that was easily hacked last week. But that pales in comparison with the dubious statistics published on the site & spouted elsewhere by the administration.”

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⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

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“Some contracts the group claims credit for were double or triple-counted... In at least 1 instance,the group claimed an entire contract had been canceled when only part of the work had been halted. In others, contracts the group said it had closed were actually ended under the Biden administration”

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““Musk and Trump, they should take one of Musk's rockets and shoot themselves to Mars and never come back -- that’s what I think about them both,..” #Germany #USA www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ge...

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In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

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“Liberal Senator Kerrynne Liddle addressed a Home Affairs citizenship ceremony to welcome new Australians on the same day that her party colleagues continued a political attack on the federal govt events by suggesting they were vote grabs for Labor before the election” www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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🚨“The change in the [Israeli] unlawful combatants law, and the huge spike in arrests indicate a concerted effort to arrest Palestinians, including children and women, after 7 October.” www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/d...

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💥“Overnight, the Israeli military also conducted raids in the Kafr Aqab neighbourhood near occupied East Jerusalem, as well as across Nablus, in the Am’ari refugee camp north of el-Bireh city, and in Jericho, Bethlehem and the Deir Ammar refugee camp west of Ramallah…”⤵️

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Euro-Med Monitor Report: Israel used 2 elderly Palestinians as human shields before killing them in Gaza. A 70-year-old man was forced to inspect homes with explosives chained around his neck. After hours of torture, he & his wife were killed. This is a war crime.

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Trump’s purge at the Pentagon is just the start. Last night he fired the highly-regarded General C Q Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replaced him with a retired three-star general, Dan Caine, who on their first meeting put on a MAGA cap and said ‘I love you, sir.’

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“The right-wing myth about how things work is that the federal government is full of waste and bloat and you could cut two-thirds of it and nobody would even notice. This view is based on utter cynicism and stupidity on the part of ...” 1/2

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🎧 Worth a listen AJ’s Inside Story podcast - ‘What does Trump’s Ukraine 🇺🇦 policy mean for the war?’ Hosted by James Bays, with David Cay Johnston, Inna Borzylo, & Philip Short www.aljazeera.com/audio/podcas...

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📚 “For it is with Trump in power for a second time that they can move closer to their ultimate goal: a capitalist system unchecked by the power of democratic institutions and government regulation, with an American people too confused and worn out to stop them.” ⤵️ www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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🎧 Barry Cassidy, along with Tony Barry with a new podcast in the lead up to #auspol 2025 federal election. You can send questions to [email protected] ⤵️

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“With the establishment of the NACC, [we] were promised a new era of transparency and accountability. That work is not done & we must continue the work to deliver that promise. The 1st step is removing the overreach of the exceptional circumstances test.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20224/...

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i haven't seen such 🐂💩 from south australia since georgina downer was handing out giant novelty cheques at the yankalilla bowling club.

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One day at a time- my cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com (With a big thank you to the Blueskyers who assisted with the research) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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“You don’t want to add fuel to the flame. But with Dutton running around throwing matches - which, just as in the States, most of the Australian press is all too willing to feed, because their fundamental drive is not the good of the country, but telling stories that grab attention” - Jim McDermott

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📚 “Beyond the normal posturing of a faux election campaign, there is something particularly strange about the fact the rapidly shifting, & deteriorating, global situation does not seem to be resonating with our political leaders & debate.” Laura Tingle writes ⬇️ #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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STATEMENT: Sky News Australia's Tom Connell has been unanimously elected the new President of the National Press Club after the resignation of the ABC's Laura Tingle last week. Tingle was prez for four years. Big election debates expected soon at the NPC #auspol

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Tony Schwartz was the ghostwriter of the book -´The Art of the Deal’, Trump calls 'his proudest achievement'. Schwartz has been vocal about his regrets in working on the piece, … provides a fascinating perspective into the personality and idiosyncrasies of Trump ⤵️ youtu.be/qxF_CDDJ0YI?...

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“We cannot assume America has any altruistic regard for AUS.” - Malcolm Turnbull #auspol

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📽️ Clip / Opinion video from Jan Böhmermann, who is a German satirist and a comedian on “Germany’s repeated and increasingly hollow attempts to “remember away” its Nazi past have actually contributed to the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany Party.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

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▪️#32 (2019): “The Australian Human Rights Commission warned Dutton that his 'proposal to lower the bar for stripping people… of Australian citizenship… could render people stateless and would be retrospective in application — in possible violation of international law or the rule of law’.” ⤵️ #auspol

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“a contest for political advantage from the start. This was intensified by the barracking for Dutton in the News Corp Aus outlets – the daily dynamic that is obvious to everyone. With these outlets behind him, Dutton had an easier task in heaping pressure on Albanese” www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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“The NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner approved a trip in a taxpayer-funded plane for Nationals leader Dugald Saunders to fly from his electorate in Dubbo to the Hunter Valley to visit a series of wineries.” #auspol #nswpol www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

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“Dutton’s disappearance, until he judged it safe to emerge without having to comment on unmistakable evidence inflation was falling and mortgage holders could finally enjoy some relief, was a continuation of his long-running strategy...” from Bernard Keane #auspol www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/20/p...

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“It’s instructive to watch the unfolding of an authoritarian state in real time, an interesting exercise for those of us who were too young to witness the rise of Hitler & who have become comfortable with the thought that democracy is a given.”- D Hardaker #auspol thepolitics.com.au/is-don-is-bad/

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“Dutton made the series of unfounded claims about Gazan visa holders at a Sky News summit on antisemitism on Thursday”⤵️ #auspol

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📚 “Donald Trump and Elon Musk are running government right now just like they run their own businesses. It’s all about them and their profits…” from Jill Lawrence ⤵️ #USA #auspol

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“The saga is a test for Farage: is he willing to act as a serious UK political actor and track toward the mainstream of British public opinion? Or is he more concerned with courting MAGA sentiment, and the support of a disproportionately noisy online fringe?” www.politics.co.uk/politicslunc...

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"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

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The US increasingly sounding and acting as an adversary to western liberal democracy. The rest of the G7 likely won’t, but they should come out with their own statement rather than appeasing to watered down and muted language. (@christopherjm.ft.com hitting it out the park again with this scoop)

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Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, in an interview from jail, prompts his family's statement of psychological terrorism. Owen James speaks of Palestinian children in military court, settlers in civil court. Zelenskyy counters Trump with facts. Dan Duggan, like many pilots, faces no charges. #auspol

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▪️“Trump, he doesn't care about Europe, he doesn't care about Ukraine. He doesn't even care about Russia, in fact, he cares about the media headlines. He's a guy whose efforts are driven by the idea of getting a Nobel Prize for Peace, as Obama did – he cares about media visibility...” 👇🏽

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